• Black Dog


• Cookie


• Encounter with the Elmore Ghost


• Esther Hale


• Gore Orphanage Bridge


• House in Cincinnati


• House on Palmetto


• Little Boy


• Mom


• My Grandparents


• Our Little Visitor


• Phone Call from the Other Side


• Photo Album


• Practical Joke


• Wanderer


• Why I Believe


• Witch Woods

Mom

I can’t honestly say that I ever really gave ghosts much thought. But several years ago, something happened to me that changed my mind. My mother had been suffering from cancer for several years. Still, when she passed away it was a shock to the entire family. The morning I received the news, I personally dealt with a lot of guilt for not being by her side when it happened.

That night, I awoke to find the image of my mother sitting quietly in the rocking chair near my bed. I still don’t know why I did this, but I said aloud "Mom, I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you." My mother turned and smiled at me; and then she vanished. And I have never seen her spirit again.

I still don’t know if I believe in ghosts. But I would like to believe, even if it is to soothe my personal guilt, that somehow the spirit of my mother was able to visit me.

— Submitted by: Bernadette, NE United States