Episode Details

This is one of the original Tell Me A Ghost Story calls from the early days of the show. Short, raw, and exactly where it all started. These calls were later incorporated into a longer compilation episode.

Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode is another one where I am not just hosting. I am in it. I start with my own real ghost encounter from a road trip that I have never been able to explain, and then Yvonne from the Philippines calls in with a doppelganger story that is one of the most quietly terrifying things I have ever heard on this show.

I was staying at the Best Western in Fresno, California, on what was supposed to be a completely ordinary road trip. I woke up to find a man standing over me. He was right there. And then he was gone. No one else in the room saw him enter. No one saw him leave. The door had not opened. I have thought about that moment many times since, and I still do not have an answer for it.

Then Yvonne calls in from the Philippines with a haunting memory involving her mother. She saw her mother across the room, recognized her completely, and followed her. When she found her actual mother, the figure she had been following was gone. What Yvonne encountered is what many cultures call a doppelganger, an exact double of a living person, and in the traditions of many cultures, including those of the Philippines, seeing one is considered a serious omen. Yvonne had no idea what she was looking at until it was already gone.

Doppelgangers are among the most consistently documented paranormal phenomena across world cultures. Ancient Egyptian, Norse, Finnish, and Filipino traditions all have names for them, and all treat them with the same gravity. Yvonne's encounter connects to something much older and much wider than one phone call to a ghost story podcast.

Two real stories. One from your host. One from a caller who followed something that looked exactly like her mother and found no one there. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to share your story.

You might end up on the show.

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Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

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