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 with full host commentary if you want the complete experience.

Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode has two real paranormal encounters that sit at opposite ends of the supernatural spectrum. One is ancient and terrifying and rooted in Indigenous tradition. One is quiet and strange and connected to a man who apparently never left the house he loved. Both of them are real.

Nicole from Wilcox, Arizona, calls in with a skinwalker encounter on her property that converted her husband from a lifelong skeptic into a believer in a single moment. Skinwalkers are among the most feared supernatural entities in Navajo tradition, shapeshifting figures associated with witchcraft and malevolent intent whose name many practitioners of that tradition will not speak aloud. Nicole heard a voice on her property that was imitating her daughter. Not approximating. Not resembling. Imitating, with the specific accuracy that makes skinwalker encounters so deeply disturbing to anyone who has experienced one. Her husband heard it too. He has not been skeptical since.

Then Lauren from Austin, Texas, calls in with a real ghost encounter of a completely different register. A black orb appeared to her while she was visiting her boyfriend's house, a presence connected to the spirit of the man who had owned the home before and who apparently had not finished being there. Spirit orbs are one of the most debated phenomena in paranormal research, and Michelle walks through the genuine differences between dust particles caught on camera and the kind of intentional, focused presence that Lauren encountered, the kind that moves with purpose and appears in response to being acknowledged.

Two real callers. Two true paranormal stories from two completely different corners of the supernatural world. A skinwalker in the Arizona desert and a spirit orb in a house in Austin that its previous owner never entirely left. 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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