MF wrote:

I used to clean a dance studio in my home town, the building was a church before that. One night while vacuuming I heard a blood curdling scream and after investigating the building no one was to be found. The next occurrence a week or two later was the sound of a loud exhale emitting from a darkened stairwell, to which I spoke out loud, if that’s all you’ve got leave me alone! From that point on mischievous things started to happen, like 100 ft. of stretched out extension cord would be coiled up when I would leave one area and return to back to it. The sound of foot steps on hard wood dance floors walking from where I was standing to another part of the room. Doors slamming in downstairs studio areas. All of the foot steps and cord coiling didn’t bother me, in fact sometimes I would laugh out loud and exclaim that’s a good one! But the doors slamming was a bit startling to the nerves. I no longer clean that building, not because of the goings on, just circumstances took me elsewhere. Well there’s my story and I hope you enjoy it.

It is not uncommon for large, empty buildings to appear to make all manner of sounds to which our minds try to attribute logical causes. I have even experienced this very circumstance myself during an extended investogation of a newly discovered crypt below a North London church.

Newly discovered church records suggested the crypt contained a number of burials related to the British Royal Family over the previous two centuries - less desirable characters whose involvement in both royal matters and criminal activities was kept a closely guarded secret, so rumour and myth leads us to believe.

Noises within the crypt were recorded similarly to your experiences. Doors, footsteps, whispers, though none were ever found to hav a physical cause.

My suspiciouns that it was the human mind which turned the general ambience of the environment into what we suposed might be caused by object, led to several session within the crypts where different individuals were to report on the nature of any events they encountered - particulary sounds. It was no surprise to me that the nature of particular sounds were recorded differently between the ndividuals.

However, it remains that a number of clearly audible sounds were indicated identialy, and yet we were at no time able to absolutely pinpoint either the source,nor the cause of those sounds. To this day, thy remain a mystery.

M. Keynes

A recent correspondence from someone we shall call “M”, describes the usual poltergeist activity which has been intriguingly accompanied by audible whispers.

FROM: M

About a year ago, we moved into a house that use to belong to my grandma’s cousin.  Some weird things have happened to me, and I want to know if it is just in my head, if I’m causing it, or if someone is trying to reach me.

My first experience happened when I was outside behind the carport. To my right is the woods and to my left is the road. I was calling my friend when I heard my name being whispered. It was really quick and sounded like it was right beside me, to my right. A second later, my friend picked up. I asked if she whispered my name, but she said she didn’t. Another time I was walking out of my bedroom when my name was whispered again, this time to my left. The two sounded just alike.

I was lying on my bed one night when I heard something bang on my door. After the bang, I heard this static sound. Mom said that no one was around at that time.

We received a lot of candles for christmas, so we placed them in front of the TV to the right until we could find some place else to put them. The next morning, they were sitting in front of the center of the TV in perfect order. None of them were even knocked over.

Another time, Mom’s beer bottle had slid.

The story that gets me the most is when my little sister and I were waiting for Mom to get home. We both heard the kitchen open, but when I went to see who was there, the door was closed. We would have heard it shut, but we didn’t. Mom wasn’t even home.

Dear M,

As with so many cases of noise, bumps, bangs, whispers, etc. - and when a wild and troublesome imagination can be ruled out - the cause can invariably be assigned to a poltergeist.

As I have mentioned in a recent account of poltergeist activity, I do not attribute poltergeist activity to some form of entity attempting to breaking through from another existence into our own. It is a manifestation of some individuals’ internal energies being “leaked” into his or her environment.

My first question to you is whether such occurrances have been witnessed within the household by others than yourself, while you were not in the vicinity?
I would wager they have not.

This means not that you are to blame for what is happening, but events are surrounding you. I have seen this kind of activity around girls during puberty and post puberty - and sometimes older in cases where there are relationship problems, anxiety, or extreme cases of sexual frustration.

The whispered names are not common poltergeist events, but such are surprisingly common amongst much of the population. I believe that each of us has a latent, unused, natural telepathic ability. Over our evolution, this has diminished into a subconscious action that, once in a while, manages to break through into our conscious minds. I remember when my wife and I would appear to communicate simple messages without speaking and when we were on opposite ends of the house. I have come across many such instances in subjects I have investigated and unless one is hearing a specific message, one should have no cause for concern.

In the majority of cases, the activity will dissipate naturaly. To encourage a reduction in the events, give conscious consideration as to what is out of place within your life and what is troubling you. Once an understanding of these problems is achieved, and steps taken to overcome them, such activity invariably ceases.

M. Keynes

P.S. I understand from my contact in your time, that “TV” is a “television” whereby images may be sent from one location to appear on a device at another. With such devices transporting images and sound through thin air, I am yet more convinced that latent telepathy within each of us is a distinct possibility.

This latest correspondence describes an entire plethora of phenomena that at first sight appear to be some form of restless spirit.

Within the last year I have experienced many strange things through out my house.

It all started when I took a photo of the christmas tree When I got the film developed there was a white cloud wrapping around my tree forming into a white ball, on the right side of the photo is a sidefiew of a mans face. I have looked at that photo for hours at a time and it very much resembles my dad that had passed away back in 86, you can see his forehead eye nose and chin.

Thats when it all started, little things like lights going on and off sometimes by itself, one night I was almost asleep and I sat straight up in bed when I heard loud footsteps coming from the kitchen, it sounded as if someone was dragging my kitchen chairs across the floor or kids running back and forth, but my kids were sound to sleep That happened a few times and one night I came home from a friends house and I went to go lay down in bed, as soon as I got under my covers something made a crashing noise into my bedroom door, and the door hit the wall, there was nobody home but me, then one evening I was doing my makeup to go out for the evening and through my laundry shoot I kept hearing a cat meowing, we have no cat, yet another time I heard a small child laughing from my closet when I opened it there was nothing there. My cellphone will come unplugged by itself, I had a photo of me and my boyfriend in a frame I walked into my bedroom oneday and it was on the floor when I went to put it on the dresser the picture was upside down in the frame, that really freaked me out Ive been wondering what is causing all this to happen?

At night I have a hard time falling asleep wondering whats going to happen next. my son is 6 years old he told me one morning why did you keep opening and closing the kitchen cabinets last night? I couldnt tell him it wasn’t me cause I dont want him to know. My daughter has also had things happen to her but we try to not let him know whats going on. What can I do to stop all this? Do we have some type of spirits through out our house or a ghost?
Please respond back.

You most certainly are experiencing a number of phenomena! But the cause is, I suspect, not created by some ghost or external entity. Much of what you describe can attributed to a poltergeist.

First described in 1838, poltergeists - from the German word for “noisy spirit” - can create all manner of noises, and often appear to move objects around, open and close doors, switch lights on and off, etc. In nearly all cases they are harmless, sometimes regarded as simply mischievous “spirits”.

Poltergeist activity has been frequently attributed as emanating from or centred about the women of a household, particularly adolescent girls who have not reached sexual maturity, or slightly older omen who have a great deal of emotional strain and stress within their lives. The activity seems to be an outward projection of inner energies, is uncontrolled, and leads to yet further stress on the individual so unintentionally creating them.

Often such phenomena simply disappear, but can be encouraged to do so through an active adjustment of any and all elements of life that are creating emotional strain and tension.

The answer is most certainly inward. I sincerely hope you rare able to discover a resolution to these troubling experiences.

M.Keynes

I recently received this letter:

Hello my name is ******* and I am looking for some help. I often hear my three and half year old son talking to him self. One day I asked him who he was talking to. He told me ‘That man and lady, mommy’. I than asked him were are they and he pointed over my shoulder. I however didn’t see anyone. This was not the last ’sighting’ of the man and woman, but just one of many. I just wanted you to understand what I am saying. I need some help figuring things out with this, I am very freaked out about this. If you have any information about ANYTHING that might help I would greatly apprecate it.

Children are oft aware of elements we adults are not. It is something we lose as we grow into adulthood, and inherent intuition about the world around us that reveals what might be hidden from the five senses.

Whether this particular “man and lady” be actual entities of some nature, or merely representations of the child’s growing consciousness, cannot be told. If the child appears not to be in distress with their presence, there is little need to be concerned. However, do pay close attention to your reactions in the presence of the child as he will be encouraged to react in a similar manner to yourself.

You should ask yourself whether anyone close to the family has been recently deceased, or whether the child no longer sees someone who was once close to him, for whom the instinctive longing may manifest itself in this manner.