To not want to stay in sister’s haunted house?

[EmilyRigby]

Lets say you don’t believe in ghosts but your sisters house freaks you the fuck out and the last time you stayed there you left at 3am - I don’t believe in ghosts but there is something about that house I really really don’t like. Nephew won’t step foot inside the place and my dad won’t go in on his own. Her friends used to stay over some weekends but now they won’t go overnight either.

She’s asked me to stay there for a week in October for £500 (like a caretaker fee). Could do with the money but I don’t think I can do it. Am I being ridiculous? She can’t get anyone else to do it.

(Obviously there are reasons she can’t just leave it empty for a week)

You need to read this just before you go to bed … https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009TAQWKE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Same! Let’s go!

The fact that you think it is means staying there will freak the hell out of you. Any freak, any noise, no matter what it is will play mind games with you. I wouldn't do it for my own sanity as I have good and bad vibes about places and if it's bad I cannot sleep or function there.

Used to live in very large old house, in very rural area, many weekend guests. The house came furnished with some paintings, old furniture and was beautiful. Chandeliers with very low voltage bulbs, very dark in evening. Lovely old house. We kept the quirky decor, the house was perfect.

The very few guests who at breakfast excitedly announced -ghosts! thought every cold draught, bird making a noise, creaking door & insisted “saw” people were quickly told off. (And not invited back!)
I’ve 4 kids living in my house, why the EFF would I want guests spouting this crap about haunted house in front on my kids, in the house they live in! Really appalling guest behavior.

We lived there for 20 yrs, no ghosts. None. There was a certain type of woman who had the spiritual experience, ooo I can’t be alone, I’m so frightened, blah blah. Only one elderly male guest saw the “man in the chair”. I shut him down immediately —“There are no ghosts in this house”!!! Who says this in front of small children … there’s a ghost-man in your house sitting in the chairs at night! Wtf?

Many old house issues, banging pipes, bad windows & cold breezes through house, old wiring, fuses that blow, bats etc etc. No ghosts. Just weird house guests.

OP … it’s in your head!

Holy crap! I've just read that link about the 'creepy forest/dog running off' story. Think I'll going to sleep with the light on tonight!

1. How the flippity fuck could anyone have provided 'proof' of ghosts "hundreds of years ago" Video cameras weren't even thought of then.

1. In what way am I "suggestible?!" Because I've shared my experience?! I've added a lot of disclaimers because of past experiences of telling people about it! It's boring & repetitive "Oh you must've just been tired" "We're you on any medication?" "Were you drunk"

Before I moved into that house, I laughed at the mere suggestion of spirits.

The Society for Psychical Research, for one, has been researching the paranormal since 1882, offering rewards for anyone who can irrefutably prove ghosts exist and hauntings are real, this includes things other than video evidence, obviously. To date, despite the fact people have owned camera phones for at least 20 years, nobody has been able to prove it beyond doubt.

Of course you’re bloody suggestible, you really believe that a vase defied the laws of gravity, flew off your mantlepiece on its own and suspended itself in mid air for three seconds, to then smash on the floor so loud it woke neighbours across the street? Give it a rest, woman! That didn’t happen 🤣🤣 then you say you don’t believe in ghosts! Sounds like a lucid dream that you’ve mistook for reality. It’s like something out of the paranormal activity films 🤣

For 500 quid a week, I'd take a coach full of ghosts on a guided tour of Europe. That said, if you're not comfortable, you're not comfortable

I was just about to ask if the sister's house is also known as the Overlook...

I cleaned my bathroom to that one!

Yes, no matter where he was staying, old landlines would ring for him {In shared student accommodation and houses}

Wasn't this the chap that also saw the older gamekeeper/golfer person in a bar repeatedly at different times- very eerie.

That was a creepy novel- Good film too. ''The Shining''.

The actress was put through psychological torment by the producer for weeks on end to get the 'best' performance out of her.

Shelley Duvall.

Rest in Peace, Shelley.

Shelley died this year, 11th July aged just 75.

No idea if the place is haunted or not but if you feel uneasy don’t stay. I used to watch those ghost hunter shows and it seems most of the ‘uneasy’ feeling people report is due to something coming off the electrics in a place. They detect it with monitors, can’t remember all the technical terms but it was usually nothing woo but just this electrical stuff that affects us subconsciously. Even if it is ‘just’ that, why stay in a place that makes you uneasy, whatever the reason?

I think the biggest mystery is why she can’t just leave the house for a week? It’s just a week. If there is a pet involved, can’t she use a pet kennel, or you just take the pet to yours for a week, or she gets a pet sitter, or 1001 other solutions. Why does someone HAVE to stay in the place if she is away for just one week?

I mean this movie won’t get off the ground unless you spend the night in the house, preferably on the anniversary of the murders and/or the terrible fire that consumed the servants’ quarters.

This next part is important: if you hear any mysterious noises in the basement, go alone to investigate them while calling out “hello, is anyone there?” Whoever’s picking around down there at 3am is probably just there to socialize.

Why don't we see caveman ghosts? 🤔

Buy loads of garlic and have yourself a party! 🥳

...oh, that's vampires, isn't it. 🧛

I always get the undead confused.

That's an excellent ghost story.

Me too!

Get a her a couple of carbon monoxide alarms - ‘haunted houses’ (feeling of dread/bad feeling, auditory and visual hallucinations) can be explained by low level carbon monoxide poisoning.

Old cottages do creak, that’s not unexplained, just standard,

Mmmm maybe they do. But all quiet, not a windy night, no heating on. Very old.

Oh you will NEVER guess what happened to me at my sisters house!!!!

Why, what happened?

(Protagonist grabs handbag and leaves without saying a single word more!)

Honestly, I live in an old cottage, there’s constant creaking at night, there’s even one spot where if you stand, it makes a floor board somewhere behind you move and it feels so much like someone has just stepped behind you. It’s just the nature of old houses.

I don't see how sage is meant to cleanse a house - surely if it worked, everyone who cooks would never be haunted!

I grew up in a house that was definetly haunted though, and then lived in, and stayed in, severel houses as an asult that I would also say are haunted. However I struggle to reconcile it and what I've experienced as the logical part of me can't see how there could be an after life or anything to 'remain'. Part of me keeps thinking maybe I should contact Uncanny with what my family and I have experienced!

I wouldn't stay for £500 though - it's not worth being on edge and stressed and anxious all week!

You have had lots of answers to your question, how about you contribute to the discussion and offer more details or your decision?

My house is on an old allotment. I'm now too scared to eat any vegetables.