The Scanner by My Paranormal Story

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[00:02:55] It's dedicated to Ruthie. I mean small. The living room had just enough space for my love seat sized couch, a small entertainment center, and a beat-up beanbag chair in the corner. The bedroom was a little bit bigger, long, but third floor, there were three guys living together. All around my age, I never saw the apartment, but I think it was the biggest of all the apartments, because it covered the entire house, but with lots of slanted ceilings I'm

[00:05:45] guessing.

[00:05:46] I knew one of those guys.

[00:05:48] His name was Jimmy. She was all alone, she'd recently been divorced, and because of her mental health issues, I'm guessing, her ex-husband got custody of their two kids. And she them. This was the early 1990s, before the days when everyone had cell phones. We all had landlines in our homes.

[00:08:20] And many of those landline telephones were cordless.

[00:08:25] Cordless phones were all the rage back then. buttons on it. In the back there was a telescoping metal antenna. And you could program any frequencies you want into it. Not just police and fire. You could listen to government agencies, the port police, utility workers, and many others, all communicating and going about their business.

[00:09:41] But what many people didn't know at the time was, you could program frequencies for cordless skills, and struggling with my own loneliness. To be honest, I kind of fit right in with all those other tenants.

[00:12:20] But it wasn't just telephone calls and policemen I could hear voices inside the static. So one night, I plugged in some headphones so I could listen to it better. And it sounded like someone singing.

[00:12:23] Not singing, but humming.

[00:12:27] Like someone humming a song to themselves. She didn't have a cordless phone, or if she did, she never got any calls that I heard. But aside from Jimmy on the third floor, Ruthie was the only one in the building I ever actually talked to in person. That day I was moving in, she greeted me from her porch.

[00:13:41] Her first floor apartment was the only apartment with a porch,

[00:13:45] and she would sit out there in her rocking chair, observing everyone, every day. You are listening to My Paranormal Story on Scary Time by Indie Drop-In Network. We're going to take a quick break. Now back to this episode of My Paranormal Story.

[00:15:03] Ruthie had lived in that house for a long time. She'd seen many people come and go. walking up and down the street every day, like penguins, she called them, back and forth to the church and the school or just out and about enjoying the weather. And they always walked in pairs, she said, but they were very pleasant and nice to everyone in the neighborhood. But then one day, she could have been making the whole thing up just to see the look on my face. And every now and then when I would see her, she'd ask, have you seen any nuns lately? And then she'd giggle with her childlike laughter. I won't lie though, her story did have me a little spooked.

[00:17:44] Did a nun really die in the house? sobbing, like someone was crying. It only lasted for a minute or two and then it went back to static. I don't know why the woman was crying but for some reason made me want to cry too. I mean I was already in a bad place emotionally but

[00:19:03] for some reason this mystery woman on my door and went back to the scanner. And I stayed up listening was listening too and that they should be more careful. But he just laughed it off. Didn't seem worried at all.

[00:23:00] As the days and weeks went by, more on her when she didn't answer her phone for a couple of days. I was heartbroken.

[00:23:03] The following week, they had her mad at the house as if it had killed her. I'm still mad whenever I drive by it. I immediately began looking for a new apartment. I needed to get out of there. Everything in the house was quickly beginning

[00:24:22] to change. My depression and sadness was getting the middle, so I'm not sure what they were fighting about, but his father didn't seem very supportive. The call ended with his dad hanging up on him, and I could just feel his pain and sorrow emanating through the house.

[00:25:46] Things were getting worse for the divorced woman down the hall, screaming. But then one night, after her phone call, after making her usual threats, she hung up the phone and then nothing. No screams, no bangs, no Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.

[00:29:41] I threw the headphones off my head in shock, but then as I-shirts and coffee mugs for sale. Unfortunately podcasts cost money, but your support helps me keep the podcast running. Be sure to check out my book called The 10 Best Tools for Ghost Hunting. If you've ever wanted to learn more about the gadgets used in paranormal investigation, you can check it out on audible, kindle, or amazon.com.