The Lady in Blue

The old house sits on Market Street, its view of the river stolen by development. Bonnie, not her real name , used to live there with her husband and children. Odd things happened. Household items would move while no one was around. Laundry left in a pile would be found neatly folded. Sounds were heard in the attic, like the sounds made by wood being moved around.

At first, the couple assumed that their young sons were to blame for the strange occurrences.

In time, Bonnie came to sense the presence of a woman in the house. Her encounters with the paranormal heightened. While going down the stairs, she would catch fleeting glimpses of the backs of someone's feet descending the stairs in front of her. Her husband remained skeptical even though Bonnie once saw the full bodied apparition of a woman wearing a blue dress. Bonnie used the word "blue" repeatedly and definitively to describe not only the ghostly dress, but the entire room where she encountered the spirit.

While sitting on the first floor with her husband and 3 dogs, something happened to convert her husband into a believer. The dogs suddenly cowered together for no apparent reason. The couple smelled a musty odor, like seaweed. Then a coldness descend upon them only to disappear suddenly along with the inexplicable smell. The dogs' demeanor then returned to normal.

Bonnie and her family eventually moved from the house on Market Street, but not because of the paranormal activity. After coming to terms with the nature of the encounters, Bonnie wasn't threatened by the ghost.

It should be noted: the family came to completely avoid the attic.

Bonnie believes that the spirit belonged to a woman who reportedly hung herself in the house.

The events shared here took place roughly 50 years ago.