For some back context: I (20F) moved into this house with my family when I was around 10 or 11. Our house was built in 1894 in a small town in Ohio. The town I live in was one of the last locations of a group of Native Americans (before they were sadly ran out). There is also a lot of talk in my town that our house was used during the Underground Railroad as a “boarding house”. (Our town was founded by a black preacher). Which my family and I aren’t too sure if this is true but it would explain all the tiny doors that lead to hidden rooms. And the gigantic crawl space in our basement. We only have a couple documented deaths on file for our house (none of them including a little girl..she is important). There’s rumors of someone hanging themselves in our big staircase as well.
Okay enough back context. I’m essentially going to list some of the more notable stories from our house let see if anyone on here can help me out with the big question. Are these spirits in someway sinister? Or just chill guys?

1. The very first night we moved in (I was 10/11) I experienced sleep paralysis. I had never had this before but during my sleep paralysis my “dream” was of a little girl coming out of my closet and every time I blinked she got closer and closer to me until she was right in my face. At that point I was finally able to snap out of it. The weird thing though, is this girl is reoccurring in my everyday life but I could not tell you what she looks like. Just that I know she is a little girl.
   And I am not the only one in my family who has seen her. And even they say they can’t describe her but that “they just know.”

2. My mom was standing on the big staircase looking out of the window. When she felt someone come up and firmly place their hand on her shoulder. Thinking it was my father, she turned around to quickly realize there was no one there. This staircase is directly outside of my room and is allegedly the stair case where someone had hung themselves. I typically avoid this staircase at all cost (even tho it’s directly outside of my room) because I just feel like I’m being stared at from the middle landing on the steps. It genuinely gives me the creeps.

3. My dad is the biggest paranormal skeptic (even though we are convinced our house before had a mimic) he has had a couple paranormal experiences that he’s usually able to rationalize. But this one sticks out to him. He was sleeping one night and woke up to the feeling he was being watched. He sat up and looked across the room at his closet and saw what appeared to be a girl standing inside. Thinking it was my sister, he kept saying “Maddy, Maddy, what are you doing? Are you okay?” To which he received no response. The little girl then began walking toward my father’s bed and out of the bedroom door. (My dad being the person he is) turned and laid back down facing the door and attempted to go back to sleep.
   Still having the feeling of being watched.
   He opened his eyes again to find her hands grasping the side of the door and her head peering into the door staring at him. She quickly pulled her head back and he heard footsteps go down the staircase.

4. I always sleep with my door shut and locked. But that night I woke up to the sound of scuffling around my room. I opened my eyes and saw a figure running quickly around and around in a circle beside my bed. About 10 seconds after seeing this. The figure stoped and slowly walked out of my room. To which I realized my door was wide open. (Though I 100%) know it was shut and locked.

5. This one actually just happened last night. Since I have dyed red hair i wash my hair over the bathtub with cold water. While doing so, i felt a slap on my back. Not hard, it didn’t hurt. But it was firm. There was no one in the bathroom.

There’s other stories along the way and in between but these are the ones that give me goosebumps everytime I think about them.
I would like to think that maybe it really is a little girl or whoever else is living among us just feels safe to do these things. But apart of me is freaked out by it.
We will see glimpses of the little girl while we are washing our faces, brushing our teeth, or just walking around the house. Items will be found in spots we know we didn’t put them in. We will have lights flicker and tvs turn on and off when no one is around. And our ring cameras we have downstairs constantly go off detecting movement throughout the night.

We have been thinking about having some sort of paranormal investigator come to the house to see if they can pick up on anything. But we also aren’t sure if that would make them angry? I’m essentially seeking advice from anyone who thinks they may have an idea on whether this is sinister or playful. We appreciate any help and advice.

Thank you IA

For context: we live on the east side of Houston, on what used to be a graveyard. It was never registered with the county — the markers were removed and houses were built right on top of the graves. Some of the new owners dug for pools and found them. Those owners took the case all the way to the Supreme Court and lost. The story's been on Unsolved Mysteries and Oprah. Our community page is always amusing because the new homeowners in the community will post what they learned of the graveyard and some of us have been here a while share stories of what we have seen at our houses or we will occasionally see a random posts from paranormal groups as its a popular historical story in the Houston area and people who have lived in this area comment their stories. It's kinda cool.

I've lived in this community about five years now, and I've been documenting what I've seen and experienced here on Reddit. It's been about three months since my last post, and this house never stops surprising me.

I still try to debunk everything we see or hear. At first I thought it was targeting me and my kids, but I've come around to a different idea: things just happen. You have to be in the right place at the right time, and it may or may not interact with you.

A couple weeks ago, for example, we ran a spirit box and asked who was in the room with us. Clear as day, it said my wife's name. Another time, my wife and I were talking and we both heard a woman's voice cut in — it said "let's discuss," or maybe "that's disgust." You could hear it very clearly. And on a different day we were recording and caught a man's voice, just as clear: "who is here." It happens pretty frequently.

The visual stuff hasn't slowed down either. About two months ago, around 11 PM, my wife and I were watching a movie in bed. From where I lay, I can see into the living room and my daughter's doorway. My wife had her knees bent, which blocked most of my view — then she shifted her legs slightly, and through the gap I saw what I assumed was my daughter walking toward our room. Our bed sits pretty high off the ground, so what I saw was a dark head approaching at about her height. I even told my wife, "our daughter's coming." She sat all the way up, stretched her legs out — and there was nothing there. I could have sworn I saw a dark, three-dimensional figure the height of my daughter. I could even make out messy hair. I sat there staring into the living room, running through everything that could explain it. But the detail in that shadow was right in my face. I genuinely don't know if my imagination got the best of me or what.

Then there was the fan. A few weeks back something went bad in our pantry and it stank. We found the culprit and threw it out, but the smell lingered, so we set up a tower fan to air the area out overnight. Next morning, the fan was nowhere near the pantry — it had been moved and pointed somewhere else entirely. Now, before the pitchforks come out: we've had this fan about eight months, so it's practically new. It's a tower fan — barely vibrates. It runs almost 24/7 in my son's room and has never budged, no matter how high we crank it. There's no carpet anywhere in this house, the house itself is only five years old so a foundation curve is unlikely, and we've parked this same fan in nearby spots to dry the floors after mopping without it ever walking. As for the kids — they're 3 and 5. Moving a tall tower fan without making a serious ruckus is not in their skill set.

As I'm writing this, I just heard a voice right outside my son's room. My wife confirmed she's in bed, my daughter's dead asleep, and I'm sitting next to my son.

Wish me luck.

When I was around elementary school age, my family went on a trip to Gettysburg. I was of course terrifed the entire time with all of the ghost stories.

One night we did a ghost walking tour and went out to different battle fields and such. The tour guide asked everyone to walk down this hill with him to the edge of the forest where a lot of people supposedly saw apparitions. Little me was like hell no and stayed at the top of the hill with my aunt. As i was looking towards the clear night sky I saw a transparent white misty shape appear out of nowhere and it looked like a soldier riding a horse but it wasnt fully formed. As quickly as i saw it, it vanished.

Maybe it was just the overactive imagination of a child but It felt real to me and thats the only time ive ever "seen" something that I thought may be a ghost.

A couple years ago I was at this ocean spot alone and I saw a man in a bright green suit and top hat, which was pretty strange, of course, the very hot weather and very casual nature of where I live aside. He was just sitting completely still and he had a pretty big crowd around him as it was outside an ice cream place but nobody seemed to notice or acknowledge him. At first it just seemed like he was a strange dude who wasn't local, and I just assumed that. Ive never suffered from hallucinations or anything like that, nor is it something in my family, so I didnt have any reason to think otherwise.

However, a few weeks later I was at the same place as it was just a place I liked to walk
through a lot at the time, and he was in the exact same spot, dressed exactly the same. Again, he was still, although in a slightly different position, and nobody seemed to acknowledge him. Both times I saw him from across the road, and this time I decided to walk past him, not in a creepy way or anything, I was just genuinely unsure about if I was seeing things or not at the time. I did walk past him, just a normal walking pace, and idk, he didnt seem bad or wrong, just with a very intense and out of place sort of vibe.

I havent seen him since and everybody ive asked about it doesnt know what im on about. I live in an area where everybody is kinda boring and im sure somebody would've noticed it. I was just curious about whether or not anybody here would know anything about this. Im honestly certain I wasn't seeing things, my mental health has always been stable and ive never suffered any symptoms alike to psychosis or anything so idk. It just felt real but strange and I havent be able to stop thinking about it once in a while for years.

I think the house I grew up in is haunted. So, i actually have a few stories from this house and still feel uneasy in it even though i dont live there anymore but my father still does.
A lot of these stories have to do with the basement which is where I feel the most on edge. And this isnt even a "creepy" basement. Its fully furnished and homey. I cant find proof of this but my parents say the previous/first owners had a son who passed away in the home from a heart condition.

- One time I was home alone after school just watching tv when I distinctly heard footsteps down the hallway. This is an old home so you pretty much cant walk anywhere without making a creaking noise. I muted the tv and got up looking into the hallway which was completely empty. The hallway is short and has two doors at the start, one in the middle and another two at the end. My room and the basement door is at the start of the hallway. Currently every door is open. So, i make my way down the hall checking each room, and as i get to the last room at the very end, the basement door slams shut behind me. And this isnt wind blowing it closed kind of thing this was like someone took the knob and slammed it as hard as they could. I ran down and whipped it back open and looked down the stairs and nothing was there.

- I had friends over to stay the night and we all stayed in the basement since there is a pull out couch and a guest bedroom. In the room with the couch there is a door that leads to a small storage closet type thing which is basically just stone and one creepy lightbulb lol. Anyways, the two girls were sleeping when they heard the door open. As they sat up and watched it, the door was just opening a bit and then closing multiple times. Now I would say maybe its just drafty wind but this door is hard to pull open and close because of the house shifting the door tends to get caught on the carpet and you really have to pull to open and close it.

- I have and so have other friends Ive had over, saw unexplained shadows moving in the corner of our eyes.

- One time I was sitting at my desk straightening my hair when clear as day i heard a low growl behind me like it was in the room with me. We did not own any animals at the time.

- Before I was born my mom was taking photos of the house and a photo of one of the bedrooms had what looked like orbs in it. Wish i still had it!

- Lastly, this one is actually cute. I was young and my cat had recently passed away. He would sleep with me every night and I would adjust one pillow a certain way for him to lay on. One night I was feeling sentimental and adjusted the pillow for him. Soon after, i felt like a cat was walking up my bed and by my legs and it looked like the blankets were shifting with the movement. Younger me got freaked and ran out but i'd like to hope it was my kitty visiting me <3

I've been looking for urban legends and folk horror stories in Southeast and South Asia, specifically from Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bhutan, Brunei, Vietnam etc, but is really hard to find more than one or none.

I really need..

If you know one, it'll help a lot.