Episode 1: Haunted Basement

Hi, I'm Jennifer, and this is My True Ghost Stories, where I share stories of my supernatural adventures as a spiritual medium, helping trapped spirits to cross over and more.  Let's get started.

Welcome to Episode 1 of My True Ghost Stories.     I'm going to tell you a little bit about myself and what I do before we get to today's stories.   Welcome to episode one of My True Ghost Stories.  I am a spiritual medium. I talk to ghosts or spirits, primarily those who are trapped or earthbound, and I am blessed with the ability to help them cross over.  As a kid, I saw and felt spirits all the time, and I was scared. I was well into adulthood before I realized that these ghosts were asking for my help.

And through a series of spiritual experiences, coincidences, and messages, I realized that I was able to cross spirits over, and even more so, that I had a responsibility to do so.

I do this crossing over with a combination of help from my guides, the spirit's guides, communication with the ghosts themselves, and using these tools, I craft a custom ritual that will help this spirit move to their next stage. And every trapped spirit is trapped for a different reason, so each case requires a different approach.

Sometimes the ghosts have already departed, but have left behind energy, and I am often called to clear these spaces, which is really rewarding because the atmosphere is so much better afterwards.

I have many, many true ghost stories to share with you. Some before I knew that I was a medium, and some after.

 And my hope in telling these stories is to bring tolerance, love, and understanding to trapped or lingering spirits who, although we might be afraid of them, are really just asking for our help.  So, let's begin.  So, let's begin.

I have two stories for you today. The first is about two ghosts I encountered on a clearing job who were very attached to their earthly possessions.  And the second is about a happy spirit sending reassurance from a tropical paradise to a co worker of mine.  And here we go.    

This story is called Haunted Basement.

I was contacted by a family who had done recent renovation and decluttering of their basement and had experienced a severe energy change in that area. They said it was uncomfortable and negative down there and they had a rec room. That nobody would use after this renovation and decluttering and negative energy had come upon the basement.  

So they asked me to please come and diagnose the problem and clear the basement so that they could use the rec room and the laundry and the washing machine and all that again.

So I arrived at a lovely home. And I was greeted by the family, and after a short conversation about what they were experiencing and what had happened and what they had done in the basement with the decluttering and the renovation, I went down there by myself because no one would come with me.  

When I went down there, I saw the area that had been renovated and I saw lots of antiques and I felt definitely more than one spirit.  So I will tell you about each spirit and here's the first one

So Spirits can attach themselves to an object, like some possession of theirs that they had while they were alive.

After they pass on, they will cling to that object, which is probably really important to them for some reason. So, this basement was full of antiques. Um, and the woman had told me that she likes to go to estate sales and,  purchase things and bring them home.   So I was walking through the basement, and my attention was drawn to this sterling tea set that was in a box. And it was just sort of thrown into the box. It was not organized. Um, It was just thrown into a box and it had engraved initials on it. And it was very beautiful, very beautiful.  And I picked up one of the pieces and I said, Oh, okay.

The energy that we're all feeling is attached to this tea set.  So I knew I need to find why there was so much energy attached to this tea set. And I assumed it was a spirit who was attached to it.   so I got into my zone. And this way that I do, and I said, okay, where are you?  Where are you? And it takes a few seconds, and then  she appeared, and it was an older woman, and she was standing there,  and she was looking very upset and frustrated, and I said, hello.

And she said,  Where is the rest of my tea set?  I said, Okay, so there's a problem with the tea set. I guess pieces have been removed or something. So I, so I went upstairs to the family. They were sitting upstairs and I said, Okay, um, first off, there's a lady downstairs who wants to know where the rest of the tea set is.

 So, the woman,  the homeowner looked at me shocked and said, Wow, oh my, I literally  just took the tray from that set upstairs to use on my nightstand, like a few days ago during the decluttering.  So I said, okay, well I guess that's it. That's where the rest of the tea set is. So I went back downstairs to talk to the spirit.

 And she was not just missing the tray. She was not just upset that the tray had been removed from the set. She was upset that , this tea T set, which was obviously very precious to her. This T set was just in a box, and it was not being displayed properly, and it was not , being given the attention that it deserved.

So she was very upset about this.  The interesting thing about this spirit, it was different,   usually, they,  remain there and want to stay with this conversation, but this spirit was sort of flashing in and out. So she'd be there, and then she'd be gone, and then she'd be there, and then she'd be gone.

And so I would have to like pause and wait to talk to her for her to come back.  So I'm not sure, I've never seen that before, or again, but , I don't know why that was happening, but I'm curious. thinking that she was possibly following other objects from the estate sale, like checking in on this one and checking  in on this one.

So that's a guess, but , that was my feeling that that's what was going on with her, that they were objects all over the country, from her estate sale or from her home. And, uh, she was,  guarding them. That was my feeling.  So, it came time  for me to help this spirit move on, because it really did seem to be that all she needed to know was what's going to happen with my T set,  and I didn't need any more information from her.

So, part of a clearing process is giving compassionate help. for troubled spirits that are in the space. So that's part of the clearing process. And it's also part of helping troubled spirits is to go to where they are and give them compassion and find out what it is that they need and do the best that I can to give them what they need.

 Using my guides, and their guides, and conversations  with them, I discern what that spirit needs. And in many cases, just like this one, it involves helping them to become willing to let go of their earthly possessions. Like a tea set.  While I was back downstairs, I had one last conversation with this woman about the importance of this tea set, and I was able to convince her that it would be taken out of the box, and it would be honored, and it would be displayed, and she did not have to guard the tea set anymore.    I went upstairs and spoke to the owner of the house, and she happily agreed to place the tea set in a place of honor upstairs.

I went back down to talk to the spirit of the woman, and she was happy to hear that her tea set was coming out of the box and leaving the basement.  But most importantly, Through this conversation and messages from my guides and hers,  she became willing to trust her earthly possessions to others and move on to a better place.   Which is  exactly what happened, with my help, after this conversation.  and here is the story of the second ghost that was in the haunted basement.    , And here is the story of the second ghost that was in the haunted basement.  So, at the back of this basement, there was a washer dryer, storage room, and a back door, and a room off to the side of the laundry room that had no door,  and lots of energy emanating from this room I walked through, I followed the energy, and I went inside this room, turned on the light to see, , the renovations that had started.

started in a big empty space in the corner  and a forlorn and very agitated man standing next to this empty space. So I said to him, you know, what's wrong? What are you doing here? And I got no communication from him except  this feeling from him, this feeling of outrage and disbelief and frustration., I couldn't communicate with the spirit except for him, you know, staring at me and shrugging his shoulders in disbelief.  So I went back upstairs and I consulted the family about what had gone on in that room and they told me that they had removed this very large workbench that had come with the house.

It was there when they bought it and they had just removed it.  So I said, well, I bet that's it. So I went back down to talk to the spirit and I said,  um, are you mad about the work bench? And then the communication started.  Yes. He says, you know, it was a perfectly good work bench. How could they get rid of it?

And on and on and on, like, just all this, just complete disbelief that they would remove such a beautiful workbench. , and I could tell that he stayed in this room all the time near this workbench. And, as I said before, the workbench, , the room was next to The washer and the dryer, and this family had told me that they felt particular discomfort while doing laundry.

  I could tell from his demeanor and from messages I was getting that he would stand in the doorway when someone was there and probably yelling. Excuse me. Excuse me. Why did you remove my workbench? And although they couldn't hear him, they definitely could feel his agitation being shouted at their backs.

  It came time for me to help this spirit cross over as he was  very attached to this space.   Getting instructions from my guides, and his guides,  they told me that this workbench, and probably all that it represented to him was extremely important. And his attachment to the  bench space, and his frustration over it being gone now, was what was keeping him here.

He was trapped, and he was earthbound

I was asked to tell him  that  there's an even better workbench on the other side.

 And this, he listened to. This got his attention. And the ranting stopped.  . I kept that and using our guides, his and mine,  , he actually voluntarily went out the front door and I imagine he went to that fabulous workbench on the other side,  as I rarely get to see what happens once they cross over.

Except I can say that from the little that I have been shown of the other side, And it is beautiful.

 I left that family with instructions on how to close the two portals. And I told them their basement was clear now. And I have received updates from them that their basement is now clear and comfortable. And they're using the rec room and doing the laundry. And it's restored to its previous positivity.      One very important aspect of the story of The Haunted Basement is the closing of the portals that I instructed the family how to do after I left.  A portal happens when a spirit exits this realm and goes to the other. And they leave a hole in the membrane between the two planes. And that hole needs to be closed up after a short period of time.  

I like to leave it open for a brief period to ensure that the spirit has time to finish their exit. But it is very, very important to close it up.   If it remains open, it's like leaving your front door open, and then all sorts of folk can come through and make themselves at home in your house.    There are different methods of closing portals, but leaving them open can lead to all sorts of ghostly troubles.

And this is the voice of experience talking. I learned this lesson about portal closing the hard way,  There's way too much to go into now.  and I will tell that story in a future episode. There's way too much to go into now.

And I will tell that story, the story of the Unclosed Portal, in a future

 And here is today's second story.

I get a lot of messages from spirits in my dreams, and this does not bother me.

I keep a notepad next to the bed to write messages down. Not my phone, because I don't want to see any notifications at three o'clock in the morning.

But with my notepad, I can write down the messages that I get from the spirits in the dreams and get back to sleep pretty easily.

And while I am okay with receiving messages in dreams, I have set a boundary that no ghosts are allowed in my bedroom.

They're allowed in my dreams, but not in my bedroom.   And I definitely don't want any kind of apparition.

I enjoy listening to ghost story podcasts.  And someone will come on and tell this story, you know, I was asleep and I woke up and there was a man in a Revolutionary War uniform standing there staring at me, you know, it's terrifying.   And I am not the type of person who can handle that kind of thing.

I have seen a few ghosts in full view like that, and it was all before mediumship, and before I learned that they are asking me for help, and I did not handle it well.

I want to thank the universe for respecting my boundaries, because now I only see these spirits in my peripheral vision, in my mind's eye,  in my dreams, or I feel their presence.

And this allows me to help them  because I'm not, you know, screaming and crying and running out of the room.  So that boundary has been successfully set as I have not seen a full apparition in a long time.  However, as I said, I am open to receiving messages in dreams.  And here is one story about that. It is called Brother in Law.  I was getting recurring visits from a certain spirit in my dreams and it was coming in the form of the sound of knocking on a door. You know, not my actual door. Again, that'd be too scary.

In the dream, someone would say, excuse me, repeatedly, or I would hear a doorbell ringing. And yes, this does sound scary, but it was in my dreams. So it didn't scare me.  And although there was no visual with these sounds, I knew that it was a man  and it was the same man each time. And he had passed recently  within the last few months.    And I could tell he was a nice man, which was another reason why it was not scary.

 So these dreams went on for a while, maybe a few weeks, and finally there was a visual.  The visual was a man, maybe in his 40s, sitting in an open air resort bar during the day, and there was other people around, but he was sitting by himself.

There were palm trees in the background, there was sunshine, and there was a bartender.   It had a paradise look, but also a local look. More like he lived there than that he was a tourist.  And it was nice, really comfortable and not too fancy.   The most notable thing about this man was this magnificent head, dark brown hair with an impressive hairline.    And I got the impression that he really liked his hair and he wanted me to notice it.

So after looking at this for a few moments,  the man looked at me and a voice said.   Talk to Michelle,

Not the actual name. I've changed the names.

 not the actual name.    And the voice came in like a voiceover, but I knew it was coming from him.  Talk to Michelle.  I have a co worker with this name and I knew that that was who he was talking about.

 I saw Michelle the next day and I asked her, a little hesitantly because I didn't know if she was open to this kind of thing.

 I asked her,   is there a young man in your life who recently passed?  And she answered, yes, my brother in law passed away a few months ago.

She told me that she had had a very good friendship with her brother in law and that his passing had been very hard for her and he had been too young.  When she asked why I was asking, I decided to tell her about my dream. I was getting a feeling that she would be open to this type of mystical message.

I told her about the dream and about the beautiful setting I had seen him in, and that all he had said was  Talk to Michelle.  She looked at me in disbelief.  She told me that she had been having a rough year with lots of unresolved problems and he was one of the people that she would talk to.   And she told me that her brother in law's last words were,  Talk to Michelle.

Tell her everything is going to be okay.

So we sat with that for a few moments. Thanks.  And then we started talking again, and together we concluded that he was reiterating this reassurance to her by sending a message through me.  And I told her, Oh, and there's one more thing. He had this bad habit.

beautiful head of hair with an impressive hairline and he obviously wanted me to notice it   and she started laughing. She said that he was so upset about losing his hair in the last few years and he had done all sorts of treatments and nothing was working and he was all frustrated.

So she was glad to know that this had been resolved on the other side.   I went online to learn more about spirit contact while sleeping and,   surprise, surprise, there is not much research, scientific or otherwise, to be found on messages from the dead in dreams.

 And the little that I did find focused only on deceased loved ones appearing to the grieving.

Which is not what happened here with Michelle's brother in law, who I didn't even know existed, let alone ever met. But here is a bit of what I found.  From the Sunday Guardian, um, an article from January 2019 called,  Mystery Behind Ghosts Visits in Your Dreams.  I found an article in the Sunday Guardian from January 2019, and it's called Mystery Behind Ghost Visits in Your Dreams.

  And it starts out saying, dreams that involve contact with a ghost or spirit are generally known as visitation dreams and are quite common.  There are many explanations and many possibilities, some of them scientific, some of them spooky, some of them historical, some of them traditional, some of them supernatural.    The article says that dreams are in fact considered one of the most effective ways for the spirit realm to connect to the living.

Ann Wraith, Ph. D. and founder of the Institute for Mediumship Psychic  Astrological,  Astrological and Reiki Training  Aunt Wraith, Ph. D. and founder of the Institute for Mediumship, Psychic, Astrological, and Reiki Training.  explains that it is actually easier for spiritual entities of all kinds such as deceased loved ones, guides, angels, or in my case, other people's brother in laws  to communicate with us while we are sleeping, partly because you're more likely to be receptive to it in a dream than you would be in a waking state.

Visitation dreams are typically clear, vivid, intense, and are experienced as real visits when the dreamer awakens. The dreamer is always changed by the experience,  explained Patrick McNamara, PhD, an associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine.  

And to conclude our story,

 it would seem that heaven   So it seems that Heaven,  for Michelle's brother in law, is living in a paradise with palm trees and sunshine, sending reassurance to the living  with a full head of hair.    

And that's all for today. Thank you for listening to today's episode, and if you think your house is haunted, want energy cleared from your space or need a custom spiritual ritual, I'm here to help.  Visit jp clearing.com or email me at JP clearing sixty@gmail.com. Don't forget to join me here every Tuesday for a new episode.

Until next time.     

Are you curious about the supernatural? Do you find yourself intrigued by ghost stories and the mysteries of the afterlife? Then join me, Jennifer, on 'My True Ghost Stories'. Each week, I'll share true tales from my own journey as a spiritual medium, where I help trapped spirits cross over, clear haunted spaces, and create custom rituals for those in need.

In 'My True Ghost Stories', you'll hear about my personal experiences with the paranormal, including the moments of connection between our world and the world beyond. Whether it's assisting spirits to find peace or transforming the energy of a space, every episode offers a unique and heartfelt story. And sure, some of these stories might be a little spooky sometimes, but they are all rooted in compassion and understanding.

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