Episode 4: Shopkeeper

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.

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Welcome to episode four of My True Ghost Stories.

I have two stories for you today.

The first takes place in an office with one haunted desk.

And the second is about a message for a neighbor and me, Jennifer, trying to get a dinner invitation.

And let's begin.

This story is called Shopkeeper.

So I was contacted by an office manager from a big office, and he explained to me that there was this one desk in their office and that had had successive employees, and every person that works at that desk may have started out as positive, but eventually would become very negative and problematic and would wind up quitting or getting fired.

And they were hiring for that position again.

So during my conversation with this office manager, I began to get messages right away.

That doesn't always happen.

Getting messages usually requires some quiet and meditation.

And this may have spoken to the desperation of the spirit that immediately showed up during my conversation with this office manager.

So all I saw was a very unhappy man sitting in a swivel chair, and I got the impression that he had been there for a long time.

So the office manager told me that it was a relatively new building, and I could tell that this spirit and this energy had to do with what was here before the new building was built.

I made an appointment to come to the office one week later, which gave me time to meditate, receive messages from my guides and this spirit's guides.

And I need to do that in order to formulate how I was going to help this man cross over because he was clearly trapped in this space.

During that week, I did a preparatory meditation or two, and I received the message from this spirit and from his guides that he had some sort of investment in this space that he was occupying.

And he strongly disapproved of how this office was being run.

And that was all he communicated to me was disapproval and anger.

The office manager during this week contacted me, and he had done some research on the building and the history of the space that the building was located in.

And he told me that before this building was built, there had been stores that had been there since the early 1900s.

So this was good information, and he even sent me a picture of these stores.

With this information, I was able to talk to this spirit and ask him some questions about specifics, because up until this point, I had only received frustration and anger from him.

With this conversation with questions, I was able to ask him.

It became apparent that he still thought that this was his shop, and that these staff members, these employees of this office, which he thought was his shop, were his employees, and that there were no customers, and that the employees just sat down all day and didn't do anything.

So this desk, I imagine, must have been right over his shop, and maybe even like his office in the shop, the back room, I don't know.

But it was this one space, which must have been a very important space for him before this new building was built.

And this energy that he was holding in this space was seriously affecting the people who sat in that desk, because he was probably treating them like an employee and saying, get up, get up, what are you doing?

So they were picking up on that negative energy.

This was the information that I needed in order to prepare my help to him.

So using my guides and his guides and my meditations, I was ready to prepare a custom ritual for him and for this office.

Normally, as part of my rituals, I light candles and sometimes I'll burn sage, but this office had a strict fire code.

And apparently, if I even lit a match, it would set off all sorts of alarms and 911 calls.

And so I obviously was not going to light candles or burn anything.

Instead, I prepared a ritual that involved a wand, some stones, other concoctions that I use.

And mostly, I prepared for my conversation with the shopkeeper, which I'm going to call him from now on in this story, the shopkeeper.

I can usually communicate with spirits from anywhere, which I did with this spirit.

But in order to help them cross over, I need to go to the place where they are trapped, which in this case was the office and the desk.

So a week later, I arrived at the office, and the office manager had told me that the whole staff was on board and they were ready to participate in any way that they can.

They were eager to get rid of this energy and this pattern of employees turning bad and quitting or being fired.

And so they even had an hour in their calendar reserved for me in this process.

The office manager alone, just him and me, he gave me a tour around the office.

And it was a beautiful office and lots of people and lots of stuff going on.

And then we arrived at this corner desk, and it was very obvious that this was the space.

I could feel the energy emanating from the space, and there was the swivel chair.

And with some closer inspection, there was the shopkeeper sitting in the swivel chair.

So I was ready to start.

The staff gathered near this desk with me, and I explained to them about the shopkeeper situation.

And I told them, you know, he thinks that this is his shop, and he feels that you are running it badly.

So I explained to them that the energy that they were feeling was that of a dissatisfied boss and a very frustrated boss.

So I explained to them that I was going to help him cross over and that then I was going to clear the energy.

My first order of business in this process was to put a protective shield around each staff member that was participating.

This is to prevent any negative energy from attaching to them while I talk to the spirit and while I send the spirit to the other side.

This is necessary to do for all bystanders and myself for safety.

So I told them, I'm going to talk to the shopkeeper.

I'm going to help him cross over, and then I'm going to clear any residual energy.

And I assured them that the office would then be a pleasant place to be in.

And they could safely hire someone to sit at that desk again.

I sent them away so that I could do my process.

I said, I will call you back when I need you, because they were going to need to do maintenance after I was finished.

Then it came time to talk directly to the shopkeeper.

I pulled up a chair across from the swivel chair, and I sat down with him, and basically, I just let him vent, which is important to do with someone who's very frustrated and used to allow him to express himself.

So I just let him vent, and he said, they're not doing anything.

There's no customers.

This shop's going to fail.

He was a business owner who was really upset that things were not going well.

After I let him vent for a while, it came time to offer some relief.

So I did not explain to him, the shop is gone, it's been knocked down.

That just seemed that it would be too painful to tell him because this meant so much to him.

So I couldn't tell him that.

But I did tell him that he doesn't have to stay here anymore.

This he listened to.

He was excited.

Oh, I don't?

I don't have to stay here anymore?

And I said, no, you don't.

He was concerned about the well-being of the business.

He did know that there were these different staff members, and then there was one staff member there that he really liked.

And he asked, can I leave her in charge?

And I said, yes, because she, this woman actually was sort of in charge.

So I wasn't lying.

I said, yes, you can leave her in charge.

And then with that information, he got out of the swivel chair, and he stood up, and he said, okay.

And I could see and feel his relief.

That moment right there, that relief is so emotional and moving to me, that it is why I do this, because I can offer people relief, which is the most rewarding thing in the world for me.

I stood up also and using his guides and my guides and some other processes, the shopkeeper finally crossed over.

I always cry a little when they cross over because it's very emotional.

And I always need a few minutes to recover from that.

So I took those few minutes and I recovered from it.

And then I began the process of clearing the energy.

Because even though the shopkeeper was gone, if someone is that angry and dissatisfied, it's going to leave residual energy.

So I began the process of clearing it.

Due to the fire code, I did not use any sage or candles.

I used my stones, my spray, and some hand motions, and some sort of dancy kind of things.

And it must look very strange if someone doesn't know what's going on.

So luckily, no one, I hope no one was watching me, but if they were, that's okay too.

After finishing the process of clearing the energy, I brought the staff back in.

They said, wow, it feels different in here already, which is always very satisfying to hear.

And I gave them instructions on how to maintain this new energy, and when and how to close the portal, which needs to happen a few days later, and they accepted the instructions, promised to do it.

I followed up with the office manager in three days, and he said that they had completed all the maintenance that I had suggested, and he said, I feel good vibes now.

And a further follow up confirmed that they had a new employee at that desk, and that that employee is happy and positive and showing no signs of changing.

And here's our second story.

This story is about a message I received in a dream that I gave to my neighbor, and all sorts of fun things happened after that.

So this dream that I had, I was this woman that I'd never seen before, and she was pointing at a blue wall, and she was very angry about the blue wall, and she just motioned to this blue wall, looked me in the eye with this angry face, and then turned on her heel and marched away.

And that was the whole dream.

Somehow in the morning, I knew that this was, or I thought that this was my neighbor's mother, my neighbor across the street.

I thought this was her mother.

So I stopped by her house, and she knows about me and these things that I do.

And I told her, I had this dream, and I think it's a message from your mother.

And she said, Oh, let me show you a picture of my mother.

So she takes out this snapshot, and it's a picture of two women.

She points to one, and she said, this is my mother.

And I said, Well, no, that's not the woman in the dream.

However, the woman she was standing with, I said, that's who was in the dream, this other woman.

And she says, that's my Aunt Betty, which is not her real name.

I changed the names for the story.

And her Aunt Betty had passed on a few years earlier.

And she was delighted with some contact from Aunt Betty, who I guess she was quite fond of.

So I gave her the details of the dream.

I told her there was a woman, it was Aunt Betty, was pointing at a blue wall, and she was really angry, and she stared me in the eye, and then she turned on her heel and marched away.

And she said, that is exactly how Aunt Betty acted.

But she didn't know anything about a blue wall.

But she said, I'll keep my ears open and my eyes open for anything about a blue wall and Aunt Betty, and I'll keep you posted.

So I didn't see her for a few days, but I ran into her on the street, and she told me that another one of Betty's nieces, not her, now lives in Betty's old house.

I don't know if she inherited it or she was just living there.

But anyway, she was living in Aunt Betty's old house, and they were renovating and remodeling the house and making some cosmetic changes.

And they had painted the bedroom blue.

Obviously, this is what Aunt Betty was trying to communicate to me, is that she disapproved of the new color in the bedroom, which I think was not blue before.

It was like had wallpaper or something.

So she did not approve of this at all.

I have found this often when a home gets remodeled or repainted or changes are made, that spirit activity will just start up that hasn't been happening before.

Like they were existing there happily, but then when they start to change things, the spirit is not happy with it and will make themselves known.

I have seen this happen often.

It was quiet for me for a while.

I didn't get any messages from Aunt Betty.

But not too much later, I got to meet this other niece, the one that was living in Aunt Betty's house, and the one that had painted the wall blue.

And I met her at a community event.

Her cousin introduced us and said, you know, this is Jennifer, and she's the one that got the message about the blue wall.

And she said, oh, great.

And so she left us to talk.

And this other niece, the one that's living in Aunt Betty's house, she told me, yes, lately, you know, there's been a real presence there.

I can feel that someone is there.

And I didn't used to feel that at all.

And now I get this message about the blue wall.

And while she was talking to me, I get this strong message coming in.

And it was about a perfectly good kitchen table.

And so when there was a pause in the conversation, I said something about, there's something about a perfectly good kitchen table.

And the niece, as if she was directly answering Aunt Betty, who we figured this was, she just said, well, I'm sorry.

I had to put it in the basement because we had bought that other kitchen table.

So it was sort of funny.

And the way that obviously the relationship used to be was continuing to be.

I asked the young niece, I asked her, would you like me to come by, and I can do some rituals and some clearing, and I can help Aunt Betty to cross over, and then you can remodel in peace.

I said, would you like me to do that?

And she said yes, she would like me to do that.

So I really liked this family, and I didn't know them that well, but I really liked them.

They were funny and charming and entertaining and really smart.

And so I offered to do this ritual, and she said yes.

And then I had this compulsion to lie and say, and my guides are telling me that I need to have dinner with your family before I do the ritual.

But that was a total lie.

And so I refrained from doing that and being weird.

So I didn't do that, but I did, maybe, so maybe they'll think to invite me to dinner first so I can hang out with them.

But it didn't happen.

Later, maybe a few weeks later, my neighbor, I ran into her, and she said, you know what, so-and-so, she is too scared.

She doesn't want to do it.

It's too much for her to do this ritual, but so maybe another time.

And that they're just, they're fine with Aunt Betty's presence right now.

And, and I think that's great.

You know, it could be that it wasn't really bothering them that much, and it could be that they don't want to say goodbye.

And that's fine too.

And it could be that Aunt Betty's not ready to cross over, and that's why it didn't happen.

And maybe it will happen either with my help or without my help when it's time.

So from what I hear, the living and the departed are all living happily together in this home.

I hear there was a wedding.

I hear that there have been amazing career advancements, and there's probably going to be some babies soon.

So it is obviously not taking a toll on the family to have Aunt Betty lurking around, and probably, you know, judging their decorating choices.

But, you know, maybe someday they will call me to come do a ritual when it's ready, and maybe there will be a dinner beforehand as well.

And that's all for today.

Thank you for listening to today's episode.

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