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The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

Smoky Grin and Hollow Eyes | Into the Paranormal

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories

Science, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Spirituality, Natural Sciences

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we dig into a chilling account from a childhood marked by paranormal encounters. The protagonist, now an adult, shares their unnerving experiences with a smoky, grinning entity that stalked them from house to house, following them through the years. Through disturbing encounters and strange dreams, they came to believe that something malevolent—or perhaps something else entirely—was watching them, manipulating their very reality.  

They are left with more questions than answers as they unravel the truth. Was this a haunting tied to their father’s occult practices, or something more incomprehensible? Join us as we delve deep into this eerie tale, uncovering the shadows of a childhood that never fully faded.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Real ghost stories from real people.

0:04.0

This is Into the Paranormal with Tony Bruske.

0:09.0

It's late at night when the mind begins to wander, when the silence feels heavy,

0:13.0

and the shadows seem to move in ways that shouldn't be possible.

0:17.0

But what if, just beyond the edge of your sight something truly does wait watching waiting imagine being

0:27.6

just four years old in the midst of a peaceful sleep only to wake up and find you're not alone the weight of

0:34.4

something unseen yet unmistakably there,

0:38.7

pressing down on you,

0:41.1

a figure made of smoke and shadows,

0:45.3

with eyes that burn through the darkness and a grin that chills you to the core,

0:47.4

you can't move, you can't scream,

0:53.9

and you know, deep down, that you've just encountered something far beyond your understanding.

0:59.4

The thing is, this wasn't a one-time nightmare.

1:02.6

It wasn't a fleeting figment of imagination.

1:08.4

No, this was a presence that followed, that lingered in the corners of their life, no matter where they went, a presence that couldn't be explained.

1:13.2

And as the years passed, the unsettling encounters didn't stop, if anything, they grew,

1:18.5

more intense. What was it? A malevolent spirit, a lost soul, or something darker, with

1:25.9

intentions that we may never fully grasp.

1:29.0

The answers remain elusive, but the fear, the unmistakable terror, has never left.

1:34.9

Let's get to the letter, they write, Dear Tony, I've never been the type to delve into the

1:40.4

supernatural or seek out explanations for things that don't make sense.

1:45.1

In fact, I spent most of my life trying to rationalize the events I experienced as a child.

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