Forty years ago, Anne and her friend Jay were having a calm and ordinary Halloween night — until something happened that neither of them could explain. Even decades later, Anne still remembers that night as if it happened yesterday.
Ghosts and supernatural creatures
Some people believe that Halloween night (October 31st) is a time when the boundary between our world and “something else” becomes thinner. Whether you believe in ghosts or not, there’s no denying that Halloween has always been linked to stories about strange voices, unexplained events, and fear that doesn’t have a clear source.
Anne’s story begins on Halloween night in 1973.
A new house in the middle of nowhere
Anne was 16 years old when her father built a new house near Vadnais Heights, Minnesota. It was a remote area, and at the time there was only one other house nearby.
That night, Anne planned to go to a costume party with her sister. Her sister picked her up around 7 p.m., right as it began to snow. The party itself was normal — fun, loud, and full of typical Halloween energy.
Later that night, Anne met a friend named Jay. They enjoyed talking so much that they decided to continue the conversation back at Anne’s new house.
They arrived home around 1:30 a.m. Anne was still dressed as a witch. The house felt large and unfamiliar, with multiple rooms and long hallways. Jay and Anne sat together in the living room near the stairs. Large windows faced the driveway, and the outdoor light near the gate made the entrance clearly visible.
Everything felt peaceful — until around 2:30 a.m.
The voice
Suddenly, they heard a sound neither of them had ever heard before.
At first it sounded like a painful moan — deep, desperate, and filled with suffering. Then without warning, it turned into an unnatural laugh. It wasn’t joyful or normal. It sounded wild, almost insane — like it came from somewhere everywhere at once.
Then it switched again: moaning, laughing, moaning… and then silence.
Anne and Jay stared at each other.
“This has to be a Halloween prank,” Anne said.
Jay immediately agreed, but both of them looked unsettled.
They decided to search the house.
Anne checked her sister’s room and found her sleeping. Jay searched upstairs. They found nothing. No one. No speakers, no hiding place, no sign of anyone outside. And yet both of them clearly heard it.
No joke
They sat back down in the living room, trying to talk it through.
Then it happened again.
But this time, it felt different. The sound didn’t just scare them — it hit them emotionally. Anne described it as a wave of despair and hopelessness that rushed through her body. Jay experienced the same thing. Tears formed without either of them understanding why.
They didn’t just feel fear. They felt something darker — something that didn’t belong to them.
At that point, they stopped calling it a prank.
They searched again — everywhere. Under furniture. Behind curtains. Near doors and windows. Even outside. For 45 minutes they searched the house and found absolutely nothing.
A night of fear
By 4 a.m., they were exhausted. Jay refused to leave. He slept on the sofa, and Anne went to her room, terrified. She later said she couldn’t even relax near the bedroom door, as if something might be waiting just beyond it.
The strange voice never returned that night. But the emotional shock stayed with them.
Anne still remembers that Halloween as the most frightening night of her life.
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