I once lived, for a short time, in a haunted house. Many readers may be skeptical of this “story” but I assure you that it is true. I have been fascinated with ghosts and the unknown since I was a child. It is true that it is not easy to find a clear explanation of what ghosts are, but the answer to whether ghosts are real or not can be found.

I was doing odd jobs for a retired couple. They had a house for sale and needed some maintenance work on the site. The couple made me an offer to trade a job for rent-free living in the house. I was asked to tear down and remove an old barn, cut down some trees, clear brush and keep the grass trimmed.

The house was three stories, including the attic that had been converted into two bedrooms. Stairs ascended through all three floors. My wife and I wondered why the house had been empty for so long. We were told that no one had lived in the house for years. The owners of the house lived in a smaller place. Why didn’t they live in the best?

One night shortly after we moved in, we were lying in bed when I heard some sounds coming from downstairs. It looked like a party was taking place. The music was playing. It was old Big Band type music and it sounded like it was from the 1940s. I could hear a lot of voices talking. Suddenly there were two voices that grew louder. A man and a woman were arguing. Even though he couldn’t make out the actual words being said, he somehow knew they were arguing.

I asked my wife if I could do something. When she said “yes” I felt chills down my spine. I asked her to tell me what she was hearing. She described to me exactly the same thing that I had heard myself!

We got out of bed and I turned on the light. We could still hear the sounds below. As we walked down the steps, we flipped on the lights as soon as we hit the switches. When we reached the second floor landing, the sounds stopped.

We looked in all the rooms below and were discussing what had happened when the sounds reappeared. This time they seemed to come from above. We decided to move our daughter out of her room and sleep downstairs for the night.

Several days later I was talking to an old man who had lived in the area most of his life. I asked if there was any strange history to do with the house. I haven’t told him about my experience yet. He said that a long time ago there had been a murder in the house. He did not remember the details of what had happened.

It wasn’t long before the owners of the house asked us to move. When I asked for an explanation, they just said they didn’t think it was a good idea for anyone to live there. I think they found out about my conversation with the old man, they knew each other.

I may never know what happened in that house long ago, but I am convinced that there was a ghostly presence there. We were both wide awake and heard the same things that night. Trust me, ghosts are real!