Ghost Baby
I had a brother whodied at 3 weeks of age from an anurism that broke in his brain. Iwas one month from the age of 2 and have no memory of him. I knewthat he died in the house, period. When he died, my momdiscovered him and had to be hospitalized. She wasn't able toattend the funeral/burial. Due to the trauma that his death hadon my mom, we didn't discuss him ever - she couldn't even seekout his grave until nearly 25 years later.
At 17 I'd already had my share of ghostly experiences - our housewas quite haunted. I wasn't prepared for what happened one summerafternoon. I'd just turned off the television in the downstairsgame room and was about to ascend the step to go into my roomwhich was located right at the top of the stairs. I began hearthe sound of an infant crying - the sound was coming fromupstairs. I stopped after a couple of steps to be sure of what Iwas hearing and not only was it still there, but it was a littlelouder. I slowly continued up the steps as careful as a thief inan effort to keep the sound in earshot. With each step, the soundgrew a bit louder. It was definitely a baby. Just crying andcrying.
About a third from the top of the stairs, I realized with a joltthat the sound was coming from *my* room. I stopped for a whileto listen. I felt so sorry for it. I continued on as carefully asbefore. I'd reached the top and something told me that I'd neverbe able to see what it was. I also had the distinct feeling thatwhatever it was would go away as soon as I came to the top step.I got up my nerve and slowly brought my foot down in the toplanding and the sound abruptly stopped.
With my mom's past history with my brother, I was hesitant tobring up my experience. However, she and I had aleady shared someparanormal experiences and I just *had* to talk to her about it.As I recounted the story, I searched her face for signs of stress.You can imagine my surprise when she smiled when I finished andsaid, "you mean that's only the first time you've heard him,I hear him all the time." She went on to tell me that mycurrent room had been the nursery and that he had died there.