Hello and welcome to my episode 227 of Real Life Ghost Stories, and I have three

spooky stories for you today and the last story comes from the 27th of October 2022 and

story number one comes from Gemma. I've just listened to episode 10 and had to email

you. I had a more or less identical experience, I was so overwhelmed when I was listening

that I just started crying. My mom was killed by a drunk driver when I was five years old.

It was almost Christmas. She was on a Christmas do with her then-husband, not my dad and

some friends. She was hit by a drunk driver while waiting to cross the road and was killed

almost instantly. Now I'm almost 40 so I don't remember specifically when this happened

I just know it did. I woke up to what felt like someone sitting on my bed. It was dark

but weirdly I saw my mom sat there right on the end of the bed. She turned me and just

said, you'll be okay. And I looked away and she was gone. I don't ever remember telling

anyone that it had happened. So I have no idea if my sister's experienced anything

like it but it stayed with me forever. First of all I just want to say that I always feel

really, I don't know, weirdly proud or happy that people listen to episodes of the podcast

and they can resonate with something that has happened to somebody. If that's not a reason

to do the podcast then I don't know what is. I'm so glad that people can listen and be

I can share my story with all of these listeners and I know that other people have experienced

the same thing and I know that I'm not going to be ridiculed for it because you're not

ever going to be ridiculed for it on this podcast. It's not going to happen. I am so glad

that your mom was able to find a way to reconnect with you even if it was just for that

brief moment where she just turned up on the end of your bed. And if this podcast has

taught me anything it's that these things happen to people all the time when they lose

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