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The Hello and welcome to mini episode number 525 of real live ghost stories.

And I have three spooky stories for you today.

And the last story comes from the 24th of February, 2026.

And story number one comes from Sarah. Around 2019, my husband and I were

living in an apartment building situated in an old neighbourhood with historic homes. The house across

from us was an old country house, very close to our building. It was white with peeling paint, a sagging front porch,

and old-fashioned yellowing curtains. It looked like it was last updated in the 1960s, as though the

time stood still while the land around it moved forward. Most of the houses in our neighbourhood

had their properties divided and sold.

So now older homes were sitting almost wall to wall with apartment buildings.

From my kitchen window I could see into the rooms of this house, which was home to an older lady.

She never waved or made eye contact and almost never left the house.

She was as much a relic as the house she lived in, dressed in what my grandmother would call

slacks with blouses. When we first moved in, we would see her son come over to help with repairs

and basic chores.

We kept an eye out for her as a neighbour, but she almost never came out other than to get her

mail. The sun came less frequently over time, probably because the pandemic was happening

during this time period, and the house was falling into disrepair. We were quarantined at home during the early days of the pandemic,

so speculating about the lady and the house was almost a hobby.

One day I looked outside and saw an ambulance taking her away.

We learned that she had passed away in the house.

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