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Hello, today's case comes from Tessa, who bought a 1930s house in Leicester with her partner Bob in 2002.

She says, soon after we moved in, one evening whilst cooking, I glanced at the kitchen doorway

and saw a very slim lady. She had an apron, headscarf, rollers at the front of her hair,

and bright red lipstick, like someone from the 1940s. She was leaning on the door with her

arms folded, smoking and staring. I got a strange sense of her not really approving.

I blinked and she was no longer there.

After we got married, Bob and I wanted a side of family.

We had two unsuccessful rounds of IVF.

I wanted to leave the house, get a fresh start, but Bob wanted to stay.

Frustrated and depressed, I went to see a tarot reader called Alison. Allison asked if we'd bought

our house from an old lady. We hadn't. We'd bought it from a youngish couple, but then I said I'd

seen the lady in the kitchen and described her. Allison said yes. That's her. She said this lady

had lost children during the war and that no children could be born in that house.

I definitely wanted to move after this and Bob finally agreed.

The same week we left, I became pregnant with my eldest son.

Of course it could be coincidence,

but sometimes I think we pick up on the energy of people who pass through a space

and maybe some of it lingers.

Thank you so much for sharing, Tessa, a really powerful story. Email me your thoughts, uncanny,

at BBC.co.com.uk.