Real ghost stories from real people. This is Into the Paranormal with Tony Bruske.

There's something about the in-between hours. When the world is asleep, the streets are empty, and silence becomes its own sound.

And for some, it's peace. For others, it's a time when the shadows lean in just a little too close.

When you start to question whether you're truly alone in your home, and tonight we explore the story of a young mother who thought she had at all, three children, a new town home in a quiet Colorado neighborhood, and a husband working long hours to build their future.

But when the night shifts began, so did something else, something that didn't quite belong.

It started small, shifting plastic, distant sounds, but as the months passed, it grew bolder,

more precise, and far more personal. She didn't believe in ghosts, not really,

but it's hard to stay skeptical when you wake up to find your husband sitting silently at the

edge of the bed, when he's supposed to be miles away at work, harder still when that same figure

crawls toward you in the dark.

What do you do when something, something not quite human, learns your routines, when it waits

until you're at your most vulnerable? When the safest room in your house becomes the place

you fear the most? Let's get to the letter. They write, Tony, I never thought

I'd be someone writing into a show like yours. Honestly, I'm not even sure where to start.

My name's Marissa, and my family and I moved into a townhome in a quiet neighborhood just

outside of Aurora not too long ago. It wasn't anything fancy, two stories,

small backyard, enough space for the kids to run around. It felt safe, solid. And for a little while

it was. The house had a few quirks, older doors, creaky stairs, that kind of thing.

Nothing that raised a red flag.

When we moved in, the previous owner had left behind this weird setup in the kitchen.

One wall still had painters' plastic hanging from it, like they'd started remodeling and just stopped.

I kept meaning to take it down, but with three kids and my husband picking up

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