This is the podcast where the dark and creepy things we don't talk about discover a voice.

This is Into the Paranormal with Tony Bruske.

So let me ask you this.

What would it take for a total skeptic, someone who laughs off ghost stories, to turn into a believer?

Would it be the flickering lights, the cold breeze on the back of your neck,

or maybe even the unexplained sounds that seem to come from nowhere?

Or maybe it takes something more personal.

Something that makes you question reality and leaves you with a scar you can't quite explain.

This story?

Well, it's one of those.

A group of co-workers on the last night of a work trip decides to push their limits,

mostly thanks to one guy named Ajay.

He doesn't believe in the supernatural, doesn't care for ghost stories, and definitely doesn't

buy into the idea that a graveyard of all places could hold any power over him.

And that's exactly how we end up in a place where most people wouldn't dare to go at night,

let alone hang out.

AJ drunk on bravado and a little too much to drink decides to take a dare, a dare to spend time alone in an old cemetery, the kind with headstones half forgotten, and shadows that seem to have a life of their own. His friend tags along, probably thinking, what's the worst that could happen? Well, sometimes the worst isn't just

something you can imagine. Sometimes it's something you can feel. A heavy hand on your back when no one's

there. The breathlessness of fear you can't shake. And a figure.

A figure that's so real, you'll swear it looked at you, even though no one else saw it.

Not to mention the eerie detail, the gatekeeper who lets them in.

Yeah, it turns out he's been dead for years.

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