Real ghost stories from real people.

This is Into the Paranormal with Tony Bruske.

There are some stories that don't begin with a murder or a missing person or a haunted house built on ancient ground.

No, some stories start quietly with a child's voice, a flicker of movement on a stage, a laugh in the dark that no one else seems to remember, and yet, somehow, it changes everything.

In tonight's story, we meet Layla, now an adult, but forever marked by something she saw when

she was just four years old. Something behind a curtain, something that shouldn't have been there.

A memory so vivid it haunted her into adulthood. And yet, a memory her own brother swears never

happened.

So was it a dream?

A trick of the mind?

Or was it the first moment something took notice of her?

Over the years, Layla's experiences would only grow more intense,

visions of angelic beings, ghostly apparitions,

and a night she believes she survived a demonic attack in her own bed. Friends and family would witness pieces of the mystery. But the full story? That belongs to

Layla alone, and tonight she's ready to share it. Let's get to the letter. They write,

Dear Tony, I never imagined I'd write to someone

like you. But I've lived with these memories for so long, some sharp as glass, others warped with time,

and I need to know if they mean something, or if I've just been living inside a story, only I can

see. I'll start at the beginning as far back as I can

remember. I was four. My brother Omar was five. We were inseparable. He never wanted to go anywhere

without me, especially not to school. So my mother did something unusual. She asked the kindergarten

to enroll me with him just to keep him calm. They agreed.

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