The Top-Hat Man That Haunted Our Lives | After Midnight
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
For nearly 40 years, one family lived under the same roof. Arguments, laughter, fear, and grief soaked into its walls. And from the youngest child’s earliest memories, the house seemed alive — flickering fans that switched on by themselves, shadows passing across doors, footsteps echoing when no one was there.
At first, it seemed harmless, even dismissible. But then came the Ouija board. What began as a childhood prank turned into something darker — sisters unable to breathe mid-session, children terrified of closets, and whispers in the night that mimicked family members’ voices.
And always, looming in the background, was the man in the top hat. He appeared in the backyard in broad daylight. He stood in doorways, silent and towering. Friends who never believed in the paranormal saw him, too — proving this was no simple imagination.
Was this a poltergeist, feeding off decades of energy? A generational haunting passed through objects like the Ouija board? Or something far older, lurking behind closets, mirrors, and doorways, wearing the faces of those they loved?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Alastair Campbell from The Rest is Politics. |
| 0:02.0 | Nishkeh Ma here from Pod Save the UK. |
| 0:03.9 | And Christiana Figueres from outrage and optimism. |
| 0:06.8 | Rising inequality, conflict, climate disaster is very hard to find reasons to be hopeful about the future. |
| 0:12.3 | That's why we're teaming up this September during the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations. |
| 0:17.4 | Along with political currency, Pod Save the World, the Week, Jr., and more. |
| 0:22.2 | We'll discuss the stories that give us hope and answer the question, how does hope turn into |
| 0:26.7 | action? Look out for the Be Hope takeover this September. |
| 0:30.2 | Hi there, my name is Annie Elise, aka your True Crime BFF, and host of the podcast Serialously. |
| 0:36.1 | I have been a true crime enthusiast forever, |
| 0:38.5 | but I wished somebody would break down the cases for me like a friend, giving all the details |
| 0:42.4 | and discussing every twist in turn. So I decided to create a podcast that does just that. |
| 0:47.3 | Serialously with Annie Elise is topping the charts with over one million weekly downloads. |
| 0:51.7 | I do the deep dives in these cases, so you don't have to. |
| 0:58.1 | Diving into all the raw details, saying what we're all thinking, and in a conversational way, |
| 1:00.5 | just like having a conversation with your best friend. |
| 1:03.0 | So join me and let's talk all things true crime. |
| 1:04.6 | Serialously with Annie Elise. |
| 1:08.3 | New episodes drop every Monday and Thursday wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:10.5 | Hi, I'm Alastair Campbell from The Restis Politics. |
| 1:12.4 | Nish Kumar here from Pod Save the UK. |
| 1:15.3 | And Christiana Fierrez from outrage and optimism. |
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