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.

Imagine living your life with small, odd coincidences that you chalk up to being nothing

more than a trick of the mind, a ghost who moves things around, the kind you jokingly named

Casper.

It's harmless, right? Or so you think.

But then something shifts. Something changes.

Picture this. You're taking care of your bedridden, terminally ill mother,

running around, trying to manage life's chaos. Then, without warning, the mirror on the wall flies off

and smacks you on the head. Once? Okay, that's weird. But twice, right as guests arrive to

wish your mother a happy birthday. Now we're moving into territory where coincidence doesn't

quite explain it. And that's just the beginning. You're haunted

not by a playful spirit, but by the lingering presence of your dying mother. She's not gone yet,

but somehow she's already reaching out to you from the other side through a series of strange,

unexplainable events. The closer she gets to death, the more bizarre it becomes. A dead

grandparent comes to visit her. She talks about fighting to stay alive, and then, when it's

finally her time to go, she waits. She waits for everyone to leave the room as if she doesn't want

anyone to witness her final breath. And once she's gone? Well, she's not really gone, is she? Not with the

lights flickering, the smells, the drawer opening antics that follow. But it's not all ghostly signs of affection.

There's judgment, too.

When you indulge in a little cannabis to calm your nerves,

right after her passing, no less,

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