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The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

When Shadows Stare Back, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories

Science, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Spirituality, Natural Sciences

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to find a woman standing in the corner of your bedroom—silent, unmoving, and definitely not supposed to be there. For Tanner Rutledge, this wasn’t a nightmare. It was his childhood reality.

From a young age, Tanner was plagued by nightly visitations from a ghostly woman who seemed fixated on him. She never spoke, never moved closer—but her presence filled the room with a cold dread that no blanket could hide. Over time, her appearances grew more frequent, and Tanner began to realize she wasn’t the only one lurking in the dark. Something else was there, something drawn to his fear.

Now an adult, Tanner looks back on those haunted nights and the years spent trying to understand who—or what—was sharing his home. Was she a lost soul? A shadow figure? Or something far darker that simply enjoyed the company of the living?

We dive into Tanner’s memories of growing up haunted, explore the theories behind his encounters, and uncover the lasting mark that one ghostly woman left on his life.

Because when you grow up seeing ghosts, you don’t just remember their faces—you remember their silence.

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0:00.0

Today on the Grave Talks Talking with the Dead, a conversation with Tanner Rutledge.

0:06.0

Waking up in the middle of the night to a strange woman standing in the corner,

0:22.7

who is she? What does she want? Why is she there?

0:27.4

These are the questions that Tanner Rutledge asked as a child.

0:31.5

As he grew older, he would continue to try to find answers as to what haunted him

0:36.0

and what haunts those around us. This is his story

0:39.9

today on the Grave Talks. Wow. So my earliest memory is going to be back when I was in elementary

0:46.7

school. I grew up in a house that it was an older home. It had been moved to the property where we lived. It was somewhere

0:56.8

in the middle of town. It was moved out to a farm. And I saw things in the house that I couldn't

1:04.1

explain. There was, my parents didn't talk about it until I was older, but I would see this,

1:10.4

this woman. And she was always in,

1:14.1

it's not really a white dress, but it was kind of like maybe a nightgown. She had long, dark hair,

1:20.2

and every once in a while I would see her in the house, moving down the hall, standing in what was my old bedroom.

1:28.3

And when I got older, my mom finally opened up and talked about it.

1:33.1

And she would say that she would wake up in the, in the middle of the night and see this woman standing over my crib.

1:39.2

So I've always been interested in it.

1:42.5

What got me into actually investigating was I was 10 years old and there was a Disney Adventures magazine.

1:49.7

I don't remember.

1:50.4

I don't know if you guys remember it or not, but there was an article in there on real life Ghostbusters and Troy Taylor.

1:57.6

And I remember reading it and thinking, oh my God, people actually do this at least somewhat for a living.

2:05.0

And that kind of started me down the road of watching paranormal shows and just getting into the investigative side.

2:13.2

And eventually when I was 16, for Christmas, I got my first ghost hunting kit same year that I got

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