When the Footsteps Stop, Part Two | Guest Paul Ost

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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What happens when the strange, the terrifying, and the unseen become part of your everyday life? When the shadows linger, and the footsteps never quite fade? In his gripping new memoir, When the Footsteps Stop, Paul Ost takes us inside a life shaped by relentless paranormal encounters—from footsteps echoing down empty hallways to chilling events no one else could explain. The haunting has never stopped.

Paul has spent his life navigating two worlds: one visible, the other veiled in mystery. Drawing from personal journals, datebooks, and stories confirmed by family and friends, he shares how he faces the unexplainable.

On this episode of The Grave Talks, we explore what it means to live a life shaped by the things we can’t always see… and what comes When the Footsteps Stop. This is Part Two of our conversation.

For more information, visit his website: prostreadings.com.

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0:00.0	Today on The Grave Talks, part two of when the footsteps stop, a conversation with author Paul
0:07.0	Oost. Can you share the story about seeing your friend Jimmy? Oh, that is kind of a tough one, but yeah,
0:20.1	a really good friend of mine who I knew from Kansas
0:25.9	City that had work out in Colorado Springs where I was living at the time.
0:33.5	And I knew he had been not well, so it was not a surprise.
0:40.0	And I just want to share that.
0:42.6	It's not like I didn't know that he wasn't well.
0:45.3	But I had just left my mom's house, and I was driving back to my apartment.
0:50.0	And I was stopped at a light.
0:52.3	And for whatever reason, I looked up and a car had turned and pulled alongside me.
0:59.6	And I looked over and it was Jimmy.
1:01.6	And I'm thinking of myself, what is he doing out here?
1:04.5	And why didn't he call me?
1:06.4	And I just was so sure it was him.
1:09.1	And for whatever reason, you know, within a minute or two,
1:12.5	I've realized I've gotten something back at my mom's house. And I drove back to her house
1:18.0	and the phone right. It was my sister. And she had known Jimmy as well in Kansas City. And she
1:25.3	called and just, I, she talked to my mom for a second. My mom handed the phone to me.
1:33.0	And my sister, Kathy, just said, did you hear the news? And I said, what news? And she said,
1:37.8	Jimmy, Jimmy died this morning. And I just took the wind out of me. I just remember saying, there's no way.
1:46.0	I just saw him.
1:47.0	He's not here for work.
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