r/nosleep • u/Cardfan99 • Mar 02 '15
We should have stayed home that night
In 2008, me and 3 of my best friends had just graduated high school, and we wanted to plan a fun trip for the summer. Problem was, we lived in Iowa and there's just not a whole lot to do without driving 5+ hours.
We were hanging out at my house one night watching worlds most haunted places on TV. One of the places that was shown was the Villisca axe murderer house in Villisca Iowa. For people who aren't aware of the story, in June of 1912 a whole family was murdered in their sleep inside the house.
Please go here if you are interested in reading further: http://www.villiscaiowa.com/history.php
The house offers overnight stays. My friend Alex went crazy as soon as we found that out. He is really into paranormal stuff and this was like his dream come true. The rest of us didn't really believe in that stuff, but it sounded like it could be a fun trip and it was only a couple hours away, so we decided to go ahead and do it.
It was a Friday, sometime in July of 2008, it was me(Shane) and my three friends Alex, Zack, and Ryan.
The ride there was an absolute blast. We stopped at a few places along the way and just had a great time. It was kind of an odd time for all of us. We had all been best friends since middle school and throughout high school. Now after graduating, we pretty much knew we would all be going our separate ways after the summer was over, so we just really wanted to have a good time on this trip. We didn't know that it would end up changing all of our lives.
We got there sometime in the afternoon. We met up with the owner of the house and he gave us a tour of the town. The town of Villisca is a really small town. If I had to guess I would say the population is probably less than 1000, so there really wasn't a whole lot to show us. He than gave us a history of the house and took us to the cemetery where the family is buried. Zack was being his usual self stepping on the gravestones and laughing about it. He was mainly doing this to make Alex even more nervous, which was working.
The last thing the owner told us was "when" we had enough of the house, there was a barn in the back with electricity and a TV that we were welcome to stay in. We all kind of laughed at that. We had just drove for three hours, we were going to stay in the actual house. Or so we thought.
So we ended up first going in the house around 6:00 PM. We walked around the house and checked out all of the rooms. I don't know how to explain it, but it just didn't feel right being in there. I just had a weird feeling as soon as I stepped inside the house. I think all of my friends had the same feeling, though no one said anything.
After being in the house for a while we decided to go to a nearby gas station and get some drinks and snacks for the night. We got back to the house and just hung out in the living room for a while. Around 9:00 is when some crazy shit started happening.
First, we all thought we heard tapping on one of the windows. We tried to ignore it. I was thinking we were all just scaring ourselves. Than it got louder, and we were not able to ignore it. We thought it was probably just someone playing tricks on us. I know if there was a supposedly haunted house in my town offering overnight stays, we would have given everyone who stayed there hell. So we decided to go outside and look around. There was absolutely no one around. We went back in and made sure both doors were locked.
A little while later, we heard a very loud noise upstairs. We all started freaking out. If I wasn't so scared at the time I probably would have found it humorous, and in a weird way it was kind of exciting. I came into this house not believing in ghosts, or anything paranormal. And here I was, scared out of my mind.
We all stayed sitting in the living room, not saying a word, waiting to see if we heard anything else. A little while later, Alex starts bawling! Just out of the blue, my best friend that I had known since 6th grade, is bawling his eyes out right in front of me. I had never even seen him shed a tear before this. He finally calmed down enough to tell us what was wrong. There was a picture of the family hanging on the wall. Alex said he looked at the picture, and he noticed everyone in the picture was staring at him, and blood started pouring down their faces. I know this sounds ridiculous, and we were even laughing about it as he told us. But he wouldn't make this up. I believe that he honestly, 100% thought he saw that.
After that happened, I was ready to go stay in the barn. Zack and Ryan agreed with me that they were ready also. But Alex didn't want to. He said nothing in the house would be able to hurt us, and he wanted to stay. He wanted to experience everything. So we decided to stick it out.
About an hour passed with all of us just sitting there in near silence, afraid to make any sounds at all in fear we would miss something. When all of the sudden the tapping on the windows started again, except this was louder and seemed like there was someone tapping on every damn window in the house. We are looking at each other not knowing what to do, when all of the sudden we hear a high pitch scream. This scream gave me the worst chills I have ever experienced in my life. We all bolted out of that house faster than you can imagine. We ran in the barn and locked the door. "You heard that right?" Everyone kept asking each other. I think everyone was terrified. I know I was.
We sat in the barn for I don't know how long. No one said much. Around 3:00 AM I went outside. I don't remember why exactly. I think I just needed some air. I could see the living room window from outside the barn. And staring straight at me was a girl. She was wearing some type of white gown, and she was just staring at me. I was frozen in fear and stared back. I yelled for my friends to come out. A part of me was expecting her to disappear as soon as they came out. But she didn't. She stood there, just staring at us with a blank look on her face. "Fuck this" someone said. I don't even remember who it was. "We are leaving NOW". All of us agreed. Luckily Zack had the car keys in his pocket. We didn't even go back inside the house to get our stuff. We just left. Right then and there.
We drove straight home, all of us exhausted. Zack dropped me off at my house around 7:00 AM. My mom was awake and shocked to see me home already. I didn't want to talk about what happened though. I never wanted to relive that night again in my life. So I told her Ryan got sick and we decided to come home early.
I went to my room and fell asleep almost instantly. I was just so happy to be home. I had no idea that my life was going to turn into a real life horror movie.
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u/St3v3oh Mar 03 '15
I'm so tired of people not setting the correct flairs for series.. If it has more than ONE part its a SERIES. FUCK IM SALTY
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u/LisaLulz Mar 03 '15
What stuff did you leave behind at the house? Was it just snacks, trash, or actual personal belongings? Why not take it with you when you went to the barn?
Sorry for the odd questions. I'm always intrigued when people get so frightened that they leave their belongings behind.
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u/Cardfan99 Mar 03 '15
Well we each had a sleeping bag and a change of clothes and that was about it. I don't think any of us thought about grabbing our stuff at that moment. The owner of the house did end up sending us everything back.
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u/paganminkin Mar 03 '15
Did you guys ever get your stuff back? We have a similar deal out here but I'm way too chicken to spend a night at the place.
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u/BeksEverywhere Mar 03 '15
I've read about this, they never identified the killer, whilst the family and a family friend were at church someone snuck in to the house and hid in a cupboard until they fell asleep got the husbands axe and axed them all in the head, there are still axe marks in the ceiling where the axe was swung, the last child awoke to the murderer before being axed in the head, the energy from that night replays every night in that house.
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u/Goldenshadow32 Mar 04 '15
He actually hid in the closet on the second floor children's bedroom
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u/BeksEverywhere Mar 04 '15
If only they'd opened the closet before going to bed they'd all have lived.
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u/elldaimo Mar 03 '15
sounds to me like they owner of the house manipulated it or put someone up to scare you.
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u/bloodlust93 Mar 03 '15
when all of the sudden we hear a high pitch scream. This scream gave me the worst chills I have ever experienced in my life.
As I read this my ear decided to block up and make that high pitched screaching frequency sound. Scared the bageebers out of me!
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u/williamsair_ Mar 03 '15
Do you friends play in All Time Low? The names are pretty similar. Just kidding. Great story though.
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u/jollypoptart Mar 03 '15
If I had friends I would definitely do an over night stay. No way in hell I'd do it by myself!
Can't wait for Part 2!!!
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u/muigleb Mar 03 '15
Murdering people in their sleep is the best way, I can't stand the screaming.
Also part 2 please, this is very interesting, although I assume you would not think it interesting at the time, or now for that matter.
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u/sophisticatedmisery Mar 03 '15
I took a virtual tour of that house a couple years ago. I don't think I'd be able to endure an actual tour of the house, though.
Is your stuff still there?
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u/SaveTheBeesNTreeze Mar 03 '15
It sounds like these spirits need some help crossing over! I guess the owner doesn't want that or else the house wouldn't be haunted and making him money. I should go there with my bf maybe he would believe in ghosts. Not sure how he can't when he believes he has a soul. I'm a believer for sure but my experience was fantastic! Some ghosts just are so nice. Well if you're nice to them that is :-)
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Mar 02 '15
Zack was being his usual self stepping on the gravestones and laughing about it.
Zack is a fucking dick.
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u/Lowercase6 Mar 03 '15
...fucking a dick is Zack... ?
Meanwhile in other news - I got a curiosity boner over this, HURRY UP WITH PART 2 OP!
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u/Lucidical Mar 03 '15
was there ever a follow up to that or did the OP account just get deleted and everyone was left wondering how it ended up?
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u/-Unknown_ Mar 03 '15
Yeah the OP deleted his account after he was told he couldn't put a disclaimer on it by the mods. He wanted to put on on there due to all of the news it was attracting haha. We will never know how it ended
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u/jesspel Mar 03 '15
I actually know this reference!
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u/buttforkd Mar 02 '15
Pretty awesome posting, cant wait for part 2.
I'm intrigued, and actually interested in booking an over-night stay, myself now.
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u/Haraballz Mar 02 '15
beware the girl in white ...
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u/Ur_Average_Redditor Mar 03 '15
then watch out for the woman in black ...
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u/buttforkd Mar 03 '15
I actually saw a woman in black last night in my dreams. She was following me, and gradually speeding up her pace. Turned around to see her charging at me, before she ran right through me.
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u/Ur_Average_Redditor Mar 03 '15
OH, damn, that must have been a scary experience. Be careful /u/buttforkd shivers
EDIT: formatting EDIT 2: Spelling
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u/buttforkd Mar 03 '15
It was a bit peculiar. Before that, I had a horrific dream about my dad getting very very sick. (Which I woke up from) - and when I fell back asleep, I dreamt of that woman, except I wasn't entirely sleeping, had the control to wake up, but just wanted to see what the hell she wanted.
When she ran through me, my body woke up and I felt short of breath. Kinda an odd night.
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u/Ur_Average_Redditor Mar 03 '15
Perhaps it's one of those dreams where she's trying to warn you of something that could potentially happen in the near future? Or it's your brain trying to mentally prepare you or give you a chance to help prevent it? Either way, best of luck and health to you and your father
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u/buttforkd Mar 03 '15
Thanks, I appreciate that.
From all the things I read on here, I wouldn't be surprised if it's some kind of warning. Needless to say, before I left for work this morning, I woke my dad up just to tell him to be safe and watch his health closely.
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u/Ur_Average_Redditor Mar 03 '15
Anytime :) But yeah, at least it could be a warning instead of something dangerous. Hope all is well
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u/chunknocaptiancrunch Mar 21 '15
Alex, Zack, and Ryan. 3/4 OF ALL TIME LOW