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0:00Story one, the girl at the end of the
0:03hallway. Our story is about a student
0:06named Jack who lived in a small town in
0:09America in 1990.
0:11Jack had a close friend named William.
0:14Jack loved drawing. He drew almost
0:17everyday. Most of his drawings were
0:19normal. He liked drawing nature, trees,
0:22mountains, houses, and quiet places. But
0:26one day, Jack accidentally left his
0:28drawing supplies at school. He told
0:31William about it and asked him to come
0:33back with him that night to get them.
0:36William didn't go. He told Jack to just
0:38wait until the next morning. Jack went
0:41to the school alone. The next day,
0:44William noticed that something was
0:45wrong. Jack didn't talk to anyone. Not
0:49the teachers, not the other students,
0:51not even William. William tried talking
0:54to him several times, but Jack wouldn't
0:57answer. He just sat quietly and stared
0:59ahead. At first, William thought Jack
1:02was angry with him. Then he noticed
1:05something else. Jack's drawings had
1:07changed completely. The drawings of
1:10trees and mountains were gone. Now
1:13almost every page was filled with dark
1:16hallways, empty classrooms, black doors,
1:19and strange figures standing in the
1:21distance. And in almost every drawing,
1:24there was the same thing. A little girl
1:28always standing at the end of a hallway.
1:30William asked Jack about the drawings.
1:33Jack said nothing. Days passed. Jack
1:36became quieter. He stopped spending time
1:39with his friends. He stopped laughing.
1:42And whenever he walked through the
1:43school hallway, he never went all the
1:45way to the end. He would stop halfway
1:48and look toward the darkness. Sometimes
1:51William caught him staring at the exact
1:53same spot for several minutes. After a
1:56few weeks, William couldn't take it
1:58anymore. One afternoon, he found Jack
2:01sitting alone in an empty classroom. He
2:04closed the door, sat across from him,
2:06and told him he wasn't leaving until
2:08Jack told him what had happened. For a
2:11long time, Jack stayed silent. Then he
2:14finally looked at William and said, "I
2:16saw a girl." William asked him what
2:19girl. Jack lowered his voice. At the end
2:22of the hallway, then he started telling
2:25him what happened that night. Jack said
2:28the school was almost completely dark
2:30when he entered. He went to his
2:32classroom, picked up his drawing
2:34supplies, and started putting everything
2:36into his bag. Then he heard three knocks
2:39coming from the end of the hallway. He
2:41thought someone was playing a joke on
2:43him. He called out, "Hello." Nothing.
2:47Then he heard a little girl's voice,
2:50quiet and weak. Help me. Jack looked
2:53toward the end of the hallway. A little
2:56girl was standing there. She looked
2:58around 9 years old. She was wearing an
3:00old dress and her hair was hanging over
3:03her face. Jack asked if she was okay.
3:06The girl didn't answer. She slowly
3:08lifted her head. Jack said her skin
3:11looked extremely pale. Then he saw her
3:14eyes. They looked completely black. The
3:17girl smiled. Jack immediately stepped
3:20backward. Then she started walking
3:22toward him slowly, then faster. Jack
3:26turned around and ran. He could hear her
3:28footsteps behind him. He ran toward the
3:31stairs, but just before he reached them,
3:34something grabbed the back of his shirt.
3:36He pulled away. His shirt ripped. Then
3:39he felt something sharp scratch across
3:41his back. Jack screamed and kept
3:43running. He finally reached the side
3:45door and escaped the school. But just
3:48before he got outside, he heard the
3:50girl's voice right behind him. Don't
3:53leave me. Jack never turned around. When
3:56William heard the story, he didn't know
3:58what to believe, but then he saw the
4:00scratches on Jack's back. Three long
4:03marks. William decided to call the
4:05police. At first, the police didn't take
4:08the story seriously, but William kept
4:11insisting that they searched the school.
4:13Eventually, officers went inside and
4:15searched the building. They checked the
4:17classrooms, storage rooms, bathrooms,
4:20and offices. Nothing until one officer
4:24noticed something strange behind the
4:25boiler room. Part of the wall looked
4:28different from the rest. The bricks were
4:30newer. They removed some of them. Behind
4:33the wall was a narrow hidden space and
4:35inside they found human bones, small
4:39bones. The remains belonged to a little
4:41girl. She was estimated to have been
4:44around 9 years old. No one knew how long
4:47she had been there, and no one could
4:49explain why the space behind the wall
4:51had never been found before. The police
4:54continued investigating, but there was
4:57something that made the whole thing even
4:58stranger. Inside the hidden space, they
5:02found an old metal box. Inside the box
5:05was several drawings. One of them showed
5:08a little girl standing at the end of a
5:10dark school hallway. Behind her was a
5:12boy. William said the boy looked exactly
5:15like Jack, but the drawing was old, much
5:19older than 1990. Jack had never seen it
5:22before. At least that's what he said.
5:25After that, Jack never went back to the
5:28school. He also stopped drawing. But
5:31William noticed one strange thing. Jack
5:34still kept his old notebook. And every
5:36few nights, he would draw the same
5:38hallway again. The same dark hallway,
5:41the same little girl. Only now, she
5:44wasn't at the end of it anymore. She was
5:47getting closer. Then one morning,
5:50William got a call from Jack's mother.
5:52Jack had disappeared during the night.
5:55His bedroom window was locked. The door
5:57was locked from the inside. There was no
6:00sign that anyone had broken into the
6:02house. The only thing Jack left behind
6:04was his notebook. William opened it. The
6:07last page showed the same hallway, but
6:10this time the girl was standing directly
6:13behind Jack. Underneath the drawing Jack
6:15had written, "She finally found me."
6:19William never saw Jack again. Years
6:21later, when the old school was
6:23demolished, workers found something
6:25behind the boiler room, another section
6:27of brick wall. And scratched into the
6:30inside of it were four words. You left
6:33me here. The strange part was that the
6:35scratches looked fresh.
6:41The Highgate Vampire London, 1970. For
6:45months, people living near Highgate
6:47Cemetery had been talking about
6:49something strange. At first, the story
6:52sounded almost ridiculous. Some people
6:55claimed they had seen a tall, dark
6:57figure moving between the graves. Others
7:00said they heard footsteps following them
7:02as they walked past the cemetery late at
7:04night. One woman told people that she
7:07had been walking home when she suddenly
7:09heard someone behind her. One step, then
7:12another. She stopped. The footsteps
7:15stopped too. She started walking again.
7:18The footsteps followed faster this time.
7:21She finally turned around and there was
7:24nobody there. Just the old iron gates of
7:26Highgate Cemetery. And behind them,
7:29hundreds of ancient graves disappearing
7:31into the fog. After that night, she
7:34refused to walk past the cemetery alone.
7:37And soon, more people started telling
7:39similar stories. a strange figure, a
7:42dark shadow, a man standing between the
7:45graves. Sometimes people said the figure
7:47looked tall and extremely thin. Others
7:50described it as pale, almost completely
7:53white, and slowly the rumors gave the
7:56creature a name, the Highgate Vampire.
7:59Most people laughed when they heard it,
8:01a vampire in London in 1970. It sounded
8:06like something from an old horror movie.
8:08But then the rumors became impossible to
8:10ignore. Newspapers began reporting the
8:13strange stories. People started coming
8:15to Highgate Cemetery at night. Some
8:18brought cameras, some carried
8:20flashlights, and some came because they
8:22genuinely believed they were going to
8:24see something supernatural. Then came
8:27March 13th, 1970. That night, the
8:30cemetery became the center of a bizarre
8:32scene. Hundreds of people gathered
8:35around Highgate. The streets were filled
8:37with whispers. People stood outside the
8:39gates, staring into the darkness. Others
8:42climbed over the walls. Some pushed
8:45their way through the gates and entered
8:46the cemetery. Everyone was searching for
8:49the same thing. Something nobody could
8:51prove even existed. The cemetery was
8:54almost completely dark. The trees moved
8:57slowly in the wind. The old graves
8:59disappeared into the shadows. Then
9:01suddenly, someone shouted, "There."
9:05Everyone turned. Between the graves,
9:08something was standing. A tall, dark
9:10figure, completely motionless. For a few
9:13seconds, nobody moved. Nobody even
9:16spoke. One man slowly raised his
9:18flashlight. The beam crossed the trees.
9:21Then the graves, then the figure, and
9:24suddenly it was gone. Just gone. The
9:28crowd erupted. Some people started
9:30running deeper into the cemetery. Others
9:33began searching between the graves, but
9:35there was nothing. No man, no creature,
9:38no explanation. One witness later
9:41claimed that he had seen the figure
9:42again. He saw it was standing between
9:45two old tombstones. He watched it for
9:47several seconds. Then something happened
9:50that terrified him. The figure slowly
9:52turned its head and looked directly at
9:55him. He ran. He didn't wait to find out
9:58what it was. He didn't look back. He
10:00just ran. And that was how the legend
10:03grew. But imagine for a moment that you
10:05were actually inside the cemetery that
10:07night. It is after midnight. The noise
10:10of the crowd is slowly disappearing
10:12behind you. You are walking between old
10:14graves with a flashlight in your hand.
10:17The beam moves across the darkness.
10:19Nothing. You take another step. Then you
10:22hear it. Footsteps behind you. You stop.
10:26Silence. You slowly turn around.
10:30Nothing. only empty graves. You continue
10:33walking. Then the footsteps return. One
10:36step, then another. Closer. You raise
10:40your flashlight. The beam moves across
10:42the graves. Nothing. Then it stops on an
10:45old stone monument. For a fraction of a
10:48second, you see a pale face behind it. A
10:51face that seems almost completely white.
10:53You glink. It's gone. You move closer.
10:57There is nothing there. You tell
10:59yourself it was just a shadow. Maybe the
11:01fog, maybe the strange light, maybe your
11:04imagination. Then you hear something
11:06else. Breathing. Slow breathing. Deep
11:10breathing. But it isn't yours. Something
11:13is breathing somewhere behind you. You
11:15slowly turn around. Nothing. You shine
11:18the flashlight everywhere. Nothing. Then
11:21a cold wind touches the back of your
11:23neck. You freeze. And for a moment, you
11:27get the terrible feeling that something
11:28is standing directly behind you, just
11:31outside the reach of your flashlight. As
11:33the rumors continued, two men became
11:36closely connected to the Highgate
11:38vampire story. David Farren claimed that
11:41he had seen a strange figure near the
11:43cemetery. Sha Manchester also became
11:46convinced that something sinister was
11:48connected to Highgate. Their involvement
11:51made the story even bigger. Soon, people
11:54were talking about occult rituals, dark
11:57magic, a vampire, and something
12:00supposedly buried somewhere inside the
12:02cemetery. The stories became darker with
12:05every passing week. But there was still
12:07one problem. There was no proof. No
12:11creature was captured. No supernatural
12:13body was found. No photograph clearly
12:16showed a vampire. and no scientific
12:19evidence ever proved that anything
12:21paranormal was living inside Highgate
12:23Cemetery. Some people believed the
12:25sightings were caused by fog. Others
12:28blamed shadows, animals, or people
12:30playing tricks. And some believed that
12:33fear itself had created the monster. One
12:36person saw a shadow, told someone else,
12:38and suddenly everyone was looking for
12:41the same shadow. Every movement became
12:43suspicious. Every sound became a
12:46warning. Every dark shape between the
12:48graves became the vampire. But even if
12:51the vampire wasn't real, the fear
12:53certainly was. Today, Highgate Cemetery
12:56is still there. The old gates still
12:59stand. The graves are still there. The
13:02trees are still growing between the
13:03tombstones. But imagine walking past the
13:06cemetery alone after midnight. The
13:08streets are empty. There are no crowds,
13:11no cameras, no people searching for
13:14monsters. Just silence. You stop outside
13:17the old iron gates. You look through
13:19them. Your flashlight moves slowly
13:22across the cemetery. One grave, another,
13:25then another. Nothing. You turn around
13:28and start walking away. Then you hear
13:31footsteps. You freeze. The sound is
13:34coming from inside the cemetery. One
13:36step, then another. Slowly, you turn
13:39back toward the gates. At the end of the
13:42path, a tall figure is standing in the
13:44darkness, completely still. You raise
13:47your flashlight. The beam moves toward
13:50it. The figure disappears. You blink.
13:53Nothing. Just an empty path. You start
13:56walking away again. Then you hear a
13:58whisper, very quiet, almost impossible
14:01to understand. It comes from somewhere
14:04behind the gates. Don't leave yet. You
14:07stop. Your heart starts beating faster.
14:10You slowly turn around. The cemetery is
14:13empty. But then you see something. Deep
14:16between the graves, a pale face is
14:18staring directly at you. It doesn't
14:21move. It doesn't blink. It simply
14:24watches. You take a step backward. The
14:26face disappears. You shine your
14:28flashlight toward the spot. Nothing. You
14:32turn around and run. You don't look
14:34back, but after a few seconds, you hear
14:37footsteps behind you. This time they
14:39aren't walking. They are running fast.
14:42Very fast. Getting closer. You reach the
14:46street. You turn around. Nothing. Only
14:49the dark cemetery. You breathe again.
14:52You tell yourself it was all in your
14:53head until you notice something. Your
14:56flashlight is still pointing toward the
14:58cemetery. And deep between the graves,
15:01the pale face is there again watching
15:04you. And maybe that's why the legend of
15:06the Highgate vampire never truly
15:08disappeared. Because perhaps the real
15:11question isn't was there really a
15:13vampire in Highgate Cemetery. Maybe the
15:16real question is what did all those
15:18people see? And if you ever find
15:20yourself standing outside Highgate
15:22Cemetery after midnight looking through
15:24those old iron gates, don't stare into
15:27the darkness for too long because
15:29according to the legend, sometimes the
15:32darkness stares back.
15:39The Enfield Haunting, London, 1977.
15:43On the night of August 31st, 1977,
15:47something strange began inside an
15:49ordinary house on Green Street in
15:51Enfield, North London. Peggy Hodgson was
15:55in the house with her four children when
15:57they suddenly heard knocking coming from
15:59upstairs. At first, Peggy thought one of
16:02the children was playing a joke. Then
16:04the knocking came again. Three slow
16:07knocks. Knock. Knock. Knock. Peggy went
16:11upstairs and checked the bedrooms.
16:13Nothing. The children were terrified.
16:16Then, without warning, a heavy chair
16:18began moving across the room by itself.
16:21Peggy froze. The children screamed. The
16:24chair slid several feet across the floor
16:27before stopping. There was nobody
16:29touching it. Peggy immediately took the
16:31children outside and ran to the
16:33neighbors. The police were called. When
16:36two officers arrived, they searched the
16:38house carefully. They found nothing.
16:41Then, while one of the officers was
16:43standing in the living room, the chair
16:45moved. The officer later reported seeing
16:47it move several feet across the floor.
16:50There was no one near it. That night,
16:52the family barely slept, but the
16:55knocking didn't stop. It became worse.
16:58Objects were thrown across rooms. Toys
17:00moved without explanation. Doors opened
17:03and closed. And strange sounds came from
17:06inside the walls. Sometimes the noises
17:08sounded like someone knocking from the
17:10other side. Sometimes they sounded like
17:12scratching and sometimes they sounded
17:15like a voice. The most disturbing events
17:18involved 11-year-old Janet Hodgson.
17:21Witnesses claimed that Janet would
17:22suddenly speak in a deep, rough male
17:25voice. It sounded nothing like a young
17:28girl. The voice claimed to belong to a
17:30man named Bill Wilkins. According to the
17:33story, Bill claimed that he had died
17:35inside the house years earlier. The
17:38voice would answer questions. Sometimes
17:40it became angry, sometimes it laughed,
17:43and sometimes it simply stared through
17:45Janet while speaking in that strange
17:47voice. One investigator later described
17:50the experience as deeply disturbing. He
17:53had been sitting in the room when Janet
17:54suddenly began speaking. The voice was
17:57so deep that it seemed impossible for a
17:59child to produce it. Then the voice said
18:02that it wanted everyone out of the
18:03house. The room became silent. Nobody
18:06moved. Then a loud bang came from
18:09upstairs. Everyone rushed toward the
18:11sound. A bedroom door was swinging open.
18:14There was nobody inside. But on the
18:17floor, a small toy had been thrown
18:19against the wall. The investigators
18:22started documenting everything. Cameras
18:24were placed around the house. Audio
18:26recordings were made. Notes were taken
18:29throughout the night. Sometimes nothing
18:31happened for hours. Then, without
18:34warning, the house would erupt into
18:36chaos. One night, a loud crash came from
18:39the children's bedroom. Investigators
18:42rushed upstairs. A pile of objects had
18:44been thrown across the room. Another
18:47night, a toy suddenly flew through the
18:49air. And on another occasion, a strange
18:52voice was recorded coming from Janet.
18:55The case soon attracted journalists,
18:57photographers, and paranormal
18:59investigators from across Britain. One
19:01of the investigators, Morris Gross,
19:04spent many nights inside the house. He
19:07tried to find ordinary explanations. He
19:09checked the rooms, watched the children,
19:12examined the objects, and listened to
19:14the recordings. But the strange
19:16incidents continued. As the story
19:19spread, more people began believing that
19:21the house was haunted. Others believed
19:24the children were responsible. Some
19:26investigators even suspected that Janet
19:28had learned how to imitate a man's
19:30voice. But there were moments that were
19:33difficult to explain. One of the
19:35strangest reports came when objects were
19:37discovered in places where the family
19:39claimed they had not been put. Another
19:42involved a toy being thrown across a
19:44room while several people were present.
19:46The house became a place where nobody
19:48wanted to stay alone after dark. Then
19:51came one of the most frightening nights.
19:54It was late. Most of the family were
19:56asleep. The investigators were
19:58downstairs. Suddenly, three heavy knocks
20:01came from the ceiling. Knock. Knock.
20:04Knock. Everyone looked up. Another
20:07series of knocks followed. This time
20:09they came from the bedroom. One
20:12investigator ran upstairs. The room was
20:14empty. He searched under the beds.
20:17Inside the cupboards, behind the
20:19curtains, nothing. Then from directly
20:22behind him came a man's voice. Low,
20:26rough, angry. Get out. The investigator
20:30turned around. Nobody was there. He
20:33stepped into the hallway. The voice came
20:36again. Get out of my house. The entire
20:39house fell silent. Then something
20:41slammed against the bedroom door. The
20:44door shook violently. The investigators
20:46pulled it open. Nothing was behind it.
20:49Only an empty room and a small toy lying
20:52in the middle of the floor. The
20:54investigation continued for months. The
20:57story became one of the most famous
20:58alleged hauntings in Britain. But the
21:01case was never completely solved. There
21:03was no scientific proof that a ghost had
21:06possessed Janet. There was no confirmed
21:08evidence that a supernatural entity
21:10lived inside the house, and some
21:12incidents were later accused of being
21:14tricks. Even Janet herself later
21:17admitted that some of the strange events
21:19had been faked. But she continued to
21:21insist that not everything had been a
21:23trick. And that uncertainty is what kept
21:26the Enfield story alive. Because there
21:28were police officers who witnessed
21:30strange events. There were investigators
21:32who spent nights inside the house. There
21:35were recordings, photographs, and dozens
21:38of witnesses who claimed that something
21:40deeply disturbing had happened there.
21:42Years later, the house became quiet. The
21:45family moved on. The knocking stopped.
21:48The strange voice disappeared. But the
21:50story remained. And there is one final
21:53detail that makes the Enfield haunting
21:55so unsettling. After all the
21:57investigators had left, after the
21:59cameras were gone, after the newspapers
22:02stopped watching the house, the building
22:04became quiet again. Just an ordinary
22:07house in an ordinary London street. But
22:10according to the legend, sometimes late
22:13at night, people still hear three slow
22:16knocks coming from inside. Knock, knock,
22:19knock. And if the stories are to be
22:22believed, the house doesn't always stay
22:24silent after the third knock. Sometimes
22:27something knocks back.