Lilly
09-27-2009, 10:29 PM
The year was 1961my mother and father had just moved into a new house in a smalltown called Merriman Nebraska, her oldest child was 3 years oldand she just had a son. it was getting towards evening when theywere moving in and as they were moving in they noticed theneighbors who lived about 100 yards in a big house, they had allthe lights on, and children were playing outside. My uncle whowas helping my parents move, noticed the children and said to mymom, "it looks like your going to have some noisy neighbors."Later that night after he left, my mother and father went to bed,about two in the morning my mother got up to change her babysdiaper and she heard noises from outside when she looked out thewindow she seen that the children across the street were stilloutside, laughing and running around playing. She watched forawhile and went back to bed, she told my dad "honey thosechildren are still up, this late " my dad replied "theirparents are probably having a party "
My mother let it go at that and fell asleep. The next day myfather went to work but before he left he asked my mom to go tothe landlords and get a reciept for the rent, their landlordlived a couple of blocks so my mom got her babys ready and walkedto the landlords house, when she got there the lady told her tocome in and have some lemonade,she asked "so how do you likethe place? " my mom told her she liked it alot but she saidthat her neighbors were kind of loud and that they were up verylate. The lady replied "mrs. Harvey, let me tell you a sadstory, those neighbors you seen were not real, and your not theonly ones who seen them, most new residents here do, you see,there was a family who lived ther years ago, a man and his wifeand their children but his wife left him and took off with atruck driver, she also left him with all their children. Soonafter he became a drunk, One night he came home from the bar andthey say he passed out with a cigarette and burned the wholehouse down, along with his children." My mom could notbelieve it ! She waited untill my dad got home from work and toldhim the story, later that day they walked over to the place wherethey thought was their neighbors and sure enough, there wasnothing but a old foundation and old burnt bedsprings. Later whenthey told my uncle he too, could not believe it, because he alsoseen them. This is a true ghost story told to me by my mom yearsago, I hope you like it.
My mother let it go at that and fell asleep. The next day myfather went to work but before he left he asked my mom to go tothe landlords and get a reciept for the rent, their landlordlived a couple of blocks so my mom got her babys ready and walkedto the landlords house, when she got there the lady told her tocome in and have some lemonade,she asked "so how do you likethe place? " my mom told her she liked it alot but she saidthat her neighbors were kind of loud and that they were up verylate. The lady replied "mrs. Harvey, let me tell you a sadstory, those neighbors you seen were not real, and your not theonly ones who seen them, most new residents here do, you see,there was a family who lived ther years ago, a man and his wifeand their children but his wife left him and took off with atruck driver, she also left him with all their children. Soonafter he became a drunk, One night he came home from the bar andthey say he passed out with a cigarette and burned the wholehouse down, along with his children." My mom could notbelieve it ! She waited untill my dad got home from work and toldhim the story, later that day they walked over to the place wherethey thought was their neighbors and sure enough, there wasnothing but a old foundation and old burnt bedsprings. Later whenthey told my uncle he too, could not believe it, because he alsoseen them. This is a true ghost story told to me by my mom yearsago, I hope you like it.