What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

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Members are sharing personal experiences and stories related to ghosts, spirits, and paranormal occurrences in healthcare settings. Some members discuss encounters with deceased loved ones or unexplained phenomena, while others share their interest in ghost stories and movies like "Doctor Sleep" and "The Shining." There is a mix of skepticism, curiosity, and belief in the supernatural among the forum participants.

Nursing is a profession that often involves long lonely night shifts in eerie hospital wards. It's a perfect breeding ground for ghost stories. These stories often involve sightings of apparitions, strange noises, and unexplained events that are said to have taken place in hospitals, hospices, and other healthcare settings. Some of these stories are believed to be based on true events, while others are purely fictional. Regardless, they continue to captivate and intrigue both nurses and non-nurses alike - providing a spooky glimpse into the world of healthcare after dark.

I know you have seen and heard freaky things. Share your nursing ghost stories...

I love this thread as well. It's probably my favorite! I love to watch the show called "A Haunting" on discovery channel. Freaks the crap out of me.

As much as I like spooky stories I can not watch "A Haunting" on Discovery Channel. I get scared of the images and sounds they put out there. :lol2:

My mother-in-law, who was a few days from death per cancer, kept telling me that there was a small boy (4 or 5 years old) that would sleep at the foot of her bed at night. Only she saw this child. She asked if it could be her grandson, but her grandson not there. Perhaps this was her spirit guide that was going to take her to the next world.

My mother-in-law, who was a few days from death per cancer, kept telling me that there was a small boy (4 or 5 years old) that would sleep at the foot of her bed at night. Only she saw this child. She asked if it could be her grandson, but her grandson not there. Perhaps this was her spirit guide that was going to take her to the next world.

Good story - when I was little, an elderly aunt died. My sister was playing in the basement playroom, and came up the stairs to tell my mother that this aunt was down in the playroom telling my sister she was going away.

Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..

this story sounds like an alfred hitchcock tale, doesn't it.

john bradford, a dublin university student, was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a big storm.

the night was rolling on and no car went by . the storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stopped. john, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door.. only to realise there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on.

the car started moving slowly. john looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. scared, he started to pray, begging for his life.

then, just before the car hit the curve, a hand appeared out of nowhere through the window and turned the wheel. john, paralysed with terror,

watched as the hand came through the window, but never touched or harmed him.

shortly thereafter john saw the lights of a pub appear down the road, so, gathering strength, he jumped out of the car and ran to it.

wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and started telling everybody about the horrible experience he had just had.

a silence enveloped the pub when everybody realised he was crying and....wasn't drunk.

suddenly, the door opened, and two other people walked in from the dark and stormy night. they, like john, were also soaked and out ofbreath.

looking around, and seeing john bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the other...

'look paddy.....there's that idiot that got in the car while we were pushing it!!!!'

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This is a great thread. I must share that i've been seeing ghosts since i was 4 years old. Haven't seen one since 1997 until i started working in the OR. I've heard from a few people that our OR is haunted, especially the old trauma room. Some have said they've seen a lady in a black dress walk down the hall. Some have said they smell fresh roses or lights, music turn on with no one around. My first experience was a weekend shift and i saw a black shadow, a quick flash at the corner of my eye walk by my room. Then when i was washing my hands the faucet next to me turned on by itself. It was weird. I sometimes get the feeling that someone or something is around but this is only on the weekends when it is dead and you're pretty much by yourself with a couple of people in other rooms. Many of these stories are very interesting and fascinating. I'm so glad there are so many of them to read! Thanks for letting me share.

This is not a work story but my youngest told me that she saw grandma my mother in her bedroom looking at her and that she was wearing blue pj's and then a couple of days after my mother passed I saw her comming down the stairs at my house.

Another time when my youngest Haley was about 2 my husband and I were doing some genealogy research down in So Illinois and I found an article about a couple who had one of the family names which I took a copy of, then trying to find my grandmothers brothers tombstone who died at the age of 4, I was walking around this small country cemetary. Haley was sitting on a tombstone carrying on a conversation with "herself" my husband was nearbye then I took her hand and started to walk to the car, she broke away and ran to that same tombstone and said bye bye I looked down at the tombstone and it was the same people who I had copied thier information which I didnt know where they were buried at. My husband and I had hair standing on the back of our necks :chair:

Now thats a coincidence! Great story! Did your daughter get her "friend's" name? Or were you too scared to ask?

This is not a work story but my youngest told me that she saw grandma my mother in her bedroom looking at her and that she was wearing blue pj's and then a couple of days after my mother passed I saw her comming down the stairs at my house.

Another time when my youngest Haley was about 2 my husband and I were doing some genealogy research down in So Illinois and I found an article about a couple who had one of the family names which I took a copy of, then trying to find my grandmothers brothers tombstone who died at the age of 4, I was walking around this small country cemetary. Haley was sitting on a tombstone carrying on a conversation with "herself" my husband was nearbye then I took her hand and started to walk to the car, she broke away and ran to that same tombstone and said bye bye I looked down at the tombstone and it was the same people who I had copied thier information which I didnt know where they were buried at. My husband and I had hair standing on the back of our necks :chair:

This is not a work story but my youngest told me that she saw grandma my mother in her bedroom looking at her and that she was wearing blue pj's and then a couple of days after my mother passed I saw her comming down the stairs at my house.

Another time when my youngest Haley was about 2 my husband and I were doing some genealogy research down in So Illinois and I found an article about a couple who had one of the family names which I took a copy of, then trying to find my grandmothers brothers tombstone who died at the age of 4, I was walking around this small country cemetary. Haley was sitting on a tombstone carrying on a conversation with "herself" my husband was nearbye then I took her hand and started to walk to the car, she broke away and ran to that same tombstone and said bye bye I looked down at the tombstone and it was the same people who I had copied thier information which I didnt know where they were buried at. My husband and I had hair standing on the back of our necks :chair:

Many children especially the really young ones are capable of talking to and seeing ghosts rather than older children, teenagers & adults. Also when children get older they some how lose that ability or just forget how... but you can get that ability back. Interesting story, thank you for sharing.

Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.
Read "Many Lives, Many Masters" by Brian Weiss. It explains a lot of what many of you have described here. It's absolutely awesome!

I have that book and yes it is awesome! :)

Specializes in Med/Surg, Orthopaedics,.

We have had some strange things happen on our ward lately. The call bell system is completely out of whack! Bells ringing from empty rooms! A colleague always has trouble taking ECG's. Yes, always. The machine malfunctions and she needs to get one of the other nurses to take the ECG.

The other night, I was doing my morning drug round at the end of the night shift. The sun was not up yet so I had dim lights on in the corridor. Suddenly the lights all went out. I looked up to see which of the nurses were playing a joke on me and no-one was around. As I looked down the corridor where the light switch was located I saw what looked like smoke hanging in the air which promptly "moved" quickly down the stair well. Has this happened to anybody else? Does anyone have famous ghosts that live in their hospitals?

i've seen that 'whoosh' you speak of, but not frequently.

more typical, is the scent/perfume of a pt who died- or highly unusual occurences, like a radio suddenly going on, playing a song a past pt used to sing/love- in the room they used to occupy.

and always, the area where these happen, are always, always freezing.

just in that immediate area.

dang, the stories i could tell...

as long as their presence is peaceful or playful, enjoy it!!!

leslie

Specializes in Med/Surg, Orthopaedics,.

Can you tell me just one story? More if you've got time!

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