THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
My grandmother told me this story. She began by saying that one should not speak ill of the dead, but she had to admit that my dear, departed grandfather was quite a womaniser in his time. He had three wives, of which my grandmother was the oldest and so the most senior in the household. …
When my father died suddenly of a heart attack, it hit me very bad. But when things like this happen, it is often the soul of the person who has passed away that tries to help the living. I remember that the night after the funeral, I was lying in bed with my wife. I …
I was in the staff-room when my colleague in the afternoon session rushed in, asking to see another teacher who was the uncle of one of her students. She said the student was behaving very strangely, claiming that he could see a bearded old man in a samfu standing outside the class and beckoning to …
I had a patient, a middle-aged expatriate, who was brought in after he had collapsed of a heart attack while jogging around the Botanical Gardens. There was nothing we could do to save him. Then many months later, this happened: It turned out that a middle-aged couple had moved into the house where the expatriate …
I stayed in a rented house with my wife and child for a short while, waiting for our new flat. I have a hard job, so I am quite tired by the time I return home and I usually sleep soundly. This rented flat that we were staying in, however, always made me uneasy. I …
We have a spirit in our house that we know exists because sometimes you can sense it, but it has never done anything bad to us. Unfortunately, I cannot say it has been as kind to an auntie of mine, who used to visit us frequently. This auntie is very helpful to our family, but …
In the Toa Payoh flat where I lived, several times I encountered this spirit which at first scared me by its presence. Later, though, I came to understand it and was not so afraid. My first encounter with it was when I was studying for my first-year Pre-U exams. We were living in a three-room …
My elder brother was a cynic when it came to ghost stories until one day something happened to him. He came home with a strange look on his face sometime during the Hungry Ghost Festival two years ago. I remember it quite well. There was a sort of worried frown on his face, but at …
This happened about 15 years ago. I have a very good friend and I know most of what happens in his family. One day his sister was going to work in the factory behind the Kampung where my friend lived. It was about noon. She thought she was alone, but she heard footsteps behind her …
I remember when I was in the scouts as a little boy, one day I had to come back home late by myself after scout practice. I got down at the bus stop near my place. Between the bus stop and my home, I would have had to pass by the Kampung Jeva cemetery. This …
