Ghost Story

[Roundel]

During WWII, there were reportedly a number of cases of women who had nightmares or felt pain when their husbands or sons were killed, wounded, or in extreme peril.

The television series One Step Beyond (1959-61), also known as Alcoa Presents One Step Beyond and Alcoa Presents, had several paranormal stories from both WWI and WWII. They were supposedly based on actual incidents. The series was repeated about nine years ago on the Sci-Fi and Nostalgia channels and is available on VHS tapes.

George S. "Old Blood and Guts" Patton, after lingering for about a month with a broken neck, appeared to one, if not both, of his daughters on the morning of his death. This was related in one of the his biographies from about ten years ago. The daughter awoke (she later reported), saw her father in the room; he was smiling broadly, then disappeared without saying a word. Remember, Patton was a profoundly religious man; perhaps he enjoyed seeing the proof of his convictions...
I'm not asking you to believe this, I was just relating it. I have my own "family" ghost story, from WW2, that I'm saving for later...
Capt. "The Ghost Hunter" Lewis

[Amy]

Interesting stories!


Hey "Capt. Lewis": What's your family's WWII ghost story?

[Richard_Schrader]

All;
When my father died I was on the road. He gave me a sign that only I would understand. It was something between only us.

Richard

Dear Amy,
In 1942, my grandmother, living here in Woodhaven, Queens, NYC, had a strange and frightening dream, in which she opened the front door of the house. On the steps was a man, dressed all in black, wearing a derby (I think this may have been the 'get-up' of undertakers of that time?). She knew immediately that this figure was Death; she tried to prevent him from coming inside the house, but he just pushed her aside, and then 'whisked' up the stairs to the second floor... "He's looking for Willy," she thought...
A short time later-- a week, maybe two?-- her brother, Willy Sittinger, was killed in a B-25 crash while training in Oklahoma City (BTW, the rest of the crew bailed out safely); Willy's claim to fame is that he was the first casualty from The New York Times (he was a linotype machinist) during WW2.
Your turn, Amy...

[Amy]

Thanks for sharing "Capt. Lewis". Unfortunately, I have no ghost story of my own. That's why I like reading what others have posted here.