Welcome to Tales of Unusual — where we follow those who chase shadows and sometimes become shadows themselves. Tonight’s story is about a team of ghost hunters — thrill-seekers, skeptics, believers — and the one haunting that didn’t want to be found. So grab your flashlight, check your batteries, and listen carefully to what’s waiting in the dark. This is Ghost Hunters.
00:56Most nights, they found dust and creaking floors, and once in a while, something that kept them coming back.
01:03But they were always chasing, never being chased back, until the night they heard about Black Pines Asylum.
01:12Black Pines had been shut down for 50 years.
01:15Local kids dared each other to break in, but few ever did.
01:21Rumors said the last patients were never moved, that the doors locked themselves shut when the state ran out of money.
01:30Some claimed screams still echoed through the south wing on winter nights.
01:35For Nightlight Paranormal, it was perfect.
01:38They packed their gear, cameras, night vision, spirit box, spare batteries, and drove five hours through rain to the edge of the forgotten property.
01:50The building rose out of the pines like a rotting tooth.
01:54Jordan turned on his camera and whispered,
01:57This is gonna make us famous.
01:59Inside, the air felt wrong, stale, damp, heavy like wet blankets over their shoulders.
02:06Lena set up motion sensors.
02:09Sam checked the spirit box.
02:12Chris unpacked an old Ouija board, half as a joke.
02:16They found old beds, overturned wheelchairs, dark hallways eaten by mold.
02:23At first, it was the usual squeaks, drips, static, on the recorder.
02:29Then they heard footsteps in the hallway, clear, deliberate, too heavy to be rats.
02:36The spirit box hissed with broken radio static.
02:40Then a voice.
02:42Stay.
02:42They laughed it off.
02:44But the laughter sounded hollow when they played it back, because on the tape, the voice wasn't theirs.
02:51They pushed deeper into the south wing, the part sealed with rusted chains.
02:57The EMF meter spiked every few steps.
03:01Cold spots danced across their arms.
03:04They found a heavy door, bolted but cracked enough to see inside.
03:09A small room lined with padded walls.
03:13Chris wanted to open it, Sam argued.
03:16Jordan, always brave, broke the lock with a crowbar.
03:20Inside, they found an old bed frame, rusty shackles, and scratch marks all along the floor.
03:26Lena's camera battery drained instantly.
03:30The spirit box screamed white noise.
03:33Then a voice.
03:35Why did you come?
03:36They left the door open.
03:38That was their first mistake.
03:41After that, nothing felt right.
03:43They heard footsteps following them, always just behind.
03:48Chris felt someone tug his coat in the dark.
03:51Lena's camera flickered, showing shadows that vanished when the light came back.
03:57Sam, the skeptic, muttered prayers under his breath.
04:02When they finally decided to leave, the exit wouldn't open.
04:07Every hallway twisted back to the south wing.
04:11Their walkie-talkies burst with whispers, voices repeating their own questions back at them.
04:17In the padded room, the Ouija board spelled stay, stay, stay.
04:23The asylum wasn't empty, it was hungry.
04:27They ran, they smashed windows, forced open doors.
04:31When they stumbled out into the cold dawn, none of them looked back.
04:36But the haunting didn't stay behind.
04:39At home, Chris woke to footsteps, pacing his hallway.
04:43Lena's laptop recorded static at 3 a.m. every night, with faint voices saying her name.
04:51Jordan stopped filming.
04:53His camera turned on by itself, replaying the asylum footage in reverse.
04:59Sam disappeared for a week.
05:02When he came back, he wouldn't speak.
05:04Only stared at dark corners, as if listening for something waiting to answer.
05:09The footage they uploaded went viral, but they never filmed again.
05:15The videos still online.
05:17Black Pines Asylum, for friends who got what they asked for.
05:22Some say, if you watch it alone, you'll hear the same voice whisper, stay.
05:28Some say, a piece of that haunting passes through the screen, looking for a new home.
05:34So if you go looking for ghosts, remember, they might be looking for you, too.
05:41Thank you for watching, Tales of Unusual.
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05:50Sleep well tonight, if the footsteps let you.
