[Disgruntled Intern]

Working around death in hospice care/hospital/assisted living facilities has sort of opened my mind.

I don't believe in souls, and that seems to be what a ghost really boils down to in the end, but I do believe in an energy, a force, or whatever the fuck.

In one facility I worked we had a room that everyone claimed was haunted. Despite numerous rewirings and diagnostics, electrical items [beds included] would either short out or simply overheat and die. Things would also move around in that room, though never directly in front of you. You'd walk in, do whatever, and set something down. You'd toss a sharp or your gloves in the ajoined bathroom, and when you'd come back the item would be on the floor.

This happened with a folded blanket, a dixie cup, and a box of extra large latex gloves. The room wasn't super cold or anything, nothing hokey like that. Just a generally weird vibe to it.

A lot of nurses and CNA's had also seen what they thought was a resident darting into various rooms late at night out of the corner of their eye. Upon entering the room the residents are elevated and out like lights, or simply not capable of darting. I saw this a few times. Always on the same hall.

I [among other staff] also heard a lot of weird shit. It could have just been a group paranoia thing. Who knows. The mind plays tricks. But in a building full of years of death, I am open to the possibility of something else.

My apartment in burbank had hardwood floors and sometimes at night it sounded like someone was walking from my front door, across the living room, and into the kitchen. Then the noise would just stop. My dog would get upset. My bathroom and bedroom doors would also slam shut independently of one another when the windows were closed and without the heat or window A/C unit running.

Ghosts? I don't know. I never saw anything, but my dog would get creeped the fuck out a lot. And she's really brave and dumb. She once ran into my closet and refused to budge for about an hour.

That apartment was built in the 30's, if memory serves.