Help me haunt my family (1 Viewer)

[TheIronSheik]

As mentioned in another post, we've had some weird things happen in our house lately.  Nothing that probably can't be explained, but it's put my daughter and wife a little at unease.  Especially because during October we love to watch ghost shows and scary movies as a family.  

So, this past weekend, my wife asks me if I had the TV in the rec room on.  I said no and didn't think much of it.  After she left the room, I thought to myself, "Wait.  Did I?"  Then I remembered that I actually did put it on and then got distracted and never went back to turn it off.  But by this point, both my wife and daughter were talking about how a ghost turned the TV on.     Normally I love screwing with them on this stuff, but this was me just being old and forgetting.  But it worked out because I was super convincing to my wife that it wasn't me who turned the TV on.  Earlier this summer, my daughter had a friend sleep over and she brought a Ouija board.  We were sitting outside on the patio and when I would go in to refresh my cocktail, I would run upstairs and move the board across the room laying on the floor, out of the box it was in.  They were freaked! 

Fairly sure I'm ensuring my kid will need therapy when she gets older, but I'm trying to figure out some other things to do that I can pass off as a ghost.  But they have to be subtle and I have to have a legitimate alibi.  Any suggestions?

 

[AAABatteries]

Decapitate the Elf on the Shelf and write in blood on the wall “Halloween rules, Xmas drools”.

 

[Kanil]

Give me $20, your address, and a code word so you know it's me if you have me held at gunpoint.  I'll haunt the #### out of your family.

 

[DocHolliday]

Step 1 would involve your death so count me out.   I'm too pretty for prison.   

 

[General Malaise]

Wrinkles the Clown

 

[CurlyNight]

Redrum

 

[Scoresman]

I freaked my wife out a few times by downloading the Xfinity app and changing the channel/turning on the tv with the app instead of the remote.  See if your tv has an app like this.  

Use one of your video inputs for a fire stick or something that can access youtube, play this video on repeat, then remotely change the tv to that video source while they are watching.  

 

[Foosball God]

As mentioned in another post, we've had some weird things happen in our house lately.  Nothing that probably can't be explained, but it's put my daughter and wife a little at unease.  Especially because during October we love to watch ghost shows and scary movies as a family.  

So, this past weekend, my wife asks me if I had the TV in the rec room on.  I said no and didn't think much of it.  After she left the room, I thought to myself, "Wait.  Did I?"  Then I remembered that I actually did put it on and then got distracted and never went back to turn it off.  But by this point, both my wife and daughter were talking about how a ghost turned the TV on.     Normally I love screwing with them on this stuff, but this was me just being old and forgetting.  But it worked out because I was super convincing to my wife that it wasn't me who turned the TV on.  Earlier this summer, my daughter had a friend sleep over and she brought a Ouija board.  We were sitting outside on the patio and when I would go in to refresh my cocktail, I would run upstairs and move the board across the room laying on the floor, out of the box it was in.  They were freaked! 

Fairly sure I'm ensuring my kid will need therapy when she gets older, but I'm trying to figure out some other things to do that I can pass off as a ghost.  But they have to be subtle and I have to have a legitimate alibi.  Any suggestions?

Do you have any smart home stuff?  You could get a smart plug and turn on and off lights from your cell phone.

 

[Chemical X]

i say this lovingly, your family isn’t all that smart, are they?

 

[Kal El]

Do you have any smart home stuff?  You could get a smart plug and turn on and off lights from your cell phone.

Honestly, just fiddling with the breakers while they're doing stuff in those rooms would probably be effective.

 

[comfortably numb]

There's a haunting my family thread that is about 276 pages,  you should check it out 

 

[simsarge]

There's a haunting my family thread that is about 276 pages,  you should check it out 

Link? 

 

[Osaurus]

Show them the projected cost of their favorite beverages in 10 years

 

[belljr]

Walk around naked....

 

[TheIronSheik]

Do you have any smart home stuff?  You could get a smart plug and turn on and off lights from your cell phone.

No.  No smart stuff.  

In our upstairs, we have one bedroom that is pretty much never used except for when we have company over.  And we always keep the door shut because we don't want the dogs going in and messing up the room.  I feel like this is the room that offers the best hope.  It just feels like a museum in there because nothing is ever touched.  I'd love to figure out a way to make a noise come from that room.  I just don't know how to accomplish that.  

 

[offdee]

No.  No smart stuff.  

In our upstairs, we have one bedroom that is pretty much never used except for when we have company over.  And we always keep the door shut because we don't want the dogs going in and messing up the room.  I feel like this is the room that offers the best hope.  It just feels like a museum in there because nothing is ever touched.  I'd love to figure out a way to make a noise come from that room.  I just don't know how to accomplish that.  

No brainer to use that room then. Does it have any nick-nacks you could make it look like they flew off the shelves or hurled across the room? 

 

[TheIronSheik]

No brainer to use that room then. Does it have any nick-nacks you could make it look like they flew off the shelves or hurled across the room? 

It does, but because no one goes in it, no one would ever know.  That's why I think it needs to start with a noise.  A noise makes them look in the room.  Then they can see the nick-nacks laying out of place.

 

[offdee]

It does, but because no one goes in it, no one would ever know.  That's why I think it needs to start with a noise.  A noise makes them look in the room.  Then they can see the nick-nacks laying out of place.

Figure out a way to make the door slam.  Put on new self closing hinges and put at high tension. Prop fully open with a remote control car.  When they are in a room together being quiet and reading or something, you’re in a nearby room driving the remote car away making the door slam shut.  WA LA. 

 

[ChiefD]

Just have sex with your wife right after you put them to bed.

They will be haunted for life. 

 

[Quint]

Try smells? 

- Get some “old lady” perfume and start spraying it sporadically around the house in light quantities. As Halloween gets closer, do it more often and in a specific area (the guest room?). Easy to hide and dispose of perfume, and if it’s a scent neither your wife or daughter wear it’ll be better  

- get some flowers and put them in just a tiny bit of water in the guest room (hide them in the closet or something). After a couple of weeks without refreshing the water they’ll start to rot and leave a distinct odor. Toss the flowers when done and shrug your shoulders when asked about the smell. 

- a little more challenging logistically with the threat of fire, but you could also leave a cigar or cigarette burning in an ashtray for a few minutes a few times a week from now until Halloween (assuming nobody in your house smokes). It’s something that will linger for a while in a room/hallway and you can play off as potentially paranormal if you’re not a smoking household. 

 

[belljr]

Walk around naked....

Just have sex with your wife right after you put them to bed.

They will be haunted for life. 

 

[arrow1]

No.  No smart stuff.  

In our upstairs, we have one bedroom that is pretty much never used except for when we have company over.  And we always keep the door shut because we don't want the dogs going in and messing up the room.  I feel like this is the room that offers the best hope.  It just feels like a museum in there because nothing is ever touched.  I'd love to figure out a way to make a noise come from that room.  I just don't know how to accomplish that.  

Lock a squirrel in there at night..

 

[Ron Swanson]

You need an Eviltron. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVJxoC77g2I

 

[nirad3]

It does, but because no one goes in it, no one would ever know.  That's why I think it needs to start with a noise.  A noise makes them look in the room.  Then they can see the nick-nacks laying out of place.

Get some walkie-talkies.  Put one under the bed in the room.  Go to the garage and make some noises.

 

[TheIronSheik]

You need an Eviltron. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVJxoC77g2I

I can't seem to find any places that still sell them.  But this would be exactly what I'm looking for. 

 

[offdee]

I can't seem to find any places that still sell them.  But this would be exactly what I'm looking for. 

I just searched Eviltron noise maker on Amazon and Google and a bunch of options come up.  May not be the exact same thing but looks like there are other options.

 

[Ron Swanson]

I can't seem to find any places that still sell them.  But this would be exactly what I'm looking for. 

Wow.  No more Thinkgeek.  So sad. Judging by what those things are going for on ebay now, I should have stocked up.  Here's the closest I see:

https://pranksanonymous.com/product/endless-annoying-sound-prank/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw_5rtBRDxARIsAJfxvYC44By90Gkfd97dLw2TqILb3NcGagFy7tzEGbGKc-v6TbGsDwnqOXMaAqRREALw_wcB

 

[TheIronSheik]

I just searched Eviltron noise maker on Amazon and Google and a bunch of options come up.  May not be the exact same thing but looks like there are other options.

The links are there, but they all say out of stock.  There is something called annoy-tron, but even that looks like it's running low on stock.  And that's just annoying sounds.

 

[Foosball God]

Couldn't you just get a small bluetooth speaker and play sounds from your phone?

 

[TheIronSheik]

Couldn't you just get a small bluetooth speaker and play sounds from your phone?

Maybe.  This could work.  But if they go looking, it's hard to hide a speaker.  That eviltron was perfect because it was so tiny.

 

[Foosball God]

Maybe.  This could work.  But if they go looking, it's hard to hide a speaker.  That eviltron was perfect because it was so tiny.

True, but I'm thinking you could hide it pretty well if you wanted to.

https://laughingsquid.com/audio-cassette-tape-wireless-speaker/

 

[nirad3]

Maybe.  This could work.  But if they go looking, it's hard to hide a speaker.  That eviltron was perfect because it was so tiny.

Do you have a bed in there with a box spring?  Cut a small hole in the fabric bottom liner and put the speaker on one of the slats of the box spring.  Face speaker down so the sound isn't trapped by the mattress.  

 

[Foosball God]

Do you have a bed in there with a box spring?  Cut a small hole in the fabric bottom liner and put the speaker on one of the slats of the box spring.  Face speaker down so the sound isn't trapped by the mattress.  

Even just taped to the bottom of the mattress/box spring would probably work.

 

[nirad3]

Even just taped to the bottom of the mattress/box spring would probably work.

Or put a speaker / walkie-talkie in between the mattress and box spring at the very edge and have the comforter cover it up.  Man, I'm gonna do something like this at some point in my kids' lives.    

 

[tommyboy]

You know in recent horror movies I've seen, they show ghost barely visible in the background of a dimly lit room. Maybe you could figure out a way to recreate that in dark areas of your house

 

[Ilov80s]

You friends with a neighbor? While you are all out together, you can have the neighbor use a spare key to move some things round the house. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Probably too extreme but if could get some red food coloring into you hot water tank that would scare the #### out of them. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Probably too extreme but if could get some red food coloring into you hot water tank that would scare the #### out of them. 

I really hate when some dead bleeding person is stuck in my shower line.

 

[Tecumseh]

If you have a storm drain near your house, tie a red balloon to it, a la IT. Then start randomly having them show up in the house.

 

[Galileo]

I read the thread title as "Help me hunt my family".  I thought uh-oh...Sheik has gone off the deep end!  After opening the thread I realized you are just trying to haunt them.  What a relief.  But as I think about it more, you could probably spook the hell out of them if you did in fact recruit a bunch of people to hunt them.

 

[WDIK2]

You need an Eviltron. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVJxoC77g2I

  I've had a lot of fun with those in the office.  They may have first been mentioned in the @Fat Nick office prank thread.  One ended up inside someone'w cubicle wall.  One victim had the entire contents of their desk scattered on the floor looking for the source.  Fat Nick maybe be someone to consult.   I always got them from Amazon.

 

[Fat Nick]

  I've had a lot of fun with those in the office.  They may have first been mentioned in the @Fat Nick office prank thread.  One ended up inside someone'w cubicle wall.  One victim had the entire contents of their desk scattered on the floor looking for the source.  Fat Nick maybe be someone to consult.   I always got them from Amazon.

 These Eviltron things (and other devices like them) are tons of fun - I like things that I can trigger myself as the timing is often crucial.  You need it to make noise when they can hear it, but NOT if they are LOOKING for something making a noise.

 

[GroveDiesel]

No.  No smart stuff.  

In our upstairs, we have one bedroom that is pretty much never used except for when we have company over.  And we always keep the door shut because we don't want the dogs going in and messing up the room.  I feel like this is the room that offers the best hope.  It just feels like a museum in there because nothing is ever touched.  I'd love to figure out a way to make a noise come from that room.  I just don't know how to accomplish that.  

Smart bulbs are super cheap. Just replace a bulb with a smart bulb, install the app and wala, you can control the light with your phone.

And when they’re not home, you could simply move the bulb to a different fixture and switch that one on and off.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Clean the bathroom mirror with vinegar or some other cleaner. Then dip a q-tip into some rubbing alcohol or Rain-X, blot a bit, and then write a message or cryptic picture on the mirror and let dry. When someone showers and the mirror gets dogged up, the message will appear.