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5 min read“I took a call from a ghost.” That’s how one 911 dispatcher described a shift that began with a routine medical call from an elderly woman struggling to breathe and ended with paramedics discovering she had been dead long enough to be in full rigor mortis — yet the recorded call showed she had been speaking to them moments before. On this episode of Ghosteas, hosts Macy and Natalie close out their month of Reddit stories with a collection of firsthand accounts from police officers, EMTs, and dispatchers, narrowing in on encounters that defied explanation. The throughline is simple but unsettling: first responders are trained to trust what they see, hear, and record, but sometimes the evidence — recorded calls, security footage, multiple witnesses — points to something that shouldn’t be possible.
The recorded call that shouldn’t exist
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What you'll learn
- 1 First Responders of Reddit || Scary Reddit Stories
- 2 (02:57) **Cop Responds to Voices in an Empty House** - A police officer is called to a potential break-in where the homeowner heard voices inside, but the house is empty
- 3 (06:59) **911 Dispatcher Receives a Call from a Deceased Woman** - A dispatcher takes a call from an elderly woman struggling to breathe, but paramedics find her body already in full rigor mortis
- 4 (10:32) **Vacant Home Calls and Accidental 911 Activation** - Dispatchers share stories about creepy calls from empty houses and one host recounts accidentally calling 911
- 5 (12:34) **Cop and EMT Encounter a Girl on a Swing Who Vanishes** - A deputy and his EMT brother see a young girl sitting motionless on a park swing at 3 AM who disappears in seconds
- 6 (17:21) **The Case of the Fairy Tracks in the Kitchen** - A woman repeatedly calls police claiming fairies or elves are stealing her food, leading to a surprising discovery
- 7 (18:54) **A Disconnected Fire Alarm Saves Two Women from a Gas Leak** - A fire alarm goes off at a home where the system was supposedly disconnected years ago
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