Why This True Story Disturbed So Many People MrBallen ~ Chris Williamson

which is a very spooky house yeah have you got a story that suits the surroundings

i do i do i actually there's a story um that i think is one of the best ones i've ever told so i'm sitting sitting some pretty high stakes here but uh for reference i told this one live last year in texas to a sold-out crowd at the paramount theater and this story had a big reaction to it because the twist at the end is something else and it's house themed so uh In 2004, there was this guy named Mitch who was going to a university in Louisiana. And he's a senior. And there's this girl in his class named Kayla, who's also a senior. And he just loves this girl. He wants to date her more than anything. And he's tried several times to woo her. But she's not that interested. She's kind of playing hard to get. But you could tell there was something there. Maybe she likes him. And eventually, she does kind of acquiesce and say, okay, you know, like, let's go on a date, you know, and they hit it off, you know, Mitch and Kayla hit it off, you know, they're an item. And they end up graduating. And after graduation, they get married. And by 2006, Mitch and Kayla have bought their actual, you know, white picket fence dream home in Louisiana. And, you know, life was great. You know, they loved their careers. Both of them were very intentional about spending time together on the weekends and really making, you know, their time together as a couple very important. And then by 2007, so they've lived in this new home for a year now, they welcomed their first child, their daughter. And then two years after that, which puts us in 2009, they have their son. And then they're done at that point. They got their girl. They got their boy. And it's like life couldn't be better. Mitch loves his job. His wife loves her job. They had this thing where every morning, the dad would sneak into the kid's bedroom. And he'd spook them to wake them up. It was a playful thing. And they always had, you know, family game nights on the weekend. And Mitch and Kayla made a point to still have those romantic dates, you know, anytime they could. They always got babysitters to spend time together. So this is like a, it's the American dream in many ways. You have this young family living a dream. High

school sweetheart, white picket fence. Yeah, that's the idea. Two and a half kids, dog.

That's it. So it's 2009 and Mitch is at this little dream home and he's watching football. He's sitting on the couch watching football and it's just like any other day. And as he's watching the game, there's this lamp that's in the back right corner of the room, this lamp. nondescript target lamp. It's a red lamp. And Mitch, he's seen this lamp a million times. It's in his house and he's watching football. But at some point, he notices something odd about this lamp and he looks over at it. And for some reason, the lamp itself, not the light bulb, but the actual physical lamp, like the base, was blurry. The rest of the room is in focus. There's plenty of light in the room, but the lamp is blurry. And And so Mitch, he's looking at the lamp, he's rubbing his eyes to see if there's something in his eyes, but still the lamp is