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FOLrocks1 · 03-03-2009, 05:36 AM

So it's 1am and I decide to watch "The Golden Girls" like I usually do every night at that time. I make a snack and sit down to watch it. I laugh hysterically even though I've seen both episodes dozens of times.

It ends and I watch the "I Love Lucy" episode that follows. Not my favorite, but mildly amusing. I see that the pilot episode of "Cheers" will be on after that. Having never really watched the show, I figure I'll give it a shot. Five minutes in, I get bored, so I start to channel surf.

I stumble upon "Paranormal State" and set down the remote. I had never seen an episode of this show either, but ghost stories interest me so I start watching it. Big. Mistake.

Normally I do not spook easily at all. Tonight, however, this show scared the **** out of me. I feel myself tensing up 5 minutes into the episode and I know then I should just change the channel. Something fun, "Chelsea Lately" perhaps? No. I'll continue watching because, well now I'm half-way through I need to know if the mentally ill ghost is in the little boy's closet.

The whole time I can just picture something creeping around the corner into the living room. Or catching a reflexion of some kind of spirit in the window. So the episode's finally over, I breathe a sign of relief, and go to switch the station. Well, here's another episode. Do I change the channel? Of course not.

Now I get to watch an episode about a demon who possesses a man and tells him to kill his family. Awesome. Now I'm hearing noises around the house. The front door rattles. I finally turn on a light and curl under the covers. THEN these ghost hunters whip out this gaget that will allow the demon to speak to them. This eriee-ass deep eletronic voice that says stuff like: Pain. Demon. Priest. Sorry. Priest. Priest. Light. Light.

Then their lights go out.

I'm done. I've had enough. I switch to "Chelsea Lately" and try to forget about the past hour of my life. Having not wanted to move from my spot under the covers on the couch, it's now almost 4:30 and I'm honestly too creeped out to go up to my room and sleep. Not to mention every light in the house is on.

Hahhaa....sooo....needless to say I'm a little freaked out right now. I have no real reason to be, and like I said, these things never bother me. But that voice just pushed it over the top. Well, I haven't attempted to sleep, and I don't even know if I could, so instead I'm on SO writing a freaking mini-novel about how much of a dork I am. Just thought I'd share my little story. Lol.

MonarC · 03-03-2009, 12:29 PM

BOO!

Yeah sometimes I catch myself watching those shows but they always freak me out, then you get way overly paranoid.

Janice · 03-04-2009, 05:05 AM

I'm not laughing at your spooky experience, just the way you wrote it. Funny stuff. You're a good writer. A similiar thing happened to me over a scene in a scary movie years ago. I was frozen with fright, to the point that I couldn't even yell for my husband who had fallen asleep on the sofa. I have a rule that I never break. I never watch anything that's mentally stimulating when I go to bed. I need a tv on, always have. So, it's always a brainless episode of Three's Company, The Jeffersons, etc. If I watch even an interesting documentary, I'm going to stay awake. Same goes for movies, Forensic Files, etc. If Nick and TV Land are airing shows I hate, it's TBS and Saved By The Bell, lol. I'll watch Full House before I'll watch an old Dateline. I will watch Little House on The Prairie. It sucks me in, but I can fall asleep when it's on.

Back in 1994/95, Geraldo Rivera was covering the O.J. Simpson trial and had his nightly legal-eagle talking-head's show. If I missed it, I could catch the re-airing at midnight. I was working in corporate back then, and had to get up at 6:30. Still, there I was watching the show until 1 am. That wasn't the only problem. The show would get me fired up, and that's when I made my personal rule of only sitcoms at bedtime. Golden Girls for you.

FOLrocks1 · 03-04-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice

I'm not laughing at your spooky experience, just the way you wrote it. Funny stuff. You're a good writer.

The show would get me fired up, and that's when I made my personal rule of only sitcoms at bedtime. Golden Girls for you.

Haha that's okay. I was laughing at myself anyway. But thanks for the compliment lol. That's how I am too. If I watch something that really interests me, I will want to stay up and watch more, or find something else to watch along the same lines. With The Golden Girls or Frasier, I've seen 'em all a million times, so I can turn it off in the middle of the episode and not feel like I'm missing anything.

Robert 13 · 03-04-2009, 05:27 PM

Good story! I think we've all done that before. You don't wanna watch something that might give you the creeps but then you do and wish you hadn't. Or you feel incomplete for not knowing what happens up until the end. I've done it before.

FOLrocks1 · 03-04-2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert 13

Good story! I think we've all done that before. You don't wanna watch something that might give you the creeps but then you do and wish you hadn't. Or you feel incomplete for not knowing what happens up until the end. I've done it before.

Thanks. And yeah that was exactly my predicament!

Chocoholic · 03-05-2009, 03:50 PM

I've done that too. I can't stand watching that kind stuff.

03-03-2009, 05:36 AM	#1
FOLrocks1 My favorite ladies! Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 09, 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 4,103	Why do I torture myself? So it's 1am and I decide to watch "The Golden Girls" like I usually do every night at that time. I make a snack and sit down to watch it. I laugh hysterically even though I've seen both episodes dozens of times. It ends and I watch the "I Love Lucy" episode that follows. Not my favorite, but mildly amusing. I see that the pilot episode of "Cheers" will be on after that. Having never really watched the show, I figure I'll give it a shot. Five minutes in, I get bored, so I start to channel surf. I stumble upon "Paranormal State" and set down the remote. I had never seen an episode of this show either, but ghost stories interest me so I start watching it. Big. Mistake. Normally I do not spook easily at all. Tonight, however, this show scared the **** out of me. I feel myself tensing up 5 minutes into the episode and I know then I should just change the channel. Something fun, "Chelsea Lately" perhaps? No. I'll continue watching because, well now I'm half-way through I need to know if the mentally ill ghost is in the little boy's closet. The whole time I can just picture something creeping around the corner into the living room. Or catching a reflexion of some kind of spirit in the window. So the episode's finally over, I breathe a sign of relief, and go to switch the station. Well, here's another episode. Do I change the channel? Of course not. Now I get to watch an episode about a demon who possesses a man and tells him to kill his family. Awesome. Now I'm hearing noises around the house. The front door rattles. I finally turn on a light and curl under the covers. THEN these ghost hunters whip out this gaget that will allow the demon to speak to them. This eriee-ass deep eletronic voice that says stuff like: Pain. Demon. Priest. Sorry. Priest. Priest. Light. Light. Then their lights go out. I'm done. I've had enough. I switch to "Chelsea Lately" and try to forget about the past hour of my life. Having not wanted to move from my spot under the covers on the couch, it's now almost 4:30 and I'm honestly too creeped out to go up to my room and sleep. Not to mention every light in the house is on. Hahhaa....sooo....needless to say I'm a little freaked out right now. I have no real reason to be, and like I said, these things never bother me. But that voice just pushed it over the top. Well, I haven't attempted to sleep, and I don't even know if I could, so instead I'm on SO writing a freaking mini-novel about how much of a dork I am. Just thought I'd share my little story. Lol.
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03-04-2009, 05:27 PM	#5
Robert 13 Member Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,521	Good story! I think we've all done that before. You don't wanna watch something that might give you the creeps but then you do and wish you hadn't. Or you feel incomplete for not knowing what happens up until the end. I've done it before.
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03-03-2009, 12:29 PM	#2
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	BOO! Yeah sometimes I catch myself watching those shows but they always freak me out, then you get way overly paranoid.

03-04-2009, 05:05 AM	#3
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I'm not laughing at your spooky experience, just the way you wrote it. Funny stuff. You're a good writer. A similiar thing happened to me over a scene in a scary movie years ago. I was frozen with fright, to the point that I couldn't even yell for my husband who had fallen asleep on the sofa. I have a rule that I never break. I never watch anything that's mentally stimulating when I go to bed. I need a tv on, always have. So, it's always a brainless episode of Three's Company, The Jeffersons, etc. If I watch even an interesting documentary, I'm going to stay awake. Same goes for movies, Forensic Files, etc. If Nick and TV Land are airing shows I hate, it's TBS and Saved By The Bell, lol. I'll watch Full House before I'll watch an old Dateline. I will watch Little House on The Prairie. It sucks me in, but I can fall asleep when it's on. Back in 1994/95, Geraldo Rivera was covering the O.J. Simpson trial and had his nightly legal-eagle talking-head's show. If I missed it, I could catch the re-airing at midnight. I was working in corporate back then, and had to get up at 6:30. Still, there I was watching the show until 1 am. That wasn't the only problem. The show would get me fired up, and that's when I made my personal rule of only sitcoms at bedtime. Golden Girls for you.

03-05-2009, 03:50 PM	#7
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I've done that too. I can't stand watching that kind stuff.