Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - Six True Paranormal Encounters That Left Lives Marked by Fear and Mystery PART2 #3

Episode Date: October 8, 2025

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Horror. The Wednesday Visitors. I've heard people say that Switzerland is peaceful, quiet towns, snowy mountains, and postcard perfect chalets where nothing scary ever happens. Well, I can tell you right now, that's not entirely true. I'm 22, born and raised in Switzerland, and I've lived here long enough to know that not every beautiful mountain hides a friendly story. One of my aunts only this old house way up in an isolated mountain range near the Simplon Pass, you know, the kind of place that's stunning in the day, and absolutely eerie once the sun drops. When I was a kid, we'd go there on weekend trips. I loved those weekends, the crisp air, the giant rolling fields, and that fresh smell you only get in high altitudes. We'd go hiking, drink hot chocolate, watch snow falling from the

wide wooden balcony. It was perfect. except for one little family tradition. The running joke was that we could never, under any circumstances, stay there past the weekend because that's when the ghost family comes back. Everyone would laugh when they said it. It was like a quirky Halloween-style thing to tell the kids. Sure, it gave me goosebumps as a little boy, but I thought it was just a spooky bedtime story adults told for fun.

Turns out, it wasn't. The reveal. Fast forward to my early 20s. I'd been itching for a short break with friends, nothing fancy, just a few days away from the city to drink, ski, and forget that adulthood existed. That's when I thought of my aunt's mountain house. So I called her up and asked, hey, think I could borrow the place for a week with some friends? There was this long pause on the phone. Then she said, you can, but you can't stay on Wednesday. I love. I love you. I love, laughed and said, oh, the ghost family thing? You still tell that story? Except she didn't laugh. Instead, she told me to come over so she could explain properly. When I got there, she made tea

and sat me down like she was about to tell me something serious, the kind of serious where you lean in without realizing it. And then she said, that ghost family story, it's not a joke. Every Wednesday night, the house is visited. I think they're the original owners, from back when the property was first settled in the 1850s. Now, my aunt isn't the type to make stuff up. She's sharp, grounded, the no-nonsense type, but still, a ghost family that only shows up on Wednesdays, it sounded like something out of a bad horror movie. She kept talking. The neighbors, she said, had seen the lights turning on and off in the house on Wednesday nights when nobody was there. They'd heard shouting, crying, things banging around inside.

She herself had seen shadowy figures moving from room to room, always staring at her, always with that same look, the kind that makes you feel like you've barged into someone else's home without knocking. I raised an eyebrow and said, So what? They have a strict schedule? They just take the rest of the week off? She didn't even smile.

I don't stay there on Wednesdays, ever. You shouldn't either. Why I didn't listen. Here's the thing about me. I've been an atheist all my life. No ghosts, no spirits, no afterlife. I figured it's all people misinterpreting creaky floors and weird shadows. So, when she finished, I nodded politely, but inside I was rolling my eyes. I even laughed, which in hindsight makes me feel like a bit of a jerk. I figured maybe age and living alone in the mountains had made her overly superstitious. Besides, a haunting that only happens one day a week, come on. So I kept asking if I could borrow the place, and eventually she said yes, but not with a reluctant sigh, like she was giving me the keys to a car that didn't have any brakes. The first two days. My friends and I, that's me, my girlfriend and another couple, packed the car on Monday morning. skis, snowboards, beer, way too much junk food, and a Bluetooth speaker for blasting music. By the time we wound up the mountain road and saw the chalet, my aunt's ghost warning was the last

thing on my mind. Monday night was perfect. We lit a bonfire out back, drank until we were laughing at nothing, and played music loud enough to scare away any wolves. Tuesday was more of the same, but with skiing thrown in. We hit the slopes hard, came back with sore legs and collapsed in the living room watching some bootleg movies we downloaded. By midnight, we were exhausted, buzzed, and ready for bad. 2.30 a.m. It was the middle of the night when my girlfriend shook me awake. Babe, she whispered, someone's walking around. Still half asleep, I mumbled something about her dreaming, but then I heard it too. Slow, steady footsteps in the kitchen. I checked my phone. 2.30 a.m.

I'd been asleep for maybe two hours. At first, I figured it was one of our friends getting a snack, but then the steps came down the hallway, right past our room, and then back to the kitchen again. I was annoyed more than anything. I threw off the covers, stomped to the door, and opened it, just in time to see the kitchen light shining into the hallway. I called out, hey, shut up and go to bed.

Instantly, the light went out. The silence that followed was, unnatural, like the kind that presses against your ears. Strike two. I climbed back into bed, muttering about drunk friends, but no sooner had I started drifting off, then the footsteps came again. This time they passed directly by our bedroom door, loud and deliberate. My girlfriend cursed, and I jumped out of bed again, flicking on the hall light and heading straight to the second bedroom. I found both of my friends sound asleep, or at least looking like it, but even if they were faking, there was no way they could have gotten from the hall back into bed that

fast without me seeing them. That's when the tiniest thought crept in. Wednesday. Searching the house. I told my girlfriend to stand in our doorway and keep an eye on the other bedroom. Then I grabbed the fire poker from the fireplace and did a full sweep of the house. Lights on in every room, checked the crawl space, dead bolts still locked, windows shut tight. When I finally circled back toward the bedroom, my girlfriend was glaring at me. What were you doing in the kitchen? She asked. I frowned.

I wasn't in the kitchen. I just walked through it. She shook her head. No, I heard you in there, opening and closing cabinets. That's when my stomach sank. She wasn't joking. She's not the type to try and scare me. And I hadn't told anyone about my aunt's Wednesday warning.

The voices. We tried to go back to sleep. but it wasn't happening. Around 4 a.m., I heard more footsteps, right outside our door this time. And then, a child's voice, soft, murmuring, couldn't make out the words. I lay there, eyes wide, every muscle tense. My girlfriend whispered that she wanted to jam a chair under the door handle, but I stroked her hair and told her it was fine, mostly because I didn't want her panicking. Fifteen minutes later, yelling erupted from the other bedroom. I bolted upright and ran into the hall, nearly colliding with my friend.

He looked furious. Why the hell were you in our room? He shouted. What? I wasn't. He swore he'd felt the mattress dip, like someone had been sitting there and then stood up. We were mid-argument when I saw it. The eyes.

Over his shoulder, down at the far end of the hall by the front door, a figure was standing, perfectly still, watching us. Two pale, hostile eyes locked on mine. I froze. My friends saw my expression and spun around, but the eyes were gone. We tore through the house again, lights blazing in every room, but there was nothing, no one. And then the kitchen light flicked off by itself. We didn't wait for it to come back on. The escape. We left everything behind, clothes, bags, food, all of it, just grabbed our coats and bolted for the car. As we piled in, my girlfriend kept glancing at the house.

Later, she told me she'd seen a small girl standing at the living room window watching us drive away. Aftermath. The next day, my buddy and I drove back up quick as we could to grab our stuff. We were only there for 20 minutes. The place felt cold, lifeless, like whatever had happened, wasn't happening now, but could at any second. We locked up and left.

I never told my aunt. None of us talk about that night. And me, I'm never setting foot in that house again. Doesn't matter what day it is. I've heard people say that Switzerland is peaceful, that nothing bad ever happens here. They imagine the cute little towns, the snowy capped mountains,

the chocolate shops, the people who greet you in the street like they've known you forever. And sure, all that's true, until you end up somewhere so far from the city that the only sound at night is your own heartbeat, and maybe, just maybe, the sound of someone else's footsteps that you know shouldn't be there. My aunt's mountain house. I'm 22 now, born and raised in Switzerland, but this story goes back to when I was just a kid. One of my aunts owns a house tucked way up in an isolated mountain range near the Simplon Pass. you can't see another house from her balcony. All you see are pine-covered slopes, rocky ridges,

and, if the weather's clear, a horizon that feels endless. When I was little, my family would sometimes spend weekends up there. I loved those weekends, the smell of wood smoke curling out of the chimney, the way the air was so clean it almost stung your lungs, the quiet mornings when the mountains glowed pink in the sunrise. But there was always this joke. The running, family line was, we can't stay past the weekend because that's when the ghost family comes back. I never knew who started saying it, but it was...