I am now a legend of terror, a whispered story that will be told over and over in bars or around the dinner table. I am talking about myself now, David Stewart. This is a true story, after all.
It all started because my wife wanted to see a ghost. I’d like to see one too, if they exist, which I’m not entirely sure of. I have an open mind though. In any case, when I heard about a reportedly real haunted house on the east coast of Korea, my wife and I rented a car and drove four hours across the country to the rural area of Youngdeok, right on the coast of the East Sea (or Sea of Japan. I don’t want to get involved in that controversy).
I had seen another video about people who had gone to explore the house, but they had gone during the day. Bah! We like to go at night. Actually, we meant to arrive around sunset, but it does get dark earlier these days and it was pitch black by the time we arrived.
The last abandoned house we explored was out in the middle of nowhere but this one was right next to a vacation condo on a busy highway. We walked up the road on the condo side and set off two geese and a dog who were standing guard. A man came out and we thought he was going to yell at us, but instead he just told us to go up the other side.
The graffiti says variants of “ghosts” and “evil spirits”
The house, being famous, was quite vandalized, with graffiti all over it and broken windows. But it was also nice and creepy. We were looking for the basement, especially, since that was supposedly where people had heard ghostly voices. While we were looking around, a car stopped at the bottom of the hill. At first, we thought they had seen our flashlights and were coming to yell at us, but we quickly realized they were just there to see the house too.
Suddenly, we were in the position of being in a haunted house at night with other people coming to see it. What would you have done? Well, what we did was stand without moving in the front room with our hoods up and wait for them to come. Honestly, I had no idea how they would react. They walked up, shined the flashlight in and…
…screamed like banshees. They kept screaming and ran all the way down the hill to their car and drove away while my wife and I laughed and laughed. I would have explained and apologized but they never came back. Oops. So, that is why there is now even more anecdotal evidence that this house is haunted. However, if you hear any Koreans tell about how they saw a ghost in the window of the Youngdeok house, feel free to explain (or not).
By the way, we finally did find our way down to the basement but we never heard any voices. And we still haven’t seen a ghost. Yet.
Here is the video of our explorations. Go to 3:21 to see the part where the other people come.
November 26th, 2013 at 7:28 pm
Ha ha, God knows how many more like you have contributed to that story 😀
November 26th, 2013 at 9:43 pm
I’m sure. 🙂 If people are going somewhere expecting to see ghosts, it doesn’t take much to convince them that they have.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Hi David…..thanks for the laugh….that was funny…..:)
November 26th, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Thanks. 🙂 If you watched the video, you can hear my wife and I giggling like idiots. I don’t think either of us expected that extreme of a reaction from them.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:36 pm
I forwarded it to that point and hearing you guys laugh and the people screaming made me laugh even more…..that was really funny…..laughter is such good medicine…lol
November 26th, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Yes, I like having fun with my wife. I’m glad looking around haunted houses at night is something we can do together. 🙂
November 26th, 2013 at 10:48 pm
Wonderful…….Whatever it takes to keep that precious holy bond strong….lol.
December 26th, 2013 at 1:26 pm
takes…
December 26th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
ye e
December 26th, 2013 at 1:25 pm
wonder….fool
November 27th, 2013 at 4:27 pm
that was not nice mister, what if someone had thrown a brick at you or something worse? Or worse, what if one of them had a heart attack 🙂
on a wicked note, loved it!
November 27th, 2013 at 6:27 pm
What? I didn’t do anything. I just stood there. (looks innocently around) 😉
November 28th, 2013 at 12:35 am
🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 6:40 pm
asdfsaf sadfa
November 27th, 2013 at 9:11 pm
Well, not all was wasted – someone did see a ghost, or so they thought 🙂
November 29th, 2013 at 9:09 pm
Exactly. They’ll have a great story they can tell and it’ll just reinforce the legend. I’m a firm believer in having great stories to tell. 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 1:10 am
Haha Made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the story
December 26th, 2013 at 8:00 pm
I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for reading.
December 26th, 2013 at 1:12 am
hehe funny . . i loved it.
December 26th, 2013 at 7:59 pm
Thank you. 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 2:25 am
Perhaps if you examine your audio, you may find some voices that were too soft to hear the first time around. That’s what professional ghost hunters do.
And if you want to see a ghost, visit my dad’s guest room. Every time I stay in there I always get visited by a ghost sometime between midnight and 1am.
December 26th, 2013 at 7:59 pm
I thought of analyzing the audio. We only listened to it, but didn’t put it through any sort of intensive analysis. I’ll write up a post here if I do and if I find anything.
December 26th, 2013 at 10:24 pm
Oh please do! I’d love to hear if you found out anything.
December 26th, 2013 at 10:40 pm
If I find anything worthwhile, you can be sure I’ll be posting about it. 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 11:01 pm
Sweet! Hope you find something.
December 26th, 2013 at 2:57 am
Too funny! A night those people will always remember — and so will you! LOL
December 26th, 2013 at 7:58 pm
I know we will, and they have probably told the story a hundred times at least. I looked around Korean blogs to see if they wrote it up somewhere, but I couldn’t find it. 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 3:11 am
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December 26th, 2013 at 3:13 am
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December 26th, 2013 at 6:17 am
Hah, brilliant. Didn’t pick the twist, and that makes my insides smile.
December 26th, 2013 at 7:57 pm
I’m glad to hear that. Making insides smile is what I like to do.
December 26th, 2013 at 6:36 am
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December 26th, 2013 at 7:45 am
A great story! Well done.
December 26th, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Thank you so much and thanks for reading. Merry Christmas~
December 26th, 2013 at 9:09 am
OK, I nearly spit my beer all over the laptop when the other people walked in!
December 26th, 2013 at 7:56 pm
I hope I won’t be getting repair for computers in the mail over this. 🙂 Still, that was close to my response too when they saw us.
December 27th, 2013 at 2:55 am
Where would I send the repair bill to ? Perhaps ‘The Hooded Spirits, Haunted House, Youngdeok, S Korea’ ?
December 26th, 2013 at 9:27 am
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December 26th, 2013 at 12:42 pm
I might up end up in the hospital dying of hysteria. That’s so funny! Lol
December 26th, 2013 at 7:54 pm
D’oh, I hope not, although I’ll take that as a very high compliment. 🙂 Thanks for reading and commenting. Merry Christmas~
December 26th, 2013 at 2:39 pm
Great
Thanks 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 5:37 pm
great story of hunted house.
December 26th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
hahah.. tht was good 😀
December 26th, 2013 at 7:50 pm
It was certainly a memorable time. Thanks for the comment. 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 7:18 pm
Great
Thanks 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 7:34 pm
That’s great, not sure I would have even thought of venturing down to the basement though! I’ve probably watched too many horror film. Great post!
December 26th, 2013 at 7:48 pm
I was hoping for more in the basement, but it was so small that there wasn’t much to be scared about. I was hoping for something more labyrinthine, with lots of dark corners. Maybe I’ve watched too many horror movies too. 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 8:34 pm
Well, it still sounded a very spooky place. Must have been fun to explore, even if the basement wasn’t really anything to be scared about. Those horror films are fun though, I enjoy watching old Universal & Hammer films at Christmas, great fun!
December 26th, 2013 at 8:14 pm
That really got me in, just the house your imagination kind of goes wild thinking why exactly it has a reputation as a haunted house. Obviously people where superstitious enough to put offerings and write on the walls etc. The stuff about the mass grave, is the haunted house in an area where there was any intense fighting or anything? Just really interesting, would be interesting for you to go back ask local people about the house why it has that reputation and some other stories about it.
December 26th, 2013 at 8:21 pm
That’s a good idea, to go interview locals about it. Maybe I will later, if I’m over in that area. I know there was fighting in the Korea War all over that area, although I don’t know of any specific battles there. Something for me to research, I guess. Thanks for the comment and for following. 🙂
December 26th, 2013 at 8:50 pm
[…] Tower! I hope you all had a great day yesterday. By the way, if you’re interested, go read my post about the time I was a real-life ghost. It just got Freshly Pressed, which was a great Christmas present for […]
December 26th, 2013 at 9:01 pm
hilarious stuff that…congratulations on being freshly pressed.
December 26th, 2013 at 9:11 pm
Thank you. 🙂 I’m glad I can spread a little happiness around.
December 26th, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Dear David,
As the oft quoted Pogo once said, “We have seen the enemy and he is us.” Thanks for the tour and story. Congrats on being freshly pressed.
Shalom,
Rochelle
December 26th, 2013 at 9:42 pm
That’s a good place for that quote. I never thought I’d be on the scaring end of things when we went there that night.
December 26th, 2013 at 10:43 pm
Hahahahaha! Too funny. Although I’m thinking the spooky effect would have been increased for your visitors if there had been an ominous thud for foreshadowing…. (*grins wickedly*)
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
December 26th, 2013 at 10:47 pm
Thanks. 🙂 I’m sure if we’d had some time to set it up, we could have made it pretty wicked, like being upstairs but make strange noises beforehand. As it was, it was rather on the spur of the moment. 😉
December 26th, 2013 at 11:21 pm
“nice and creepy” VERY NICE! I wish I could go on an adventure too.
December 26th, 2013 at 11:33 pm
Thank you. 🙂 I never used to seek out these kinds of places, but it’s pretty fun, especially with someone else. What country do you live in?
December 26th, 2013 at 11:42 pm
India. I bungee jumped from 83 feet once. It lasted only seconds but it was amazing! I want to see ghosts too. I don’t know whether they exist or not, but if they do I want to meet them (evil or otherwise). 🙂
December 27th, 2013 at 8:22 am
Bungee jumping is pretty terrifying/exciting. I’m not sure about ghosts either but there must be lots of cool and creepy places in India. I’d love to go there and explore sometime.
December 27th, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Nothing I know of in my city, but there may be “haunted houses” in other areas.
December 27th, 2013 at 9:43 am
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December 27th, 2013 at 10:54 am
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December 27th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
I’ve always wanted to see a Ghost. I never have.
December 27th, 2013 at 4:45 pm
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December 27th, 2013 at 9:40 pm
Good one!
December 28th, 2013 at 1:37 am
it look very haunted … hehe. The house is cool. How if you buy that house and live there …???
December 28th, 2013 at 3:19 am
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December 28th, 2013 at 6:08 am
That video is hilarious when they start to scream!!
December 28th, 2013 at 6:39 am
Charlie Rivero here, nice to meet you all. I enjoyed watching the video of the walkthrough of that house. Loved how everyone got scared and took off. Anyway, thank you for sharing.
December 28th, 2013 at 6:59 am
I loved it and laughed with you when you scared those poor people! Keep myths alive! Haha
December 28th, 2013 at 8:01 am
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OOOH, Spooky!
December 28th, 2013 at 11:03 am
Well, I guess we’ve got to keep the myths alive somehow – whether they’re true or just people in hoods. Rest assured you probably made some ghost hunters’ nights! Thanks for the laugh.
December 28th, 2013 at 4:47 pm
Nice 😜
December 28th, 2013 at 9:52 pm
this is really funny.. u went to find a ghost and people thought u were ghost..!! lol..
December 28th, 2013 at 9:58 pm
It’s funny how life works sometimes. I’m not sure if our search was a success, but it was more entertaining this way. 🙂
December 28th, 2013 at 10:06 pm
even i wanted to do find a ghost..especially a ghost like casper 😉
December 28th, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Finding a ghost like Casper would be awesome. I’d adopt it and bring it home. Have it guard the house or something. Hmm, sounds like a good story idea… 😉
December 28th, 2013 at 10:32 pm
haha..thank u
December 29th, 2013 at 9:19 am
Awesome story and video, thanks for the laugh!! I
December 29th, 2013 at 10:39 am
Thanks for reading. Glad you liked it. 🙂
December 29th, 2013 at 10:27 am
Haha, that was a great piece. I recently read a post called “66 creepy as stories that will ruin your day” and I was pretty creeped out. After reading your piece, I wonder how of many those stories came to be because they also went through an incident similar to the one you describe above.
December 29th, 2013 at 10:36 am
You wonder, right? I’m sure not all of them, but I’m sure the people who saw us were 100% convinced they saw a ghost (at least they acted like it) so they’re going to make it sound pretty true.
December 29th, 2013 at 10:32 am
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December 29th, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Fun and funny! 😀 I’m
guiltyfor that night I was a ghost too. ^^~December 30th, 2013 at 5:43 pm
🙂
December 29th, 2013 at 9:59 pm
Wow..nice nightly adventure…
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
December 30th, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Thanks. 🙂
December 29th, 2013 at 10:31 pm
“Wooo….!” (Ghost sort of noise)
December 30th, 2013 at 2:49 am
ha ha .. nice. Wonder if you would try it one more time to see if they fall for it again 🙂
December 30th, 2013 at 5:39 pm
I would if the place was closer. It is over 3 hours away on the other side of the peninsula. We only went there for one night, so it was lucky that we were there just when they came.
December 30th, 2013 at 2:59 am
hahaha … At times fear can make people act irrationally.
December 30th, 2013 at 5:03 pm
That’s true. I’m sure they had already psyched themselves out, so seeing us was the last straw.