October 22, 2025 • 17 mins
Nicolle shares a story of a cozy, but haunted home in Wake Forest, and the events that inspired some of the scenes in her novel, The Dark Season.
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Connect with Nicolle at www.peeppodcast.com and https://www.facebook.com/P.E.E.P.Podcast
Get merchandise at https://www.teepublic.com/user/peep-podcast
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Have you ever tried to pray and ended up tongue tied?
I'll share a story of a paranormal investigation in which
that happened to me. Welcome to the peep Podcast. I'm
(00:41):
your host, Nicole moroc and I'm grateful you're here. The
two big ideas behind the peep podcast are to show
that the paranormal is more normal than most people think,
and to connect the science to the SI, including esp psychokinesis,
and intuition. In this episode, you'll hear the story of
a home my team investigated in wake Forest, North Carolina.
(01:07):
But first I have a quick favor to ask, and
for once, it's not book related. If you have a
personal paranormal story to share, whether it's about a haunting, UFO, UAP, Bigfoot,
or any other cryptid, please consider sharing it on this podcast.
(01:27):
You can be as anonymous as you'd like, or you
can share as much information as you'd like. It just
needs to be true and first person, meaning it happened
to you. When you're ready, reach out to me through
the contact form at peppodcast dot com. I don't check
(01:48):
Facebook for messages since ninety nine point nine percent of
the time it's people or bots trying to sell me
something I don't need, so that means you really do
need to use the form on my website to reach.
On a different note, I'd like to thank b A
Lighthouse for the ultra nice five star review on Apple
(02:10):
Podcasts Reading that made my week. Thank you. One last thing,
I'm going to attend to Author Nation, the world's largest
author conference, during the first week of November in Las Vegas,
so there will not be a podcast episode that week.
(02:30):
I have a cool interview lined up for the following
regular episode date, which would be November nineteenth, so don't worry,
I will be back. Now back to this episode's topic,
the haunting of a cozy little home in wake Forest,
North Carolina. I'm sharing this story because we're coming up
(02:52):
on Halloween and this investigation has been on my mind again.
In Episode oneh eight, I talked to paranormal experiences that
influenced my writing, and this one was a huge influence
on the Dark Season. If you've read that one, you'll
recognize what I mean. I wrote this story as chapter fourteen,
(03:16):
The Cozy Home in wake Forest in my book Please
Don't Call Me Psychic. Stories from my Paranormal life It
contains some of my more interesting experiences and lessons learned
from a decade of paranormal investigations with the National Society
of Paranormal Investigation and Research Inspire for Short. If you
(03:39):
enjoyed this episode, please consider buying that book or checking
it out at the Wake County Public Libraries if you're
a local. Let's get into the story. Geographical location Wake Forest,
North Carolina. Location type private residence, Claims of activity, unusual
(04:02):
noises heard in other rooms while in the living room,
red laser like lights floating three to four feet off
the floor, and a television with the mind of its own.
Lessons learned. Just because I don't feel a presence during
an initial walkthrough doesn't mean there's nothing there. EVP available online.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
No.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
The daughter of an elderly lady contacted us and asked
us to come visit her mother in one of the
older neighborhoods in Wake Forest. She was experiencing strange incidents
in her home on a regular basis. Anne just wanted
someone to get to the bottom of the cause. So
George and I drove their early one evening to meet
(04:50):
with the mother and daughter. The house was relatively small
and simple. When you walk inside, there was a living
room and a door straight in f that led to
the eating kitchen. There was a bedroom to the right
of the living room and another one off to the
left of the kitchen. The walkthrough didn't take long, and
(05:13):
I didn't feel anything that led me to believe there
was a spirit active at that moment. When we sat
down with the ladies in the living room to chat
about what was happening there, I was shocked at the
story the older woman told. Sadly, what shocked me wasn't
the occurrences in the house, which I'll explain in a moment,
(05:34):
but it was the reaction of her pastor when she
asked for help. He kicked her out of the church.
Prepare for a short rant. I have a serious problem
with people who supposedly vowed to help all in their
care and under their leadership, who have this attitude. In
(05:56):
this case, an elderly woman who lived alone for help
because things that were happening inside her home were starting
to scare her. She couldn't explain them, and she wanted
someone to come check the house and bless it. She
wanted assistance so that she could feel safe and comfortable
(06:18):
in a place that should be a sanctuary for her,
and they kicked her out of the church for it. Apparently,
there are some denominations that believe if you are being haunted,
you must have brought it upon yourself by sin or
consorting with demonic influences. That's total crap. I have met
(06:45):
so many sweet, compassionate, god loving people who have had
unexplained things happen in their homes. They did nothing to
bring it on themselves. They just wanted it to go
away or stop. Blame them for their situation would be
like blaming them for a large branch falling in their
yard during a storm. It's ridiculous. Pastors are supposed to
(07:10):
be compassionate and helpful. They are supposed to be guides
in the spiritual journey of their flock. They aren't supposed
to banish a sheep who's being stalked by a wolf.
How is that helpful? How does that save souls? My
guess is that those people are acting out of their
(07:32):
own fears and not acting out of any truly biblical commandment.
I would never attend a church where the people in
charge had attitudes like that. I would never trust that
they had my own soul's best interest at heart. Now
(07:54):
back to the story. The lady was experiencing odd noise
inside her home that were new to her. She would
be sitting in the living room and hear things moving
in the bedroom or the kitchen when nobody else was there,
but nothing was ever out of place. When she checked,
she would see red lights floating through the house at
(08:17):
about chest level to a standing average height adult, which
she compared to laser lights. They didn't seem to have
any specific source and happened in every room. Her television
would turn itself off and on, and even change the
channels on its own. To a degree. She thought one
(08:38):
of her neighbors might be playing tricks on her with
respect to the TV. George and I thought it might
be possible. The only problem was that the other rooms
around her should have been out of range for a
normal remote control, and she often kept the curtains closed.
I was having a hard time being convinced that there
was anything truly paranormal going on, but as we were
(09:03):
wrapping up our conversation with the ladies, something happened to
change my mind. George and I were sitting on a
couch with its back against the large front window of
the house. The ladies were on a couch facing us
across a nice glass coffee table. To my right was
the front bedroom, and clearly on the edge of my vision,
(09:25):
near the doorway to that bedroom, a dark shadow, about
the height of a child or a very short adult
passed by that doorway. I blinked a couple of times
and it was gone. I noted that it was moving
from the right side of the doorway to the far side,
toward the kitchen. Then I took a moment to consider
(09:47):
whether any cars had passed it that moment. No, there
had been no cars. I looked through the window behind
us as casually as I could. No one was on
the street. George and I told her that if she
would like, we would bring a few members of our
(10:08):
team back for an evening investigation. We thanked them for
inviting us over and bid them a good evening. Then
we left. As we were backing out of the driveway,
George asked me what I thought, and I told him
that my mind had been changed in the last five
minutes of our visit. Then I told him what I saw.
There was definitely something worth investigating going on in that home.
(10:35):
Less than a week later, I returned with an all
female team only because George couldn't make it that night. Dee, Farah,
Holly and I arrived around dusk. We greeted the woman
and made the appropriate introductions. Then her daughter took her
away for the evening and we were asked to lock
the house when we left. We did EVP sessions in
(10:58):
each room and witness when us the odd noises the
homeowner had mentioned. It really did sound like there was
someone moving things in other rooms. We also noticed that
in the front bedroom there were a few moments when
the room seemed to get even darker than it had
been without the lights on, but eventually the deep darkness
seemed to subside. By the time we got to the
(11:22):
back bedroom, the house had a very creepy feel, and
I felt the need to pray, which is not my
normal reaction or habit during an investigation. Something in that
house was really bothering me. So I told the ladies
that I wanted to pray a prayer for protection that
I said daily and hoped it would boot whatever was
(11:43):
present out of the home. Then I started to say
the prayer to Saint Michael, which I prayed almost daily.
Back then, I still pray it several times a week.
Just a few lines in the words got jumbled in
my head and I couldn't recite it. That made no sense.
I said it every day, How could I forget the words?
(12:07):
I apologized and started again. I got a little farther
into it and froze again. Something was keeping me from finishing,
and I said as much out loud. Then I ad
libbed my way through it, because the intent of the
prayer is more important than the exact words, and temporary
(12:29):
amnesia with respect to a formal prayer wasn't going to
stop me. I trusted that Saint Michael would listen and
get the gist of it. We locked up and left.
After that, I seemed to recall that George heard from
the daughter one more time, and things seemed quieter in
the house. I hoped that my not quite perfect prayer
(12:50):
was enough to evict the odd little visitor from the
home and that the lady would find peace there again.
Thank you for listening. Remember, if you want to share
your own personal paranormal experiences of any type, use a
contact format peakpodcast dot com to get in touch. You
can be as anonymous as you like, or you can
(13:12):
let your paranormal freak flag fly and share your name.
Either way, I'm happy to hear from you. Sharing your
stories helps people realize that the paranormal is much more
normal than they think. That's peeppodcast dot com. Remember that
stands for people experiencing everyday paranormal while you're there. Subscribe
(13:36):
to my newsletter to keep up with the podcast and
all my creative and energetic endeavors. I usually only email
it once a month unless I have a special event
you should know about. You'll receive briefs on recent episodes,
information on any upcoming appearances like the virtual one that
I just did on October twentieth, plus some occasional fun extras.
(14:00):
If you enjoy the podcast, please give it some rating
love on your favorite podcast app, share it with friends,
and subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Ratings, reviews
and shares help platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify. No
it's worthy of surfacing to new listeners, and as we
build our audience, we have more chances to hear their
(14:20):
paranormal stories. A huge thank you to everyone who's given
the show some love. You're helping it grow no matter
how you support the show, listening, telling others about it,
or any other way. I absolutely appreciate your being here.
Thanks again for listening. Stay safe and be well.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Every sea there at Ascum dont discase, then they.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Become the the superste.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Said set the.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
SUPERSTI. After the SUPERSTI, SUPERSTI look the stand side
Have you ever tried to pray and ended up tongue tied?
I'll share a story of a paranormal investigation in which
that happened to me. Welcome to the peep Podcast. I'm
(00:41):
your host, Nicole moroc and I'm grateful you're here. The
two big ideas behind the peep podcast are to show
that the paranormal is more normal than most people think,
and to connect the science to the SI, including esp psychokinesis,
and intuition. In this episode, you'll hear the story of
a home my team investigated in wake Forest, North Carolina.
(01:07):
But first I have a quick favor to ask, and
for once, it's not book related. If you have a
personal paranormal story to share, whether it's about a haunting, UFO, UAP, Bigfoot,
or any other cryptid, please consider sharing it on this podcast.
(01:27):
You can be as anonymous as you'd like, or you
can share as much information as you'd like. It just
needs to be true and first person, meaning it happened
to you. When you're ready, reach out to me through
the contact form at peppodcast dot com. I don't check
(01:48):
Facebook for messages since ninety nine point nine percent of
the time it's people or bots trying to sell me
something I don't need, so that means you really do
need to use the form on my website to reach.
On a different note, I'd like to thank b A
Lighthouse for the ultra nice five star review on Apple
(02:10):
Podcasts Reading that made my week. Thank you. One last thing,
I'm going to attend to Author Nation, the world's largest
author conference, during the first week of November in Las Vegas,
so there will not be a podcast episode that week.
(02:30):
I have a cool interview lined up for the following
regular episode date, which would be November nineteenth, so don't worry,
I will be back. Now back to this episode's topic,
the haunting of a cozy little home in wake Forest,
North Carolina. I'm sharing this story because we're coming up
(02:52):
on Halloween and this investigation has been on my mind again.
In Episode oneh eight, I talked to paranormal experiences that
influenced my writing, and this one was a huge influence
on the Dark Season. If you've read that one, you'll
recognize what I mean. I wrote this story as chapter fourteen,
(03:16):
The Cozy Home in wake Forest in my book Please
Don't Call Me Psychic. Stories from my Paranormal life It
contains some of my more interesting experiences and lessons learned
from a decade of paranormal investigations with the National Society
of Paranormal Investigation and Research Inspire for Short. If you
(03:39):
enjoyed this episode, please consider buying that book or checking
it out at the Wake County Public Libraries if you're
a local. Let's get into the story. Geographical location Wake Forest,
North Carolina. Location type private residence, Claims of activity, unusual
(04:02):
noises heard in other rooms while in the living room,
red laser like lights floating three to four feet off
the floor, and a television with the mind of its own.
Lessons learned. Just because I don't feel a presence during
an initial walkthrough doesn't mean there's nothing there. EVP available online.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
No.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
The daughter of an elderly lady contacted us and asked
us to come visit her mother in one of the
older neighborhoods in Wake Forest. She was experiencing strange incidents
in her home on a regular basis. Anne just wanted
someone to get to the bottom of the cause. So
George and I drove their early one evening to meet
(04:50):
with the mother and daughter. The house was relatively small
and simple. When you walk inside, there was a living
room and a door straight in f that led to
the eating kitchen. There was a bedroom to the right
of the living room and another one off to the
left of the kitchen. The walkthrough didn't take long, and
(05:13):
I didn't feel anything that led me to believe there
was a spirit active at that moment. When we sat
down with the ladies in the living room to chat
about what was happening there, I was shocked at the
story the older woman told. Sadly, what shocked me wasn't
the occurrences in the house, which I'll explain in a moment,
(05:34):
but it was the reaction of her pastor when she
asked for help. He kicked her out of the church.
Prepare for a short rant. I have a serious problem
with people who supposedly vowed to help all in their
care and under their leadership, who have this attitude. In
(05:56):
this case, an elderly woman who lived alone for help
because things that were happening inside her home were starting
to scare her. She couldn't explain them, and she wanted
someone to come check the house and bless it. She
wanted assistance so that she could feel safe and comfortable
(06:18):
in a place that should be a sanctuary for her,
and they kicked her out of the church for it. Apparently,
there are some denominations that believe if you are being haunted,
you must have brought it upon yourself by sin or
consorting with demonic influences. That's total crap. I have met
(06:45):
so many sweet, compassionate, god loving people who have had
unexplained things happen in their homes. They did nothing to
bring it on themselves. They just wanted it to go
away or stop. Blame them for their situation would be
like blaming them for a large branch falling in their
yard during a storm. It's ridiculous. Pastors are supposed to
(07:10):
be compassionate and helpful. They are supposed to be guides
in the spiritual journey of their flock. They aren't supposed
to banish a sheep who's being stalked by a wolf.
How is that helpful? How does that save souls? My
guess is that those people are acting out of their
(07:32):
own fears and not acting out of any truly biblical commandment.
I would never attend a church where the people in
charge had attitudes like that. I would never trust that
they had my own soul's best interest at heart. Now
(07:54):
back to the story. The lady was experiencing odd noise
inside her home that were new to her. She would
be sitting in the living room and hear things moving
in the bedroom or the kitchen when nobody else was there,
but nothing was ever out of place. When she checked,
she would see red lights floating through the house at
(08:17):
about chest level to a standing average height adult, which
she compared to laser lights. They didn't seem to have
any specific source and happened in every room. Her television
would turn itself off and on, and even change the
channels on its own. To a degree. She thought one
(08:38):
of her neighbors might be playing tricks on her with
respect to the TV. George and I thought it might
be possible. The only problem was that the other rooms
around her should have been out of range for a
normal remote control, and she often kept the curtains closed.
I was having a hard time being convinced that there
was anything truly paranormal going on, but as we were
(09:03):
wrapping up our conversation with the ladies, something happened to
change my mind. George and I were sitting on a
couch with its back against the large front window of
the house. The ladies were on a couch facing us
across a nice glass coffee table. To my right was
the front bedroom, and clearly on the edge of my vision,
(09:25):
near the doorway to that bedroom, a dark shadow, about
the height of a child or a very short adult
passed by that doorway. I blinked a couple of times
and it was gone. I noted that it was moving
from the right side of the doorway to the far side,
toward the kitchen. Then I took a moment to consider
(09:47):
whether any cars had passed it that moment. No, there
had been no cars. I looked through the window behind
us as casually as I could. No one was on
the street. George and I told her that if she
would like, we would bring a few members of our
(10:08):
team back for an evening investigation. We thanked them for
inviting us over and bid them a good evening. Then
we left. As we were backing out of the driveway,
George asked me what I thought, and I told him
that my mind had been changed in the last five
minutes of our visit. Then I told him what I saw.
There was definitely something worth investigating going on in that home.
(10:35):
Less than a week later, I returned with an all
female team only because George couldn't make it that night. Dee, Farah,
Holly and I arrived around dusk. We greeted the woman
and made the appropriate introductions. Then her daughter took her
away for the evening and we were asked to lock
the house when we left. We did EVP sessions in
(10:58):
each room and witness when us the odd noises the
homeowner had mentioned. It really did sound like there was
someone moving things in other rooms. We also noticed that
in the front bedroom there were a few moments when
the room seemed to get even darker than it had
been without the lights on, but eventually the deep darkness
seemed to subside. By the time we got to the
(11:22):
back bedroom, the house had a very creepy feel, and
I felt the need to pray, which is not my
normal reaction or habit during an investigation. Something in that
house was really bothering me. So I told the ladies
that I wanted to pray a prayer for protection that
I said daily and hoped it would boot whatever was
(11:43):
present out of the home. Then I started to say
the prayer to Saint Michael, which I prayed almost daily.
Back then, I still pray it several times a week.
Just a few lines in the words got jumbled in
my head and I couldn't recite it. That made no sense.
I said it every day, How could I forget the words?
(12:07):
I apologized and started again. I got a little farther
into it and froze again. Something was keeping me from finishing,
and I said as much out loud. Then I ad
libbed my way through it, because the intent of the
prayer is more important than the exact words, and temporary
(12:29):
amnesia with respect to a formal prayer wasn't going to
stop me. I trusted that Saint Michael would listen and
get the gist of it. We locked up and left.
After that, I seemed to recall that George heard from
the daughter one more time, and things seemed quieter in
the house. I hoped that my not quite perfect prayer
(12:50):
was enough to evict the odd little visitor from the
home and that the lady would find peace there again.
Thank you for listening. Remember, if you want to share
your own personal paranormal experiences of any type, use a
contact format peakpodcast dot com to get in touch. You
can be as anonymous as you like, or you can
(13:12):
let your paranormal freak flag fly and share your name.
Either way, I'm happy to hear from you. Sharing your
stories helps people realize that the paranormal is much more
normal than they think. That's peeppodcast dot com. Remember that
stands for people experiencing everyday paranormal while you're there. Subscribe
(13:36):
to my newsletter to keep up with the podcast and
all my creative and energetic endeavors. I usually only email
it once a month unless I have a special event
you should know about. You'll receive briefs on recent episodes,
information on any upcoming appearances like the virtual one that
I just did on October twentieth, plus some occasional fun extras.
(14:00):
If you enjoy the podcast, please give it some rating
love on your favorite podcast app, share it with friends,
and subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Ratings, reviews
and shares help platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify. No
it's worthy of surfacing to new listeners, and as we
build our audience, we have more chances to hear their
(14:20):
paranormal stories. A huge thank you to everyone who's given
the show some love. You're helping it grow no matter
how you support the show, listening, telling others about it,
or any other way. I absolutely appreciate your being here.
Thanks again for listening. Stay safe and be well.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Every sea there at Ascum dont discase, then they.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
Become the the superste.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Said set the.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
SUPERSTI. After the SUPERSTI, SUPERSTI look the stand side
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