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Subject: Secondhand Mattress
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shadow27 16.01.12 - 06:21am
Mrs A. Kelly of Holland Park, Queensland: ''My husband and I had been married for only a few weeks and couldn't afford anything new. So we did the next best thing and went to an auction where we bought some old furniture, in good condition, and a double innerspring mattress which seemed to be as new.. * +
shadow27 16.01.12 - 06:24am
There was no trouble for several weeks; then one night my husband was woken by a terrible distant sobbing and screaming. Thinking it was me, having a nightmare, he shook me awake. But the horrible sound continued. It was definitely a woman's voice and we could swear it was coming from inside the mattress, as if a radio or tape player was hidden in there. * +
rose01 16.01.12 - 06:25am
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ladibud 16.01.12 - 06:25am
oooooh spooky * +
shadow27 16.01.12 - 06:26am
Next morning we almost managed to talk each other into believing we'd imagined it. But that night the crying woke us again. It frightened us out of our wits, to such an extent that we dragged the mattress outside, then slept on the divan. * +
rose01 16.01.12 - 06:28am
S-s-s-c-a-a-r-r-y-y-y!!!! * +
shadow27 16.01.12 - 06:28am
I rang the charity that had held the auction, to discover where my job lot of furniture and mattress had originated. They were from a deceased estate. I was never able to find out what the owner died of. However I had to conclude she was in some kind of terrible distress. But my husband wasn't interested in theories. He doused the mattress in kerosene and burned it.'' * +
rose01 16.01.12 - 06:30am
I got chills...Where did u get this from?@ shadow * +
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