Ties that bind
*Warning. Content may be disturbing to some people.
In the winter of 2025, I received an email request from a customer for a home clearing. For the purpose of this story and to keep things anonymous, I will call her Christie and her boyfriend, Jack. Christie is local. I had met her and Jack at one of my events the previous year. I knew the backstory to their situation and I knew it was real.
Christie had originally reached out to me for advice regarding a paranormal problem that started in their home when the cremated remains of an abusive family member came into their possession. The remains belonged to one of Jack’s relatives - someone they weren’t going to miss. At the time of the relative’s passing, Jack’s family agreed that the ashes would be kept ‘temporarily’ by family until the ground thawed enough that they could be put into the ground.
The problems began a short time later when the couple heard a knock at their door. On the other side, stood a female relative who was holding the urn. When the door opened, she claimed to have ‘had enough’ and wanted the ashes gone. If memory serves correctly, she handed them the urn and told them that ‘he was their problem now’…or something to that effect. The paranormal activity began as soon as she left.
It is important to note that Christie and Jack are a professional couple. They live in a good neighborhood. They are nice people. It is my opinion that they were not fabricating their story, using hallucinogenic drugs, or mentally ill. They were genuinely scared by the events occurring in their home and they needed it to stop. Until this experience happened, neither of them believed in poltergeists.
I remember how frightened Christie was when she first reached out to me. She was being physically attacked in her own home and the aggression of the assaults was escalating. I offered some short-term solutions to keep things calm until it was time to bury the ashes…and my suggestions worked. But the minute Jack’s relative was laid to rest, the activity started up again…and this time Christie’s experiences were even more horrifying.
I was genuinely concerned when I learned the details of Christie and Jack’s most recent experiences. This relative was a really big problem and he needed to be stopped. I reached out to Christie and told her that I could be there that weekend.
In the days leading up to the clearing, I knew that I had angered the entity plaguing Christie and Jack’s home. He invaded my dreams and tried to choke me. I remember the intense anger and hatred in his eyes. He was a large man…much larger than me. His hands were capable of snapping my neck and I knew it. He wanted me dead.
As his hands clenched around my throat, he was immediately yanked backwards by a force that I couldn’t see. In an instant, I was kept safe…the enraged man in my dreams flying backwards…completely being thrown off his feet…as if someone had grabbed him by the shirt collar and tossed him aside like dirty rag. I was startled awake.
I don’t know who had come to my rescue in that dream. I never saw them. Nothing was said. They simply intervened like a good Samaritan. I wondered if it was my spirit guide, George, or some other guide or an angel. I work with a lot of elevated beings. But in this particular instance, I was shown nothing. Whoever it was, they weren’t looking for recognition for the good deed they had done.
That dream revealed a number of things to me. I knew that in life, this man hated women…although I didn’t know why. I just knew that he would target females in general. He enjoyed having control over the weaker sex. It made him feel powerful. I was shown that he confined and abused his victims. I also knew that he was responsible for at least one murder, but there were likely more. His energy was disgusting. He made me sick.
I wasn’t concerned about him harming me…and yet I also wasn’t surprised that he had tried. He was being forced out of Christie and Jack’s home. His abusive streak was coming to an end…and it was all happening because of me.
The day after my dream - as I was gathering supplies for the clearing - I was grabbed by the back on my ankle when I was walking. It stopped me in my tracks and I stumbled forward. The grip felt like that of a large man and once again I felt his hand being yanked away from me. I was left with a scraped elbow and a bruised shin - but other than being a little shaken, I was fine. I wondered, since he was with me, if the activity in Christie and Jack’s house had calmed down. The answer to that was yes.
That weekend, my husband and I went to Christie and Jack’s home. We had a chat about Jack’s relative, events they had experienced in their home, and my own experiences. When I mentioned that I’d been choked, Christie gasped. She told me that one of the first things that had happened to her was that she was choked. When I told them that I believed at least one murder had been committed, they didn’t seem surprised. They couldn’t confirm it, but didn’t doubt that he would have been capable of such heinous crimes. Christie also confirmed that there had been no paranormal issues in their home for the past two days, which fell in line with the experiences that I had had.
The four of us did a clearing of Christie and Jack’s home. I cleared the energy of each person as well. At the end of the ceremony, we hid one of my house size witch bottles in a place where it wouldn’t be disturbed. The energy felt good after the cleansing. It felt lighter.
It was about a week later when I received another email from Christie. She reported that everything was great - their house was quiet and comfortable. It even seemed brighter. She then took some time to write up a synopsis of their experience and gave me permission to share it.
Christie’s story can be found below. It is unedited.
“There is so much I want to say!
I want to share my story as I feel it's important to talk about why we need to reach out for support from those that are the experts. A couple of years ago, we had the start of things happening in our house that I never thought I would ever experience, let alone believe. A family member had passed and shortly after he was laid to rest, his spirit stayed in our house with ill intentions. He was not an upstanding citizen in his life so it wasn't really shocking that he would be this way in death. The experiences ranged from light flickers, shadows, noises, footsteps, movement of furniture/wall art, things turning on and off by themselves, and at some points, it would escalate to physical appearances where he would attack or he would manifest to show himself as my boyfriend when my boyfriend was in a different part of the house.
In the beginning - when we got possession of his ashes - I had a very disturbing night. I reached out to Ashley and she gave me advice on what to do and brought me some of her black salt. Everything was fine after I followed her instructions, until we laid him to rest by burying the ashes. I was often the target of his wrath and I was trying to constantly rationalize the events because, in my mind, this really couldn't be happening. Who could I tell? No one would believe me. My boyfriend was a self-proclaimed skeptic and since this person was related to him, it took awhile for him to start seeing it too. But eventually he did and we decided to handle things ourselves. We destroyed most of the possessions, we cleansed the house and told him he wasn't welcome. Things went quiet.. for a little while. It seemed to happen in waves and with no real reason on the timing. Then there was a night, where things came to a head and I connected with Ashley again. Within a couple of days, Ashley came to our home. With so much compassion and professionalism, she facilitated a house clearing, brought us a witch bottle, and gave us some instructions/items for things to do after she left. It was a very therapeutic experience and we appreciated the time that Ashley put in to support us in this process.
Immediately after the clearing, our house become lighter, quieter and peaceful. It just felt different, a good different! It's only been a week since the clearing, but we've had nothing happen and I can sleep peacefully again. I'm also excited to get back to some around the house projects (painting, redecorating, etc.) that I had on the go. I procrastinated on the project before, as I just really didn't want to spend time in that room. But now, I have no hesitation.
We will forever be grateful to Ashley for her time, knowledge and skill. She's helped us regain control of our lives and our home. Words could never convey how we truly feel and how appreciative we are. We are just so happy and you can't put a price on that!
Side note - I worked from home the last 2 days.. nothing happened at all.. no noises in the kitchen, footsteps or anything! My boyfriend also seems a lot happier!
So grateful!”
All’s well that ends well. Wishing Christie and Jack a beautiful life ahead.
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