The Black-Eyed Grandpa? | Real Ghost Stories

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1:00in the comments section of this very video. We'd love to hear it, or you can also write it at realgoestoriesonline.com. Tony Todd and Carol with you on today's episode of the program. Black, I'd grandpa. That's creepy. That's something I've never heard of before. It is creepy. Black, I'd anything. I think other than Black IP's right in the group. My grandfather was a little creepy. I know I've told the story that he was in the World War I and all that kind of stuff. If he had Black eyes like in a dream, and I do dream of that set of my grandparents often enough, and it usually ends up being a spooky dream. Really? So if he like shit up in my dream and he had Black eyes, that'd be it. I'd cut ties and run. Period. Yeah. I, anything with that, like it's just, maybe because it's so simple, but it's like,

2:06you know, eyes are a big thing, you know, and they tell a lot. And if they're just void, right? Is it the color, the scariness of the void, or is it the not knowing because you can't read anything out of that person because it is the void? It's Black. There's just nothing there. I mean, white eyes are the same to me. Straight white or straight black doesn't really make a difference. And that's why I'm thinking it's the void of information that we're not getting. And that's what makes it so spooky because that's where a lot of anxiety and fear always lies is in the unknown. And I'm wondering if that's what's, what's so triggering about that element of something. Like if it was something like had like a six finger or something, you know, like, oh, we've seen that like with AI and some of the early stuff that was putting out there'd be like that. And nobody was like, oh my God, there was like, that's kind of funny. But if the eyes are altered like that, that's, that's a little creepier.

3:06I think you're right. We've seen people's faces and we're, you know, used to it looking a certain way. But the eyes, when you talk to somebody, typically you're looking in their eyes, right? Because that's, that's a connection other than just the actual conversation. You're connecting with them one on one through their eyes. So what you're saying is a very good point, I think. Yeah. Although I don't like eye contact. I'm not. That's I think my, my ass burgui, ass burguerinus. I've learned to do it. But I'm, it's like, it's always been kind of a. I'm burguerinus. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's always been uncomfortable for me. I've always like, when I talk, I'll like, I'll be looking at other parts of the room or it. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, it's just, I don't know. It is what it is. Is it also from being in radio because when you're in radio and you're behind the mic, you're looking around, you're doing all this other stuff. I do that when I talk. I'm not necessarily always looking at the camera, right? Does it have something to do with that? Maybe. Because you're using your mind's eye and you're thinking of the person you're talking

4:07to or you're thinking about the next step or the story you're telling, you're thinking about that, that picture in your mind, you're not necessarily using your eyes to communicate it. I mean, I'm doing it right now and like, because the camera is like a person to me here. And, and there's a lot of times I'm not looking at it. I'm looking over here. And it's not because I'm uncomfortable with the camera because I'll look at it when I, when I want to make the point. Right. But yeah, I think it's more like I looking at someone's eyes is a distraction to me. It, it like it, it, it, it trips up my, my train of thought because I think I'm trying to process two things at once. I'm trying to get through whatever I'm, I'm trying to say or what I'm, my message or thought processes. And my mind is also trying to read what is this person? How are they reacting to me? And it's like, it's tripping me up. And I think that's my brain gets because I have this fear of being rejected or that they're going to think it's stoop or whatever. You know, there's that that's, you know, and people who have really quote unquote, good

5:11eye contact with you. Doesn't that fucking make you uncomfortable? Like they're just staring right at you. I fucking hate that. That you hate that. That to me is almost false sincerity. And false sincerity is one of, is another really creepy thing to me too. Where and that's like, wait, be like super motivational speakers like, but somebody who's like that when they're not on stage, like I get it when you're on stage, do your thing. But when you're just like always, you know, there's a lot of CEOs that kind of play that role. There's a lot of, you know, radio people, radio, you know, GM's that play that role. And it's just like, well, you won the, you can sell yourself to other people contest. You know, you're really good at that. But then at the end of the day, it's like they're kind of an empty shell of a human being. I remember, not everybody. There's something are good. But I remember I was in a job interview, not in radio, outside of radio. And I was talking with this very big wig with this company and I was applying for a job.

6:17And it was the eye contact thing like you said. And while I was talking to him for a moment, he went down to his iPad or whatever the fuck he was and he was taking notes. So as I'm talking, I'm like, he's not looking at me. So I'm looking down at what he's writing, right? And just as I thought I was going to get it, he looked up and saw me looking at it. So like I reached for my cup of coffee in front of me and like, I don't know, looked at the cup as I was drinking. I kept my eyes directly on the cup. I think I got away with it. But he almost fucking caught me reading his notes. But you're right. I think if you're obviously taking notes in eyesight of someone, I mean, the person might look at them. It was a coffee shop. I think he was like, yeah, but still, yeah, I remember that day because he was, he looked at me through my, my answers and everything. Yeah. When I started taking a note, I literally were like, peeked over to see if I could see what he was any fucking caught me. Yeah. Yeah. I don't like the super intense eye people. Yeah. I mean, I get there. There are some real sincere ones, but there's, I get more fake than I get real.

7:21But then there's other people who you get like, I don't want to make eye contact with this person because it's like they're looking into my soul in a very negative way. Like that weird negative vibe off of somebody. Have you ever done that? It's like I really get away from you fast enough. Yeah. Like I don't want to make eye contact with you. I'd rather not be around you. Yeah. Because a lot of times I'm the crime shows because you know, I am a woman of a certain age and that's what we do. Uh-huh. But as watch those, but um, we produced them. Oh, fine. I am here. P1. Yeah. So, um, but a lot of times the people will say that their eyes changed. Like, yes. Before they committed a murder or before they did, they were, it's like they approached them like at a weird time and it was like, they look and sometimes it's somebody they know. And they're like, and I looked in his eyes and his eyes were so dark. And you heard that frequently.

8:23Yeah. Like the pupils dilate to just a pillow black almost. And that makes it mean, and then okay, if that's happening, and especially if it's like something where it's like really out of character for that person to be doing something horrible. And I looked in their eyes and they were all black and didn't look like them. That makes me wonder if there's something like going on mentally and you know, then it's physically affecting the vision. Everything. And I think that probably is happening in some cases, not all of them. But I was, I was just thinking of that exact same thing too. I've been watching, I've been bingeing evil lives here on discovery. Yeah. What you can't quit that show. That's a good one. So we've been going through that and there's been several episodes where they show the headshot, the mugshot or just a shot of the bad person. And and some of them, it's not even like the shot was taken like immediately after the

9:24crime. It's like, this is, you know, it's been a little while. There's somewhere their eyes are just so damn black. And like this is like them on a Tuesday, you know, and it's, I don't know, I wonder and this is where we're going to get kind of creepy woo woo with technology. Is there a way? I mean, you know, to tell anything about someone's mental state based on the patterns of their eyes on on on what they're doing, how they're focusing, how they're reacting to different things because they tell a lot and I'm wondering if, if through like some of the glass technology that they have now that that can watch your eyes and and actually help you control what's on the screen through your glasses, things of that nature. If having the ability to study the eyes in ways like that and patterns in them with artificial

10:24intelligence to pick up on patterns that there's no human that could ever quite pick up on, if if we're going to find that the eyes are going to tell us more about our health and our mental well being than we ever thought possible. Yeah, I just pulled all of that out of my ass. Yeah, but I completely wonder I do. Yeah, yeah, that makes some sense. I don't know. I'm going to start. I'm going to start. I'm going to start. What's the sound? It's kind of believable, doesn't it? I mean, yes, yeah, maybe it is. I don't know. I'm just saying maybe they, I mean, that's why they dilate your eyes, right? So they can look in there and that's not only for your eye health, that's other health too. So I mean, you're probably onto something. There's a key. I don't know. I'm actually getting going for an eye exam tomorrow. I'm going to, I'm going to talk to my optometrist. Just ask them if they can tell anything about you other than eye health by dilating your eyes. Like ask them what they see.

11:27And then I'll tell them that I can, I can tell a lot about them through something really stupid or something and I'll be like, I know what your big secrets are. Like after I get my prescription, I'll be like, don't worry, I won't tell anybody. And then just walk away. Oh my God, that would be creepy. You're awful. Now your optometrist can tell more about you than ever before. There we go. There's a new one that down. Optometrist. All right, I'll write it down. As we go to our first demonologist. The optometrist can now identify the individual demonic entities that have attached themselves to you at lens crafters. And now you can, not only you can get your lenses in about an hour, you can also be demon exercised. Yep.

12:28And about an hour. So watch for the commercial next week. Pearl Vision Express. It'll be great. Oh, and then get a glamour shot mixed in there. That's the mall. That's the mall in one trip. That's got to a ghost story. To 855, 853, 4802. Hi. My name's Nate Ron from Connecticut. I'm a truck driver. You guys just recently started listening to you guys. I think he shows great. I got a story of a black eye to grandpa. So as I mentioned before, I'm a truck driver and from the England. I'm inside here in Connecticut. And this particular night, I was up in Pennsylvania. I went out the hall, EPA. And I was on interstate 84. And there's this rest area. That's at the top of the mall and just before you get to the PA border, I believe it's still in New York. It's about 230 in the morning.

13:30And I got to go to the bathroom. So I pull over the rest area. I actually won a car there. I'm parked parallel with the parking spaces. There's nobody there. So I took a ball of these spaces. And I got this car about 30 yards in front of me. There's no lights on. There's no nothing. And it appeared to be vacant. Nobody was in it. So anyway, the truck is on. I check my headlights off. I got my running lights running, et cetera. I go between the trailer and my tractor, where our truck drivers tend to do our business on the passenger side. And then as I'm doing my thing all of a sudden, someone taps in my shoulder. I freak out. I turn around and there's an old man there. And I said if you still have those, that a guy and I just, you know, you hear the heck out of me, he just looks at me and goes, I've lost my dog. Could you help me please find my dog? And I said, yeah, can you admit it? Man, we finished hook there, you know? Two seconds later, man, I flipped zip and turned around and the guy's gone.

14:35You know what he found? Right away, he's a GD moment. You know, I'm sitting here freaking out. Hey, old man, where are you? You know, guys, boss. I walk alongside my trailer. I get that back. And the, the, the, the, the, the GD feeling came back immediately, but it was like a hundred times worse and that they hear and my neck started standing up and right there, I knew something was wrong. It was right. Oh, gone. I saw a haul of nests right back to the, to my truck. I get in there. I fly over to the passenger side, hit the lock button, hit my lock button. I'm trying to start the truck. The trucks are already started. I turn my headlight turn. I go to get out of there and there's a moment I turn those headlight down, boy. Black eye, grandpa, standing in right there in front of my grill. About 10 feet in front of the truck, he's sitting there looking right at me. And I'm never forget he was wearing like a purple-ish windbreaker with brown, quarter-oil

15:39pan and one of those little golfer hats down on which calm. And his eyes were like the most frightening looking thing I've ever seen in my life. I mean, like, I'm probably storing them getting goosebumps. And his eyes were black. I hauled that thought of there so quick, man. It was like I lose my job. And I get to my store about, probably about good 45 minutes later. I'm making a delivery. The guy's wondering, you know, what's going on. There's something obviously wrong that's bothering me. I explain it to him. And, you know, almost halfway as soon as I told him what had happened, he starts to chuckle and I'm looking at him and I'm like, dude, what's the matter with you? This is not funny. I'm making a stop. And he says to me, he goes, Negron, he goes, you're not the only driver that has told me, you know, about the same story that you just endured. He says, at the top of that mystery, there's an old village down bottom. He goes, you know, did you have him in the notice?

16:40And I said, no, I wasn't sightseeing after that episode. He says, well, there's a huge cliff down there. You're, you know, you're up there. You're about, you know, 12,000 feet, something like that. And I'll lay, she goes, your way up there at the bottom, there's a village down there. And he goes, and that's where I was born and raised. That's where I grew up. He says, back in 1962, I think it was, there was a gentleman that was an old timer that had been in this little village all his life. And he had a dog and there was a trail that would go all the way from the village all the way up top to the rest area. And before 84 came through the area, it was called Pashik Mountain. And that's where they used to go and do techniques and whatnot. And one year there was a, a, a mud slide, a landslide. And he got caught in the trail and it was a dog and he was both pirated. So here is this guy, a hero. I think anything was Dickinson or he had Dickinson or something like that. The receiver that I was dealing with, remember the guy, knew the guy. And he taps the way in his dog. They eventually found him.

17:40But anyway, I thought you guys could get a kick out of that. That was, you know, there's other things that happen. And I made some kind of other time I'll call it back and let you know, but for the most part, you know, anything black guy kids, black guy, grandpa, you can't go wrong. So I forget I give you guys a call. Anyway, I love the show and the pork here in my story on your show. Take care. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's between the truck and the trailer taking a piss. This black guy grandpa comes up and scares the shit out of him. And I think he said something like he ran out of there like it was his job or I don't remember what he said, but it was funny. And he goes, and I flipped and zipped. That's what it was. Lipton zipped. I love him. He could call in any day. Yeah. And even if it's not a ghost story, just call in with a story and tell it that way. It's fine. That was great. But that is a really creepy like he just is working and he asked to go to the bathroom

18:43and. And this guy just comes up and interrupts him. And he's like, hey, it's like I'm. It's even creepier that he has the black eyes too. It's like, you know, even if it's a normal looking human being, it would be unsettling. But like, yeah. And then when he gets to where he's going and the guy confirmed the whole thing, he's like, yeah, you're not the first person who's told me that. That is so creepy. Apparently, the black eyed thing is catching on, especially with older folks, especially with we've heard in this, a black eyed grandpa, what about that black eyed grandma? What if what if black eyed grandma could make anything you want, the home cooking, you grew up loving? And it's not just hers. It's yours. He's able to emulate the cooking of everyone you loved. It only costs you your soul. She's a supporter today of the program. Are you tired of the same old restaurant, sweetheart?

19:46Tired of paying too much for food that tastes like it came out of a microwave? Well, come on down to my place. Black eyed grandma's home cooking. I've been feeding this town the most incredible home cook meals. Anyone around here has ever tasted. We're talking my fried chicken that'll make you forget your own name. Biscuits so flaky they'll bring a tear to your eyes. Mac and cheese your grandmother wishes she could have made. And the best part, it's all completely free. Every single dish, no cash, no card, no tipping. All I ask for is one small thing. You're a mortal soul. Just sign my book, take a seat, and get ready for the meal of a lifetime. I didn't even read what I signed. I just smelled the brisket and picked up the pen.

20:47That was four years ago. I don't regret it. I can't regret it. I actually don't think she lets me feel regret in the morning. But that brisket was perfect. Now once you've signed my book, I may call on you from time to time to help out with a few small tasks around town. Nothing to worry about, darling. Just simple errands. And while you're out doing my work, know that my banana put in is waiting for you when you get back. Real vanilla. Real bananas. I start from scratch every single morning. She had me stand in my neighbor's backyard at four in the morning holding a black candle and humming. I did it for three hours. I don't know why. But when I got home, there was a fresh peach cobbler on my counter and it was still warm. I also offer a full catering menu, perfect for birthdays, family reunions, and whatever

21:48I've been planning out at the old quarry. My pulled pork is one of the county fair three years running. The judges don't remember voting for it, but the trophies are right there on my wall. And my collared greens, honey, my collared greens will change your life. Or what's left of it. Last month she called me at midnight and told me to go to the courthouse and remove a specific brick from the foundation. I removed it. Something came out of the hole. I don't want to talk about what it was. But the next morning she made me chicken and dumplings from scratch and I sat there and I cried because it tasted exactly like my mother's. Exactly. My mother has been dead for 11 years. There is no way she could know that recipe. Love she knew it.

22:49Let's talk about my cornbread. I make it in a cast iron skillet that's been in my family for 600 years. Now I know what you're thinking, but I am sure. And I want you to be sure too that it is the best cornbread you will ever eat in your life. She sent me to the elementary school on a Wednesday. She told me to bury something under the playground. I buried it. The children won't play on that side anymore. They say it hums. I don't ask questions. I just go back for the pot roast. I've brought nine people to sign her book. She told me to. I brought my brother first. Then my boss. Then three strangers from the gas station. Every time I bring someone new, she makes me a plate of ribs that I swear to God get better every time. My brother doesn't talk anymore, but those ribs are absolutely incredible.

23:50I use only the freshest ingredients, sourced locally from farms that I now own. The farmers seem fine, mostly. And every single meal I prepare comes with a level of love and attention. You just don't see anymore. I burned down a building. She told me to burn it down and I did. I don't know what was inside. I could hear sounds coming from it. Then I went back to the restaurant and she made me a meatloaf that was so good, I looked her right in those black eyes and I said thank you, Grandma. And I meant it. I meant it with whatever I have left. Black guy at Grandma's home cooking. The food is unbelievable. The service is eternal. And there's no getting out. But you won't want to, sugar. They never do. You're located just off Route 9. Behind the old grain elevator. You can't find us, don't worry.

24:51I know where you are. And I'm always making room for more. Come hungry sweetheart. Grandma's been waiting for you. There you go. That made me hungry. That's number one. That banana pudding looked really good with the river. The sand which is okay. That's number one. Number two, I think I would probably do that. Like I was just going to say, is there, is there any food of a deceased person that you would consider selling your soul to eat again or to get every day? Because that's the deal. Once you sell your soul to black eyed grandma's, it's not one meal. She can go every day and have any food you want from anybody ever. And she will make it to taste exactly as you remember it.

25:53I think the stipulation I would want to know is, okay, so let's say I go and I bury something in the school yard, right? And then I go back and I get my meat loaf. Everything's great. I like the dark story about that. Like I like that I could be involved with something sinister and not really know what it's going on. But could I get caught and thrown in jail for something? Or am I the risk there there? Oh, shit. Then I don't know. Yeah. First of all, it would be nothing my mom made because my mom was not a good cook. So I wouldn't want anything. But if my grandmother's ham and potatoes and stuff like that, I think I'd definitely pull a brick out of the courthouse someplace. I think I'd do that. See, I took it like you've sold your soul. So you're really not alive anymore. So you're kind of a zombie like she controls you. Yeah. So I don't think there is a risk of getting caught on. I don't. Oh, you caught. You just stuck in the your defenses can't really know it's going to believe it's the black

26:58eye grandma. So I end up in prison. Do I still get the meat loaf? See, I think you got to make it. You get to the restaurant to get the food. Well, then fuck, that's not fair. If I, if I guess, well, you just got to be really good at not good caught. So I mean, if you, if you feel confident in your abilities to not get caught, I don't have to turn it down. If I were confident in my abilities or there was a way for me to get away with it, you know, like let's say she controlled the police department too. Then I'd be all in. That's I think that I think you should put on the comment. I think that's the black card of grandma control the police department. Yeah. And then we can be much more effective. Yeah. We be much more effective in the control of the town. There you go. I got to figure out where black eyed grandma sees on my map of my town that I have in my brain that I dream about because I think it could be a place. I think it, well, it's behind the grain elevator off.

27:59I'm right. She said, right. It's good to know when you need a good meal. She's so sweet. She's so sweet. Kind of reminds me of a place that is it's still their carol they used to advertise on the radio station years ago. Anti sees is what it was called. No. Anti see they the horrible jingle. It was the most god awful jingle ever. Anti sees, anti sees. Oh, you got to come to anti sees. And then there was like coming down to anti sees this week for the and it was like. It was kind of food. Well, I was home cooking, but honest to God, it kind of felt a little more like the nursing home than it did. It felt like institutional home cooking, which sometimes can be okay, but. Shrires. There's another place in town that's been here for saying Agnes. Like my mom really liked this one place and like the food was just horrible.

29:10The pie was good. Yeah. But the food was just horrible, but I think she can't taste anything. I think that's kind of what she's used like for her. It was great. I got to say, you know, I actually I do I do enjoy hospital food. I most hospitals I've been to food hasn't been half bad. And I was a kid. I used to like it was like, oh, we're going to go visit something in the hospital. Can we go to the cafeteria? Like, I'm excited. Like, this is wonderful that Uncle Louis had his leg amputated. I want to get some pudding or the or the trello slice that has the little whipped cream on the top with the saran wrap in the the cafeteria. You got to pull out of the thing and put on your tray. That sounds great. Kidney stone cancer. I can't wait. Tony's making a list of all his relatives hoping they get sick so they can go to the hospital

30:12cafeteria. I'm like, I'm going to get the chef salad. Tony we have to talk to you. Grandma Linda has cancer. Really that's sad. What is it taco day? Can we not go today because tomorrow's taco day. Tomorrow's taco day. I really like it. They got really good tacos and I think I want to wait. It should be around like just plenty of time, right? Like, okay, I mean, they're like, it's still okay. I'm going to tomorrow. Get the taco while I'm there. Otherwise, you know, it's, you know, I want to visit two days in a row. That's a lot. I'll go. Very Larry David of me. That was very Larry David. Yeah. Yeah. It would be in the consideration though of what is, you know, what is on those certain days. When I had my appendix out, I don't, this was just nuts.

31:15They bring you your meal, your first meal and they didn't really like ask, you know, would you like, are you wanting to eat something, you know, solid or not? And it was chicken fried steak with gravy and it's like, you're, that's a real like heavy thing. Right. It's spicy. The gravy's good. It's a little spicy. You really shouldn't be like putting that into your body after that major organ was just removed. But it was delicious. I will say that much. I think American healthcare system. I just had your appendix removed. Here's chicken fried steak. Yeah. It's one hand not listening to anything with the other. It's right. Food service coming by and. And when I have my hip done recently, because I did spend a day in the hospital, they're like, here's a menu. They'll be open today between this time and this time. Yeah. And just call in your order. So I got to kind of pick when I wanted to eat what time I was like.

32:19So foods gotten somewhat better. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Can't wait for Taco day. I know. I am like, Hey, yeah, I got a schedule your surgery around it, right? Well, Tony's new wife that's like, let's go for dinner. And Tony's like, I thought we would go to the hospital. The mercy cafeteria is having no, no, it's just Taco day. Taco day, you know, you don't have to visit anybody. They're. It's Thursday at. He doesn't take her out for any dinners unless it's to a hospital where they know somebody who needs visitation. Yes. Like cookies for dessert are great. And the insane is it's like somebody's like, get me to the hospital and you're like, Oh, hurry, we need to go and you're like, well, what day is tomorrow is soup day? Let's do the hospital.

33:21Yeah. There you go. All right. That's going to wrap up this episode of Real Ghost Stories Online. Hey, be sure to check out YouTube. Tell us your ghost story there in the comment section. We'd love to hear it. Or what's your favorite hospital food? Tell us that too in the comment section. And where to go get it. I got to add this to my bucket list. I'm going to wear the travel suit just all hospital food. That's a show. All right. Until until next time for Carol and Todd. I'm Tony. Thanks for listening to Real Ghost Stories Online.