Don’t Knock Back | After Midnight
Summary
This episode recounts a bartender’s experiences at a historic, haunted establishment built in the 1870s. She encounters paranormal activity including a woman in heels walking the upstairs hallway, phantom voices and music from a sealed Prohibition-era tunnel in the basement, and unexplained smells of smoke. The narrative explores the staff’s unwritten rules, such as never knocking back at the tunnel, and suggests the narrator was drawn to the job by the building’s lingering presence.
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Sponsors: ChatGPT for Business, Indeed, and Visit Israel
Introduction to the haunted bar and the narrator's decision to work there
First shifts, staff attitudes, and initial paranormal encounters upstairs
The basement tunnel, the 'basement crowd,' and the smell of smoke
Seeing the woman on the landing and growing curiosity about the hauntings
The storm night: simultaneous hauntings and the knocking from the tunnel
Recurring advertisements for Visit Israel and ChatGPT for Business
Final sponsors: Plan B and M&M's Popped Caramel
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