My Doorbell Ghost
This is the true story of a ghost who kept ringing my doorbell.
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For several years after we moved into a rental before buying, beginning in 2004, our doorbell would ring on its own. The button on the outside of the house was wired to a box on the inside, on the wall just by the front door. It was one of those rings that sounds like, “Ding dong, ding dang (pause) ding dang, ding dong,” if you can picture that in your head! It was a bit early for us to have one of these WiFi doorbells you see nowadays, so this doorbell ringing on its own was very mysterious.
At first we brushed it off as a short in the wires because the house was built in the 1940’s and we didn’t know when the wires were last updated (not that old though we know!). We had the owner’s son, who worked for an internet cable company, take a look but he could find nothing wrong. It got to the point where multiple times a day the doorbell would ring and we’d open it up to nobody standing on the porch.
I got curious and began keeping a record log. I recorded the time, day of the week, and date. Interestingly, some patterns began emerging. It would ring around 10 am, 1pm, and any time after 8pm most days.
This went on for months.
Lots of Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays but curiously, in all the pages and pages I’ve logged, there is not one single day it ever rang on a Tuesday. Go figure?
I began getting premonitions as to when it would ring, and I’d say to my husband, “The doorbell ghost is here!” And sure enough, minutes later, sometimes even seconds, the bell would ring. After about a year of this continuing with me logging each ring, I realized I should be doing some kind of test theory.
So, when I got the impressions, I would ask out loud for the bell to ring. Of course it would ring so I would ask for it to ring a second time. It always rang twice, but only when I asked. If I didn’t ask, it would only ring once.
And, the same thing would occur when I would ask it to ring three times in a row.
After this happened for a few months, because I couldn’t figure out what else to do, and it didn’t really bother us, the rings stopped. But here is the interesting part: They stopped right after our refrigerator motor burned out and caught on fire. Luckily it did no damage to the home, but the fire department had to come in and use their hose. Was the doorbell ghost trying to tell us something about the old refrigerator? Who knows for sure, only the ghost I guess.
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Hi lm dean from uk from Alton yeah I live on my own and I’ve only lived here since the 28th of May 2022 I’ve got any problems here to 1 day on August 28 on a Sunday about 2 to 3 o’clock in the afternoon I was writing out a birthday card for my brother and suddenly the back door bell wrong as impossible anybody to run off because I would’ve seen them because it’s all closed in as I open the door there was no one there actually freak me out for Adele someone messing about or something that’s what I thought it was and I thought you can’t be anybody messing about because you would’ve seen him run off or something so press the doorbell wrong again and I did ask my neighbour it’s all people live here she’s quite shocked when I told her then she told me about her ghost stories I haven’t listened to them yet about ghost in our bedroom and she was telling me so I just typed in tonight anybody else has had experiences me apparently the woman lives before passed away but she didn’t die here I just wanna know any advice for you what do you think mine is also a plug-in one we plug into the electric flashes and it makes the same room as you describe during town and it’s don’t need any batteries and since I’ve been here none of them are played at think so I can’t say it’s anything wrong with it so I’ve unplugged it at the moment I had to plug it back in and nothing is wrong it again but I’ve kept it on plug now what is a send you a message to see what you think
I have a doorbell Ghost. It’s always when I’m just done the shower. But it’s at times when no one shake ringing the doorbell… like 1am or 6am. Doesn’t happen all the time but enough for me to realize, after running to check the door, that this has to be a ghost. I’ve been told it’s no one I know on the other side… and that I should cleanse my house.
It’s at times when no one Should* be ringing the doorbell
What a cheeky ghost! Yes, cleanse or get someone to bless the house. I always tell my psychic development class participants that they would never let a human stranger approach them on the sidewalk in a way that makes them uncomfortable so it’s the same with the spirit realm. They aren’t allowed to visit us without our permission and if they come during private times such as the shower, well then… ahem. Be gone ghosties!
I have a different problem. Every day, at 12:03 a.m., I hear an alarm from a watch ( beep beep, beep beep ,beep beep). I have been hearing that since the beggining of the year.
Yes, that would be annoying! I hope you can fall back asleep!
An outlook on doorbell ringing from an engineering standpoint.
For those with doorbells (ignoring whether or not the button runs on batteries) powered via the ac power line:
From experience I’ve learned that our power company makes changes to their “grid” on roughly the hour and half hour.
Switching the path the power takes to get from the source to the home is nearly instantaneous but may result in a very short interruption.
This kind of “glitch” can be enough to trigger anomalies in devices powered via the power line.
If your visiting spirit does not respond to your request to stop or to change to ringing at a more random time it might be possible to write it off as attributable to your power company.
Thank you Nickola! Sound alternative possibilities are always welcome in the discussion!
WE moved into a new home it was built in 1971 my back doorbell rings every morning at 7:05? I look out and no one is there? How do i deal with this?
So much to say here Regina… first and foremost YOU have control, just as you would with a person. I would recommend speaking to this spirit directly and say how you want it to stop. Call upon any of your spiritual tribe (guides, god, angels, etc.) to support you in assisting this spirit to stop. With this said, there are so many reasons why this spirit may be around and ringing the bell. I do have experience in helping people to get clear insight and in some cases remove the spirit all together. If you would like more insights or support, we can hold a spiritual counseling session and I’ll tune in with you. Many blessings.
I also have incounterd door bells ringing but not mine like a time when me and a friend went over to visit another friend and just as we were walking up to the door they opend the door and asked did we just ring the doorbell we said no we haven’t even made it to the door yet and again just walking bye some one’s house and they asked us if we had rang there doorbell I m not sure what to make of this anybody thank u
I know my mom was gifted but I don’t think she realized it before she passed I know I am I know things before they happen or know when there’s a presence around I get scared sometimes cuz even at my age I really don’t understand it as well as I should but I moved into an a apartment last November and I have smelled something like it was a burnt smell mixed with a sweet flowery smell and it’s usually right next to me but it’s happens twice since I have been here once at 4:30 am the doorbell rang and I was instantly awake and the smell was there knowing that no one was at the door it went away then it happens agian last night at 2:30am and again woke up like I was wide awake and the smell was stronger but it was like it was next to me on my bed not in the rest of the house but when I tried to go back to sleep and closed my eyes I had and felt like something was on fire but not near me just around my home took me forever to go back to sleep not sure how to take this I always just let things happen as they may and just tried to understand it but never indulge
My fiancé’s father passed away very unexpectedly exactly a month ago in 3 days. My fiancé and his father were so close they were inseparable. 2 years ago we moved from Oregon where we lived with my father in law to Arizona where my mother lives. Stephen (my fiancé) and his father hadn’t seen eachother since we moved but talked everyday. Since he has passed about 1 week ago my fiancé had a very vivid dream where his father came to him apologizing and telling him he loved him and wouldn’t see him again for a long time and again that he was sorry but had to go. Tonight July 20 2018 at 6:50 pm our doorbell rang our dogs started freaking out but when we went to answer the door there was no one in sight, no package on our door step.. I instantly got chills and couldn’t help but think my father in law was visiting again.
Sure sounds like it Alyssa!
Laura, I have been told previously that I am an empath. I have strange occurrences frequently. Is there any way I could communicate with him in a more understandable way? I just have so many unanswered questions
Hi Alyssa, have you looked through the book list I recommend https://divinelotushealing.com/shop-main/books/ for people on their learning journey? It’s a great place to start! Email me if you’d like to start some 1 on 1 coaching / guidance / tutorial work! Many blessings 🙂
Omg this is happening to me also it’s happened four times on me within the last two months my doorbell going off but it’s not the actual sound of my doorbell don’t know what’s going on I need clarification it’s freaking me out
about two months my doorbell rang, my TV turned off unexpectedly and 3 seconds later at 10:21 am my doorbell rings. I got scared and checked to see if there was anyone there and there wasnt and no one had left anything. 2 hours later, it rang again and again, there was nobody there or anything left at my doorstep. I was actually really scared and didn’t open my blinds for at least 2 weeks after that. I eventually got ver it and when on with my life as of then my father has set up security cameras so that way I’m able to see what’s going on and of course today, at 8:23 am, my TV turns off unexpectedly and the doorbell rings. again, no one or anything is there. I check my phone to see my cameras and with my luck, nothing recorded and it wont let me do a playback. I’m actually really scared and found it odd that none of these 3 times did my dog ever bark.
Hi Gladys, I’m sorry it’s so scary for you! It’s very common for technology to go haywire when spirits are trying to make contact. I don’t know how to describe it scientifically but it has to do with something about the electromagnetic current and the frequency of the spirit trying to draw energy. For example, in the Psychic & Spiritual Development class I teach, cell phones are turned off at the beginning of class by everyone, but will often ring anyway! Spirit is drawing energy to make contact.
It’s a bit jolting when your tech stuff goes crazy, but just say out loud, “Thank you spirit for making contact. I understand you are here. If you are friend, make contact with me in a way that I can understand who you are. If you are foe, go away. I do not welcome you here. If you are neutral and just looking for attention, I am not open for your attention. Go away.”
I couldn’t believe it when I ran across this feed with so many stories like mine. It all started last week when we were on our way home from Tennessee. We stop in Memphis to stay at a hotel. Sometime around 8:00 pm we heard a doorbell ring (didn’t know hotels have doorbells) checked but no one there. It wasn’t a day or two after we got home and our doorbell rang and no one there it has happened around 8:00 pm every day since, so far 4 days. We have a video camera outside and it shows no one around that time either. The house is only 4 years old and we are the first owners. No one we know has died recently. It’s freaking me out and I’d like for it to stop. Do u have any suggestions on what might be going on and how to stop it?
Hi Stephanie, it feels on a psychic level to me that you’ve picked up a wayward spirit during your travels… please be in touch if that feels right for you as well… we could hold a session to release the energy…. many blessings!
Today my doorbell rang twice one right after the other so I ran down the stairs and no one was there. The cool part is our doorbell is the west minister chimes and this was just s bing bong. I called my husband to tell him and when I was on the phone with him it happened again. I ran down the stairs and no one was there I asked my husband if he heard it and he said he didn’t but then it rang a 4th time this time I was right by the door, he heard it too and again no one there when I opened the door. I know it is my mom, she loves to play pranks and she still does. I love when she connects with me like this. Thanks Mom
My name is David.
I just moved to this older house and the doorbell just started chiming at 8:12pm.
And this is the 2nd time that this has happened.
Even after I disconnected the wires to the doorbell it Still started chiming at 8:12pm.
I took the doorbell off the wall and took it apart and put it in the garbage.
Thanks for stopping by David! I would have done the same thing; tossing the old doorbell out, too. 🙂 Congratulations on your new older home. They have such character and charm.
My mother and father just recently moved into a new apartment, they lived with me for 5 1/2 years. Today I was visiting and she told me that the doorbell has been ringing every night at 8:05, the doorbell doesn’t work! As soon as we left, just pulling out, a hawk landed on her deck! She got a picture, looking right in! My daughter FaceTimed her about that time to see what was going on and no bell!
starting three weeks ago the doorbell of my house ring every day at 8:03 pm. I opened the door, nobody was there. This week, on Monday I put white candles, incense and I pray. The doorbell did not ring. But, two days after, Today, I went to visit my mom and the doorbell at her house rang exactly at 8:03 pm with the same sound of the doorbell of my house. My mom opened the door, nobody was there. I don’t know what to think. Really bothers me. I don’t know s if somebody is trying to tell me somethig
Hi Angelica, It sounds like you are being contacted. So lovely. Don’t fear. Just tell the spirit to show itself to you in a way that you understand who it is OR tell it to go away if it is not a family member. We can hold a spiritual counseling session if you need to contact it directly… be in touch, xoxo
This has been kind of freaking me out lately because I’m only 12 years old, turning 13 next month but my doorbell has been ringing as well. Yesterday I heard it ring so I told my mom “is anyone supposed to be coming over” and she was like “no why” then I told her I heard the doorbell ring so we went downstairs and I checked the peephole, nobody. I open the door.. nobody. It’s a little weird, but after opening the door I had to go talk to the neighbors next door so I went and my mom came with me then when we went back into our house I was going up the stairs and my mom says “I just saw a shadow here” and she points to our hallway and I was like “what do you mean?” and she says, “a spirit, it was coming towards me then it disappeared.” And I believe her because she can see that type of stuff but it’s been freaking me out because not even 30 minutes ago, our doorbell rang again and I’m upstairs in my room trying to fall asleep but then I hear my dad open the front door then he comes to my room and says “did you hear the doorbell ring?” so I know it wasn’t just me who heard it. Anyone have answers?
Sounds like you have visitors of the spiritual kind Lokelani. Smudge the home and set light protection.
How to smudge your home: https://divinelotushealing.com/how-to-smudge-your-home/
Golden Divine Light and Spiritual Presence Meditation: https://divinelotushealing.com/shop-main/shop-meditations/
I moved into my home approximately three months ago and my doorbell has started ringing with no one there. Initially, it seemed to happen when my boyfriend would come over. Then, I went to visit him one afternoon and his doorbell rang with no one there. Initially, I opened the door thinking someone was there and I no longer answer. I started checking the time and it has started a very specific schedule of 6:57 pm. Tonight, it rang at 6:56 and I told my friend that it usually rings at 6:57 and it rang again and it WAS 6:57!! I have put out tobacco offerings and smudged with some sweet grass and Recently sage. I have prayed over my home and asked for His blessings. I don’t feel threatened or scared. What do you think?
Yes, it does sound like you’ve got a visitor from the psychic realm Lie. As long as you don’t feel scared or like your personal space is being invaded, continue with your life as normal!
I have to share this with you Laura. My darling wife to whom I was married to for over fifty seven years eventually passed away leaving me devastated. A few mornings ago I was awoken by our front doorbell ringing over and over again. It continued till I opened the door and reached for the button thinking that it had become locked in after someone had pressed it but it stopped ringing before my hand actually touched it. Here;s the odd part. I suddenly realized that I had an appointment with my doctor in less that a half hour and had forgotten to set my alarm clock.
As I hurried to get dressed I had this strange feeling that it was my darling wife’s spirit that had pushed the button to waken me!
Our home is on big acres in Australia with no near neighbors. A quick look around outside after the bell stopped proved no one was about so what other explanation could there be??
Charles, thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful example of how spirit can contact us! Yes, it does sound like your wife was reminding you 🙂 I wonder how else she’ll try to make contact in the future? Many blessings!
My doorbell is wireless and set on a specific ring. It does not work however, it rings, often and on the other longer setting. Much like the story, we can ask it to ring a second and third time. 2 weeks ago I was about to take my dog for a walk. The doorbell rang 3x . I left and within 5 minutes I was stung by a yellow jacket. Bring an anaphylactic I found this uncanny, I had not brought my epi pen. There are other occasional occurrences in our house, sweet smells ( not entirely nice) followed by cigarettes. The previous was a smoker. Your story was interesting!!
So interesting Jenny! Sounds like you have someone in spirit looking out for you! Thank you for sharing your story here. It means a lot to me when people share! Many blessings 😉
Hey , last night my doorbell rang twice at 4 Am i was half awake half asleep. Couldn’t sleep the rest of the night.
Time to set some energetic boundaries Andres! Read this: https://divinelotushealing.com/how-to-smudge-your-home/
My door bell just rang for the second time.
First time was at 3am sharp, twice. About a month ago..
Then just now, sharp on 6pm. Both times I’ve felt terrified and emotional. A few other
Things have happened, dog growling with his back hairs sticking up, not wanting to got near the area where the indoor part of the doorbell is. Dog growling at the 3am episode before the door bell rang.. I just took the batteries out of the doorbell becuase I’m terrified. I’ve voice my thought to the spirit and told ‘it’ that it scares me… i have brought an old Victorian 1890 home. Few weeks after we moved in partner and I were very interested in the home so we spend days, hours and hours at a time in the local library getting as much history and information about the owners/builders everything… I’m thinking maybe putting new batteries in it to rule out any fault… the house has lots of energy in it so I’m really not second guessing myself about it being a spirit
Yes, sounds like you have spirit presence Meg. Be in touch via email if you’d like a session to look into it more with me. I offer spiritual counseling for these types of situations. Many blessings.
My door bell rings randomly as well but never did until we changed the ring to exactly the same ring you describe which is a church bell ring .. it had occurred when someone has passed on .. I have encountered the spirit and acknowledged them for. Letting me know but if it was a mischievous spirit it had to. Stop
Good for you for setting a limit and clear boundary with spirit Brenda! Many thanks for stopping by to read and leave a comment, I appreciate hearing from people!