LEGEND: The White Lady

As far back as the 19th century, people have reported seeing a ghostly woman in white drifting along roadsides, riverbanks, or old forts and castles all over the globe. And while the origins of the White Lady aren’t clear, the tales surrounding her speak of betrayal, heartbreak, remorse, and profound grief. Some have even said she can predict impending disasters.

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• 0:00Speaker 00

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• 0:32Yvette Gentile?

  We all have pieces of the past that are hard to let go of. For some of us, it's petty grudges long after they've stopped mattering. For others, it's regret over a decision, no matter how big or small. Sometimes, it's the sting of betrayal that keeps us awake at night. Which is why forgiveness is such an important emotion to learn. Because when we don't let go, those feelings can eat away at us. They can take a toll on our minds, our emotions, and our physical body. Especially, our mana, our energy.

• 1:10Rasha Pecoraro?

  The law of conservation states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be transformed from one thing to another. So when someone harboring that energy dies, does it go anywhere? Or do those feelings still linger around us? That's what we suspect might be happening with one paranormal phenomenon known as "The White Lady" or "The Lady in White." She's been spotted countless times all across the world in slightly different forms. But one thing seems very consistent. She always appears in a white dress. But The White Lady isn't just your ordinary ghost story. Some say she's an omen of doom.

• 1:55Rasha Pecoraro?

  Others say she wants to make people feel the pain and suffering she once did. If you're unlucky enough to come across her, she might change your life for the worse. I'm Rasha Pecoraro.

• 2:09Yvette Gentile?

  And I'm Yvette Gentile. Welcome to So Supernatural.

• 2:43Rasha Pecoraro?

  Today's episode includes quick mentions of suicide, violence against children, and cannibalism. So please, listen with care.

• 2:53Yvette Gentile?

  Rasha and I absolutely love to travel, and one of the top places we have always wanted to go is the Philippines. We actually have family roots there, and we also have friends who grew up in Manila. They were the main reason we wanted to tell this particular legend of the white lady.

• 3:13Rasha Pecoraro?

  Yes, one of my friends, Trish, who grew up in Manila, told me about the very scary story of the White Lady of Balata Drive, which is a street in San Juan, Manila, in the Philippines. She told me the lady would appear in the middle of the road and then would appear in the rearview mirror of the car that was driving by. Trish believes her auntie even once saw the white lady for herself.

• 3:39Yvette Gentile?

  That's wild. I also have a dear friend named Victoria, who was raised in Manila and lived right near Balata Drive. And she actually witnessed seeing the white lady floating up into her childhood treehouse. And she said that after they saw her, her and her friends, they ran off screaming, and they never went back to that treehouse.

• 4:03Rasha Pecoraro?

  Yeah, I don't know if I would go back to that treehouse either. But we will have to finally travel to the Philippines one day and learn more about our family roots and all of the mystical legends that are there. And we can have Victoria and Trish come with us and show us all of the supernatural haunts in Manila. Just maybe not that treehouse. One of our favorite things to do if we're exploring a new city is to book a ghost tour. I promise, most of the time, they are not that scary at all. But they are a great way to see the sights and learn more about the town's history, the culture.

• 4:38Rasha Pecoraro?

  And the aina, or the land. Plus, you get to hear some really creepy stories while surrounded by a big group of other people to keep you safe. It's a lot more fun than your traditional city tour. And we can't talk about ghost tours without talking about our absolute favorite ghost tour in the entire world, which is run by our uncle Lo Pakakapunui, and it is called Mysteries of Hawaii. Make sure to check out all of his tours anytime you decide to visit the Hawaiian Islands.

• 5:13Yvette Gentile?

  Yes. But if you ever find yourself on the East Coast in Connecticut, we suggest looking up a man named Nicholas Grossman. For years, he's led haunted excursions for tourists, and he runs a company that offers them all through New England. But he mostly focuses on Connecticut, which he calls, quote, "the most haunted state you can be in."

• 5:38Rasha Pecoraro?

  Okay, if you think that's an exaggeration, consider this. The area around Monroe, Connecticut is incredibly haunted because it dates back to the Revolutionary War era. For more than 200 years, the deceased have been buried in Stepney Cemetery, as well as in Union Cemetery in Easton, which is just four miles away. Stepney Cemetery is also the final resting place for an infamous ghost hunting team you might recognize. Hello, the conjuring and Annabelle the doll. We are talking about Ed and Lorraine Warren. At some point in the 2020s, Nicholas visited both of those cemeteries with a paranormal investigation crew and a cameraman.

• 6:24Rasha Pecoraro?

  This time, he wasn't leading a tour, though. He was filming a documentary. He and his colleagues were using all kinds of devices to detect electromagnetic fields, cold spots, and other supernatural phenomena. But when he started filming at Stepney, he didn't get the results he expected. The place was supposed to be crawling with ghosts and spirits. He'd come to the graveyard plenty of times before, and he'd always had at least one paranormal encounter each visit. But that day, his equipment didn't pick up anything. It was almost like something had scared the phantoms away. But Nicholas didn't know what they could be. So Nicholas turned to one of his colleagues,

• 7:07Rasha Pecoraro?

  and she made one last-ditch effort to contact the ghosts. She had a pendulum with her and a piece of paper with every letter of the alphabet on it. She set the paper down somewhere and then held the pendulum over it. Then she asked if there were any spirits around. And if they wanted to communicate, they could spell out their messages, kinda like a Ouija board. Finally, when his colleague asked what had happened to all the spirits who were usually in the cemetery, she actually got a response. Quote, "You will see the white lady tonight."

• 7:42Yvette Gentile?

  You know, that is definitely terrifying. And first of all, I would not be playing with a Ouija board.

• 7:48Rasha Pecoraro?

  No matter how you make it.

• 7:49Yvette Gentile?

  No, me either. Nope, nope.

• 7:52Rasha Pecoraro?

  But it didn't explain where all the spirits had gone. And unfortunately, when the woman with the pendulum asked follow-up questions, she didn't get any more answers. Still, Nicholas and his team stayed in the graveyard for a few more hours, hoping to record something exciting. But the cameraman didn't get a single frame of spooky footage. Finally, Nicholas decided this investigation and the film shoot were a bust. So they packed up and headed home. After Nicholas told his crew goodbye, he climbed into his car and started heading towards the highway. But he only made it a few miles before his boring night took a spooky turn.

• 8:36Rasha Pecoraro?

  As he was driving down the quiet street, Nicholas spotted a woman racing across the road. He only got a brief look at her, but he could tell she had long, dark hair, and she was wearing a long, white dress. Even scarier, her feet didn't seem to be touching the ground. They were floating just above it. Nicholas knew this wasn't a trick of the light or an optical illusion. She appeared to him clear as day, like a flesh-and-blood woman. And yet, she was somehow defying the laws of physics by flying. Unfortunately, Nicholas was alone by this point, and his camera was packed up and put away. So he wasn't able to get any footage of the woman in the white dress.

• 9:21Rasha Pecoraro?

  But he did remember what the entity in the graveyard had said earlier: that he would soon see the White Lady. Now, it seemed that prophecy had actually come true. And it's possible she was so terrifying, she even scared away other spirits in the area.

• 9:40Yvette Gentile?

  Now, as a paranormal investigator, Nicholas had heard the legends about the White Lady before, particularly about the one who was said to haunt Connecticut. He even had encounters with her in previous investigations. According to that legend, a woman once lived in Easton, Connecticut, not too far from the Union Cemetery. Unfortunately, the records on her life are vague, and it's impossible to say how long ago it was. But the story claims this woman got pregnant, and then tragedy struck. The most retold version says she died during childbirth, and others say her husband flew into a rage during her pregnancy and murdered her.

• 10:23Yvette Gentile?

  Now, she's said to haunt the Union Cemetery in Easton, presumably where she was buried. But the Lady in White is also frequently spotted on the side of the road all throughout Connecticut. Even more unsettling, she tries to wreak havoc on those who cross her path. Witnesses say she'll throw herself in front of cars, and drivers swerve to avoid her, sometimes narrowly missing serious traffic accidents. Except, once they regain control, they'll look around, only for there to be no sign of the White Lady. She just disappears without a trace.

• 11:03Rasha Pecoraro?

  All of which sounds very similar to Nicholas's sighting. He said this experience was so shocking and so memorable that he became obsessed with the white lady from that day on. He gathered all of the information he could about her. He dove into historical records to try and learn more about her past. And he spoke to Connecticut locals who'd seen her as well. Eventually, he gathered so much information, he realized he could produce a feature-length documentary about the white lady's history and her legend.

• 11:37Yvette Gentile?

  Unfortunately, as of this recording, Nicholas's documentary still hasn't been released, so we don't know exactly what he found out. But we have done our own research and we discovered something wild. There are a lot of sightings of the white lady outside of Connecticut, and many of them similar to Nicholas's. And as we mentioned earlier, we were inspired to learn more about the white lady because all of the stories our friends and family have told us about her originating in the Philippines. We had no idea there were similar stories all over the world. The story of the white lady in the Philippines is said to have originated from a fatal car accident

• 12:21Yvette Gentile?

  that happened back in 1949 near Ballet Drive. It is said that her spirit continues to haunt the area to this day, and she's always wearing a white dress. But her legend goes far beyond the Philippines and Connecticut. For example, near the coast of Pennsylvania, there have been multiple reports of a woman's spirit in a white wedding dress, and she often appears at the side of the road, too. Rumor says that she died right after her wedding, maybe in a car accident, and now her spirit is trapped there. If you head to Sleepy Hollow, New York, you might see the spirit of the white lady along the road there as well.

• 13:07Yvette Gentile?

  Nobody is sure who she is or how she died. But once again, the locals think it was a fatal car accident. The same is true outside of Chicago, Illinois. According to local legend there, drivers often pick up a hitchhiker at the side of the road, who happens to be a woman in a white dress. She'll ask for a ride to the nearest graveyard, but just as the driver pulls through the cemetery gates, the woman disappears from her seat. The list goes on. The white lady has been spotted along the road in rural Washington State, in the mountains outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, even in England, Ireland, and of course, the Philippines. So it's worth asking,

• 13:52Yvette Gentile?

  are there multiple versions of this white lady? Or is there a single vengeful spirit haunting people no matter where they go?

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• 14:38Speaker 04

  Hi, I'm Ashley Flowers.

• 14:39Speaker 05

  And I'm Britt. And if you're on the edge of your seat listening to this show, Crime Junkie needs to be your next listen.

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  Yeah, that's me. And I'm right there with you as we listen together, react to every wild detail, and of course, I ask all the questions.

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• 15:32Rasha Pecoraro?

  For years, people have reported seeing a so-called white lady alongside the road. She appears in Connecticut, New York, Illinois, the Philippines. No one knows for sure who she is or how she died. But she's been rumored to either throw herself in front of moving cars or try to catch a ride from them. Then, she just vanishes without a trace.

• 15:57Yvette Gentile?

  But the white lady isn't a new phenomenon. Stories about her have been told throughout Europe for quite some time. For example, in various towns across Scotland, the white lady has been spotted wandering through castle ruins. Each location has a different version about how she got there. Some say she's the wife of a soldier who fought in a war. And after he died in battle, she was never able to move on. So, once she passed away, her ghost stayed near the castle, searching for her lost love. But one of the most detailed accounts about the white lady actually comes from Ireland, from a town called Kinsale Harbour.

• 16:41Yvette Gentile?

  It's on the southeastern side of the country, and it was an important strategic location during the Nine Years' War, which was fought between Ireland and England from 1593 to 1603. Nearly a century after the fighting stopped, in 1682, the locals tore down the crumbling fortress that stood at the harbour. And in its place, they built a new one called Charles Fort. Now, Charles Fort stood for hundreds of years afterwards and is still around today. But this story of the white lady starts back in the early 1700s.

• 17:19Rasha Pecoraro?

  During that time, the commander who was stationed there had a daughter named Wilful Warrender. She lived at the fort with her father, so she got to know the soldiers very well. Eventually, she fell in love with a high-ranking officer named Sir Trevor Ashurst.

• 17:36Rasha Pecoraro?

  Wilful and Trevor got married with her father's blessing. And for a short while after the wedding, they lived in marital bliss. One day, Trevor was off duty and decided to walk around the grounds with his wife. As they were strolling along, she saw a patch of flowers growing just outside the fort at the base of a stone wall. Wilful said something about how beautiful the flowers were, so of course Trevor wanted to pick some for her. The problem was, they were kind of hard to get to. Trevor would have needed to climb up and over the wall, then back down in order to get them. He knew he could do it, but it would take a lot of time and effort.

• 18:15Rasha Pecoraro?

  So he told Wilful to go home and rest and relax. He'd come by soon with a freshly picked bouquet. After she left, Trevor spotted a lower ranking soldier who was on sentry duty, patrolling the walls and watching for enemies. Now, the soldiers weren't currently at war and he had no reason to expect an attack, but orders were orders. That is, until Trevor asked the soldier for a favor. He wanted him to go fetch the flowers instead. The soldier didn't want to abandon his post, so Trevor volunteered to man his station. The soldier said okay and then just hurried off. So Trevor began pacing, watching the horizon, and waiting. But it took the soldier forever to come back.

• 19:00Rasha Pecoraro?

  And in the meantime, Trevor was getting pretty bored and tired. So, as his eyelids began to feel heavy, Trevor decided to take a little cat nap. He laid down and a few minutes later, he was sound asleep. He was still napping when night fell. Which was a problem, because Wilful's father decided to march around the walls and check on everyone who was on duty. When he saw someone napping on top of the castle wall, he figured one of his soldiers was just sleeping on the job. So the commander drew his gun and shot him square in the chest, killing him on the spot.

• 19:42Rasha Pecoraro?

  It wasn't until after Trevor was dead, that Commander Warrender realized he'd just murdered his new son-in-law.

• 19:51Rasha Pecoraro?

  When he told Wilful what had happened, of course, she was absolutely devastated. Not only was she now a widow, but her husband hadn't even died in the glory of battle. He'd been put to death for sleeping on duty. Her grief and shame were so overwhelming that she died by suicide. And it's said her spirit never moved on. To this day, she is still spotted wandering around Fort Charles. She has long, dark hair, and she's seen wearing, you guessed it, a white dress.

• 20:30Yvette Gentile?

  But as we mentioned, the white lady doesn't seem exclusive to any one area. She's also been spotted around Buckinghamshire, England, and this one has her very own legend. Long ago, though the time period is unclear, she was a domestic worker who had a job in a nobleman's home called Waddiston Manor. Somewhere along the way, she fell in love with a man she wasn't allowed to marry. And believing she would never be happy without her one true love, the woman died by suicide. Now, it's said that her spirit is doomed to spend eternity trapped in the manor, and she always appears in a white dress.

• 21:13Rasha Pecoraro?

  In Brazil, there are frequent sightings of a woman called Dama Branca, Portuguese for white lady. She is said to wander through towns and villages, and if you're brave enough to approach her, she'll even tell you her life story. As it goes, she lived long ago, but she doesn't say exactly when. She will admit that she was married, but not happily. The details of why vary from one telling to the next. Sometimes the white lady confesses she was cheating. Other times, she says she was faithful, but her husband wrongfully accused her of having an affair. Either way, her husband punished her for that supposed infidelity.

• 21:58Rasha Pecoraro?

  He started by killing her lover. He had the man's body butchered, and then he forced his wife to eat it in a stew. Afterwards, her husband killed her too. Though some stories say she was killed by her father for her disloyalty.

• 22:20Yvette Gentile?

  That's actually a common theme across these stories. They often say the white lady was betrayed by her husband, her father, or both. Sometimes it's an accident like how Wilful's father executed her spouse, but sometimes it's intentional. Then there are the stories where the father makes an impulsive choice with unforeseeable tragic consequences. Take this account from Yellowstone Park in the United States. In 1915, a New York-based teenager eloped with her fiance against her parents' wishes. She came from a very rich family and he was poor, so of course her family feared he was using her for her money.

• 23:02Yvette Gentile?

  But the bride ignored her parents' warnings and walked down the aisle anyway. Then she and her groom headed towards Yellowstone for their honeymoon. Since her family refused to finance the trip, they were traveling on a very low budget, so they couldn't afford much, which was why the bride wasn't pleased when her groom suggested stopping at a casino. To make matters worse, he made a terrible bet. He lost his money, then he placed another bet and he lost it again. On and on it went until all of their cash was completely gone. The couple couldn't afford to pay for a hotel room. They couldn't even buy enough gas to drive home. Now, out of options,

• 23:46Yvette Gentile?

  the bride called her father and begged him to wire them some money. But he refused. In his mind, this just confirmed his theories about her groom and he didn't want to give the guy another dime. So when her husband heard what happened, he became furious and he took it out on his bride. He murdered her in a fit of rage and then cut off her head. Afterwards, he skipped town hoping that he wouldn't be caught for his crime. But the legend says the bride still haunts the park today. She wears a long, flowing white dress and she carries her head in her arms.

• 24:32Rasha Pecoraro?

  There's a similar tale out of Germany. This is one about a countess who lived in the 1100s or 1200s. She was based in Bavaria, a region in the northern part of the country. Different versions of the story give her different names, so it's impossible to say who she really was. But one version says she and her husband had two children together. Sadly, he passed away. And after years of mourning, the countess was ready for another chance at love. She fell in love with a powerful and wealthy duke. But when she asked him if he shared her feelings, he said, "No." And when the countess asked him why he didn't love her,

• 25:14Rasha Pecoraro?

  he said the problem was that there were, quote, "four eyes between us." Basically, he was saying he didn't think his parents would approve, but the countess didn't realize that that's what he was saying. Instead, she assumed he was rejecting her because she had kids, and he didn't want to raise them. So to make herself more appealing to her crush, the countess went home and allegedly killed both of her children. Then she staged the scene to make it look like they died of an illness or an injury. It took no time at all for her moral center to catch up with her. As soon as her children were buried, she resolved to make the situation right.

• 25:56Rasha Pecoraro?

  She traveled all the way to Rome and asked the Pope if it was possible to be forgiven. And he gave her a path forward. He said she should establish a new convent. Then she should take in every orphaned child and religious pilgrim who came her way. So the countess headed back to Germany. But she didn't think she had suffered enough. So instead of riding a carriage, she walked all the way back to Germany on her knees.

• 26:28Rasha Pecoraro?

  Some accounts say she dropped dead of exhaustion as soon as she arrived in her home country. Others say she actually did found the convent, just like the Pope told her to. And she spent the rest of her life serving God and caring for various nuns, monks, and anyone else who came into her care. But she died young. And while most stories don't say what killed her, they make it very clear her inner compass still wasn't clean at the time of her death. And that's how she became one of the White Ladies. She's still seen roaming all throughout Germany.

• 27:07Yvette Gentile?

  There are countless stories like these. In fact, we've covered spirits like the White Lady before. She's very similar to La Llorona, the Latin American version, who's often dressed in white and appears near rivers and streams. Legend says her children drowned, and now her ghost is trapped, mourning their deaths forever. If y'all want to go back and listen to La Llorona, we'll link it in the show notes.

• 27:36Rasha Pecoraro?

  The point being, there are stories of the White Lady in almost every culture on every continent. But there's one feature that makes her more terrifying than your traditional ghost story. Because when people spot her, bad things tend to happen. Shockingly, though, the White Lady will often warn them.

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• 28:34Speaker 04

  Hi, I'm Ashley Flowers.

• 28:36Speaker 05

  And I'm Britt. And if you're on the edge of your seat, listening to this show, Crime Junkie needs to be your next listen.

• 28:41Speaker 04

  Every Monday, I dive into a new true crime case that our reporting team has been on the ground looking into. From lesser-known disappearances to the most chilling cases hitting the headlines. And I'm gonna walk you through it the way I tell my best friend. Because, well, that's what I'm doing.

• 28:57Speaker 05

  Yeah, that's me. And I'm right there with you as we listen together, react to every wild detail, and of course, I ask all the questions.

• 29:05Speaker 04

  And I'm gonna have the answers, because we have case files. We're talking to detectives and family members. And we're gonna stay focused on the facts.

• 29:12Speaker 05

  So if you're not already listening to Crime Junkie, what are you waiting for? There are over 300 episodes available right now.

• 29:18Speaker 04

  And you can listen to new episodes of Crime Junkie every Monday, wherever you get your podcasts.

• 29:29Yvette Gentile?

  The White Lady has been spotted all over the world. And there are wildly different stories about who she was and where she was from. But one thing is consistent across the board. Her stories often come with a heavy sadness, regret, or betrayal, which have seemingly trapped her spirit here on earth. But there's something else we learned about the White Lady. And it's that she seems to know things before anyone else. Information that could either destroy or save lives, depending on how you look at it.

• 30:06Rasha Pecoraro?

  It's true. We actually heard a few accounts where the White Lady predicted natural disasters. Take this story, for instance. In the summer of 1980, a man was reportedly driving through Oregon in a rural region between Portland and the Washington border. Very close to where I currently live, BTW. We don't know his name, but we're just gonna call him Steve. Somewhere along Highway 12, Steve spotted a woman in a white dress standing at the side of the road trying to hitch a ride. And trying to be a gentleman, Steve picked her up. As soon as she got into the backseat and buckled her seatbelt, he noticed just how striking her eyes were.

• 30:49Rasha Pecoraro?

  Almost like there was something otherworldly about them. Steve eventually stopped staring and continued driving. But that's when the woman began making some odd comments. Namely, that there was a famous volcano called Mount St. Helens nearby. Which Steve knew about because it had erupted that past May and made a lot of news at the time. But according to the woman in white, it was going to blow a second time in just a few short months. She said it would happen between October 12th and 14th. She said the explosion was going to be massive and it would devastate the entire region. Steve was really bothered by these comments,

• 31:30Rasha Pecoraro?

  so he eventually stopped the car and turned around to say something to the woman. Except, as soon as he laid his eyes on the backseat, it was empty. Like she'd never even been there. A few months went by, and October 12th, 13th, and 14th all came and went. And the good news is, the woman's predictions were wrong. There were a few minor earthquakes during that period, but no major volcanic eruptions. But that changed two days later, on October 16th. Mount St. Helens blew. Thankfully, the eruption wasn't as big as the one in May, and this time, no one was killed. So, not as devastating as she had claimed, but pretty accurate nonetheless.

• 32:16Rasha Pecoraro?

  What's fascinating is, the police in both Washington and Oregon said they received tons of reports from other drivers throughout 1980. All of those drivers told very similar stories to Steve's. That they'd picked up a hitchhiking woman in a white dress. She would warn them about Mount St. Helens explosion, and then she would just disappear.

• 32:41Yvette Gentile?

  Well, that's not the only time the white lady has been this omen of doom. In an old Irish tradition, it's said that if you hear the white lady crying, you're guaranteed to die soon afterward. Almost like she has the Grim Reaper right on her tail. She's also known to be violent, particularly in Fort Charles, where legend says Will for Warrander took her life after her lover's execution. In the centuries since her death, countless soldiers have told the same story, that they were on patrol, walking up and down the fort's narrow slippery stone stairs, and they spotted a woman dressed in white, who pushed them down the steps.

• 33:26Yvette Gentile?

  Luckily, there doesn't seem to be any record of these soldiers getting seriously hurt, but it seems clear the white lady wanted to harm them. Perhaps she's still nursing a grudge against the soldiers who allowed her husband to be executed.

• 33:42Rasha Pecoraro?

  But there are a lot of stories where the white lady doesn't seem angry or vengeful, but rather just very observant. Like this particular account from June 11th, 2009. It was very early in the morning, just before dawn, and a police officer was on patrol somewhere along Route 26, which runs through the state of Maine. This particular area doesn't get much traffic, especially at that time of night. But as the police officer was making his rounds, he passed a car that started flashing its headlights at him. The patrolman realized the other driver was trying to get his attention, so he pulled over. Then the officer approached the driver and saw it was a teenager behind the wheel.

• 34:27Rasha Pecoraro?

  And this kid was shaken. All of the blood had drained from his face. It was hard for him to even explain to the officer what was going on. Eventually, the driver told the officer his story. He said he'd been cruising around shortly after midnight, and when he'd gone past a frozen custard stand, he noticed a young woman standing near it. She looked to be around his same age. The driver knew it was dangerous for a young woman to be out alone so late, so he pulled over to ask if she was okay and if he could give her a ride. She said she was trying to get to a church nearby and climbed into the teenager's car. They hit the road again, all while making small talk.

• 35:10Rasha Pecoraro?

  The girl asked the driver where he was going to school and how he liked it, but she refused to say anything about herself. Then, right as he pulled into the church parking lot, the girl said something strange, namely that the cops were going to arrive soon. As soon as she was done speaking, she literally vanished into thin air, right in front of the driver's eyes. Not long afterward, the police officer drove by in his patrol car, just like the girl had predicted. And the teen was so freaked out by this that he decided to flag down the officer and explain what was going on. The patrolman could sense the driver wasn't pranking him or exaggerating.

• 35:53Rasha Pecoraro?

  He could see the shock and fear on this kid's face. But he did ask the driver what the mystery woman was wearing. When the teen said she was in a white dress, the officer knew this was yet another sighting of the white lady, something he had heard about before.

• 36:14Yvette Gentile?

  It's actually pretty common for people to call the police and report sightings of the white lady. One group of paranormal researchers made a list of every supernatural report that was called into emergency services in Warwickshire County in southern England. They counted 125 sightings and eerie events, many of them featuring the white lady.

• 36:39Rasha Pecoraro?

  To be fair, some of those sightings were definitely pranks, misunderstandings, or tricks of the light. There was one account from the spring of 2025, which happened in a small town near the border between England and Scotland. There, a local woman was giving ghost tours, and she always dressed up for her clients in a white gown. She also painted her face so that she looked like a monster. These tours often went late into the night, but after they were over, she'd walk home in her costume and makeup. However, in April of 2025, she got more attention than she bargained for, because a taxi driver drove past her on her way home.

• 37:22Rasha Pecoraro?

  And the next day, the local newspapers were full of stories about how he'd seen the white lady walking alongside the road. As soon as the tour guide saw the time of the sighting in the street it had happened on, she realized he hadn't spotted the white lady, he'd spotted her. So she came forward to set the record straight.

• 37:43Yvette Gentile?

  So maybe, yes, the white lady is real. Or maybe she's what happens when grief has nowhere to go. Because heartbreak doesn't disappear, right? It settles, it lingers, it waits. And when we refuse to release it, it can hollow us out, draining our mana, dimming our light, reshaping who we are. Maybe she isn't a warning of what haunts the woods. Maybe she's a reflection of what haunts us. A reminder that pain carried too long can become its own kind of ghost. And that forgiveness, not for them, but for ourselves, is how we break the spell.

• 38:29Yvette Gentile?

  Because the real transcendence isn't in holding on. It's in letting go.

• 38:37Yvette Gentile?

  Onward and upward. Imua.

• 38:41Rasha Pecoraro?

  Imua.

• 38:53Rasha Pecoraro?

  This is So Supernatural, an AudioChuck original, produced by Crime House. You can connect with us on Instagram at So Supernatural Pod and visit our website at sosupernaturalpodcast.com. Joining Vett and me next Friday for an all-new episode.

• 39:13Rasha Pecoraro?

  I think Chuck would approve.

• 39:19Speaker 06

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