Mysterious Basement Voices

I moved into this older rental about a month ago. It’s got the normal old-house stuff—pipes

that knock, floors that creak, vents that rattle. I can deal with all that.

But a few days after moving in, I started hearing what sounds like someone talking

through the basement floor. The first couple nights, it was super faint.

Just muffled voices, like a TV playing on low volume. I actually thought it was my neighbors

at first, until I realized the basement wall doesn’t connect to their unit—it’s

just dirt and foundation. Then it got weirder. The noises started happening really late at night,

usually after midnight, and every single time they stop the moment I try to go downstairs to