I Found My Wife’s Voice on the Baby Monitor — But We Don’t Have a Baby
Last night, I woke up to the sound of my wife singing.
It was soft, almost like a lullaby. I couldn’t make out the words, but it was definitely her voice — the same quiet hum she used to calm herself when she was anxious. For a moment, I thought she’d gone downstairs for some water. But when I reached out, she was right beside me, fast asleep.
The singing was coming from the baby monitor.
We bought the monitor last year after we moved into this old farmhouse. It came with the place, and we never used it — we don’t have kids. I left it plugged in one night because I was too lazy to pack it away. Big mistake.
The small screen flickered with static, the green light pulsing like it was picking up sound. The voice was clearer now — definitely my wife’s, but wrong somehow. It was slower, drawn out, like someone mimicking her tone but missing the human rhythm.
“Shhh… go to sleep… go to sleep…”
I shook her awake. “Babe, listen.”
She blinked, groggy. “What?”
The monitor went silent. Just white noise.
We stared at it for a full minute before she mumbled something about bad wiring and went back to bed. I stayed up, watching, listening. At 3:12 AM, the voice returned. This time, it whispered my name.
I grabbed the flashlight and followed the sound. It was faint but traceable, coming from the hallway near the attic door. Every time I stepped closer, the voice grew sharper — until it wasn’t singing anymore. It was crying.
When I opened the attic door, the monitor in my hand went dead. No sound, no static. I felt cold air pouring down from the dark space above, thick with the smell of dust and something metallic — like old blood.
Then I heard the whisper again, but right behind me.
“Why did you leave me up here?”
I spun around. No one was there.
I didn’t sleep the rest of the night. My wife says I was dreaming, that maybe the monitor picked up a neighbor’s baby or some random radio frequency. But here’s the thing — the monitor only works if the receiver is powered on. This morning, I found the receiver upstairs. In the attic. Plugged into an outlet that shouldn’t exist — there’s no wiring up there.
I just checked again before writing this. The monitor’s off, unplugged, yet I can still hear faint humming through the speaker. My wife’s in the shower right now.
Except… I just heard her voice behind me again, humming that same lullaby.