Dave Grohl is a popular
rock musician, singer and songwriter well known for his
Grammy Award winning band the Foo Fighters. He is also quite
famous for having been the drummer in the iconic grunge band
Nirvana. He has also worked on some level with other bands
like Queens of the Stone Age, Probot, and most recently the
Crooked Vultures. But one thing most fans probably don’t
know about Grohl is his life long fear of ghosts.
It all started when he was a kid watching his very first
horror movie. It was Halloween and he had just come in from
trick or treating with friends. He lay down on his mom’s bed
and began to watch ‘The Exorcist’. The classic movie
about demonic possession left him horrified. To this day the
movie still gives him the creeps. And the mere mention of
ghosts or demons has always made him uncomfortable. His
biggest fear of all is having a ghost follow him; something
he has had nightmares about since childhood.
Well one day Grohl’s fears came true. It was back in the
early 1990’s when he was living in Seattle. He was living
with his girlfriend, and soon to be first wife, famed
photographer Jennifer Youngblood. The two would often hear
strange noises in the house like footsteps and banging.
Neither could explain it but they often would get the
feeling of being watched, especially when walking up and
down the stairs. Even some of their friends would catch
glimpses of what they thought was the ghost of a woman while
visiting the house. The whole ordeal gave Grohl the chills.
But somehow his girlfriend convinced him to try and contact
the spirit with her by using a ‘Ouija Board’. As the two sat
in the dark, Youngblood asked “Is there a spirit in this
house?” The glass indicator slowly spelled out Y-E-S. The
amazing part was neither of them was holding it. Somehow it
was moving on its own. Youngblood then asked “What happened
here?” The glass moved again slowly spelling out
M-U-R-D-E-R-E-D. “Who?” she asked next and the response was
M-Y-B-A-B-Y.
After doing a little research the two discovered that a
Native American baby was supposedly murdered and dumped in a
well on their property sometime in the 19th
century. The baby’s mother apparently continues to haunt the
area waiting for a proper burial for her child. A couple of
years later Grohl found himself moving out of the house and
away from Seattle after dealing with the haunting reality of
a divorce from his wife Youngblood and the suicidal death of
his lead singer Kurt Cobain.
