10/26/2026
I asked a paranormal investigator which Nebraska ghost story scared him the most. His answer wasn’t an abandoned hospital or an old cemetery. It was his own home.
You may remember that I asked for your Nebraska ghost stories—and then decided I wasn’t nearly brave enough to investigate them. So I called in Cain Stevens, a Lincoln paranormal investigator and host of The Cain Stevens Paranormal Super Show on 89.3 KZUM.
Naturally, I wanted to know: What scares someone who does this voluntarily?
Cain took me back to around 2010, when he was putting his two young daughters to bed in their Lincoln home. Their beds were low to the floor, and he was between them, gently patting their backs as they fell asleep.
Then, he says, he felt a hand grab his ankle.
“I was tugged backwards with force.”
He turned, expecting to catch someone playing a trick. No one was there. His hands were still on his sleeping daughters’ backs. The bedroom door and closet were closed.
“I was terrified but had to remain quiet so as not to wake my kids.”
Cain says the family eventually had a priest bless the house and later moved. He’s been looking for answers ever since.
And judging by your comments, he isn’t the only one with a story.
👻 Megan Mohr remembered staying at her grandmother’s house as a child:
“Not long after I sat down I saw a tall male figure’s shadow pacing back and forth in front of the curtains on the main window.”
👻 Russell Lee Hansen recalled trying to sleep in a cemetery in his 1947 Cadillac hearse when it began rocking:
“I laughed thinking it was my friends so I peered out the windows expecting to catch them but looking out the window there was no one there on either side, no wind either.”
👻 Krystal Larson shared memories of taking laundry carts to the basement at the old Veterans Home:
“It always felt like something was watching you, but I never looked around cause I didn't want to see anything!”
For Cain, investigating isn’t all dramatic encounters. Much of it involves long equipment setups, uncomfortable buildings, and “countless hours of nothing happening at all.”
Then, if something does happen, the job requires “having to maintain your composure and run towards something” while trying not to freak out yourself.
Even Cain has had nights when he couldn’t pack up fast enough. But he encourages people to ask questions rather than accept every claim.
“Remain skeptical of everything and don’t just take our word for it, but research it yourself.”
For anyone curious enough to explore, Cain and Mike Semrad created Ghost Rides Lincoln: a self-guided driving tour with location stories you play along the way. Cain says it’s $35 per vehicle, with six hours to explore—and a less-scary option. (link in comments)
His radio show airs Saturdays from 3–4 a.m. Central on 89.3 KZUM, with listening options and archives at KZUM.org.
