Host: Sisters have a special bond but for Lisa and Julie Campbell could that bond surpass anything. Even death?

Story #5: Lisa and Julie

My daughters, Julie and Lisa, were as close as two people could be growing up. They were twins and best friends. They did everything together. It's why the night of their sweet sixteen was so terrible. The girls had gone out to the movies earlier that evening so my husband and I decorated the house while they were gone with the help of their friends and the rest of the family, of course. We had told the girls we were having a quiet family dinner like we did every year on their birthday so they had no idea that this party was in their future. Of course we had no idea what was in our future.

Hour after hour went by and it was getting rather late. I was really getting worried. Lisa burst open the door and we turned on the lights and were about to shout surprise when I noticed something was very wrong. "Lisa, what's wrong? Where's Julie?" I asked

"We were driving back from the movie and this car just came out of nowhere and hit us! " Lisa yelled through tears. "Julie's airbag wouldn'd deploy, Mom!"

I hugged Lisa to try and calm her down. It was the worst tragedy our family had ever been through.

After a few months things went back to normal though I knew they would never be quite the same without Julie. Lisa was taking Julie's death harder than anyone else in fact as time went on she acted as if nothing had happened. First it was the way she talked about her sister but then I started hearing her talk to someone in her room and when I went in and asked her who she was talking to she'd say. "O, it's just Julie."

My husband Jerry and I didn't know what else to do so we called in a specialist. Dr. Joyce. She came over one Sunday when we were having family day. Just a little tradition passed on from my family. Every Sunday we'd spend time together watching TV, playing board games, or just talking. That day it was about the board games. Lisa was in the middle of her turn in scrabble when the door bell rang. "I'll get it." I said. When I answered the door I was greeted by a friendly looking woman.

"I'm Dr. Emily Joyce. You must be Sally Campbell." Said Dr. Joyce

"Come on in, Doctor. Please." I said moving out of the way to let the doctor in.

"Lisa, This is Dr. Joyce, she wants to talk to you about Julie." I said

"What about Julie?" Lisa asked

"Well, you aren't handling her passing very well, Dear." My husband chimed in

"I'm handling it just fine!" said Lisa who stomped up to her room.

"I'll talk to her." Said Dr. Joyce

Dr. Joyce went up to Lisa's room and my husband and I were left alone helpless to do anything.

The rest of this story was told to me by Dr. Joyce later and I'm still not sure I believe it. According to her everything was normal at first. She knocked on Lisa's door and Lisa let her into the bedroom.

"I'm not crazy." Said Lisa

"I know. No one thinks you're crazy. We're just concerned because you are almost seventeen and you act as if your sister is here." Said Dr. Joyce

"Julie is here. She just wasn't downstairs because she hates board games. Didn't you hear her say hello when you came in?" asked Lisa gesturing to an empty space on the bed

"I'm sorry. I didn't. " said Dr. Joyce "Hello, Julie. It's nice to meet you." Holding out a hand for Julie to shake. Dr. Joyce's hand felt very cold suddenly and then the cold feeling went away just as suddenly.

"So, what do you and your sister talk about?" Dr. Joyce asked trying to humor Lisa

"All sorts of things. Movies, TV, boys. Sometimes we argue about sports vs theatre… she wanted to be an actress on TV and I'm thinking of being a sports writer. But like I said it's mostly about boys. We also talk about how much we miss her. Mom and Dad especially. I wish the rest of them could see her the way I do." Said Lisa

"You do realize that your sister has passed on, don't you?" asked Dr. Joyce

"Of course, I'm not an idiot. I know she's said but she hasn't passed on as you put it. She hasn't gotten her door yet." Said Lisa

"Her door?" asked Dr. Joyce

"The door to the afterlife. She hasn't gotten hers yet." Said Lisa

"Well, perhaps if you let her go she will get it." Said Dr. Joyce

"No. She doesn't want to leave without me." Said Lisa

"You two are close?" asked Dr. Joyce

" Yes. Been best friends forever." Said Lisa

"I see. I wouldn' t want my best friend either." Said Dr. Joyce"Hey, do you mind if I get a picture of the two of you. If you, guys don't mind." Said Dr. Joyce. I supposed she did that to prove to Lisa that even though she thought she saw Julie no one was there.

"I don't." said Lisa "Do you, Julie?" she asked no one in particular. "It's fine." She said to Dr. Joyce. Then Dr. Joyce took the picture. Then took a couple of more to follow.

"Thank you, girls. That was perfect." Said Dr. Joyce

After about an hour Dr. Joyce left and it was two weeks before we heard from her again. The day we did hear from her she came right over. She seemed a little anxious about something. "Mr and Mrs. Campbell, the pictures I took of your daughter just came back. Look!" she said taking the pictures out of the photo envelope. Each one had Lisa and Julie standing next to each other in different poses. I couldn't believe it.

The End

Host: What really happened here? Was the ghost of Julie really in those pictures or were those double exposers with a picture of Julie in them previously. It was later discovered that the Campbells bought that camera for Dr. Joyce to use after Julie's death so how could her picture be in it. Now, the real question: Is this story true or did we just develop a lie?