I used to work as an operating theatre nurse back in my days in Singapore. During the 15 months I worked there, I experienced several paranormal encounters — some during the day, but most during the night. There were simply too many strange incidents to fit into one post, so I’ve decided to split them into two parts.

This happened during my second nursing job. Before joining the operating theatre, I had spent a year working in an Orthopaedic/ENT Class C ward near my home. I was unhappy there, and eventually a friend persuaded me to transfer to the operating theatre at one of Singapore’s oldest hospitals.

If you work late nights or permanent night shifts, you will probably hear your fair share of strange stories. Taxi drivers, especially, seem to encounter things that cannot always be explained.

Since last year, I have been listening to my favourite Singapore radio station, Love 97.2FM and Mr Zhou’s Ghost Stories podcasts. Many of the stories involve taxi drivers picking up unusual “passengers” late at night. Some drivers even claimed their business suddenly became poor because there was an unseen “extra passenger” sitting in the front seat — something only certain people could apparently see, causing potential customers to avoid the taxi altogether.