Your ghost sounds pretty mean David if she pushes people down the stairs. Are you sure it was the water heater even back then? I will read your story too. Do you have one of those big old houses? I love big old houses
Hey Jack! Well, it's not a REAL push. It's not physical. It's the sensation of BEING pushed. But it always happens on the second or third stair from the top. You feel as if you are losing your balance and then you tip forward and fall down. The weird part is, this pushing sensation happens on the staircase from the first to the second floor. The crazy lady is in the basement, so I'm not sure if it's her who's "pushing" us.
No, my house isn't very big. It's a two story house. Well, actually they call it a one and a half story. The upstairs rooms all have walls that slope about half way down, and then the bottom part is a straight wall. Lots of gables, dormer windows and little cubby hole closets up there!