The short story “The Upper Berth” by American writer F. Marion Crawford tells a story that happened with the narrator while he was sailing on the Kamchatka ship.
The narrator bought a ticket for a place in cabin number 105. As it turned out, two people had already committed suicide before him. On the very first night, a man who also happened to be there and occupied the upper shelf (above the narrator) suddenly ran out into the corridor and never returned ... And no one saw him again ...
Despite all the prejudice, the narrator decided to find out the secret of the 105th cabin ...
This is the link to the text of the story:
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0604221h.html
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