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The Old Abandoned House (Ghost Stories)

Short Ghost Stories

By SARWANA BALBOAPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
Image by Reinhold Silbermann from Pixabay

The Old Abandoned House

It was a dark and stormy night, and Rachel was driving down a deserted road on her way home from work. She had heard stories about an old abandoned house in the middle of nowhere and she was curious. She had always been fascinated by ghost stories, and she thought it would be fun to check it out.

As she drove, she noticed a sign pointing to the old abandoned house. She took the turn and drove down a long, winding driveway, the trees growing tall and dense on either side of her car.

When she finally arrived, she was greeted by a large, decrepit mansion. It was clear that the house had been abandoned for many years. The windows were boarded up and the paint was peeling from the walls. But Rachel was determined to take a look inside.

She cautiously approached the front door and pushed it open. The door creaked loudly, and she could feel the chill from the cool air inside. She stepped inside and was greeted by a long hallway, with doors leading off in all directions.

She decided to start in the living room, where she found an old sofa and a fireplace, long since cold. But as she moved deeper into the room, she noticed something strange. The wallpaper was peeling away from the walls, but in one spot, it was almost as if someone had deliberately torn it away.

Rachel approached the wall, curious. As she reached out to touch the wallpaper, she was suddenly grabbed from behind. She screamed and turned around to face her attacker, but there was no one there. She looked around, but she was completely alone in the room.

Panicking, she ran back to the front door, but when she tried to leave, she found that the door was now locked. She was trapped inside the house.

For hours, she tried to find a way out, but all of the doors were locked and the windows were boarded up. She was stuck in the old abandoned house, all alone.

As she explored the rest of the house, she found that it was filled with strange and unsettling artifacts, including an old Ouija board and an ancient book of spells. She was suddenly struck by the realization that she was not alone after all. The house was haunted by the spirits of those who had lived there before her.

As she explored further, she encountered the ghostly apparitions of the former residents, each one more frightening than the last. And then she heard a voice, a voice that whispered, "You shouldn't have come here, Rachel. You shouldn't have come here."

Rachel screamed and ran back to the living room, where she found a final, ominous message scrawled on the wall: "You are the latest in a long line of unsuspecting visitors who have entered this house, never to leave. Welcome to your new home."

Rachel screamed and screamed, but no one came to her rescue.She tried to escape from there so looking everywhere to find the exit door but she can't find the exit door. She was doomed to spend the rest of her life trapped in the old abandoned house, haunted by the spirits of the past and still searching the exit door to escape.

And so the legend of the old abandoned house lives on, a place of terror and fear, where only the bravest dare to venture. But for those who do, the consequences can be fatal.

The End.

fictionhalloweenurban legendsupernatural

About the Creator

SARWANA BALBOA

I love writing real and fictional stories like supernatural, horror, science fiction, motivational, biography, history and even will write if peoples ask in particular topics.

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