Haunted House Stories

Scare Street is proud to present a collection of best-selling horror author Ron Ripley’s most blood-curdling ghost stories. Four delightfully diabolical tales have been summoned from beyond the grave, and are certain to make your skin crawl. Haunted houses, vengeful spirits, ancient curses - everything you crave in a classic ghost story lurks within this ghastly collection. And as you devour one terrifying story after another, pay no attention to the chill in the air.

Do you believe in real ghosts? You will believe in ghosts after reading this book! In this new volume, James Frampton continues his account of personal and true ghost stories. This book could be considered a sequel to the "The Hauntings", which is still popular with readers, although it's been over a year since its initial release. You are once again led though a selection of very unusual and often bizarre paranormal occurrences. This book, however, is very different from the first volume in that the narrative is much more captivating and very rich in it's storytelling. The stories tell of ...

In Christmas Haunts, author Ethan Hayes delves into the eerie side of the holiday season, exploring a world where the warm glow of Christmas lights meets the shadows of the unknown. Drawing on folklore, local legends, and chilling firsthand accounts, this collection of stories reveals a side of Christmas that most prefer to leave untold—where strange visitors knock at the door, ghostly whispers echo through snow-covered streets, and ancient spirits awaken with the winter's chill. From the strange events that unfolded during one family's Christmas in Cwmbran, Wales, to spectral sightings ...

A pair of ghost-hunting journalists arrive at the most haunted house in Britain – the Hollow Hotel. They’re here to interview the Dark King of television magic, Romeo Gideon. Instead, they discover the body of a murdered man hanging from the rafters – the work of a killer who wields actual magic as viciously as he does his blade. With the storm closing in, all exit routes cut off, and the killer taking them out one by one, their only hope lies with the two mysterious Irish detectives who seem quite at home with all this bloodshed …

"The Haunted Dollhouse" tells the gripping tale of Lily, a fun-loving and kind-hearted girl who receives a dollhouse from her father, Mr. Anderson. Little do they know that the dollhouse holds a malevolent spirit trapped within its walls. As Lily becomes more engrossed with the dollhouse, it begins to reflect the events and emotions of their real lives, bringing forth a sense of fear and anxiety to her family. Unbeknownst to them, the dollhouse absorbs Lily's emotions, granting her the power to manipulate the miniature world. As her behavior becomes increasingly unpredictable, Lily finds ...

My self-help tape told me to kill myself. It was the best advice I've ever received. My reflection smiles more than I do, but maybe his world is better than mine. It wasn't a hit and run murder. I reversed too. Your dead dog might not do tricks, but I'm teaching mine to speak. My soul is in a paper lantern. My life hasn't been the same since it sailed away. Over 50 unique and chilling horror stories include haunted houses, gothic Hellscapes, murderous psychopaths, human experiments, alien abductions, alternate dimensions, mind-warping drugs, terrifying paranormal encounters, and so much ...

This omnibus brings together seven of H.E. Bulstrode’s ghost stories originally published between 2016 and 2018. These are: The Ghost of Scarside Beck A newly-wed Cumbrian vicar and his wife experience a night like none they could ever have foreseen. He may have answered his calling, but who, or what, is calling her? Old Crotchet The year is 1920, and it's Twelfth Night by the old reckoning. Festivities are about to commence at Hinton St Cuthbert Manor when something sinister stirs from its protracted dormancy, awakened, it would seem, by the arrival of two young guests. The old ways, ...

The castle looms dark against the light of the moon. Giant ravens circle in the sky. The wind whistles through the empty windows. Merlin the magician needs someone to find out what has happened. But who is brave enough to brush the cobwebs aside and go through the heavy doors? Who is smart enough to solve the mystery of how the castle became haunted and return it to its rightful owners? Merlin thinks he knows the answer to these questions.

Haunted America: The True Stories Behind the Most Famous Real American Hauntings takes you on a spine-tingling journey through the eerie halls, shadowy prisons, and haunted homes that make up America’s most legendary ghost stories. From the terrifying Bell Witch of Tennessee to the mysterious tragedies of the Villisca Axe Murder House in Iowa, this gripping guide explores ten of the most notorious haunted locations in the country. Each chapter blends historical fact, local folklore, and chilling eyewitness accounts to reveal the dark stories and lingering spirits that continue to haunt ...

It was supposed to be a simple case. Until it wasn't anymore. The ghost of an old woman is haunting a house at 1 Tripolis Street, and the owner is not happy. In desperation, she sends a message to Nicholas's and Steve's new paranormal investigation agency, who, eager for a real case, set up camp in the young woman's house. But as they quickly find out, the ghost is not just any ghost, and as the sinister truth behind the haunting starts to become clearer, they realize that their very souls are at stake.

An unsolved case in a small town that has gone too far. Ophelia Miller returns to her hometown to work at the historic Belle Caverns, unaware of the dark secrets lurking beneath its surface. When the beloved owner, Ben, mysteriously passes away, Ophelia inherits the caverns, igniting the wrath of his estranged children. As she uncovers the eerie past of the caverns, she must navigate the tangled web of small-town secrets and malevolent forces that threaten her newfound legacy."

Krewe member Jon Dickson’s fiancée Kylie Connelly is contacted by an old friend who has just moved to Salem, Massachusetts, when the unimaginable happens as Halloween approaches. Jenny Auger has just managed to buy the historic home of her dreams. But it comes with far more history than she ever imagined - the skeletal remains of seven victims interred in the old walls of the house years and years before - along with a threatening curse....

When a historian disappears from a decrepit Selma mansion, haunted dreamer Carrie Jo is asked to help locate the missing woman. Armed with her ability to dream about the past and with the aid of a familiar ghost, the dream catcher gets to work.Hoping to unravel the mystery quickly she decides to stay at the lonely manor house and through her dreams uncovers the forgotten Starlett family history. As she discovers the paranormal reports are true and that she has become a target of the angry spirits, she must quickly work to settle the score on their behalf. Or join their ranks as a ghost of ...

Whilst writer Charles Dickens needs no introduction, his Haunted House anthology might, not least because in his role as editor he introduces a formidable array of known and lesser-known literary talents.

When Jules first meets the handsome artist Kirin, she’s still mourning her husband’s death, but a fairytale romance soon sweeps her off her feet. Now she and her daughter Scout are moving out of the city and into Kirin’s once-lonely mansion. He’s thoughtfully updated and adapted the home to match their personalities. But Scout is determined to keep her father’s memory alive by rejecting the new life her mother and Kirin have spun for her.

A Haunted House is a story of struggle, loss, commitment, connection, love and acceptance. It is narrated in the first person by an unnamed female narrator. A deceased man and woman roam the house for the majority of the story till they find what it is they are looking for.

Classic haunted house ghost stories curated by world-renowned filmmaker and horror genre authority John Landis. This beautifully presented, highly collectible anthology features ghost stories that have enthralled, terrified and inspired readers decade after decade. Some are relatively well known; others are long-lost treasures, awaiting rediscovery.

Something Goes Bump In the Night… Short-short spooky stories about different encounters with apparitions in different situations and settings. Some are based on true accounts; others may be embellished by the tellers–But all are unsettling if not outright scary! 25 First Person Ghost Story Shorts, Quick Reads That Offer a Little Spooky Chill… Thank you to everyone who agreed to allow me to include their story.

The landscape of the Hudson River Valley lends itself to the likelihood that ghosts exist. Native Americans storied the territory with mysterious legends. Early Dutch settlers imprinted the strange new scenery with scary fables. Washington Irving's writings enlivened the folklore and added more fuel to the already smoldering supernatural mix. Where there's smoke there's fire, the saying goes, and surely there seems to be truth to the spookiness as evidenced by the plethora of haunted houses. Welcome to the haunted Hudson Valley where some ancient stone dwellings, church rectories, tourist ...

As a young boy, Bob had been drawn to the property, and, just when the family decided to move back to Brentwood, it went up for sale. Without a second thought, they purchased the house that Bob had always dreamed of owning. But the family soon began experiencing strange phenomena - objects moving on their own, ghostly footsteps, unsettling moaning sounds - that gradually increased in violence, escalating to physical assaults and, most disturbingly, bleeding walls.