Horror Hunted Houses

This beautifully presented, highly collectible anthology features ghost stories that have enthralled, terrified and inspired, decade after decade. Some are relatively well known; others are long-lost treasures, awaiting rediscovery. The selection includes tales of terror by Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft and Percival Landon; studies of creeping dread by Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James; short, sharp shockers by Ambrose Bierce, M.R. James and Lafcadio Hearn; and comedic masterpieces by Oscar Wilde and Saki.

A newly formed group of teens stumble upon the Robinson's old house on a night out. The house is the place of legend, infamous for the tragedy that occured here -- and rumoured to be haunted. Little do they know that tragedy was not the first, nor will it be the last — and their night is just beginning. Caught in the middle as a time-warping demon battles a dispossessed wraith for their freedom and their souls, they're in for the night of their lives -- perhaps literally. Join Kai and Isabelle as they attempt to lead their friends towards freedom, and away from certain death. Will they ...

Spanning six decades, this book tells the story of a small apartment in the Lower East Side of Manhattan with big ideas, especially when it comes to Halloween. Apartment Five Is Alive puts a new spin on the haunted house story. It’s about a studio apartment in New York City that “loves” Halloween and punishes its inhabitants who don’t celebrate it the way Apartment Five “thinks” they should. Fast-paced, written to be experienced in one sitting, the novels follows the various fates of the apartment’s tenants over five decades.

"Whispers in the Walls" is a gripping psychological thriller that will leave you breathless. When Emily Harper inherits her eerie childhood home, she uncovers a series of hidden journals detailing unsolved murders—and awakens a terrifying force connected to the house itself. As strange voices echo through the walls and sinister occurrences mount, Emily learns that the house is more than just haunted; it’s alive. Her investigation into the house's dark history leads her to uncover a vast, ancient network of supernatural power—one that feeds on the marked, like her. Alongside two ...

Thelma and Ezra have decided it is time to move forward with their plans to have a family, but first they need to move to a larger living space. When Thelma finds her “home sweet home” and they make it so, things begin to change in unsettling ways. Ezra sees what’s happening, but Thelma doesn’t - not really. He must find a way to save them before it’s too late.

After surviving a series of family crises - including seeing his son on the other side of the law - Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation. He settles on a small, idyllic town in the beautiful Maine woods, a recommendation from one of his close cop friends - and also a former flame. But just when he thinks that it might be a perfect place to raise a family, he gets pulled into a case that has shocked the small, tight-knit, perfect community. Kids are disappearing left and right, with no explanation.

Some inherit houses. Morgan inherited a curse. When down-on-her-luck professor Morgan Blackwood learns she’s inherited a centuries-old mansion from a long-lost relative, she hopes it’s the miracle she needs to rebuild her life. But Blackwood Manor is more than an old estate—it’s the prison of an ancient entity bound to her bloodline. As Morgan uncovers journals, occult symbols, and long-buried secrets, she begins to realize her dreams aren’t just dreams—and the house doesn’t just remember the past. It 'is' the past. With a dark power awakening and the marks of a forbidden ...

Kevin Taylor ist ein im Internet bekannter Handwerker mit einer Mission: Er renoviert verfallene Häuser innerhalb von nur 30 Tagen und filmt das Ganze für seinen Onlineblog. Doch die Probleme, die das Haus in der 889 Morgan Road plagen, sind ganz anderer Art. Auf den Videos taucht immer wieder ein rätselhafter Eindringling auf, und mitten in der Nacht rufen Stimmen aus den leeren Räumen. Noch schlimmer sind die Schatten im Haus; sie scheinen ein Eigenleben zu führen und halten sich an keine Naturgesetze.

Some of the greatest ghost stories of all time, here to send chills down your spine.

In 1977, in the small town of Claire Lake, two men were murdered with the same gun. Beth Greer was the prime suspect - a rich, eccentric 23-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. Ever since her surprise acquittal, she's retreated to her mansion, Greer house, and never commented publicly on the case. 40 years later, Shea Collins is a receptionist by day, and a true crime blogger by night. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To her surprise, Beth says yes. But when they meet in Beth's mansion, Shea immediately senses something isn't right.

A firsthand account of living and surviving in a dangerously haunted house. There really are such things that some would call demons. There are others that are not always hostile. Sometimes they are seen, sometimes they are heard. Sometimes they do more than that. They don't interact the same way with everyone. This account illustrates some of the things they do and how they can affect you as they did me and my family members. Why they do what they do, I don't have many answers for that.

Irishwoman Charlotte Riddell was truly a born story-teller. In Essex she found the right dreary setting for The Haunted House at Latchford, "where beyond the fated house and ruined garden lay the belt of pine trees and the lake of the dismal swamp, which had furnished Crow Hall with no less than two tragedies."

It’s 1985 and the Satanic panic has set in. Alice Ayre keeps seeing things, little girls who disappeared years before, characters from 1980s TV shows. Sometimes the visions talk to her. Sometimes they tell her things. An outcast, everyone in her small Southern town thinks she and her mother are witches. Judge Hand, a figure both feared and revered, returns to the town. He’s there to rid the town of its Satanic underground. He means to finish something he started years before. He’s there to burn all the witches. Alice must save herself but what if she's the thing she's most afraid of?

The Memory Fair is held every year in 17 year old Sally Frost’s small Southern hometown. This year, some of the townspeople are selling some strange things, antique mirrors, bloodstained wedding gowns, even human teeth. A strange gentleman has set up shop in the town. He comes to the Memory Fair every seven years and every seven years people disappear, never to be seen again. . Why are the townspeople selling such strange things at the Memory Fair? Why is the strange gentleman so interested in Sally? Sally must unlock the mysteries of the gentleman, the Memory Fair and even her own past ...

Four young adults go on a multi-state road trip to find the scariest haunted house. After touring several haunted houses, they receive an email with a video inviting them to the world's most terrifying haunted house. They played the video and listened. The video said, "You are invited to enter Nightmare Manor, the scariest place on earth. The most frightening haunted house in the country is only open on Halloween night. Reserved for the bravest souls only. Let it be known that no one has ever completed the tour. If you accept our invitation and arrive at your appointed time, you ...

Stalked by a psychotic woman by day and haunted by a supernatural force by night, Mateo Cardenas is convinced the two have nothing to do with the new home he just moved into. Until he sees something sinister in his backyard. Something that soon enters his home. He reaches out to a psychic-medium named Eloise for help. But this isn't an ordinary haunting. And Eloise has never encountered such a mystifying presence.

Nothing can harm them - or can it? There's a house on a hill at the very edge of the small town of Warren's End, a house that no one had any business in building up there. It's been said many times before now, but there's nothing quite like hindsight to bring everything into focus. Morris Stumper never was too good at taking advice, even when that advice could save a person a bushel load of heartache. Unfortunately, this hill was once the site of a cemetery with a ghastly history. Morris, anxious to pay as little money as possible for a home with a view, heedlessly sat his house on the ...

Ghost hunters, an exorcism, and a ghostly grey tabby Mad River welcomes a pair of ghost hunters and their television show to town only for a murder to occur as the cameras were rolling. Now Shelby's ghost friends are being accused of the dirty deed and the good reverend is calling for an exorcism. Can Shelby find the killer before the pastor exorcises her spirit friends away from the only homes and town they've ever known? Find out in the Mad River Mystery Series.

Ivy's summer kicks off with a series of disturbing events: unnatural offerings appear on her doorstep and she's haunted by fragmented memories from her childhood. Soon she grapples with a dark secret that she's always known—but never faced—that there is more to her mother Dana than meets the eye. Dana's story starts the summer she turns 16, when with the help of her best friend and an ambitious older girl, she embarks on a major fling with the supernatural. As the trio's aspirations darken, they find themselves speeding towards a violent breaking point.

Mark's girlfriend dies in a car accident before he can tell her how much he loves her. He never believed in ghosts, but a well-meaning friend and guilt push him into new and dangerous territory. All he wants is the chance to say he is sorry. To speak to her one more time. During a desperate, alcohol-fueled binge, he buys an Ouija board and calls Alissa. Is his drinking problem or survivor's guilt making him doubt his sanity? Or are the footsteps in the night and inexplicable messages real, has Alissa returned?