Halloween Haunted House

I’m the type of person who likes going on long walks. I’m not the kind of person who will go out when it’s dark and nobody is around. At least not usually. But for September and October, I like to go out at midnight to look at the decorations. Not many people are out during that time, so it adds to the creepy factor. If I’m being honest, they were kind of a mixed bag. Some just got cheaply made inflatables from Walmart. And others completely decked out their houses for the holiday. Usually, most of the decorated houses I saw fell in between the two.

I had gotten to the end of my neighborhood when I noticed something unusual. The house at the end was covered in Halloween decorations. You’re probably wondering why that’s unusual. Well, it’s because that house had been abandoned for years. It had been that way ever since I moved to the neighborhood. It was a nice-looking house. So, I found it odd that nobody wanted to live in it. I would have. But I didn’t know about it until after I moved in. Which bummed me out at the time. Because it was much cheaper than what I’d end up paying in rent. Unfortunately, I had signed a lease. Which meant I wasn’t able to move to it. Even though I wanted to. However looking back, I see that I was actually fortunate not to have lived there.

I did some research and found out that a family had gone missing there. It was a family of four. Dad…