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    pillow¨ She was just a teenager when she created the novel, Frankenstein. It all happened on a gloomy rainy day When a bunch of Romance writers was stuck in a room. When a man who went by the name Lord Byron, had suggested that the writers write a ghost story. That is when the teenage girl, Mary Shelley wrote the novel, Frankenstein. Which was Published on January 1, 1818. Throughout the novel, Victor is having to endure so much pain in his life. Which all could have been mostly avoided in the first

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    have disappeared like on the Resolven, or even the ship could disappear like on the SS Baychimo. When these things happen with no evidence to prove what occurred, they become a mystery. These three ships have become some of the most well-known ghost stories today. It was the February of 1947 when the SS Ourang Medan was traveling near the Indonesian Coastline and sent out distress calls that were heard by many different ships and listening posts. From these calls, it was hard to know what was happening

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    thunderstorm, thunder roared, lightning crackled, and rain poured, but then, everything stopped.  12 year old Grant Purl felt an eerie feeling, a feeling almost as if… “Boo!” “Augggg,” Grant screamed. When Grant turned around, he was half expecting to see a ghost, but is just his little brother, Jake. 8 year old Jake was rolling on the floor with laughter. “Bwa ha ha ha ha ha! Oh man you should have seen the look on your face! I mean-,” But then Jake stopped when he saw the look on his brother's face. He started

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    Ghost Town The weather seems to match the old, rundown town; gloomy, dark, always raining. The people looked dull and a melancholy aura followed most everybody. There is a reason to all this sadness though, a curse. An old mage casted a spell on the town and its people centuries ago. During the day, the townsfolk were safe, but the night belonged to the mythical creatures of the world. Anyone who goes out after dark is said to turn into one of the creatures and roam the city, forever stuck in a never

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    overnight,” retorts Carlos. “ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND ?! MY PARENTS WON’T LET ME STAY IN THAT STUPID HOUSE!” I shout while looking at my friend in shock. “Come on. You are such a wimp, Hai,” chuckles Carlos a little louder, “ Are you afraid to see the ghost? You are--- aren’t you?!” Now, I am really tired of his badgering. “Hey, Carlos! What do we have for homework?” I slyly ask while trying to change the topic. As we walk to school, we still think about that topic in silence. “ DING DONG…” the sound

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    Laredo Ghost Stories

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    What you’re about to read is one of the scariest real stories that happened in Laredo, Tx. It was one Saturday night in October when Cesar and Vanessa were at Diego’s house with nothing to do other than just watch the T.v and play board games which they didn’t want to do either of them. “ Diego we should go somewhere that haunts since Halloween is right around the corner,” said Vanessa. “ Let’s go to the haunted hospital,” said Diego “ Which one,” asked Cesar, “I think it’s called Mercy Hospital

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    boys were walking when they heard a noise in the bushes”I screamed.” It was just a snake. It was a cold foggy night. We couldn't see more than 30 feet in front of us. Then Joe’s mom called him. He answered, “hello.” His mom said, “honey there was a ghost sighting please come home” in a very creepy voice. Joe said, “that is not my mom’s voice.”He stuttered. We had a horrible feeling something very bad was going to happen. We felt bad that they disobeyed their parents. We boys saved the creepy call

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    Ghost Stories: Notatoss

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    Doctor Rumbolt of Crinkletown was employed by the local NOTATOSS firm which carried out medical work capability assessments on behalf of the Employment and Pensions Bureaux. NOTATOSS were a rogue firm who classified benefit claimants fit for work even when they were severely disabled or suffered from life threatening illnesses. Doctors and nurses who had been struck off were often employed by NOTATOSS and they were not trained in anything disability related. Doctor Rumbolt was no exception. He

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    “Pip, wait!” Simon yelled at a high pitched voice. The dog franticly running at the woody overlook of the pond. “Pip, where are you boy?”. Simon heard a rustle in the bushes next to him, it was like a bee whispering in a low voice. He turned on his flashlight and began to wonder into the mossy, and overgrown, dew riddled forrest. He began to hear sounds all around him as he got further into the mystical looking forrest. He tripped over a log and he gasped with fear and began to pant like

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    Duty To Death The story of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen shows us a multitude of issues, whether the readers think the piece as a basic form of literature or believe that the scripture shows the issues and lies or the fighting facts of injustice in the text. The constant fight between free will and duty in this story triumphs the characters of Mrs. Alving and Pastor Manders as they convene over what they think is right and what they are bound to do, even as the smaller character of Regine slightly deals

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