
The historical house survived, renovated as a tourist attraction. The game paid an absorbent amount to stay. Photographers, TV crews and YouTube stars attempted to capture paranormal activity. A lucrative hoax about to dry up as interest waned.
Under the night curtain, a plan hatched and cameras rolled. In the shadows, via a secret passage – BANG, BANG! A gunman sprayed bullets. Guests bolted for the staircase.
BANG, BANG.
Blood seeped into the wood finishings claiming, the building.
Years Later…
A tour guide stood on the stairs, “This is where the massacre took place. Screams can be heard from within the walls, the sound of the owner being tortured by the souls demanding justice.”
That certainly turned the tables on the hoaxer
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What goes around, comes around.
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Dear Tanille,
Some kind of tourist attraction. Yikes. But how often can they stage it? Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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There are real life ghost hunters. I rather not tempt fate…
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Heavy price to pay – so many killed…
Truly historical house.
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Rather tragic. I like to believe for the most part the spirits are friendly and protect the new tourist from the owner.
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I wonder if the massacre happened just to increase the value of the house. Nice one, T!
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Exactly what happened! The owner got away with it and died in their sleep. Had to edit it out due to word count.
Thanks J!
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Sad to say but that is just the sort of tragedy that would have the tourists flocking in. Great story this week 🙂
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General public is morbid like that. Thinking it’s worse now with YouTube, everyone is chasing content.
Thanks I
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I had to look up the source for the phrase that came to mind–an old English prayer used by Alfred Noyes in his 1909 Anthology:
From Ghoulies and Ghoosties, long-leggety Beasties, and Things that go Bump in the Night, Good Lord, deliver us!
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Ooo what a fantastic line. Very fitting.
Thanks L!
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Are you sure that blood wasn’t fake? That’d be an ingenious way to get the interest going again.
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That would be an interesting take on the story.
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I don’t think I would pay the price of admission.😅
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Not a place I’d want to visit.
Thanks D!
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Wow! what a gruesome tale for the ratings, just the sort of way we seem to be heading these days grumble grumble! Good stuff
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It’s insane! And tacky. People die and money can be made.
Thanks Shrawley
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tacky is the word
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The sad part is there are people willing to pay for this type of stuff! This was fabulous writing, T.
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I want to the historical Freemantle Prison for a special night tour last year. They took us into where criminals were executed. It didn’t sit right that people die and now the spot is used as entertainment. Such human misery. Yet, I must admit I found it fascinating.
Thanks D
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Ewwww. But yes, we are fascinated by such things, aren’t we?
🙂
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A quirk of being human. 😀
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😏
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Grisly and spooky tale. Well done!
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Inspired by too many horror movies.
Thanks B.
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a tragedy can be a money maker for the the enterprising opportunist indeed.
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Some would sell their souls for money… blood money.
Thanks P!
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That’s one way to drum up new interest in the house… 🙂
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Don’t go getting any ideas haha.
Thanks D
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Some people will go to any lengths. Good one, Tanille.
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I’m trying to sell a house art the moment. Give it bloodthirsty backstory … I wonder!
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You never know! Just make sure it’s only a story. 😀
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It does look exactly like the kind of house where murder, hauntings and ghosts appear. Nice twist on the prompt, thank you.
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The picture begs for ghosts, murder and hauntings. Strange part is I bet the house in person is lovely.
Thanks S!
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Amazing how we like a good tour through the evil of the past. The more bloody the better.
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I know, what an odd human quirk!
Thanks J!
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I don’t think I’d take the tour. It sounds like it could still be haunted.
Scary tale … Have a wonderful day … Be Safe
Isadora 😎
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If it wasn’t haunted before it certainly is now! Best to avoid the place.
Thanks I!
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Reminded me of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre decades ago. Good twist on the story, too. I keep wondering if I took the tour if I’D be next!
Great story, Tannille — fun!
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Ooo I’m going to have to look that one up. I have a real morbid side haha.
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What a fine tale. And is anything more macabre than, “the murder took place right there where you are standing?”
Well done, Tannille.
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I know, it’s kind of like tempting fate!
Thanks B!
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🙂
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That’s one creepy tourist attraction. Good one T. 👌🏼
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A few YouTube stars is a small price to pay to increase the value of one’s house.
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How to create your own haunted house… 😀
Thanks N
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Was this a cynical plot for tours? Even more chilling when it was just for greed
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Yep. Greed corrupts. The things some people will do for the almighty dollar.
Thanks B!
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