Haunted-house stories, books, poems, and more

When Calie inherits her grandmother's old Victorian home, she imagines a fresh start-a place to make new memories with her husband and children. But this isn't just any house. Nestled in a quiet, forgotten corner of the world, the house is alive with whispers of the past and the magic… Read More

Tags: family, ghosts, haunted-house

The Twelve Chimes of Maligna Manor

By Lewisbullenwrites

Book / Fantasy

March 07, 2024

Comments: 1

Children go missing near Maligna Manor. This is the first thing that Sara and her younger brother Ben are told when they arrive in the village of Winter's Green. Now living with their reclusive Aunt Maggie after the sudden death of their father, the two find little else to interest… Read More

Tags: contemporary, magic, ghost, young-adult, haunted-house

Doll in the dark

By stanislas finzo

July 25, 2023

Claire, François and their daughter Colette move from their small Parisian apartment to a comfortable house near the countryside. Some time after moving in, a strong tremor shakes the house during the night - an earthquake that, strangely enough, they are the only ones to feel. The next day, François… Read More

Tags: moving, haunted-house, secret-room, ancient-doll, fetishism

The Chair

By Michael M Mann

January 13, 2023

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

John purchased Saint Jude's Hall many years ago before his wife died, but when he returns to the property to fix it up, all he finds is a crumbling building with nothing but a sense of dread and an armchair for company...Along with the nightmares. Read More

Tags: greed, grief, haunted-house, psycological, psyc-horror

The Ghosts in Aniha's House

By JadeDaThunder

December 07, 2022

Comments: 1

Aniha had just bought a giant house for cheap, and nothings going to drive her out. (Even if its haunted) Read More

Tags: death, paranormal, ghost, haunted, haunted-house

Ghosts of Lake Dread

By Rick Suttle

Book / Horror

October 15, 2021

Teen paranormal-investigator siblings Dylan, Mike and Sarah McCauliffe, investigate the hauntings at an old lake house in rural Kentucky. To get to the property, they have to paddle a couple skiffs through haunted waters where many people have perished. And to make matters worse, there are ghosts from many different… Read More

Tags: ghosts, demons, haunted-house, paranormal-investigator, scary-book

The House That Holds On

By LaMorrow

August 31, 2021

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

Home is where the heart is; that's what they say. But what if your house is where your heart is lost? Read More

Tags: mystery, haunting, haunted-house

A Caged Love

By Valerie S.

Poem / Romance

December 27, 2020

Comments: 1

The Review Chain House

My husband and I work in a Haunted House called Ghost Lake 13 Levels of Fear in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. This poem is about our Characters who also star in my Current WIP RED. Read More

Tags: love, demon, haunted, haunted-house, estranged

The Haunted House

By Abby Hill

July 14, 2020

Angela has been dreaming of going to this haunted house for a very long time. She finally gets to go, but it turns into a living nightmare! Read More

Tags: horror, haunted-house

The Unsinkable Molly Brown House - Titanic Surviver

By aks1212

Short Story / Historical Fiction

May 04, 2020

This story is about molly Brown who is Titanic Surviver. After the incident of Titanic crash she became famous as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" This story tells about her house and how her house is known to be haunted by molly Brown and Jesus Brown. This house is turn into… Read More

Tags: titanic, haunted-house, molly-brown, molly-brown-house, the-unsinkable-molly-brown

House On A Dead End Street

By Mike Roberts

December 31, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Three friends in rural South Carolina in 1971 encounter ghosts in a haunted house and have to overcome their fears to escape. Read More

Tags: winter, friends, haunted-house, ghost-story, south-carolina

Broken Dolls

By Gennae

Book / Young Adult

May 26, 2019

Standing in the embrace of trees, forgotten by time, is the house, shrouded in mystery and haunted by the ghosts of the past, including the gentle, soft spoken ghost of Charlotte Long, a nurse from the civil war, gently drifting in it's halls. Soon a new family inherits the house,… Read More

Tags: supernatural, haunted-house, ghost-story

The Miller House

By Guenevere Lee

Short Story / Horror /

May 23, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Have you ever been to the Miller house after dark? Read More

Tags: horror, murder, haunted-house, serial-killer, missing-person

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"Great, scary short horror story. " Read More

The Resident of Pleasant Crescent

By CTPlatt

May 09, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

When Stephen and Carol moved in to Pleasant Crescent they hoped it would be the perfect family home. Then the strange things started to happen. Author's note: I could not decide which ending the story should have. I have included both endings here, the original and alternative ending. Read More

Tags: ghost, haunted-house

The Condemned

By Deen Domfree

Book / Horror

April 17, 2019

Tags: horror, terror, house, haunted-house

The house with no address

By jasveersingh

March 28, 2019

Our mind is like a projector and it projects whatever it is that we think. Our mind has the capacity to bring to life everything that goes around in our mind. If the mind chooses to do so then everything in our mind, even our worst nightmares, can become a… Read More

Tags: haunted-house

Mystery at Raven's Crest

By Salem Marlowe

Book / Mystery and Crime

January 27, 2019

Shelves: 1

Six months after opening their bed and breakfast and having two women murdered in their restored Victorian house, Lee and Maggie continue booking guests. A group of mystery writers want to rent the entire house for a week and stage a “murder mystery” that they will write and act in.… Read More

Tags: mystery, ghosts, haunted-house

Creak!

By Joy Shaw

Poem / Poetry

October 31, 2018

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

Tags: halloween, haunted-house

Haunted House?

By JustDoIt

Short Story / Humor

September 21, 2018

Comments: 1

a house believed haunted was not so haunted at all.. Read More

Tags: haunted-house, old-man

Murder House

By Mike Roberts

November 18, 2017

Comments: 1

Three ghost-hunting friends in rural South Carolina in 1970 encounter a ghost in a haunted house and investigate to solve the mystery of the haunting. Read More

Tags: murder, haunted-house, ghost-stories, missing-child, three-friends

Haunted House

By Tee.P

October 24, 2017

A Haunted House with a sinister twist. Read More

Tags: murder, twisted, ghosts, sadistic, haunted-house

Guest House

By Amit kr. Mishra

Short Story / True Confessions

August 26, 2017

Guest House This is the incidence of that days when India was not so much developed like these days. Those days nights were so horrible in India that can scared anyone, because electricity was only available in metro cities of India like Delhi, Calcutta , Madras and Bombay. Rural areas… Read More

Tags: haunted-house, guest-house, haunted-place, paranormal-place

Gracie's Inheritance

By Rubianne

Book / Horror

July 02, 2017

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

Lies, deceit, and angry spirits are wrapped up in an inheritance awaiting Gracie Lawson after attending her grandmother’s funeral in Nebraska. Love and family are the most important things in life, and Gracie feels cheated by both. As she uncovers her family’s elusive past, she finds love and acceptance in… Read More

Tags: horror, ghost, suspense, plantation, haunted-house

We Thought You Knew

By EddieInNC

May 09, 2017

Comments: 4

Shelves: 5

This is a supernatural horror/suspense story that takes place in the mountains of North Carolina. Read More

Tags: horror, murder, ghost, ghosts, haunted-house

The Junkie's House

By LperiodFperiod Loza

November 15, 2016

Comments: 2

Shelves: 3

A high school student is dared by his friend to enter the infamous "Junkie's House". A house currently being investigated by the police after a druggie overdosed before ranting that the devil had appeared to him the night before he took his own life. Is this story a product of… Read More

Tags: haunting, haunted-house, reckless-teen, the-man-in-black

Number Ninety Nine

By CTPlatt

November 07, 2016

Comments: 2

When Steven's wife left him it hit him hard. Perhaps renovating an old house would give him something to focus on. He didn't know it then but the house had more to it than rotting beams and a leaking roof. Read More

Tags: haunted-house

The haunting on 54th Jumper Street

By PrincessCoco

April 25, 2016

A haunted house story. Read More

Tags: horror, haunted-house, creepy-noise, errie

When Time Stood Still

By angellynn

September 30, 2010

Comments: 5

Submission to Niau's Picture Challenge. A haunted house, a beautiful ghost, and a cat named Wicket. What more do you need to scare the hell out of someone. Read More

Tags: ghost, clock, cat, batteries, haunted-house, wanda, wicket

Good Dog

By Guenevere Lee