Ghost Stories

Axe Murder Hollow

A Pennsylvania Ghost Story 

retold by S.E. Schlosser 

     Susan and Ned were driving through a wooded empty section of highway. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, the sky went dark in the torrential downpour.
     “We’d better stop,”  said Susan. 
      Ned nodded his head in agreement. He stepped on the brake, and suddenly the car started to slide on the slick pavement. They plunged off the road and slid to a halt at the bottom of an incline.
     Pale and shaking, Ned quickly turned to check if Susan was all right.  When she nodded, Ned relaxed and looked through the rain soaked windows.
    
“I’m going to see how bad it is,” he told Susan, and when out into the storm. She saw his blurry figure in the headlight, walking around the front of the car. A moment later, he jumped in beside her, soaking wet.
      “The car’s not badly damaged, but we’re wheel-deep in mud,” he said. “I’m going to have to go for help.”
      Susan swallowed nervously. There would be no quick rescue here. He told her to turn off the headlights and lock the doors until he returned.
     Ax Murder Hollow. Although Ned hadn’t said the name aloud, they both knew what he had been thinking when he told her to lock the car.  This was the place where a man had once taken an axe and hacked his wife to death in a jealous rage over an alleged affair. Supposedly, the axe-wielding spirit of the husband continued to haunt this section of the road.
      Outside the car, Susan heard a shriek, a loud thump, and a strange gurgling noise. But she couldn’t see anything in the darkness.
      Frightened, she shrank down into her seat. She sat in silence for a while, and then she noticed another sound.  Bump. Bump. Bump.  It was a soft sound, like something being blown by the wind.
      Suddenly, the car was illuminated by a bright light.  An official sounding voice told her to get out of the car. Ned must have found a police officer.  Susan unlocked the door and stepped out of the car.  As her eyes adjusted to the bright light, she saw it.
      Hanging by his feet from the tree next to the car was the dead body of Ned.  His bloody throat had been cut so deeply that he was nearly decapitated. The wind swung his corpse back and forth so that it thumped against the tree. Bump. Bump. Bump.
     Susan screamed and ran toward the voice and the light. As she drew close, she realized the light was not coming from a flashlight. Standing there was the glowing figure of a man with a smile on his face and a large, solid, and definitely real axe in his hands. She backed away from the glowing figure until she bumped into the car. 
      “Playing around when my back was turned,” the ghost whispered, stroking the sharp blade of the axe with his fingers. “You’ve been very naughty.”
      The last thing she saw was the glint of the axe blade in the eerie, incandescent light.

Comments

this story left me on the edge on my seat... i wanted more!

OMG! OMG! OMG! are you serioius? that story just scared the h*ll out of me! no joke! that is scary!!!! I cant believe that..=[!!!!

That was Scary! You Should read it.

cool lol ms sandy scary

r u f@**ing serious dude where do you get your stories at

omg after i read the story, my phone rang and it scared the crap out of me!!!

OMG!!!! that wuz awesome!! I love scary stories! you should totally write a longer book about that! :)

that was so scary were do you get does stories

thas so scaryyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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nice storie

that was a pretty kool story

boring lol

i wove it!! lol i want more of it!! hahahaha LOL!

omg i LOVED IT! gotta tell me where u got it

like ur story

om freking g amazinggggg

i need scary sh** not this punkin pie

That was so scary even though i was in a room full of people that scared the crap out of me.

That story wuz awsome I have to read a ghost story in school 2morrow and im using that one lol

that Wus f**in scary

wow

OMG!! best story I read all day. Ganna tell my friends and scare the. Crapp out of them

OMG!!!!! this is the best f**ng story i've ever heard.

that was da best story ever....but wanna hear more....leaves me wanting more...love it....

OMG!!!! but thats probley not real soooo nothin to be scared about

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

OMG SO TOTALLY NOT SCARY lol its just like bloody marry i even tryed to summon her once

COOL story it scared the crap out of me specially my little brother.

You people and your terrible grammar make my skin crawl.

omg that did not scare me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats wach

OMG!!
I couldn't believe how scary it is!!This can't be real!

That was so scary i have chills running down my back yall should make a book:(((

that was f***in scary. wat were u thikin? is it true?that was b****in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPY TIIIIIIIIIIME.............................agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

L.A.M.E

this story was so scary

That Story is so scary it's way better than all the other crap i'v read.And i think that it gets five stars *****

is that real?

that was the scariest story ever u must right another 1

that was not scary it isint real

ok that was really disturbing....i have a sleepover tonight, i might just tell that one to make every one wet themselves! haha


OMG OMG that was a cool story i read it on halloween last year and i was scared sh**t i did't sleep all night i just kept seeing the axe man so i lit the pumpkin and hoped that i would forget about it but then i just saw susan and the axe man in the flame in the end i whent to my mum and dads room and slept for a hour before i had to wake up!that was a weird halloween last year but this year i am not reading it agin.(the story is soooo scary)

that was not scary at all it was good and long! i thought it wud b scaryer but awell ...........................................

WOW...NOT SCARY!!!

i give that 5 stars ********** ok mayb 10 stars cuz it was awesome

omg!that scared the f***k outta me!

hate it so boring! it's like reading a story in school!

love it! man i can still hear my heart plusing!!!

those that say its boring must have no life cause it was better than some of the axe storys!

OMFG!!! That scaryed the S*it out of me!!!

Try to think of a scarier story that was lame.It didn't even scare my 6 year old daughter! Lame

this story was so scary

? not scary at all, u fails!

that waz relly scary i am only 10 stop trying to scare me lol

that was an lame story bloody mary was scarier than this sh**t! next time make it a little scary -gosh im reading this on halloween and im not scared!!

that was not scary at all.i dont know why they posted that

That story was f-ing trippy. I liked it a lot. You should write a book.

IT WASN'T THAT SCARY BUT IT WAS ENTERTAINING

Horror Man

ahh not that good

not very scary to me.

Just entertaining...

omg omg omg omg i used to live in pennsylvania and now im freaked out lol i was so tensed while reading this my mom was wondering wat was wrong with me omg that was scary!

I think this story was stupid. it needs a ending. i was disappointed when i read this!!!!!

omg my mom is working out when i read it it scared the crap out of me

Wow that was really scary

omg that was soooo scary!

it is a real story live near where the story takes place

OMG that story was so boring but entataning lol xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxneed to make it longer

That knocked my socks off! It's high time you wrote an anthology of spooky stories. You should read some of them at a library, and write more material. In a good way. I luhv your work. I hope to hear more of it on this website.

ARE TOU SERIOUS OMG!OMG!OMG!NASTY

wowthat wasnt scary at all

i bet that could really happen but with a real man not no ghost

OMFG!
Its so freaking scary!
I live in pennsylvania too :l

that was not scary

i did not get scary

hey that was a reall good story!!!!! hha i loved the u have been very naughty i say that ALL the time!!!

Nice story.It didn't scare me because i'm not scared of ANYTHING but it was cool. =]

I've been there. We stopped to see what would happen. It was dark outside and we heard something hitting the car. Me friend and I left right away. It was way too freaky

any more axe murder hollow stories?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT WAS S**T SCARY I WANT MORE!!

omg i thought thats was the supidest stoier id ever red

omg omg this story is a copy of a true story that my aunt told me but insteead its called hangmans hollow and its a real road in penn hills pennsylvania

WOW SCARY OR WHAT

Wow that scared the shizz out of me!!

im sorry but i have heard way scarier stories than that i think they need to make there stories idk more realistic

Hmm ALL YOU PEOPLE GET OVER YOURSELF IF YOUR UNDER 10. Seriously??
THAT WASNT SCARY AT ALL!

This IS SCARY.


A six year old girl woke up with a zit on her cheek. She ignored cause she's been having that lately. Next 2 weeks the so called zit kept getting bigger and bigger until she was scared and worried. She told her mom. and her mom advice was to go wash it off. So she then took a warm bath. And accidently hit the zit. The zit burst and hundreds of baby spiders went out.
she found out a mother spider laid eggs on her cheek.

It was scarry, well not really ive been thru worst.i am a shaman.

that was a f***ing scary story but i've heard scarier

Dude that story scared the crap out of me

wow now dats really scary man... i want to find out wat happens next!!!

its pretty dumb as der is no proper ending. if it was den awesum!!!

That wasn't scary for me.When it is bed time i will tell this story to my family and see how freaked out they get

i dont know if that was real or not but i know a better one

omg you can do better!!

I know a better story it was about this married couple they were on the ohio brige they had a wreck and went into the water and died. if you go down to the ohio bridge on halloween night you will see the woman looking for her husband and she is carrying her chopped off head and sometimes she gets real nervous and screams

that scared the heck out of me

wowowowowoowowowowo sary but it was a very nice love story hahahahahaha woooooooooooooooow

OMG THAT STORY WAS SO SCARY i ALMOST WET MY PANTS WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?

if i saw a monster i would knock the hell out of him good day

it wasnt that scary but the ending wasnt that good he needs more

idk....this really wasnt that scary.i read it to my mom and my mom likes it but she doesnt think its scary...well not that scary

That WAS SO SCARY MY SISTERS THOUGHT IT WAS SCARY!!!!!!!OMG IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME TO

I grew up in Erie and it was a great hangout for teens drinking and partying and scary as hell. Its one of those places you always remember and the story.

This isnt scary just freeky !

That story was OK, but not great. I'm kind of disappointed. A little scary.

if gt 1 but how do u put it on there

That Was So Freaky

u know what u ppl have no taste on horror stories i have read al of em and that one is soooo not scary

spooky

simple and comedy storyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

wtf man super creepy.girls name reminds me of a girl i no

story was most unscary story i have read

wow I was blown away with that

cool man scary!

I got a scary story if little kids don't behave a man comes out of the closet but y dose he do that well when he was alive he used 2 kidnap kids and then eat their guts, eyes and their brain but then the other people found out and killed him and now he wants revenge

the was #%^#@ scarey

Omg! while i was reading this my phone like rang and i coudn't find it crap! this is scary BUT I LOVED IT!

awesomeee!!!!!

really a good book

i wish the story would go on and on and on

scary

i probibly sound like an idiot but is that true??:(

this is so gay and stupid

this is gay so GAY i want to leave peace out suckers

that wasn't scary

its like a hawaiian story i heard >.< really scary

yeah right

sic

omg that is ssssssssssssooooooooo.stupid i have seen more scary.

suuupeeer scaaaryyy!!!!!!!!

it waz very s*** not scary at all

nothing interesting or scary,i think it's incomplete.Also,it's a repeated story.once it starts,it ends.

this story rock i love story like this lol so do my famliy and freinds and i am only 16

I guess that was kinda scary, but stories don't scare me that much.
Although...
THAT STORY WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!

this is a f****** dumb story

THIS STORY WAS SAD!

THIS STORY WAZ WECKED;)

that was okaiii i guess i no loaads of better ones than that u guys fallll

omg...omg...omg...dat is all i got 3 say is omg.....omg...omg....

that was freakin scary oooooooommmmmmmmmmmmgggggggggggg

this was freaky

rocki'n story.

omg i scared :(

Wow lolz this is scary but my gwanpa told me this story except he said the cereal killer in greenwood and there was nothing about a ghost but the man was alive and didnt say names just used the girl and the boy and the boy's nails was scratching the top of the car and a police officer got the girl but the girl didn't die the police got to her I hate my gwanpa so much somtimes

i love this story it is not scary for me. is it scary for you?

this is the worst scary story ever. i hope you get hacked by a glowing ghost.

O.O
Scary!!!!

O.O
Scary!!!!

that was crazzzzzyyyyyyyyyyy

u r stupid if u think that is scary

ok ummm that was not really scary no offense but it was not original AT ALL

gay much

G.A.Y...it was ok

cool

this was a REAL scary story.... it gave ME chills!

That was dumb.

omg i read this story at a sleep over and the doorbell rang cuz of thee pizza guy it scared the h*ll out of me and my friend screamed holy sh*t

I want more they should make some more

Ya scary scary NOT it would be for a 5 year old (hopefully)

I definitely wouldn't want to see or meet that lunatic! Aren't there any ghost police whom we can contact and report this one?

I read this over spring break at 12 o'clock in the morning, I didn't even fall asleep till 2!!! This is the best story that I read yet! Upload some more like these! My gf hates me now cuz I sent this to her :D

my god! i almost crapped my pants when i read that !!!!!!!!!!!

STUPD

u ppl r lame dat wuz nt scary

like it! hmmmm!! i want more!

that was so scary

This is tottttallly the most scary story I've read on here! Seriously! And I'm tough 2 scare! U guys should read no tresspassing its similiar but not as scary! Dude where do u get this stuff???????? :)

that was not scary at allllllll

that was scary tell me more

very pridictable

I'm hard to scare when it comes to stories that are supposed to scare people.

that story was awsome it scared me im like OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! that part when it told me the part when the guy had an axe and the guy killed Ned on the throte ittttttt wasssssss soooooooo coolllllllllll

well i Have to admit it was scary but it could have been better i mean but hey thats just my opinion :D

that was a good story

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG THAT WAS COOOOOOLLL PIMP DAD OUT

Awsome!!! If I had a choice to rate this story between the numbers 1 to 10... I would have to rate it 101% of complete awsomeness!!!!

OMG iloved this story it was so amazing dude were u get those stories?

not scary at all

omg it was totally the best story ever

that was creepie

AWSOME STORY

OMG that was scary!!!

omg that was very scary!!!!!!!!!!!!

this waz good

that was gay

OMG my mouse slid acrossed the tabel!!! I was so scared then my phone rang 3 times and stopped!!!then again.and im alone in the house!!!!!
RING RING RING went the phone then i answerd it and it was a song called tIk ToK

are you guys serious? this wasnt scary are you all like, 8 years old or something? get a life.

you ever hard of the story the hook basically the same thing but he was string above the car and was tied to the car when she was trying to go away the car made the noose get tighter

that was the most cheesey story that we have ever heard but i have 2 say that it was pretty scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cool

that was not scary it was gruesome and some bits were scary
but auwesome strory altho it werent scary

wow that story was soooo scary!! I have 2 read a scary story in class tomorrow and this is the one i am gonna read!!!

Holy s***! I am so reading that to nine year olds!

that was scary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :+

why the ghost kill the boy?

rrrrrr ok =0 lol

swweeet

Wow i'm like. . .scared lol that was a very good story and i hope there's a sequel :)

ohh my god u almost made me piss on my trousers

um this was a really good story this was a cheap imitation of texas chainsaw maasacree

wot da hel was dat???!!!

so not scary

i have to admit this was WAY better then the bloody mary story.

interesting, but needs more backround to build up more suspense and isnt as obvious

I live in erie....and me and my buddies go there all the time and it is a creepy place. the building is burned down but gypsies and abandoned houses surround the area

This was sooo not scary

damn this was so freakin scary!this is just like the NO TRESSPASSING story(on this website)! i wish they'd make a horror movie about this!!

thats mint

nice i like scary stories

OH MY GOSH! THAT WAS AWESOME! I NEED TO FREAK MY FRIENDS OUT WITH THAT.

OMG i hope this not happen to me.. so freaking scary and nasty

that waz awsome

OMG?!?! IT WUZ VERY SURPRISING AND ALL BUT IT WUSNT THAT SCARY I MEAN WHO IN THE H*LL WOULD GET OUT OF THE CAR U WAIT TILL SOMEONE U KNOW KNOCKS ON THE WINDOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT HONESTLY IT WUSNT THAT SCARY H*LL IT WUSNT SCARY!!!!!!

OMG while i was reading the end, my sister's gay emo songs came on and i almost had a heart attack!

OMG THAT IS F***EN SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha i get to go back there for the 15th time in october and 3 years ago i swear i saw someone in the trees. i go every year on halloween.
it IS a true story. i live in pennsylvania too.

siht yrots si yrev driew lets see who can crack this code

That left me hanging. u r a awsome writer. u should write a book.

freaky man just freaky!!

OMG!!! that story was awesome! i love scary stories and even i have to admit that was pretty good!! you should right a book!!

omg i hate scary stories but we r doin this thing were we tell each other stories ahhhhh dont tell me such scary stuff

o kewl i want to be susan

That was crappy, didn't scare me at all.

♥ it! good one! :)

its so gross how they said ned was blowing in the wind and bumping in to the tree it was so sad!!!

that was so scary!! after i read someone knocked on the door and it scared the living crap outta me

scary or bloody what!!!!!

um if they both died how who saw the ghost????? and could still talk about it?

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And she died to! AWESOME! That was cooler then the haunting hour! AWESOME!!!!!!!!

WOW ....that was scaaary!!! Was it true???

it was ok

good

there we go finaly a skin crawling storie. yeah babie that shiz was scariieee.

it was not scary at all

tis story was sooooooooooooo scary that i jumped when my phone rang

loooooook!! wht's behind of you?!!

awsome

lol u think that was scary ? omg listen to my version. once there was a ouple driving along and there had been reports of a freeky figure moving through teh woods were they were and then they suddenly had a puncture so the husband got out and went in search of help and the wife locked the doors and after no time at all there was huge thunping noices coming from the roof but she was too scared to go out . but eventually the police came and said to her come out of the car its the police but what ever u do dont look back . but she did look back and saw the crazed axe man on the roof of her car holding an axe in 1 hand and the head of ........ her husband!!!!!!! lol

OMG?? SO AWSOME

my computer made a noise as i read this and i jumped... this is scary

oh now my throat hurts. it was creepy, i wz on the edge of my seat! man, wat a cliffhanger! maybe i'll write my own ending...

I read a version of that back in elementary school in a book of ghost stories I seem to have misplaced since then... There were only slight variations to the details...

Omg I finished reading it and my sister opened the door...woah, u should have seen me, I jumped out of my pants and screamed for 3 min. I wuz soooo frikin scared!!!!!!!!!!!!

very spooky!totally awesome!

That was so scary

that was pretty good but i want to know what happend next!!!

that was the scariest thing i ever read

Really lame, was hoping for a scare.

that was not scary!!!

That wasnt so scary. Freakin lame

Sounds like an urban legend.

lol that scared my little sister but me and my big sister wasn't scared at all!

That was scary!

thumbs up nice story

LOved this story...Freaked me out about the dude with the ax asking her to get out of the car...

OMG THIS WAS THE SCARYEST STORY I READ I WAS SCARED TO DEATH

that was da worst story ever

yeah it is cool

i have heard so many different versions of this story. its one of my favorites!!!

kinda scary

Ok, whoever wrote that spider/zit story (yes you Brianna) and you probably won't read this but moving on. #1 YOU know nothing bout scary cause and ax murderer is much scarier than a zit with spiders. Oh yeh and FYI thats not even how the spider story goes! Lame!!

OMG that scared me so bad i could just emagen it. i want to here more! (In the day time of course or id be sh**ing my self at nite lol)

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