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!!!!!

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

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