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Rated: E · Short Story · Horror/Scary · #2345437

American True Scary House Story

Whispers of the Forgotten Bungalow


In the quiet suburbs of Boston, stood an old bungalow, abandoned yet alive with memories. Its walls were painted once in cream white, now faded into pale gray. Neighbors whispered about the tragedies that once unfolded inside its wooden doors.

The bungalow was home to the Carter family -- Daniel, a war veteran, his wife Anna, and their little daughter Emily. They moved into the house in 1975, believing it was their "dream home." For a time, it was filled with laughter, warmth, and the smell of Anna's apple pie drifting through the corridors.

But the dream didn't last.
Daniel, haunted by the echoes of war, often woke up screaming in the middle of the night. Anna tried to comfort him, but the shadows of his past grew heavier with each passing day. One stormy evening, as thunder rolled outside, a terrible accident shook the house. A fire broke out in the living room. By the time the flames calmed, only ashes remained of the once-loving home. Anna and Emily never made it out alive.

Daniel survived, but never returned. The house was left empty, a silent witness to the grief that destroyed a family.

Years later, people claimed they could hear Emily's laughter echoing in the garden, and Anna's voice calling her husband's name through the empty halls. Some said the windows lit up on stormy nights, though no one lived there anymore.

The bungalow became a legend -- a place of love, loss, and whispers that refused to die.


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