Every Trunk Was Open and Nobody Was There

Row of cars with open decorated trunks in an empty church lot at night, trunk or treat horror story

This trunk or treat horror story happened on Halloween night on a two-lane road in the middle of nowhere. I pulled into a church lot to ask for directions, and every car there was ready for kids, except there were no people at all. It was Halloween, around ten at night. I was driving back … Read more

The House on Maple Court Was Holding a Halloween Raffle

Clipboard with a pen on a chain on a dark Halloween porch, scary halloween story raffle

This scary halloween story starts with a flyer in my mailbox and a house that went all out for trick-or-treaters. I filled out the raffle sheet like everybody else, and on November first, the prize came to my door. I don’t usually do Halloween. I live alone in a duplex, I work early, and I’m … Read more

There Was One More Actor on the Hayride Than We Hired

This haunted hayride story comes from the fall I spent jumping out of the dark for twelve dollars an hour. We had nine actors on the roster that night, and on the last run I counted ten. I worked one season at a haunted hayride outside of Lancaster. It was a farm that did pumpkins … Read more