Haunted House Stories

The Grade 3 and 4 students in my class were asked to write scary, but not gory, Halloween stories. They were to focus on using sensory imagry in their writing. Hopefully your spine will shiver when you read these spooky tales.

Room 8's Scary Stories

When I entered the haunted house the stairs creaked 1 broke I ran for my life. I went into the kitchen and smelt an old cake it stung my nostrils. I saw a shadow so I turned around and nobody was there. Spider webs were hanging on the corners of the haunted house. Bats were hanging outside of the trees. When I looked outside the broken window I felt a cold hard air rushing through my body like a horse running. So I lay against a wall I fell into a secret passage. I froze. I checked another wall there was another secret passage. I found some old stairs. I walked up the stairs. I felt a rush of air strike again. A rush of air came behind me. I looked there I saw an axe. I ran for my life. I saw a ghost going forward into a door. I saw an ancient floor.
By A

I went walking down the street when I saw a big creepy house. I walked up stairs and opened the door. I saw a big old coffin I also saw a spider web and a tranchela. I heard the stairs move when I was going to the dungeon when I got to the dungeon I smelled moldy air. I felt the cold breeze coming from the broken window. I tasted slime to.
I got stuck in the house when I smelled smoke. I tried to call the firefighters but they were already on a rescue. I was crying like I was going to faint. The flames were getting Closer and closer I wished I never came in this house. I tried to climb the broken window but the flames got me. I didn’t know what to do.

The Scary Haunted House

When I went into the Scary Haunted House I got scared cause there was bats on the roof. I heard creaky floors when I took a step. I seen spider webs. There was dust as thick as two inches. I felt cold air rushing through my body and my spine and made it shiver. I could smell rotten wood and moldy air. Spoiled food dripped from the kitchen above. I went upstairs. The stairs were creaking. The stairs turned flat and I fell into a trap I herd some footsteps I got scared. I wanted to get out. The footsteps were getting louder and louder. I found a trap door and it lead down to the basement. The footsteps were getting louder and louder.
By C

One stormy night a noise from the abounded house woke me up. I got out of my bed to see what was going on in the old abandoned house. I was scared. I was going to turn the doorknob but the door opened all by it self. I said “ to my self that was really weird”. Then I heard the door bang shut behind me it was like someone was expecting me. I heard the noise was coming from top I went up the stairs to see what was happening I was scared. I saw a light. I was wondering what happening. So I took a look to what was happening. So I took a peek, there was glowing golding was nice so I touched it but when I touched it went away I guess it a marriage. I was going downstairs because the noise was coming from downstairs now. Then I was going downstairs but the stairs was gone, broken into pieces. I went up the other stairs but eventually the house stated to stink. There was a skunk so I said to my self “good thing I brought my bebee gun”. So BAM the skunk was dead, but the house still smelt I was wondering what that smell was. I kept on going on.. there was something weird going on in the attic I looked in there was onions dead skunks, I couldn’t look it was to gross, so I got rid of it. By C.

I walked down the sidewalk and I saw the old mansion so I stepped inside. The doors went SLAM! The doors got covered with bricks I said oh ho I got my flashlight I saw a big SPOOKY ghost I ran to the kitchen I found a golden watch so I took it but I found out it was a TRAP I ran away from the kitchen the tiles where falling .I ran quickly I saw the ghost it said give me that watch I said NO I ran through the ghost up the stairs and I got pushed out of the chimney. By C

I was on my way home. When I saw a house that wasn’t their yesterday. So I took anther bite of my bread and walked up the stairs. There in front of me was a great big door stood in front of me. I opened the door with all my might. I swung open my door. The peculiar smell drifted in the air. Even though it was hot outside, it was cold. I had goosebumps. But I probably knew it wasn’t a haunted house.

Then I saw a black cat hissing at me so I ran up these stairs holding on to the rail. I felt an oily liquid on my hand. I heard a thump and a bump and I said to myself, “I’m not alone!” The bread I ate tasted like frozen orange juice. I felt my spine shiver. I heard my name being called. I felt a cold breeze go through me. I had turned into Sherlock Holmes.
I went up the stairs and I head a tricycle that was rusted. My name was called again. I was on the top of the stairs. I saw a blood red sofa. I felt my heart beat faster and faster, it felt like it was going to explode. But I wasn’t going to give up my search. I turned the corner into a room I couldn’t believe
who I saw. . Big Joe, the school bully! I didn’t ask why he was hear. So I walked back down the stairs. I opened the big door went out of that nightmare. I said to myself that I was surprised. By C

When I entered the house I heard creaking floors and stairs things shaking violently my name being called and the door slam behind me .I was scared out of my socks. Then kept on walking on the rotting wood floor and the floor gave way and I fell through the floor into the basement. I felt a cold wind pass through me and saw a ghost I screamed and ran up the creaky stairs. Then I saw rotting food and it smelled bad and I tasted slime. It was drool from an evil werewolf Mr. Hide was with him. They chased me too. Then they fell through a booby trap that I missed. I stopped and sighed in relief and caught my breath. I took 1 step I went through a booby trap and couldn’t get out! Then I found a hidden door. By D

I was outside and I had never in my life seen a haunted house. It was the house on the haunted hill so I went and looked at the house and I knocked on the door and the door opened. I went inside and I saw an electricity shock out of the window and I heard a noise up stairs. I saw a guy but he was a hologram with a scull in his hand. It was a real scull. So I chased after him and he went into a room. I stopped and he came out with a rubber knife I went past him and I had a knife in my hand. He then told me he was just my brother. He fooled me then we went home and ate supper. By D.

The sound of the bats and ghost were terrifying. I was so scared, I got shivers down my back. The wind tickled me. I could feel the fear. I see the see through, white ghosts the bats, mice and spiders are creeping me out. I could smell the burned wood and dust and let me tell you it did not smell good. The cobweb and dust tasted so gross. By H.

It was dark I was all alone in an avenue called wolf rich. There was a big haunted house. I knocked on the door but nobody was home. So I opened the door and there cob webs all over was so dark that I couldn’t see I turned on my flashlight and went inside. When all of a sodden I heard the door slam behind me. I opened another door and bats flying out. When I heard footsteps coming I prayed that it was just another kid like me. By k.

When I went in the scary Haunted House there were stairs cracking. I was freaked I was getting goose bumps I smelt a fragrant smell but it was just me. The upstairs smelt like rotten eggs. I saw a shadow following me so I ran downstairs but the shadow was still following behind my back. I felt force-feed it was freaky. I tasted dust it tasted spoiled I had to hold my breath for a long time. There was a problem I saw something moving I didn’t know what it was then the wall slammed together with sharp pointy things. I couldn’t find a way out there was a spike that I touched and I fell down a hole. Then there was a whole bunch of hands touching me they were talking to me finally I hit the ground. There was a girl she looked kind of funny then all of the sudden pop goes the weasel she was a ghost! I was scared to death. Then I figured out that the ghost can’t hurt me so that was the end of the ghost. I found some light then nothing was there except for me since I wasn’t scared I slept there over night. By k

Creek the stairs shook under my feet like it was going to claps underneath me. When I got to the door I had 2nd, 3rd and 4th thoughts about it but I knew I had to go in. I snuck
In the door it slammed behind me but I knew I had to go in. Nobody was there I took off my backpack and opened it up and took out my flashlight all I could see was a massive light switch. Just as I was going to switch it on the door opened it was Cheyenne and Nicole we tried our hardest it wouldn’t budge so we all turned on our flashlights it was snowing dust so we sat down all of a sudden a wind blew it was so cold I was going to get hypothermia I grabbed my arms shaking with fear and trying to keep warm at the same time then the wind stopped! We all looked at each other what happened I asked I don’t know Nicole said Let’s explore 2nd then 3rd and fourth o.k. We said in excitement we were walking down the hall we all stood on one rug but it fell we tried to hold on but we slipped down and down we went luckily there was a slide underneath us! We all got to the bottom I found a switch I said I turned it on we cold finally see we jumped up and down. Then I yelled let’s clime up the slide so we did I got up first then Cheyenne then me and Cheyenne pulled up Nicole but somebody pulled her down and locked the door from the inside There must be an other way we looked up slime I said well slide the door open. We took some slime and rubbed it in the cracks it slid open we went in all there was foot prints so we followed them it led us to an other door we opened it. By K

When I entered the haunted house and I stepped on the floor it creaked and cracked and the floor caved in on me. I was in an unfamiliar place in the basement of the house. Then I saw some big ugly rats scattering all over. I got scared and I was really nervous about this house it was spooky. I felt a gust of some really cold air rush through my body.
I turned around and a bunch of holes where in the wall. So I looked in one of the holes and I seen something glowing in another room. Then I looked in another hole and I saw a bat that looked like it had a broken wing and was laying on the ground so I tried to get into that room with the bat in it and I did, so I tried to help it but it flew up and scared me then I cried to myself {I guess it didn’t need help after all.} So then I got out of the room and I left with nightmares. That was my day at the haunted house. By N

I saw a haunted house so I walked in the haunted house. Then I heard the door shutting behind me. I saw a shadow walking back and forth. Then I started to shake. I walked up the stairs. And I heard the stairs squeaking. It was really loud. Then I smelled rotting food lying on the floor. I tasted slime in my mouth. I felt spider webs all over my hands also I felt air going through me. I thought it was a ghost flying around and it went through me. I thought I heard footsteps getting louder and louder. I tried to run but the door was locked. I tried to run up the stairs but I heard a weird noise. So I just sat in the corner so nobody could find me. When he went away I ran out the door down the steps in the alley into the house. I saw someone in the kitchen. I turned on the lights it was my mom. She said time for bed so I went to bed. The next morning when I woke up I felt better.

BY P.

“I dare you to go into that ancient haunted house “. Said Dan with a small smile. Hi I’m Tim Elsen and that is Dan he is trying to get me into the haunted house well so called haunted house well back to the story. “Come on are you chicken buc buc chicken” said Dan with a snicker . “No way absolutely not , not a chance in the world” I said.” Okay then I guess that you don’t want to get twenty five bucks “ “come again” I said sputtering . “you heard me twenty five bucks” Dan said not even looking at me more looking at his nails. “ well okay “ I said scratching my head . I wasn’t so sure about going into this old house. I walked over and pushed open the gate and stepped inside the yard .The gate was so squeaky I don’t think oil could even fix it. I stepped inside a huge cloud of dust appeared when I stepped inside . the mold scent stung my nose I tried to breathe through my mouth but the heavy air and dust burnt my throat. Once my eyes adjusted to the light I walked in . I coughed so hard I thought I was going to cough up a lung. Once I stopped coughing I looked down to see the floor cracking under my feet.” AAAAAH” The floor snapped under my weight . I was hanging on by one hand I didn’t know how much of a fall it was it just might be five feet or it might be one hundred feet . Meanwhile out side Dan went around back and sat down on a marble bench and closed his eyes. “Man I got to get out of here “ I said pulling my self out and rolling away from the hole where I just was. My blond hair was like my uncles’ hair. My pants were dusty like dry sand. My hooey that was bright yellow is now white. I could not see out of my glasses it is a good thing I wasn’t my new glasses my mom would kill me. By T.

I entered a haunted house and I got on the rugs. Suddenly the door slammed shut be hind me I was scared. I started walking up the stairs and I heard a big noise behind me as I was walking then and all of a sudden I was very cold and then it went away. When I reached the top I could smell the rotten floor. I explored the house when I was tired I went to bed. As I was about to lye down I saw an old box. I walked up to it and wiped the dust of the top of it. It’s said do not enter. But of course I wanted to know what was in it so I broke it open it was very shinny guess what was inside of it. It was gold. Then I saw a man in the background. I am rich I shouted out loudly I saw something move in the shadow and I went to sleep.
By T.

I entered the haunted house and I heard the door and gate slam like this BANG.
Then I saw a pair of stairs creaking. Then I went up the stairs and crashed into an Invisible wall it felt hard! Then I smelled spoiled food! Then I saw some food rotting. Then I heard the fridge fall. Then I got trapped between four invisible walls. I tried to beat the wall by hammering it with an axe and one only broke! Then I stabbed, shot and slammed the walls and I was free! By W.

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