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A Haunted House Story

It is 12:00 on October 22nd. A house appears out of nowhere.

In 24 hours people will speculate on how it got here.

In two days people will claim its haunted.

In four days kids will dare each other to go in.

In one week a group of four teenagers will venture inside.

In eight days they will be reported missing.

In ten days there corpses will be found behind the house.

In eleven days a search will begin to find the murderer.

In fifteen days a suspect will be found.

In twenty days he will be released from custody.

In one month, speculation will die down.

In two months, the search will wind down.

In four months hardly anyone will talk about the murder anymore.

In six months the search will be called off.

And in six months and one day a small child will claim he saw the house smiling.

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