The Goth House [My attempt at an H.P. Lovecraft styled story]

The Goth House

The Goth House (owned by Giles and Ginger Goth) is an ante-bellum home with a shady past. The exact date of the original construction is entirely unknown since all deeds and paper work are lost to time but is guessed to have been constructed in the mid 1820s; the original owner is also a bit of a mystery.

Despite, or because of, the rural setting, local legends abound. The house had lain dormant for many years with no indication as to what had happened to the owners, and no one would stay long enough to inhabit it--though those who dared to make it home remained tight lipped as to why they abandoned it. Legends speak of an owner that--possibly original--was active in witch hunts and was subsequently haunted by one of the victims, or that the owner was a member of a cult that dabbled in black magic and human sacrifice. Admittedly, the black woodwork had done nothing to dissuade these rumors.

If there is indeed a haunting, it would be of no surprise if it is from a murdered family of the last documented owners. The husband went into a jealous rage when he found out his wife had been having an affair with his brother, which produced children. The husband chopped and hacked his wife to death but was merciful to the children and beheaded them quietly while they slept. He hung himself in the basement after he buried the bodies--the bodies were later disinterred and given a proper burial. There were persistent rumors that more bodies were buried under the mound the house is built on--bodies of the supposedly sacrificed--but none were found.

Because of the many decades of neglect, the Goths have to undertake a massive renovation project to restore the house to not only livable shape but to its former ante-bellum glory. No ghost sightings or disturbances have been reported by the Goths.