A Message from the Grave. Below is an anatomy of a very short ghost story. The text in black is the actual story and the text in red are suggestions and explanations of the elements.
"A Message from the Grave"
I remember, back in the eighties, there was this elderly lady name Mrs. Bradley, who lived over on Jackson street, that's the street on the other side of Riverside cemetery. By saying when it took place, you set a time to the tale. Find out the name of the street next over from your local cemetery and use it. Add the cemetery name in as well. This will add known locations to the story.
Well, her husband, John I think his name was, had passed away the week before, but on his death-bed, he had told her that he needed to tell her something very important, something that she really needed to know. It was 8:30pm and visiting hours were ending, so she told him he should just rest, and she went home without finding out what he wanted to tell her. This will tie-in in to the story later.
That night, there was terrible storm, lots of thunder and lightning. Worst storm we'd had in years! John passed away that night and Mrs. Bradley never did get to hear what he wanted to tell her. Most people get a little spooked during a storm, this adds an element of scariness to the story.
Three days later, there was a funeral for John, half the town went. Everyone liked that old guy! Mrs. Bradley kept thinking about how bad she felt that he never got to tell her what he had wanted to.
There was another bad storm that night, the kind that knocks out electricity and phones, really bad! At 9:33pm that night her phone rang. She answered the phone but she could only hear moaning on the other end. Even though no words were spoken, she said that it had sounded just like her husband. This lasted for a few minutes, then the line went dead. She said she got at least four calls like that during the night.
The next day, she tried to call her neighbor, Mrs. Jones, you've heard of her, if she would drive her to the cemetery so she could place flowers on her husbands grave but the phone lines were still out.. So she she walked next door and asked her. Adding in another person with a known name to the people listening to the story gives credence to what they discover.
As they approached, they saw several utility men working near the grave. Mrs. Bradley asked what they were doing, they told her that during the storm, a telephone line had fallen down and was laying across this grave. She looked at the headstone they pointed to and saw that it was her dead husbands grave! Adding in another person gives credence to what they discover.
Were the phone calls she had received the night before made from beyond the grave by her dead husband, trying to tell her what he wanted to before he died? / halloween-online.com
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