Death In the Closet

From: Justin Roberts (flanneljacket@yahoo.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: Hobbs, NM
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Sun Dec 23 01:19:20 2007

Death In The Closet
By: Justin Roberts

The closet, it is said, is the most feared place by children everywhere. Boogie men made of jackets and ghosts made of shirts. But no ones closet has evil things lurking inside it, unless you're me. It started when I was 8. The scratching had woken me up. I got scared and called for my parents. Nobody came in. I called again, and again, and again, but nobody came. Then, it came out. It's cold lifless eyes, it's impossibley skinny body, it's long black hair. But the scariest thing of all, it's face. It had those pale blue eyes, a harelip, and a large cut in it's neck. I'm going to skip a few parts and tell you a priest did no good and it came out many more nights after that to haunt me. Finally, I broke down one night and destroyed the wall in my closet. A very disgusting smell hit me, along with a body bag. The police came the next day to identify Liza Gohofter (GO-HOOF-TEER), a 15 year old abused, starved, and eventually killed by her crazy parents. All this happened to her because of the harelip she was born with. After she had a propper funeral, her ghost never came back. The poor tortured soul was killed in the closet by her mom. The reason my parents didnt hear my cries that night was because the room had been sound-proofed by her parents so they didn't have to hear her pain. We moved later to our new house, and still live here today. To learn more e-mail me at flanneljacket@yahoo.com. God bless all and Merry Christmas. Justin Roberts 12/22/07.