The orphanage

Supernatural Stories | Apr 17, 2012 | 2 min read
60 Votes, average: 4 out of 5
On a gloomy day in the middle of winter in the year 1976, you arrive at an old abandoned orphanage from the 40s. You are a private investigator sent here by the police department to investigate a local string of disappearances of men and women. Witnesses say those who go in do not come back out, and every now and then you can hear the anguished screams pierce the night coming from the orphanage.

As you near the door, the hair stands up on the back of your neck as you feel an accusing glare beaming into you, as you look at the second floor window a sudden movement caught your eye but you dismiss the idea as only fools believe in ghosts. You open the door as it lets out a creaking groan of protest. It is dark, and has not been clean for a very long time. As you look around your hear the sound of giggling but you can not discern the source of this noise. Then your hear something calling out in low voice "daddy..." . You walk closer to the cellar door, as you do it becomes louder, and louder. Your pulse quickens, "there is something very wrong with this place" you think to yourself, as you walk down the stairs.

Your body protests in fear but your mind continues down the descent dismissing the silly assumptions of ghosts. When you make it to the bottom the door slams shut behind you, it is pitch black, your pull out your flash light but when you turn it on your heart stops and you break into a cold sweat, as you look unto the corpses of different people literally merged with the orphanage. You get closer to them in disbelief, reality of the situation slams into you, causing you to panic you turn to run but are stopped......as the residents of old, dozens of children with rotting flesh, their bodies still displaying hints of their death. Some had the appearance of sickness, others broken necks and mangled bodies suggesting death by falling. They slowly stumble towards you moaning "daddy why did you leave us we want you to stay forever". Trembling you slowly step back only to find little hands coming through the floor grabbing your ankles, pulling you down to be absorbed. In shock you drop your flashlight, you let out a pure scream of terror as your world goes dark......and you become a permanent resident of....The Orphanage....

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Maggie Apr 18, 2012

You could probably use better grammar. And because you are trying to make us feel like we are ACTUALLY in the scene, maybe more description? Overall an okay story.

Kristijan Olujic Apr 18, 2012

WOW! nice one sometimes I like reading this short stories and I tell you last sentence: ,,In shock you drop your flashlight, you let out a pure scream of terror as your world goes dark??and you become a permanent resident of?.The Orphanage?." IS SOMETHING

Apr 18, 2012

Too short and needed some more detail but a quick read is always nice

Apr 18, 2012

Another good story

Enki Apr 18, 2012

Thank you, it was in creepy pasta format but the funny reason why its so short is because i was bored so i asked my friend to give me a topic and ill do a story so he said orphans and i finished it in twenty minutes and the maybe not everyone would want s

Jesus Apr 17, 2012

The use of ??YOU?? makes it easier for the readers to feel like they are part of the story, I like that its not just another orphanage story or movie in which they just see dead kids but in this story they are the evil ones not victims. I will complain ab

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