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Haunting Truths

The Terrifying Secrets of an Abandoned Asylum

By TitanPublished about a year ago 5 min read
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The abandoned asylum on the outskirts of the town stood as a reminder of a dark chapter in its history. A place where the mentally ill were once locked away and subjected to horrific experiments. The asylum had been closed for years, but its dark past seemed to linger in the air, waiting to be uncovered.

Sara had always been fascinated by the asylum's dark past. She spent countless hours researching its history, reading about the experiments that took place within its walls, and the patients who suffered under the doctors' care. Despite her friends' reluctance, Sara convinced them to explore the asylum with her.

As they snuck into the asylum through a broken window, Sara felt a chill run down her spine. She dismissed it as nerves and they began to explore the dark, creepy corridors. The asylum had been abandoned for years, but it still had a sense of eeriness to it. The walls were peeling, the floors creaked, and the air was musty and damp. It was as if the building was alive and breathing.

At first, they were thrilled by the eerie atmosphere and the sense of adventure. However, as they delved deeper into the asylum, strange things started to happen. They heard footsteps and whispers in the dark, and felt a sense of foreboding. The temperature dropped suddenly, and they saw their breath in the air. As they moved through the building, they caught glimpses of a ghostly figure, but they couldn't quite make out who or what it was.

Sara's friends began to get scared and begged her to leave, but Sara was determined to uncover the asylum's secrets. They continued to explore, and as they did, the ghostly presence became stronger. They saw shadows move across the walls, and heard the sound of something dragging along the floor. Sara's heart raced with excitement and fear.

As they tried to leave, they found that the asylum's doors and windows had mysteriously locked themselves. They were trapped inside with the ghost of a former asylum patient who was seeking revenge on the doctors who performed horrific experiments on her and ultimately led to her death.

Sara and her friends tried to find a way out, but every door and window was locked tight. They were completely cut off from the outside world. Panic set in as they realized that they were not alone in the asylum. They heard whispers and moans in the darkness, and felt the cold breath of the ghostly figure on their necks.

As they tried to find a way out, Sara realized that the only way to escape and put the ghost to rest was to find the source of the experiments and destroy it. They searched through the archives and discovered a hidden room deep within the asylum, where the experiments took place.

The room was dark and foreboding, and filled with the instruments of torture and pain. The walls were stained with blood and covered in scratch marks from the patients who had suffered within them. Sara and her friends felt sick to their stomachs as they looked around the room, realizing the extent of the torture that had taken place there.

But as they tried to destroy the source, they found themselves face to face with the ghostly figure they had been seeing throughout the asylum. They realized that the figure was not just a ghost, but the embodiment of the asylum's curse, which had been haunting anyone who dared to enter.

The ghostly figure let out a blood-curdling scream and attacked them. They felt its cold, clammy hands wrap around their throats, and the sensation of being choked. They fought back with all their might, but the ghost was too powerful. As they struggled, Sara remembered something she had read in her research - that the only way to put a vengeful spirit to rest was to confront it with the truth.

She yelled out to the ghost, "What happened here? Why are you haunting this place?"

The ghostly figure paused for a moment, and then began to speak. It told them the story of the experiments, how the doctors had used the patients as guinea pigs, injecting them with dangerous drugs and performing lobotomies without any regard for their well-being. The ghostly figure was a patient who had suffered through these experiments and ultimately died as a result.

Sara and her friends were horrified by the ghost's story. They realized that the only way to put the ghost to rest was to destroy the room and everything in it. They searched for anything that could be used as fuel and found an old can of gasoline. They poured it all over the room, lit a match, and watched as the room went up in flames.

As the fire burned, the ghostly figure let out a final scream and disappeared into the flames. The curse was finally lifted, and they were free to leave the asylum. They stumbled out into the daylight, shaken and traumatized by what they had experienced.

Sara and her friends never spoke of their experience at the asylum again. They all agreed that it was too terrifying to ever go back. However, they couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction knowing that they had put the ghost to rest and brought closure to the spirits of the patients who had suffered within the asylum's walls.

Years later, the town decided to demolish the asylum and build something new in its place. As the bulldozers moved in, Sara couldn't help but feel a sense of relief knowing that the dark chapter of the asylum's history was finally over. But she couldn't help but wonder if the spirits of the patients still lingered in the air, seeking justice for the horrors they had endured.

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Titan

Just a college student who needed some motivation so I started writing. Hope the wisdom helps. I won't be creating stories for only one genre so stick around, you'll find a variety of stories.

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