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    Esther was always warned never to go into the dumpster for it had been told to be haunted. She was walking home from school by herself and took a wrong turn. Esther stumbled upon the dumpster she was warned never to go into. As she was walking by, her eyes caught a glimpse of something shiny. Her curiosity got the best of her and she charged right into the haunted dumpster. It took her a little while to find the shiny object but she eventually found it. It was a doll. The doll, who Esther…

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    The article “House Mothers and Haunted Daughters” by Roberta Rubenstein talks about Shirley Jackson’s life and how many of her works are used to represent some of the struggles she had to face during her childhood. The narrator in this article explains that Shirley did not have the most pleasant childhood experiences. Shirley’s mother was awful mean to her. Shirley says that she felt like “[She] was not the daughter [her mother] wanted.” Shirley was often neglected and looked down upon. She…

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    I won’t say I was spoilt just fortunate, that I married to a great man, and lived in an expensive home in a gated community. Jerry and I married four years earlier and hadn’t started our family yet. He was an equal partner in a I successful real estate business with his best friend, Tony. Life was good, but when things change it was painful. After shopping all morning, I drove down the driveway opened my garage door, took my time getting my packages from the trunk and going into the house. I…

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    high school years, one event stood out from those memories. That memory was acting in a haunted house. It was a fundraising event for my graduating class in high school last year. My first haunted house experience taught me how enjoyable it can be. The haunted house was located in my high school, Okkodo. It was before Halloween of last year. We had three day to practice before our actual haunted house. The haunted house was for two nights. The first night was after school on October 24, 2014,…

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    The Haunted Tell-Tale Heart Paragraph one A New Home Once there lived a feeble elderly blind man whose life was cut short by a crazy calculated killer who somehow, someway escaped and evaded the police from arrest Later in the distant future a family had bought a house from a peculiar fellow, this is their story It's seven o'clock am The house was clearly decaying, the interior of the house had worn-down white walls, portraits,…

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    More that one-third of American adults is obese. (Adult) The Obesity is when a person has too much body fat. Being obese has become more and more common in America and is starting to trend. Obesity has haunted America for many generations; I will tell you about the background of obesity in America, Analyze the problem, talk about solutions, and the benefits of using the solutions. To fight something, you must know more about it and the background. Background What we are fighting is not just a…

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    crying in his parents arms terrified for a reason unknown to him. The parents look at each other worriedly; this had become an every night thing. Their son had been diagnosed with night terrors and they know no way to help him. Night terrors have haunted children and their parents all around the world, prompting scientists find the causes of this disorder, improve treatment so parents and children can sleep peacefully at night, and help prevent them from happening. Sadly it seems that night…

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    Kennedy was no stranger to ghosts. They were a familiar part of her childhood, woven into all of her images of her old house. She had distant, dusty memories of the hushed voices in her attic that her mother brushed off as imagination. Their house was situated on the edge of the town’s oldest cemetery, and Kennedy’s view each morning was rows and rows of graves. She, her little brother, and the neighbor boys would even play in there before dark most nights – hide and seek mostly, but sometimes…

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    After having a scrumptious lunch, Marlene, together with Elena and her mother were on their way to the agent’s office. Mrs. Parker still had to give out a lot of papers and statements. It’s not an easy job to buy a new house, much less than selling one. Marlene was sitting at the backseat of their SUV. Elena, on the other hand was sitting beside their mother at the front seat while twiddling with the radio. Marlene took out her iPod and listened to One Direction while enjoying the scenery. The…

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    Standing on the porch, Justin could see the inside the house, but when he recalled the stories he heard about prisoners in the basement and something to do with the Haunted mountain. Not wanting to take any chances, He started down the steps. Glancing at the old man’s sad face, Justin knew he would be safe and quickly changed his mind about going into the house. Closing his eyes, he stepped inside the door, and his heart…

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