Halloween – now that's a time for ghosts. Halloween is my favourite time of year.....☠️
I'm Old Jack. I live in the north of England. My hobby is collecting ghost stories. I travel around and listen to people's strange and scary stories. Some of my best stories come from people I meet in pubs.☠️
But for Halloween I'd like to tell you something a bit special. This is not a story from a famous castle or hotel. This is a story from my own family.☠️
I'm from Northwest England, but I have an aunt who lives in Scotland. Her name is Edna. She lives near Holy Corner in Edinburgh in an old stone house.☠️
It's a nice house. But, one October, many years ago, a strange thing happened. It was late October, around Halloween. The gas heater in Aunt Edna's living room broke. The weather get's very cold in Scotland in November and December. So, of course, Aunt Edna wanted to get the heater fixed.
This gas heater was in the fireplace in the living room. A long time ago, the people who lived in the house used to burn coal and wood in the fireplace to keep warm. When my Aunt Edna bought the house, there was a gas heater in the fireplace. She was glad. It was much cleaner and more convenient than coal or wood. Of course, the chimney was still there, but no smoke had travelled up the chimney for many years.☠️