The Haunt is a creature and the main antagonist from "The Haunted House" story of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
History[]
The Haunted House[]
There was a haunted house where folks had tried to spend the night for decades but to no avail. One day, a priest came to bless the house. When night came, he saw the haunt coming from the cellar toward him and he asked who it was and what it wanted. The haunt grabbed his coat and told him she was murdered by her husband and that the only way to find peace was to have her bones be given a proper burial. She also asked for a favor: to place her finger in the church collection plate so she can point to her murderer. If the priest did this, and the haunt would show him where she hid her money.
The priest gave the bones a proper burial, but made sure to keep one finger bone at the ready and placed it in the church collection plate. For a while, nothing happened as the plate was passed around and people donated to it, but then, the finger wrapped around one particular man, who, in a blind panic, confessed everything. He was arrested, tried, and sentenced to be hanged. The priest then found the woman's money in the chimney and donated it all and the haunt was able to pass on to heaven. Life went back to normal for the priest, but as a permanent reminder of the encounter, the spot where the haunt touched his jacket remained stained by her finger prints no matter how much he washed it.
General Information[]
Physical Appearance[]
She resembles a young woman with stringy black hair, and a skull-like face with a glowing blue light in her eye sockets.
Personality[]
While nothing much is known about her in life, in death, she seeks to find peace and for her murderer to be brought to justice.
Trivia[]
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Scary Stories |
The Corpse • Jangly Man • Bloody Head • The Thing • Jim • White Wolf • The Haunt • Alligators • Wendigo • Basket Woman • Slithery-Dee • Aaron Kelly • Cats • Bloody-Fingered Ghost | |
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More Scary Stories |
The Undead • Ghastly Face • Ghost Ship Pride • Little Black Dog • Old Lady • Daisy Clark • The Creature • Cat Witch • The Voice • Church Ghosts • Leon and Todd • Bone Ghost • The Chair | |
| Boo Man • Death • Rich Woman Ghost • Kate Faherty • Black Dog • Footstep Ghost • Cat-Eyed Men • Harold the Scarecrow • Dead Hand • Addie Fitch • Wolf Girl • Pale Lady • Sewer Rat • Man with a Sharp Knife • Poltergeist • Ghost Woman • Anne • Horrible Thing • The Head • Raspberry Sound-Making Ghost | ||