There is a haunted spot just out of town,
where people warn their children not to go.
A crime of horror happened in that place
and demons linger still from long ago.
It’s said, on moonless nights at Halloween
when howling wind drowns out the lonely owl,
a shadow creeps among the darkened oaks,
and suddenly the air turns deathly foul.
A hollow-sounding, crazed. demonic wail
will reverberate across the frozen lake,
and creatures scurry deep into their dens,
and leave uneasy stillness in their wake.
What evil lurks beside the old lagoon,
where once a ruthless killer dragged his prey,
and slashing out her palpitating heart
consumed it then, to leave her where she lay?
The victim was the daughter of a witch,
The lake was known to be her special place.
So many suitors sought to win her hand,
enchanted by the beauty of her face.
The folk in town used hounds to track his wake,
and found the killer crouching near the mill.
No mercy did they show this wicked thug.
Like him, they too, were ready for the kill.
They hanged him from the old oak by the lake
and nameless buried him in a shallow grave.
Her mother cast a spell upon the place,
and nights like this are only for the brave.
Hark! Who comes to tempt the apparition?
Two strangers daring fate walk hand in hand.
Could it be they scoff in face of danger...
or maybe no one warned them of this land.
The night was fit to lure the spirit's wrath..
On such a night as this the deed occurred.
the couple halts and strains their ears to learn.
was it the wind, or sobbing, which they heard?
Suddenly, a scene unfolds before them;
a replay of a crime done long ago.
In frozen terror, they are doomed to watch
A gruesome, gory, heartless, horror show.
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People speculate about the strangers
Found wandering with vacant staring eyes.
They'll never guess what caused their minds to snap.
The specter knows what they must theorize.
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