Neighborhood Nightmares | 3 Scary Halloween Stories: Don’t Open the Door
Weekly Spooky | Scary Stories for HalloweenShow Notes
Jack Scratch returns with three scary Halloween stories from Millhaven, where every invitation has a price. A widower’s bargain to save his wife comes due. A trick-or-treater meets Mr. Pickles, a beautiful cat whose owner obeys a murderous voice. Two police officers enter a Halloween party—and the doorway disappears. Keith Tomlin’s “Jack Scratch’s Neighborhood Nightmares” brings together “The Debt,” “The Voice” and “The Choice,” narrated by Henrique Couto. This supernatural horror anthology turns porch lights, candy bowls and familiar homes into traps. Jack promises a tour. He never promises a way home.
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