trange Witch’s Curse

ome time ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

Lady Angela had been living in Alpine Castle, which she inherited from her parents, since she was born. The staff at Alpine Castle had been with her for many years. They were responsible and serious about their duties in keeping the castle running smoothly.

However, there was a slight problem that only the staff seemed to whisper about. Someone started a rumor that one of the castle’s guestrooms had a door with a witch’s curse.

Every time Lady Angela heard the rumor, she said that it was just a wild tale with utterly no foundation at all. She discussed the door problem with the Baron and Professor Hamblin who said that most of the doors in her castle were the same. Why, they wondered, would one door out of several dozen have a witch’s curse?

Some of the staff made every excuse they could not to use the door or enter the room. Usually this particular room remained unoccupied and remained empty even when there were guests in the castle.

Finally, in one of the books about the castle, it was discovered that two lovers were in the room when a third man barged in and began a fight. One of the men was badly hurt and the other was sent to jail for starting the fight. Since that incident, the door remained closed and untouched. The wooden floor still had some bloodstains from the fight.

The woman, Edna, was so shaken up by the fight that she had to be hospitalized with a nervous breakdown. The man who was put in jail hung himself and died. The other man drowned in Lake Lilliland from an unusual boating accident that occurred during a sudden storm. Edna, while hospitalized, forgot her name and had no recollection of the fight or the incident.

When a few brave souls do enter the room, they experience an eerie gray mist that is found only in that room, and in no other room in Alpine Castle.

Lady Angela had the entire room painted and all of the furniture was replaced. But the haunting gray mist still appeared from time to time as if the door and room were under a witch’s spell.