The Blood Countess
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“Welcome back, kiddies,” howled Victor. “Dr. Toothspark has missed you all. Well, enough of your rotten mummies and deadies have called the studio and this will be my final show. I guess it is too scary for some of them! So my final story will be a good one. This one took place at the Shadow Hills Cemetery on Washout Drive. This time our brave soul may not be so lucky,” Then Victor laughed his maniacal laugh hehahHAHAHAHAHA!

                It was a beautiful Friday evening in our little town. Angela and her friends were hanging out at her house with little to do. The teenagers began to talk about local ghost stories and most of them were for children and were stupid. Then a girl spoke up and mentioned the name Madam Malvado. Everyone looked at her with curiosity because nobody in the room knew the story. So the girl told the group the story of Madam Malvado. The Madam was a vile woman who despised young girls because of their beauty and youth. So she began to kidnap the girls in town and keep them in her basement under her house. Then the Madam got the idea that their blood would make her young again. So Madam Malvado bathed in the girls' blood. A year after this started, she was arrested and tried in court. The judge gave her a death sentence and she was hanged. But Madam Malvado told the people before she was executed that her grave site would forever be haunted and she would kill any girls who come by it.

                                                                                                                   A Cemetary
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                After the girl told this story, many of the kids were quiet because none of them had heard of this supposed legend. Then one of the girls said, “I dare someone to go to her grave tonight and stay there until morning.” Nobody accepted her dare, so they decided to draw straws. All the teens drew straws and lo and behold Angela’s was the shortest. So with a deep breath she started off to the Shadow Hills Cemetery. Nobody was brave enough to go with her on this daring journey.  Angela walked for a half an hour to the cemetery. Angela arrived at the cemetery gates; she drew a deep breath, and then pushed open the large rusty gate and stepped into the cemetery. It took her a few minutes to find the grave site where Madam Malvado was buried. When she did find it, the tombstone was eerie. It was a large life-sized statue of Madam Malvado. Angela sat at the base of the statue and waited until morning.

    Well, the next morning came and Angela’s friends all went to the cemetery to find her. When the group arrived at the grave site, they were struck with sheer horror. Angela was lying in the statue's arms. Angela’s face looked like she had seen absolute horror before she died. On her neck there were two small hand marks where she had been strangled. One of her friends ran to a nearby house and called the police. When the police arrived and surveyed the scene, they could not find a single clue. Her friends asked what the police knew and they told them nothing, not even a suspect. One officer said with some apprehension in his voice, “I don’t know what is happening in the town: first killer clowns and cult members, and now kids being killed for no reason.” He then walked away from the teens, leaving them in disbelief.
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                         Black Agnes
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“So, kiddies, beware if you go to visit grandma and grandpa where they sleep because they may come back. Tell your mummies and deadies that Dr.Victor says hello.” Victor then cackled his usual laugh and then was off the air.

Author's Note

My story came from the urban legend of Black Agnes. This is commonly told with someone going to a grave site on a dare. That person usually ends up dead killed by a strange supernatural force. The ghost is a woman who died of a broken heart. The person being killed is related to the man who broke the dead girl’s heart, so her revenge is the death of their relative. My story is somewhat like this except for the fact my character is killed as a victim of circumstance rather than revenge. Another way this is told is that someone sticks a knife in the grave but somehow pins their clothing to it. So the person thinks the ghost has them with really it is just the knife. Also I based my character Madam Malvado on a real-life serial killer. I based her on Countess Elizabeth Báthory A.K.A. The Blood Countess. She did as I described in the story. The Countess would bathe in the blood of imprisoned young women whom were virgins. The reason for this was because it would make her younger. So I used a real figure in an urban legend to make it seem a bit real.
Go here for more information on the Real Countess Elizabeth Báthory

Bibliography

Title: Black Agnes
Author: Barbara Mikkelson
Website name: Snopes.com
Web Source: Black Agnes

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Story 1: The Clown Statue
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