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The Whispering House...

The McCleary house stood at the end of Harper's Lane, a hulking silhouette against a moonless sky.
Its windows, broken and black, stared out like the hollowed eyes of a skull.
The few who spoke of it did so in hushed tones.
They said the house took things-people, animals, the light, warmth, and left only cold whispers in return.
Most shrugged it off as a ghost story, but deep down, even they avoided walking past it when the sun dipped below the horizon.

But Alex didn't believe in ghost stories.
He believed in facts, in evidence.
And if no one would dare to prove that the McCleary house was just an old, decrepit building, then he would.

"One fucking night, and I'm done with this shit,"
Alex muttered to himself, tightening his grip on the flashlight.

It was nearly midnight when he arrived, armed with nothing but a flashlight, a recording camera, and a sharp edge of skepticism.
The wind had died entirely.
The air felt dead, too, as if the world outside the McCleary house was holding its breath.
Alex wasn't afraid. Not yet.

The door resisted at first, like something pressing against it from the other side, but after a groaning protest, it gave way with a soft hiss.

Inside, the smell of rot hit him, not just from decay, but something older, deeper-like the air itself had soured over the years.

"Christ," he whispered, gagging slightly.
"Smells like something fucking died in here."

His flashlight swept across the foyer, revealing furniture shrouded in dust and webs that trembled in the slight breeze that followed him in.
The silence was heavy.
Alex swallowed, more out of reflex than fear, or so he told himself.

The stories always said the house whispered.
A trick of the wind, maybe, or creaking wood.
He moved through the rooms, his footsteps muffled by dust so thick it seemed to absorb the sound.
A hallway stretched out ahead, vanishing into darkness.
He stopped for a moment, staring into the void.

"Jesus... why am I doing this?" Alex muttered, rubbing his temples.
"This is some stupid-ass Scooby-Doo bullshit."

Shaking it off, he continued on.
As he walked, the rooms around him seemed unchanged by time.
The dining table was still set, though covered in grime, as if the family had left in the middle of dinner, intending to return any moment.
A child's doll lay abandoned on the floor, its eyes gleaming dully in the beam of his flashlight.

"Creepy fucking doll. Nice," he mumbled under his breath, kicking it to the side with his shoe.

And then, as he turned to leave the room, he heard it.

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