A night in hell house

Part 2 Chapter 3

4:45 pm

Simon Wagner sat at one of the chairs at the big round table inside of the Great Hall.

"I am now ready. Please turn the lights down low I will need some darkness in order to be able to work."

Professor Vladimir winded up the old phonograph and spoke into the microphone as the room went quiet.

" it is now 4:45 p.m." he said, " this is our first sitting at the Belasco house with Mr Simon Wagner as our medium."

Simon was very quiet for a few minutes and then he began to speak in a very strange voice, " greetings from the land beyond life." He said, "I am Alim high priest to Pharaoh Khaba."

' Mr Wagner spirit guide is an ancient Egyptian.' Thought Vivian, ' very fascinating.'

" greetings to you Alim," said Professor Vladimir as he held the microphone near Simon, " what can you tell us about this house?"

" this house is very dangerous, like a hungry Crocodile. You must leave immediately. This place is a lot like a land of Osiris."

Simon gasped.

" someone is coming... a giant man... he wants to talk immediately..."

Simon's voice changed again to a much deeper tone.

" welcome to my house. I'm glad that you come."

" Who am I addressing now?" Asked professor Vladimir.

"I am Emeric Belasco. The master of Hell House, or rather I once was."

"Please explain, what happened to you? Your body was never found in many people believe that you are still alive."

"well professor all started when I had this house built back in 1919. I heard rumors from some of the local people that the land was unclean but I did not listen to them because I didn't believe them. Over the years strange things begin to happen why didn't seem to be anything serious at first. But in the year 1929 is when things really got nasty. A plague had hit this house and two doctors were staying with me had no idea where it came from. I suspected that made in the atmosphere outside so I picked up the windows as a precaution."

" what happened next?" Asked professor Vladimir.

" all the guests and servants when absolutely crazy. The guests all began to murder and rape each other. Some of them even 8 each others flesh and drank each other's blood."

Simon grunted.

" I hid in one of the rooms for several days until eventually I died of dehydration."

" what caused all this?" Asked Vivian.

" there is a demon living here on this property. It may even be the devil himself."

  Simon turned his head.

" oh no! Something is coming!"

The grand piano in the corner of the Great Hall began to play itself, as if there is a child over at the piano banging on the keys.

"That's it! It's him! The monster!"

Cushions off of some of the sofas began to fly around without a pattern.

The huge chandelier above the round table began to shake violently.

" what's happening?" Asked Vivian in a frightening voice.

"Suddenly a fire appeared in the great fireplace in a flash.

"What? Who lit that fire?" Yelled professor Vladimir.

Suddenly the fire began to shoot around the room and circle around Simon's chair.

" Mr Wagner is on fire!" Yelled Vivian

The flames around Simon's chair began to grow higher and higher until he was gone from sight!

" whatever is in here must be using his strength." Said Professor Vladimir as the flames completely covered some of the body.

Suddenly explosions to be hard with in the room that sounded a lot like gunshots.

Finally Simon screamed in flames disappeared.

Dr Melrose flipped the lights back on.

" Simon do you remember what happened?" Asked professor Vladimir.

Simon thought for a second and then recalled what has happened.

" I do remember that Alim spoke to us, and then another entity to cover my mind. Who was it?"

" it was Belasco himself." Said Vladimir, " according to him there's a demon living in this house and it was responsible for everything that happened here."

"I knew it!" Said Simon, " Belasco was not responsible for what happened here. I knew there was more to the story."

" alright that's it!" Snapped Dr Melrose, " I have heard enough of this bullshit!"

Then Dr Melrose turned towards Simon, " I am wondering something Mr Wagner. Why is it then ancient Egyptian priests will communicate to you in English and not speak one word of ancient Egyptian?"

Simon cleared his throat. " well Dr Melrose as a mental medium I communicate with spirits with the power of telepathy. Alim wasn't literally speaking English to us."

"Oh for God's sake!" Said Professor Vladimir with a lot of irritation.

" need I remind you that we were nearly consumed by a fireball a moment ago? Are you going to try and tell me that Harry Houdini is alive and hiding in this house someplace?"

" well not necessarily." Said Dr Melrose, " I just think that Mr Wagner locked into some energy in this room and it went haywire."

" listen gentleman" said Vivian and she stood up trying to calm everyone down, "something happen that we can't explain but I'll be more than happy to get ready to do a sitting and tell you a little bit more about the situation."

" very well" said Professor Vladimir, " we will set up the spirit cabinet while you go get prepared.