C.F. Fowler - Marion Rogers 01 - A Ghost's Vengeance by C.F. Fowler Page B
Authors: C.F. Fowler
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located about 20 miles south of Phoenix. Stories had circulated of various people who died there due to crime, lovers’ spats, and suicide. People reportedly heard voices and saw shadows.
Josh had a friend with an aviation company and got a good deal on private plane and helicopter trips. While the others flew to Phoenix on a private plane, Gordon and Marion drove. They wanted more time to visit with Gordon’s parents and make any side trips they wanted to take. They were all booked at the hotel, called appropriately the Haunted Inn. While Ken and Arnie examined the blueprints for the building, Josh, Marion, and Gordon went out to eat and look around the town.
They were finishing lunch at a coffee shop when one of the locals heard them talking about the inn. As he stood to leave the tip, the man looked over and said, “So you’re stayin’ at the carnival?”
Josh turned to the man and replied, “Carnival?”
The man smiled and approached their table. He was about 70-something and 5’11”.
“Sorry to intrude, name’s Lenny, Lenny Miller.” He extended a hand to Josh who shook it and introduced everyone at the table. “Yeah, they bought that place about five years ago. Then they started spreadin’ stories about it being haunted. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not. I’ve lived here for 30 years and never heard about anythin’ funny happenin’ there before. But I have to hand it to them, they’re makin’ money outta folks like you.”
“Folks like us?” Gordon asked.
“Folks that want the livin’ daylights scared out of them.”
“Oh! Yeah, that’s what we’re looking for,” Marion replied with a smile.
Josh laughed and asked, “Ever talk to anyone that was scared out of there?”
“Can’t say as I have. Heard a few people talkin’ about hearing voices, but they didn’t scare easy, I reckon.”
As the three stood up, Josh said, “Well, thank you, Lenny. You’ve been very helpful. We’ll just have to see what happens.”
Lenny lumbered out with a smile on his face. Josh, Marion, and Gordon walked around town looking for more feedback about the hotel. The word around town was the same that they heard from Lenny.
When they arrived back at the hotel, Marion felt the night would be long and fruitless. She was never happier not to be the face of the business. Josh usually had the long and tedious task of telling someone their claims could not be verified.
As Ken and Arnie moved around the hotel with cameras, audio recorders, and EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) sensors, Marion moved from room to room searching for ghosts. Gordon sat with Josh in Josh’s room, watching laptop monitors.
About one in the morning Ken heard a voice in the second floor hallway. He alerted the others and stood still to get what he could on the recorder. Marion and Arnie joined Ken and listened intently to the voice. They moved from one end of the hallway to the other hunting down the origin of the sound. They gathered at the point where the voice was loudest.
Marion said, “I don’t see any spirits here.”
Arnie called up to Josh via walkie-talkie and asked for a ladder. These types of jobs required a lot of equipment and they found a stepladder came in handy.
Josh brought the ladder down, leaving Gordon in the room to watch the monitors. A few minutes after Josh left, the door opened and a maid entered with a stack of towels. Gordon stood up and the maid gasped.
“I’m sorry sir. I was just bringing some more towels for Mr. Daniels.” She looked nervous.
“That’s fine, go ahead,” Gordon replied as he followed her to the bathroom.
She put the folded towels on the shelf and nervously ran out of the room. Suspicious, Gordon looked through the stack and found an electronic device. He left it where it was and went back to the monitors.
Josh brought the ladder and Arnie crawled up and felt the ceiling in the hallway. As Ken started to lift the radar device to see through the plaster, Arnie
Josh had a friend with an aviation company and got a good deal on private plane and helicopter trips. While the others flew to Phoenix on a private plane, Gordon and Marion drove. They wanted more time to visit with Gordon’s parents and make any side trips they wanted to take. They were all booked at the hotel, called appropriately the Haunted Inn. While Ken and Arnie examined the blueprints for the building, Josh, Marion, and Gordon went out to eat and look around the town.
They were finishing lunch at a coffee shop when one of the locals heard them talking about the inn. As he stood to leave the tip, the man looked over and said, “So you’re stayin’ at the carnival?”
Josh turned to the man and replied, “Carnival?”
The man smiled and approached their table. He was about 70-something and 5’11”.
“Sorry to intrude, name’s Lenny, Lenny Miller.” He extended a hand to Josh who shook it and introduced everyone at the table. “Yeah, they bought that place about five years ago. Then they started spreadin’ stories about it being haunted. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not. I’ve lived here for 30 years and never heard about anythin’ funny happenin’ there before. But I have to hand it to them, they’re makin’ money outta folks like you.”
“Folks like us?” Gordon asked.
“Folks that want the livin’ daylights scared out of them.”
“Oh! Yeah, that’s what we’re looking for,” Marion replied with a smile.
Josh laughed and asked, “Ever talk to anyone that was scared out of there?”
“Can’t say as I have. Heard a few people talkin’ about hearing voices, but they didn’t scare easy, I reckon.”
As the three stood up, Josh said, “Well, thank you, Lenny. You’ve been very helpful. We’ll just have to see what happens.”
Lenny lumbered out with a smile on his face. Josh, Marion, and Gordon walked around town looking for more feedback about the hotel. The word around town was the same that they heard from Lenny.
When they arrived back at the hotel, Marion felt the night would be long and fruitless. She was never happier not to be the face of the business. Josh usually had the long and tedious task of telling someone their claims could not be verified.
As Ken and Arnie moved around the hotel with cameras, audio recorders, and EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) sensors, Marion moved from room to room searching for ghosts. Gordon sat with Josh in Josh’s room, watching laptop monitors.
About one in the morning Ken heard a voice in the second floor hallway. He alerted the others and stood still to get what he could on the recorder. Marion and Arnie joined Ken and listened intently to the voice. They moved from one end of the hallway to the other hunting down the origin of the sound. They gathered at the point where the voice was loudest.
Marion said, “I don’t see any spirits here.”
Arnie called up to Josh via walkie-talkie and asked for a ladder. These types of jobs required a lot of equipment and they found a stepladder came in handy.
Josh brought the ladder down, leaving Gordon in the room to watch the monitors. A few minutes after Josh left, the door opened and a maid entered with a stack of towels. Gordon stood up and the maid gasped.
“I’m sorry sir. I was just bringing some more towels for Mr. Daniels.” She looked nervous.
“That’s fine, go ahead,” Gordon replied as he followed her to the bathroom.
She put the folded towels on the shelf and nervously ran out of the room. Suspicious, Gordon looked through the stack and found an electronic device. He left it where it was and went back to the monitors.
Josh brought the ladder and Arnie crawled up and felt the ceiling in the hallway. As Ken started to lift the radar device to see through the plaster, Arnie
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