The Double-Headed Banshee

A Story by Abishai100

George and his younger brother Timmy wander into the abandoned factory on the outskirts of their city as young boys to confirm the existence of a dark specter.

I'm going to sign off with this random ghost-story I was inspired to write after reading the series "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," and I think the book(s) is way better than the recent film, so I hope you read this and enjoy! Signing off,

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George and his little brother Timmy wandered into the outskirts of Detroit and came upon the abandoned factory that stood in front of the forest on the edge of the great American city of cars and people. George had just turned 13 and his little brother Timmy was now 9 years-old. It was summertime in the year 2021, and George and Timmy had just seen the American horror movie The Dark City in theaters, at a drive-in with their mother, and therefore they felt a tad adventurous and decided to wander outside the city. Their mother's house was on the outer-rings of the city's perimeter, so the walk to the eerie abandoned factory wasn't long, where it was rumored there lurked a strange haunting presence. George and Timmy decided to investigate this rumor of ghosts or specters near the abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city of Detroit after feeling a rush of courage and daring following their drive-in viewing of the horror movie The Dark City with their mother.

George and Timmy came upon the eerie looking abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city and decided to just walk inside and wander around in there on that summer afternoon in 2021. The Coronavirus quarantine had finally subsided thankfully, and George and Timmy were reveling in their celebration of the outdoor summer city air. The sun was out that day, and the factory seemed less ominous because of the bright light in the skies surrounding the factory, but nevertheless, the abandoned factory carried that peculiar weight of grey silence kids at schooled gossiped about while chatting about rumors about a ghost or specter haunting the factory. The folk-tale went that a female employee of the factory was accidentally beheaded during a machine-operation procedure and her ghost is haunting the factory now. George and Timmy craved some kind of exciting evidence.

George and Timmy got the fright of their lives. They went inside the factory and wandered around and started hearing strange noises that sounded like the brushing of feet walking along. They decided to walk close together to see where the sound was coming from as they just walked around seeking out signs of the haunting specter or ghost of the beheaded woman who worked in the once-working factory in that Detroit city. Just then, the two young American boys felt a cool breeze just behind them and heard a whispering voice call out to them. George and Timmy both turned around quickly and beheld the ghostly apparition of a double-headed woman with red hair. The double-headed woman spoke with both mouths and therefore sounded like a harmonic messenger and explained she was the Double-Headed Banshee who haunted the factory and shooed away adventurous individuals seeking to explore!

GEORGE/TIMMY: You have red hair!
BANSHEE: I was an Irish-American woman working here.
GEORGE/TIMMY: Why do you have two heads now?
BANSHEE: I had one head but was beheaded and now have two.
GEORGE/TIMMY: Did God or the Devil give you two heads after you died?

BANSHEE: I don't know exactly why or how I got two heads after death!
GEORGE/TIMMY: Well, why're you trying to frighten us?
BANSHEE: I shoo away people daring to explore this abandoned factory!

GEORGE/TIMMY: You're angry about your accidental death in the factory?
BANSHEE: Yes, of course I am.
GEORGE/TIMMY: That's why you're a haunting specter now?
BANSHEE: I used to be a beautiful Irish woman in Detroit!
GEORGE/TIMMY: This was a car-factory right?
BANSHEE: That's right boys.
GEORGE/TIMMY: What do you want us to tell people?
BANSHEE: Tell them you saw the double-headed banshee who scared you.
GEORGE/TIMMY: How'd you scare us, banshee?
BANSHEE: I explained my decapitation rendered me a vengeful specter!
GEORGE/TIMMY: So you're just haunting this place like some kind of spook?
BANSHEE: That's right boys.
GEORGE/TIMMY: Well, we're surely scared by your two heads, banshee!
BANSHEE: Good.
GEORGE/TIMMY: You're angry you used to be a faithful worker in this car-factory?
BANSHEE: Correct!
GEORGE/TIMMY: You worked alone, and were never married?
BANSHEE: Correct!
GEORGE/TIMMY: Why do you scare little kids?
BANSHEE: I'm a symbol of this city's dark money, which is why you shouldn't return here.

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)