Celebrate I Heart Horror Day with Tales from Abandoned Places
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Let's dive headfirst into this shadowy realm of stories that are as haunting as their hellish settings. From desolate asylums to forsaken houses, these abandoned spots are not simply leftovers of urban decay but a central character in their own right. Far from mere backdrops, they bring an added layer of dread, intensifying the terror induced goosebumps. #IndyPLAdults #Ihearthorror #horror
This spellbinding novel takes you on a frightening journey with the protagonist Amanda Verner. The Verner family moves into an eerily empty mountain cabin - a far departure from their noisy prairie home. As Amanda deals with her feelings…
Apart from being based on the very real, yet doom-laden Donner Party, an expedition that got stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1846, 'The Hunger' is woven with sinister supernatural elements. As the expedition grapples with…
Adrienne has just inherited the old Ashburn House. It's an opportunity she can't pass, but the mysterious house is eerily deserted and has a past filled with horrific happenings, none of which have a logical explanation. Picture this:…
The protagonist, Jack Torrance, takes up a job as the winter caretaker, thinking it’s the perfect opportunity to work on his novel and spend quality time with his. But pretty soon, his young son starts to see horrifying premonitions from…
Just imagine this: a washed-up rock star buying a dead man's suit online, only to find out that it comes with a relentless ghost. This ghost isn't your typical 'woooo' spectral figure, but a pretty dark, vengeful spirit that sets his curse…
An awe-inspiring, sinister mansion that cyclically transforms every 38 years, The Pendleton is the setting of Koontz's '77 Shadow Street'. Serving as an upscale residence for the wealthy and famous, this mansion lurks with dark secrets…
The story begins with a regular guy, Nate, in seemingly mundane surrounding of a Los Angeles apartment, filled with odd but tolerable neighbors. But things quickly spiral out of control - from oddly cheap rent to cockroaches with an…
This unnerving novel revolves around three friends who decide to renovate a derelict house in a remote, totally isolated location in Iceland. Meanwhile, in a nearby town, a doctor starts seeing a mysterious boy who has a little bit of that…
This novel strays from typical horror clichés with a story about Melanie, a young and rather peculiar girl cut off from the world in an eerily deserted future. Melanie's simple life becomes complex when she, along with her beloved teacher…
Peter Straub’s Lost Boy, Lost Girl features an abandoned house that holds the secrets to the tragedy haunting protagonist Timothy and his family. Suicide, kidnapping, and serial killing all play a role in what makes this story so bone…
Stephen King brings readers on a wild journey inspired by Dracula in his book Salem’s Lot. The abandoned Marsten House, originally a depression era home for a hitman, functions as the epicenter of the evil forces at play in the story. The…
Finally, no list of novels about abandoned places would be complete without this classic from the brilliant mind of Shirley Jackson. In The Haunting of Hill House, when Doctor John Montague and his crew of parapsychologists arrive at Hill…
Twenty years ago, Fiona Sheridan’s sister was murdered near Idlewild Hall, an abandoned all-girls boarding school in rural Vermont. When Fiona learns that a wealthy developer is restoring the school to its former glory, she resolves to…
Sharp-witted Mack is recruited to participate in a game of extreme hide-and-seek set in an abandoned amusement park. Lasting an entire week, the winner of the game receives a fortune, so it’s an opportunity Mack can’t turn down. Once in…
Author Morrell delves into the world of urban explorers, people who break into abandoned and closed-up buildings to feel the thrill of the unknown. Ex-Ranger Frank Balenger joins a group set on entering the Paragon Hotel, a unique building…
In 1959, all but two of the 887 residents of Silvertjärn vanished without a trace: Birgitta Lidman was found tied to a post, dead by stoning, and a baby was found in a classroom at the local school. Nearly 70 years later, ambitious…
In 1893, the entire population of Abandon, Colorado, vanished. The once-booming mining town had been in decay for years at that point, the mine shut down and the local population turning unsavory. In the modern day, historian Lawrence…
Back in 1928, the SS Arcadia broadcast a strange emergency message and then completely vanished, along with everybody on board. Sixty years later, the wreck of the ship is found at the bottom of the ocean… 300 miles off course. In one…
Set in 2149, Claire Kovalik and her salvage crew are out in the far reaches of space when they pick up a distress beacon. They go to investigate and come across the Aurora, a Titanic-esque luxury spaceship that went missing during its…
They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body, strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.…
