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chapter 2

chapter 3

chapter 4

chapter 5

chapter 6

chapter 7

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Italian ghost story 1


I will tell you a ghost story that a classmate of mine had told me, she has heard this story from his grandma, so this is a traditional story.
This story is set in Benevento, a city in the South of Italy.
This story tells that that there was a tree where a group of witches gather to do some magic rituals.
For the tradition, these witches are called “Janare”.
One night, two boys, went by car to that place because they wanted to film the place and the “Janare“.
Suddenly the car broke down and they continued without it, but some rocks mysteriously fell down from the sky, like a rain of small rocks.
Hen they heard some screams, so they were terrified and immediately came back home.
That night nothing more happened. In fact, the legend tells that the witches can’t enter a house if there is a broom behind the door, because they must count all the bristles of the broom before enter the house.



Italian ghost story 2


In Milan there are a lot of ghost stories, one of them tells about a ghost in the “Sempione park”, in this city.
This ghost has the appearance of a lady with her face hidden behind a veil.
Some people, when passing around this park and seeing this ghost, become attracted by this female ghost, so they start to follow this ghost. After some travels around the park following her, they arrive in a mansion house, when they enter, the ghost starts to dance, and afterwards, she uncovers her veil and reveals her face: a horrible skeleton head.



French ghost story


 

It's an urban ghost story that is frequently told in France.

One day as a lady was going to marry she was in her car then at a bend she has been scared and she had an accident in which she died. From then on, she haunts the dark roads and appears just before accidents. If the driver doesn't stop to give her a ride, he will have an accident !!

 

 

By Aurélie and Lucile, Alberto and Matteo