Whispers In The Night(The Curse Of Haven)

Haven is a town unlike any other, a town with many secrets and not all of them good.

I call the town of Haven home for the last two years, and for the last two years all I hear about is the curse of Haven.

What is the curse of Haven? The curse of Haven began after the founding of the town 100 years ago. The founders of the town drove out a witch. The witch went deep into the forest, but before she left, she put a curse on the town of Haven.

The founders didn't believe her instead they built the town and moved in with their families. Over time the town grew. The witch and the curse all but forgotten until one halloween night.

It was halloween 1921 when the towns people began to hear whispers in the night saying "I'm coming for you."

The mayor at the time which is one of the founders told the people "there is no one coming to get you. Haven is a safe town."

The towns people were relieved until a little girl went missing. The little girl Poppy was playing in the front yard of her home when she mysteriously vanished.

For seven days and nights the towns people searched for Poppy.No signs of Poppy were found until the last day of the search.

Poppy's body was found at the edge of town. Her little body was twisted and contorted. The angry towns people went to confront the mayor. The mayor had no choice but to tell the people truth.

The people were devastated the mayor didn't tell them the truth, they were also angry and wanted revenge. The towns people voted to burn the witch.

The towns people gathered at the site where Poppy's body was found. They marched into the woods in search of the witch.

Two miles in they found the witches cabin. They knock on the door and took the witch. They led her to the site of where Poppy's body was found. They tied her to the tree, before the tree was lit the witch cursed the town.

The witch tells the towns people "every October 31st I shall return and claim one of your children. You will never see them again. The curse shall never be broken."

The towns people burned the witch. They did not heath her warning. The following year on the night of October 31st 1922 the curse came alive and claimed its first child and every halloween after that another child and another child went missing and never heard a from again.

When I first heard this tale about a witch and a curse I didn't know how to react. I never believed in the paranormal and I still don't believe it. I do suspect there is something out there.

Could it be a witch or something else? Could it be the towns people are spreading this tale of a curse town to drive up tourism?

I suspect it's criminal activity and not the paranormal.

What I have to do is investigate this?

I have to find out for sure that the town I call home is cursed or if the people I have come to know as my friends are running a scam on unsuspecting people.

Don't get me wrong I love living in Haven. I love the people and my home, but there is something wrong with this town. Everybody loves halloween, but not this town. They are scared of halloween and I have to find out why.

Tomorrow is the day when I find out the truth. My friends and neighbors are already for the curse. I'm not preparing.

What I am doing is preparing to go to the site where the towns people 100 years ago burned the witch and where the curse began.

I arrive back at my home where I see my mother preparing for the curse.

"Hi Jordan. What have you been up too?"

"Nothing much, just walking around town."

"You know what tomorrow is?"

"You believe that?"

"Yes, don't you?"

"I suspect something else entirely different then a curse."

"Believe whatever you want."

"Thanks mother."

My mother believes in the paranormal. I don't. I believe there are forces working against us not in any curse.

I pack my camera, notebook, sweater in my book bag and leave it next to my door.

I go downstairs to help my mother prepare dinner.

"I wish you weren't so cynical."

"Mother I believe this town is doing something criminal to drive up tourism. This so call curse is part of it."

My mother looks at me with sad eyes. She doesn't pester me anymore. We eat dinner in silence and then I go to my room.

Today is the day when I learn the truth, the real truth about Haven.

I wait until dark when the whole town is at home. I sneak out of my home and head to the site of the burning.

I will tell you this Haven is one spooky town at night. I look at my neighbors homes, the windows are all closed, the same goes for every home including my own.

I keep walking, okay now I'm hearing things. It sounds like a child whispering. No this can't be real. It must be a trick.

I keep walking. The whispering is continuing. I look behind me to see if anybody is following me, but there is nobody behind me.

I finally reach the site of the alleged burning of the witch. I sit on some rocks. Thank god the whispering stopped. I knew it was nothing.

I take out my notebook and begin to write. I look at my watch and see that it's midnight. This is the time when the alleged curse begins.

I take out my camera to take pictures. I lift my camera up and snap a picture when I hear something coming from the forest. It must be the people. I call out.

"I know you are there."

Huh, so this is how it's going to be. I call out again and once again I get no response. I'm going to confront them once and for all.

I get up and walk to the edge of the forest. I call out once again, this time I hear the whispering. It's not a child I hear. It's something different, more menacing.

The menacing voice says "I'm coming to get you."

"Okay guys this is not funny. You can come out now."

I frighteningly say.

I look all around me, but it's just me. Oh my god! could I have been wrong all this time and the curse is real.

The whispering is growing closer and closer to me. I take off running, before I can get to town, a hand knocks me down.

I go down and close my eyes. I count to ten and then open my eyes. Nobody is there. I try to get up, but something knocks me out.

Wow I feel total weird. I look at my watch. Oh my god! it's 2am. How and this be? I get up and go home.

I reach my home. My mom and some of the neighbors are with my mom.

"Jordan. Where have you been? We thought the curse got you?"

"I was at the library. Lost track of time. Sorry and mom you were right the curse is real."

I walk into my home and go to my room. I put my stuff on the floor. The curse is real and I no longer suspect the town of Haven of being criminals.

I look into the mirror. I see the apparition of the witch. She doesn't scare me.

I smile.