User blog comment:Witnessme/Creepypasta Short Story Contest/@comment-27068048-20151011223139

The house was haunted, not by vengeful spirits, restless ghosts. No, it was haunted by something far more ominous, far more dangerous than any dark phantasm created by the most twisted of minds. For the dark, shadow - shrouded mansion was haunted by memories.

As soon as one steps through the rusting, decrepit gates and headed up the overgrown path, they felt them. Stifling pressure all around, seeming determined to suffocate one so foolish as to intrude upon the grounds.And then, if one made it far enough to reach the blood-red door and set foot inside, the insufferable pressure on the body worsened.

Distantly, if one was so foolish as to venture down the shadowed hallways, the sound of tortured screams, ricocheting from the depths of that vile abode would reach the ears. If one ventured further in, a rank smell of blood, bile, and rot would join the terrifying chorus,overwhelming the senses. Not only smell, but taste as well, seeming to stick to the tongue, its taste vile and putrid.

However, that was not by far the worst part of that dreadful tomb of memories. What is the worst part, however, remains unknown to all. Except for one person.

First, the screams, the smells, and the smothering press of the memories will fade. Then, one will hear a light, tinkling melody. Comforted by its cheery tune, they will follow it. As the descend the velvet-carpeted, sloping staircase, the melody will take on a sinister tune. Panicked now, they will try to turn back, only to find that they can't. Like a twisted version of some ancient Pied Piper, the music bids them to follow, and they can do naught but obey. Finally, terrified, the reach a large black door. Even though they sense a foreboding amount of evil beyond it, their hand reaches out. They open the door, and go inside.

No one has ever come out.

How, then, is that knowledge obtained? Well you see, my friend, it is quite simple. No one has ever returned-alive.

Why don't you come in?