The old farmhouse sat on the outskirts of town, its paint chipped and peeling, the windows boarded up. It had been abandoned for years, and many believed it to be cursed. But for the Smith family, it was the perfect place to call home.
The family of four settled into the old farmhouse, excited to make it their own. But from the moment they moved in, strange things began to happen. Every night, cups would appear on their nightstands as if placed there by an unseen hand. The family assumed it was just the ghost of the previous owner, a kind and nurturing spirit they named "Mother."
But as the weeks passed, the occurrences grew more sinister. The antique wooden chair that sat against the living room wall would creep forward as if pushed by an unseen force. The family would always push it back, but it would always end up in the centre of the room the following day.
One night, the youngest daughter Betsy woke up to find the chair beside her bed. She could feel something pressing on her body and a voice whispering her name. She screamed, waking her family, and they immediately moved out of the farmhouse.
It wasn't until years later that the Smith family discovered the truth about the farmhouse's past. The previous owner, a widow, had murdered her two children by giving them poisoned milk before bed. She then hung herself in the living room. The ghostly presence they had experienced was not that of a kind and nurturing mother but a vengeful and disturbed spirit seeking to claim new victims.
The Smith family never spoke of their time in the farmhouse again, but the memory of that farmhouse forever haunted them.
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