As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting eerie shadows across the desolate landscape, I felt a chill run down my spine. The wind whispered through the barren trees, a haunting melody that seemed to echo my own apprehension. I stood alone, in front of the decrepit mansion that had been the subject of countless ghost stories and urban legends. It loomed over me like a sentinel of the past, its windows shattered, and its walls weathered by the ravages of time.
I had heard tales of this...
