When Christmas was spooky season
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff We’ve all heard the reference to “scary ghost stories” in the Christmas carol “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” but most of us probably don’t give it...
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Scary stories from the Reader staff
The Hound of the Hagavilles By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Growing up in the hinterlands of Bonner County, there was no reason to lean into decorating the front of our house for Halloween. We...
The old song
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff It was already midday when my mom and I left home for our college road trip, taking the old roads through eastern Washington. Washington State Route 261 leads to...
Phantom footsteps and the graves next door
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Everybody is afraid of something. When I was 7 years old, there was a period of time lasting about a year when I was consumed by the fear of...
Sip & Spook: An evening of ghost stories at the Pend d’Oreille Winery
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It was a dark and not-so-stormy night about 10 years ago when Jon Arnhold awoke in the wee hours, sure that he was dying. He and his wife, Patty...
