The Story of Sarah and FEARFEST
We'll be open for one night - March 27, 2009
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A few years ago our now haunted house used to be a funeral home and the Mortician who worked there had been friends with a family just down the road.
The family had a little girl named Sarah. The Mortician cared for Sarah because she would often visit him by walking to his house to keep him company. Most people stayed clear of him because of his line of work.
Today, many of us complain and worry about the "one heavy snow of the year". Years ago, mid-Missouri had a huge blizzard swoop down from the north.
It was not an expected storm.
When the storm hit, the Mortician knew Sarah was not going to be visiting him that day. That same evening, after he had laid his head down for the night, Sarah's parents showed up. The Mortician could not believe they were there because the storm was only getting worse and there only mode of transportation was their own feet. When asking Sarah's parents to come in, her mother asked if he had seen their daughter earlier in the day.
That is when things changed.
Supposedly Sarah had left her parents house earlier in the day, before the storm hit, to visit the Mortician. The Mortician never saw her and her parents claimed she never came home.
The Mortician, Sarah's mom and Sarah's dad began to trace the way Sarah usually walks back and forth between the two homes. In between was the funeral home, which is now the house you will be walking through. While walking through the blizzard they saw Sarah's coat about 200-yards from the funeral home. Fortunately, Sarah was inside the coat. Unfortunately she was frozen solid and had passed away.
With the death of any child comes great mourning.
The Mortician had a different perspective. Sarah was the daughter he never had, a friend. He had to bury Sarah. That was his job.
As months went by, few people saw the Mortician around town. It was as if he did not want anything to do with anybody. Eventually he shut the doors to the funeral home. People rumored he was hearing Sarah crying out especially when he stepped inside the home. We think it is why he closed down.
After the Mortician closed the doors, fewer and fewer people saw the man. He had simply withdrawn from society and disappeared. Some say the spirits in the house took him to be with Sarah while others say he killed himself to get away from the voices in his head.
No one is sure.
Things move, you hear things, you see hallucinations, and things just do not make sense all the time. Come out, see for yourself and tell us if you think this is bogus or if you think there is something to this story.
