An old and spooky house stood on the Kill Devil Hills coast, seemingly forever, always there, never occupied, al least by the living, it seemed. For Stephanie Benchley, like so many kids, so many adults, so many families, it was just The Haunted House, because it always looked old and haunted. The legends were plentiful and varied about who haunted it, or what had happened, and no one was able to agree on more than one thing. The place was definitely haunted. But when Stephanie comes back home to her beach after living away, she discovers the house is now gone, lost to development and tourism, a sad sin of loss of an irreplaceable landmark. Now no one would know if it was haunted. Except her. In the story, Stephanie reminisces about the time she went exploring the house as a kid, and just what she saw when she looked inside. For others, they may wonder if the house truly was haunted. For Stephanie, she knows. This story is a narrative from Joe Sledge's book Haunting The Carolina Coast . The tale is slightly autobiographical, taking from his life as a young boy seeing the old houses on the shore, full of life, even from the afterlife, perhaps, before the old beach houses and shacks were replaced, and the ghosts evicted. After enjoying this, be sure to get the collection that includes The Mystery Of The Haunted House, Haunting The Carolina Coast.