What Makes a House Haunted

What makes a house haunted? What makes a haunted house haunted is a question I often ponder. Is it because it’s abandoned, on the verge of collapse or because it’s where ghosts like to wander? I wonder if it’s because of the way that it looks that earns it a haunted house label. Is it the dingy brown siding, the missing front door Or the mysterious death of poor Mabel? Or what if it’s just the address it has That gives it a haunted house tag. Is it the number 13, the name of the road (Cemetery) Or because its home to a black cat and her hag ? I often imagine it’s the sounds that it makes That give it the haunted house name. Is it the old creaking floors, the rattle of doors Or because the dead are just playing their games? I guess to get answers to all of my questions I’ll have to get up the courage to find An empty old house that’s missing its door And pray its inhabitants are kind.