Grab your barber jacket and that Yeti rambler because we're headed out of the swells.

Remember, adults who use adult language told me these frightening tales.

These ghost stories aren't for kids, especially this one.

Our next story comes a day later than I'd hoped, and as always, thank you for your never-ending

patience with my unreliable schedule.

Instagram's the best place to go when I don't show up here, so go ahead and smash that

follow button for updates.

All right, for better or worse, here's Out of the Swells Lucky Number 13.

Hillview Academy for Children of Excellence.

Part 1.

I assume you're here with me right now because you like a little scare, but nothing too violent or disturbing. I'm sure we all have images from movies or TV shows or Stephen King novels for that matter

that scarred us.

The ones that let us know where our personal line is in terms of horrific

content. I have several images that haunt me because it took me a long time to learn what

to stay away from in the thriller slash horror genre.

For example, Tina in the body bag being dragged by an unseen hand down the high school hallway in Nightmare

on Elm Street, the entirety of Natural Born Killers.

I literally do not remember anything about that movie. I fully blocked it out, but I know it really

really bothered me. That scene in American History X and the cafeteria fight and

lean on me. I watched that one home alone far too young. That man's head. Jesus. I actually think that

scene was the first where I thought, fuck I will carry that with me forever. I can't ever unsee that. I don't have many vivid memories

from childhood, but that is one of them. After watching that scene, and in my defense, that movie comes at you fast.

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