Hello again R.L. Stein Story Club members.

I'm Ivy, your ghostly host with the absolute most, and cryptkeeper of those scary tales and weird stories from the hidden vault of R.L. Stein.

Today is another chilling tale. This lucky number 13 will give you the cold shivers

story club members. So bundle up and listen in. It's a ghostly one I call photo bomb.

Hold still, Neil's mom said. Neil stood against the new old post in Rancourt Hall, an old house built in 1849.

It was famous for ghosts, particularly one ghost, the strange woman in black, who was believed to haunt the place.

There were some photos of her online that had been taken over the years, but most had discounted them as clever fakes using photographic optical tricks.

Neil Graham didn't believe the stories, though.

He thought it was a clever way to sell tickets into the old Massachusetts mansion, which was on the historic register.

It was Labor Day weekend, the last days of summer vacation.

Starting a new year of school, the sixth grade,

was the scariest thing to Neil right now. Well, that and the fact that Neil Graham was the name

of Susanna Graham's son. The story goes that young Neil, who was 10 years old, fell down

the stairs playing and died in 1888. Distraught from the death of her only son,

Susanna died shortly after it of grief. Her ghost could often be seen photographed on the long,

wide staircase leading up to the second floor. She was wearing her black dress, black hat,

and black veil over her face. She was in eternal mourning for the loss

of her son, forever wandering the staircase looking for him. Or so the story went. On their way back home,

which was about four hours away, Neil thumbed through the photos on his phone. He enjoyed the

trip along the East Coast, eating clam chowder, and even fishing off the photos on his phone. He enjoyed the trip along the East Coast, eating

clam chowder and even fishing off the dock with his uncle who him and his mom were visiting. Fun

times. When he arrived at pictures of Rancor Hall though, his smile faded. The first image was

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