What makes a Good Ghost Story? p4 by Wendy Reitz https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee Some ghost stories stand the test of time. Why? en-us 2020-10-27 13:21:02 UTC 2025-07-17 06:51:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Scary and unrealistic. calhaj https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869578175 Usually a good ghost story is when the unexpected happens in a creepy atmosphere.]]> 2020-10-28 13:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869578175 how creepy it is smatezic https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869578962 2020-10-28 13:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869578962 smatezic https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869580413 maybe a setting that we are used to (ex: a ghost story that takes place in school)]]> 2020-10-28 13:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869580413 creepy stuff epanagiotopoulos https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869582061 2020-10-28 13:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869582061 Have to make it interesting, likewise be very descriptive paint pictures in your readers head. https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869582635 2020-10-28 13:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869582635 When there’s descriptive words and onomatopoeia included. Body language and facial expressions https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869583902 2020-10-28 13:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869583902 yes or else they aren't scary epanagiotopoulos https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869584564 2020-10-28 13:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869584564 Yes, because if they aren't people won't believe you. For example, if someone was telling me a ghost story and it sounded too fake to be true like "The ghost threw me across the room" I would be like that's not true. shussein2 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869585102 2020-10-28 13:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869585102 Abandoned buildings, because makes a good story to write about why they were abandoned, also it'll be less crowded with people makes it more scary. https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869585924 2020-10-28 13:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869585924 For fun, yes jisa2 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869586044 But not seriously. I've had doors close on me before, but that's just been from the wind.]]> 2020-10-28 13:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869586044 yes in order to scare the audience and give excitement ahoxha3 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869586189 2020-10-28 13:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869586189 smatezic https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869586828 because all three provide context into a ghost story which makes it scarier ]]> 2020-10-28 13:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869586828 jrodrigue3 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869588878 if you have a nightmare]]> 2020-10-28 13:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869588878 Throughout time and generations from our past, with real artifacts and places it sets a more alive and spooky scenery. nvillamillacson https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869588962 2020-10-28 13:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869588962 yes in order to actually get scared smatezic https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869591060 2020-10-28 13:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869591060 jfabian2 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869591570 the realism, detail, setting, plot and suspense]]> 2020-10-28 13:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869591570 jrodrigue3 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869592028 cabinet n the woods]]> 2020-10-28 13:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869592028 no smatezic https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869592464 2020-10-28 13:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869592464 some cultures might have scary folktales that depend on the place and history of it ahoxha3 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869593211 2020-10-28 13:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869593211 the mystery. drawn to the unknown. rlouischarles https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869593275 2020-10-28 13:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869593275 Not always because if you are in the moment anything can sound believable. calhaj https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869593342 2020-10-28 13:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869593342 Gives a sense of realness, like it was based on a true story. https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869593586 2020-10-28 13:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869593586 No fsorianocruz https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869594196 2020-10-28 13:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869594196 jrodrigue3 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869594708 buildings are still up]]> 2020-10-28 13:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869594708 lkontoravdis https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869595906 A good ghost story has to be in suspense so that no character is safe.]]> 2020-10-28 13:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869595906 Nope wreitz https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869596488 2020-10-28 13:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869596488 cgalvan22 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869596860 Yeah, there could be spirits that weren’t ready to die or still roam around not knowing they’re dead and are upset/angry.]]> 2020-10-28 13:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869596860 Not exactly. calhaj https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869598327 2020-10-28 13:47:49 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869598327 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869599714 History, places, and people combine to make a good ghost story because it seems much more real instead of a made up story!]]> 2020-10-28 13:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869599714 jrodrigue3 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869600999 no fabersction grabs more attention ]]> 2020-10-28 13:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869600999 Yes, because then you leave the movies thinking it's real and your basically scared thinking about it for the rest of the night. https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869605413 2020-10-28 13:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869605413 A ghost is ¨An apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living.¨ So in that case the story should have real or believable details to bring in an audience. nvillamillacson https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869609897 2020-10-28 13:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869609897 No https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869610382 2020-10-28 13:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869610382 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869610770 A story that really gets the watcher engaged in the movie. It should instill a sense of fear and suspense in what’s going to happen next. ]]> 2020-10-28 13:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869610770 jfabian2 https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869611013 Yes]]> 2020-10-28 13:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869611013 lkontoravdis https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869612905 Yes]]> 2020-10-28 13:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869612905 fsorianocruz https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869848653 the stories are cautionary tales because there they explained really well where they, what they are doing and how they died and have a lesson behind the story ]]> 2020-10-28 14:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869848653 smatezic https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869849315 The Chicago Ghost stories shared today are  cautionary tales because it allows Chicagoans and tourists to be aware of the creepy things that go on. For example, I know that I will not be going to the Congress Hotel anytime soon so it inspires a lot of fear and awareness. ]]> 2020-10-28 14:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869849315 wreitz https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869858535 2020-10-28 14:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/maine207/2h8q6cs6hsho81ee/wish/869858535