The Gross Ghost Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon

Author:Franklin W. Dixon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

6

A Bump in the Night

Well, that rules out Zack,” Frank said that evening after dinner. He and Joe were back at the computer. Frank pressed the Delete key. “Now we don’t have any suspects.”

“Yes, we do,” Joe said. He pointed to the computer screen. “The ghost of Dr. Morrow—or the ghost of his cat.”

Frank stared at his computer screen and sighed. “Whatever.”

Just then their mom called from downstairs. “Boys? Your friends are here to visit.”

Frank turned off the computer. “It must be Chet and Mike,” he said.

Chet came through the door, but he wasn’t with Mike. He was with a girl. She was a little shorter than Joe, and she was wearing big hoop earrings and a huge turban made from a scarf. She looked like a fortune-teller.

“Who’s that?” Joe whispered to Chet.

“It’s my crazy sister, Iola,” Chet groaned. “I told her about the haunted house. Now she wants to have a séance.”

“A say-what?” Frank asked.

“A séance,” Iola explained. “That’s where we all hold hands and talk to ghosts.”

Joe jumped back. “No way! I’m not holding hands with a girl.”

“Take it easy,” Iola said. “Just think of me as your link to the great beyond.”

“Just think of her as a nut,” Chet told Frank and Joe.

Joe grabbed Frank’s arm. “Frank, let’s do it. We have nothing to lose.”

Frank scratched his head. He turned to Iola. “All right. But this doesn’t mean I believe in ghosts.”

Iola instructed the boys to find four chairs. They set them up around a small table in Frank’s room.

“First we turn off all the lights,” Iola explained.

“They are off,” Joe said. “It’s not even dark yet.”

“Next we hold hands,” Iola said. She grabbed Frank’s hand and then Joe’s.

“Yuck,” Joe muttered.

“Then we close our eyes and picture the spirit of Dr. Morrow,” Iola continued.

The boys squeezed their eyes shut.

“What do you all see?” Iola asked.

“The doctor,” Frank said slowly.

“The doctor stuffing brains in a jar,” Joe answered.

“I see a cheeseburger with pickles and onions,” Chet said. “Can we stop now?”

“Be serious,” Iola snapped. “Do you want to find your glove or not?”

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