After having lived in his apartment for what seemed like an eternity, Cliff had still not met or even seen his next-door neighbor. He knew someone lived there because he heard the occasional thump, water running and muffled snippets of voices through the shared wall. Being a private person himself, it didn't really bother Cliff that he'd never met the people next door, but it did seem strange that he didn't even know what they looked like.

The situation abruptly changed one night when he was awakened by a woman screaming. After several heart-stopping shrieks followed by sobbing, Cliff got out of bed and went to the neighbor's door. No one answered after several loud knocks, and the screaming stopped. Cliff was reluctant to meddle, but the woman sounded like she was in trouble, so he dialed 911.

The police arrived shortly and knocked a number of times on the door, but there was no answer. Several minutes later the building manager, looking dazed and concerned in her bathrobe, joined the officers in front of the apartment door.

"What's gong on?" she asked.

"Gentleman who lives in that apartment, 118, called and claimed he heard a woman screaming in the apartment next door. No one's answering their door."

"That's because both apartments are empty.....

another story from my scary tales 👻👻
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