When Captain W. de S. Smythe went to look over ---- House, in the neighbourhood of Blythswood Square, Glasgow, the only thing about the house he did not like was the bathroom--it struck him as excessively grim. The secret of the grimness d... Read more of House Near Blythswood Square Glasgow The Haunted Bath at Scary Stories.ca

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