In the present, Maggie and Dane are inspecting the house when the same spot breaks open and a human skeleton falls down. Ewan suspects it was William who killed her. She had wanted to elope with a boy, but her father had been determined to prevent it. He also found letters writen to Indigo Garson. In the book, Ewan described a day where the kitchen ceiling collapsed, revealing a nest of snakes in the space between the floors. She finds old photographs that correspond with many scenes in the book. Maggie also tries to verify the facts of the book. Maggie offers Dane work, helping with the renovation, and he accepts. Petra was 16 at the time, while Hannah was 6.Īs Maggie stays there, objects go missing and she hears the same music and tapping her father heard, all of which she attributes to intruders (the house is a tourist destination because of the fame of the book). Hannah's older sister Petra went missing around the time the Holts left Baneberry. Walt is deceased and Elsa has Alzheimer's. She meets Dane (Walt's grandson) and Hannah (Elsa's daughter).

She plans to renovate and sell the house, but also to find out the truth. Maggie has no recollection of the events of the book and has always considered it to be full of lies.

In present day, 30-year-old Maggie inherits the house (Ewan is recently deceased). Ewan and Jess dismiss this as an overactive imagination and night terrors. Meanwhile, a 5-year-old Maggie claims to see ghosts - Mister Shadow (a dark figure), a young girl and Miss Pennyface (a woman with pennies on her eyes). A record player often turns on as well, playing When You're Sixteen Going on Seventeen from The Sound of Music. Each morning Ewan hears a mysterious 'thud' at 4:45 AM and the sound of tapping. Elsa is a superstitious woman with two daughters. As he researches the house's horrific history, Ewan learns of other deaths, all involving daughters killed when their fathers were present.Īt the house, Walt Hibbets is the caretaker and Elsa is their housekeeper. Ewan later finds out that the house's original owner, William Garson, had a daughter, Indigo Garson, who was murdered as well. The father, Curtis Carver, hung himself and then suffocated his daughter, Katie. In the book, Ewan and his wife Jess move into Baneberry Hall with their 5-year-old daughter Maggie. Ewan's book is a non-fictional account of the Holt family's time at Baneberry Hall, a mansion they moved into 25 years ago for 20 days before fleeing. Maggie's life has been defined by her father's worldwide bestselling book, House of Horrors. The novel switches back and forth from a) parts book written by Ewan Holt, and b) narration from Maggie Holt, his daughter, many years after its publication.

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