1. wardell

    wardell Member

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    what is happening at my Lighthouse?

    Discussion in 'Plot Development' started by wardell, Feb 21, 2017.

    so for this being long. I'm do a story a about A evil lighthouse I'm using real lighthouse legends and put them in one place and I can not figure out whats behind all the evil.

    1910
    One keeper, newly married, brought his young wife out with him to tend the light. Becoming very bored, the wife complained about not having anything to do. the keeper ordered a piano . she plays the same song over and over her husband goes mad he starts to take an axe to the piano but the wife gets in the way and dies not being able to live with himself he throws himself off the tower.

    1935
    three lighthouse-keepers disappear without a trace

    1960
    the next keeper and his wife move in but after 5 mouths her husband dies but instead of going get help
    She left his body at the foot of the stairs, and took over lighthouse duties for five days and nights, without eating or sleeping. On the sixth day, the light was out. Fishermen came to investigated,now, and found her sitting on the stairs holding the frozen corpse of her husband. She and her husband's corpse were taken ashore, but by that time she'd completely lost her mind

    1985
    the light the lighthouse is now a haunted tourist attraction a little girl and her dad visit and her dad goes missing

    2010
    that girl now grown goes back to find out what happened to her father

    why make some go insane one year but the next takes them away and I need help with this (please note all the years can be changed) I have no idea how to work all this together what could be doing all of this what could be behind all of this? any thoughts
     
  2. Iain Aschendale

    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    Hmm, ancient Native American curse, workers died building it and haunt the place, Cthulhu, just plain old isolation, the ghost of the first one to die...
     
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    matwoolf Banned Contributor

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    Some of the lighthouse stories are well known. Make new legends? Otherwise, a novel raises suspicion:

    'They were three little pigs, loved the sleeping beauty, her seven tiny guys worked for the witch, whose hair tumbled the length of the tower.'
     
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  4. making tracks

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    Have you ever read the short story 'The Red Room' by H.G.Wells? You could used a similar idea to explain some of the people's reactions - if I explain further it's a spoiler but there is a summary on Wikipedia or of course just check it out!
     
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    I'd say the ghost of the first couple haunt it, possessing and killing the following keepers. When a new couple move in, both get possessed, but this time the woman (possessed by the female ghost) kills the husband (possessed by the male ghost) in an act of revenge. When she's taken out of the lighthouse the ghost leaves her but has done so much psychological damage that she goes insane.

    Maybe each person to die there adds their ghost to the haunting, so by the time the girls dad goes missing there are already 6 ghosts. If each act in a different way then it can appear as one ghost that's acting in different ways until the girl realises that it's actually multiple ghosts.
     
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  6. wardell

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    wow I like that. thanks you all are a big help. keep the ideas coming
     
  7. wardell

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    I just read the summary thats cool thanks for telling me
     
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    Chemical leak... Some people react differently?
     
  9. Runningwater

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    Just watch an episode of scooby doo. Usually the creepy lighthouse keeper's motive is...

    To bring in only her imported goods and put other businesses out of business.
     
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    It's on the edge of the water. Maybe the water level used to be higher, and a group of people drowned there?
     

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