SOURCE: "The House of Strange Stories" (1886)  by Andrew Lang

DESCRIPTION: "' 'I know you will laugh," said the maiden aunt, abruptly entering on her nervous narrative. "I felt all the time as if somebody was looking through the window. Now, you know, there couldn't be anybody. It was in an Irish country house where I had just arrived, and my room was on the second floor. The window was old-fashioned and narrow, with a deep recess. As soon as I went to bed, my dears, I felt that some one was looking through the window, and meant to come in. I got up, and bolted the window, though I knew it was impossible for anybody to climb up there, and I drew the curtains, but I could not fall asleep. If ever I began to dose, I would waken with a start, and turn and look in the direction of the window. I did not sleep all night, and next night, though I was dreadfully tired, it was just the same thing...'" ("The House of Strange Stories" by Andrew Lang)

NOTES: Aunt Judy tells of her two nights in a haunted room. Though no spirits showed up she could not get rid of the feeling that someone was trying to come in at the window all night. A possible cause of the haunting is the family butler once dressed up like a ghost so that he could climb a ladder to gain access through that window and steal the household's jewels. The lady of the house saw him and died of fright.

HISTORY: Not exactly a Stephen King novel, eh?