This title explains why haunted houses exist, and that's because people like to be scared! Readers will learn that people have been telling each other scary or spooky stories for centuries. Haunted houses make it so that people can live their own scary story! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators.