Scary Stories and Urban Legends

Family Photo

There was a single mother who
had three daughters. The
youngest daughter was diagnosed
with an inoperable brain tumor.
The doctors broke the bad news
to her mother. They told the poor
woman that her daughter had
only three months to live.

The family were devastated by the
horrible news. The mother
decided to have a family photo
taken while her youngest
daughter was still alive. That way,
they would always have
something to remember her by.

They hired a professional
photographer to come and take
the photo. The family posed with
the youngest daughter sitting in
the middle of the picture and her
mother and older sisters arranged
around her. Afterwards, they had
it framed and hung it over the
fireplace in the living room.

Three months later, the youngest
daughter died in hospital. Her
mother and her two sisters were
at her bedside when she passed
away. The funeral took place two
days later.

After the funeral, the mother was
sitting in the living room when
she happened to glance up at the
family photo over the fireplace.
She was horrified to discover that
her daughter's face in the photo
was shifting and changing. It
looked distended and deformed.
Almost demonic.

They brought the family photo to
the professional photographer
and complained. He said he had
no explanation for why the photo
would suddenly change, making
the dead child appear so
grotesque.

The mother was at her wit's end.
She took the family photo to a
psychic and begged the psychic to
tell her what was wrong. The
psychic took one look at the
family photo and recoiled in
horror.

"I'm sorry to have to tell you this",
said the psychic. "Unfortunately,
your daughter fell into hell."