Halloween Tales

By Diana Hooley

Several places in Idaho are said to be haunted. I was reminded of this while talking to my two tweener grandchildren as I drove them to town to get a hamburger. It was the topic of conversation because of the fall holiday that’s second only to Christmas in their eyes: Halloween.

“Do you know any haunted house stories, Grandma?” my granddaughter asked.

“No haunted house stories, but I just read about a haunted motel.” The Bates Motel in Coeur d’Alene may never have seen a ghost cross its threshold but there’s no escaping the motel’s notorious name, which was featured prominently in that old slasher movie, Psycho.