MediumClassic
"My doors creak, my floorboards groan and my windows are dark. Nobody lives in me, yet somebody is always said to be at home. What am I?"
Answer
A Haunted House
Explanation
A haunted house stands empty of the living, but its ghost is said never to leave. The riddle turns on the difference between nobody living there and nobody being there.
This is a medium riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
Featured in: Halloween Riddles
Tags:halloweenghostshauntedstructures
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