Business can be scary

No. 5 on our Halloween countdown is a collection of true tales from the Chronicle business desk, originally published in 2005. A house that comes alive, a gore-spattered car, a grisly discovery and a bizarre bank robber are just some of the thrills and chills remembered by Augusta business leaders:

Gwen Fulcher Young thought nobody was home. She was wrong.

The owner of Gwen Fulcher Young and Associates Real Estate Co. was just a rookie Realtor at the time.

She had arrived at the Martinez home with an associate to preview the property and meet with the client.

"Nobody came to the door," Ms. Young remembers.

She thought he was gone, but the TV was on and so were the lights. She entered cautiously, calling out "Hello?"

Nobody said "hello" back. As she rounded the corner to the kitchen, she found out why.

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