When it comes to spooky ghost stories, Australia has tales more terrifying than anything Americans can offer. width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" name="viewport"/>Richard Glover on Halloween: These are Australia’s spookiest ghost stories. Frederick Fisher was killed by his mate George Worrall, who then invented a story about his housemate going back to England, leaving all his possessions to Worrall.