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The mad man in the dark  
It was one dark night, and the darkness was like a big sheet of black silk hanging over Northrepps, the snow fell like raindrops above the night’s sky....

Past Experiences  
Everyone at GlenLake High knew who Shannon Greg was. Her father worked for the production company of the local news station "Beta7 News". Whenever he could ...

The Message 
A young college student was studying in her dorm room when her roomate walked in.

"i'm exhasuted" complained the roomate.

"Would you mind studying ...

The Murder in Maour County 
The year is 1891. The day has started out strangely enough, but is yet to grow stranger. The sun has not shone this morning. In it's stead, bitter winds ...

The Freak 
In my class there is the freak. She has long wild hair, it's never tied back, with dark eyes that have no light in them. She sits alone at the back of ...

It's only the wind 
One night I had gone to bed terrified because of a horror movie I had watched called Poltergeist. I was only 6 so it scared me more than usual. I soon ...

Clown in the corner of the room 
Talking to my friend the other day, and she says she was at the police station the a few days ago. I asked her why out of curiosity, and she says someone ...

Curiosity killed my soul 
I was about half a sleep when I heard a banging sound coming from the downstairs. I slowly crept out of my bed, as the noise continued in my head. As soon ...

The Door 
The man walked into the hotel and up to the check in desk. It was a small hotel, but he only needed to stay for a few nights, until his wife arrived....

The Doll 
There was once a little girl named Tina. She and her mother went to a small discount toy store. Tina saw a cute little baby doll for only three dollars!...

Baby Bonic 
One cold morning a mother was taking her little baby for a stroll over some mountains. The baby's name was Baby Bonic. She hated her baby because he was ...

Seven Minutes In Hell 
Liza went to her friend Tanya's house to have a sleepover. When she walked in the door, there was a huge party going on. Almost thirty kids were there ...

The Dragon's Den 
If only I hadn't listened to my friends, if only I hadn't lied to my mum, if only I had brought a torch, then, I wouldn't be here, alone in the dark, dark ...

Snake in the Grass 
Over here on the island there is one really large snake species named the habu. This snake can reach large lengths and are extremly poisonous. There is ...

A Father's Love 
"Crissy, I'm going with Tommy, don't forget to hand the candy to the children. Oh, and Chrissy, be nice."

"Ok, Mom!" yelled Christina. " I got it. Take ...

Killer 
I haven't always been like this. In this horrid, freakish, vulnerable state. It happened one night, long ago, when I was still rejoicing stupidly in my ...

7 Days 
So on Friday right after school, Andrea came to my house. We chose different scary movies including The Ring and Friday the 13th. We set up a tent out ...

Red Daisies 
Claudia loved daisies. She loved the soft white petals and the bright yellow centre. One day Claudia went out to the field to pick some daisies as usual....

Brogan my...dog 
Mr and Mrs Eliott were a happy couple until the bad news came. Mr Brogan Eliott had a disease that couldn't be cured. Soon after they were told this, Brogan ...

Tree of 1000 souls 
On a lonely road in Montana, there is one tree.
It never grows. It never dies.

One couple was looking for firewood for the winter, and saw the one ...

Halloween party night  
One Halloween night, a 16 year old girl named May and her friends, Mary Kate and Leslie, were driving to a Halloween party outside of town. So, of course,...

Camping trip 
"Denise" called her mother. Come here and help us unpack the car. Denise and her family decided to go on a camping trip. They were all having fun except ...

Deadly kisses 
The only one care Sarah had was finishing her homework. Her little sister was there because her parents had to go out of town on a job in North Carolina ...

Sleep walking 
"She kissed the prince and..."

"David lights out!"

"OK Mom." David closed his book and turned off his night-light. He fell asleep dreaming of love,...

Revenge 
Jenny was a cheerleader. She could do flips, jumps and execute the most daring tricks. During a practice routine she heard horns and sirens. When she realised ...

My Friend Jim 
About a year after World War two started I was born and so was my so called friend Jim Wricker.

"C'mon Larry you know you want to." Ah my best friend,...

The Picture 
There was a girl and her parents who moved into a small cottage in the woods. The girl went exploring in the woods one day and saw a little house. As she ...

Water Girl 
There was once a family named the "Davids". Steven Davids is the father, he own a very large toy company. Susanna Davids is his wife, she owns a very admirable ...

The House 
Today, I woke up in the middle of a large living room. My throat was dry, and it felt like I hadn't been awake in days. I coughed a few times, and when ...

Hide And Go Seek 
It was the beginning of March Break and I was ready to enjoy it. I had no school and I was free to do anything I wanted. Living with me, were these kids ...

You better run 
"You better run" yelled the mother. "No... please", cried the little boy. Blood pouring down his face. No sounds except the footsteps of the little boy ...

Asthma Attacks And Kills 
Lucy was a very kind girl. She was sweet, smart, had many friends, and asthma. One day, her best friend, Prudence, decided to throw a slumber party inviting ...

A Scream of a Night 
It is when I am sitting in my room all alone, as the clock strikes midnight, that I remember when my two friends were killed, in this very house. It was ...

Bone Dry Killer 
In an old town of California, a young women had a party with all of her friends. She had long brown hair and bright, brown eyes, but she was very poor,...

The Artist 
One sunny afternoon there was an artist (His name is confidential). He went outside in his front yard because he wanted to paint. He searched around looking ...

Revenge 
The boss sat at his desk, working like a maniac. He was looking for some important papers, which he had lost. The clock struck 7:00pm. Just then, the door ...

A Terrible Time Machine 
The oven stopped working so Bill called a man to come and fix the problem. After about a couple hours, it was fixed and the repairman left. Now, Bill had ...

Guilt 
Okay, let's get this straight, I didn't kill her. Though many people were there and many people saw me standing next to her, I didn't push her off the ...

The china doll 
A young girl had three china dolls they were named Charlotte, Daisy and Sarah. Her least favorite one was Charlotte. She was the largest one of all and ...

The scary house 
Years ago, Mom,Dad and I moved into an old house. The house was bigger than we needed so we used the extra room for storage.

It was late fall of that ...

The Night of the Bloody Moon 
Five teens were driving into the woods to camp out. As they drove, Lilly was making out with Henry in the back. Sue and John were planning where to stop ...

Black Coffin 
Once there was a old man and a woman. The woman was 56 and the man was 53. The woman was having cancer and she was dying. The woman said please get me ...

The Ghost of the Rising Sun 
There once was a little girl with big brown eyes and a freckled face that was covered by long, curly, and somewhat messy hair. She wore glasses and didn’...

This Old House 
Years ago,Mom,Dad and I moved in an old house.The house was bigger than needed so we used the extra room for storage.

It was late fall of the year....

Freedom at last 
Ten years ago in the small town of Modena, two gorgeous girls were born. They were christened Jane and Laura McCorby. But Jane and Laura were never seen ...

The Daisy 
Bay and Danielle were best friends. They were at the park together and they picked a daisy. The daisy was a simble of their friendship. Later that night,...

The Night in the Lake 
There is a huge lake right in the center of our town. We call it Lake Willow, because it is surrounded by Weeping Willow trees. It used to be overflowing ...

Bloody walls of a cottage 
There was a girl named Katie, who lived with her grandparents, after her parents had died in a car crash. They'd been happy living in Blackberry cottage ...

The Gate 
I was running. My mouth was dry and my knees were shaking. I was almost to the gate. My little sister clung to me and cried. I shushed her and continued ...

Death awaits me... 
You might not think this is real but I experienced this horrifying story.

It was October the 25th, almost Halloween, and I was having a sleep over with ...

Wrong Number 
A girl named Cathrine, about the age of 13, decided to have a sleep over for her birthday. She invited 3 other girls Nikki, Anne, and Rachel. Cathrine ...

In the Children's Room 
Something was wrong. I no longer heard the laughter of the children coming from upstairs. Silence. Complete and horrible silence. I felt so alone. There ...

Stalker 
Sharah laughed with her giddy friends. She never knew she was going to be so hated. Sharah was a rich girl, she wasn't spoiled though. She never showed ...

Wanted 
Aly was ready to go out, finally. Aly was a 17 year-old girl. She loved to hang out with her friends, but she was so clumsy. Aly always found a way to ...

The Death Coach 
It is midnight. The streets of Cohoes grow silent as the citizens turn off their lights one by one and go to their well-earned rest. The night is dark,...

Alone 
My best friend and I have been planning this sleepover for weeks! We would have it at my best friend, Kayley's house, but the best thing about the sleepover ...

The Basement 
Amy Rentere was watching TV in the living room, one stormy night, while her parents were gone. She was watching an old horror movie, sitting on the couch,...

The Ring! 
There once was a couple who were very rich and very young. The man proposed to the woman, with a £100,000 ring and she said yes. They got married and lived ...

Rosie 
So there we were, having a sleepover at Suzy Whyman's house, telling scary stories. Jordyn was just finishing up hers which wasn't very scary, but you ...

Dancing 
There is a legend in our Sleepy little town, the legend of the White Woman. She comes to the bridge over the creek every time two people in love are there....

Room 113 
I could hear my own heart thumping in my chest. Slowly, with soft quiet steps, it walked toward me. It looked so inhuman, all I could do was close my eyes....

Twisted Vampire Tale 
I held my breath and listened. Nothing there. I walked further. I heard the rustling sound again. I stopped and held my breath. Again nothing. It was probably ...

The Basement 
Annie was at home alone watching a movie in the living room when she heard something shatter in the kitchen. At first she thought it was just Pepe, her ...

The Girl 
Emma is alone in their house today because her parents went on a trip for 2 days and 1 night. She is 18 years old and has a boyfriend named John. That ...

River Road Terror 
On an old road in Nantahala, North Carolina there have been many ghost sightings and trembling happenings up in those woods and on that road but not anything ...

Babysitting 
"Can you babysit tonight Sarah?" Mrs Shanon said. She is my teacher, my boyfriend's mom and she has 2 other kids. "Kevin will be there too" She whispered ...

Reflection 
One day a 5 year old boy named Keanu was playing in his room with a few toy trucks. He sat in front of the mirror as he always did to play with his reflection ...

Wrong Number 
"Doctor! The patient's vitals are rapidly decreasing! We're operating now!"

CLICK.

"Goodbye my love, our paths shall not cross again."

CLICK.

"Today,...

The Cruel Clown 
As Sarah waved off the parents of the children she was baby sitting she heard the baby crying from the bedroom in which it shared with a little boy of ...

The Thing 
The wind blew through the trees, creating an all too familiar whistling noise. It scared Kim because that howling sound fit the description of any scary ...

Murder in a dog! 
A family went to buy a present for their 7 year old son. They went to the local toy shop and on the window there was a small toy dog with two fingers up....

Something scary 
My friend Maria died a couple of months ago in a terrible accident. There were many sightings of her at my school, where she had lost her life.

It ...

Bloody Barbie 
One day, in Arizona, a little girl played with her Barbie doll. The girl was poor and lived with her widowed mother. The little girl had very few toys....

Never sleep in the lower bunk 
There were once two sisters named Ella and Katie. Katie was the eldest, and this was a privilege in many arguments. When it came to buying a bunk bed, Katie ...

The gun 
"Mom I want that toy!" My eight year old brother pulled my mother's sleeve and pointed to a toy gun with rubber bullets. My mother bought it for him.

At ...

Cry for the dead 
I once had a really great friend named Jolie. She was really funny, and she loved to tell horror stories.

One night, when I was at her house for a ...

Disc of Secrets 
Tim walked down the abandoned road and stared at the ground. Then, he saw something buried in the dirt. It was a shiny disc like a DVD or a CD. It looked ...

The Oakwood Tragedy 
1972. A year that is now remembered for the shocking events that occurred. In the small town of Oakwood which had a population of 537 people, not much ...

Last Christmas 
Christmas about a year ago my mom, my brother, my dad, and my sister, and I were sitting by the fire place with our hot cocoa, so of course we didn't notice ...

The Haunted Corn Maze 
One late afternoon, in the ghost town of Birmingham, Alabama, a girl named Mallori Anne, went to the haunted corn maze for her friend’s birthday. It’s ...

Haunted office? 
"im leaving now Jant"
"okay see you tommorow Quisa" replies Janti
"i dont want you all bye your self in this scary office at night. arent you leaving ...

The Thing 
You know that feeling you get when someone or something is watching you? Well that was the feeling Bobby was getting while talking on the phone before ...

The Book 
I woke up with a jolt. Who put my alarm volume so high?. I went downstairs to have some cereal. As I poured the milk I asked myself, "do the majority of ...

The Children 
There is a creepy old railroad track up in North Carolina. Many stories have been said about the track being haunted. Like suppose you were to drive across ...

Babysitting 
I used to frequently baby sit for my auntie. One night, I was watching three cousins, my auntie and uncle were going to be out until about 2:00am. I fed ...

Bus Stop 
In the little town of Lonervill pass the mountans and river by the train station is a bus stop. No one ever seen a bus actully stop there before. No one ...

The Burning of Mary Steller 
Mary Steller lived in a house that apparently had been, "An old witch's property," who had been, "Burned at the stake." Mary believed no such stories. She ...

Babysitter 
One colf misrable night a wife and husband went out to dinner but they left their baby home with the babysitter. The parents said "Put the baby down for ...

The Sweater 
There once was a guy who had a lot of work. We had so much work that he never had time to hang out and relax. Then one of his friends asked him to go to ...

Special 
"Oh honey, there's nothing wrong with you, you're just, umm...special." This is what I hear from everybody. That I'm 'Special', But I know I'm not. I'm ...

The Haunted House 
Once there were two girls who were best friends and did everything together. Their names were Sally and Meredith. They both liked these two boys, and the ...

Face in the Window 
"Hey Olivia come over here." Melony said. "What?" Olivia replied.

"My parents said it's time to go to bed." Melony said with a sigh. "OK" Olivia said....

Santa Claus 
On a Christmas Eve, the little boy was so excited about Santa, he refused to go to sleep. So his mom told him to go to sleep, or else Santa wouldn’t come....

Cheater 
"Hey, you going to go to the beach?," he asked. "Yeah, heard it's gonna be really cool," she replied. Sharh was talking to her boyfriend on the cellphone....

The Fish 
There once was a boy named Aaron. Aaron loved to fish. He even fished on Sundays. Then one day the priest told Aaron that if you keep fishing on Sundays,...

The Arm 
In an old University in the Philippines, there was a very phobic female nursing student. Everyone had said that being a nurse wasn't meant for her, yet ...

The Book 
Amanda was walking to the library to do some summer reading. Her friend Nancy told her a great book to check out. It was a famous horror story called A ...

Jumpy the clown 
Jumpy used to be in the circus until they fired him for unfinished work, and for always being cruel to other circus people.

One night, I was walking ...

Curiosity 
Meagan is finally free from college and finally entered a bigger part of her life. Staying at a small rental unit in Alberta, she picked the room number ...

Sister in the mirror 
I was sitting alone in the sitting room, it was great. The show went on and I watched quietly, my mum was at home and only had 10 minutes before her night ...

If we were a movie 
Amanda Huff was a 16 year old girl who lived in Canada. She was on a date with her goth boyfriend, Mike, at the Salmon Cafe. "If we were a movie, you would ...

The Cornfield 
One day there were these two boys named Mark and Andy. They were the best of friends. They live in Kansas where the cornfields grow. They would tell each ...

Air Vents 
There was once a little six year old girl called India Rose. She was a cute little girl, and took her puppy scruffy for a walk every afternoon. She was ...

Halls of Horror floor 
I was just about to go leave when the announcer said "We're going into Code blue. No one can leave from any doors. We're sorry about this"

"Man what ...

Midnight Murder  
Sleepovers were the best thing we could all do together. It was coming up to midnight. Gemma, Kaley, Samantha, Me and Grace were beginning to settle down ...

1908 
“What’s the code Billy” his brother demanded breathing deeply. Billy was calm, his black hair blended in with the darkness. “1908” he said.

It worked....

The Accident 
So get this. There’s this guy, Jonathan, and my best friend Sofia who will just die if she doesn’t get a date with him. I want to help her, but I just ...

Would you play with me 
I was walking down the street when I heard someone say "would you play with me". I looked over and saw no one standing there. "That was weird" I said. My ...

The man in chains. 
There was a prison bus going down a road and it broke down, however there was a crazy guy on the bus and he killed the bus driver and got his knife. Well,...

Mental Charlie 
A long time ago there lived a man named Charlie. He always wore his favorite green rugged sweater. He was a mentally unstable man who lived with his wife,...

You can run but you can't stay alive 
As I kept running from the woods I was getting even more tired but I can't stop. Something is after me but what could it be. "Don't stop, keep running"...

The Hanging Closet  
On night the older sister of two thought that something was out of hand so she got up and went and slept with her sister for the rest of the night.

At ...

Writer's Revenge 
"You're fired! You can't write at all! You are absolutely the worst writer I have ever seen!" shouted the man behind the desk. "Your stories aren't even ...

The Day Came 
A young girl about the age of 7 was walking to her grandma's house on her own. Her grandma's house was about 20 minutes away and she had to walk through ...

Mysterious Woman 
One late, stormy night a man was driving through the rain. He found a house... he knocked and out came an old lady. He asked if she rented rooms. She said ...

The Screaming Tunnel 
There is a tunnel under the old railroad tracks just to the west of the Queen Elizabeth Way in Niagara Falls. It is known locally as the Screaming Tunnel....

Ouji Board 
One night my friends and I decided to have a sleep over and play the ouji board .. the mere thought of it scared me, for my mother warned me that only ...

Clovis  
One night i was sleeping .. and my parents room is right across from mine, so i tell them to sleep with their door open cause i get scared and i am freaking ...

Trick or Treat? 
It just started to rain as we got in from school.
"Are we still going out tonight Trick or Treating, I need some money to go out this Saturday", I said ...

Dark Night 
It was a dark night. Frost was beginning to settle on the cold concrete ground, as small clear snowflakes dripped from the sky. The trees lingered covering ...

The baby buried alive  
Two gentlemen were working in the town's small general store. The store was quiet and no customers were shopping until she walked in. A small frail woman ...

The Man on the other side of the Fence 
There was this street. The street was a very active community full of kids always playing ball in the street. But everyone who lived there knew that there ...

The Cry 
Dianna was home alone watching the news while her parents were gone. She saw there was a murderer that sounded like a crying baby in order to get its victoms....

Creaking 
It's a cool, calm night. You worked hard that day, and you feel ready for a good night's sleep. You climb into your bed and turn off the light. You notice ...

Dancing with the Devil 
There was once a young girl of 13. She was getting ready to go to her school Prom. She had purchased a red sparkling dress just for the occasion. She knew ...

The Hotel 
A man went to a hotel and walked up to the front desk to check in. The woman at the desk gave him his key and told him that, on the way to his room, there ...

The Beast 
In the middle of a scary night I woke up just to find myself lying on my front porch with the blowing and whistling sound of the wind. I got scared and ...

Bella  
Bella lives in a deserted old house. This deserted house is always changing. Bella is used to it though. One night, Bella heard a baby crying from downstairs ...

The Darkness 
Your parents always tell you not to be afraid of the dark, that there's nothing there and it's all in your head, if the only knew.

The first victim ...

Old House 
Shortly after our wedding, my pregnant wife and I purchased our first home. It was an old home, built in 1890, but had many updates. We loved that it has ...

The door  
A few year ago my Aunt knew this guy at work whose girlfriend and two sons needed a place to live so my Aunt being the person she was offered the lady ...

It was the dead of night 
It was the dead of night. We were alone. There was nothing we could do, the car had given up on us.
"I'll go out and try and get some help." Jamie said ...

Terror In the Woods 
Christie, Nina, and Rachel were taking a hike through the woods on a cloudy, windy Saturday. They thought that it was just going to be an average hike,...

The Night of Death 
These two brothers were walking home from school one night. They decided to take the shortcut through the woods. They heard something howl, so they walked ...

The Doll 
One day there was a wife and a husband who just had their first child. His first birthday came up and they decided to buy him a toy. They went to the toy ...

The Skull 
One night, a seven-year-old girl was sleeping in her room. Her parents were downstairs watching TV. Suddently, she heard a moaning sound. It was coming ...

My Worst Nightmare 
It was about 9 pm. There was an eerie feel towards the night. As the light started to fade around me, I slowly turned back from my long walk down Gargoyle ...

The Elevator 
I let out a sigh of relief as I finished the report I had spent the past five days working on. My boss would be thrilled that I finished it so early, considering ...

The Follower 
A woman living in the city was visiting some friends in a far away town. When she got into her car in front of this friend’s house, she noticed that a ...

Home Alone! 
There was once this rich boy with his rich dad and their dog spot in a big house. His dad always had to go away on business trips for days on end.

"The ...

The Grave 
A young woman lay suffering on her deathbed, her stillborn baby lying against her chest. Her young husband crouched close, stricken with grief. His beautiful ...

The Bloody Mess 
One late night, I was driving in my car. My boyfriend said that he was working late at a gas station in the middle of nowhere....

Nightmares, dreams and sleepwalking 
Nightmares and Dreams, they're not so different. When you think about it, it's the same rules. Whether it is nightmare or a dream, it's a reflection of ...

Gloomy Bathroom 
I never enjoyed waking up in the middle of the night with a full bladder. I would lay there staring at the ceiling, hoping the sensation would magically ...

You can't get out 
One dark, windy night, the town drunk was meandering his way home after the bar closed. Somehow he got turned around and ended up walking through the churchyard ...

Seeing Ghosts 
One day my mom was vaccuming in the upstairs hallway when all of a sudden, the vaccum turned off. My mom turned around to see the cord had been unplugged....

All by myself 
From my bedroom window I can see far out over the farm and up to the twin hills we call The Sisters. The hills sort of overlap, like one sort of in front ...

Not So Safe Refuge  
Back in the 1800s there was a refuge for slaves that were trying to escape to the northern states where slavery was illegal. The slaves moved on to the ...

The Cousin 
"Denise, your cousin is coming over. Help me clean the house." My mother called. I moaned in utter defeat. I hated my younger cousin Danny. I'm 12, and ...

Church Murderer 
Lily lived in a small house in Illinois. She was almost 13 at the time when this story takes place. One day, Lily was outside in the summer sun. She didn'...

Dark night of a holiday 
it was a dark night and we were going on holiday the next day so we went up to bed.It was so dark i couldnt see any thing but i could see a white figure ...

The Brick house on South 8th Street 
At the time I was 10 and I moved into new house which was built on an Indian burial ground, it was a brick house that was 101 years old. The house was ...

The Girl and the Doll 
A little girl named Emily looked around at the large trees that surround her as she walk along a long path within a large forest. A smile came to her lips ...

Missing Dogs 
A few years ago there was this house on Ridge Street just on the outskirts of the woods. There was this girl who is now my best friend and happened to ...

Don't look back  
Some of you guys might want to know why am I running? Well here's the deal, I'm being chased by wolves. So right now I'm trying to stay alive, but these ...

Bye Bye Sally 
Once upon a time, there was a family, there were two parents, a brother (16 years old) who's name is Bret, and a sister (12 years old) who's name was Sally....

DoppelGanger 
"See, look! They always trip over in these movies." said Jemma. I just sighed and delved my hand into the warm bucket of popcorn. Jemma and I were at the ...

The Beach House 
A family of five went on vacation to their beach house. It was beautiful. It had six bedrooms, five baths and had an incredible view of the ocean. "This ...

Down In the Basement. 
Once I was on vacation with my family when my mom needed some jelly from the basement and she told me to go get it. Some old man had died in that very ...

Skinned alive 
There was this girl named Lizzie. She was 15 years old and she had been talking in a chat room to a guy she thought was 16 but was really 37. Lizzie had ...

The coffin in the garden 
Yvonne is a 40 year old mother who lives in a big dark house. She and her children began to dig up the garden to bury more flowers, when all of a sudden ...

If only 
She heard a noise up in the attic, but she didn't scream.

She saw him walk by but she didn't scream.

She heard his voice but she didn't scream....

Return to the haunted house 
You just can't stay away. As most of you know I was the one who went to the haunted house and my friend Marco Diaz died right? As you may also know my ...

Welcome to the haunted house 
There are always rumors going here in center park, but the most heard rumor is the one of the haunted house down on center hill. My name is Zack Matthews ...

The barber shop 
Harriet is a young girl, who has blond locks and blue eyes like the shiniest blue berries you have ever seen. She is usually seen wearing a red bow in ...

Turner's New Shoes 
The street was almost complete dark. Only the stoplights were a source from where the darkness was broken. A young man was walking on the street. His hair ...

The Mysterious Hook 
On a Black and Stormy night, A man and his girlfriend were going to dinner. So they went to dinner and when they finished the man offered to take the women ...

Never seen again 
Never seen again

Once upon a time there was a small town known as Amenit. The thing about this town was that there were recent ghost sightings. In ...

The Cemetery 
The girls stood there in front of the gate to the cemetery. Not knowing what to do next. They stood still then finally thinking that they didn’t come ...

October 31 
It was October 31, 1774 I was making dinner with my mother. My little sister was washing the clothes in the river and my dad and older brother were getting ...

The Trip 
Normally scary stories happen on stormy nights, but not this one, this story happened on the hottest day of the year. 29 degrees and the beaches in south ...

The Ghost That Lived in My Attic 

The Ghost That Lived in My Atic

Once there was a girl named tori and she loved halloween. She would always ...

Gone Fishin part 2 
Still turned around, I tried to knock on my front door when, to my surprise, it wasn't there. I had knocked on something. I turned to see and my eyes got ...

Revenge is sweet 
As the church bell began to ring and the church began to empty a couple sat in the graveyard mourning their son. The grave stone read, "Beloved son and ...

The ventriloquist and her dummy 
One night, a family of three went to the theater to go watch a ventriloquist act. The ventriloquist was named Vanessa and the dummy, Peter. Peter was saying ...

A doll named Mary 
There was a little girl named Rachel and she had a big brother, a dad, and a mom and it was her birthday, so her mom went shopping and found a doll shop....

The dark train 
There once was a lady that just had her first baby and one day she decided that she didn't want it anymore. One day she was traveling to her mother's house ...

Help! 
There was once a boy he was ten. He walked to a shop and saw the shop keeper dead on the floor with a knife in his back. He then went running out of the ...

One Late Night  
One late night, a husband and wife were walking home from a party. There were said to be murders at that part of town.

Suddenly, the wife heard footsteps ...

Death in the closet 
It started one night when a boy named Marcus positively hated his closet. He was 14 years old and he hated his closet because of what he saw.

What ...

Size isn't everything 
The surface bubbled as though it boiled in the hot sun. I couldn't see beneath the algae and lily pads but I knew something was down there.

I came to ...

Snake Attack 
BAM!! You toss your bag on the ground of the damp forest floor. You're in search of a snake that was extinct, but was somehow seen one year ago. Your back ...

666 Came True 
I had just turned sixteen and was packing my suitcase and putting all my belongings in an old cardboard box I had found underneath my small bed. My mum ...

A night in Dennis lake woods 
John Gabe and his dad were packing his bags to go camping in Dennis lake woods. "So how long are we going to be there, Dad" said John while fixing his ...

Wolves 
I began to look around at my environment. But it was getting late and I needed to setup camp. The only thing worse than the dark is being afraid in the ...

Terror of the bird 
Deep in the heart of a forest on a cold winter’s night, you’re by yourself in a log cabin all alone. Your parents are gone to get some fire wood but they’...

The Evil Witch 
A long time ago I used to live by a cemetery. There was a grave that was really old and was far away from all of the others.

We made up a story that ...

Overpowering Storm Town 
Lightning clashed down. Up ahead I could see an uprooted tree. The rain hammered down on the rooftops. The wind howled in pain. Gigantic bolts of lightning ...

The Warmup 
Kobe was warming up for the big game against the Heat. Turiaf walked up to Kobe and told him "You gotta mark up on shaqueille man because if you don't,...

Happy Halloween 
You wake up on a haunted Halloween night. You had just gone trick or treating and decide to take a rest.

You walk down the stairway and enter your ...

There's no escape 
Lots of people used to believe a myth about a guy who was going to the tools store and went to work there and later had a customer.

A drunk and deadly ...

The Haunted Song  Not rated yet
HOW MUCH HARM COULD ONE SONG DO TO YOU?

There once was a song that three people made up and were going to sing for a project at school. The songs name ...

Terror Town  Not rated yet
They say starting a new life is never easy. Well today i test that theory. You see just last week there was a terible accident while i was at a friends ...

Haunted House  Not rated yet
Two friends were walking on thir way to school..they came across a man putting a for sale sign outside this old house..they asked him why it was being ...

The Stalking Clown  Not rated yet
one day i was coming from school when i got a text message sayin "forward this chain letter or i will be stalking you all day until night comes" ..while ...

Bad spirits  Not rated yet
So my friend and I were hanging out at my house during midnight. My parents were out eating dinner. My friend and I were watching the scariest movie ever....

The Photograph  Not rated yet
"Mum, what's that?" I used to ask my mum, holding a yellowed, aged photograph in my pudgy fingers.

"Oh! That's just an old family photograph, nothing ...

The Book  Not rated yet
I woke up with a jolt. Who put my alarm volume so high?. I went downstairs to have some cereal. As I poured the milk I asked myself, "do the majority of ...

The TV Screen  Not rated yet
It was late about 2:30am i was very tired but i had to stay up and watch this scary movie..and i sure hope this move is going to be good the movie was ...

T'aint so  Not rated yet
Old Mr. Dinkins was very ill, so they sent for a doctor. When the doctor came, old man Dinkins said, "there's nothing wrong with me!"

"You're dying,...

A Picture To Die For  Not rated yet
Joey had been scared to sleep alone his whole life. Even though he was now seven, he still whined to his mother about it. "You need to be a big boy Joey....

Unknown Predator  Not rated yet
"Just two days before your sweet sixteen, Molly is your father going to throw a big party" said my best friend Jessica.

"No, he says we need the money ...

Why you shouldn't answer the phone  Not rated yet
OKay so my name is Heather Williams and my phone bill is alot. Anyway, heres a day I wish I didn't have a cellphone it starts with conservation with my ...

The Haunting Doll!  Not rated yet
Once upon a time my mom and I were looking for a present for my birthday and I was looking for something I might want when just then I saw the cutest little ...

A Sister's Love  Not rated yet
On a day as cold and gusty as any day, Kristina was very scared. It was World War 2 and her older sister had just been killed. She looked outside her house ...

The Sleep-over  Not rated yet
Sleep-overs are me and my friend's favorite activity. I haven't had one in a while, so I called one of my friends. "Gretta, why did you call?" My friend ...

Wrong Number  Not rated yet
It was once again Kate's birthday. She invited three girls to her party. Reece, Jackalyn, and Rebecca. They all could come. Kate began planning and plotting ...

The Hunt  Not rated yet
It wasn't like me to kill an innocent animal. Even though I loved this animal, I killed it. If you just listen, you may hear why.

It happened on any ...

Mark and Michelle  Not rated yet
Mark and Michelle are a young couple in love, living life to the max and happily married. Mark works as a fourth year apprentice carpenter and was soon ...

The Cannibal   Not rated yet
Once there were two friends named Matthew and Nick. They were walking back in the woods one afternoon. They heard a twig snap and turned around frightened....

The bloody mouth  Not rated yet
Pete was a fifteen year old boy, he always wanted his first kiss but no matter how well he looked or how sweet he was he never liked any one of the girls ...

Never turn out the lights  Not rated yet
one night me and most of my friends watched the movie freddy vs jason i am sure you all have herd of it. we got so scared but it was fun all at the same ...

I'm coming up the stairs  Not rated yet
There was once a little eight year old girl named Tina. She was always afraid to go to sleep because some one had told her some scary stories and she was ...

Friday 13th   Not rated yet
it was a horrible morning, wet windy and almost dark. i looked at the calender and realised why. it was friday 13th, not a great day for me, its the anniversary ...

Welcome to Hell  Not rated yet
Not so long ago a man who was making a cross country trip was driving through a deserted part of Texas when he got a flat tire, he got out of his car and ...

Laughter  Not rated yet
Debbie and her best friend Torrie were always side by side. During lunch they were always together. There as a girl named Kelly who always sat by them ...

I haunt my own dreams.  Not rated yet
There was a young girl called Macie and she was about 20. She had just moved in to this crummy estate flat. It was disgusting. Cockroaches everywhere, Mice ...

Hide and Seek  Not rated yet
Once upon a time there lived the Smith's, they just moved to this new house which was located right next to the lake Feber.

There were three children ...

The Red nose Clown  Not rated yet
One Saturday night, a guy and his girlfriend was chatting on the computer and seeing each other. “Hey, you want to see the pictures I took at the prom?...

The syringe  Not rated yet
One cold night in a hospital there was a young girl who had rabies. she also was horribly afraid of needles used for shots other whys known as syringes....

Mansion Mayhem  Not rated yet
As I steadily approached the abandoned mansion my mind was confounded because I couldn’t think clearly. I couldn’t think about anything at this moment ...

Kidnapped  Not rated yet
Jenny laughed along with her friends. She never knew she would end her life so early.

As she walked home, she felt like she was being watched. She ...

Ghost Town  Not rated yet
It said that the form was better suited for short stories... while the actual 'occurance' takes up little of the story, it doesn't quite take full effect ...

Beyond  Not rated yet
I stiffened as a chill ran through my spine. I bit my tongue and moved only my eyes, which were darting about the room. Something was in here. Some sort ...

Moving to Jordan  Not rated yet
"Look, Jordan." I squeezed my hands into his scrawny shoulders. "I'm moving, but I won't be far! I'll just be down the street!" Tears flooded from his ...

Scared for life  Not rated yet
Once there was a mom, and her daughter named Ashly who was 14, and a dog named Bella {who was a golden retriever} lived in a old house in the middle of ...

Diarys can be deadly  Not rated yet
It was a quiet afternoon in Hills ville. Amber was walking down an unfamiliar street. The neighbor hood was way to quiet. Amber could hear leaves crunching ...

The Clock Tower  Not rated yet
I was running as fast as i could to get inside the nearest building. I couldnt tell who was chasing me but right now it didnt matter. To me all that mattered ...

You kill, I kill  Not rated yet
It was a cold wet day, in the forest. I knew because I was alone there walking through the damp grass. The strings reached my waist and some almost reached ...

Fight For Life, Fight For Family  Not rated yet
My heart was racing. My hands were hurting. I was afraid. It was extremely dark outside and I was locked out of my home. It was hot and windy. My hair ...

The Bloody Bride and Groom  Not rated yet
One night, I was at home alone, just talking on the phone with my friend about school and stuff. I had just come upstairs from watching a scary movie and ...

Is this what you were talking about?  Not rated yet
Once there was two sisters named Sally and Molly.
Sally and Molly were complete opposites.

Sally was scared of everything and she never played tricks ...

Desiree  Not rated yet
Once there was this one six year old girl named Desiree. Even though her name was beautiful everyone at school laughed at her. And her home life wasn't ...

The Lost Soul  Not rated yet
The window ledge where she was sitting was white, with floral patterns around the outside. It had been there for a long time, for this was an old house....

Killer  Not rated yet
I was at a restaurant one night, just enjoying myself when my phone ring. I saw that it was from "Killer" and not recognizing the name, I answered it. It ...

The Haunted Mansion  Not rated yet
There was a family of 7 who lived together in a house. A mom, dad, 2 daughters, and 2 sons. The daughters and sons were 6 at this time. As the kids were ...

Goodbye  Not rated yet
"Wow. This place looks ancient." Jessica commented as we walked further into the huge, victorian house. My heart pounded in my throat as I heard the ...

Don't Believe Everything You Hear  Not rated yet
Mr. and Mrs. Telix lived alone out in a dark forest. Their closest neighbor was a mile away. They had to stay in after dark to avoid werewolves. During ...

The Thing  Not rated yet
There was once a girl that was 16 turning 17 soon. She and her friend decided to go on a double date together. She wanted to go someplace thrilling and ...

The Jack-In-The-Box  Not rated yet
Once there was a toymaker. His name was Jack. He made puppets, dolls, and teddy bears. One day, Jack decided it was time for a slight change. He was going ...

The Beast Of The Woods  Not rated yet
There was once a boy named Michael Grone who lived in a cabin in the woods. Michael has lived in the woods his whole life. He was even born in the woods....

The Fireplace  Not rated yet
A long time ago.. farther back than anyone can remember, there was a small family that moved into a very old house. It was large, made of brick. It's rooms ...

The Abandoned Children and the Wolves  Not rated yet
One day in a little town just away from Brisbane, two people lived called Samantha and Peter. They weren’t wealthy people, and lived in a small farm house ...

The Stranger in the Woods  Not rated yet
After being incarcerated for 17 years, Tommie Carpenter, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was locked ...

The seven drawers  Not rated yet
On one Sunday night it was the first offical week that my friend's grand parents had moved into there new house. In the house there were seven drawers ...

Never stay out late  Not rated yet
"That's not funny!" Emma exclaimed to a boy in her class named Jeremy. Jeremy loved to scare Emma because he knew that Emma was the easiest girl to scare ...

Happy Halloween  Not rated yet
"Agghhhh!" I said. I couldn't believe it. It was Halloween, for Pete's sake! What insane teacher gives an assignment on Halloween?

"You must finish ...

Werewolves  Not rated yet
One dark night, in the woods, there was a girl, Maddie, and a boy, Aaron. They wanted to go some place where they could be alone. Maddie wanted to go some ...

Demons in my head  Not rated yet
'll start with my 1st encounter with an actual ghost figure. It was late, about two or three A.M. I woke up and went down the hall for a glass of water....

A Drop of Johnny's Blood  Not rated yet
There was a boy named Johnny and a girl named Sally. They have been going out for 1 year and it was their monthly anniversary. To celebrate, they were ...

Hanging 'round with you  Not rated yet
Noncholantly, I was running towards each house gathering candy, or trick-or-treating. Originally, I wanted to go pranking with my big sister Susanne. She ...

The Doll  Not rated yet
It was a regular day, like any other. I was walking home from school, but for some reason I took a different way home. I guess I was just curious about ...

Mandy  Not rated yet
There was a girl called Mandy who lived with her parents and her brother. Mandy was 9 years old and it was soon her 10th bithday.

The day before Mandy´...

Babysitting  Not rated yet
A young couple had moved in next door with their twins, a boy and a girl. Lucy was quick to seize her oppurtunity to make a bit of extra cash and so she ...

The Creature  Not rated yet
Something screamed in a tree right above me. I frowned. Something here just wasn't right. I was walking home from my friend's house that night and had ...

When the green light goes off.  Not rated yet
It was a very windy day, it was cold too. Everyone in the neighbourhood was inside. Maddie was sitting inside and watching the wind. She was with her ...

Don't treat Teddy bears badly  Not rated yet
Once upon a time there was a young girl who owned a teddy bear. She loved it so much. They did everything together. Read books together, had picnics together,...

The House of Eliza Crane  Not rated yet
In the late 1960's Brooklindale was a rural community, right on the Catawba river. The town was well known for its hospitality to oncoming strangers. It ...

My new home in the country  Not rated yet
Mary Grace was a happy 6 year old girl. She moved to a farm house isolated in Alabama with her parents. Her parents had always dreamed of having a farm ...

Good Bye  Not rated yet
It was another cold November night and an old woman's husband got called in because of a horrible car accident and they needed assistance. Without even ...

Happy Cheering  Not rated yet
"Are you going to cheer practice tonight Savannah?" Brandi asked me. "Yes, my mom has to stay at work til 9." I said.

Brandi and I met each other at ...

Open Season  Not rated yet
Bang! Blood sprayed from the deer's head as the bullet made contact. The glassy-eyed buck teetered and then collapsed. "Perfect Shot" Roger congratulated ...

Troll in the tree  Not rated yet
There was a forest behind my house in a neighbourhood in Missouri. In those woods there was a hollowed out tree with a door on it. And in front of that ...

Old chest  Not rated yet
A few months ago, my family moved into a new house. We've heard a lot of rumours about our new house...Scary rumours.

One night my aunt and uncle were ...

Voodoo Dolls  Not rated yet
There was this man who made voodoo dolls and threw them in the ocean in an effort to drown people. My uncle collected those dolls and when he got twelve ...

The fog at the riverside  Not rated yet
It was a night like any other night, peaceful and quiet until you add the party crashers and crazy traffic. A man was walking home it was along the road ...

Sleep Walking  Not rated yet
"She kissed the prince and..."

"David lights out!"

"OK Mum." David closed his book and turned off his night-light. He fell asleep dreaming of love,...

Mute  Not rated yet
"It's going to be OK grandma." I kept repeating to her as she laid in the back of the ambulance crying. As we drove off I just stared at my neighbor Mike'...

Runaway Glasses  Not rated yet
My friend just got a new house and had a house-warming party. He invited all my friends. We bought him a great telescope. We brought it outside to go check ...

Room 616  Not rated yet
A couple wanted to take a vacation one day. They decided to go to a beautiful hotel called the Blacksmith Hotel. When they got to their hotel room the ...

Kiss of death  Not rated yet
This is about a girl named Sara. She lived a scary and sad past. All her friends have died strange and Violent deaths. She still cries about it in bed....

Phone call  Not rated yet
Molly was talking to her friend Tilly on her phone and then she got cut off and a voice on the phone said "I will kill you" and she put the phone down ...

The Happy Couple  Not rated yet
There was once a beautiful girl and a handsome man who loved each other dearly. One evening, just after they had married, they were driving home in their ...

One time and one time only  Not rated yet
It was dark and the sky seemed to be gray as I looked it seemed something or some one was out there so I took a look. There was an old lady saying over ...

Giant Snake at Camp Fun  Not rated yet
Every year my parents say its the greatest camp on earth, and that they have been there a thousand times. Camp Fun, it's so fun. There are no bugs or snakes....

The Clip Clip Slide   Not rated yet
One evening in a small town a young girl, about 12, was spotted running home suspiciously. A policeman saw her, stopped the car and rolled down his window....

Shooting Owls  Not rated yet
One night as I lay on my bed trying to go to sleep, I heard an owl screech and shirk into the night. The terrible noise that came out of the owl was so ...

The Haunting In West Cove  Not rated yet
There once was a boy named, Matt, and his friend Alex. Alex and Matt were best friends and they lived down the street from each other, in a small town....

Moonlight Manor  Not rated yet
It was getting dark. John was lost, he regretted taking that shortcut. He was running as fast as he could through the wild forest. Every so often he would ...

Weirdest drive ever  Not rated yet
One day my mom and I were driving to my granny's house. We were half way there, driving along the countryside, but then I thought I saw a PUTTYCAT! Naaaaaa,...

The Television  Not rated yet
Once was a small family upon Darren Road. A mother and her daughter. The father was killed in the Korean War. The girl was frightened when she heard the ...

Hidden  Not rated yet
Once a couple needed a day off from parenting their two children, so they went out to dinner with some friends an hour away from their house. Since they ...

A dog's lick   Not rated yet
A nineteen girl named Melissa had lived for only about a month now in her new house all alone. At night she would hear bangs and things falling but always ...

The Aswang  Not rated yet
Growing up in Canada, (I'm just 14 now) I have seen many horror movies and had lots of attempts at scaring myself. But I find the scariest things are from ...

The lighthouse keeper  Not rated yet
Old legend has it that a lighthouse in Florida, USA has a keeper spirit that roams it with a knife and bucket. I didn't believe it, until the night I went ...

Check the kids  Not rated yet
One night there was a babysitter at the Millers' and her name was Alli. She was upstairs for a while but then went down and watched TV. Then she got a ...

The Pitcher  Not rated yet
There once lived two brothers who both liked to play baseball. They grew up loving baseball. One day one brother wondered, and asked his brother if there ...

Blue Barry Woman  Not rated yet
when i was 13 years old I went to AL and my cousin told me a story that ther was a woman in an old house that had been killed 30 years ago

Well in ...

Gone Fishin part 1  Not rated yet
I had just finished school. I procrastinated most of the week, so on Friday the workload was heavy. I woke up at 6:30 that morning. The long 7 hour work ...

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