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3,785 | The Scary Old Man | We moved into our new home in North Providence, Rhode Island, a week ago. It's a large Tudor ranch with many rooms. Last night my 3-year-old son woke up in the middle of the night calling for his daddy!
I went to his room, which he temporarily shares with his 9-year-old brother as we are remodeling his brother's room.... | 15.00086 | 1.98 |
7,245 | Jump The Fence | On the ground floor of my house there are four rooms, including the hallway. My hallway and kitchen connect to each other and when you look down the hallway from the front door, you can see the back window of the kitchen. Then there is the dining room and living room that connect to the left side of the hallway.
Now t... | 15.002391 | 2.12 |
18,531 | The Haunting In New York | I was five years old when my family moved into an apartment in one of the outer boroughs of New York City. Growing up in Queens was neither very exciting nor very boring but our new home terrified me completely.
For almost nine years, we lived in that small apartment on the first floor of a four-story building. Ours ... | 15.003181 | 3.59 |
10,692 | Disturbed Sleep | When I was fourteen and living in my old house in the rolling green hills of Somerset UK, I experienced sleep paralysis for the first time. At the time I had never heard of it, and it scared me so bad that I couldn't sleep for weeks. But it was more than just waking up and being unable to move. I woke up to the bed sha... | 15.005244 | 2.33 |
12,444 | Feeling Of Dread In The Middle Of Nowhere | Not sure if this qualifies as a ghost story...
In September 2013 me and a friend traveled to the US, to go on a road trip. I'd say about a good week into our trip, we had visited Zion National Park and were staying in a hotel close to the park, in Springdale. On our last day there, the weather was quite bad, definitel... | 15.007305 | 2.2 |
99,970 | A girl went missing in the rain. | The rain got worse as the night went on. Every time I was about to fall asleep, there would be a blast of thunder that kept me up. I'm not normally afraid of thunderstorms, but this was one of the few exceptions. I was lying awake in bed when I heard people talking. I just assumed it was my parents, even though it was ... | 15.007481 | 2.08 |
219,710 | House Next Door (keep in mind, this is my first) | As far as I can remember, the house next door has always been around. And, as far as I can remember, the house next door has always been empty. Our town has never really wanted anything to do with the house, but recently someone started a rumor that it was haunted. This of course, made the house an attraction for young... | 15.008089 | 2.45 |
16,750 | Grinning Entity And Random Spooks | A
little background info, I am an only child and generally have the entire house to myself. My parents both work a lot and they are frequently out of town. Our house is fairly large, and it feels even bigger when I'm home alone. Luckily, I have 2 cats that keep me company.
My family is not religious either and we're b... | 15.008204 | 3 |
232,288 | Class project | Pt 1
I don't want to go to class today," said Justin, "but we have the midterm project, and it's worth 30% of our grade." "I know, but it's not like it's the end of the world; it's just a 10th-grade history class," said Justin. "But don't you want to get into a good college?" He nodded his head. "So let's just go; it'... | 15.009556 | 1.98 |
56,569 | Playing transmission #52,279,406. | Time is 03:47:27. I am trapped on this island. It has killed them all. There is no escape, there is no hope. Be cautious, it may kill you, too. End transmission, time is 03:47:54.
Playing transmission #52,279,407.
Time is 03:47:27. am trapped on this island. It has killed them all. There is no escape, there is no hop... | 15.010086 | 2.5 |
16,169 | Weird Happenings At Home 3 | If you read my past stories, Weird Happenings at Home 1 and 2, then this is the continuation of the previous stories. A lot has been going on since the last time I wrote and so I would like to tell you all that has been happening.
The first thing I would like to tell you about this small, pink ball that I have. I had ... | 15.010094 | 2.8 |
5,387 | A Shadow Man In The Night | This story is the first ghost encounter that I can remember and that I know actually happened. It happened in the neighborhood I grew up in, Riverside in Duluth, Minnesota. I'm trying really hard to remember how old I was but I only know I was probably around the ages of 8 or 9 years old. My sister was probably 3 or 4 ... | 15.010934 | 2.8 |
4,847 | My Haunted Story | My name is Chelsea. I have grown up in a small town, Auburn Massachusettes and I have lived at the same place for nineteen years now. Recently I found out that my house is 100 years old and that it was one of the only houses on my street back in the 1900's. Everything surrounding my house before I lived here, was farml... | 15.012381 | 2.87 |
17,471 | The Girl Ghost | This story took place about four or five years ago, and to this day I still can not look at the windows in my mom's apartment at night.
My mom lives down in Seaside, California. It is about an eight-hour drive from where I currently live. I usually go to visit her during my time off from school. This time I decided to... | 15.012559 | 2.03 |
24,763 | The Ghost Who Didn't Like Men | I was about five-years-old when we rented and moved into an old house on some farm land near my grandparent's home. My father wanted to be near his parents, my mom wasn't very happy about it, but she wanted to support my dad. When we moved in my mom made the comment that the house was different, she had no idea how rig... | 15.012928 | 2.33 |
156,325 | I never believed in ghosts... until now... (Day 1) | Two days ago, my parents went out of town. They left me home with some money and emergency numbers. I find my dog as good company, and I usually spend the nights sitting on my bed on my computer with her at my side. The first night, my dog started barking in the middle of the night. This was different from her normal b... | 15.013218 | 2.59 |
455 | Grandmother Or Coincidence | My dad had a god mother that we called Grandma. She was cool but slightly crazy. She was getting old and her health started to deteriorate little by little as the days went on. Of my siblings and me, she claimed that I was her favorite because I was the smartest and prettiest.
One day, my fiancée and I are hanging out... | 15.014371 | 2.59 |
7,730 | The Man In The Cap And The Girl In White | Here are two experiences, both when I was 11.
I had a sleepless night when I was nearing 12. The reason was because I had a few ghost stories. I went to bed and hoped my sister (who is younger than me) would stay awake but soon she was asleep. When I am scared what I do is cover myself under the duvet.
I heard someth... | 15.015322 | 2.19 |
180,514 | Someone With A Baseball Bat Was Trying To Break-In | This happened about 8 yrs ago (I was 11 at the time), when I was still in Highschool. I was alone at home, because my parents had to work nightshift, and I was playing on my PS3. I was in my room, above the living where the door was, and suddenly I heard a loud bang. I ignored it, because I just thought that maybe i‘m ... | 15.015688 | 1.73 |
9,332 | Haunted House Or Haunting Me? | For the past 6 years in my house, I have thought it was haunted. I have heard things, seen things, and felt things. My mother thinks I'm insane and thinks I'm making it up, but I can assure you I'm not.
One night I woke up in the middle of the night and I felt really scared. (My room is in the basement by the way.) I ... | 15.016765 | 2.53 |
218,040 | The House On Blackwood High ( Part :-1 ) | The old Victorian house on Blackwood Hill had stood sentinel over the town for nearly a century. Its peeling paint, crooked chimneys, and gnarled trees lent it an air of gothic mystery that had captivated generations. But there was a darker secret hidden within its walls, a secret that had been passed down through whis... | 15.018978 | 2.28 |
19,213 | Little Girl Ghost Or Something Else? | When I was 16, I thought I had seen a ghost in my house. At first I thought it was just my imagination so I never really paid any attention to it, until I recently found out that I'm not the only one that has seen it. I've always been fascinated with stories about ghosts, demons, haunted dolls, etc but never imagined t... | 15.019135 | 2.05 |
172,327 | I think I saw my great-grandfather who died before I was born | I was probably 7 or 8 when this happened, so this definitely could have been my imagination or a dream I mistaked for reality. My great-grandmother lived next door to me and my cousin lived up the road so it wasn't uncommon for us to play together and visit my great-grandma. One day some family came to visit my great-g... | 15.019304 | 1.9 |
7,521 | He Watches Over Me | This is my first ever story on this site, and I will admit I was a little hesitant to even sign up at first. I've read several of the ghost stories on here, which I think are really interesting.
I've always been interested in "ghost" stories and really just enjoy the history of places and people. I have never seen a g... | 15.019841 | 2.15 |
2,515 | Still Not Alone | This is a more recent story. This happened maybe a few weeks ago.
I was sitting in my living room watching t.v when suddenly I got the feeling of someone watching me from the kitchen. At the time I was completely alone and have been for about an hour. I check the kitchen and the rest of my house, I saw no one. I wante... | 15.020808 | 2.16 |
23,709 | The Ghost in the Corner | When I was in law school at the University of Chicago I lived in student housing. I lived in an old apartment building at the edge of campus on South Drexel Street. Just a few blocks south of my building was an old hospital that I believe was at one time affiliated with the University.
At the beginning of my second ye... | 15.021566 | 2.42 |
21,204 | Haunted House (4) | We have lived in our house for the past 16 years and we have always known that there was something strange about it.
The house was built around the early 1920s in Brisbane. I know the house is haunted, I have known for sometime now.
My first experience was about a 3 years ago. I was almost asleep when I heard what sou... | 15.022305 | 2.1 |
14,615 | Strange Encounter | I was alone, and it just turned dark, about 7:30pm, my mom was at my aunt's house, and my dad was working on a car at my grandmother's house. I was making some soup and some bbq meat to eat. At about 9 o'clock, my power went out. I ran out of my house and went to the breaker box to trip the power back on. When I came ... | 15.022735 | 2.53 |
2,795 | Strangeness | These are things that happened to me in my current home. I don't know how old my house is but I've been living here for 4 years now. It's a small duplex with a garage.
One evening I was taking a nap alone at home. I think it was around 5 or 6pm. My mom was at church because we're Catholic but I'm not religious so I ra... | 15.023838 | 2.54 |
244,938 | : Being filthy rich, you're certain that money can't buy happiness. Drunkenly striking up a conversation with a waitress, the two of you make a bet: You'll fund her attempt to prove you wrong. | ‘Hey Ms. Bartender give me a shot of vodka.’
While the bartender was pouring my drink she asks me ‘What does a guy like you doing in a bar at 2 in the afternoon?’
‘Well, I’ve accepted the fact that money can’t buy me happiness’ I replied.
I stare at the shot glass filled with vodka then tell her ‘You should stop wor... | 15.025465 | 2.44 |
5,188 | Old Man Ghost | I never had any ghost experiences until I purchased my first house. I will be the first to tell you that I love a good ghost story, but I have never been "sensitive" to ghosts or spirits.
I purchased a townhouse in February 2000. Settlement was on a Friday and that night I had my family and friends over to help me mo... | 15.025672 | 2.74 |
32,017 | It's time | Everywhere I go I feel him watching. When I go outside, to bed, to the bathroom, down the hall, in the shop, he is always behind me. I tried to tell my family but they just said it was nothing. Everyone keeps telling me that it is nothing. But he just keeps getting closer and closer and closer and closer until I could ... | 15.025822 | 2.04 |
131,445 | Candles for Oceans - Part 3 |
Part 2
The heartbeat stopped. My eyes were opened and I was draped over the bench seat of my father’s brown pick-up. I tried to wipe away something sticky from my face, but my arms would not comply. My legs shuffled and my torso raised me upright. A near-empty bottle slipped off the seat and clinked against another o... | 15.026571 | 3 |
14,133 | My History with Sleep Paralysis | Hello Everyone! - Although I have been an avid reader of the stories listed on the this sight for several months, I have not yet posted any of my experiences, even though I have several, from sleep paralysis, to sleep walking, to ghostly encounters. In this post, I'll cover my experiences with sleep paralysis:
The fir... | 15.027059 | 3.16 |
6,976 | I Got It | Since my Mom's passing in January of 2011, I spend most nights with my 79 year old Dad in his home because he doesn't like to stay alone. During the early morning hours on January 15, 2014 something creepy and disturbing happened in my Dad's home.
I sleep on the couch in the living room. I awoke from the sound of my D... | 15.027281 | 2.38 |
235,388 | If you are reading this, you've been in a coma for 20 years. We are trying a new technique. We don't know where this message will end up in your dream, but we hope we are getting through. Please wake up. | There is no way for me to know if this is true or not. I hope it isn’t, because the life I’ve made for myself over the last twenty years is pretty nice. I’ve got a wife, a house, and a decent job. I even have two cats that are only jerks part of the time.
I suppose there is some good news. I’m still here, or possibly ... | 15.02738 | 2.16 |
8,926 | The Woman Who Visited Me Every Night | This happened to me when I was a four-year-old. This is something I've always remembered.
Every night, my mom put me to bed. Just another normal night in the house. But every night when my mom left, I would wait for somebody. Someone I now call The White Woman (for a reason).
Every night I woke up, and my two brother... | 15.027456 | 2.37 |
17,114 | An Unexplainable Event | To understand the basics of my story, I'll have to tell you a little bit about my life first.
I'm from a large town in England, Milton Keynes. I'm 17 years old, and live with my mum, sister and step-dad. I have a younger brother and that's where my story begins.
When I was 7, my sister was 9 and my brother was 5; my ... | 15.028334 | 1.96 |
24,369 | Haunted Headquarters | I work a military post in Kansas that is very historical, dating back to the Civil War. The building that I work in happens to be the old hospital, but because of the historical importance it has never been renovated. It is now the post headquarters. There are many stories of hauntings that have occurred in this buildi... | 15.029495 | 2.6 |
15,166 | Blue Lights | This story takes place in the late summer/early fall of 2005. In January of 2005, my husband and I purchased a new home which was built in 1870. One evening, my husband and I were sitting in the living room watching tv right next to the living room, is our dining room. All of a sudden, we saw a huge flash of bright blu... | 15.02982 | 2.51 |
220,797 | "The Asylum of Nyarlathotep: A Tale of Madness and Horror" bit of a goofy story hope yall like | There are certain places in the world that seem to radiate evil. Places where the air is thick with a sense of dread and the shadows seem to take on a life of their own. The abandoned asylum on the outskirts of town was one of those places. It had been closed for years, but the rumours that surrounded it never died. Th... | 15.031474 | 3.33 |
23,571 | My Protector (1) | This story is about my dog, Bo. He died 5 years ago. Two months after his death, I had my experience.
Bo was a Christmas present to me from my mother. When I got him, I had to bottle feed him. He was such a tiny thing! As he grew, he became very protective of me and would scare off anyone who tried to hurt me.
When I... | 15.032288 | 2.12 |
23,412 | Mysteries of Danfield Court | First of all, I would like to tell you that this story is not a myth, but a true event that was actually experienced by two of the family members in my home on Danfield Court.
I was lying in bed, half asleep, when I suddenly heard the AC cut on in the hall, right outside my bedroom. I turned away from the noise and tr... | 15.032605 | 2.49 |
17,968 | Being Followed By A Ghost | Key West is one of the most haunted places in America. These experiences happened in Key West, Florida on April 17, 2009.
When I came back from work at 6:00 PM, I will usually start up the gaming console to play a quick game. It was 6:42 and I fell asleep in the chair. When I woke up, the bathroom light was on and all... | 15.033415 | 2.28 |
87,368 | Black Sheep Mutation (Part 2) |
Nicky stared at me for a long time after I told her what had happened at school; at least the part about the headache and growing really big. Sort of like she’d done last night after I’d revealed being nonbinary to her. I thought maybe she’d hit me again. But the look on her face was somehow different. In fact, I witn... | 15.034337 | 3.66 |
10,268 | I Am Sorry, Please Come Back | I have always been able to sense when there is a presence in the room or something coming close to me. I haved worked in nursing homes for 30 years and have held people as they passed away. There has only been 3 times I have actually seen a ghost or spirit. Each time she came I was sleeping. Her presence was so strong... | 15.034362 | 2.48 |
23,374 | Something About My Family | English is not my mother tongue so I hope you could bear with me for my story.
My mom died of cancer in 1981, she was 29 and I was 4 at the time. I have a sister who was a year older than me. My Dad was devastated after my mom's death. My Grandma (Dad's mom) then came to live with us in order to take care of us since ... | 15.035065 | 3.2 |
242,406 | A mutant strain of the Zika virus rendered 99 % of the world population sterile in 2017 . You 're a college history major in 2040 . Show us your thesis on the effects of the sterility virus and how it changed society .
| In 2017, a virus left 99 % of the world's population sterile. This virus was found to be a strain of the Zika virus. This led to an increase in unprotected sex, which, in turn, led to the continuation of teenage pregnancy rates. But the biggest changes were the changes that this effect made on society as a whole. Since... | 15.035573 | 1.85 |
110,164 | There was someone in my mirror. I don't know what to do. | I (34F) have always been a bit skeptical when it comes to spirits and the paranormal. But lately, something strange has been happening in my house, and I can't explain it.
It all started a few weeks ago, when I inherited an old mirror from my grandmother. At first, I was excited to have a piece of family history in my... | 15.036042 | 2.49 |
239,002 | When did you realise you were dead ?
| My favorite thing to do is to play the piano for my sister Rosie. Rosie likes to play too, but she ’ s never been as good as I am. She always says her fingers are too small and that when she ’ s as old as me she ’ ll be able to spread her fingers further apart than me and play notes that even I can ’ t. I don ’ t know ... | 15.036297 | 2.18 |
241,660 | The apocalypse has come . The only survivors : a young child , and the monster under the bed ...
| “ Hello? Is there someone here? ”
It was hard for Little Timmy to see. The lights had gone out of his room, even his Batman nightlight. He did not know how long the light had been off but ever since he had stayed in his bed.
“ Hello? ”
It had been some time since Daddy had tucked him in. Timmy could not rem... | 15.037624 | 1.99 |
825 | Confederate Soldier | This took place one night when I was 15 or 16. I couldn't sleep, so I grabbed my homework and radio and went to the living room. My mom was asleep, my dad was out of town, so I had the front of the house to myself.
I turned on my radio, sat down on the floor in front of the coffee table, and started on my homework. I ... | 15.039012 | 2.09 |
129,886 | Something Is Wrong With Carol | Something Is Wrong with Carol
I’ll probably end up going completely off my head if I don’t share this with another person somehow. I don’t know what to do with myself or my situation. I’m not at all ashamed to say that I’m actually terrified. I’m beyond terrified.
It all started yesterday. Everything was just fine un... | 15.039859 | 2.89 |
175,305 | Something hit our house at 2 am | When I was around 7 or 8 years old, I was staying up all night with my older brother Stephen. We were in the living room watching movies at around 2 in the morning, when out of nowhere there was a loud bang on the side of the house. Where our couch was located in this house, was roughly 4 feet away from the front door,... | 15.040055 | 1.74 |
1,424 | My Grandad's Ghost? | My name is Jenny and I am 20 years old, I have been on this site for a while now but this is my first post. I have wanted to share this for a while now!
When I was little my Nan used to live in a 3 bedroom house in a village in Wiltshire with my grandad where I used to stay a lot. My grandad died when I was one and 10... | 15.040245 | 2.09 |
14,952 | Mysterious Shower | I had returned from work and decided to relax in the recliner and I ended up falling asleep. My wife came home from work and I woke up for a moment, said hello, and then I fell back to sleep. My wife left the house for about 45 minutes (according to her) and the next thing I know, my wife is waking me up asking if I t... | 15.041117 | 2.14 |
11,942 | Supernatural Entity In My Home As A Child | For privacy reasons I will not share the exact location this took place, but I will state it occurred in a newly built house in Southern California. I currently still live in this house. This event took place in the late 1990's.
One night when I was about 8 years old, I was sleeping in my sister's room with her. She i... | 15.041205 | 2.21 |
244,502 | You are living in a kid show world where every characters' names match with their personality, like 'Smiley Miley' or 'Dr. Evilson'. You, as a government worker who handles birth certificate, try to persuade parents to not give their children villainous names. | “Mrs...no...uh, Bea, can I call you Bea?”
“That’s fine,” Bea said, smiling.
“Well, we prefer to do these sessions with both prospective parents,” I said, looking carefully at the pregnant, soon-to-be mother. “But I do know that your husband is a busy man.”
“Lawma does try to make time,” Bea said, apologetically. “Bu... | 15.041704 | 1.96 |
175,452 | My experience with a ghost lady that I had as a child. | Hello my name is Riley I’m 35 years old. I’ve always had the ability to see things ever since I was a child and so has my mom and grandmother. I lived in rural Connecticut and I liked to go exploring in the woods around my parents property. One day when I was about 15 I discovered an abandoned house. It was a old Victo... | 15.042745 | 2.44 |
5,959 | We're Not Alone | My family and I moved to a house in Minnesota, MN. Since day one my sister and I knew we weren't alone. I had a bedroom on the second floor of the house, and down the hall was my sister's room. Not long before we moved in my mom found out that she was pregnant. Within a few days my sister had to move into my room so th... | 15.042967 | 2.71 |
6,334 | Enter The Guardian | As I have already said in my previous post, "Possession, Apparitions and Terror", I went through a period of my life where I had constant encounters with a being that I call the 'Shadow Man'.
I would wake up every night with him sitting on the couch in my bedroom watching me. Whether it was him waking me up or my subc... | 15.04315 | 3.11 |
131,728 | My brother makes me kill people | He does. He yells at me and cuts me if I don't listen to him. He makes me kidnap people and kill them. He has a very specific plan but he never comes with me. I always have to do it alone. He makes me follow people around and wait until they're alone then he makes me take them. Yesterday he told me to tell the world ev... | 15.048186 | 2.55 |
7,735 | Hello Mary 2: Moving Away | Hey there everyone, since my last post there has been a bit of activity, but I don't believe some of it was done by Mary.
There has been a lot of bumps and bangs as usual. I haven't been seeing much of Mary though, but I can feel her most of the time, but not as much as I have in the past. Instead I can feel a negativ... | 15.048785 | 2.58 |
24,770 | The Crawling Shadow | About 10 years ago when I was stationed in Japan, I had an experience that still makes the hairs on my arms stand on end. I was sleeping one weekend night about midnight. I lived in a dormitory with other military members and this particular night I woke up from my sleep to see a dark figure standing in my room. At fir... | 15.049219 | 1.85 |
152,794 | The Smoking Man | Four years ago I moved into a new house with my wife and five year old son, Dylan. It was our first house and we were the perfect happy family. The man who had previously lived in the house died and his son sold it to us at a very generous price. We were told that the man was a very heavy smoker and died in the house, ... | 15.049385 | 2.97 |
221,467 | I had a traumatic experience over the summer and it changed me forever. | My parents have had shared custody over me since I was a baby. I never had a favorite parent but I’ve always preferred living with my mom. In 7th grade I would get a phone call or an email home almost every day. One day my mom had got a call that I made a girl in my grade hit her head on a desk and she had to go to the... | 15.049655 | 2.97 |
14,498 | My Scary Night Visitor | Late at night, I went into my bedroom. I sat down on my water bed, and tried to go to sleep. All of a sudden I felt my heart start to beat really fast for no reason. I sensed a presence in the room, I just couldn't see it, I sat up and looked over to the place where I knew it was. My door was closed but I could feel it... | 15.049837 | 1.93 |
25,048 | My Dad's Kitchen Visit | It was about 1:30 in the morning on January 15, 2004 when this happened and it had been almost a year since I lost my dad to cancer.
My brother and I and my daughter all live together here in Mission Viejo. At 1:30, I was up on the computer that I had set up in my dinning room of my apartment. I was checking my bank a... | 15.051014 | 2.33 |
177,724 | I saw her in broad daylight | Now let’s take this back to 2007 (I was like 8?) when I was living in a small town. I lived super close to all my friends (who were my neighbors) and we would ride our bikes up and down our street.
It was a summer morning when I decided to ask my mom if I could go next door to get my friends to ride bikes with me. She... | 15.051549 | 2.1 |
55,519 | I Have Been Buried Alive | I have been buried alive.
Inside the coffin I’ve been buried alive in, it is very dark.
Inside the darkness of the coffin I’ve been buried alive in, it also smells of rot and old soil.
In addition to the darkness and the smell of rot and old soil inside the coffin I’ve been buried alive in, I am also starting to pan... | 15.052162 | 3.82 |
218,160 | Deep Dark Web Horror Story | As I sat alone in my dimly lit bedroom, surrounded by stacks of dusty books and creaking floorboards, I stumbled upon something that would change my life forever. It was an old laptop, tucked away in a forgotten corner of the attic, covered in cobwebs and grime. The screen was cracked and the keyboard was sticky with d... | 15.053633 | 1.75 |
41,457 | Look around. | You don't see them the way I do. | 15.053637 | 1 |
158,553 | Whispers from the Hollow | Our town had always been surrounded by dense woods, filled with stories of strange creatures and eerie occurrences. At the center of these woods, there was a small, desolate hollow where no trees or plants would grow. Locals avoided the hollow, claiming that it was cursed and that those who ventured near it would be to... | 15.054625 | 2.01 |
168,411 | My Mother's Last Visit | I’ve been clean for two weeks.
I started taking prescription pills a little over a year ago. It was a stressful time in college. My finals were coming up but I couldn’t take any less hours at work. I had to pay for my own tuition, in addition to all the other bills I had, and even those I had trouble keeping up with. ... | 15.055009 | 3.21 |
8,714 | Static People | I honestly am not too sure on how to start this. I'm new to this sorta thing and I'm not the best at giving great detail. I just want to get this out there in hopes that someone else possibly had a similar experience. Anyways I'm rambling, sorry.
This story takes place when I was just a little kid. It's in the house ... | 15.055263 | 2.37 |
4,989 | The Crawling Man | This is the scariest paranormal event that has happened to me. This still very much effects me to this day. This started when I was 14 years old and last until I was 17 years old.
Without any rhyme or reason, I would often see this man crawling on the floor throughout my childhood home.
The man was always naked but I... | 15.058425 | 1.97 |
235,360 | You have inherited your grandmother's home after she has passed away. You move in only to discover that her spirit is still there, and seemingly unaware she has died! She is delighted you have come to visit, and even more delighted you are going to be staying for a while. | My mind felt fuzzy as I got out of my car to my grandma’s house. I wish I had a chance to say goodbye. I didn’t realize when I had gone to class that morning that it would be the last time I spoke to her. I had been living with her this past year, as she lived close to my campus. It had been the best year of my life.
T... | 15.059266 | 2.27 |
23,106 | What Do You Want? | In my life I have lived in 3 haunted residences. The story I am about to relate to you happened in one such residence.
The following events began shortly after my mother married my step-father, Robert. Soon after their marriage my parents, my sister Sandra, and I moved into a nice big 3 bedroom house where we planned ... | 15.059859 | 2.67 |
14,371 | Reflection in the Cabinet | About 4 years ago, I was watching this special news program about a little girl who had been killed while camping with her family. It was a case that had happened about 12 years ago, but I'm guessing the case had been brought back up. Some hours after it ended, it was about 10 at night and I was walking towards the din... | 15.060796 | 2.1 |
226,621 | Observations of a roadkill cleaner | I’ve been cleaning roadkill for about ten years now, and I can honestly say it’s a job I enjoy. It’s one of those things you get used to, you know? You’re out on the road, you do your work, you move on. Nothing fancy, but it’s satisfying in a strange way. I’ve worked all over the country—different states, different hig... | 15.060964 | 2.97 |
5,671 | Something Is Under The Bed | When I was thirteen years old, I had an experience that I can't explain which gave me a horrible scare. Shortly after my grandpa passed away, I lay awake in bed one summer night thinking of him as I listened to my sister snoring across from me. My dad had left for work and my mother was in her room with the door closed... | 15.061502 | 2.44 |
18,637 | Angel Or My Imagination | If you have read my story "A Figure Of A Man In My Living Room," this story takes place in the same house about a year later. I stopped sleeping in my room because of some strange events that had been happening to me on an almost regular basis. When I would go to bed at night I would always feel as if a hand was clampi... | 15.061665 | 2.05 |
11,673 | Shadow Woman/spiderman | One night I was coming home from a party at around 2am. As I was walking through the yard, I saw a shadow of a woman with long hair in my mom-in-law's bedroom window. I thought it was her so I didn't think anything of it at first.
The next morning I walked into her room to ask if she waited up for me to come home the ... | 15.062127 | 1.96 |
25,666 | They Said. | They said I was crazy and that I was a freak. They said I would never have any friends and that I was going to die all alone. They said that I was too skinny, too dumb, and too weird. They said I was gay, and they said that was bad.
They said they didn't mean it, and they were sorry. They said it was all just a joke a... | 15.063956 | 2.33 |
17,297 | House On French Island 2 | I'm including the description of the house in all of these in case someone hasn't read the first one: When you walk in the main door you are in a room about 24 feet square. There are two doorways on the wall directly opposite of the main door, one on each half of the room. The one on the left is to the living room, the... | 15.064739 | 2.39 |
904 | The Laugh | One night, about five or six years ago, I sat in my room in the middle of the night. I was about thirteen years old. I was the only one awake in the house. I was supposed to be in bed a few hours earlier but I stayed up watching TV. When I turned the TV off I got up to change my clothes and I sat back down on my bed an... | 15.065802 | 2.38 |
21,076 | Home Alone (5) | I live with my Grandad in Central London. He went on holiday and left me in the house alone for 2 weeks.
The house is over 200 years old, he has owned it since 1982. Nothing unusual has happened since he has been living there, until monday night.
I was just about to go to sleep. It was about 12am. The house is creaky... | 15.065903 | 3.05 |
178,677 | Nothing too spooky | So I feel like this is a little tame compared to some of the other ghost stories on here but I genuinely can't explain it and I was wondering if anyone else has had the same experience. Basically, two years ago, my dad and I went on a road trip from New York to Memphis. On the last day, we decided to just come straight... | 15.065916 | 2.17 |
223,348 | Being threatened by crazy guys in the woods... | There are these woods down the street from my house. It's a pretty large sized wooded area. You could easily get lost if you didn't know your way around. During my childhood, my friends and I were always warned by people to stay out of the woods. These woods were given the name 'Gangsterland'. There was an eerie backst... | 15.067785 | 2.53 |
243,338 | The concept of a flamethrower is so horrifying and incomprehensible to the galaxy's other species that it ends up singlehandedly defining humanity as a species. | “Excuse me, I was wondering where I could meet some people?”
“Meet who?”
“No one in particular, like strangers, make some new friends?”
The alien raised one of his tentacles high.
“I’m a tourist.” Greg said worriedly.
The alien expelled air rapidly and lowered his tentacles.
“There’s a bar around the corner.”
“A... | 15.068715 | 2.26 |
192,680 | Something comforted me and led me to my parent's bedroom after a night terror. | When I was a child, I'd say about 8 years old, I woke up from a night terror. I immediately jumped out of bed and headed straight for my parent's bedroom. As soon as I walked out of my bedroom, my mother was in the hallway, as if she knew I'd had a bad dream. I hugged her, she grabbed my hand, and led me to her bedroom... | 15.068938 | 1.76 |
243,767 | Write a scene with two characters exchanging dialogue , but do n't reveal the setting until the end . The setting completely changes the context of what was said .
| The rain was drumming the car in an erratic pattern, but it did not quite match the pace of Austin ’ s heart. The voice of his mother echoed through his I-phone.
“ Austin. Austin. Are you paying attention? ”
“ Sorry, Mom. A lot on my mind. ”
“ I know, dear. There is a lot going on, but you need to foc... | 15.069742 | 2 |
232,006 | “Unknown Cuts” (Tales From Willow Creek) | Willow Creek was a small town nestled in the rolling hills of rural America. It was the kind of place where everyone knew each other, and nothing ever really happened. But that all changed on the night of the full moon, when a terrible murder shook the town to its core.
The victim was a young woman named Sarah, who wa... | 15.070429 | 1.8 |
20,429 | They Watch Me At Night | I know this story does not sound true, but I swear it is, I wouldn't make stuff up like this.
I was going to sleep as normal, as I turned the light off and lay there, it started to get really cold. About 5 minutes later, I saw a shadow out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head to face it. It was a shadow of a woma... | 15.070626 | 2.04 |
244,058 | Everyone has a guardian angel , but yours is killed by a demon . Fortunately it takes pity on you , and becomes the first guardian demon .
| Monday, October 9th
Dear Journal,
Today, I almost got hit by a car. I was walking across the street, and I forgot to check the left side of the road. Thankfully the car stopped in time! I need to be more careful of my surroundings. Keeping an eye on the road seems like a good start.
Tuesday, October 10th
... | 15.070821 | 2.09 |
18,388 | Had No Clue | I lived in my great grandma's house after she passed away and knew it was haunted because all of her brothers and sister would stay over there before she passed away and they would tell me stories of they're experiences and encounters with paranormal things. I didn't think nothing of it because I was used to living in... | 15.071145 | 2.2 |
238,456 | When the police came to announce the death of your husband, you refused to believe it. "That's impossible," you said. "Unfortunately, that's the truth, miss." answered the policeman. "No, it's impossible because he's in the kitchen making dinner right now." | My breath is heavy. The officer at the door is still talking, but I don’t feel anything.
“Ma’am,” the office says, taking my arm and pulling me outside. He lowers his voice, and places his hand in top of his gun, “is there a strange man in your house?”
I shake my head, the words in my mouth fail to come out. I stand ... | 15.073224 | 2.2 |
11,149 | Phantom Statue In Salem, Ma | I grew up as close to my grandmother as I was to my parents. She lived only 15 minutes away in Massachusetts; we lived in New Hampshire. One day, my grandmother and I were driving through Salem, Massachusetts for some reason. I don't remember what the reason was. We were talking as we usually did when we drove togethe... | 15.073501 | 2.58 |
21,550 | The Old House (4) | The old house was a big one. To help you better understand where things happened, I'll tell you what it looked like. The front door led into the sunroom where my mom kept her many plants. The door from there led into foyer. If you turned to your right you would see the living room; to your left was the stairs leading t... | 15.073573 | 2.92 |
354 | Grandmother's Ghost | When my boyfriend and I first started dating, I was having dinner with his family; waiting for dinner to be served and idly looking around the house. The dining area is located in front of a staircase that leads up to the second floor of the house.
When I looked up at the staircase, I saw an old woman with faded hair;... | 15.073789 | 1.98 |
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