There was a rock band on tour. They stayed in a creepy old mansion - like hotel. One of the guitarists went exploring in the attic and found an old diary. As he started to read it, he felt a cold breeze on his neck. When he turned around, he thought he saw a figure standing in the corner, but when he blinked, it was gone. He dropped the diary and ran out of the attic.
The tale of the headless horseman - like figure near the outskirts of Williamsburg is quite terrifying. He rides a horse and is often seen in the moonlight. Legend has it that he was a soldier who lost his head in battle and now roams the area in search of his lost head. The sight of this headless rider is enough to send shivers down anyone's spine.
The story of the LaLaurie Mansion is really scary. The thought of all those tortured slaves and their possible spirits lingering is terrifying. There are accounts of screams being heard from the mansion at night, as if the past horrors are still playing out.
There's a story about a police station near a cemetery. Some officers claimed that on foggy nights, they could see shadowy figures walking from the cemetery towards the station. One officer even said he saw a figure that looked like a long - dead criminal they had once arrested. It made them wonder if there was some kind of connection between the cemetery and the station that was allowing these apparitions to appear.
There's a story of a cursed mirror. A family bought an old mirror at a flea market on Halloween. That night, they saw strange faces in the mirror. Each night, the faces got scarier. It was later discovered that the mirror was used in a dark ritual long ago and carried a curse that affected anyone who looked into it. It took a powerful exorcism to get rid of the mirror and its curse.
A student was wrongly accused of cheating by a strict teacher. The student was expelled from school. Years later, the student became a successful hacker. He hacked into the school's system and released all of the teacher's embarrassing secrets. He also made it seem like the teacher was involved in illegal activities. The teacher lost his job and his reputation, a scary revenge for the false accusation years ago.
One time, a blender's cord started to spark while it was running. It was really terrifying as it could have led to an electrical fire. The person using it quickly unplugged it, but it was a close call. This might have been because of a frayed wire inside the cord that wasn't noticed before. Blenders need to be checked regularly for such safety hazards.
In a particular mine, there were reports of a ghostly miner who would push people. Workers would suddenly feel a shove when they were alone in the tunnels. It was thought to be the angry spirit of a miner who had been mistreated during his life. The atmosphere in that mine was always filled with fear, and many miners refused to work there in the end.
A real creepy story is about a doll. It was an old, porcelain doll found in an attic. The owner of the house started having nightmares after bringing the doll downstairs. In the nightmares, the doll would come to life and crawl towards her bed. She could also hear the doll's laughter during the day when she was alone in the house. She finally got rid of the doll, and the nightmares stopped.
I heard a real story about a hospital. A nurse was doing her rounds at night in an old wing of the hospital. She entered an empty room but felt like she was being watched. As she turned around, she saw an indentation on the bed as if someone was lying there. Then, she heard a faint moan. She ran out of the room in fear. Later, she found out that a patient had died in that room under mysterious circumstances years ago.
The scariest I know is of a pup in an old, abandoned house. A group of kids exploring the house heard the sound of a pup crying. When they followed the sound, they saw a shadowy figure of a pup. But when they got closer, it disappeared. They later learned that a pup had died in that house decades ago and its spirit still haunts the place. It's terrifying because it makes you wonder what else might be in that abandoned house.