Another one could be 'Dark room, breathing follows me.' This short story creates a spooky atmosphere. You're in a dark room, probably already a bit scared because of the lack of light, and then you hear breathing that seems to be following your every move. It makes you wonder what unseen entity is there with you in the darkness.
One of my favorite scary stories is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a narrator who is haunted by an old man's vulture - like eye. The narrator's slow descent into madness as he plots and executes the old man's murder is truly terrifying. Every little detail, like the way he describes how he hid the body under the floorboards, and then the growing paranoia as he starts to think he can still hear the old man's heart beating, makes it a classic scary story.
A girl I knew got a text from her ex - boyfriend who had passed away a year before. The text just said 'I miss you'. She thought it was some cruel prank at first. But then more texts came. 'Why did you forget me?' She was really scared. She showed the texts to her family, but they thought she was making it up. She changed her number in the end, but she still wonders if it was really her ex - boyfriend somehow reaching out from the other side.
There was a house that was said to be haunted. A family moved in and at night, they would hear strange noises like scratching on the walls. One night, the mother saw a figure in the hallway that disappeared when she turned on the light. They later found out that a previous owner had died in the house under mysterious circumstances.
There was a house in my neighborhood that was said to be haunted. A new family moved in. One night, the mother woke up to see a figure of a woman in a white dress standing at the foot of her bed. She blinked and it disappeared. Then, she heard the sound of a baby crying, but there was no baby in the house. The family moved out shortly after, and no one has lived in that house since.
There was this one time when I was exploring an abandoned building. As I walked through the halls, I saw a shadow moving out of the corner of my eye. I followed it, and it led me to a room with a broken mirror. In the mirror, I saw a distorted face that wasn't mine. I ran out of there as fast as I could. Later, I found out it might have been a trick of the light reflecting off the broken glass.
Once, I was camping alone in the woods. At midnight, I heard strange howling sounds. I peeked out of my tent and saw a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness. I was so scared that I huddled in my sleeping bag, not daring to move until morning. When the sun finally rose, I found out it was just a stray dog.
There was this 911 operator who got a call from a child. The child was crying and saying that a 'shadow man' was in his room. The operator could hear strange noises in the background. By the time the police arrived, the child was missing, and all they found was a strange, dark figure on the security camera footage that disappeared when they got closer.
In Sims 4, a sim decided to explore an old, spooky castle. As they walked through the halls, they saw portraits on the walls. But as they passed by, the eyes of the people in the portraits seemed to follow them. They heard footsteps behind them, but when they turned around, there was no one there. Then, they entered a room with a large table. On the table was a letter. When they picked it up to read it, the words on the page started to bleed. The blood dripped onto the floor and formed a pool. Out of the pool, a hand reached out and grabbed the sim's ankle. The sim screamed and struggled to get free. Finally, they managed to break free and ran out of the castle as fast as they could.
I was home alone when the doorknob started to turn slowly on its own.