Well, 'The Mezzotint' is a spooky one. An art dealer discovers a mezzotint that seems to change over time, showing a dark and menacing figure approaching a house. As he watches, the figure gets closer and closer to the house in the picture. 'The Yellow Wallpaper' can also be considered a ghost - like story. A woman is confined to a room with yellow wallpaper for her 'nervous condition'. She starts to see a woman trapped behind the wallpaper, which may be a projection of her own trapped state of mind.
Sure. 'The Tell - Tale Heart' is quite terrifying. A narrator is haunted by an old man's 'vulture - like' eye. He decides to kill the old man and hides his body under the floorboards. But he is then driven mad by the sound of the old man's still - beating heart that he imagines he can hear. Also, 'The Beckoning Fair One' is about a writer who moves into an old house and becomes obsessed with a mysterious female presence. He slowly loses his grip on reality as the fair one seems to draw him into her world of the dead.
One short ghost story is about a woman who moved into an old house. Every night, she heard a baby crying from the attic. When she finally mustered the courage to go up there, she saw a rocking chair moving on its own and a faint outline of a baby. Another one is a man who was driving on a lonely road at night. A hitchhiker in white flagged him down. As soon as the man stopped, the hitchhiker disappeared. And then his radio started playing strange static noises.
The Borley Rectory in England was known as the most haunted house in England. There were reports of a nun's ghost, strange lights, and poltergeist activity. The rectory had a long history of hauntings, and many people who visited or lived there experienced things that couldn't be explained.
Well, there's this story about an abandoned school. A group of teenagers decided to explore it at night. As they walked through the dark hallways, they heard the sound of a chalkboard being scratched. When they entered a classroom, they saw the figure of a teacher at the chalkboard. But when they got closer, they realized it was just a silhouette and there was no one there. The scratching sound continued, and they ran out in fear.
One of the scariest short ghost stories could be 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who kills an old man because of his 'evil eye' and then is haunted by the sound of the old man's still - beating heart. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw' where a family gets a cursed paw that grants wishes but with horrible consequences. And 'The Yellow Wallpaper' can also be considered in a way, as the woman seems to be haunted by the patterns on the wallpaper which may symbolize her own trapped state.
In a small southern town, there was an abandoned mansion. A group of kids dared one of their friends to go inside at night. As he walked in, he heard a strange whistling. Then he saw a shadowy figure on the stairs. He ran out as fast as he could, swearing he'd never go back.
The scariest utb ghost story might be the one about the ghostly children in the old schoolhouse. They are said to appear at midnight, laughing and running through the empty halls. Their voices are faint but still audible, and it gives people the creeps.
There's a story from a small Alaskan village where a family was haunted by a vengeful spirit. The family had unknowingly built their house on an ancient burial ground. Strange things started to happen - objects would move on their own, and they would hear terrifying screams at night. The family eventually had to abandon the house. The idea of disturbing an ancient burial site and facing the wrath of the spirits is truly frightening, especially in the isolated and often superstitious world of Alaskan villages.
The Teke - Teke story is also very frightening. Teke - Teke is a female spirit who lost her lower body in a train accident. She moves around by using her hands and makes a 'teke - teke' sound as she drags herself. If she catches up with someone, she will kill them. The idea of being chased by such a grotesque and vengeful spirit is truly terrifying, especially in the context of the often - dark and lonely settings of yurei ghost stories.
The scariest might be the one about the abandoned asylum in Ogden. Supposedly, patients who died there under cruel conditions still haunt the halls. People have reported seeing shadowy figures and hearing blood - curdling screams.
One of the scariest ghost stories is about the Bloody Mary. Legend has it that if you stand in a dark bathroom, light some candles, and say 'Bloody Mary' three times into the mirror, a terrifying apparition will appear. Another is the story of the vanishing hitchhiker. A driver picks up a hitchhiker on a lonely road, but when they reach the destination, the hitchhiker has disappeared, leaving only a cold spot in the car. There's also the story of the haunted doll. Some dolls are said to be possessed by spirits, like Annabelle. People who come near it experience strange and often frightening events.