A young boy was home alone one evening. He was watching TV when suddenly all the lights went out. He grabbed a flashlight and started to check the fuse box. As he was walking down the basement stairs, he heard a soft whisper saying his name. He froze in fear. Then he felt a cold hand touch his shoulder. He screamed and bolted back upstairs, not daring to look back.
There was a man who liked to take late - night walks in the cemetery. One night, as he was walking, he noticed a figure in a white dress sitting on a gravestone. He thought it was just his imagination at first. But when he got closer, the figure turned its head slowly towards him, and it had no face. He ran all the way home and couldn't sleep for days.
Perhaps a story of a man who bought an old antique mirror. Every time he looked into it, he saw a figure that wasn't his reflection. The figure seemed to be getting closer and closer each time. One day, he woke up to find the figure standing at the foot of his bed.
One is about the hitchhiker. A driver picks up a girl on a lonely road at night. She is very quiet. As they approach a cemetery, she suddenly says 'My home is here.' and disappears. The driver is shocked and when he checks the backseat, he finds a flower from the cemetery.
One short scary story is about a girl who lived in an old house. Every night, she heard strange scratching noises from the attic. One day, she finally gathered the courage to go up there. In the dim light, she saw a pair of glowing eyes. She ran out of the attic screaming, and never went back up again.
Sure, scary stories have the potential to be very scary. They play on common fears, use dark settings, and build tension to create a spooky atmosphere that can spook most people.
One actually scary story is about the haunted house on Elm Street. People who walked by at night would hear strange noises, like whispering and moaning. Some even claimed to see a shadowy figure in the window. It was said that a family died there in a tragic accident years ago, and their spirits never left.
There was a story of a little girl who lived in a haunted house. Every night, she would hear a lullaby playing softly, but there was no music box or radio. One night, she followed the sound and saw a ghostly woman sitting in the rocking chair in the attic. The woman turned her head slowly, and her eyes were completely white. The girl screamed and fled back to her room. After that, she never went to the attic alone again. This story shows how the unknown in a haunted place can be truly terrifying.
A really good scary short story is 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe. The narrator lures his so - called friend into the catacombs to wall him up alive for some past insults. 'Lamb to the Slaughter' by Roald Dahl is also quite scary. A woman kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb and then cleverly disposes of the evidence. And 'The Most Dangerous Game' by Richard Connell, where a man is hunted like an animal on a deserted island.
One story is about a girl who was trick - or - treating alone. She knocked on a door of an old, decrepit house. An old woman opened the door, her eyes were all white. She silently handed the girl a piece of candy. As the girl walked away, she heard the old woman whisper 'join us soon' in a raspy voice. The girl looked back, but the door was closed, and she felt a cold hand on her shoulder.
A young couple moved into a new apartment. Every night, they heard strange noises coming from the basement. One day, they decided to investigate. As they went down the stairs, they smelled a rotten smell. At the bottom, they saw a figure in the corner. It was a person - or what was left of a person - who seemed to be trapped there for a long time, moaning in pain.
One Halloween short scary story is about a haunted house. A group of kids dared each other to enter an old, abandoned house on Halloween night. As they walked in, the door slammed shut behind them. They heard strange whispers and saw shadows moving on the walls. One of the kids felt a cold hand on his shoulder, and they all ran out screaming.