One of the scariest was a story of a man who moved into a new apartment. At night, he would feel someone lying beside him, but when he turned on the light, there was no one there. He also smelled a strange perfume that he couldn't identify. Eventually, he found out that a woman had died in that apartment under mysterious circumstances.
I've heard of a story where a person was working late in an old office building. As they were walking down the corridor, they heard footsteps following them. When they stopped, the footsteps stopped too. They turned around but saw nothing. Then, all of a sudden, they felt a cold hand on their shoulder. They screamed and ran out of the building. It was later discovered that the building had a history of some strange and unexplained occurrences.
A friend of mine told me that he was driving on a lonely road at night. His radio started to act up, making strange static noises. Then, he saw a figure in white standing in the middle of the road. He slammed on the brakes, but when he looked again, the figure was gone. He was so shaken that he drove straight home without looking back.
A really terrifying one is about a fishing crew that went out during a full moon. They noticed a strange light following them. As it got closer, they saw it was a ghostly figure of a man with a large fishing net. His eyes were hollow, and he was moaning. They tried to outrun it, but it seemed to be everywhere they turned. Eventually, they made it back to shore, shaken and swearing never to go out at night during a full moon again.
The Amityville Horror story is really terrifying. A family moved into a house where a mass murder had occurred. They experienced all sorts of strange things like green slime oozing from the walls, doors slamming on their own, and seeing red - eyed pig - like creatures. It was so bad that they left the house after just a short time.
The story of the cursed doll. A girl received a very old doll as a gift. After that, she started having nightmares of the doll coming to life. Strange things happened in her room. Objects would be moved around, and she could swear she heard the doll giggling at night. She finally got rid of the doll, and the strange occurrences stopped.
I heard about a backlot where a fire had broken out during filming long ago. Years later, people working on the backlot at night said they could still smell the faint odor of smoke and hear the screams of the actors who were supposedly trapped in the fire that day. It was really terrifying.
One of the scariest is the story of a teenager who got a Snapchat message from an unknown user. The message showed a picture of his own bedroom, but he was alone in the house. He immediately ran out of the house in fear.
The scariest dog story I've heard was about a hound in the woods. Hunters would often see it in the distance, but when they got closer, it would disappear. One day, a hunter got lost in the woods and that dog started following him. The hunter could hear its heavy breathing and the sound of its paws on the leaves, but every time he turned around, there was nothing. It drove him to the brink of madness.
There's a story of a group of friends who explored an old asylum in NYC. As they walked through the dark hallways, they heard voices whispering and doors slamming on their own. They also saw scratches on the walls that seemed to form strange symbols. It was as if the place was haunted by the tortured souls of the patients who were once there. They ran out as fast as they could and some of them still have nightmares about it. The asylum has a really dark history of inhumane treatments and many people died there, which might be the reason for all the spooky happenings.
I heard of an rci horror story in a smart home setting. The rci system that controlled all the home appliances went haywire. Lights were flashing on and off randomly, the stove turned on by itself, and the doors started locking and unlocking. The family living there was terrified, especially when they couldn't stop it. They had to call in experts to completely reset and reinstall the system to make their home safe again.
I've heard of a Zoom horror story where someone joined a call and there was a voice that no one else could hear coming from their device. It was like a whispering voice that was saying things that made no sense.