One is 'The Yellow Wallpaper'. It's about a woman who slowly descends into madness while confined to a room with yellow wallpaper. The description of her psychological state is really morbid and scary.
One scary morbid story is about a haunted house. People who entered it at night would hear strange whispers and see shadowy figures. They say that a family was brutally murdered there long ago, and their spirits still roam the halls. The creaking floors and cold drafts add to the eerie feeling.
One famous morbid short story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a narrator who is driven mad by the old man's 'vulture - like' eye and eventually murders him. Another is 'The Cask of Amontillado' also by Poe, which involves a man being walled up alive as a form of revenge.
The story of the cursed forest is also a morbid bedtime story. People who enter this forest are said to never come out the same. A young girl ventures in, thinking it's just an ordinary forest. But she soon realizes that the trees seem to have a life of their own. Strange voices whisper in her ear, and she gets lost in a never - ending maze of trees. By the time she finally stumbles out, she's a changed person, haunted by what she experienced inside.
Isolation is also frequent. For example, in 'The Yellow Wallpaper', the woman is isolated in a room, which helps to create a sense of unease and allows the morbidness to develop. And the main characters usually have some kind of mental or psychological issue, such as the narrator in 'The Tell - Tale Heart' with his extreme paranoia.
You can find more scary morbid stories in some old horror anthologies. For example, 'The Best of Horror Tales' often contains some really spine - chilling and morbid stories. They are usually well - written and can give you a good scare.
One such story is related to the early concept of Snow White. In some of the original drafts, the dwarfs were not as friendly as they ended up being in the final version. There were elements of more grotesque behavior and less of the charm that we now associate with them.
Sure. One of the scariest might be the story about the haunted house where strange noises and apparitions were constantly seen. It gives a really eerie feeling.
The 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' series is quite good. It has lots of short, spine - chilling tales.
One story could be 'The Haunted Doll'. A girl finds an old doll in the attic. At night, she hears strange noises coming from it. But it turns out it was just a mouse that had made its home inside the doll. It's a bit spooky at first but not overly so.
There was a short story in 2013 that I remember. It was about a girl who moved into an old apartment. Every night, she heard scratching sounds on the walls. As she investigated, she found out that a previous tenant had been murdered there and was trying to communicate from the other side. It was really terrifying with its build - up of suspense.