There was also a dorm where a girl saw a figure in the hallway late at night. It was a dark, shadowy form that seemed to be floating. She was terrified and ran back to her room. After some investigation, it was discovered that the old building had some light reflections from outside that created the illusion of a figure due to the angle of the hallway and the window.
One horror story is about a strange noise. A student in the dorm would always hear scratching at night. It seemed to come from the wall. He thought it might be rats at first, but the noise was too rhythmic. Eventually, he found out that the previous tenant had carved some words into the wall and the old paint was slowly peeling off, which made that spooky sound.
Some dorm room horror stories are related to bad smells. Imagine coming back to your dorm and being greeted by a horrible stench that you can't figure out where it's coming from. It could be a rotting piece of food stuck somewhere or a mold problem. There are also stories of getting locked in the bathroom. The door handle breaks, and you're stuck in there until someone comes to rescue you. And then there are those stories about pranks that go too far. For instance, a roommate might put a fake spider in your bed, and if you're arachnophobic, it can be a real nightmare.
One common element is the lack of respect for personal space. Roommates might use your things without permission, like borrowing your laptop or going through your drawers. Another is the issue of cleanliness. Some roommates are slobs and leave a mess everywhere. And then there's the noise problem. Roommates who play loud music or have friends over late at night can be a real horror.
One horror story is about a student who constantly heard strange scratching noises coming from inside the walls at night. It was so loud that it kept her awake. She reported it to the dorm management but they found nothing. Later, she found out that a raccoon had made a nest in the attic above her room.
A really scary one was when a student smelled a strange, rotting smell in his dorm room. He searched everywhere but couldn't find the source. Eventually, he found out that a previous tenant had hidden some food in a very hidden corner which had completely rotted away. It was so disgusting and the smell was truly horrifying.
I heard a story where a roommate was really noisy at night. He would play loud music and talk on the phone late into the night. This made it impossible for his roommate to study or sleep well. The situation got so bad that the affected roommate had to move out in the middle of the semester.
One of my dorm roommate horror stories was that my roommate never cleaned. The room smelled so bad. There were dirty clothes everywhere, and he even left food to rot on his desk. It was disgusting and made the whole living space unbearable.
Food left out for too long is also a typical dorm room dirty horror story. I knew a dorm where a student left a pizza box on their desk for days. Eventually, bugs started to appear, and it took a lot of effort to get rid of them and clean the area.
In a dorm room down the hall, someone had a leaky water bottle in their backpack for weeks. It soaked all their books and created a damp, smelly mess. The whole room smelled like mildew until they threw out the damaged stuff and aired it out.