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It's hard to say which is the scariest. However, 'The Monkey's Paw' has a very disturbing concept. The idea that wishes can go so horribly wrong and bring about death and misfortune in such unexpected ways is quite scary. The story builds a sense of dread that lingers long after reading. It makes you think twice about what you might wish for if you were in that situation. And the fact that the paw seems to have a mind of its own is really spooky.

Relatability can also be a key factor. If a scary story touches on common fears like the fear of death, the dark, or being alone, it can be scarier. For instance, stories about being home alone at night and hearing strange noises play on our real - life fears. We can easily put ourselves in the shoes of the characters, and that makes the horror more palpable. It makes the scariest scary story one that really gets under our skin.

The unknown factor. In ghost stories, we don't really know what the ghost is capable of. For example, in 'The Woman in Black', the mystery around the woman's identity and her motives for haunting adds to the scariness.

For 'The Fall of the House of Usher', it's the decay and the sense of inescapable doom. The house is like a living entity that is slowly dying and taking its inhabitants with it. The incestuous undertones between the Usher siblings also add to the overall sense of unease and horror.

There's also 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family gets a magical paw that can grant wishes, but every wish comes with a horrible price. For example, when they wish for money, they get it in the form of compensation for their son's death, which is a very dark and scary twist on the concept of wishes.

The psychological aspect plays a huge role too. Take 'The Shining' for example. The main character's slow descent into madness and the way the hotel seems to feed on his weaknesses makes it terrifying. It's not just about ghosts but about the breakdown of the human mind under pressure.

There's a story about a mirror in one of the bathrooms at Alert Academy. When a girl looked into it, she didn't see her own reflection but a distorted face of a crying woman. She was so scared that she never used that bathroom again. And the mirror always seemed to have a cold, eerie feeling around it.

There was an amber alert for a baby boy who was abducted from his crib in the middle of the night. The family was sleeping and didn't hear a thing. The amber alert system went into high gear. After a long search, the baby was found in an abandoned building not far from home. It was a very scary situation as the baby was in a very vulnerable state and could have been seriously harmed.

Once, I received an emergency alert on my phone in the middle of the night. It just said 'Danger approaching, stay indoors.' There was no other information. I peeked out of the window and saw a thick fog rolling in. Strange noises started to come from outside. I huddled in the corner of my room, heart pounding, imagining all sorts of monsters lurking in the fog.

One Amber Alert scary story could be about a child who was abducted from a park while their parents were just a few feet away. The abductor was a stranger who had been lurking around the area for days. The Amber Alert went out, but it took hours to find the child in a remote, abandoned building. The child was terrified and had been through a lot during those hours of captivity.