With Spooktober finally here and Halloween right around the corner, it’s officially time to start carving pumpkins, work on your costume, and, of course, brush up on your storytelling skills – some would argue that there is no better time for scary stories than this.
If you’re more fearful of not having enough stories to tell, rather than the stories themselves, you’re in luck, as today we’re shedding light on quite a few of them. Scroll down to find some terrifying tales, as shared by the ‘Scary Stories’ Instagram account, on the list below and expand your selection of chilling accounts to scare your friends and family with this spooky season.
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with a behavioral scientist at the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark and in the Psychology Department at Arizona State University, Dr. Coltan Scrivner, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about why people like scary stories.
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Really, hope whoever comes up with this stupid idea get arrested and fired. That is invasion to priorities.
I'm old enough to remember the TV ads reminding people of the danger and to remove the doors from any old refrigerators they were disposing of.
The murders, a nazi terrorist group. The victims (except the last one, who was a policewoman) were all immirants, mostly from Turkey (one or two from Greece). They were shot in the middle of day in their self-owned shops. I am so truely ashamed to say that for YEARS, German police did not suspect rascist motivation, even when the families and immigrant communites got the message. Instead, police suspected the victims were part of organised d**g crimes and therefore assisinated by some mafia groups, and kept questioning the families about their dead father's criminal businesses. They killed a total of 10 people in 7 cities and only got caught after setting their camping van on fire. The two men died, the women survived and was convicted to life sentence. It is likely that not all supporters/criminals have been detected.
Kathy Bates is really good at portraying characters that are just off. I expect in real life, she's a very nice person.
Split is so good!! Theres 3 films in the series and tou have to watch em all, the other 2 are called unbreakable and glass. Cannot remember the order u gotta watch em
Just call it "the hot hole challenge" or something equally stupid and people will be falling all over themselves to do it for internet clout.
Kid’s first name was Tyler. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tyler-hadley-who-killed-his-parents-at-17-then-threw-party-sentenced-to-life/
Personally, I'm ok with him not getting his spaghetti-o's.
I get to deal with sleep paralysis as a symptom of my ptsd. It super sucks being trapped in a nightmare, unable to move, while hearing and feeling my husband trying to wake me. It's terrifying.
Which is why it's believed that syphilis is a New World disease. The conquistadors brought smallpox and measles, and returned with syphilis.
I read a book about her and the whole thing was just appalling from beginning to end. The kid was being subjected to horrendous abuse at home. Then she murdered those two little boys and afterwards smilingly asked one of the bereaved mothers if she could please see the victim in his coffin. She was also aided by another young girl who seems to have been drawn in by her and who after their arrest acted like you'd expect a child that age to act, crying and terrified. Mary, on the other hand, was eerily calm and told all sorts of elaborate lies to try and get herself off the hook. She was eventually set free as an adult and even had a child of her own.
The guillotine was meant to be merciful. Before its invention, people were beheaded by axes that weren't always the sharpest. Sometimes it would take several minutes of hacking by the executioner. With the guillotine, one slice and you're done.
So the film she used up during the day, some how got an extra photo on them, taken at night, after it was taken out of the camera...? Maybe update this scary story with a digital camera. Would make more sense
This description is ridiculously inadequate. Her and her boyfriend that she was hooked on d***s with, killed the two girls along with their boyfriends, one of which was suspected of dealing d***s. The way the murders took place was quite disturbing. And the state they found her in when they finally went to arrest her was equally appalling.
If it has never happened before or since, ok. My daughter used to sleepwalk when she was younger. She and her husband were staying over once, she crawled into bed with me(wife sleeps in other room), she still sleepwalks apparently, at 36. Had no recollection.
I don't think Hasbro really has a gateway to hell that they mass produce. This is why religion is so dangerous. It has people believing in things that are not real. Delusional, sick people.
So you take a 3 year old outside and leave them? And because you didn't see anyone trying to take him, all is good?
Omg this video terrified me when i was like 7 i couldn't sleep after watching this😞
I’m disappointed that this is an apparently random mix of things from real life, “friend of a friend” stories, and creepypastas. I understand that the source presents this kind of mix, but I would hope that BP would curate the entries better for its listicles.
By far the best short horror I've ever read is the one that goes: A girl was at home in her room when she heard her mother calling her to come downstairs. As she made her way to the stairway a hallways closet burst open and a strong figure pulled the girl inside. "You can't go down there! I heard it too!" Her mother whispered urgently into her ear. Or something like that. I dunno why but that one actually gives me chills.
That one is actually pretty creepy, I liked it, thanks!
Load More Replies...I’m disappointed that this is an apparently random mix of things from real life, “friend of a friend” stories, and creepypastas. I understand that the source presents this kind of mix, but I would hope that BP would curate the entries better for its listicles.
By far the best short horror I've ever read is the one that goes: A girl was at home in her room when she heard her mother calling her to come downstairs. As she made her way to the stairway a hallways closet burst open and a strong figure pulled the girl inside. "You can't go down there! I heard it too!" Her mother whispered urgently into her ear. Or something like that. I dunno why but that one actually gives me chills.
That one is actually pretty creepy, I liked it, thanks!
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