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Person Asks Others To Share The Scariest Things That Happened While Visiting Someone Else’s Home, 30 Deliver Truly Chilling Stories
Fear—deep fear—stays with you for a long time. Even years later, while you’re going about your mundane day-to-day, you might suddenly remember just how scared you were in the past. Your heart seems to stop, you get goosebumps, and you look around wildly, wondering if history is going to repeat itself.
Reddit users opened up about the scariest things that have ever happened to them while staying at someone else’s home, and we’ve collected the most chilling tales to share with you today, dear Readers.
Some of these stories are terrifyingly uncomfortable in a very down-to-earth way. But others… well, they blur the line between reality and the paranormal. So much so that we got goosebumps just reading them. When you’ve upvoted the stories you enjoyed the most, share your own similar experiences in the comments.
You’d better start believing in ghost stories, dear Pandas—you’re in one! [Cue thunder and lightning.]
Bored Panda wanted to understand why we enjoy telling others scary stories and how reading about horror might help us face terrifying situations better, so we reached out to Doug Murano, the founder of Bad Hand Books. Doug is a Bram Stoker Award-winning editor, so when it comes to horror and storytelling, he's a real expert.
"I think there's something inside every human being that likes to walk to the edge of the cliff and stare over it. This isn't exactly a death wish—but it's a need to peer into the abyss. We love that sense of vertigo. Telling scary stories gives us a chance to get that same thrill without the possibility of gravity winning the day," he shared with us. Scroll down for our full interview and to learn why horror doesn't have to make sense.
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#1
Age 6-8ish. Slept over at a friend’s house with my little brother. Her father woke us all up in the middle of the night, had us bundle up, and loaded us in the family minivan. He drove to a gas station and talked the whole way about how a bakery exploded behind their house. He said the resulting gases and such could kill us, so we had to try and drive as far away as possible.
They were also our next-door neighbors, so I was worried about our parents’ safety. At the gas station, our friend’s mom bought us snacks while he canvassed the area. I told her I didn’t hear any explosion and asked about my parents. She must have called them from a pay phone during the snack run, because they pulled up a few minutes later to take us home. I was, of course, terrified to go home.
Later, our parents sat us down to explain that our friend’s father was sick with something called schizophrenia that makes him hallucinate.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago (edited)
At least he responded to his delusions by trying to protect the kids in his care. :(
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
What I was thinking too. I think that was the big thing and I'd never hold it against him.
Load More Replies... Trisha Howson 3 years ago
At least it something kinda simple it might seem crazy to some people. But that what they really think is going on and at least he cared about the kids, he thought he was saving them. The thing is sometimes like this story. The storeies are so believable like something that would really happen. My mother had it and her life was like this in nutshell expect she was little crazier and wanted to hurt herself and sometimes others and she would be in and out of the hospital.
C Lawson 3 years ago
Sometimes is it the safer thing to do for everyone involved. He truly believed that his hallucination was absolute reality. If someone tried to stop me from saving my family from a dangerous situation I would probably become irate and do whatever it took to get them to safety. That is a dangerous thing to do with someone having an episode. At least she was with them and could monitor how far it went and could have called for help if he became too upset.
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Dawnieangel76 3 years ago
Um, were the parents already aware of the friend's father's mental health issue? If so, why did they let their children sleep there? The friend could come stay at their house!
We were curious to get editor Doug's opinion on whether or not there's a 'right' way to deal with scary situations, both in real life and in fiction.
"Fear makes people do really, really silly things. So, if I'm watching a horror film and I see a character do something that doesn't make any sense in the face of overwhelming panic (like run upstairs and corner themselves), that feels about right," the founder of Bad Hand Books explained to Bored Panda.
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#2
slept on a former friends sofa, he decided to "prank me" by pretending to be a bugler wearing a ski mask, then he pretended to try and "kidnap me", long story short i broke his nose, and we are no longer friends.
Panda Kicki 3 years ago
Oh yes, why do some idiots prank like that. One pranked me by jumping out and take a choke hold, I managed to bite a impressivly big chunk of his arm. He was so pissed about it but as a attacker (many saw the prank) ge didnt get mucy sympathy although his firends told me I should just have waited for him to let me go. 20 years later he still has a tooth marked scar. Not sorry.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
I don't think some people get it. It not really funny. And someone could get really bad hurt or killed.
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Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Me too, I was happy to read the "long story short" bit 🤣
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
The only good prank is the kind where everyone ends up laughing. Heck, here's an example. My mum hates taxidermy. One day I found the tackiest stuffed toad at a second hand shop and thought hey wouldn't it be funny if I wrapped this up and pretended it was her Christmas present? Then when she says "it's awful! I hate it!" I say "just kidding!" and give her her real present! So I did just that, but when she unwrapped the toad she said "it's awful! ...I LOVE IT!" And even after I said it was a prank she wanted to keep it! So she got double presents off me that year and we all had a good laugh. (The next year I gave her the ugliest little clay jug on the planet as a follow-up prank, and she used it to serve the orange sauce at Christmas lunch). This, by contrast, is just terrorising someone for kicks and only a sociopath would find it the least bit funny.
Giles McArdell 3 years ago
Anyone in the Army knows what it's like being woken up by a "bugler" :)
Will I Will-Ham 3 years ago
I don't get that pranking thing. Is it just to command attention? Real friends won't make insecure
#3
My mom and stepdad went out of town and hired a pet-sitter for five days. I was feeling burnt-out from work, and I needed to do Christmas shopping (my mom lives two hours away near a lot of good shopping), so I asked her if I could stay at her house for two days...
The second day, I was maybe five minutes from leaving the house, when I heard a noise outside. I stood up but realized it was a neighbor loading something into their truck. As my eyes shifted away from the truck, I saw smoke. It was coming from behind the couch, almost like when you blow out a candle, but I hadn't lit any candles.
I went around to the back to see actual flames inside the couch. I was so confused, but I filled up a thing of water and threw it into the burning couch. I did it a few times, to be safe, then reached in to feel for hot spots. The wood inside the couch was all hot to the touch. It eventually cooled down and the fire was out, but I was still pretty confused as to how the couch caught fire... I slid the small table that was behind the couch back into place and noticed a focused beam of light on the couch.
My mom likes to decorate and has a glass/crystal ball on the table... This crystal ball has been in the same spot, on the same table, with the same couch, for almost a year, with no issues. This one day where the sun came in at a perfect angle and I happened to be at the house when nobody should have been there, the ball focused the beam into a fire starter. They would have lost the house, the dog, everyone's Christmas presents. Everything. Because of a stupid table ornament.
Pic for proof: the burnt opening looks small, but it was mostly burning inside the couch.
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
A bit unrelated, I once witnessed a lighter exploding, it was lying on a table under a terrace roof on a hot day (sun was hitting the roof). One has to be very careful about leaving stuff exposed to the sun!
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Yes yes anything that says anything about caution of certain degree. I once had one of those cheap lighters in my hand was about to light a cigarette an it caught on fire I threw in in the grass. Scared me to death.
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
That happened to me! I keep a fist-sized globe of incredibly beautiful volcanic glass on my desk, and one day the sun hit it just right and it burned a hole in the wood. No flames, but it gave me a nasty shock when I found the scorch marks.
Tweetysvoice 3 years ago
MY grandparents house caught on fire in pretty much the same circumstances. Only, they had installed new windowsabout a month before and it hit just right and set the curtains on fire. They weren't home at the time, but a neighbor saw the flames and smoke and call the fire department. It burned up the entire living room (the was back when items and furniture were must more fire retardant) and they lost their pet raccoon due to smoke inhalation. Scary stuff!
Carl Okapi 3 years ago
Why mention the pet sitter? I was thinking that must be relevant somehow
Maisey Myles 3 years ago
And the neighbor putting something in the car? What?
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ChickyChicky 3 years ago
The craziest part of this is that I think this IS the ACTUAL photo! For once! :D
Ansi 3 years ago
I have no idea why, but when I read your comment I got a very ominous feeling. 😃🤣 Like it's "a gift" from "someone", and then you suddenly hear cackling. 😲😉😉
Load More Replies..."Some viewers will complain about it—but the nonsense behavior and nightmare logic are my favorite parts of any scary story. Life doesn't make sense. Horror definitely shouldn't make sense," he said.
Bored Panda also wanted to know if being exposed to horror stories, both real and imaginary, might help us react better when we're faced with actually terrifying situations. According to Doug, there's a hidden upside to watching and reading horror that some of us might not think about.
#4
I was 14 or 15 and spent many weekends at my friend’s house. One day we discovered that her mom’s boyfriend has a hidden camera in her room, under her desk. I was supposed to go on vacation with them and my mom told me she didn’t feel comfortable with him, we found that camera a week later. Thanks mom!!
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago (edited)
I really want more info! What did her mom say? Was he arrested? I hope that dirtbag ended up in jail and wasn’t able to talk her friends mom out of taking legal action
MyCatsTheRealPanda 3 years ago
I hope so too! My mom worked with a woman who's husband put cameras in her teenage daughters bathroom. You know what mom did? Nothing. Made him apologize. Horrible. I'd want to kill someone if they spied on my son or daughter. I'd never let someone like that around them again. How could you just stay with the person? It's sick.
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The first time meeting my boyfriend's family, who live in another country, we stayed in his old attic bedroom. In the middle of the night, he reaches over and shakes me awake. "Huh?" I mumble and he says, "shhh... be very still...I think there is someone else in the house." I lay motionless, thinking that someone has broken in and I'm about to be psycho murdered. Listening to the sounds of the old creaky attic, convinced every gust of wind is a foot step. He puts his arm around my head, covering my ears. I don't move for hours in fear... until I hear him snoring.
And that was the night I discovered, for the first time, he talks in his sleep. I'll share 1 of the (many) other stories of his sleep-talking:
We were in bed discussing things we need to pick up at the store. I was making a mental note, "so... eggs, milk, bread... I think that's all... anything else?" He goes, "oh, can you add rope to the list?" I go "yeah, sure." A few seconds pass. "Wait, what do we need rope for?" "For the net," He says. "Cool... what net?" "You know, the net for the trap." "What trap?!" "The trap for Vince Vaughn! We have to stop him... stop him before he kills us."
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Andrea Josipović 3 years ago
My bf talks as well. Once he started singing very loudly, scared me to death. Heard him barking as well.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Barking 🤣😂🤣😂 he must of dreamed he was a dog lol I cant
Load More Replies... Disgruntled Pelican 3 years ago
My husband likes to bolt straight up in bed, point at the corner of the wall, say "WHAT THE F*** IS THAT??" And promptly go back to snoring. 🙃
Lily Mae Kitty 3 years ago
my husband says stuff in his sleep sometimes, especially when he's stressed. He has a recurring dream of losing his glasses and panics, jumping up and rifling around his nightstand.
Potato Chimps 3 years ago
I mean, your bf wasn't wrong. If you don't get Vince he'll obviously get you all first.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that would suck I wouldn't be able to go to sleep for the rest of night. I'd been ready to murder the murderer. My husband has done stuff kinda similar before but not often. I just think kinda funny now but if he was to do that to me I'd let him know about it. The other one is just kinda funny.
Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago (edited)
Had a friend fall asleep on my sofa... he half wakes and says "We need one more." I said "One more what?" Him: One more jailbreak." Me: "Jailbreak?" Him: "Yeah, you know, Thin Lizzy?" And I'm like "Why?" Him: "because the ghost runs that way..." and points straight upward. Then he kinda fully came to and said sheepishly "man, I have no idea what I'm saying!" I think my sister near pissed herself laughing!
#6
When I was about 16 I had spent the night at my Best Friends House. During this time there were rumors going around that I was gay because I came out to a previous friend who decided to share it with others. My best friend knew of my sexuality but it did not bother him at all. During this sleep over, I remember laying on the floor while he was in his bed. I was still laying opposite to his head which angled me towards the opening of his bedroom door. In the middle of the night I get this Jolt of adrenaline in the middle of night as I had the feeling that someone was watching me. I still had the cover over me and made a hole shape to peek out of. The door was cracked open. It was completely shut before we both knocked out. I stared deeper into the crack and notice what looked like another pair of eyes staring back. I get this horrible pit in my stomach as the eyes continue to look around the room. Right up to the point when it locked onto my eyes. The door began to crack open wider. I see a full head peek it’s head in at an attempt to get a closer look of something. When all of a sudden this thing bursts the door open shouting “I CAUGHT YOU!” While removing the covers off my friend. My friend immediately shouts what the f**k and flicks on the light switch. It was his mother. She stormed out of the room and slammed the door to her room. Me and my buddy had a hard time falling back to sleep as we were trying to figure what that was all about. The next morning I overhear my friend talking to his mom while I was in the bathroom. Apparently she heard I was gay and that she always had a feeling. She was trying to catch if I was doing stuff to him in his sleep. F*****g Ridiculous was my reaction but I washed up and told my buddy that I would be going home. Her head popping in was some scary s**t. Never told him why. We are still best friends I just avoid his mother.
Helen Waight 3 years ago
There are some really messed up people who believe that if you’re LGBTQ that means you’re into molesting others. One day I hope this belief goes the same way as the belief that headaches are caused by demons and the best way to cure them is drilling a hole in the head.
Diolla 3 years ago
True. So many ppl seem to think that being a gay man means you're a pedophile. I don't get it.
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BasedWang12.2 3 years ago
Was she suspicious of her own son or did she actually come clean and think this kid was fondling hers while he slept... Either way it's messed up
Nicole 3 years ago
It says ‘ She was trying to catch if I was doing stuff to him in his sleep’ so it’s the even worse option that she believed he would try to touch her son without consent.
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Lene 3 years ago
Seriously.... why is it that ppl assume that persons with other sexual orientation than themselves have sex here there and everywhere with whomever is nearby? It is so weird! It's just like saying that I like vanilla ice cream and since you like chocolate ice cream you MUST be eating way more ice cream than I. Doesn't make sense to me 🤔
Alex Smith 3 years ago (edited)
That is so rude and disgusting. That poor kid. I am embarrassed for that ignorant woman. I cannot believe she did that.
"Watching horror films and reading scary stories might or might not help us survive an actual horrible encounter, but I think it does something more important. Exposing ourselves to horror can help us get through the day-to-day worries and anxieties we all face," he said.
"Horror fans are some of the kindest, gentlest people I know—and I think it's because horror (and the enjoyment of horror) is rooted in empathy. Experiencing horror stories builds empathy. The world could use a lot more of that."
#7
When I was 8 or 9, my friend's dad yelled at me, angrily, for pooping at their house. I lived down the street, so he told me that I should have went home to poop.
Mattewis88 3 years ago
Like, did you get s**t all over the walls? Didn't flush? - How would he know you pooped and have an issue...
Andre Blue 3 years ago
We make excuses for these people... but we shouldn't. His parents obviously messed him up, but he's now Messed Up and he can't be taking it out on children. This is a grown a*s man way too concerned with a child's bowel movements. Ain't right in the least.
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
That dad's a jackass. I plugged my buddy's toilet up countless times. Got made fun of by them for it but never yelled at
Sharkbait1313 3 years ago
This reminds me of when my older sister and I were very young.... maybe 5 and 7... and my sister got a small debate with our neighbors daughter while we were playing at their house. The debate was about religion(to keep it brief) . The neighbors mom overheard and walked up and slapped my sister across the face because she didn't like her point of view in the matter. I don't remember much from the early years but that one sticks with me.
Debrina Blackmoon 3 years ago (edited)
That psycho shitpile bitchvirus should've been arrested if not!
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About 14 years old. Sleeping over at my friend’s house, and in the middle of the night we heard some rustling around in her enclosed patio (which was adjacent to the living room we were sleeping in.) We shrugged it off because she had two very active outdoor cats who generally slept in the patio. When we woke up the next morning and went out there to eat breakfast, we saw the screen door had been slashed and several pieces of furniture (TV, etc) were gone. So the rustling we heard in the middle of the night were actually burglars. Not sure if they knew that several teenage girls were in the living room, but still freaks me out a bit when I think about it...
Diolla 3 years ago
One night I woke up from my cats running around downstairs and making a lot of noise. Ignored it. Next morning I found out that someone had entered my living room through an open window and stole my handbag. The cats tried to warn me.
T'Mar of Vulcan 3 years ago
Something similar happened to me when I was living alone in my parents' house after they had died. I heard rustling by the back gate, but couldn't see anything as the building blocked the outside light next to the gate. I did open the curtain but only saw blackness (it was about 10 at night). The next morning when I got up I discovered that the plastic chicken wire covering the bottom of the gate (to stop my dog running out) had been pulled all apart. I think because it was a rolling gate, the perp had thought it had a motor. But it didn't - my dad had just drilled a hole and put a padlock by the rollers. Stymied by a man who'd been dead for years!!!
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
That is scary and yeah when you have more then one cat you do tend to shrug stuff off sometimes excpeially when your really sleepy. I try to get up when I hear something I think is louder then a cat or if I hear a lot or something. I'm just glad y'all weren't hurt. And I'm actually glad you didn't go and check it out because you could of got hurt.
#9
I was watching a friends kids when I was in the Army. I was crashed out on the couch early one morning when the door flung open and 3 kids that didn't live there entered the house, the one in front had a gun. They were making a b line for the kids bedrooms and had not noticed me on the couch. Scared as s**t but not gonna let them just kill the kids I was watching I jumped up and barreled into the lead kid and took the gun. There was screaming and the kids I was watching came running out into the front room. Turns out it was a BB gun, the kid with the gun had just received it as a gift and wanted to show the kids I was watching. The visiting kids had been told by the resident kids that their rents were away for the weekend so they just bardged in. Of note they were all like 13 so it wasn't exactly hard to take the BB gun, still scared she s**t out of me.
SheamusFanFrom1987 3 years ago
BB gun or real gun, still good instincts and mighty noble of you.
Chris Hooley 3 years ago
And yet, in the developed world outside the USA, the default reaction is "toy gun," not "potential mass-murder."
Sent From The Slytherin House 3 years ago
Either way you need to be careful. There are crazy people everywhere
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Petra Moon 3 years ago
That was admirable of you to do that because you didn’t know if it was a real gun and risked your life. Just because it turned out the way it did doesn’t diminish your courage.
Evan Mayes 3 years ago
I can just imagine the fear in the kids when they get tackled by a grown adult and basically get robbed.
Royal Stray 3 years ago
They did just barge into a strangers house, I feel like they shouldn't be too surprised
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Our fascination with scary stories comes from the fact that they—whether in the style of true crime or actual fiction—provide us with an emotional release. We get to experience all the thrills while being completely safe in our homes (or our offices when we should be working, but we’re not here to judge).
There’s also a certain sense of satisfaction and peace of mind that comes from realizing that our experiences aren’t isolated: others have felt the same fear that forced itself into our lives. At the end of the day, many of us Pandas have had weird stuff happen to us at our own homes or while we were guests elsewhere. Lights flickering, unnatural chills, feelings of foreboding, strange noises while nobody’s around the house… you name it. And don't even get us started about creepy music boxes playing without being wound up.
#10
Friends dad showed me porn and asked me if I knew what a hard penis felt like. I was 10. Haven’t told anyone I know irl
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
Maybe op should tell someone irl. If he was bold enough to do that with her, no telling what he’s bold enough to do with the friend.
Sammie 19 3 years ago
I was just 8 when my mother's brother ra*ped me, front and back holes. I didn't struggle because he threatened to do it to my 1 year old baby sister in the bed next to mine and I knew he would kill her. When he was done with me and left the bedroom I shared with my 3 younger sisters I put the dresser in front of the door so he couldn't get back in and stayed awake for the rest of the night. Next day when I got up with my siblings and told mother what he had done she said I must have forced him to do it to me. She said not to bother telling anyone because no one would believe a child over 2 adults. Both of them are dead now. Mother when I was 19 and uncle a few years later. Still have nightmares about it
Helen Waight 3 years ago
I am so sorry. I really hope they find someone like a professional therapist/sexual abuse counsellor to talk to about this. It may seem like ‘it happened years ago, I can’t do anything about it’ but just talking it through with a trained professional can help you even a little. They’ll also believe you and won’t push you to take legal action or anything you don’t want to do nor will they share anything you tell them.
Amber The bear 3 years ago
That is just utterly disgusting. The sad thing is that if OP decided to take it to the authorities, they wouldn’t have proof of it and he would be let go. The closest thing to jail he COULD get, is probably just a year or two on probation. That makes me sad and disgusted and sososooo many other things that ARENT HAPPY. I hope it didn’t go further beyond that point and nothing happened, and if it did, I am sincerely sorry for you.
Whitefox 3 years ago
Trust me the authorities might not take it seriously, but CPS would.
Load More Replies... Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Oh my goodness I hope he got in trouble. It surprise me how many sick people they are in the world. It is truly truly sad. I'm sorry you had to go through that
Amber The bear 3 years ago
See my comment, I explain how it probably will not do anything if she we’re to tell anyone. 💜
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BetterBitterButter 3 years ago
That monster! I know the OP didn't tell anyone but there's no knowing what he did with other kids. I hope someone put him behind bars.
#11
Slept over at my friend’s house one summer night during high school. Woke up to his mom calling out to him because his step dad was unresponsive and passed away during the night.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
That is really really sad and that would kinda be scary and creepy as a kid
Polly Hart 3 years ago
When I was a kid, my friend and her Dad went out Christmas Eve to finish off some last minute Christmas Shopping. Her Mum had a heart attack at home and they came home to find her dead on the floor. That must have been so terrifying and sad, and probably ruined Christmas for that family forever.
#12
I was catsitting for some family friends. As I approached the house one evening, I noticed a light was on that hadn't been on that morning. I walked in the front door and yelled up the stairs, but didn't hear anything. There were small things that had been moved around (a knife on the counter and some trinkets, etc) but nothing was missing except the cat (it never came running for its food). I checked all the rooms but no sign of the kitty. I even checked the fridge, and noticed the pepperoni had been moved from the shelf to the drawer. Why did the cat burgular move the damn pepperoni?!?
Well it turned out that the family had a maid that I didn't know about and she had accidentally closed the cat in a closet...
Valisbourne Spiritforge 3 years ago
I always have to check my shop before locking it up when I'm done in there. The neighbors have cats and I'd hate to lock on in for a few days in the summer heat. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago (edited)
Arggh... locking cats in happens all the time because they're so curious, they enter everywhere without you even noticing! 😅 Lots of cats have starved/dehydrated because of this. Always check garages, sheds etc. before locking up, neighbour cat might be lurking in there.
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
I came home to my back door being slightly ajar (I was outside briefly and must not have closed it fully). The cat is a known escape artist so after searching the whole house for her I went outside and ran and drove everywhere looking for her. Turns out she got locked upstairs in a room earlier in the day so thankfully she was unable to get outside. Scared the s**t out of me though
MyCatsTheRealPanda 3 years ago
I swear cats know when you are panic searching for them so they purposely ignore you lol. I have not been able to find cats, looked everywhere, yelled their names, searched inside and outside thinking they got out. Nope. They're Just sleeping some random hidden new place, loving that you are wasting your time freaking out over them lol.
Load More Replies... Lee Chambers, a psychologist and well-being consultant from the UK, previously explained to Bored Panda why people are so fascinated by the true crime genre. He also revealed why we’re so drawn to figuring out the darker, more unsavory aspects of what some human beings are capable of doing.
"When considering why the darker side of humanity and entertainment are so compelling, we have to first look at our evolutionary journey as human beings. For the majority of our existence, we were prey and always hyperaware of threats to our safety, which created a negativity bias that we are drawn towards," the psychologist told us during an interview, earlier.
"But in today's safe and often sanitized world, we are rarely threatened significantly, and the ability to explore evil, frightening and gruesome entertainment is one of the few ways we can visit this part of humanity while remaining safe and comfortable,” psychologist Lee said.
#13
I once spent the night at a friend's house. His drunken uncle shook me awake and then my friend as well with all the noise he was making. I opened my eyes starlted to see a gun to my face and he demanding who the F i was. I was scared speechless and just looked at my friend hoping hexd chip in for me. He did. He said, "Uncle! That's my friend! Chill! Uncle! That's my friend!" His uncle then put it down and just walked away as if nothing had happened. He was drunk . . .
paddingtonvg 3 years ago
We call the "Drunkles" as in drunk Uncles - every family has one
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Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
And I thought my uncle was the worst for chasing me around the house with a flying cockroach when I was seven but this guy, yikes
Black Pearl 3 years ago
If my uncle's chased me around with a cockroach I would not longer speak to him
Load More Replies... HeckThor 3 years ago
My drunk uncle dry humped me when I was teenager (We were sleeping on the same bed). It was so traumatizing I still refuse to sleep near him even until now. And I still feel uncomfortable sleeping beside any male. I'm straight male and sleeping on the same bed is normal for us poor asians.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Okay.......yep that would be scary. I think that guy needs to stop drinking. Poor kid
Christine Jemison 3 years ago
1) I would have soooooo gone home! 2) and come back with the cops enough said😳😳😳
#14
I was at this strangers house to give him some money for accidentally hitting him on his bike (I was also on a bike), and the first thing I notice is that his house is really dark. Not in that his lights weren’t on; his house didn’t have lights at all. No ceiling lights or lamps or anything. Homeboy legit used a flashlight around his own house to get around and find things
Next thing I know, this guy who I’ve spoken maybe 100 words or less to is showing me a straight up two handed sword and matching dagger that are both RAZOR SHARP. This is one of those people who have a harder time being quiet than thinking of things to say, and next thing you know I’ve been into every room in his place and met his pet parrot the size of a f*****g eagle.
The reason I was there in the first place was to replace a handmade Italian seat for his bike, and he ended up giving me: a pair of $30 gloves, the old gloves that got a few scratches on them when I hit him, 5-10 high end protein/power bars, and a glass of strawberry lemonade. Definitely a strange experience.
tara 3 years ago
Sounds like he was really happy to have someone come and visit him...maybe you are the only person to ever bother to go see him.
Down With Agent Hedgehog! 3 years ago
…’ and met his pet parrot the size of a f*****g eagle.’ Sounds legit :)
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Sounds like just a quiet guy that really cool. And liked having someone to talk to. He needs a friend.
Alias Delfs 3 years ago
Just a man of good taste and doesn’t like the light, does it make him a vampire no, but I’ll except it as my head canon
#15
Family told me their house was haunted. I just brushed it off. But one night around 3 am, I was sleeping on the couch, and I could see into the laundry room that had a bunch of empty hangers.
The lights flickered, and all of the clothes hangers crashed onto the floor. I was petrified.
Raena Celis 3 years ago
If anyone told me their house was haunted, even if they were pulling my leg, I'll believe them. I watch too many haunted documentaries. The skeptics always get messed with
Disgruntled Pelican 3 years ago
Every place I've lived has been haunted (usually by relatives though). It took getting engaged to my now husband to get them to stop which is kind of sweet? Lol
Load More Replies... Whitefox 3 years ago
I've lived in a number of houses that were haunted. Most of them were fairly benign, but there was one apartment that holy dang. I still have nightmares about that place!!
Vanja Vidovic 3 years ago
Isn't it strange that the USA, as a really young country, has so many hunted houses, while in centuries-old Europe there are barely a few?
“There is a level of novelty to it, it removes boredom quickly, and it helps us to discover our emotional limits while understanding the minds of those who go beyond social norms and potentially gaining knowledge of how we might avoid being victims ourselves. They also offer closure, with many stories ending with the mystery being solved, and the criminal being brought to a level of justice.”
The psychologist noted that some people feel comforted when they see all the evil things being portrayed on the screen: everything bad is happening to someone else while we’re completely safe. Meanwhile, we’re free to indulge in our fascination with the dark side of humanity.
"It can take us on an emotional rollercoaster, have us trying to solve the puzzle and test our fear in a controlled way. The permission to explore evil is powerful, as we so rarely get the chance elsewhere, and in itself, it is healthy and normal in moderation."
#16
I was at a friend's house late at night, and the two of us were watching reruns of the classic The Twilight Zone. His family was out somewhere, so it was just us in this large two-story house.
The episode we were watching had to do with this town that gets enveloped in never-ending darkness, and the people in the town all hate each other, so the darkness was supposed to be a manifestation of their anger or something like that. The episode nears the end, and Rod Serling begins his ending narration. He says something to the effect of, "And be sure not to let the darkness consume you," or something similar (my memory is vague).
And I sh*t you not, as soon as Rod said those words, the power in the house went out, and we were left in shock, sitting in the living room in total darkness. It was the freakiest coincidence I've ever experienced in my life! And no, it wasn't a prank, because nobody else was home and my friend never left the living room.
Minath 3 years ago
I was once watching The Sixth Sense at a friend's and their electric was on a prepayment meter and just when the scary ghost girl was under the bed the electric went out, scared us shitless, he had forgotten to top up the meter. I never forgave him for that jump scare moment.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
My Dad and I had put some homemade pizza in the oven and had sat down to enjoy "Watchmen" while it cooked, and just when the movie got to the bit where the Comedian is thrown through his own window to his death - BANG! The oven door exploded. We both jumped out of our skins! (The pizza, needless to say, was covered in tiny bits of glass and had to be thrown out). We talk about it every time that movie comes up.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Wow that be freaky and you will never see that movie the same.
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Christopher Hebhardt 3 years ago
Lawn mower man... Similar experience... Watching the movie alone on a creepy night. The movie ends with the villian's success being signaled by all the phones rigging and darn it if the houses phone rang in synch to the movie. I jumped so high!
Milena B. G. Rosa 3 years ago
I have one like that: me and my siblings used to watch "Supernatural" on DVD during nights when we where younger. One night, we get to a episode where the monster can mimic voices/has acess to people eletronics somehow (croccota, I think?)... My older brother is half watching, half doing something on his notebook. When the clock hitted 3:30 AM, three things happened: The video got stuck on a scene where the monster was writing "Come to me" over and over again on a computer; my brother notebook stopped working (It was on the charger. The screen just went black out of nowhere) and the door and the huge window that where in the room too started shaking like someone was pounding or throwing themselves on them. We turned the lights out before playing the DVD always, so we Just sat there, frozen in the dark (only the frozen episode scene on TV giving light) for 2 or 3 minutes, until the door and the window stopped moving, the episode keept going and my brother notebook started working again.
Milena B. G. Rosa 3 years ago
ALL at the same time. Without any prompting. We only watched the series during the day after that, LMAO
Load More Replies... SheamusFanFrom1987 3 years ago
Sometimes you have to remember that darkness ain't yours or anybody's friend.
Pink kitty 3 years ago
Love the original 'Twilght Zone'! Some of those episodes are so creepy-scary. Watching in the dark enhances the experience but I have to admit that I haven't had an experience like Op. Thank goodness!
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Okay that would freak the hell out of me. An I wouldn't think that it was coincidence I would be remembering it for years and years. I seen that one too. It probably was just coincidence but it would have freaked me out
#17
I was a freshman in college when I spent Christmas with my high school buddy who didn't go with his family out of town. I went to his kitchen to get a drink when I looked out his kitchen window and saw two figures jumping his fence. Luckily I saw them before turning on the light, so they didn't see me. I quietly told him to get ready to call the cops, when I saw them making their way to his door. Without thinking I ran to the door and opened it and yelled, "LAPD! Freeze!" And luckily the two figures got scared and ran away. Thinking back on it they sounded really young and they were probably just gonna ding dong ditch the place or something. But to be safe I stayed with him until his family came home.
Persephone 3 years ago
Omg.... had this happen. Saw 3 guys hoisting a large flat screen and stuff over a fence behind my ex boyfriend's place (they had stolen his before too). I yelled for him to call the police, but they were going to get away, so I opened the door with my Rottweiler (the friendliest dog ever lol) and yelled "freeze! This is a police trained canine!" So I basically did a citizen arrest on 3 teens who had skipped school to rob their teacher and his kids of their Xmas presents. I tied my very good boy up next to the TV and gaming systems until help arrived.
#18
I was 11yo and at my friend's house, his parents and all of his siblings were home. Everyone but his dad was in the front room of the house. His dad was doing yard work in the backyard. I got up to go to the bathroom, and while passing the backdoor saw that my friend's dad was on a ladder with an electric tree trimmer. Before I looked away and continued on, his dad fell off the top rung of the ladder and crashed *hard* on the ground. The tree trimmer was still somehow on and landed next to his body. The trimmer was going full horror movie and slowly moving towards him and he was not getting up. I'm the only one who saw this happen. So I yelled, "Friend, Friend's mom! Your dad fell, come quick!", and ran outside to pick the trimmer up and move it away. By the time I turned it off and started focusing on him, everyone else was outside. We helped him up, the mom took him to the hospital for back pain and a mild concussion, the older siblings watched us while they were gone, and everyone was very thankful I had to pee.
Edit: It was scary to me because I did not know what to do and acted on adrenaline and instinct. The fall was also pretty intense-looking. I thought I saw a guy die.
Helen Waight 3 years ago
I’ve seen someone fall off a high building and land right in front of me (turned out he deliberately jumped). I screamed for help and then dialled 999. The guy in question actually did die but I didn’t stop trying to get assistance. Your actions under extreme stress were incredible mate - you absolutely did the right things.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
I glad you had the courage to go out there and help him. You are a hero. And I know it was scary but you did the right thing. You let everyone know what was happening and then went outside straight away to move the dangerous object. I'm glad he ended up being okay sounds like he was really really lucky he didn't break a lot of bones or die.
#19
I was probably 7? My friend lived down the street. Her mom had invited some girls to come hang out from our class and she made us sandwiches, cookies, juice, popcorn, the normal ‘girl day’ type of fun. We were in the garage playing. Her dad was either drunk or had an anger problem. He came in yelling at us, saying we were too loud. He grabbed my friend’s mom by the arm and hit her, she started crying. Then, he grabbed my friend and spanked her. Alright. Well he proceeded to grab each girl and spank them hard. I ran away as fast as I could back to my house. I remember my friend consistently coming to school being real tired, sometimes falling asleep at her desk. Farrah, I hope you’re okay. Edit: she moved away soon after. No idea where she went. I did tell my parents. After that, I remember only being allowed to go to one friend’s house. Any other time my mom would invite my friends to come to ours. Edit 2: I ran before he got to me. Still told my mom anyway. Edit 3: yes, CPS was notified. I’m sure teachers were well aware of abuse before anyway.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
I hope her mother left that awful guy and that they had a good life after that. That is so so sad
SheamusFanFrom1987 3 years ago (edited)
I hope dad got at least one night in the slammer and perhaps one strike (or a few) from the nightstick after doing that to them.
#20
It was my parents home. They asked me to house sit. The neighbors knew they were gone and called the cops on me. I guess the cops just hung out outside waiting for the (presumed) burglars to come out but when that didn’t happen and the lights went out they decided to come in. I awoke to a bunch of cops shouting at me with drawn guns and flashlights shining blinding me and backlighting the pistol pointing right in my face.
Giles McArdell 3 years ago
and what if it had been a burglar? You'd want the neighbours to call the Police. This is Stupid Parents! they should have informed the neighbours someone was house sitting.
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Brandy P 3 years ago
I love how (assuming this is American) guns were already drawn without questions, on a sleeping person.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
My thought too but I've heard of robbers going to sleep in a house......
Load More Replies... Lene 3 years ago
Why didn't the parents say to their neighbors that OP was gonna house sit? Would have saved both time and ressources that the police could have used way better some place else.
Madeleine 3 years ago
Maybe they weren’t friendly to the point of telling one another those things.
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Nikki Angulo 3 years ago
I mean, my mom and I both told our respective neighbours when we went away this summer and had people watching our houses.
Madeleine 3 years ago
All of your neighbors? I think it would be a bit unusual to tell more than one or two, but I suppose it depends on the neighborhood.
Load More Replies... Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Sometimes neighbours are the worst. Pretty sad they had fun pointed at you. Like can't you tell I've been sleeping? But I gusse can't blame never know what you will come up on. But them neighbours need to mind there own
#21
When I was like 11, I slept over at my friend's house, which was in the middle of the country. At 2 am, I heard scratching and pounding at the door, followed by howling.
I woke my friend up and was like, "YO, WHAT IS THAT?" She woke up, looked at me, and just said, "Oh, those are the coyotes. They're just scratching at the door. Go back to bed."
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
Nah, don't be silly, it's not even a full moon, go back to bed!
Load More Replies... Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
I've been around coyotes a lot, and I've never heard of them scratching at a door. Mostly they keep their distance from people as if their lives depend on it (because it does). Maybe this is a neighbor's dog?
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
They might be smelling a family pet inside. A couple of years ago, some coyotes snatched a small dog right after the owner let it out and had just shut the door. Literally, the door clicked and she heard the yelp. They get brave, especially the coydog hybrids
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Amber The bear 3 years ago
I have coyotes too, In certain times of the year, pretty used to them, they don’t come up to our doors because we have a wrap around porch and all the doors are too far away for their business. 🤷🏻♀️
excuse.you 3 years ago
Exactly what I was thinking! There are only 2 things that scare me which are Dolphins and skinwalkers. I don’t even really know what skinwalkers really are since I’ve seen many videos on it but they all had a different explanation for what they are.
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#22
Sleepover at best friend’s house when I was about 12. Middle of the night after we’d fallen asleep, he wakes up and starts screaming that his head is going to explode. Not a bad dream, he keeps going, just screaming and crying and thrashing around. His parents wake up, scoop him up, and rush him to the hospital.
Turned out he’d just never had a headache before, and his first was apparently a doozy.
ERIKA H. 3 years ago
Could've been an actual migraine. I've gotten a few migraines and a headache doesn't even compare to them. They are truly awful.
Cashme Outside 3 years ago
I get chronic migraines (2-4 a week usually, sometimes I get lucky and wont have one that week) and it’s always so fun to hear when people say “I know how it is, Ive had headaches too”. One time I said to a guy I worked with “Yeah, you ever have a headache so bad that went on for multiple days and you thought of offing yourself to end the pain?” Well, apparently he did NOT know how it is.
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Brianna Tracy 3 years ago
When I was about 11 my little brother (7), who never was sick ever, couldn’t fall asleep because he was writhing and crying in pain because something was wrong with his stomach. He was scrunched in a ball holding his stomach and kept crying about how bad it hurt. My mom and I were really alarmed and, thinking something was seriously wrong with him, rushed him to the emergency room. We waited with him worriedly for some time in the room waiting on the doctor hoping they’d hurry up because my little brother was dying. All of a sudden he lets out a large fart….and continues to do so. Next thing we know he’s jumping all over the ER good as new. My mom and I were in awe. Apparently my little brother never had experienced gas pains before. My mom was quite embarrassed checking him out after that but the doctors laughed and said it happens all the time. Lmao.
AndThenICommented 3 years ago
When my kiddo had a sore throat for the first time she was terrified. She insisted we go to the hospital because it hurt to swallow - after some Panadol (for kids) she was fine and I had to break it to her that’s what it’s like to get the flu
Black Pearl 3 years ago
I would be absolutely terrified if my best friend did something like this.
Amber The bear 3 years ago
Am I the only one that read it in my American accent then when the word doozy came up I read it in a Canadian accent lol
#23
I was house sitting for an aunt of mine while she was on holiday - she told me there was a leak in the lounge area but it was fixed, so if there were any issues to let her know.
A massive storm happened a couple nights in. I heard some trickling in the early hours so I went to go check that there wasn't a leak.
The entire wall was flooding with water, like an actual waterfall. Turns out the spouting was blocked and the water was just forcing its way through the cracks in the wall.
I knew it wasn't my fault, but it was so terrifying watching someone's house fall apart on your watch, just piling towels on the floor and shifting furniture to keep everything dry.
Pink kitty 3 years ago
I've had rain coming down the inside of the window because the gutter was blocked. That was no fun at all in the middle of the night with heavy rain
Chris berkley 3 years ago
My moms house flooded, like the whole house, she has to replace all the carpet and hardwoods in her house it was a nightmare, she is still paying it off
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Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
My dad had a leak in his roof and some damage to the ceiling. Also a large tree next to the house with a raccoon nest in it. Guess what came crashing through the ceiling at 2AM?
#24
I was 18 and my friend and I were alone at her house. Her parents were going through a nasty divorce and her dad (who had anger problems) was not allowed to come near the house because the mom had a restraining order. He ended up banging on the door and trying to break in since he knew the mom wasn’t home. We hid in my friend’s room with a samurai sword while she called her mom to come home.
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
It's not going to go so well for a child to feel like they have to arm themselves against a parent. It's a shame what we do to children.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
That is crazy but I like the samurai sword part and I can see this happening
#25
At my grandmother's alone one night, on my computer, when a music box downstairs played a few notes.
Down With Agent Hedgehog! 3 years ago
Can Totally relate. When I was watching a horror movie with my friends over and the lights off, right after the ghost pops out suddenly something goes CRASH downstairs. We were completely petrified, but when we went down fully armed with pillows and a lamp fully expecting an army of undead, it turns out that my cats Severus Snape and Donut had plotted to knock a mug off the table and done it. In the middle of a horror movie.
Anikulapo 3 years ago
One night, around 2:00 AM, my brother’s new alarm clock decided that it was now a Goliath supertanker lost in the fog. It blew its fog horn loud enough to give me a mini-stroke. I told my brother to expect violence and senseless carnage if it ever happened again.
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
I used to sleep with the radio on, quite low volume, just as background noise. Until the day I woke up to a weird robotic moaning ooh ohh ohh ohh. I genuinely though I was being abducted. Damn radio station was playing O Superman by Laurie Anderson https://youtu.be/Vkfpi2H8tOE
Diolla 3 years ago
Had a radio in my bedroom switch itself on at full volume in the middle of the night while I was sleeping. I was 13 or so and never played it above 1/4 volume. Nearly had a heart attack.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
I had a radio that did that once I got to say that was creepy and nothin to explain that. I was like 14
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Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
There are times in life where you're terrified and you just have to go deal with the situation anyway. It's like, 'well, I guess I'm going to die now, but I gotta go see what that noise was', and then you march your half petrified self stiffly right down to the basement anyway.
Nimues Child 3 years ago
When I was 12, a friend and I were watching horror movies (Creature Double Feature), at one of the scariest parts of the movie, one of the cats jumped on the piano keyboard downstairs and walked up and down it. We both jumped a mile!
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Something like this has happened with kids toys a lot. In middle of night sometimes my kids toys have played music while no one is playing them. Kinda creepy. But usually if they move even little bit they do that. And we did have cats in the house but I didn't see any around it still creepy.
MyCatsTheRealPanda 3 years ago
Ugh I hate that. Specifically when they have batteries that are dying so they go off randomly with creepy demonic sounds.
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#26
My best friends dad was in the reserves and would come home late at night a lot. One time he had come home and we didn't notice. We were heading to the kitchen to go make bread and cheese and we froze in the hallway because we saw someone kneeling in front of the fireplace which wasn't lit. We proceed to freak the f**k out which wakes dad up and he comes out of his room laughing his a*s off. Turns out he thought it wold be funny to set his duffle bag up, wrap his coat a round it, hat on top, boots in front and it looked just like some dude chilling with his head on his knees. Ol Clarky boy, I miss him. He was so much fun. Completely unrelated story with him is he bought a gold vw golf and when he came home with it he burst in my friends bedroom where we were watching DragonBall and yells "I LOVE GOOOOOOOOOOOLD" and runs off. He was always doing crazy s**t. edit: some people have asked for our bread and cheese recipe so here ya go. get some uncut sub rolls, hollow them out, stuff them with sharp cheddar, and then microwave them til theyre gooey and melty. im afraid to try it now that im older, idk if itll make me s**t my pants or constipate me for a week.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
The most horrifying part of this is the edit. Never microwave cheesy bread; the bread turns into rubber. Use the toaster oven.
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago (edited)
Regular oven on 250F until things are toasty/melty works lovely if you don’t have a toaster oven :)
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#27
My friends step-dad tried to give me a massage while he was drunk.
Amber The bear 3 years ago
Weird… why are there so many drunk dudes when friends are overrrr?!
Micah 3 years ago
I'm thinking the dudes are just drunk most of the time.
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#28
When I was like 8 or 9 I was at a relative's house for a family gathering when one of my distant relatives flipped out and grabbed a kitchen knife. I don't remember the details but I'm pretty sure he was threatening people. I remember being ushered into a side room with everyone else and being cramped in there for like a minute or two just listening while a few male relatives who had remained outside with the guy encircled him, got him to calm down, and disarmed him. I learned later that the dudes brain was like partially fried or something from drug abuse. Never saw him at any family gatherings again after that.
#29
was at my girlfriend's, and in the middle of the night, two kitchen cabinets collapsed. They were packed with plates and glasses. One cabinet fell onto the sink and completely destroyed the frame around it. Some cups fell into the sink and hit the tap. Of course, plates and glasses were all over the place, covered in an inch of water. The sound when it fell down just freaked me out. My girlfriend was asleep and literally fell off the bed. It was just such a bummer to clean up, but the moment they fell down and shattered in the dark was frightening.
Duesvolent90 3 years ago
This happened while I was visiting my cousins. It wasn't a cabinet but this somehow heavy AF curtain holder thing over their huge living room windows. We were watching 'Signs' with those alien dudes and after that first jump scare, this d*mn thing came ploughing to the earth like a silverback gorilla. Yeah we screamed like little school girls and a hole was left in the wall via a shattered remote..
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
Same one friday night while we watched "Dateline". The crash started and without knowing what was going on I just yelled "NOOOOOOOOO!" like that would stop something. We had jelly splash on to the ceiling.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
That is why you don't want to put heavy stuff in a cabinet that is hanging cause eventually it gets to heavy and it falls has not happened yet to me but my husband aways tells me to put heavy stuff in floor cabinet.
Jeff slipperman 3 years ago
I installed my kitchen cabinets and was sure to anchor them properly to studs inside the wall. Screws, not nails.
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Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
We had a small display table made of glass in our second bedroom. Middle of the night, a decorative hung on the wall came loose and completely smashed through the top. It's 2AM and being woken up by the sound of glass breaking that loud is terrifying but I was so delirious from sleep I could barely sit up, meanwhile husband is up ready to grab the gun thinking a window was broken in.
Atreïdes 3 years ago
What was he doing at his girlfriend’s house when she was asleep was my first thought.
🦋vall🦋シ︎ 3 years ago
He was probably staying the night and she fell asleep
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#30
My friend when I was around 10yrs old used to talk about a ghost in his house that would turn on the radio in the kitchen when you left the room. Called b******t. Well about a month after, I am waiting on him to get out of the shower, and am in the kitchen having a snack. As I open the cabinet, the radio behind me turns on... I jumped, turn it off, then remember the story. Was afraid to go to the kitchen after that. scary, but only happened the once to me. His mom didn't want to throw it out or move it in fear of angering what ever it was. Not sure what ever happened to that radio
zakk jakkl 3 years ago
Yeah, but to an impressionable 10 year old brain...
Load More Replies... SerumSeven 3 years ago
I had one that would pick up signals even though it wasn't plugged in (very weak, but audible). Thought I was hearing voices for some time before I finally figured it out. I also realized that the actual voices in my head are just not that specific about the time of day and what's going on in the news.
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago
You used to be able to buy kits (and probably still can - IDK) for building a crystal radio that doesn't use batteries or cords at all.
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago (edited)
I wonder if it had some roaches nesting in there? They can sometimes trip circuits while they're scuttling around. In fact there's a PC game called Bad Mojo where you play as a guy turned into a roach, and one of the puzzles involves you going inside a radio and making it switch on!
SilverSkyCloud 1 year ago
i was staying in a relative's house while they were on holiday and their power cut out while i was playing silent hill, i had to use my crappy phones torch to walk downstairs and into the basement to check the breaker, i had never been in their house before since they had moved in not too long before and it turned out the power ran out, so i had a fun several hours in total blackness until the shops opened the next day so i could top up the meter, they payed me the money for it and apologized for forgetting to check before they left
Glenn Schroeder 3 years ago
At work we had an old stereo that I used to listen to the radio. And when I say "old", I mean it had an 8-track player. There was a door about six feet from it. The volume would noticeably change depending on whether or not that door was open or closed. I showed it to a coworker who was big into radios, and electronics in general. He just walked away shaking his head.
#31
My friend always said her house had a ghost. I believe in ghosts; my mom occasionally sees them. I reluctantly slept over at this friend's house, in her room, in the basement. My friend drank tea spiked with NyQuil because she wanted to sleep; I stayed up watching TV.
At around 3 to 4 am, the lamp next to me clicked off and back on. It was one of those lamps where you have to twist it in a circle, and it clicks when it gets to the “on” or "off" part. The click was SO CLEAR. It wasn’t just a weird electric thing; it CLICKED OFF. I knew it wasn’t my friend because she was basically in a coma on the floor. It had to be THE GHOST.
I called my mom and went home.
JuniorCJ82 3 years ago
Why didn't she just drink straight up NyQuil? Works faster, just saying.
#32
This happened when I was like 8. I went over to this girl's house, really liked her. Her older brother told us about "Bloody Marry", and she was ecstatic to try and summon her, so she asked me to come with her, and of course I said yeah. So we go in there, turn off the lights, shut the door, she starts chanting it, and the brother starts pounding on the door, screaming. When we tried to open the door, it was locked, and he kept pounding and screaming "OH GOD SHE'S GOT A KNIFE HELP!" After like a while he finally let us out, laughing his a*s off. Mirrors f*****g scared the s**t out of me until I was 16. And I am still wary of them to this day. Edit: He didn't lock it, he was leaning against the door or put something against it. I used the word "locked" to describe that it wouldn't open, sorry about the confusion.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
That not even cool. And yeah mirrors are creepy expecially in the dark you stair at one for to long you could see anything like things creepying up from the darkness and showdows
#33
My best friend growing up had an awesome double-story house with an indoor pool, so I spent a lot of time there. The one downside is that they were positioned among really tall trees and regularly had huntsman spiders the size of my face on the walls.
Once, while my family was between houses, I stayed in my friend's room. I napped one day, sat up, and was faced with a huntsman that had lowered itself from the air conditioner above the bed. I obviously freaked out and had to deal with it ASAP, so I got the cup of water I had next to me and raised it so the spider was captured in the cup. I put a CD on top of the cup and went back to sleep (I'm not sure how).
I woke up, grabbed the cup, and lifted the lid. The spider wasn't in there. I rotated the cup and saw the spider on the side, NEXT TO MY HAND. I ran out and got someone else to deal with it.
BasedWang12.2 3 years ago (edited)
I wouldn't be able to even visit my friend.... Ill take the ghosts but you can keep the spiders
ProudHamsterOwner 3 years ago (edited)
'my family was between houses' that's a nice euphemism for being homeless...
#34
One of my friends from childhood would have really bad night terrors. She would either wake up in the middle of the night screaming at the top of her lungs or she would randomly jump up and start running for the front door trying to get away from whatever she thought was chasing her. It was always pretty terrifying waking up to her screaming or tripping over me while trying to get to the door.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Something pretty bad has happened to her because kids usually grow out of night terrors like that. And if it happens a lot.....and it that bad either something bad happened to her or she has a health problem
#35
This was when I was really young, like 7 or 8. And its one of those memories where I'm not sure if it was real, or just a crazy dream, and it was too long ago to tell, but I'll tell it anyways. Was with a childhood friend at his house in the boonies. He lived in a real run down house, but his neighbor down the road was pretty affluent, with a great house. He said he wanted to go exploring, and being a kid in the desert, I was down for that. He led us to the house, where he somehow convinced us to climb through the guy's doggie door into the house. Pretty great house, I still remember the layout vividly. Anyways, here we were, exploring some random guy's house, when we hear a door open. My friend had thought the owner wasn't home because the neighbor's car wasn't in the driveway, so he thought we were safe. We sprinted and hid behind separate leather couches in the guy's living room. He came out into the kitchen, wearing a bathrobe and nothing else, and got a glass of water, reading a magazine. We watched him from behind the couches as he took his time and finally went back up the stairs. We sprinted out of that house and back to my friend's house, and I don't think Usain Bolt himself could have beaten my 7 year old sprint. It was pretty scary then, but its absolutely terrifying now to think what could have happened. tl;dr snuck into a random guy's house with a friend as a kid, almost got caught, will never break and enter again
Petra Moon 3 years ago
Aww that’s actually quite cute. Really bad thing to do, but still cute.
#36
I was in high school and it was the first time I ever drank. I was asleep on the floor and my friend was asleep on the bed with her bf.
It was late at night and the lights were off with the music playing.
I’m a light sleeper so the bf’s drunk dad walked in and started peeing in the room.. he didn’t notice us there
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
Drink people do this a lot at least the idiots do.. ..... Sometimes I have to wonder what is wrong with them.
#37
12 years old, watching The Ring on VHS. About 2 minutes after the film ended, my friends house phone rang.. we screamed bloody murder! It was her Mum calling in checking on us. (I was sleeping over that night and her parents were out at a dinner party so we were all alone in a huge house that was eerie silent and dark)
Seonag Udell 3 years ago
Had this happen too. Me and mum watched it while my dad was away on business. Watched the Ring, as soon as it finished the phone rang. Neither of us wanted to answer it. Mum did eventually and obviously it was just dad calling from the US. Still scared the s**t out of us though.
Marika 3 years ago
Hahaha, watching "The Ring" on VHS really makes the movie scarier, I wouldn't have dared and I am glad that no phone rang afterwards. Me and my friends saw the movie in the theater, and right after a scary scene, a stupid girl screamed like a banshee a few rows behind us "just for fun". I almost jumped up from my seat and ran out of the cinema.
SheamusFanFrom1987 3 years ago
Yup, I'd jump too in that scenario. Probably expecting to hear someone mutter "7 Days..." back to me from the other side of the line.
#38
It was a shared house that our ski club owned, up in Vermont. We were renting it for the night, along with a few other families. All was fine until after dinner, when I had to take a particularly bad dump. Naturally, the toilet clogged. I tried plunging, I tried flushing again, I tried... other disgusting methods, but *it would not go down*. Knock, knock. A sinking feeling entered my stomach as I realized someone was at the door. This was the only restroom and the contents of the toilet bowl were swimming around in a brown soup of disgustingness. I couldn't flush again or it would overflow, and nothing was working, so I washed my hands and explained the situation to the waiting gentleman, who was a portly dude in a wife-beater and worn jeans. He told me to get out of the way, which I did with haste. I don't know how he got it to go down, but he did. I apologized like 20 times. It was a terrible, smelly, revolting situation. At least I had enough toilet paper, huh?
Mattewis88 3 years ago
I was about to eat this entire banana loaf, thinking "this is why you're fat." Thank you for this because now I'm properly done with it.
Carla Phillips 3 years ago
For this reason, whenever we weren't at home, I would have my mom flush the toilet when I was done with #2
#39
I was around 12. -Wanna see a cool trick? -Sure Friend proceeds to bang his head against the wall, then falls flat to the ground and barely breathes. I panicked, we were alone. Turns out he wanted to prank me but actually passed out, woke up while I was panicking and decided to keep to his act. Also when I was 16, this guy's dinner table was full of coke (I didn't use) and we suddenly heard sirens and saw blue flashes through the window. We heard them kick a door and yell for a bit. Turns out it was a drug bust next door. Lovely neighborhood.
BasedWang12.2 3 years ago
that last blurb happened to me exactly. Me and my cuz were like 16 at the time and it was all people of age drinking all over the house, entire house a fog of pot smoke then we go downstairs and there it is... Coke table. Light's start flashing out the front window, we took off out the back and flew over that fence hella quick
#40
In the 3rd grade, so about 8 or 9, I had a sleep over at my friends house. During dinner that night I had to use the bathroom, and when I finished up my business to return, I couldn’t get out. The door handle wouldn’t budge and I had to shout for someone to save me. I was stuck in my friend’s bathroom for about 30 minutes and it freaked me out a good deal at the time.
Petra Moon 3 years ago
It happens. I was stuck in my bathroom for an hour once.
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Marika 3 years ago
Oh dear, this reminds me of a similar situation I had at school. I went to the bathroom after the last gym class in the afternoon and then couldn't open the locked door. All my classmates had already left and then the lights were turned off everywhere. I remember screaming for help and crying until my gym teacher finally heard me and opened the door. I was never so happy to see her.
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NG 3 years ago
Once at my now best friends house i went to the kitchen to get a glass of water and i saw her grandma trying to open the soy sauce and so i took it and popped it open for her. she stared at me in awe and then called over other family members as she started congratulating me in chinese. my friends mom explained that none of them have been able to open the soy sauce in ages. the excitement in my friends grandmas face was the cutest thing ever.
Shelby Rinck 3 years ago
Many years ago I spent the night at a young lady's house, sitting in a small chair she had a 4' doll of the laughing/crying mask face, I awoke in the middle of the night, looked at it right when it fell over out of the chair. I thought I was going to poop my heart right out of my body.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
I was a teenager, babysitting in a three-story house. While on the (land line) phone with a friend, we both clearly heard another person pick up the call. I checked the kids, who were asleep. I checked the other phones in the house and all were hung up. Still wonder if someone had broken in and was lurking around while I was there.
Seabeast 3 years ago
Landline phones used to sometimes got wires crossed and when you picked up the receiver to make a call, you'd find yourself in the middle of somebody else's conversation. It hasn't happened since it all went digital.
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Meh 3 years ago
I was staying with a friend after a girls night out. I woke up in the night to heavy breathing and snarling in my ear. She has a huge dog so I thought I was going to get mauled, eaten whatever ( the dog is far to powerful for me of my friend to fight it off ) after laying there awake for a few seconds contemplating what I thought was about to happen and being to scared to move, I finally turn to face............absolutely nothing. The dog was sound asleep in her bed soooooooo
TheDivineMsM 3 years ago
I was leaving an ex boyfriends house about 2 in the morning and as I was leaving, heard cops chasing someone in his backyard, yelling, saw flashlights everywhere. I never got in my car and left so fast.
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
I was house/pet sitting for my dad while he was on a month long vacation. My dad lives in the middle of nowhere. I'd been there about two weeks, sleeping in my old bedroom with my dad's German Shepard. She wakes me up by growling at the door and as I come to i can hear someone moving around downstairs. Like a white woman in a horror movie, I open my door and peek out. There were two flashlight beam moving around in the living room. My dad's room has the pump-action shot gun, but it required me to cross in front of the stairs. I decided to risk it and zip across the the hall, followed closely by the dog. I know they heard the dog if not me closing the door. Footsteps started moving to the stairs and I found the gun. It was unloaded and I had no idea where the ammo was. They started up the stairs and I figure F it, so I cocked the gun. Ka-CHUNK. Cue my dad's very good dog to start barking like Cujo. I assume they ran because no one burst and they were gone in the morning.
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago (edited)
An awful lot of these start with 'I was at a friend's house'. EDIT: Oops, I forgot part of the title said "Someone Else's Home".
Kate 3 years ago
Okay, then... I was 17 and home alone for the week because I was taking a summer class at the community college while my family was at the beach. Was in my room one evening, talking to mom on the phone, when I heard a loud crash from downstairs. I interrupted whatever she was saying and told her to stay on the phone with me while I took a little baseball bat down to investigate. My guess was that the cat must've been in the midst of the zoomies and knocked into something, sending a vase or something crashing down. Went down, walked around, found the cat napping in the garage, and... that's all. It's been 25 years and I still haven't found what broke.
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BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
My sister had a couple of ghosts. While I don't 100% believe in that stuff, I love the stories and we haven't found explanations for some things. For a short time, my sister and her friends liked to go to cemeteraries and ghost hunt. Originally, she had her neighbor had a ghost each. A young married couple that came attached to the neighbor's inherited trunk. They learned this through a psychic so hefty grain of salt. These ghosts were fine, the creepiest thing is sometimes it would feel like someone was watching you in the shower. Later, after another trip, my sister started hearing banging on the roof, on her walls, heard someone walking around her bed, calling her name. She stopped sleeping or even going upstairs. Her daughter, 3, had her own bedroom and wouldn't play in it. Said a man in the closet scared her. They'd have nightmares. Her BF was able to sleep without a problem, supposedly the spirit had attached to him or something. This is the unexplainable part. Her 2nd floor was hot AF. As soon as you stepped on the floor, heat. She never mentioned it to me until I brought it up. The heat started one step lower and lower as time went on. I initially thought her dryer had just been on, causing the heat but nope. It was seriously creepy and no one wanted to go upstairs. She had me give her daughter a bath while her and her friends did some ritual downstairs, catching the angry spirit in Crystal or something. It took 2 tries, she said. The weird thing is the heat completely went away. Immediately after the ritual, which she didn't initially tell me about, you no longer hit a wall of heat going up the stairs. The whole apartment was the same temp again. She stopped ghost hunting as a hobby after that.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I was watching The Last Exorism or some other possession movie, alone, with only a little light on. During the climax of the movie, there is a giant crash in the bathroom next to me. The light fixture had literally fallen off the ceiling. The building was pretty shodily built so after the sink came off the wall and I realized it wasn't attached to any studs, it made a lot of sense. Still scared the sh*t out if me!!
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
Didn't see the "Someone Else's Home" although it was a month-month type of apartment. They didn't intend people to live there longterm
Load More Replies... NG 3 years ago
Once at my now best friends house i went to the kitchen to get a glass of water and i saw her grandma trying to open the soy sauce and so i took it and popped it open for her. she stared at me in awe and then called over other family members as she started congratulating me in chinese. my friends mom explained that none of them have been able to open the soy sauce in ages. the excitement in my friends grandmas face was the cutest thing ever.
Shelby Rinck 3 years ago
Many years ago I spent the night at a young lady's house, sitting in a small chair she had a 4' doll of the laughing/crying mask face, I awoke in the middle of the night, looked at it right when it fell over out of the chair. I thought I was going to poop my heart right out of my body.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
I was a teenager, babysitting in a three-story house. While on the (land line) phone with a friend, we both clearly heard another person pick up the call. I checked the kids, who were asleep. I checked the other phones in the house and all were hung up. Still wonder if someone had broken in and was lurking around while I was there.
Seabeast 3 years ago
Landline phones used to sometimes got wires crossed and when you picked up the receiver to make a call, you'd find yourself in the middle of somebody else's conversation. It hasn't happened since it all went digital.
Load More Replies... Meh 3 years ago
I was staying with a friend after a girls night out. I woke up in the night to heavy breathing and snarling in my ear. She has a huge dog so I thought I was going to get mauled, eaten whatever ( the dog is far to powerful for me of my friend to fight it off ) after laying there awake for a few seconds contemplating what I thought was about to happen and being to scared to move, I finally turn to face............absolutely nothing. The dog was sound asleep in her bed soooooooo
TheDivineMsM 3 years ago
I was leaving an ex boyfriends house about 2 in the morning and as I was leaving, heard cops chasing someone in his backyard, yelling, saw flashlights everywhere. I never got in my car and left so fast.
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
I was house/pet sitting for my dad while he was on a month long vacation. My dad lives in the middle of nowhere. I'd been there about two weeks, sleeping in my old bedroom with my dad's German Shepard. She wakes me up by growling at the door and as I come to i can hear someone moving around downstairs. Like a white woman in a horror movie, I open my door and peek out. There were two flashlight beam moving around in the living room. My dad's room has the pump-action shot gun, but it required me to cross in front of the stairs. I decided to risk it and zip across the the hall, followed closely by the dog. I know they heard the dog if not me closing the door. Footsteps started moving to the stairs and I found the gun. It was unloaded and I had no idea where the ammo was. They started up the stairs and I figure F it, so I cocked the gun. Ka-CHUNK. Cue my dad's very good dog to start barking like Cujo. I assume they ran because no one burst and they were gone in the morning.
Hobby Hopper 3 years ago (edited)
An awful lot of these start with 'I was at a friend's house'. EDIT: Oops, I forgot part of the title said "Someone Else's Home".
Kate 3 years ago
Okay, then... I was 17 and home alone for the week because I was taking a summer class at the community college while my family was at the beach. Was in my room one evening, talking to mom on the phone, when I heard a loud crash from downstairs. I interrupted whatever she was saying and told her to stay on the phone with me while I took a little baseball bat down to investigate. My guess was that the cat must've been in the midst of the zoomies and knocked into something, sending a vase or something crashing down. Went down, walked around, found the cat napping in the garage, and... that's all. It's been 25 years and I still haven't found what broke.
Load More Replies... BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
My sister had a couple of ghosts. While I don't 100% believe in that stuff, I love the stories and we haven't found explanations for some things. For a short time, my sister and her friends liked to go to cemeteraries and ghost hunt. Originally, she had her neighbor had a ghost each. A young married couple that came attached to the neighbor's inherited trunk. They learned this through a psychic so hefty grain of salt. These ghosts were fine, the creepiest thing is sometimes it would feel like someone was watching you in the shower. Later, after another trip, my sister started hearing banging on the roof, on her walls, heard someone walking around her bed, calling her name. She stopped sleeping or even going upstairs. Her daughter, 3, had her own bedroom and wouldn't play in it. Said a man in the closet scared her. They'd have nightmares. Her BF was able to sleep without a problem, supposedly the spirit had attached to him or something. This is the unexplainable part. Her 2nd floor was hot AF. As soon as you stepped on the floor, heat. She never mentioned it to me until I brought it up. The heat started one step lower and lower as time went on. I initially thought her dryer had just been on, causing the heat but nope. It was seriously creepy and no one wanted to go upstairs. She had me give her daughter a bath while her and her friends did some ritual downstairs, catching the angry spirit in Crystal or something. It took 2 tries, she said. The weird thing is the heat completely went away. Immediately after the ritual, which she didn't initially tell me about, you no longer hit a wall of heat going up the stairs. The whole apartment was the same temp again. She stopped ghost hunting as a hobby after that.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I was watching The Last Exorism or some other possession movie, alone, with only a little light on. During the climax of the movie, there is a giant crash in the bathroom next to me. The light fixture had literally fallen off the ceiling. The building was pretty shodily built so after the sink came off the wall and I realized it wasn't attached to any studs, it made a lot of sense. Still scared the sh*t out if me!!
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
Didn't see the "Someone Else's Home" although it was a month-month type of apartment. They didn't intend people to live there longterm
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