The man outside my window first appeared on a night I couldn’t sleep. It was around 2 a.m. I got up for a glass of water, and as I passed my second-floor bedroom window, something made me glance out. There he was. A man standing across the street, directly under the dead streetlight, looking up … Read more
This scary halloween story starts with a flyer in my mailbox and a house that went all out for trick-or-treaters. I filled out the raffle sheet like everybody else, and on November first, the prize came to my door. I don’t usually do Halloween. I live alone in a duplex, I work early, and I’m … Read more
This haunted hayride story comes from the fall I spent jumping out of the dark for twelve dollars an hour. We had nine actors on the roster that night, and on the last run I counted ten. I worked one season at a haunted hayride outside of Lancaster. It was a farm that did pumpkins … Read more
The scariest thing a stranger can say is your name. Each stalker encounter below comes from someone who learned that the hard way — people who found out, too late, that someone had been watching long enough to learn things no stranger should know. We like to believe we blend into the crowd, that we’re … Read more
This stalker story is one I’ve never been able to explain, and I’ve stopped trying. I just lock my doors now. All of them, every night, twice. It started on a Tuesday, on my drive home from work. I noticed the headlights behind me — a silver sedan, keeping a steady distance. I didn’t think … Read more
These night shift horror stories come from people who work alone while the world sleeps. There’s something about the graveyard shift — the world goes quiet, the lights hum, and you start to notice things you’d never notice in daylight. Some nights, you’re not as alone as you think. Here are three true stories, sent … Read more