There Was One Device on Our Rental’s Wi-Fi That Wasn’t Ours

Locked hallway closet door in a dark rental house with a phone showing a Wi-Fi list, scary airbnb story

My scary Airbnb story didn’t start with a hidden camera or a weird host. It started with the Wi-Fi. There was one device on the network that didn’t belong to any of us, and it only came online after we went to bed. Of all the scary house stories my friends and I tell now, … Read more

A Stranger Sat in Our Spare Chair and Told a Story About Us

Empty canvas camp chair beside a campfire in a dark Ozark forest, scary campfire stories

My friends and I have told scary campfire stories every Halloween weekend for ten years. This is the year a stranger walked out of the dark, sat down in the fifth chair, and told one about us. We’ve heard a lot of terrifying campfire stories at that fire ring, and this is the one none … Read more