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Aug 18, 2022 · Read scary tales of unexplained incidents and paranormal encounters from real people who experienced things they can't explain. From a cemetery full of grandmas to a ghostly photo at The Stanley Hotel, these stories are not for the faint of heart.
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- Sarah Lemire
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- The Shadow. "I didn't know that's what it was called until much later. I was living in a house in Laguna Beach that had been there since the 1920s. In it's history, it had been a speakeasy, a brothel and a house for smuggling illegal immigrants.
- Ghost Bro. "My house was built in 1904. It is a single family home, wood frame setting on a concrete block foundation. I have been living here for about 12 years.
- The Eerie Attic. “A few years ago, I moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Melbourne, Australia,” they went on to recall. “It was my first time living on my own.
- The Phantom Patient. “The ambulance company that I used to work for had a ‘haunted’ ambulance: rig 12,” recounts Reddit.com user Zerbo. “A lot of EMTs had stories about it, but I never put much stock in paranormal stuff.
- The Little Hands. “I’ve never lived in a haunted house, but my mother did as a teen,” writes Reddit.com user PatentedSpaceHook, recounting a true event.
- The Phantom Patient. “The ambulance company that I used to work for had a ‘haunted’ ambulance: rig 12,” recounts Reddit.com user Zerbo. “A lot of EMTs had stories about it, but I never put much stock in paranormal stuff.
- The Impish Ghost. “My neighbor Diane and I had a playful poltergeist for years, and we called it Billy.” So begins Reddit.com user abbys_alibi in their real-life ghost story.
- The Eerie Attic. Before Reddit.com user Digsdaws got down to recounting their scariest of ghost stories—about living in a place that was obviously teaming with honest-to-goodness members of the spiritual world—they pointed out the irony of ghost stories that begin with the phrase, “I don’t believe in ghosts, but …” After all, no matter how a ghost story begins, it always hinges on the notion that, come on, of course we believe in ghosts!
Sep 16, 2023 · Discover the creepiest stories about real ghosts from the annals of history, including the hotel that inspired "The Shining" and the haunting behind "The Conjuring." Whether famous ghosts to murders too gruesome to be believed, these ghost stories will have you sleeping with the lights on.
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Jan 5, 2022 · January 5, 2022. “I do not believe in ghosts,” Edith Wharton once wrote, “but I am afraid of them.” Writers turn to ghost stories not just for chills and fear but also because they’re a...
Aug 28, 2019 · 1. Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987) This great testament to the horrors of slavery opens with a haunting. “124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom. The women in the house knew it and so did the...
Podcast. Submit. your. Story. Read. the. Library. Real ghost stories and true paranormal accounts from the internet's original scary story website. Founded in 1997, Castle of Spirits is one of the longest-running online resources for true ghost stories and real life tales of the paranormal.
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