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October 29, 2016 8:05 AM

Very, Very Scarey Stories. Here are ten of scariest tales of ghosts, demons, stalkers, and murderers that you’ve ever read.

(what is says on the tin)

posted by shockingbluamp (16 comments total)

It's all a bit creepy-pasta, but the one about the armoire did give me goosebumps.
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 8:39 AM on October 29, 2016

Not the scariest I've ever read, but the armoire and Venka were pretty good.
posted by emjaybee at 9:11 AM on October 29, 2016

The armoire one is where I got off the scary train. Are the rest as creepy?
posted by fiercekitten at 9:28 AM on October 29, 2016

Was Trump hiding in the armoire?
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:31 AM on October 29, 2016 [2 favorites]

Aw man, going back I see the armoire one was fake. WTF people.
posted by fiercekitten at 9:51 AM on October 29, 2016

The one about AWN-eh gave me extremely excellent chills.
posted by Lyn Never at 10:45 AM on October 29, 2016 [2 favorites]

The armoire story has been removed from the post and replaced with "A Different Kind of Grindr," which I thought should have been chosen initially.

Lyn Never, "This is Maria" was one of my favorites too. I love stories like that.
posted by SisterHavana at 11:44 AM on October 29, 2016 [1 favorite]

The armoire story has been removed from the post and replaced with "A Different Kind of Grindr,"

Was Grindr full of Trump?
I'll show myself out
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:57 AM on October 29, 2016 [1 favorite]

Here's the post about last year's winners.

Good creepy little stories. I always assume the ones with anything supernatural in them are fake, but the ones that have nothing to do with the supernatural are as FREAKY. AS. HELL. For example: the Grindr one, the one about Jim the meth-head caretaker, the creepy "fixer upper house," the one called "Don't Worry, I'm Leaving."

And oh man, the "My Baby" one! I won't quote from it because it's short and worth reading without spoilers, but it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Night. Mares.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 6:05 PM on October 29, 2016 [1 favorite]

I always assume the ones with anything supernatural in them are fake

Are we supposed to believe any of them are true?
posted by pracowity at 10:57 AM on October 30, 2016

Probably not, but I do give benefit of the doubt to the ones like "My Baby" that I definitely don't give to the rest of them.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:54 PM on October 30, 2016 [1 favorite]

Late to this thread, is there a link to the armoire story?
posted by lkc at 10:14 PM on October 30, 2016

Armoire story

It's obviously fake, but so is the Venka one and they let that in.
posted by betweenthebars at 11:10 PM on October 30, 2016

10 More Terrifying Stories To Keep You Up At Night, from Jezebel today. Some good ones here, especially the last story.
posted by SisterHavana at 5:35 PM on October 31, 2016

No one is probably reading this anymore, but thanks for the awesome post! I've been reading these compulsively for days.
I agree that the non-supernatural ones are the scariest. "Don't worry, I'm leaving" had me up at night.

Am I the only one who found the armoire story kind of silly? Don't want to write spoilers but I just couldn't believe it. Plus Venka sounds like urban legend.

Fixer Upper and Grinder were also scary as fuck!
posted by GospelofWesleyWillis at 11:23 AM on November 1, 2016 [1 favorite]

Nah, I thought the armoire one seemed too over the top as well. The scarier ones are the ones that are simple and creepily plausible, like "Don't Worry."

Thanks for the extra link, Sister Havana...I want to read them but I'll have to wait till the morning!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:47 PM on November 1, 2016 [1 favorite]