We can’t say too much without spoiling the whole story, so what we’ll say instead is that you should always get to know your neighbors as best you can, even if you don’t particularly like them. But when a new legend blends old fears and new technology, it makes it all that much more satisfying. People from a century ago and beyond seem to be better in touch with what’s unsettling on a supernatural, personal level, so those are the stories that connect with us in upsetting ways. Urban legends rarely make the jump to modern times gracefully. Instead, the story brings in new ideas and freshens up an aging trope. This could easily have been a story about the guy who murders kids in his basement, which would have been fine, but definitely not included on this list. The buildup is expertly plotted and the payoff is a well-crafted, quick burst of heart-pounding action with a horrifying twist. The creepy guy being creepy is the main foundation for the story, but the actual conflict between the kids and the guy goes beyond anything we were expecting. This is easily one of the best twists on “creepy guy on our street is creepy” we’ve ever read. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 The Quiet Neighbor Absolutely read through these, then absolutely call your congressmen to advocate shutting down the US Forest Service. These stories touch on those primal fears, of when you’re trying to get your dog back to the car to make it out of the park before sundown, or when you’re out camping and nature calls after dark, so you go to the treeline and things start rustling. Everyone’s been out in the woods, everyone’s been out in the woods for too long, and everyone’s been out in the woods too late. The incidents the officer talks about in these posts are viscerally impactful. It became a little too much for our terrified caveman brains to handle, so we had to go watch reruns of Veep until we calmed down. Read I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service None of this vulnerable abandoned cabin stuff for us, no matter what inheritance we get from well-off, deceased relatives. By the time the ending rolled around, we were swearing up and down we would only be spending the night in fully furnished, solid constructions. This story is on the shorter side, but the writer also makes some of the most economical use of words we’ve ever seen in a story. You get to see detailed photos of the setting as well as of whatever it is the two people saw in their time on location. Of all the stories we read for this feature, this is the only one to make effective use of images. Read It Turns Out the Scratches Didn’t Come from a Bear After All This one hits all the notes it needs to to make you second guess your midnight pedestrian plans. You don’t have to be crazy original, just an effective storyteller. But don’t let their prevalence distract you from just how scary these roads can actually be and “The Limping Woman” reminds us these stories exist because they work. So many devil roads, cursed highways, and satanist driveways exist across the US that you could probably make a cross country road trip from only ghost streets. Everyone can relate to it because everyone’s town/city/suburb/fortress/commune has some version of the haunted stretch of road. Our first pick is a straightforward urban legend. Not only is that the rule, it’s way more fun. That means if you’ve clicked through, you have to allow yourself to get swallowed up in the world the poster has created. These stories are all true, even if they’re not, according to the subreddit’s description. If you have an account with Reddit, make sure you get over there and give OP an upvote. When we’re feeling the inexplicable itch to scare-poop our pants, we head over there to see if anyone’s posted anything lately. Everything on the subreddit is original fiction, so you won’t see these stories anywhere else (provided everyone’s following the “no plagiarism” rule). One of the best sources for myths, legends, and ghosts is r/nosleep. Yet we keep coming back for more, because for some sick reason, scary stories get our blood pumping in ways no other form of entertainment can. Every time we read a well-written one, we regret that we couldn’t get a room at Hook and Ladder 8. Scary stories are a morbid fascination we have.
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