IT’S SPOOKY SEASON AGAIN! My favorite time of the year (after summer, of course)! I love reading scary stories. I honestly enjoy horror shorts much more than full-length horror novels. And since you’re reading, you can let your imagination run wild. No jump scares or gore, just pure mystery and supernatural phenomena.
So since it's spooky season, here are my all-time favorite horror stories (almost all of them come from the NoSleep Podcast or subreddit).
I Always Work The Closing Shift At Pizza Hut By Myself. Last Night Someone Found Out I Was Alone.
This one creeped my out for days afterward.
A girl gets suspicious after her sister moves away to a small town in Florida.
One of my all time favorites about an unnamed college campus that has to be quarantined after a mysterious virus infects everyone. (You’ll have to listen to the audio of this one since the original story has been deleted from the NoSleep subreddit.)
That Wasn't My Husband Who Slept Next To Me Last Night
This one could be made into a movie, it's so good. Actually, all of my favorite NoSleep stories could be made into a movie. But what the hell was inside that suitcase?? (It's told in 5 parts so make sure you click the links to the separate parts at the top of the story.)
Beware of The Sunnyside Retirement Center
For the paranoid ones.
Two girls living next door to the "The Suicide Room" on their college campus are having a weird freshman year.
There Is No Such Thing As Area 51
Fans of the show Stranger Things will enjoy this one.
My Grandma Lived Under The House
The imagery of a scrawny grandmother crawling around on all fours is no joke.
This one has a sweet surprise ending, which is rare for a horror story.
This story had my heart beating so fast because of the suspense.
Why I Didn't Shower For 21 Years
I wouldn't either. This is another story that turned out to be somewhat sweet even though it's spooky as hell.
Michael Whitehouse's horror stories have been featured on the NoSleep podcast several times because they are so outstanding. This one is my favorite. I included a link with audio in case you'd like to hear it read to you, which is how I prefer his stories.
Anyone with an irrational fear of spiders (like me) will enjoy this one.
The Deepest Part of the Ocean is not Empty
The descriptions of the ocean in this story were AMAZING. I really felt like it I was underwater with the narrator.
Well, this story will teach kids not to prank their parents ever again.
That is one seriously nasty neighbor.
*If you haven’t had enough and want more, check out my article about my two favorite (and true) Filipino ghost stories.
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