Can you recommend very spooky horror stories for a horror story night?

Sure. 'The Woman in Black' is a great silent horror story. The desolate setting and the silent figure of the woman in black that haunts the marshes create a really eerie atmosphere. It's all about the silences between the strange noises and sightings that make it so spooky.

Sure. The 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe is a great one. The narrator's descent into madness over the old man's 'vulture - like' eye is truly hair - raising.

A classic horror story is 'Dracula'. This tale of the vampire Count Dracula has terrified readers for generations. His ability to transform into a bat, his thirst for blood, and his power over the undead make for a truly spooky read.

You could look into the case of the Manson Family murders in 1969. It was a series of brutal killings carried out by Charles Manson and his followers. Although it's not as old as some others, it's still a very disturbing true story. Another old one is the story of the Hound of the Baskervilles. It was based on local legends in Dartmoor, England, of a huge, demonic - looking hound that haunted the moors.

One very spooky horror story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who is driven mad by the old man's 'vulture - like' eye and ends up killing him. Then he starts to hear the dead man's heart beating under the floorboards. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family gets a cursed monkey's paw that grants wishes, but each wish comes with a terrible and unexpected price. For example, when they wish for money, their son dies in a work accident and they get the compensation money.

One spooky short horror story is 'The Tell - Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. It's about a man who is driven mad by the old man's 'vulture - like' eye and ends up murdering him, only to be haunted by the sound of the dead man's heart. Another is 'The Monkey's Paw'. A family gets a magical paw that grants wishes, but each wish comes with a horrible and unforeseen consequence. And 'The Yellow Wallpaper' where a woman's mental state deteriorates as she becomes obsessed with the strange yellow wallpaper in her room.

One short spooky horror story is about a girl who moves into an old house. Every night, she hears strange scratching noises from the attic. One day, she decides to go up there. As she climbs the creaky stairs, the air gets colder. When she reaches the attic, she sees a pair of glowing eyes in the corner. She runs out of the house and never goes back.

The works of Edgar Allan Poe are full of spooky tales horror stories. His collections like 'Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque' are great reads. For example, 'The Fall of the House of Usher' is a story filled with a sense of impending doom and decay.

Sure. The story of the werewolf in 'the scary stories' is great. It's about a man who turns into a werewolf during the full moon and hunts in the nearby village. Another is the tale of the mermaid that lures sailors to their deaths with her beautiful song.

One spooky event could be when a child is playing with sparklers on Diwali night. As the sparkler fizzles out, the child looks up and sees a ghostly apparition of an old woman standing right in front of them. The old woman is dressed in traditional Diwali clothes, but her expression is menacing. She reaches out a bony hand towards the child, and the child is too terrified to move.