What are some of the most spine - chilling creepy real life stories you've heard?

I heard of a player who played a game where the main character was haunted by a vengeful spirit. After playing, he kept feeling a cold presence around him. He thought it was just in his head, but then strange things started to happen, like his stuff moving around. It could have been just his mind playing tricks on him, but it was still very spooky.

Well, a friend of mine was staying in a hotel room. In the middle of the night, she heard the sound of a child crying in the hallway. When she opened the door to check, there was no one there. But the crying continued. She called the front desk and they said there were no children on that floor.

One creepy twin story is about twins who could communicate without speaking. They would always know what the other was thinking or feeling. It got really strange when one of them got injured in an accident far away from the other, and the other twin felt the pain instantaneously as if it was their own body that was hurt.

The story of the Headless Horseman is quite spooky. Legend has it that on Halloween night, he rides through the woods, his horse's hooves making an eerie sound. He's in search of his lost head, and if you cross his path, he might mistake you for the one who took it.

There was this story of a deserted old theater. People passing by at night often reported seeing a figure in a white dress on the stage. Legend had it that an actress died there under mysterious circumstances. The 'beyond chance' part was that some people who visited during the day and took pictures later found strange orbs in the photos that they couldn't explain. It made them believe that there was some sort of supernatural presence.

One creepy true story is about a cemetery caretaker. He noticed that every time he passed a certain grave, he would feel an intense cold. One day, he saw a strange mist hovering over the grave. When he looked into the records, he found that the person buried there had a very tragic death. It makes you wonder if there's something more to it.

A woman was driving alone on a desolate road at night. Suddenly, she saw a hitchhiker on the side of the road. She stopped to pick him up, but when she looked over, there was no one there. Shaken, she continued driving only to see the same figure appear again further down the road.

A nurse worked in an old hospital. She was assigned to a wing that was rarely used. One night, while doing her rounds, she heard the sound of a baby crying from an empty room. When she opened the door, there was no baby, but she felt a cold breeze and a sense of sadness. She later learned that many babies had died in that room long ago.

A woman once bought an antique mirror. Every time she looked into it, she saw a different face that wasn't her own. It was always a sad and pale face. She tried to get rid of the mirror, but it kept coming back to her. Finally, she found out that the mirror was from a house where a young girl had died tragically and her spirit was trapped in the mirror.

At a certain boarding school, there was a large oak tree on the grounds. Underneath the tree, a student was rumored to have hanged himself years ago. Ever since then, students who walked past the tree at night would feel an overwhelming sense of dread. One night, a student was walking back to the dormitory and passed the tree. He saw a figure hanging from the branch. He rubbed his eyes, thinking it was a trick of the light, but when he looked again, the figure was still there. He ran as fast as he could back to the dorm, and the next day, he found out that other students had also reported seeing the same thing over the years.