A scariest one could be where a couple of teenagers pranked their parents by pretending to be haunted. They used special effects to create floating orbs and cold spots. But then, their dog started acting really strange. It would bark at nothing and cower in corners. The teenagers began to wonder if their prank had somehow attracted a real spirit. It was really scary when the lights in the house started flickering on their own, and they couldn't find any logical explanation.
There was a prank at a summer camp. The counselors told the kids a ghost story about a drowned camper who haunted the lake. They set up fake apparitions near the lake at night. But during the prank, one of the counselors slipped and fell into the lake. When he came out, he was acting really strange, as if he had seen something terrifying in the water. The kids were so scared that they all ran back to their cabins, and the counselors had a hard time convincing them it was just a prank gone wrong.
I heard of a story where a person pranked their roommate by dressing as a ghost every night and standing at the foot of the roommate's bed. After a few days, the roommate became really scared. But then, the prankster found that strange things were happening to them too. They would wake up with scratches on their body and a feeling of being watched. They thought that by playing with the idea of a ghost, they had actually summoned something evil.
Well, there's this one where a man put a fake spider the size of a dinner plate on his wife's pillow. His wife has a huge fear of spiders. When she saw it, she let out a blood - curdling scream. She was so shaken that she couldn't sleep in their bedroom for days. The man felt really bad afterwards but it was a very effective horror prank.
In the 'walk the prank ghost story', the use of sound can be really terrifying. Eerie noises like creaking doors, howling winds, or ghostly whispers can send shivers down your spine. And when these sounds are combined with a shadowy figure lurking in the dark, it becomes even scarier. Also, if the pranksters manage to create an atmosphere where it feels like the ghost is following you, that's a really frightening aspect.
A really scary anonymous ghost story involves a bridge. It was said that a young girl had jumped off the bridge to her death many years ago. Since then, drivers at night would sometimes see a girl in a white dress standing on the edge of the bridge. When they stopped to help, she would disappear.
A really scary one is about a hotel room. Guests would wake up in the middle of the night feeling a cold presence. They would see the imprint of a body on the bed next to them, as if someone was lying there. It was said to be an entity that met a tragic end in that room.
A student in a dorm once woke up in the middle of the night to see a white figure floating above his roommate's bed. He was so scared that he couldn't move or make a sound. When he finally managed to turn on the light, the figure was gone and his roommate was still sound asleep.
The scariest I know is of a teacher who hanged herself in the school attic. Ever since, people would hear strange sobbing sounds coming from there. If you go near the attic during the night, you can sometimes see a faint silhouette of a woman swinging slightly, as if still in the act of her final moments.
In a particular mine, there were reports of a ghostly miner who would push people. Workers would suddenly feel a shove when they were alone in the tunnels. It was thought to be the angry spirit of a miner who had been mistreated during his life. The atmosphere in that mine was always filled with fear, and many miners refused to work there in the end.
The scariest I know is of a pup in an old, abandoned house. A group of kids exploring the house heard the sound of a pup crying. When they followed the sound, they saw a shadowy figure of a pup. But when they got closer, it disappeared. They later learned that a pup had died in that house decades ago and its spirit still haunts the place. It's terrifying because it makes you wonder what else might be in that abandoned house.
One of the scariest is the story of the hound of the moors. It's a large, black dog with glowing red eyes. It is said to roam the moors at night, and if you hear its howl, it's a sign of impending doom. People have reported seeing it chasing after lone travelers, and those who have been chased say they feel an intense cold and fear.
The story of the Black - Winged Demon Ghost. It's said to have huge black wings and a face so terrifying that just one look can paralyze you with fear. It haunts an old castle and preys on those who enter uninvited.