I was alone in a big, old mansion for a work assignment. At night, I heard a woman sobbing. I followed the sound to an empty room. As I entered, the temperature dropped suddenly. I saw a shadow on the wall that seemed to have the shape of a woman in an old - fashioned dress. I immediately left the room and the mansion the next day.
I used to live in an old apartment building. One night, I heard a baby crying in the empty apartment next to mine. I thought maybe someone had left a baby there by mistake. But when I went to check, the apartment was completely empty. The crying continued for a while and then just stopped. It was really creepy and made me wonder if there was some sort of lost spirit there.
The most terrifying part was the cold feeling. It was like all the warmth was sucked out of the air when I was in that place in Philadelphia. It made me feel that there was something really not normal there.
One terrifying short ghost story is 'The Beckoning Fair One'. A writer moves into an old house to work. He starts seeing a female figure that lures him into a trance - like state. It's terrifying as he slowly loses his grip on reality and is being drawn into the world of this unknown, ghostly presence.
One of the terrifying real ghost stories is the Bell Witch Haunting. It happened in Tennessee in the early 19th century. The Bell family was tormented by an unseen entity. There were strange noises, physical attacks on family members, and the entity would whisper and even sing. It was so bad that it became a well - known and feared case in American folklore.
Once, there was a family that always decorated their Christmas tree elaborately. One year, they found a strange ornament among the old decorations. It was a small, dark doll with red, glowing eyes. As soon as they hung it on the tree, strange things started to happen. At night, they could hear whispers coming from the tree. The lights on the tree would flicker on and off by themselves. One night, the doll seemed to move on its own, and they saw a shadowy figure near the tree. They were so scared that they threw the doll out and never had such a spooky experience with their tree decoration again.
Perhaps the most terrifying is the story of the lost bride. Supposedly, a bride was traveling to meet her groom at Cape Disappointment when her carriage got lost in a storm. She perished in the cold and wet. Now, on stormy nights, people claim to see a figure in a white wedding dress wandering the cliffs, moaning in despair.
One of the scariest hallucination stories I've heard was from a friend. He was alone at home one night and saw a figure in the corner of his room. At first, he thought it was just his mind playing tricks, but then it started to move towards him. He was so terrified that he couldn't move. When he finally managed to turn on the light, there was nothing there. It turned out he had been extremely stressed lately and that might have caused the hallucination.
There is a story about a haunted bridge in Sheffield. It is said that if you cross it at midnight, you might see a ghostly apparition. This apparition is said to be of a person who jumped from the bridge to their death long ago. People who have seen it describe it as a very eerie experience.
There's a story about a cursed forest area in Mohawk territory. It was once the site of a great evil act. Now, the ghosts of those who perished there are said to roam. Their wails can be heard in the wind, and those who enter the forest often get lost, even if they know the area well. It's as if the ghosts are leading them astray. It's a truly terrifying tale that has been passed down through generations.
In my story about the attic, the most terrifying part was when I was walking up the stairs to the attic. Every step I took, I felt like something was watching me. And the creaking of the stairs added to the horror. I kept thinking that there might be an actual ghost waiting for me up there.
One time, a park ranger was patrolling at night and heard strange howling sounds. As he followed the sound, he saw a large, shadowy figure in the trees. It disappeared as soon as he shone his flashlight on it. He was sure it wasn't a normal animal.