actually scary stories

Sure, scary stories have the potential to be very scary. They play on common fears, use dark settings, and build tension to create a spooky atmosphere that can spook most people.

I think it's actually scary. The combination of the spooky settings, mysterious characters, and suspenseful moments make it a frightening experience.

It depends. Some might be based on real events but exaggerated or dramatized for effect. Others could be completely made up.

One is about the hitchhiker. A driver picks up a girl on a lonely road at night. She is very quiet. As they approach a cemetery, she suddenly says 'My home is here.' and disappears. The driver is shocked and when he checks the backseat, he finds a flower from the cemetery.

There was a man who liked to take late - night walks in the cemetery. One night, as he was walking, he noticed a figure in a white dress sitting on a gravestone. He thought it was just his imagination at first. But when he got closer, the figure turned its head slowly towards him, and it had no face. He ran all the way home and couldn't sleep for days.

It depends. Some scary stories can be really terrifying, especially if they play on common fears or have unexpected twists.

The story of the Winchester Mystery House is also spooky. Sarah Winchester, the widow of the rifle magnate, believed she was haunted by the ghosts of those killed by Winchester rifles. So she continuously built onto her house in San Jose in a very strange and maze - like way. There were staircases leading to nowhere, doors opening to walls, and many reported seeing apparitions in the house.

The element of the unknown. In actually scary stories, not knowing what's going to happen next creates fear. For example, in a story about a haunted attic, you don't know what the ghostly presence will do.

One actually scary story is about the haunted house on Elm Street. People who walked by at night would hear strange noises, like whispering and moaning. Some even claimed to see a shadowy figure in the window. It was said that a family died there in a tragic accident years ago, and their spirits never left.

The case of the Manson Family murders is extremely disturbing. Charles Manson led his cult followers to brutally kill several people in 1969. The senseless violence and the fact that it was carried out by a group of people following a madman is truly scary.