Paranormal Horror Stories
Browse paranormal horror stories from the Horror Story Archive.
Part 1 - Just Another Night Shift
A motel night clerk has seen plenty of strange things, but some guests leave behind mysteries that refuse to make sense.
Part 6 - Late Night Visit
A guest's impossible memories and a voice beneath the bed reveal that the motel's strangest mysteries are far from over.
Part 4 - Lost And Found
A missing motel room, a suitcase that keeps filling itself, and a disturbing discovery on the security cameras.
Part 7 - Mirror Mirror
A motel guest sees something moving inside his wall, but the tapping doesn't stop when he leaves.
Part 8 - NAPS
Two paranormal investigators arrive at the Wayfarer Motel, but their equipment detects something that shouldn't be there.
Part 3 - New Name Same Shift
A strange guest, a relentless possum, and a bloody message turn another motel shift into something far worse.
Part 2 - Out In The Hallway
A missing child, voices in an empty hallway, and footsteps that seem to come from everywhere make another night at the roadside motel anything but ordinary.
Part 9 - St. Agnes
A door that never existed leads to a hallway frozen in 1912, where the past is far from finished.
Part 10 - The Overlap
The motel's impossible measurements were only the beginning. Now, every room seems to be calling from somewhere else.
The Place No One Returns From
Four friends—Aleah, Allyssa, Alex, and Leo—travel to Eldemoor, a mysterious place where people disappear or return changed. Their journey leads them to Blackthorn, a terrifying mansion filled with dark secrets,…
Part 5 - Unregistered Guests
A strange door, a motionless man, and something lurking in the motel's maintenance corridor make for another unforgettable night shift.
He Didn't Stay In The Photos
A final visit to Grandma's attic reveals the truth about the boy who has haunted the family photographs for generations.
I Found A Photo Album In Her Attic
An old family photo album reveals a figure that has been watching her relatives for decades.
I Went Looking For the Officer Whose Name Was Redacted
The search for a redacted police officer leads to a photograph that should not exist, and a message that knows exactly where he is.
Nana’s banana bread turned my parents inside out
Nana's baked goods always brought warmth and happiness, but this time they left something far more horrifying behind.
The Time-Out Room
A childhood punishment reveals a darkness that was never meant to be disturbed.
Something Is Wrong with the Ghost Haunting My Husband
After losing their daughter, a grieving mother begins to suspect the ghost haunting her husband is hiding something far more disturbing.
The mask killed you not I
A mysterious mask follows a grieving couple wherever they try to escape it.
I made a friend with the girl in the shed, and she shares the same freckle I have
A lonely girl finds a sister in the darkness of her grandmother's shed, but the girl waiting there may have known her family for much longer than she realizes.
I survived drowning as a child and now The Drowned Mother wants me back
After surviving a childhood drowning, a woman discovers that the entity who pulled her under has never stopped waiting for her.
I Used to Work as a Mortician and There Is Something Funeral Homes Don’t Tell You
A former mortician reveals the secret behind what happens to some bodies on the third day after death.
My bird keeps calling out my husband’s name, but he died a year ago
A grieving widow begins receiving impossible anniversary gifts from the husband she lost, but each gift grows more disturbing.
My girlfriend never lets me eat anything she didn’t cook
She only wants to take care of him, but her cooking comes with a terrifying price.
The Class Monitor Badge
When the class monitor badge changes owners, so does the person wearing it.
The Halo
Her halo proved she was free of sin, but anyone who touched her would pay the price.
The purple hat kept us safe from the trees
A purple hat protects two siblings from the voices calling them into the forest.
My Aunt Collected People's Last Moments, and Now I Think She's Haunting Me
My aunt left behind tapes of dying strangers. Now something from those recordings may have followed me home.
My Aunt Recorded People's Last Moments, and I Have No Idea Why
Her tapes captured something that should never have spoken again.
There Is Something Inside of Me, Keeping Me in My Apartment
Every night, something else seems to take control of his life... and he has no idea what happens while he's gone.
Public Safety Notice
A harmless emergency alert becomes something far worse when people discover their bodies aren't entirely under their control.
The Colour Between
Somewhere between grey and black is a colour only the missing can remember.
Someone keeps knocking on my back door at exactly 2:15am
After his wife's death, an elderly widower begins hearing relentless knocks on his back door every Thursday at 2:15am until he discovers the impossible source is much closer than he…
I will draw you with a thousand words
A photographer's interactive gallery installation begins printing impossible messages, leading to an encounter with something trapped inside a masterpiece.
I moved into a haunted house for all the wrong reasons
A first-time homeowner discovers that the ghost haunting his new house isn't trying to scare him away... it might be protecting him.
My boyfriend talks to someone who isn't there. One day something spoke back.
A woman grows concerned when her boyfriend constantly whispers to someone unseen until she hears a second voice answer.
There is a reason why you shouldn't burn witches
The last surviving witch recounts the terrible secret her coven has protected for decades and why the townspeople's hatred will doom them all.
Mom, please rest in peace
A grieving child struggles to move on as comforting reminders of a lost mother become something far more unsettling.
Her Loving Embrace
Every nightmare ends the same way: A gentle embrace that melts away the fear. There's just one terrifying detail that makes it impossible.
I think my mom is cheating on my dad
A curious boy searching for hidden presents uncovers a family secret that becomes more terrifying with every passing birthday.
My daughter keeps asking for her other family
A little girl's strange obsession with another family becomes impossible to ignore after she vanishes without a trace one ordinary night.
My Sister has Been Tweeting From her Coma
A grieving brother notices impossible messages from his sister’s account after her accident, leading to a terrifying final discovery.
Expecting to only see animals I set up a ring camera pointing into the woods behind my house.
I pointed my Ring camera at the woods. It wasn't recording animals.
My Best Friend Keeps Pranking Me, Even Though He's Dead
For fifteen years, my best friend and I secretly passed the same broken plastic fork back and forth. His funeral should've been the last time I ever saw it.
The Last Prophet
The world searched for answers when people started dying. The truth was hidden in the hands of the one man who caused it.
The last thing that grief takes
Each night the tree grew taller. Each morning, my wife became a little more like a stranger.
The Emergency Alert Told Us Not to Look Outside
At 2:13 AM, every phone in town received the same warning: keep your curtains closed and ignore anyone asking to be let in.
The Apartment Across From Mine Should Be Empty
Every night at exactly 2:14 AM, someone waves at me from inside it.
There’s a Face in My Ceiling
Every night, it gets a little closer.
The Girl in the Recovery Ward
My daughter came back from the accident, but something else came back with her.
The Man Who Came Back Wrong
After the accident, I survived. But something else came home with me.
My Son Keeps Waving at the Hallway
He says the woman outside his room waves back now.
The Security Cameras Show People Entering My House at Night
Every morning, the footage shows strangers standing in my home while I sleep.
The Voice in the Baby Monitor
My son started talking to someone upstairs after midnight.
The Voice on the Baby Monitor
Something answered when my daughter started talking in her sleep.