Grim Horror Stories
Browse grim horror stories from the Horror Story Archive.
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.
I Clean Crime Scenes, Decrepit Houses, and Evicted Residences and Every House Is a Surprise
Every filthy house hides something different, but some jobs leave more than a mess behind.
Carved
A mysterious artist promises to transform Nyssa into the beautiful person she has always wanted to be, but beauty comes with a price.
Hide and Seek
A deadly game of hide and seek gives Terra one final chance to escape the monsters that have haunted her life.
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.
Never Stop for a Stranger in the Desert
A stranded traveler breaks a warning she grew up hearing and discovers something is very wrong with the stranger waiting in the desert.
The Halo
Her halo proved she was free of sin, but anyone who touched her would pay the price.
The Seasonal Child
A little girl learns that some children can only be loved on a subscription.
Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?
He went into the abandoned abattoir on a dare. He came back hungry.
Fully Charged
When the factory lights go out, the workers discover something inside them that was never meant to glow.
Welcome Home Lazarus
A first-time homeowner's exhausting workweek is interrupted when the house's former owner breaks in, pursued by armed men searching for something hidden behind the bedroom wall.
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.
After today, I'll never be celebrating Fathers Day again.
A family prepares a Father's Day breakfast, but hidden fears and dark traditions reveal a celebration no child should endure.
Every kid I've picked up has superpowers except HER.
A teen rescuer searching for gifted children discovers the newest passenger may hide a dangerous secret of her own.
Family Dinner
A seemingly ordinary family dinner turns unsettling as a husband tries to reconnect with his loved ones after a tragic event.
I was raised to BATTLE other children for entertainment.
A fugitive child bred for violent combat is captured again, forcing him into a horrifying world where children are treated as prizes.
I'm gay, and I'm going into cardiac arrest.
A young athlete's heart emergency leads to an unexpected connection, but a hospital procedure reveals a horrifying hidden truth.
My son HATES me, and I have no idea why.
A mother receives a mysterious gift from her distant son and discovers a horrifying secret hidden inside.
My torture victim refuses to die
A seasoned killer encounters a victim unlike anyone before, as a night of violence turns into an impossible psychological battle.
The police finally found my missing wife
After five years of searching, a missing wife is finally found, but the truth behind the disappearance reveals a disturbing secret.
I found my own exhibit at a serial killer museum
A true crime enthusiast visits a museum devoted to infamous murderers, only to discover one exhibit feels disturbingly personal.
My Wife has Dementia but remembers the man I killed
An elderly man reflects on his wife's fading memory, but one horrifying event from their past remains impossible for her to forget.
According to native legend the mountain is the petrified body of an evil god due to its human-like shape, but the plans to quarry into its 'face' proceeded as planned.
They laughed at the legend until the mountain started bleeding.
'I don't care what the labels say, I've always used roman candles like this.'
They ignored the warning label. The third shot proved why it existed.
I walked around campus with a bowl of Blow Pops saying, 'hey would you sell your soul for some candy?'
I only needed a few souls. Campus gave me hundreds.
'It doesn't matter what I'm convicted of after this, you all will use my finding', the researcher sneered from the podium at his appalled audience.
His experiment worked. That's what terrified everyone.
I wish my girlfriend had been cheating on me
I spent months convincing myself my girlfriend was cheating on me. I would've given anything for that to have been the truth.
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.
White Goes First
The game was simple: white goes first, checkmate means freedom, and every piece on the board remembers someone I forgot.