Childhood Horror Stories
Browse childhood horror stories from the Horror Story Archive.
The Time-Out Room
A childhood punishment reveals a darkness that was never meant to be disturbed.
The story of why I have no bones
A childhood experiment leaves one patient trapped in a body that can no longer support itself.
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.
The purple hat kept us safe from the trees
A purple hat protects two siblings from the voices calling them into the forest.
The Seasonal Child
A little girl learns that some children can only be loved on a subscription.
The Colour Between
Somewhere between grey and black is a colour only the missing can remember.
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.
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.
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.
Despite doing my best to keep my 5 year old son away from anything he could hurt himself with, to my horror I found him digging around his bleeding ear with a pair of tweezers.
It started with tweezers. It ended with a nightmare.
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.
Every Year, Our Mom Tries to Kill Us.
Their mother insists she's trying to save them. As reality begins to crack, her children are forced to question who the real monsters are.
My Son Keeps Waving at the Hallway
He says the woman outside his room waves back now.
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.