Childhood Horror Stories
Browse childhood horror stories from the Horror Story Archive.
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.