Identity Horror Stories
Browse identity horror stories from the Horror Story Archive.
My child is being ERASED in fifteen minutes.
A mother receives a terrifying warning that her children are being erased, but what disappears may be more than she ever imagined.
Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?
He went into the abandoned abattoir on a dare. He came back hungry.
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.
I Read a Page From a Book That Brought On Mental Anguish, and Now I Want Nothing More Than to Finish Reading It
After reading a single page from an impossible book, a college student becomes haunted by shifting entities and an obsession to recover the manuscript that destroyed his professor.
You'll Never Believe Who My Sleep Paralysis Demon Is
Recurring sleep paralysis becomes terrifyingly real as a man's girlfriend behaves impossibly during each episode, leading him to uncover an experiment that should never have involved them.
Every kid in my class is sleeping except me.
A student discovers the terrifying truth behind a mandatory sleep curfew and the hidden war happening beyond their dreams.
My breakfast keeps resetting right in front of me.
After her father's death, Brogen's morning takes an impossible turn when breakfast keeps resetting and reality begins to unravel.
My future soulmate is trying to kill me.
A classroom shooting takes a terrifying turn when the gunman claims to know the students' futures, and one of them is his soulmate.
My husband is against me putting my cat down.
A woman struggles with a heartbreaking decision about her sick cat, but a shocking truth changes everything she thought she knew.
My therapist keeps asking me if I've lost my filter.
A woman seeks help for her boyfriend’s disturbing behavior, only to discover a terrifying truth about what changed him.
My wife forgot she has amnesia
A man caring for his wife after a tragic accident notices disturbing signs that her memory loss may hide a darker truth.
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.
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.
I thought my boyfriend was cheating on me. But it was SO much worse.
She thought her boyfriend was hiding an affair. She was right about the secret... just catastrophically wrong about what it was.
My wife admitted something on her deathbed. Now I’m glad she died.
I thought my wife's final confession would help me grieve. Instead, it destroyed every happy memory we'd ever shared.
Someone hung the toilet paper in my bathroom the wrong way. I live alone.
I spent weeks searching for the person sneaking into my apartment. I never imagined the real break-in was happening inside my own mind.
Before the Hammer
The future never lies. It just doesn't always tell you whose perspective you're seeing.
My Wife Only Looks at Me in Mirrors
I spent months proving I was no longer the man who hurt her. Then my reflection raised its hand before I did.
Not One of the Voices Was a Stranger
I expected to confront my thoughts. I wasn't prepared to meet every version of myself that had ever existed.
The Girl in the Recovery Ward
My daughter came back from the accident, but something else came back with her.
The Last Tape in Evidence Locker 9
Nobody remembers filming it.
The Man Who Came Back Wrong
After the accident, I survived. But something else came home with me.
The Patient Who Never Left the Queue
He checked into the hospital, but no one remembers admitting him.
The Rules for Apartment 14
Nobody stays longer than one night.