Isolation Horror Stories
Browse isolation horror stories from the Horror Story Archive.
Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?
He went into the abandoned abattoir on a dare. He came back hungry.
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.
My bedridden husband can't move, so why did I just find a shattered phone on his floor? PLEASE HELP
A woman caring for her paralyzed husband begins to suspect that something is terribly wrong when his shattered phone appears on the floor and he starts acting strangely.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My Alexa has Been Giving me Horrible Life Advice
A smart speaker starts developing a personality, but its increasingly bizarre advice soon turns into something far more unsettling.
My girlfriend keeps forgetting she broke up with me
A man tries to move on after a painful breakup, but his ex keeps returning as though their relationship never actually ended.
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.
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.
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 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.
The Security Cameras Show People Entering My House at Night
Every morning, the footage shows strangers standing in my home while I sleep.
The Thing That Learned Our Routine
It didn’t break into the house. It waited until we let it in.