For many years now, the laurels of Eduard Uspensky have haunted me. His Scary Tale for Fearless Schoolchildren once terrified me. Even then, these simple horror stories were much scarier than any horror films.
I don't know what it is in these scary bedtime stories. Maybe the atmosphere? After all, a horror story is told at night, by the light of a lantern or around a fire, preferably somewhere far from civilization, when you feel a large and unknown world with every nerve, and this unknown frightens the most. Or maybe the horror of the horror story is that the hero knows what is happening (he is warned more than once), but still does it his own way.
A cool thing is a horror story, and in vain we threw it out of our lives. At the very least, I do not want this simple and unique genre of literature to disappear from the lives of children.
That's why I open new section– “Scary Stories (scary bedtime stories)”, where I’ll try to recreate that amazing world, which Scary Tales revealed to me.
Horror stories - scary bedtime stories
Man with black face (horror story)
Once upon a time there was a girl. She lived with her dad and little brother. She didn't have a mother because her mother died. The girl was very bored without her mother.
When dad left for work, he warned the girl:
“Don’t open the door for anyone, especially a person with a black face.”
And then one day, when dad was at work, there was a knock on the door. The girl did not listen to her dad and opened the door. A man with a blue face stood on the threshold. And he said:
- Girl, I can return your mother, but for this you have to give me your brother.
The next day a man with a red face came to the girl:
- Girl, I can bring your mom back, but for this I will take your dad.
The girl refused and closed the door.
When dad returned from work, the girl told him that a man with a blue face came, and then a man with a red face. Dad got very angry and told the girl never to open the door to anyone again.
But the next day, when dad left, there was a knock on the door again. The girl looked through the peephole on the door and saw a man with a black face.
“Girl,” a man with a black face said from behind the door, “I can return your mom, but I won’t take away your brother or dad.”
The girl was happy and opened the door.
A man with a black face came in and said:
- But I'll take you.
When dad returned home he saw open door and a large black spot on the floor. But the girl and brother were not there. A man with a black face deceived the girl and took her brother with her.
The girl's father took out kerosene, poured it on the black spot and set it on fire. The spot immediately burst into black flame and screams were heard.
When the whole house burned down, the girl’s father bought a train ticket and left for another city forever.
Red doll (horror story)
One girl's grandmother died.
Before her death, she told the girl:
- Never play with the red doll that lies in the attic.
But the girl did not listen to her grandmother, took a red doll from the attic and began to play with it.
In the evening, my mother returned from work without one arm.
“Girl,” said mom, “never play with that doll again.”
The girl said that she would not take the red doll again.
But the next day she took the doll to play again.
In the evening, my mother returned without two arms. And again she told the girl not to play with the red doll anymore.
But when her mother went to work, the girl took the red doll again. And that day my mother did not return from work at all.
And at night, when the girl fell asleep, two red hands came down from the attic and strangled the girl.
Toy (horror story)
One little boy went with his mother to the store and saw a toy dog there. The toy was small, but very beautiful - just like a real one, and the boy really wanted a dog, so he persuaded his mother to buy him this toy.
He played with the dog all day, and even went to bed with her.
At night, the mother heard screams, and when she ran into the boy’s room, he was all bitten, but there was no one else in the room except him.
The boy was taken to the hospital.
The next night, someone bit the boy's sister. When asked if she saw anyone, the sister said that it was very big dog. But there was no dog in the house, and the doors and windows were all closed.
Even the police came, but they didn’t find anything.
The sister was also taken to the hospital.
The next night, the boy's mother took a large stick and hid in the closet. Late at night, she heard someone opening the door to her room. The boy's mother opened the door and saw a huge dog. It was the same toy dog that she bought for the boy. Only now she had become much, much larger, so much so that she could barely squeeze through the doorway. The dog also saw the boy’s mother and rushed to her. But mom managed to close the closet door.
In the morning, the mother began to search and found a toy dog in the boy’s room.
Mom took the toy and burned it. The toy dog immediately burst into flames and burned instantly. All that was left of it was gray ash.
On the same day, the boy and sister returned home from the hospital - the bites disappeared as soon as the toy burned.
Carousel (horror story)
One girl went with her friends to the park to ride on the carousel. They rode the ferris wheel and roller coaster. And on other carousels. Only one was not ridden. No one rode on this carousel, although it was very large and beautiful.
“It’s better not to ride on it,” the girl’s friends warned the girl, “everyone who rode on it did not return home.”
But the girl liked this carousel so much that she decided to ride it. A man in a blue suit stood near the carousel. He took the girl’s money and gave her a number. The girl chose a booth and sat down. The man started the carousel. The carousel spun, but no engine noise was heard. But the girl heard someone crying. She wanted to see who was crying there, but the booth in which the girl was sitting suddenly slammed shut.
And when she finally opened, the girl found herself in a dark room where there were many other boys and girls. And they were all blue.
The girl was very scared, but still asked:
- Why are you all blue?
“Because we died,” said one boy, “we all rode on the carousel, and now we have to spin it whenever someone wants to ride it.” But everyone who rides this carousel dies.
“But I didn’t die,” said the girl, “but I rode on this carousel.”
“Didn’t you hear your mother crying?” - someone asked.
“Look at your hands,” said the boy.
The girl looked at her hands and saw that they had turned blue.
“You also turned blue because you died,” said the boy.
Shoes (horror story)
One mother bought shoes for a girl. These were very beautiful shoes, and they were very inexpensive. True, in the store some grandmother began to say that it was better not to take these shoes, but the girl’s mother did not listen to her, deciding that the grandmother just wanted to take the shoes for her granddaughter.
“If you suddenly lose your daughter,” said the grandmother before leaving, “look for her in the cemetery.”
The girl really liked the shoes too. She immediately put them on, and she and her mother went for a walk in the park. At first everything was fine, but then the legs themselves led the girl somewhere. The girl began to cry and began to call her mother. Mom caught up with the girl at the very exit of the park.
The next day, when the girl went to the store to buy bread, the shoes again led her somewhere. The girl was very scared, but a policeman stopped her and brought her home.
Then the girl realized that these were not ordinary shoes and decided not to wear them anymore. However, at night, when the girl was sleeping, the shoes themselves put on her feet and again led the girl somewhere.
The girl began to scream, the mother woke up, rushed to the girl’s room, and there was no one there. And there are no shoes. Then my mother remembered my grandmother’s words and ran to the cemetery.
But she didn't have time. When she ran to the cemetery, there was a new grave right in front of the entrance, and the girl’s name was written on it.
Mom ran to the police. The police immediately dug up the grave, but the girl had already died. And there were no shoes on her feet.
Black dress (horror story)
One little girl had a dream.
She dreamed that her mother bought a beautiful black dress. Mom looked so beautiful in it that the girl thought that when she grew up, she would definitely buy herself such a dress. But at night, when the girl and her mother went to bed, the dress came out of the closet and strangled the mother, and then began to strangle the girl.
When the girl woke up, she immediately told her mother:
- Mom, don’t buy a black dress for anything.
But in the evening, mother came with the same black dress that the girl saw in her dream.
“I asked you not to buy a black dress,” the girl burst into tears.
“But it’s not black,” my mother objected, “it’s dark, dark red.”
Then the girl took scissors and, while her mother was preparing dinner, began to cut the dress into small pieces. But no matter how much she cut, the dress grew together and became whole again.
Then the girl took matches and set the dress on fire. The dress instantly burst into flames and screamed in pain, like a living person.
The burning dress was thrown back and forth and a fire started in the apartment. The girl barely managed to run out, and the girl’s mother could not get out of the fire and burned.
Shadow-death (horror story)
One boy found an old iron can. Something was quietly pouring inside this jar. The boy wanted to open the jar to see what was inside, but he couldn’t - the iron was rusty.
Then the boy took a large stone and began to knock on the iron can. But then suddenly I heard:
- Do not open.
The boy turned around, but there was no one there.
Then the boy saw on a tree branch big bird. The bird repeated again:
- Do not open.
But the boy again began to knock the rust off the iron can. After some time he tried to open the jar. The jar didn't open. And the bird kept sitting on the tree and repeating:
- Don't open, don't open!
The boy got angry at the bird and threw an iron can at it. Hitting the branch, the can opened and some shadow slipped out of the can, grabbed the bird and swallowed it.
It was Shadow Death.
The boy got scared and ran away. But Shadow-Death did not pursue the boy.
Seeing that Shadow-Death was not chasing him, the boy was happy and went on to play.
But when he returned home, there was no one in the house - the Shadow-Death killed and swallowed everyone.
The boy began to cry and ran out of the house. And on the street the Shadow-Death was waiting for him.
Red sleigh (horror story)
One boy went sledding late at night.
“Just don’t exchange sleds with anyone,” the boy’s mother warned, “especially if the sled is red.”
When the boy came to the skating rink, there was no one there, only an old grandmother standing. And next to her stood a beautiful red sleigh. The boy liked his grandmother's sled and came closer to look at it.
- Nice sled? – the grandmother asked the boy.
“Very beautiful,” answered the boy.
“Let’s switch,” suggested the grandmother.
The boy was so happy that he forgot what his mother told him. He gave his regular sled to his grandmother and took the red sled from his grandmother.
The grandmother took the boy's sled and quickly left. And the boy took a red sled, climbed up the hill with it, sat down and rolled down.
The red sled slid down easily. But when they rolled down, the boy turned into a skeleton. The red sled has been drinking from him all his life.
Music box (horror story)
One girl went to the store and saw that a beautiful music box was being sold there. The girl liked the box so much that she immediately wanted to buy it. But she didn't have much money.
— How much does this music box cost? – the girl asked the saleswoman.
- How much do you have? - said the saleswoman.
The girl took out all the money she had.
The saleswoman quickly counted the money. There were exactly thirty-five kopecks there.
“This music box costs just thirty-five kopecks,” said the saleswoman and gave the box to the girl.
The girl came home. She wanted to wait for her mother, but could not resist and started the music box. Along with the music, death climbed out of the box and took the girl’s soul.
But then the girl’s mother came running. She heard music on the street and therefore covered her ears with a scarf so that death could not take her soul, because death from the music box took only those who heard the music. Seeing what happened, mom quickly launched the box into reverse side and the girl’s soul returned. True, after that the girl stopped hearing completely.
And my mother burned the music box in the stove.
Blue bag (horror story)
Mom sent one girl to the store to buy bread. The girl bought bread, but when she wanted to leave, some woman in a blue dress asked the girl:
- Girl, isn’t this your blue bag?
The girl looked at the beautiful blue bag and she liked the bag so much that she said:
- Yes, this is my bag.
The woman in the blue dress gave the girl a bag. The girl ran home and immediately showed the bag to her mother.
- Look how beautiful my blue bag is.
But mom, seeing the blue bag, took it and threw it out the window.
“And never take a blue bag from anyone again,” my mother warned.
At night, the girl woke up from someone calling her from the street. The girl went to the window and saw a woman in a blue dress standing on the street and in her hands a blue bag.
“Girl,” said the woman in a blue dress, “this is your bag.” Take her.
Then the woman’s arms began to stretch out and soon reached the girl’s window on the third floor. And the girl saw that these hands were also blue.
The girl still took the blue bag and ran away from the window, but the hands extended even further, climbed into the room, grabbed the girl and strangled her.
And in the morning, when the girl’s mother entered the room, she saw the dead girl. And the girl had blue hands.
Black Mirror (horror story)
One girl was walking on the street with her favorite doll. Then an old woman in a black dress approached her. The old woman's face was covered with a black scarf.
The old woman looked at the girl and said:
- Girl, give me your doll. And I'll give you a black mirror for it.
And the old lady pulled out a beautiful black mirror.
The girl liked the mirror so much that she immediately gave the doll to the old woman. The old woman took the doll and handed the girl a black mirror.
But then the girl’s doll suddenly came to life and pulled off the old woman’s black scarf. And the girl saw that under the scarf the old woman had no face.
- Run, girl! - the doll shouted.
The girl turned and ran. But the old woman pointed a black mirror at her and the girl began to be drawn into it. Then the doll hit the old woman on the hand, the mirror fell out of the old woman’s hands, fell to the ground and broke.
As soon as the black mirror broke, the old woman in black screamed and burst into flames like a match. And with it, the girl’s doll caught fire. But the doll still managed to tell the girl:
- Bury the broken mirror, but never look into it.
The girl did just that. But when she was burying the broken black mirror, she glanced briefly at the small fragment. And from what the girl saw there, her hair turned gray, like that of old people.
Old house (horror story)
There lived a girl in one city. She lived with her mother, but they did not have a father.
Where they lived stood an old house. No one lived in it, but her mother always told the girl never to go near this house.
But the girl did not listen to her mother and one day approached the old house and looked out the window. And I saw that there were a lot of people there - and everyone had black faces and red eyes.
The girl got scared and ran away.
But when she ran home, she saw that her mother also had a black face and red eyes.
“I told you not to come near this house,” the mother said, grabbed the girl and took her to the old house.
The girl also had a black face and red eyes. At night she walked around the city and looked into the windows. Those who saw her began to get sick and died.
One day people gathered and burned the old house. When the house burned down, many human bones were found there.
Little Princess (horror story)
There lived a little girl in the world. She was very kind and always tried to help everyone - her mother, grandmother, little brother and other people. For this, her mother and grandmother called the girl a little princess. And then other people began to call the girl that. And the girl tried to be exactly like a real princess.
One day, when the girl was walking on the street, an old woman, hunchbacked and ugly, like Baba Yaga, approached her. And all the children immediately ran away - just in case, but the girl remained, since princesses should not treat people badly, even Baba Yaga.
“You are a kind and sweet child,” said the old woman, “and you deserve to become a real princess.”
The girl nodded. She had been told this many times already.
“I know one kingdom where a princess is really needed,” the old woman continued, “do you want to go there?”
And the girl answered like a real princess:
“If somewhere people need a princess, I can’t help but go there.”
The old woman laughed loudly and stamped her foot.
- So go! You will become a little princess of the kingdom of the dead!
And the girl immediately fell dead...
When the girl was buried, she was very, very beautiful. And people said that she would be the one beautiful princess in the kingdom of the dead.
Snake tongue (horror story)
One boy ran so fast that no one could catch up with him, not even adults. And adults often tried to catch up with the boy, because he was always teasing and calling him names.
One day a boy began to tease an old woman, calling her an old turtle.
“Better watch your language,” the old woman said to the boy, “otherwise you are too independent.” You look like he will turn into a snake.
But the boy just laughed and began calling him even more offensive names.
“It’s better to live with a snake in your mouth than to see an old turtle like you.”
And at night the boy had a dream, as if his tongue began to grow, and then turned into a snake, and instead of the snake’s head it had the head of the old woman whom the boy was teasing. And the boy could not escape from this snake. He wanted to scream and call for help, but he couldn’t, because he didn’t have a tongue...
When the boy woke up in the morning, his hair was white as snow. And he stopped talking completely, just mumbled all day and no one could understand anything.
And the next night the boy fell asleep and never woke up. And he had marks from snake bites on his hands.
1. She asked why I was breathing so hard.It wasn't me.
2. I can't move, breathe, speak or hear. If I knew how lonely I would be, I would choosecremation.
3 . The longer I wore it, the more it grew into me. She had one like this beautiful skin.
4 . I woke up hearing a knock on the glass. At first I thought it was the window until I heard it againcomes out of the mirror.
5. My daughterdidn't stop crying and screamingat night. I come to her grave and ask her to stop, but it doesn’t help.
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6. I let my little daughter sleep with me at night. I like to cuddle up to her, despite the causticthe smell of rotting flesh.
7. Lights flashed. I covered myself with a pillow so that this timecan't hear the screams.
8. I'm not afraid of the cemetery. This is the only place whereghosts don't haunt me.
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9. The problem with getting out is that your parents have no idea where to find you. At the time, when they find this cage, you will no longer be alive.
10. I hear my son scream and I rush upstairs to put him back to sleep. He doesn't believe me when I say that everything is fine, probably because he sees a creature thatfollowed me to his room.
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12. I'm worried thatI may have gone crazy. I'm hallucinating. I saw the man's skin tear and sag and then peel off his body. I watched as what was left fell out from inside. I saw him meet my gaze and grin.
I'm worried that I might be going crazy. But I'm even more worried that I , Maybe, not crazy.
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13. I pulled the trigger and watched as my brain splashed across the wall. I did this yesterday.Why don't I die, and why can't I stop?
14 . Growing up with cats and dogs, I was used to scratching noises at the door while I slept. Now that I live alone it has becomealarming.
15. I had a pleasant dream when heavy blows woke me up. After that, I could only hear the muffled sounds of earth falling on the grave through my screams.
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16. I never fall asleep butI keep waking up.
17. I always thought my cat had vision problems. It seemed as if her gaze was frozen on my face. Until one day I realized that she alwayslooks through me.
18. There is a photo of me sleeping on my phone. II live alone.
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19. The last thing I saw was the alarm clock flashing 12:07 before she ran her decaying nails down my chest while her other hand muffled my screams. I jumped up, sighing with relief that it was just a dream, but when the alarm clock showed 12:06, I heardthe closet door creaked.
20. I began to put him to bed, and he told me: "Daddy, check for monsters under my bed". I looked under the bed and I see him, another “him,” under the bed, he looks at me, trembles and whispers: “Daddy, there is someone on my bed.”
Eduard Nikolaevich Uspensky
Andrey Alekseevich Usachev
The most scary horrors. Creepy stories
Artist I. Oleynikov
Modern creepy stories
Stories with signs today
It is clear that scary stories did not only happen in the old days. They still happen now. Nearby, here, in our city, in the neighboring area and even on the next street. And since there are no vampires or space aliens, no people with bear heads, all these today's stories have an absolutely everyday flavor.
With a focus on human meat pies, bags of blood and other everyday horrors. Read and be horrified. "It was today, it was yesterday."
Black hand
In city N there was a hotel that was notorious. A red light was burning above the door of one of her rooms. This meant that people were missing in the room.
One day a young man came to the hotel and asked for a place to stay for the night. The director replied that free seats no, except for that ill-fated room with the red light. The guy was not afraid and went to spend the night in this room. In the morning he was not in the room.
In the evening of the same day, another guy came, who had just served in the army. The hotel director gave him a place in the same room. The guy was strange: he did not recognize mattresses and feather beds and slept on the floor, wrapped in a blanket. In addition, he suffered from insomnia. She visited him that night as well. It’s already past eleven, it’s almost twelve, but sleep doesn’t come. It's struck midnight!
Suddenly something clicked and rustled under the bed, and the Black Hand appeared from under it. She tore the pillow with terrible force and dragged it under the bed. The guy jumped up, quickly got dressed and went to look for the hotel director. But he wasn’t there. He was not at home either. Then the guy called the police and asked to urgently come to the hotel. The police began a thorough search. One of the policemen noticed that the bed was attached to the floor with special screws. Having unscrewed the screws and moved the bed, the police saw a chest with a button on one of its walls. Pressed the button. The lid of the chest rose sharply, but silently. And the Black Hand appeared from it. It was attached to a thick steel spring. The hand was cut off and sent for investigation. The chest was moved - and everyone saw a hole in the floor. We decided to go down there. There were as many as seven doors in front of the police. They opened the first one and saw lifeless, bloodless corpses. They opened the second one - skeletons lay there. They opened the third one - there was only skin there. In the fourth lay fresh corpses, from which blood was dripping into basins. In the fifth, people in white coats were cutting up corpses. We went into the sixth room - people stood along long tables and packed blood into bags. We went into the seventh - and were dumbfounded! The hotel director himself sat there on a high chair.
The director admitted everything. At this time there was a war between the two states. As in any war, it was required large quantity donor blood. The director was associated with one of the states. He was offered to organize the production of such blood for a huge sum, and he agreed and developed a plan with the Black Hand.
The hotel was brought into divine shape and a new director was appointed. The light bulb above the door of the ill-fated room disappeared. The city now lives peacefully and sees wonderful dreams at night.
One day, a mother sent her daughter to the market to buy pies. An old woman was selling pies. When the girl approached her, the old lady said. That the pies have already run out, but if she goes to her house, she will treat her to pies. The girl agreed. When they came to her house, the old woman sat the girl on the sofa and asked her to wait. She went to another room where there were some buttons. The old woman pressed the button - and the girl failed. The old woman made new pies and ran to the market. The girl’s mother waited and waited and, without waiting for her daughter, ran to the market. She didn't find her daughter. I bought some pies from the same old lady and returned home. When she took a bite of one pie, she saw a blue nail in it. And her daughter just painted her nails this morning. Mom immediately ran to the police. The police arrived at the market and caught the old woman.
It turned out that she lured people to her home, sat them on the sofa, and people fell through. Under the sofa was a large meat grinder full of human meat. The old woman made pies out of it and sold it at the market. At first they wanted to execute the old woman, and then they gave her life imprisonment.
Taxi driver and old woman
A taxi driver is driving late at night and sees an old woman standing by the road. Votes. The taxi driver stopped. The old woman sat down and said: “Take me to the cemetery, I need to see my son!” The taxi driver says: “It’s late, I need to go to the park.” But the old woman persuaded him. They arrived at the cemetery. The old woman says: “Wait for me here, I’ll be right back!”
Half an hour passes and she is gone. Suddenly an old woman appears and says: “He is not here, I was mistaken. Let's go to something else!" The taxi driver says: “What are you talking about! It’s night already!” And she told him: “Take it, take it. I'll pay you well!" They arrived at another cemetery. The old woman again asked to wait and left. Half an hour passes, an hour passes. An old woman appears, angry and dissatisfied with something. “He’s not here either. Take it,” he says, “to something else!” The taxi driver wanted to drive her away. But she still persuaded him, and they went. The old woman left. She doesn't exist and doesn't exist. The taxi driver's eyes were already starting to droop. Suddenly he hears the door open. He raised his head and saw: an old woman standing at the door, smiling. His mouth is bloody, his hands are bloody, he picks out a piece of meat from his mouth...
The taxi driver turned pale: “Grandma, did you eat dead people?”
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Children whose childhood was in the USSR era and the early 90s loved to scare each other with these ridiculous and absolutely absurd horror stories. While in the pioneer camps, sitting around the fire late in the evening, everyone took turns telling stories that supposedly were true stories, which made children's hair stand on end! And re-reading them now it becomes simply funny! We invite you to return to your childhood and remember the most popular ridiculous horror stories of pioneer camps.
Abandoned house
There was an abandoned house near the village. Every night the light was on in this house. The village boys and girls decided to check why the light was on there. One night they got together: three boys and three girls. And then we went to this house. They saw a large empty room, and only a picture with a plan of their village hung on the wall. Suddenly the guys noticed that the door had disappeared and a voice was heard:
You will never leave this house again.
The guys were scared, but entered the next door. This room was smaller than the first. And suddenly water poured out of the walls, gradually flooding the room. But everyone knew how to swim, but someone from the water began to reach out and grab the children. Two children (a boy and a girl) drowned. The other guys got into the next room. In this room, the floor split, and two more (a boy and a girl) disappeared. There are two people left. They escaped and ended up in the third room. Knives came out of the walls, floor, and ceiling of this room. The girl injured her leg and could not go further. And the boy went on alone. He wanted to stay, but the girl told him to save himself and then try to save the others. The boy managed to get out of this house. The next morning he gathered people, but there were no rooms in this house, and there were no children. The house was burned down.
Scarecrow
One day 4 girls were sitting in front of an abandoned house. Suddenly they saw a large scarecrow that was moving, but there was no wind. It ran towards them, the girls got scared and ran away.
The next day they walked past the scarecrow, it was not there. The girls got ready to go back. They turned and saw a huge scarecrow in front of them, it hit them with a scythe and they were dead.
Black Cat Spirit
Once upon a time there lived a girl with her parents. The girl's name was Alice. And for her birthday, her parents bought her a black cat.
The next day Alice went to a party. Came back late. She was very tired and went to bed without undressing. A cat was sleeping next to the bed. Alice did not notice the cat and crushed its head. In the morning, Alice saw the body of a cat.
The next night, the spirit of the cat killed Alice's parents, and then Alice herself.
Hands from a painting
Daughter and dad decided to give mom a painting for her birthday. They came to the store and asked:
Do you have any paintings?
No, we're finished.
We went to another store - it wasn’t there either. We went to the third and asked:
Are there any pictures?
No, we just finished.
They got upset and got ready to leave. But the cashier tells them:
Wait! I have another one in the back room. I left it for myself. Let's go and have a look, maybe you'll like it and take it for yourself.
They liked the picture. They took it and carried it, hanging it on the wall. At night, the mother, who was sleeping in the room where the painting hung, felt someone’s touch. She, frightened, screamed and turned on the light in the room. Seeing the hands sticking out of the painting, the mother called her husband, and together they cut off the hands from the painting. The next day they went to grandma and told her everything. She tells them:
Give the painting to the person who sold it to you and cross that person.
My father went to that store and saw that the cashier’s hands were bandaged. Her father threw a picture at her and crossed her. The cashier screamed and ran into the back room. That was the end of it.
Black piano
Once upon a time there lived a family: mother, father and girl. The girl really wanted to learn to play the piano, and her parents decided to buy it for her. They also had an old grandmother who told them not to buy a black piano under any circumstances. Mom and Dad went to the store, but they only sold black pianos, so they bought a black one.
The next day, when all the adults had gone to work, the girl decided to play the piano. As soon as she pressed the first key, a skeleton crawled out of the piano and demanded a bank of blood from her. The girl gave him blood, the skeleton drank it and climbed back into the piano. This went on for three days. On the fourth day the girl fell ill. The doctors could not help, because every day, when everyone went to work, the skeleton came out of the piano and drank the girl’s blood.
Then the grandmother advised me to break the black piano. Dad took an ax and began to chop and chopped up the skeleton along with the piano. After this, the girl immediately recovered.
Bloody numbers
One school had an old courtyard. One day a 4th “A” class came there for a walk. The teacher did not allow him to go far from him without explaining the reason. But two girls and two boys were able to escape deeper into the yard. Since the yard was huge, the teacher did not notice anything.
The guys slipped into the darkest corner of the yard and saw a black door. The bloody numbers 485 and 656 were written on the door. The children tried to open the door and it gave way. They entered the terrible room and saw a terrible sight. There were bones and skulls everywhere in the room. Suddenly the door slammed. And the numbers 487 and 658 appeared on the door, from which blood flowed.
Drummer statue
About 20 years ago, when the Friendship camp was just built, two sculptures were placed at the central gate - a stone drummer and a bugler.
One day, lightning struck the bugler at night and destroyed it. The drummer began to miss her bugler friend. Since then, she has been walking around the Friendship camp looking for a similar boy, and if she finds one similar, she will turn him into stone and place him next to her, and will guard the entrance with him.
And if the wrong boy comes along, she will catch him and rip out his heart.
Disco at the cemetery
A disco was built on the site of the old cemetery. Dancing continued there all night long and music was heard. One young man met a girl there. They met every day, but she never allowed herself to be seen off.
But one day he began to sneak behind her to find out where she lived. He saw a girl getting into a black car, all the windows in it were curtained with black cloth. The young man followed the car on his motorcycle.
The car was driving at high speed towards the forest - to where there were still old graves. At this time, a black sheet flew out of the car and rushed towards young man, she covered his face, and he could not tear it off. He couldn't see the road, fell into a ditch and crashed.
A few days later they began to search for him and found several broken and smashed motorcycles in the forest, but no bodies were found. Then the disco in the cemetery was closed, and the place became cursed.
Old basement
In one house there was an old basement that no one was allowed to enter. One day a boy went there and saw that there, in the corner, a scary, overgrown woman was sitting in a cage.
Then they found out that during the war the Germans caught her and fed her only human meat. She got used to it and every night she found a new victim.
red spot
One family received new apartment. And there was a red spot on the wall. They didn't have time to cover it up. And then in the morning the girl sees that her mother has died. And the spot became even brighter.
The next day at night the girl sleeps and feels that she is very scared. And suddenly she sees a hand sticking out of the red spot and reaching towards her. The girl got scared, wrote a note and died.
Camp "Zarya"
Camp “Zarya” was very good, but strange things were happening there: children were disappearing there. The boy Vasya, since he was very curious, decided to ask the director what was happening, he came to his house and saw: he was sitting and gnawing bones, Vasya was scared and wanted to run away, but the director caught him and cut off Vasya’s tongue, and the next morning, all the missing children returned, but they behaved strangely: they did not play with anyone and were silent.
One day Vasya managed to escape from the camp, he went to the police and wrote on a piece of paper about everything that happened in the camp. The police arrived at the camp, interrogated the director, but found out nothing and left. And then Vasya also disappeared: he went for a walk in the forest near the camp and saw an old destroyed building, went there and saw his missing comrades, but they were transparent and moaned all the time. Noticing Vasya, they pounced on him and killed him, and then the director came and devoured his legs, because ghosts have no use for them, they fly anyway...
Coffin on wheels
Once upon a time there lived a girl with her mother. One day she was left alone. And suddenly they broadcast on the radio:
Girl, girl, the Coffin on Wheels has left the cemetery and is looking for your street. Hide.
The girl was scared and didn’t know what to do. He rushes around the apartment, wants to call his mother on the phone. And they say on the phone:
Girl, girl, the Coffin on Wheels has found your street, it is looking for your house.
The girl is terribly scared, locks all the locks, but does not run away from the house. Trembling. The radio broadcasts again:
Girl, girl, the Coffin on Wheels has found your home. On his way to the apartment!
Then the police came and found nothing. One policeman shot at the red spot and it disappeared. And then the policeman came home and saw that a red spot had appeared on the wall above his bed. He sleeps at night and feels that someone wants to strangle him. He started shooting.
The neighbors came running. They see the policeman lying strangled and there is no stain.
Black coffin
One boy had an older sister who was a Komsomol member. And then one day he wakes up at night and sees: his sister rises from the bed, stretches out her arms and eyes closed went out the window. The boy thinks: where is she going? and went out after him, and my sister walked through the trash heap, without turning, and then she entered the black forest. The boy is behind her. Then he looks - and in this black forest there is a black house. And in this black house there is a door, and behind it is a black room in which there is a black coffin with a white pillow. My sister lay down in it, lay there for about eight minutes, then got up and, as if nothing had happened, went out and returned home to sleep. And the boy also wanted to try how it lay in the coffin, so he stayed. He lay down in the coffin, but couldn’t get up. He lay like that for a day, and then - night came, and his older sister, a Komsomol member, came into the room: her eyes were closed, her arms were outstretched, and her registration card was in her teeth. The boy asks from the coffin: “Sister! Little sister! Take me away from here!” - but she didn’t hear anything, closed the coffin, nailed the lid with silver nails, then took it underground and buried it with a large shovel directly into the ground. Here. After all these things, my sister, of course, didn’t remember anything and married a black man, and the boy probably died.
10 short but very scary bedtime stories
If you need to work at night and coffee is no longer working, read these stories. They'll cheer you up. Brrr.
Faces in portraits
One man got lost in the forest. He wandered for a long time and finally came across a hut at dusk. There was no one inside, and he decided to go to bed. But he could not fall asleep for a long time, because there were portraits of some people hanging on the walls, and it seemed to him that they were looking at him ominously. Eventually he fell asleep from exhaustion. In the morning he was awakened by bright sunlight. There were no paintings on the walls. These were windows.
Count to five
One winter, four students from a mountaineering club got lost in the mountains and got caught in a snowstorm. They managed to reach an abandoned and empty house. There was nothing in it to keep warm, and the guys realized that they would freeze if they fell asleep in this place. One of them suggested this. Everyone stands in the corner of the room. First, one runs to the other, pushes him, the latter runs to the third, etc. This way they will not fall asleep, and the movement will warm them up. Until the morning they ran along the walls, and in the morning rescuers found them. When the students later talked about their salvation, someone asked: “If there is one person in each corner, then when the fourth reaches the corner, there should be no one there. Why didn’t you stop then?” The four looked at each other in horror. No, they never stopped.
Damaged film
One girl photographer decided to spend the day and night alone, in a deep forest. She was not afraid, because this was not the first time she had gone hiking. She spent the day photographing trees and grass with a film camera, and in the evening settled down to sleep in her small tent. The night passed peacefully; horror overtook her only a few days later. All four reels produced excellent images, with the exception of last frame. All the photographs were of her, sleeping peacefully in her tent in the darkness of the night.
Call from the nanny
One day, a married couple decided to go to the cinema and leave the children with a babysitter. They put the children to bed, so the young woman just had to stay home just in case. Soon the girl got bored and decided to watch TV. She called her parents and asked their permission to turn on the TV. They naturally agreed, but she had one more request... she asked if it was possible to cover the statue of an angel outside the window with something, because it made her nervous. The phone went quiet for a second, and then the father who was talking to the girl said: “Take the kids and run from the house... we'll call the police. We don't have an angel statue." The police found everyone remaining at home dead. The angel statue was never discovered.
Who's there?
About five years ago, late at night, 4 short bells rang at my door. I woke up, got angry and didn’t open the door: I wasn’t expecting anyone. On the second night someone called again 4 times. I looked out the peephole, but there was no one outside the door. During the day I told this story and joked that death must have taken the wrong door. On the third evening, an acquaintance came to see me and stayed up late. The doorbell rang again, but I pretended not to notice anything to check: maybe I was hallucinating. But he heard everything perfectly and, after my story, exclaimed: “Well, let’s deal with these jokers!” and ran out into the yard. That night I saw him last time. No, he didn't disappear. But on the way home she beat him up drunk company, and he died in the hospital. The calls stopped. I remembered this story because last night I heard three short rings on the door.
Twin
My girlfriend wrote today that she didn’t know that I had such a charming brother, and even a twin! It turns out that she had just stopped by my house, not knowing that I stayed at work until night, and he met her there. He introduced himself, offered him coffee, told a few funny stories from his childhood, and escorted us to the elevator.
I don’t even know how to tell her that I don’t have a brother.
Damp fog
It was in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan. The climbers set up camp near a small mountain lake. Around midnight everyone wanted to sleep. Suddenly a noise was heard from the direction of the lake: either crying or laughter. Friends (there were five of them) decided to check what was the matter. They found nothing near the shore, but saw a strange fog in which white lights glowed. The guys went to the lights. We took just a couple of steps towards the lake... And then one, who was walking last, noticed that he was standing knee-deep in ice water! He pulled the two closest to him, they came to their senses and got out of the fog. But the two who walked ahead disappeared into the fog and water. It was impossible to find them in the cold and in the dark. Early in the morning, survivors hurried after rescuers. They didn't find anyone. And by evening, the two who had just plunged into the fog also died.
Photo of a girl
One high school student was bored in class and looked out the window. On the grass he saw a photograph thrown by someone. He went out into the yard and picked up the photograph: it showed a very beautiful girl. She was wearing a dress, red shoes, and she was showing the V sign with her hand. The guy began asking everyone if they had seen this girl. But no one knew her. In the evening he put the photo near his bed, and at night he was awakened by a quiet sound, as if someone was scratching on the glass. A woman's laughter was heard in the darkness outside the window. The boy left the house and began to look for the source of the voice. He quickly moved away, and the guy did not notice how, hurrying after him, he ran out onto the roadway. He was hit by a car. The driver jumped out of the car and tried to save the downed man, but it was too late. And then the man noticed a photograph on the ground beautiful girl. She was wearing a dress, red shoes and was showing three fingers.
Grandma Marfa
Grandfather told this story to his granddaughter. As a child, he found himself with his brothers and sisters in a village that the Germans were approaching. The adults decided to hide the children in the forest, in the forester's house. They agreed that Baba Marfa would carry the food for them. But returning to the village was strictly forbidden. This is how the children lived through May and June. Every morning Martha left food in the barn. At first the parents also came running, but then they stopped. The children looked at Martha through the window, she turned and silently, sadly looked at them and baptized the house. One day two men approached the house and invited the children to come with them. These were partisans. From them the children learned that their village was burned a month ago. They also killed Baba Marfa.
Do not open the door!
A twelve-year-old girl lived with her father. They had a great relationship. One day my father was planning to stay late at work and said that he would return late at night. The girl waited for him, waited, and finally went to bed. She dreamed a strange dream: the father stood on the other side of the busy highway and shouted something to her. She barely heard the words: “Don’t... open... the door.” And then the girl woke up from the bell. She jumped out of bed, ran to the door, looked through the peephole and saw her father's face. The girl was about to open the lock when she remembered the dream. And my father’s face was somehow strange. She stopped. The bell rang again.
- Dad?
Ding, ding, ding.
- Dad, answer me!
Ding, ding, ding.
- Is there anyone there with you?
Ding, ding, ding.
- Dad, why don’t you answer? - the girl almost cried.
Ding, ding, ding.
- I won’t open the door until you answer me!
The doorbell kept ringing and ringing, but the father was silent. The girl sat huddled in the corner of the hallway. This went on for about an hour, then the girl fell into oblivion. At dawn she woke up and realized that the doorbell was no longer ringing. She crept to the door and looked through the peephole again. Her father was still standing there and looking straight at her. The girl carefully opened the door and screamed. Her father's severed head was nailed to the door at peephole level.
There was a note attached to the doorbell with just two words: “Smart girl.”