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10 Scary Stories to Tell Your Friends Around the Campfire

MVB Brahim
Last updated: March 27, 2025 8:58 pm
MVB Brahim
Published: August 20, 2024
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Sitting around a sputtering fire or curled up under the covers with only a flashlight to stave off darkness — well-told tales of horror have always brought friends together. And here are ten scary stories to tell your friends to make their blood run cold.

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10 scary stories to tell your friendsThe Vanishing HitchhikerThe Legend of CropseyBabysitter and the Man UpstairsThe ExpressionlessThe Roommate’s DeathThe Haunted DollThe Ghost of the Weeping BrideThe Midnight Train to NowhereThe Skinwalker of NavajoThe Shadow Over the InnWhat scary stories to tell your friends next?

10 scary stories to tell your friends

The Vanishing Hitchhiker

This classic tale is about a man who picks up a hitchhiker on a stormy night on an empty road. The emotionless hitchhiker guides them to a house to find their arrival location. But when they arrive, the hitchhiker is gone from the back seat. When the driver knocks on his door expecting answers, the passenger, in fact, died many years ago.

The Legend of Cropsey

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Cropsey — A boogeyman tale used to scare children in Staten Island, New York. Cropsey was said to be a sort of escaped mental patient living in the underground tunnels at the former Willowbrook State School, kidnapping kids. But what makes this story truly terrifying is the ring of truth behind it, as Andre Rand was convicted of kidnapping and murdering children in the same areas where Cropsey was said to lurk.

Babysitter and the Man Upstairs

A babysitter received menacing telephone calls asking her to “check the children”, all the time. She puts it off as long as possible until she has to call the police. So, they traced the calls, and, surprise, they came from inside the house. There an intruder upstairs all along, hiding, living for months like a shadow without anyone noticing him.

The Expressionless

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According to reports, in June 1972, at Cedar Senai Hospital located in Los Angeles, a bizarre event took place. A very white, expressionless woman found knee-deep in blood. Everyone knew her as ‘The Expressionless’ because she had no facial expressions or eyebrows. She tried to attack one of the staff. Then she vanished accordingly, leaving her fate a mystery resembling the aftermath of an alien abduction.

The Roommate’s Death

Students share everything, even tragedy: What happens when one finds the other dead? This is about a student who came home late to find nothing but a funky odor. The next morning, they find their roommate’s corpse and a note written in blood that says: “Aren’t you glad you didn’t turn on the lights” This legend reminds us to go with our gut instincts.

The Haunted Doll

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After moving into a strange old house, a little girl finds an antique doll in the basement. Soon after, objects start moving around on their own. The family start hearing midnight echoes of laughter, and even experienced the eerie sensation of waking up to find that the creepy doll changing its position. As it happens, the doll is possessed by its original owner: a young girl gone too early. While you would assume it is locked up, the doll manages to keep showing back up—instilling terror once again.

The Ghost of the Weeping Bride

A jilted bride supposedly took her own life in a wedding dress after being abandoned. She now haunts the mansion where her wedding was to take place and cries forever more. Witnesses tell of a tear-streaked, veiled lady-in-white haunting the land and crying beneath her drop-waist bridal trappings after nightfall. Others claim that as she glides about, endlessly weeping, they feel a cold touch.

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

 

The Midnight Train to Nowhere

Legend has it that there is a phantom train on tracks that time has forgotten. You could hear it whistle and pass in the night with eerie whistles filled with ghostly silent passengers. They are the souls that perished in a train disaster of yesteryear, forever riding towards an elusive station.

The Skinwalker of Navajo

Out of Navajo myth come skinwalkers, malevolent shape-shifters wielding supernatural powers to transform into animals or take over them. Wanderers in the Southwest shared weird stories about animals with half-human faces, glowing red eyes, and beyond-reality existence. It is said that if you look into the eyes of a skinwalker, he/she will be able to get inside your body and control it. They are seldom spoken of for fear one may invite their attention.

The Shadow Over the Inn

The Shadow Over the Inn

There is an old inn with a room where no guests will stay overnight. During the night, they find a dark, forlorn being observing them silently from the shadows, not moving until the day. Legend says this is the ghost of a murdered guest who will haunt anyone trying to sleep.

What scary stories to tell your friends next?

What do you think of the 10 scary stories to tell your friends? Feel free to share them, though it is, of course, a choice whether you wish to leave the lights on or risk darkness.

Want to read more creepy tales? Check thess 9 Short Scary Stories from reddit that will give you chills.

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MVB Brahim
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