Did you ever read anything that scared the you know what out of you?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (202064)
United States
October 25, 2025 2:16pm CST
I was just watching a scene in a scary Halloween movie that reminded me of this When I was a teen I read a story about a girl who got grabbed by the ankle at night by a presence under the bed. All the lights were turned on and nothing was there 
. That scared me so much that I jumped into bed at night until I was about 17. What about you? Were you ever scared by a ghost or monster story you read?
. That scared me so much that I jumped into bed at night until I was about 17. What about you? Were you ever scared by a ghost or monster story you read?12 people like this
10 responses
@snowy22315 (202064)
• United States
25 Oct
It took me a long time not to be afraid of the ankle grabbing thing.
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@Nevena83 (66064)
• Serbia
25 Oct
@snowy22315 As a child, I heard a similar story. A woman entered someone's house and hid under the bed. When the man was going to bed, he happened to hear some rustling under the bed, when he looked up he saw a woman holding a knife. I am 42 now, but whenever I go to bed I always look under the bed.
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@snowy22315 (202064)
• United States
25 Oct
@Nevena83 Ha, Ha I am not that bad. However, as a teen I was scared.
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@id_peace (16893)
• Singapore
26 Oct
@snowy22315 Oh yes, I know of at least two that can put people out of sleep.
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@snowy22315 (202064)
• United States
25 Oct
I have read a few things that were PDS (pretty darn scary) but nothing that affected me like that.
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@JESSY3236 (21457)
• United States
28 Oct
My mother was scared by reading IT that she turned all the lights on in the house. Many years later, I read IT and did the same thing. lol
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@Dena91 (17029)
• United States
25 Oct
My mother liked really scary movies and would make me and my brother watch them with her. I used to get really scared from them. Movies like The Exorcist, The Omen, and Rosemary's Baby. To this day that is my least favorite genre of movies.
I do like older scary movies such with Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in them. But newer ones, no thanks.
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@snowy22315 (202064)
• United States
26 Oct
Seems weird she would encourage a kid to watch them.
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@LindaOHio (212218)
• United States
26 Oct
Not that I can remember. And I'm careful not to watch scary movies at night now that I'm alone. I watch them during the daytime.
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@snowy22315 (202064)
• United States
26 Oct
I read another ghost story once that was very scary and also quite gripping.
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@xstitcher (37756)
• Petaluma, California
25 Oct
I remember a dream I had when I was little, and a monster or something roared behind me. I remember waking up in bed and refusing to look behind me.
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@Marilynda1225 (88312)
• United States
25 Oct
I lost many nights of sleep when I read the book The Exorcist.
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@snowy22315 (202064)
• United States
25 Oct
I read that, although it didn't affect me too much. His book Legion is supposed to be even scarier. I want to read that.
