Scary Stories

You know about A Christmas Carol, but Dickens was far from the only author of his era to set a ghost story during…

Haunted dolls, devils, and death! On Monday, we presented the 2020 winners of our annual Scary Story contest; here…

Clear your schedule, horror lovers, because the first round of Jezebel’s 2020 scary story contest winners are here!…

I am afraid of just about everything and spooky season is a particularly fraught time for me and my jumpy nerves.…

Baby, it’s cold outside... because there’s a ghost over your shoulder and the lights have gone out? That’s right, my …

You didn’t think we were going to leave you with only 10 stories to haunt your dreams, did you? Yesterday we…

Congratulations to every single one of you who contributed a terrifying tale to this year’s Scary Story contest.…

The sky is gray. A ghastly fog surrounds you. You feel an unwelcome chill; you tense up. It’s... Halloween, baby,…

Last week, we shared the winners of this year’s scary stories contest, and as always, we’re sharing another round of…

Folks, I fully chose the wrong time to move in to my first solo apartment. You submitted hundreds of stories about…

On Friday, after announcing the winners of Jezebel’s annual scary story contest, we promised you a round of bonus…

Clear your weekend plans and procure a fainting couch: Here are the winners of Jezebel’s 2017 scary story contest…

Against all odds, we’ve somehow made it to October 2017, inarguably the best month of a mostly shitty year, and any…

Here’s a story that includes an old house in the middle of nowhere, a stranger lurking in the shadows (and not in…

Happy Halloween! You didn’t think we’d let you off with just the one post of winners from this year’s spooky story…

We’ve read your emails and dug deep into the grave—sorry, the greys—to find the most buried, most frightening…

Gather round, ghoulies, ghosties, and goblins. It’s time for what is both the best and most dreaded time of the…

Memphis has a new crime trend: thieves have been stealing hair weave bundles, and these “hair heists” have resulted…

I’m sorry. Did you really think we would limit ourselves to only ten of your scariest stories this Halloween?

We asked and you delivered. With over 3,000 comments on this year’s Scary Story contest, this year’s submitters…