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A Chilling Christmas Ghost Story From 1915

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

Anna Alice Chapin

12/23/20 10:45AM

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10/28/20

This (True) Scary Story About a Severed Hand Gives Me the Heebie Jeebies

Have you ever been alone, but felt like someone was watching you? That nagging suspicion that even though you’re the…

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10 More Terrifying Tales to Haunt Your Nightmares

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

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10 Scary Stories to Ensure You Never Sleep Again

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

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A Terrifying (True) Tale About a Haunted Shed That's Also a Portal to The Underworld

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

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This (True) Scary Story Will Make You Think Twice About Investigating That Strange Noise Outside in the Dark

Being cooped up in a 1-bedroom NYC apartment with all the sights, sounds, and smells of the city, I’m counting down…

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The Wind Moans, a Door Creaks: It's Time for Jezebel's Annual Scary Stories Contest!

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

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10 More Petrifying Tales to Ensure You Never Sleep Again

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

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Here Are the 10 Most Frightening Stories You Will Ever Hear

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

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You'll Never Drive Alone Again After Hearing This Eerie (True) Story

I can’t think of anything more terrifying than driving alone during a pitch black night on a deserted road. When I…

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You'll Sleep With the Lights On After This Scary (True) Story

And so it begins: the frightening month of October, when Jezebel delivers the scariest stories by you, to you,…

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

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Are You Afraid of the Dark? You Will Be!: It's Time for Jezebel's Annual Scary Story Contest

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

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You'll Never Wanna Be Home Alone Again After You Hear This Spooky Story

A lot of things scare me. Plane crashes scare me. Terrorist attacks scare me. Plagues scare me. The thought of…

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10 More Spooky Stories to Keep You Up at Night

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

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Here Is One of Your Scariest Stories of All Time

In the years Jezebel has been compiling your terrifying stories for our annual Scary Stories contest, some of them…

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

10/29/18 3:06PM

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The Scariest Movies Ever Made, According to the Wikipedia Plot Summaries I Read Instead of Watching Them

I don’t like watching horror movies. I scare easy and feel anxious enough in my daily life that the idea of feeling…

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You'll Sleep With One Eye Open After This Scary (True) Story

Like many (I suspect), I hate scary stories and I also LOVE scary stories. Walt Whitman once said he contained…

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Here's a Scary Story About a Very Bad Mirror

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT THE FUCK. PLEASE WATCH THIS ANIMATED SCARY STORY VIDEO WE MADE USING A SCARY STORY SUBMITTED BY…

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It's the Scariest Time of the Year: Send Us Your True-Life Spookiest Stories!

Waking life can be a nightmare, this much we know, and in the spirit of that, we kick off Jezebel’s favorite time of…

Frida Garza

10/09/18 12:15PM

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