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2024-10-29 19:42:56The Princess of Amen-Ra lived some 3,500 years ago. When she died,she was laid in an ornate wooden coffin and buried deep in a vault at Luxor, on the banks of the River Nile.
In the 1890s,four rich young English men visiting the excavations at Luxor were invited to buy an exquisitely fashioned mummy case containing the remains of the Princess. They drew lots,and the man who won paid several thousand pounds and had the coffin taken to his hotel. Two hours later,he was seen walking into a desert. He never returned. The next day,one of the remaining men was accidentally shot by a servant.
The third man in the foursome found on his return home that his bank had gone out of business, living him penniless. The fourth man suffered a severe illness, lost his job and was reduced to selling matches in the street.
Nevertheless, the coffin reached England, where it was bought by a businessman. After three of his family had been inju
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Short Scary Stories Twenty Two
In 1922,Robert Townsend went to a party with some of his friends. At that party he met the prettiest girl that he had ever seen. Millie had long brown hair and eyes like emeralds. He asked her to dance and she seemed pleased to accept. Later, he walked her home. It was raining, and she borrowed his coat. They kissed. The next day, he returned to the house for his jacket. A grey-haired woman answered. He asked after Millie,and the lady wept.'I'm sorry,'she said,'my daughter died a year ago today.'Robert gasped.'But I just saw her yesterday!'The lady said,'Go to the cemetery a mile down the road,and you'll find her there.'Robert found the cemetery. He searched for the girl's grave, and found one with her name on it. Lying there was his jacket. When he picked it up,a note fell to the ground. It read: I'M SORRY, MY LOVE.'
Short Scary Stories Twenty Three
In 1948, Edith Wills was traveling one night alone on the London Underground. She say opposite three people in an otherwise empty carriage. She settled down and looked up. The woman opposite was staring at her. Edith got out her book and started to read but every time she looked up, she caught the woman's gaze. The train pulled into a station and an elderly man got on and sat next to her. As the train pulled out, he leaned back and said in her ear, "If you know what's good for you, you'll get off at the next station with me.' Edith was scared but decided to get off anyway, hoping that there might be people around.She left train with the elderly man at the next stop. The man said, "I didn't mean to scare you, but I'm a doctor. The woman sitting opposite you was quite clearly dead. The men at either side were holding her up."
Short Scary Stories Twenty Four
In the mid-western states of America around a hundred years ago, two gentlemen were working in a town's small general store. A small frail woman dressed in grey entered the shop, picked up a glass container of milk and, without paying for it or even glancing at the gentlemen, walked out ...... the men, surprised by the woman's thievery, hurried out of the store after her, but she had disappeared. A few days later, the incident occurred again, and a few weeks later, a third time. The men, slightly more prepared , followed the woman out of the store , down the town's main street and down a path that led to a cemetery neither of them knew existed. Suddenly, they heard a noise, which they identified as a baby's cry. It was coming from the under the ground in front of a gravestone marking the death of a mother and her baby who were buried together. Unsure of what else to do, the men quickly found shovels and dug up the coffin. The crying became louder as they
Short Scary Stories Twenty Five
One morning in 1954, Sven James Thoresen found himself walking along a street in his home town. He could not explain what he was doing there, or remember how he got there, or where he had been earlier. He didn't even know what time it was. He saw a woman walking towards him and stopped her."I've forgotten my watch," he said."Can you tell me the time?"When she saw him, she screamed and ran away. Other people seemed afraid of him too. When they saw him, they looked aghast, flattened themselves against buildings, or ran across the street!"There must be something wrong with me," Sven thought. "I'd better go home."He flagged down a taxi, but the driver took one look at him and sped off. "This is crazy!" he thought to himself. He was confused and frightened. He found a public telephone and called home, expecting his wife's voice. Instead, a strange voice answered."Is Mrs Thoresen there?
Short Scary Stories Twenty Six
A man and a woman happened to sit next to one another on a train. The woman took out a book and began reading. The train stopped at half a dozen stations, but she never looked up once. The man watched her for a while, then asked, "What are you Reading?""A ghost story,"she said. "Its very good. Very spooky."'"Do you believe in ghosts?" he asked."Yes, I do," she replied. "There are ghosts everywhere.""I don't believe in them," he said. "Its just a lot of superstition. In all my years, I've never seen a ghost, not one.""Haven't you?" the woman said, and vanished.
Short Scary Stories Twenty Seven
A young couple moved in to a new home in Hawaii. They had a young son, Bobby, whom they would put to bed each night, only to find him the next morning sleeping on the floor in the corner of his room ...... One day, the father put a wardrobe in that corner, and that night while the couple was watching TV, they turned to see their son walking out of his room as if he was holding someone's hand. Just before he got to the door, he dropped his hand as if the person had let go. He woke up crying. The couple were scared, and they called a Hawaiian priest for help. He told them that their house was built on a "night marching trail" — a path taken by ghosts. The priest said Bobby always slept in a corner because a friendly spirit had put him there for safety, to keep him away from the ghosts, who might have taken him on their march, never to be seen again.
Short Scary Stories Twenty Eight
Lisa's parents had gone to a party for the evening. And all poor Lisa had to do was stay home and watch her two little brothers.She was making pasta when the phone rang. Lisa answered. "I'm near," said a woman's voice. "Near where?" Lisa replied, but the other end was dead. A little shaken, Lisa checked on the kids and finished cooking. After dinner, she put the kids to bed, turned on the TV, and was flicking through the channels when the phone rang again ...She ran to the phone before it woke the kids. "I'm closer," said the woman on the other end. "Excuse me?"said Lisa. But again, silence.She called the operator. "I'm getting strange calls here and I was wondering if you can tell me where they came from?"she asked."No," replied the operator, "but I can put a tap on your line and trace any further calls ..."Lisa woke up the boys. The phone rang. She told the kids to be quiet and answered
Short Scary Stories Twenty Nine
In 1981, depressed since he could not find a job, 42-year-old Romolo Ribolla sat in his kitchen near Pisa, Italy, with a gun in his hand threatening to end it all.His wife pleaded with him not to do it, and after about an hour he burst into tears and threw the gun to the floor, whereupon it went off and shot his wife dead.I don't own any of this stories. I found them in some creepy books. I'm thinking of writing my own scary stories, but not anytime soon.You can send me your short stories for a feature if you feel like it. Thanks for reading. Enjoy!
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I've decided to end the stories here, thanks a lot, guys for reading!I might decide to write another book, but it'll be monster jokes this time. Title: Monstrous MemoriesWhat do you think of the title?It's still under probability though, I might not eventually write it, it depends.What do you guys think of the stories? Did they scare you, if not, at least you had fun reading them, yeah?Also, please do check out my main works on my other profile (InamorataFeels) and I'm sure you'll absolutely love them.1. BABY'S DADDY (pregnancy-romance)2. HER DILEMMA (erotica)3. ALACRIMIA (General fiction)4. ON AIR (pregnancy-romance)Thanks in advance&nb
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Two centuries ago, the military post at Fort Union in wild New Mexico was the only spot for miles around where any kind of social life could be found.The young sister-in-law of a captain enjoyed the attention young officers paid to her, flirting, dancing and enjoying her position as one of the few single young ladies in camp. A lieutenant fell for her, and hoped he might win her hand, but was put in command of a patrol to fight an Apache force nearby.Before he left, he confided his love to the lady, who promised that if he were not to return she would never marry another. In a few days the detachment came back but the lieutenant was missing.His bride-to-be seemed to forget him quickly, and nobody was surprised when she soon announced her marriage to a wealthy young man from New York. As the wedding dance was in full swing, a door flew open with a crash and a cry echoed through the place. All eyes turned to the door. I
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A woman came home from shopping to find her Doberman dog choking on something. She quickly put him in the car and rushed him to the vet. The vet told her to go home while he operated to remove whatever was lodged in the dog's windpipe, and he'd call her when she could pick up her pet. The woman hadn't been home for long when the vet called and told her in a calm but urgent voice to get out of her house immediately, and that he'd come by to explain in a few minutes. From her neighbour's window she saw the vet arrive with several police cars, and she ran out to see if her dog was all right and to see what was going on. As the police ran into her house, the vet told her what her loving pet had choked on: TWO HUMAN FINGERS! The police found an escaped maniac hiding in the wardrobe nursing his mangled hand!
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A family from England went on holiday to France, taking their wealthy and elderly grandma. She spent the entire trip moaning and grousing, until one day, she died.They knew she would have wanted to be buried in England, but not wishing to spend days at customs on paperwork, they decided to hide her. They bought a cheap bit of carpet, rolled Granny up in it and strapped her on the roof . They drove back through France, through sunshine and rain, across the Channel by ferry, and made it through French and English customs without a hitch.Having reached home, the family were devastated when after a well-earned cuppa, they went outside to find that the car had been stolen – carpet, Granny and all. They were never recovered, and being unable to produce a body, the family were unable to collect on the old lady's will.
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Once there was a little girl, Amy, whose grandfather had just died. She had loved him very much I missed him terribly. He was buried in a cemetery just a few hundred yards from her house, and she could see his grave for her bedroom window.One night, her parents were going out and the baby sitter hadn't arrived. She was a very reliable sitter, so, trusting she would soon arrive, they kissed Amy goodbye and left. Hours passed and the babysitter had still not arrived. Amy began to worry. A storm was brewing outside. Thunder and lightning moved closer to the house and the wind started howling. Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and the power in the house went off, leaving Amy in darkness. The wind ripped the trees around and branches broke off, crashing against the house and falling to the ground. Alone in the dark, Amy was very scared.Suddenly, the phone rang. She answered, hoping it was her parents or the sitter. Sounding far away, a vo
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Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde may well have been inspired by a man called William Brodie. By day, he was a respected man of society and deacon of Edinburgh. At night, he frequented the dark parts of the town, committing gruesome murders. He was caught and sentenced to hang for his crimes, but before visiting the gallows, he slipped a metal tuve into his throat to prevent his neck from snapping. After the hanging, his body was cut from the gallows and returned to his house by friends, where a private doctor was on hand to attempt to revive him. When later his coffin was re-opened following rumours of his trick, his corpse had vanished.
Short Scary Stories Thirty Seven
When two motorists were found dead in their unmarked cars a short distance apart on a German road, police was mistified. After a lengthy forensic examination, the story was eventually revealed. The two motorists were driving in heavy fog. Each was guiding his car carefully at a snail's pace near the middle of the road. At the moment of impact their heads were both out of the driver's side windows when they cracked together, leaving the unmarked cars to roll gently to a halt 200 yards apart.I don't own any of this stories. I found them in some creepy books. I'm thinking of writing my own scary stories, but not anytime soon.You can send me your short stories for a feature if you feel like it. Thanks for reading. Enjoy!
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One of the most famous ghosts in the southern states of the USA is "Soap Sally". In the 1950s, there was an old lady soap-maker who walked the streets of the mill villages kidnapping children and murdering them to use the fat in their bodies to make soap. There were numerous reports of people having seen her for years after her death. Every time a child went missing, Soap Sally could be seen wandering the streets, carrying her knapsack full of soap.I don't own any of this stories. I found them in some creepy books. I'm thinking of writing my own scary stories, but not anytime soon.You can send me your short stories for a feature if you feel like it. Thanks for reading. Enjoy!
