9 Scary True Stories That Could Be Horror Movie Plot Twists (2025)

• “Iwas sitting inmyroom, after getting out ofwork, onthe second floor. Little bro isdownstairs watchingTV, the dog isinthe hallway outside mydoor sleeping. All ofasudden the dog starts making all kinds ofracket, jumping round, barking, clacking nails, howling.
  Igo toget uptosee what’s up, andI hear ’Aw, that’s agood girl’ inamale voice. Itdidn’t sound like little bro, soIgo ’Oh you’re home early!’ thinking itismydad’s friend/our roomie asI open the door. Soon asI’m out there, there isnoone atall but the dog wagging her tail, staring atthe empty end ofthe hallway.
  Little bro comes upstairs toyell atmefor getting his dog riledup, said heheard the same voice, thinking itwas meorour roommate. Wedid aonce over ofthe house and there was NOBODY. Still gives methe spooks tothis day.” ©ChristopherSquawken/ Reddit

• “Myaunt was home alone when she heard the door open and steps inthe hall. Her husband wasn’t due yet, soshe checked. Noone— but outside, snow showed steps tothe door, none going back. Nervous, she looked again and saw— anunfamiliar pair ofshoes inthe hallway. She ran upand called the police, and when they came and searched through the house, they found ahomeless man hiding inastorage room.
  Hewas arrested, but according tomyaunt, itisthe scariest thing she has ever experienced.”
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• “Afew years ago, Iwas home alone atnighttime. Iwas watchingTV inthe living room whenI heard the doorbell ring. Whenever Ihear the doorbell ring, especially, when I’m home alone, Iam cautious toanswerit.
  Iwalk uptothe peephole without turning onthe porch light (sothey don’t know ifanyone isactually home ornot) and look through. It’s really dark, butI can see asmall figure (more like, black blob, IDK it’s definite shape and had tobearound 3–4feet) doing like adancing motion. Dipping down and oscillating its ’arms’ outward. Think ofaperson moving their arms like wings gracefully.
  Itwas dark outside, but this figure was more opaque, soI could see this goingon. After afew seconds, Istopped looking through the peephole because itwas too freaky tolookat. Iregained some courage and looked back through, and whatever itwas was gone. Tothis day, Istill don’t know what that was, andI get freaked out thinking aboutit.” ©buzzlightbeer27/ Reddit

• “Mygreat aunt woke upinthe middle ofthe night, she heard her dog making these low growls. She was single atthe time and living alone inher ranch style home. She walked out toher living room tocheck things out. She didn’t see orhear anything out ofthe ordinary, soshe decided tomake sure her door and front windows were locked.
  The door was locked, first window she checked was locked. When she lifted the mini blind onthe second window, itwas wide open and aguy inaski mask was standing there. She said helaughed this evil laugh and said ’party time’ then hestarted toclimbin. She screamed, her dog started barking his head off.
  Ican’t even think about what would’ve happened toher ifshe didn’t have her dog towarn her.” ©belai437/ Reddit

• “Igot home from work late one night, was walking onto myfront stoop whenI walked right into this huge spiderweb. Atfirst, Ididn’t think much ofituntilI looked down and saw about 20-30 baby spiders all overme.
  Istarted freaking out, then noticed the parents sitting onmyfront door. They were huge, bigger than aquarter, soofcourseI did not want touse the front door. Irun tomyback door, throw all ofmyclothes off, and jump inthe shower.” ©kls17/ Reddit

• “Mybest friend from college was driving home from aparty one night, and stopped atagas station toget some gas. While the car isfillingup, she goes inside. Itwas after midnight and pretty dark, despite the lights atthe station (went toschool inasmaller town).
  She isstanding atthe counter, when the cashier tells her tostay inthe store and wait bythe counter, ’Your dome light just came onand off.’ They call the cops, just incase, and they send asquad car over tothe gas station.
  Turns out, there isaguy hiding onthe floor between the back seat and the front seat. You just don’t know what can happen sometimes. People are crazy.” ©gellman/ Reddit

• “Afew years ago, my50-year-old dad had adream. Now, mydad’s parents died inacar wreck when hewas 7and only has one brother. Inthe dream, hewas ataparty and his parents happened tostill bealive and there.
  During the party, this middle-aged women captivated mydad’s eye. For some reason, hecouldn’t take his eyes off ofher. After the party, mydad asked his mom who that girl was. She said, ’Oh, that isyour sister.’ (now remember, mydad only has one brother.) The dreamed ended.
  Aweek later, acousin that mydad hadn’t seen orheard from since his childhood called mydad. They talked and told each other about their lives. Mydad’s cousin then starts totalk about mydad’s parents. Asitturns out, mydad’s mom was pregnant when she died. With agirl.” ©Unknow author/ Reddit

• “During anight, meand acouple ofbuddies walked through our neighborhood. Went past anelementary school and were joking around about ghosts. All ofasudden, Ihear giggling coming from the field atthe school. Mybuddy andI both look ateach other inshock. Wedidn’t see anyone, solaughed itoff.
  About 6AM that morning, Iam driving home and need toslam onmybrakes. Little kid’s tricycle sitting square inthe middle ofthe street. Noone around. Creeped meout.” ©Octaviar/ Reddit

• “When Iwas about 8years old, our school was doing swimming lessons aspart ofthe curriculum. MyMum worked late, sowewent toafter school care and didn’t get home until after dark. When wegot home, Mum asked metotake mybathing suit and towel out tothe clothesline todry soI could use them the next day.
  Iwas soconfident going outside todothis and had this real feeling ofbeing abig kid. Iwalked into our backyard, only for aman tobeRUNNING atme. Iscreamed, jumped inside, and instinctively locked the back door asI didso.
  Asthis was happening, myMum told meshe heard the guy jump the gate which was next toher bedroom just after she heard mescream and came running tofindme. Islept with the light onuntilI was16, andI get myhusband togooutside for mewhile it’s dark.” ©CtrlAltDelusional22/ Reddit

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