Scary Stories – Fusion Nepal

The age-old tradition of telling ghost stories around a campfire has gotten a digital upgrade with creepypastas — scary stories or pictures that spread across message boards, becoming internet lore that are discussed both on and offline.

People around the word share their bizarre and terrifying creepypastas, hoping that the tales will gain popularity and become classics, often quoted or cited by horror fans and frightened netizens.

Like with the ghost stories of old, not all creepypastas are particularly scary or good, even if they are frequently passed around. Reading a long story with an interesting title or image is no guarantee of a frightening payoff, and the writers often forget that just having someone meeting a quick and unfortunate fate does not an interesting story make. Read more…

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Kids just say the ~~darndest~~ most soul-crushingly terrifying things, don’t they?

Meet Ruby, 3, who either has an extremely vivid imagination or is being haunted by a pregnant teen ghost. The little girl’s description of her imaginary friend (who, frankly, sounds more like a trapped spirit from another era) was tweeted on Monday by actress Natalie Morales.

Ruby, you have a ghost. This is straight up terrifyingpic.twitter.com/DM0y77CWHI

— Natalie Morales (@nataliemorales) May 28, 2018

Morales was rightfully scared by Ruby’s “imaginary mum, Grateful.” The child details many frightening specifics about her so-called friend: “Her yellow eyelashes mean she can see in the dark — she only comes to see me at night-time. It scares me sometimes, but I always want her to come back. She has two babies in her belly. She’s 14, but can never have a birthday.” Read more…

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