These 7 scary stories travel on Internet for years. Short, effective, and easy to tell, they're perfect for a sleepover, preferably with the lights on.
We're offering you a selection of urban legends and D'horror stories from around the world, in their French versions.
Humans can lick, too
We are in 1987, To Farmersburg, a small, isolated town in the’Indiana. A young girl appointed Lisa She lives with her parents, who often come home late at night. To reassure her when she's home alone, they get her a dog.
One night, Lisa wakes up because of a the sound of a drop of water. She gets up, turns off the faucet in the bathroom, then goes back to bed. She slips her hand under the bed, and the dog licks her to comfort her.
But the noise continues. She goes back several times to turn off the faucet, and each time she returns, the dog’s gentle tongue reassures her from under the bed. The sound never really stops.
Determined, she takes one last look around the house. To no avail. She gets back into bed and slips her hand under the bed once more. Then she decides to open the closet to find the source of the noise. What she discovers is a scene of’horror absolute.
Her dog is hung by its hind legs, its throat slit. His blood is slowly pooling on the floor. On the closet door, a macabre message is written in letters of blood: «PEOPLE CAN LICK, TOO».
The Right Hook Murderer
Back to 1973, To Amherst, in the Massachusetts. Thomas has planned everything to seduce Mélanie : a romantic evening in a secluded clearing just outside the city.
The couple is enjoying this quiet moment when the radio plays a Urgent Announcement. A murderer has just escaped from a nearby mental hospital. Here’s a chilling detail: he’s wearing a a hook in place of the right arm.
Panicked, Mélanie begs Thomas to take her home. He'd rather stay out all night. But some the sound of branches cracking The fact that they were so close to the car finally convinced them to leave.
When she arrived at her house, Mélanie screams as he gets out of the car. Thomas joins her and discovers the horror: a bloody hook is hanging from the door handle. A urban legend which still sends chills down your spine today, just like horror franchises such as Saw.
It was a goodbye…
This story takes place in the The American Midwest. A father lives alone with his young son. One evening, after work, he goes to pick him up from school.
Stopped at a red light, he noticed a woman and one little boy still in costume, even though it's the day after’Halloween. The woman waves her hand in his direction while stroking the child's head.
The little boy also began waving his hand, staring at the man through a strange black goat mask. The boy's movements seem forced, as if he were being compelled to do them. That pleading look deeply troubles the father.
When he arrived at school, he was in for a nasty surprise: his son was no longer there. He was told that’A woman has already come to pick him up. The problem is, he doesn't have a wife. He is handed a note: «Don't say I didn't give you a chance to say goodbye to him.». A chilling ending that stays with you long after you've read the last line.
A neighbor story
In 2015, in the Greater Paris area, Lucien has just moved into a new apartment. One night, his neighbor knocked on his door. She begged him to let her stay with him: her boyfriend had been beating her, and her family was coming to pick her up the next day.
In the morning, Lucien He can no longer find his wife at home. Only the blanket remains, neatly folded on the sofa. Strange, but he doesn't really pay it any mind.
When evening came, the same woman knocked on his door again. She asked for the same favor, this time with some bruises on the face. The next morning, it was gone again, with the blanket folded exactly the same way. The same thing happened every day that week.
Worried, Lucien finally contacted the police. The answer sends a chill down his spine: that woman was beaten to death by her partner, a few months earlier, in that same building.
Saving a woman's life cost him his own
Lyon, 1994. A young nurse named Nathalie completes his service at 5 a.m.. After driving a few kilometers, she notices a car following her at high speed, shouting at her flashing headlights repeated.
Panicked, she speeds up. The man continues to follow her relentlessly. When she gets home, she locks herself in and calls the police.
Suddenly, the man chasing him approaches the house and shouts: «Lock yourself in and call the police!». Through the window, she then sees him being savagely attacked at the knife.
Once the emergency responders arrived on the scene, the truth came to light. A assassin had slipped into the back of her car, ready to strike. This man just wanted to warn her of the danger. In trying to save her, he lost his life.
killer and psychopath
Visit United Kingdom, a young girl named Hélen, 16 years old, works as a babysitter. That evening, she's babysitting three children. Once the children are in bed, she settles down in the living room with a book. The landline It rings: no one is on the other end.
It rings a second time. A voice request: «Did you go see the kids?». Then the person hangs up. The phone rings again, repeating the same question. At first, Hélen thinks it’s the children’s father.
Worried, she tries to contact the parents, but to no avail. The voice reminds her: «Why didn't you go see the kids?». She calls the police. The officer tells her that the next call will be traced.
The phone rings again. The voice says: «Why did you turn off the lights? I can see you, you know.». Terrified, Hélen finally confesses her fear to her stalker and asks him what he wants. The answer comes: «I want to bathe in your blood».
On the next call, it's the police speaking: «Get out of the house right now. The call was traced—it came from one of the bedrooms.» Once outside, she sees the police officers arriving with a handcuffed man, covered in blood. The blood of the three children. A story as chilling as the best horror series, such as The Walking Dead.
Bloody Mary
In 1997, a little girl from 9 years named Anna invites her friends over for a sleepover. One of them tells the story of Mary Worth, the victim of a serious accident that disfigured her. Unable to bear seeing her face in a mirror any longer, her parents removed all the mirrors from the house. Only one remained, in the bathroom.
One day, Mary She goes in alone. When she sees her reflection, she loses control. Legend has it that she wanted so badly to find her old face that she ran into the mirror and disappeared immediately. Before fainting, she reportedly promised to disfigure anyone who might try to see what was left of his face.
Anna and her friends decide to give it a try. Standing in front of the bathroom mirror, they call Bloody Mary out loud, several times in a row. Suddenly, a howl sounds. One of the girls is standing in front of the mirror, her face covered with’cuts, scratches, and blood.
These horror stories, whether it's urban legends Whether they have mysterious origins or are based on more recent accounts, they continue to haunt people’s imaginations around the world.
What about you? Do you know any other spine-chilling urban legends? Tell us all about them in the comments!
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