Ghost stories
This is Archive X's largest story category. Here you'll find an extensive and constantly growing collection of true ghost stories contributed by our readers. Archive X's ghost stories cover many topics including -- but not limited to -- ghost encounters and sightings, hauntings, haunted houses, poltergeists and shadow people.
Ghost stories are probably as old as the spoken word and throughout history many famous stories have withstood the test of time. For many, the names are familar even if only heard in passing. Almost everyone at one time or another has heard one or two of the more famous stories of ghosts or haunted places such as The Borley Rectory or La Llorona, but have you heard of some of the more modern day ghosts and haunts like Gravity Hill or Spider Gates?
We invite you to read a few of our scary stories. A good place to start, if you've nothing particular in mind, is the Editor's recommendations below. So turn down the lights and click a few links, and pay no attention to those dark shadows in the corner. Of course, if you have a story to tell, we'd be happy to hear it.
Definition of ghost
1. The spirit of a dead person, especially one believed to appear in bodily likeness to living persons or to haunt former habitats. 2. The center of spiritual life; the soul. 3. A demon or spirit.How to access the stories
Use the navigation on the left to open the menus by clicking on the plus signs. Stories are arranged by year and month submitted, with the most recent additions at the top. Menus can be opened and closed by clicking the plus or minus signs. Story titles appear as clickable links.
Editor's recommendations -- ghost stories
Here you'll find a random sampling of ghost stories to get you started. The features will change frequently,
so check back often for new thrills and chills, and things that go bump in the night. We also have a special section for previously recommended stories.
Evil Entity in the Woods
It had been years since anyone was there, the first night we were there, I woke up in the middle of the night and saw something in front of me, it was dark, I was half asleep but I know I saw something, a shadow hovering over me. I closed my eyes tight and soon fell back asleep, the next morning I thought it was just a dream, as I was getting my breakfest I stopped by the mirror in the main room to fix my hair and as I pulled my hair back I saw a black shadow behind me. I jumped and turned around but there was nothing there.
Mass Hauntings or Demonic Activity?
I should give you some background information. I was born on the 29th January 1994. I spent most of my life living in towns and was a pretty normal kid, although I always had this feeling that there was more out there, and my imagination was so overactive, reality always seemed pretty damn boring to me. Then I moved to the countryside a few years ago, and I loved climbing trees and doing kid things. I have a friend called David, hes in the year below me in school and I only met him a couple of years after I moved house. He started coming round to my house and like me he was interested in exploring.
The Child
My Mother always mentions our old pedal firetruck which rolled itself from one end of the house to the other completely on it's own! My father likes to mention a bowl of ice cream which flew on it's own across the kitchen. My sister will usually deny anything ever happened there but on the rare occasion she will discuss it, she mentions a night when her and my brother walked into the bedroom late one night to find a glowing sphere bouncing up and down on my stomach as I slept.
Lots of Occurences
We moved to the country from Royal Oak, Michigan in 1994, almost immediately my family started experiencing strange events. It started with my daughter Rachel. She heard noises in the house when the rest of us left to check out our new surroundings. When we arrived home Rachel was outside near the road and had been there waiting for us to get home, (she was scared). In the office off of the dining room I would occasionally get a wiff of cigar smoke or a sulfur smell.
Search for a ghost story
To look for something specific on Archive X, use our search form.Here are a few search terms to get you started: haunted house, dark figure, shadow, orb
