Yes, but you would think that they would choose one of the many other most common names in America and specifically avoid the one associated with repeated trauma. If I explained to my partner that I was stalked by a relative and they put their name in a hat, it wouldn't be some fun "kismet" situation. 

This is the part that got me. Even if they hadn’t shared the whole Uncle Billy story with their partner, I’d think they would have had a discussion of no-go names (especially if they were struggling with names!) and William would have been on the list. Are we to believe the baby’s name is William/Billy now? C’mon.

That’s a really good point. And I’m not even specifically against belief in the paranormal, I’m not 100% a skeptic and I come here because I do in fact enjoy scary stories. But when telling a scary story, a narrator who sees ghosts in the cracks in the sidewalk really takes me out of it. 

“And I find it fascinating that even people who don’t believe in ghosts gravitate toward stories about them.”

idk, aside from the floating ghost head it’s fairly mundane. A janky grave is about the most reasonable place to find a skeleton.

Also, it’s the internet and people will lie for absolutely any or no reason. Things that are common and for which there is a ton of evidence:
1. People lying and/or embellishing on the internet (or in person)
2. Hallucinations
3. Realistic dreams that get confused for reality (I had a dream I thought was real for over a…

She claims he joined the military in the early ‘90's. The Gulf War started in August of 1990 and ended the following February. So, we’re to assume that he joined in 1990 and was shipped out in time to see combat in a 6 month conflict? And that he was either much older than other recruits, or her mom had her when she…

Those people don’t get how the contest works; staff members specifically asked for titles to make referring to each story easier. I do agree with their complaints about overly detailed house layout descriptions though, they’re confusing to read.

Actually the detail that made me go “hmmm” is that the narrator is 33 but their mom’s OLDER brother served in the Gulf War (1991). I guess it’s possible their mom had them very young.

I also like all the stories. They’re fun! My main issue on the supernatural, though, is that now everyone has a camera at all times and we haven’t gotten better or more consistent evidence. 

Like I said, I don’t think you’re lying, and I don’t wanna argue with you about whether or not it happened (I wasn’t there), but human memory and perception are incredibly fallible.

I’m assuming it’s probably a pain to actually get all the rights for a publisher to okay it that long after the fact.

Yeah, I love a ghost story - but it seems that nobody checks for mundane explanations for their scary stuff anymore. It makes everyone seem very credulous. Blah, I’m not happy with this contest lately I guess.

It really feels like people flexing their not very strong storytelling muscles these days. I liked the one about the potential ghost boy under the table, and the weird night terrors with the grey headless figure. Those seem like they could be real. Maybe the one about being followed by a car, too. 

Ehh, I disagree. There’s a difference between someone being mistaken about something mundane being paranormal or family lore getting exaggerated over time (which I think basically every paranormal experience is one of these two things - as much as I want there to be real ghost stories there’s no compelling evidence…

I don’t mean to come across as “well actually” or “mansplainy”, but those are two separate employment laws.

They didn’t refuse him paternity leave (which would, I think, be suable) but fired him (in a presumably ‘right to work’ state) after he came back

And you would think that offering paternity leave and then firing you for taking it would constitute employment fraud on the part of Disney, because it misrepresents the terms of employment.

I’ve got a scary story. About 4 times I’ve come back to this tab that I have kept open the whole time and the most dreaded thing has happened. The page has been reloaded and sent me back to the top.

If one of the requirements is that the story is true - why did you post the OBVIOUSLY fake masturbatory thrift store story from last year as an example?