Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, man. I, too, learned the “lock your door” lesson the scary-as-shit way.

I’d actually have less of a problem with it if it came from Victoria Secret. By Weight Watchers involvement it implies that it’s a fat lady problem when in reality it’s an everyone problem

Since I was a kid I have had recurring nightmares about people breaking into my house or apartment while I’m home. The details are never exactly the same but the theme of the nightmare is the same. My response in the nightmare has changed over time as well. When I was younger I would just be frozen with fear, try to…

Oh my gosh I got chills reading that. Goosebumps!!

This kind of shit scares me so much more than ghost stories.

This isn’t QUITE coincidental enough to be as scary as yours by any stretch, but...

frown forever.

Dear fucking jesus. I live in the middle of the city, but like, not the nicest bit (not the worst bit either, but not the nicest). And my roommates both are fairly casual about locking doors and this is my fear.

The more stories I read, the more I’m convinced to ask my roommates to change back to a key deadbolt. So many people have the code and apparently so many murderers and ghosts do too :(

I used to live in an apartment complex where people did this. I know, because I was at home a few times when people would knock, then when I didn’t answer (not expecting anyone, probably sitting there naked) they would TRY THE HANDLE. Seriously fucking terrifying.

noooooo

My husband and I have that same fight about locking doors; he doesnt understand why the doors are all always locked. I will be sharing this with him when he comes home.

Three times now ... three times ... I’ve been up late at night and noticed someone trying to open my front door (which I always keep deadbolted). It always happens between midnight and 2 am. The last time I could hear them trying to stick a key in my lock. Why would someone try to stick their key in my lock? All I can…

Seriously! Growing up in Baltimore, it was ingrained in me as a matter of fact: all doors locked, all the time. It was the weirdest shit when I moved to Utah and everyone was all, “Oh, you lock your doors?” and I was all “HOW ELSE DO YOU KEEP THE MURDERERS OUT?!”

Make her read this thread. And Look At Me. She’ll lock up.

Dunno if this is scary enough, but I suffer from sleep paralysis. What does this mean? When I’m at the soft edges of dreaming reality blurs into nightmare for me.

The very first house that I bought was haunted...by a cat. I knew the previous owner has a cat because there was a cat door cut into the utility door and when I was cleaning before moving in, there was cat hair all over the carpet.

Coincidentally, today is the anniversary of my father’s death. As is usual for October 17, I got a call on the phone with no caller id or number. Sure, I get robocalls all the time, but those usually have some fake name or visible number. This one, just “unknown.” Been happening for years. Normally, I’m a skeptical…

I have no scary stories. But I am currently living in a much nicer apartment than I should be able to afford because the last tenant committed suicide in it, and the owner had to keep dropping the price because they have to disclose that information and no one wanted to live there.