It was a 2019 submission -- https://jezebel.com/1838875774

It’s almost as if “being an adult for many years” leads to “making adult decisions about your life”.

This story sounds vaguely familiar.  Have you shared it here before?

When I was 19 and trying to make some money for college, I worked part-time as a personal assistant for an interior designer whose office was located in an old Victorian style house in the downtown district of my hometown.

Back in the summer of 2013, my now husband and I went on our first camping trip together. We had started dating in the fall of 2012 and spent all winter planning all of the fun spring and summer activities we would do once it got warm out. I grew up going camping with my family every year, but it had been a while…

I have been reading these for so many years, and re-reading, and I remember a story submitted previously that seems to be from your daughter’s friend’s perspective. I’m not sure if you’ve seen it, and I don’t know how to find it (or what year it was submitted), but it’s literally the same story except from…

You confused me a bit by saying WWII and then telling a story from 1916. Typo?

I don’t know exactly how I came to submitting anything for this contest, but my daughter is a huge fan and reads every year, and I’ve developed an unfortunate habit of going down Internet rabbit holes since I retired.

This is my family’s ghost story. My great-grandfather was a sea captain out of Leith, Scotland; during WWII he was the pilot of a steamer, the Dresden, that carried cargo between Great Britain and continental Europe. This was dangerous work, as the English Channel and the North Atlantic were both patrolled by German…

That is mine! Unfortunately Jezebel didn’t include the update. The incident happened just over a month ago. Since then, my daughter has repeatedly (and nonchalantly) said “mummy has a shadow on her back”. She’s not precise about verb tense so I think/hope it’s past tense.

Yeah, I was an RA one year in college (relatively new dorm, no known hauntings). If a student comes to you with typical stress or anxiety over classes or something or a breakup or the like, you can try to talk it through with them. Otherwise, you get them to counseling or, as in this case, if self harm is involved,…

I have a similar story !! I always forget to submit it on time. But I’ll share it with you , I hope you like it. Sorry about my English it’s not the best.

Surprised and pleased to have been selected. Thank you very much. Will this get me out of the pending/greys in comments, he asked innocently?

This is my favorite collection of creepy stories and I look forward to/shudder in anticipation of it every year. Here’s my creepy tale to add to the pile, sorry it is a real life threat not a paranormal one.

This is a secondary tale, but it’s always stuck with me. People, cherish your dogs.

I posted a comment asking people not include too many extraneous details, and someone strongly disagreed with me and said the details made them feel like the story was real and verifiable. After reading the first story, I stand by my opinion. I did not need 10 paragraphs(!) of exposition explaining how newspaper…

I couldn’t bring myself to read it all. Lengthy...

That first story sure didn’t read the comment about extraneous details, Christ.

Thanks for reading! Aren’t you a huge Jezebel contributor? I feel honored!

I told this last year, I think, but it’s worth sharing.