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There are many reasons why one might enjoy a good horror story. One, for example, is the adrenaline rush after being scared. The other is that some of us like to experience overwhelming, complex emotions. It also helps that the scary stories aren't happening to you, so you can still feel relatively safe while experiencing them. 

And bigger doesn't always mean better, especially when it comes to scary stuff. Sometimes, it’s the small things or short scary stories that are the most terrifying, like an unexpected spider in the bathtub, a creaking floorboard in the dead of night, or a lizard on the wall staring right at you! Those are the real-life short horror stories that give us an adrenaline rush. 

Two-Sentence Horror Stories: Reddit Collection

The classic of the horror genre is, of course, the two-sentence scary stories. So when a now-deleted Reddit user asked others, “What is the best short horror story you can come up with in two sentences?” the answers scared everyone to death. You might want to keep the lights on for this one! 

From short scary stories about being buried alive to working the night shift alone (or not...?), this compilation of creepy stories definitely has it all. And if you are a fan of two-sentence horror stories, we promise this post will leave you scared and mindless. Let’s dig in!

#1

Shortest Horror Story

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Hans
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Overly helpful neighbour closed the door after you walked in, left it open, and drunkely fell asleep on the floor?

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    Scary Story

    Scary Story

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    Edison Michael
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone else wrote elsewhere: Say "I'm not going anywhere, you are the worse!". Wherever direction a slipper comes flying to your face is where the real mother is.

    Sufyan Rosman
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's your gay Best Friend who hasn't erm... Come out of the closet yet? :)

    Pi...
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok this one REALLY sent a chill down my spine! I'd freeze and not know what to do!

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    2 years ago

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    Yum, Yum Beanie Boo's
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when you watch the animated version of this story you will have nightmares for the rest of the week TRUE FACT

    DENNIS RUSCHE
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    6 years ago

    Looks like dad's been Cheating

    Peter Iorns
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, your dad is in the closet and you're his daughter. Neither of you want to do the dishes.

    Arianna Anderson
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    1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But is the whisper in the closet her mom or was her mom truly downstairs??

    Nicole Wishon
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    8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, but like, what if it's actually his mom downstairs but the "demon" or whatever in the closet

    100%LegitTurtle
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact that she's whispering from a closet would make me not know who to trust

    Alexandra Trott
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist, his Mom was calling him down to save him. The whisper in the closet wanted him to stay.

    Lian Takehana
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the mother from the kitchen is a Stanger and trapped the birth mother in the closet. right?

    Destiny Severinsen
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    who else would just check the closet to see whoit was then go downstairs

    Yum, Yum Beanie Boo's
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when you watch the animated version of this story, you will have night mares for the rest of the week... true fact

    Emily Grayce
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are ya'll slow? I thought it was pretty obvious there's something pretending to be the mother to lure them down there.

    Taegan RIley
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw this somewhere else once, but it's still one of my fav two-sentence horror stories :)

    Soma Haidary
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its means that her mother called her downstairs and her real mother is in the closet maybe

    Sarah Dollar
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am an LGBTQ+ supporter. THIS STORY IS LGBTQ+. MY TIME HAS COME. :>

    Lilly Sands
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ive heard this one. do you have any idea what it is a monster? shape shifter?

    Mia Jimenez
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    4 years ago

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    Madelyn Tedford
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    or he is being kidnapped and the "mom" in the closet is not who the son thinks she is

    Karina Tinnel [STUDENT]
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    reminds me of a story, these spirits steal a person's form. And if one says something to you you shouldn´t answer, the only way for you to at least temporarily get rid of it is for the person that it stole the form of seeing it.

    Adrozarn Mischievik
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? you're going to trust the person lurking in the closet rather than the one standing in the kitchen?

    Panda Princess
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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It didn't scare me when my mom got up to go washroom. But it really scared me when I turned around and saw my mother roll over in her bed.

    Fortnite kidd
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You hear your mom calling you into the kitchen. As you are heading down the stairs you hear a whisper from the closet saying "Don't go down there, I heard it too".

    Madison Marshall
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not easy that means that the mother doesn't know who that is if they said not to go down there because if it was there other mother then it would be his mother's wife...

    Rylen Talbot
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe your mom is the closet cause she's tryna to find a voice speaker so she doesn't have constantly call you. but the speaker is down stairs

    Šimon Špaček
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How bad person am I when I'm seriously thinking about using recordings and some kind of remote control to pull this as prank on somebody? And not with just one line of course. Lets say use about 20, 30 lines to keep conversation running.

    M3era
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe the mum was a terrible cook and was feeling adventurous that day, so wanted their child to taste the food. The father was hiding in the closet because he didn't want to be pressured to try the food, so warned the child about it.

    The Alchemist
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dive out the nearest window and call the police from your cell while you run.

    Maxi Heat
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    said no mother EVER, Mom would be rounding up the babies to get them out that house while whooping intruders a*s, not just hiding in the shadows waiting to see what's up. plus which whisperer is really mom, dun-dun!

    Shauday Smith
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get out of the closet other parent! hiding a b*tch ain't gonna save anybody!

    Sally Carrera
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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How the f**k can your mom possibly be inside the closet when she has given birth to you. This doesn't make any sense at all, you f*****g twat.

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    Creepy Story

    Creepy Story

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    Afterlife Horrors

    Afterlife Horrors

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    Charles Laster
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder, if you have a condensed ghost story, if you spilled water on it, would it grow into a short story or novel.

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    #9

    Short Scary Story

    Short Scary Story

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    Shannamrichardson
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Carolers waiting to sing, Mormons there for a service project, neighbors waiting to surprise you with a fresh coat of house paint?

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    #10

    A Touch From The Other Side

    A Touch From The Other Side

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    Pi...
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whoa! This was totally a new take on the phantom limb aspect! Well done!

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    #11

    Pet Horror Story

    Pet Horror Story

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    Cristi
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always felt safe as a kid because I thought any strange noise in the middle of the night would be my cat.

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    #12

    Something About Night Shifts And Short Horror Stories

    Something About Night Shifts And Short Horror Stories

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    Two Sentence Horror Story

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once heard some light knocking while I was drawing and listening to a CD. I looked around, saw nothing, didn't pay attention, dismissed it as some random sound. Then the album has finished and I wanted to change the CD... But atop the CD player there it was - a grasshopper as huge as a fist!

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    #14

    Creepiest Of The Short Creepy Stories

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    #17

    Short Scary Stories For Sleepless Nights

    Short Scary Stories For Sleepless Nights

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    Heights And Scary Short Stories

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    Who Opened The Door?

    Who Opened The Door?

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This doesn't need to be horror. It can be about some richman or a rich woman, closing him/herself up to the public, to close friends and relatives, to themselves... A celebrity with a troubled personality perhaps.

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    #26

    A Creepy Short Story On The Rails

    A Creepy Short Story On The Rails

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    Jeanne Deaux
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is way more terrible than the thought of someone, or even a train coming...

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    #33

    I Never Go To Sleep

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    Just A Dream

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This feels kinda like a sci-fi story about engineering artificial memories and experiences.

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    #39

    Night At The Swimming Pool

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Night swimmiiiiiing deseeeeeeeerves a quiet niiiiiight. ♬♪ ♥

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    #45

    Good News

    Good News

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    #48

    Creepy Coffin Tales

    Creepy Coffin Tales

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    A Spooky Funeral Story

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    #50

    Wake Up!

    Wake Up!

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You go to the bathroom first, when you hear some knocking. It was her, telling you to hurry up 'cause it's urgent.

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    A Haunted Crypt

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    Short and Spooky!

    This is what we were talking about. The classic horror of the shortest stories! And we bet there were quite a few that made you check twice if you are really alone in the room! Isn’t this the perfect collection to scare your friends? Share it with them, and let us know in the comments if these short and spooky tales managed to creep them out, too!