Scary

Few people know it, but Wes Craven got the idea for A Nightmare on Elm Street from a real story—and it’s more disturbing than you think.

What's the scariest thing you've ever heard? These terrifying tales are how urban legends are born.

As a kid, my brother would talk about "the man in the hat" whenever he was at my grandma’s house. Years later, we made a disturbing discovery.

Spine-Chilling Supernatural Experiences: I was biking down the street and I noticed a man limping heading the other way. Suddenly, he crossed the street onto my side. As I passed, he lifted his head and smiled—and that’s when I saw it.

Sometimes kids say the darndest things, and sometimes they say and do things so scary that you feel like you're living in a horror movie. Family members, babysitters, and parents over at Reddit have gone ahead and shared some of their kid’s blood-curdling moments.

Whether it’s creeps in the alley or phantoms in the attic, real encounters are far scarier than anything Hollywood could dream up.