Are You Scared?: Scary Stories of the Urban Legends

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Are You Scared?: Scary Stories of the Urban Legends William Smith & Wikipedia



Contents

Glad you didn't turn on the light? Pages 10 Bloody Mary Pages 12 Bunny Man Pages 14 Babysitter and the Man Upstairs Pages 16 The Licked Hand Pages 18 The Hook Pages 20 Robert the Doll Pages 22 Kuchisake-onna Pages 24

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Aren't you glad you didn't turn on the light? The story started in 1970s, but the stories been told in different ways

The Legend Jenny and Sabrina were roommates at Pendalton University. Jenny was a good student and was always in the room up late studying. Sabrina was also a good student but enjoyed her time in college very well. Sabrina would come in late and always turn on the lights when she walked in and disturbed Jenny. Time after time Jenny has asked Sabrina to leave the lights off when she came in late, but there were times when she forgot. One night when Jenny was studying Sabrina came up and told her she would be out with friends she asked Jenny to come with her but she declined, claimed she needed to study for a big exam. When Sabrina finally strolled in, in the early 4 o'clock hour she almost forgot about the light. She stopped in mid air and put her hand down and walked to her bed. She reached for her music and finally went to sleep. The next day she woke to the sun shining in her face. She thought she would wake her roommate to ask her about the test but she was shocked when she realized that her room mate had been brutally murder she fell back onto the floor in shock and above her written in blood was "Aren't you glad you did turn on the light".

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Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary is a folklore legend consisting of a ghost or spirit conjured to reveal the future. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is called three times. The Bloody Mary apparition may be benign or malevolent, depending on historic variations of the legend. The Bloody Mary appearances are mostly "witnessed" in group participation games.

The Legend Historically, the ritual encouraged young women to walk up a flight of stairs backwards while holding a candle and a hand mirror, in a darkened house. As they gazed into the mirror, they were supposed to be able to catch a view of their future husband's face. There was, however, a chance that they would see a skull instead, indicating that they were destined to die before they married. In the ritual of today, Bloody Mary allegedly appears to individuals or groups who ritualistically invoke her name, usually by repeatedly chanting her name in a mirror placed in a room that is usually lit by a candle. The Bloody Mary apparition allegedly appears as a corpse, a witch or ghost; can be friendly or evil; and is sometimes "seen" covered in blood. The lore surrounding the ritual (if she is summoned properly) states that participants may endure the apparition screaming at them, cursing them, strangling them, stealing their soul, drinking their blood, or scratching their eyes out.

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Bunny Man

The Bunny Man is an urban legend that probably originated from two incidents in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1970, but has been spread throughout the Washington D.C. area. There are many variations to the legend, but most involve a man wearing a rabbit costume ("bunny suit") who attacks people with an axe.

The Legend Many variations occur around Colchester Overpass, a Southern Railway overpass spanning Colchester Road near Clifton. Colchester Overpass is commonly referred to as "The Bunny Man Bridge". Story variations include the origin of the Bunny Man, names, motives, weapons, victims, description of the bunny suit or lack thereof, and the possible death of the Bunny Man. In some accounts, the Bunny Man's ghost or aging specter is said to come out of his place of death each year on Halloween to commemorate his death. In some accounts, victims' bodies are mutilated.

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The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs An urban legend that dates back to the 1960s

The Legend A teenage girl is babysitting at night. The children have been put to bed upstairs and the babysitter is downstairs, busying herself with homework. The phone rings, and she hears at the end of the line either silence, a strange voice laughing or heavy breathing. She at first dismisses the calls as a practical joke, but as she prepares to hang up, a sinister voice asks her to "check the children." When she asks who it is, the caller hangs up. Rather than checking on the children, the teenager decides to ignore the call and goes back to her reading. The stranger calls back several times, each time becoming more persistent and aggressive. Eventually the girl becomes worried and calls the police, who ask her to wait for the man to call again, so that they can trace the call. When he calls again, she manages to keep him talking for a few minutes and, when the police call back, they tell her that the call is coming from a second line inside the house. As she runs to the door she sees a man with a bloody axe running down the stairs, and just manages to avoid his blow. She runs outside into the waiting arms of police, who quickly arrest the man. They then search upstairs and find out that he had already killed the children. He was waiting for the girl to come upstairs.

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The Licked Hand The Licked Hand, known sometimes as The Doggy Lick, is an urban legend popular among teenagers. Like many urban legends, it has several versions, most prominently a story told in Indiana.

The Legend A young girl is home alone for the first time with only her dog for company. Listening to the radio, she hears of a serial killer (or mental patient) on the loose, so she locks all the doors and windows (in some versions, the basement window is jammed open so she just locks the basement door) and goes to bed, taking her dog to her room with her and letting it sleep under her bed. She wakes in the night and can hear a dripping sound coming from the bathroom. The dripping sound annoys her, and she actually finds it unsettling, for some reason. The bedside lamp won't work, and she is too scared to get out of bed to turn on the main light, and walk over to the bathroom. She hides under the covers but to reassure herself that the dog is still under the bed she puts her hand down and feels licking on her hand. She lies awake for some time listening to the dripping sound and periodically puts her hand down to where she can hear heavy breathing and each time feels gentle licks on her fingers. Eventually she falls asleep. The next morning when she wakes, she goes to the bathroom for a drink of water. On the shower wall, written in blood are the words "HUMANS CAN LICK TOO", and her dog was hanged, slaughtered above the tub.

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The Hook The Hook or Hookman is a classic urban legend. References to this legend have been found from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s

The Legend The basic premise involves a young couple parking at a lovers' lane. The radio plays while they make out. Suddenly, a news bulletin reports that a serial killer has just escaped from a nearby institution. The killer has a hook for one of his hands. For varying reasons, they decide to leave quickly. In the end, the killer's hook is found hanging from the door handle. In an alternate version, the couple drives through an unknown part of the country late at night and stop in the middle of the woods, because either the male has to relieve himself, or the car breaks down and the man leaves for help. While waiting for him to return, the female turns on the radio and hears the report of an escaped mental patient. She is then disturbed many times by a thumping on the roof of the car. She eventually exits and sees the escaped patient sitting on the roof, banging the male's severed head on it. Another variation has the girl seeing the male's butchered body suspended upside down from a tree with his fingers scraping the roof.

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Robert the Doll Robert, otherwise known as Robert the Doll, Robert the Haunted Doll, or Robert the Enchanted Doll, is a doll that was once owned by Key West painter and author Robert Eugene Otto. The doll is said to be possessed by evil spirits, and has a terrifying reputation.

The Legend Supposedly, Eugene was given the doll in 1906 by a Bahamian servant who was skilled in black magic and voodoo and was displeased with the family. Soon afterward, the family supposed that there was something eerie about the doll. Eugene's parents often heard him talking to the doll and supposed that the doll spoke back. Although at first they assumed that Eugene was simply answering himself in a changed voice, they claimed to have later realized that the doll was actually speaking. Neighbors claimed to have seen the doll moving from window to window when the family was out. Sometimes the doll would emit a terrifying giggle, and the Otto family caught glimpses of it running from room to room. In the night Eugene would scream, and when his parents ran to the room, they would find furniture knocked over and Eugene in bed, looking incredibly scared, telling them that "Robert did it!". In addition, guests claim to have seen Robert's expression change before their eyes and he often blinked.

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Kuchisake-onna Kuchisake-onna ("Slit-Mouthed Woman") is a figure appearing in Japanese urban legends. She is a woman who was mutilated by her husband, and returns as a malicious spirit.

The Legend According to the legend, children walking alone at night may encounter a woman wearing a surgical mask, which is not an unusual sight in Japan as people wear them to protect others from their colds or sickness. The woman will stop the child and ask, "Am I pretty?" If the child answers no, the child is killed with a pair of scissors which the woman carries. If the child answers yes, the woman pulls away the mask, revealing that her mouth is slit from ear to ear, and asks "How about now?" If the child answers no, he/she will be cut in half. If the child answers yes, then she will slit his/her mouth like hers. It is impossible to run away from her, as she will simply reappear in front of the victim.

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Are You Scared?

Scary Stories of the Urban Legends

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