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Free Scary Ghost Horror Stories for Kids & Teens: Long, Short, Audio & Video

Parental Guidance: Some horror stories could be more frightening as they should be for young kids, more than they shouold be. Hence parents are advised to check a story before you suggest them to your kids.

Warning: Goosebumps Guaranteed!

Craving a chilling thrill? Welcome to your one-stop shop for spooky stories guaranteed to send shivers down your spine! Whether you're a seasoned ghost hunter or a curious newcomer, we have spine-tingling tales for every age and attention span.

Unleash Your Inner Ghoul:

Long & Short Ghost Stories: Get lost in chilling narratives, both bite-sized and epic, featuring restless phantoms, haunted mansions, and creepy creatures.

Video Ghost Stories: Dare to face the frights with captivating visual tales that bring the spooky world to life.

Audio Horror: Turn down the lights, crank up the volume, and prepare to be spooked by bone-chilling audio experiences of the narration of scary stories.

Choose Your Chill Factor:

We cater to all levels of bravery! Explore stories designed to send shivers down even younger readers' spines, or venture into more intense horror for the truly fearless with these scary tales.

This is your portal to a world of spooky thrills. So, grab your flashlight (and maybe a friend!), and get ready to embark on a haunting adventure!

Important Note: While these stories are designed to be thrilling and not explicitly graphic, some content may not be suitable for all ages. Parental discretion is advised.

Ready to Be Spooked?

Start browsing our collection now and discover the perfect tale to keep you up at night (in the best way possible!)

Scary Horror Stories for Kids

Long Horror Stories for Kids

Kids enjoy a good horror story, but it frequently becomes difficult to find horror stories that are suited to a child's mind. Here at KidsGen, we have curated some horror stories that are fit for kids and children to read, and that will give a good fright as well. They are also suited for Halloween story sessions, as well as for sleep over sessions. Most of the stories are written by popular writers mainly famous for horror story writing, assuring you quality literature material for horror and scary tales. So just scroll down, and keep reading! P.S: We also have some audio horror stories for kids as well, so just play them, and put your speakers on!

The Man Who Found Out

by Algernon Blackwood

Professor Mark Ebor, the scientist, led a double life, and the only persons who knew it were his assistant, Dr. Laidlaw, and his publishers. But a double life need not always be a bad one, and, as Dr. Laidlaw and the gratified publishers well knew, the parallel lives of this particular man were equally good, and .....

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The Insanity of Jones

by Algernon Blackwood

Adventures come to the adventurous, and mysterious things fall in the way of those who, with wonder and imagination, are on the watch for them; but the majority of people go past the doors that are half ajar, thinking them closed, and fail to notice.....

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The Glamour of the Snow

by Algernon Blackwood

Hibbert, always conscious of two worlds, was in this mountain village conscious of three. It lay on the slopes of the Valais Alps .....

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The Wendigo

by Algernon Blackwood

A considerable number of hunting parties were out that year without finding so much as a fresh trail; for the moose were uncommonly shy, and the various Nimrods returned to the bosoms of their respective families with the best excuses the facts of their imaginations.....

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Short Horror Stories

Endless Loop

by Unknown

One night, a man had a nightmare. It was the most frightening thing he had ever experienced. In the dream, he found himself walking in a desert. Somehow, he had no idea how he had gotten there, but he knew he was lost and alone......

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The Mystery of Whispering Pines

by Unknown

12-year-old Maya and her family move to a quaint town nestled amidst dense evergreens. Their new home, a charming Victorian, seems perfect, except for the unsettling whispers that echo through the woods at night......

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Anya and the Ghost of Castle Moros

by Unknown

In the heart of a forgotten Hungarian village, nestled beneath the shadow of an ancient, crumbling castle, lived Anya, a spirited girl with eyes as blue as the Danube and a mind brimming with curiosity......

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Echoes of Dust Devil

by Unknown

The rusted swing set creaked in the desert wind, its chains moaning like lost souls. Ten-year-old Lily, visiting her grandmother in the desolate Arizona town of Dust Devil, felt the unease prickle her skin......

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A Haunted House

by Virginia Woolf

Whatever hour you woke there was a door shutting. From room to room they went, hand in hand, lifting here, opening there, making sure--a ghostly couple."Here we left it," she said. And he added, "Oh, but here tool" "It's upstairs," she murmured. "And in the garden," he whispered. "Quietly," they said, "or we shall wake them."......

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The Cask of Amontillado

by Edgar Allan Poe

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could ; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged ......

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The Pit and the Pendulum

by Edgar Allan Poe

I was sick, sick unto death, with that long agony, and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me. The sentence, the dread sentence of death, was the last of distinct accentuation which reached my ears. After that, the sound of the inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy......

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Video Stories

Audio Stories

The Haunted Orchard

by Richard Le Gallienne

The Signal-Man

by Charles Dickens

The Silver Mirror

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Street

by H. P. Lovecraft

Accessory Before the Fact

by Algernon Blackwood

The Terrible Old Man

by H. P. Lovecraft
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