Really Scary Urban Legends

There are few stories that make the hair stand on the back of your neck as much as really scary urban legends do.

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You probably know someone who has a weakness for believing any urban legend they come across. The stories are virtually untraceable tales that come from the friend of a friend, and no one knows if it's a true story or who told it. Urban legends tend to focus on a current fear or cultural phenomenon of the time. From the unbelievable to the possible, urban legends satisfy a human desire to find entertainment and thrills within our deepest and darkest fears.

Two of the oldest urban legends are easily the scariest. These particular urban legends are ones that have thrilled teens for several generations, and continue to be two of the most common legends told at slumber parties and camping trips.

One night, after putting the kids to bed, a babysitter was watching television, and the phone rang.

A little bit wary because of how late it was, she cautiously walked over to the phone, picked it up and said, "hello?" She heard the distinct sound of slow breathing on the other end. Scared, she slammed down the phone.

Only two minutes later, the phone rang again. She nervously crept over to the phone, put it to her ear, and said, "hello?" Suddenly, hysterical laughter burst out of the phone, almost making the babysitter drop the headset. She slammed the phone down as quickly as she could, and then called the operator. The operator told her that they could trace the call if she could keep him on the line as long as possible.

The babysitter went back to the television. Unable to sit, she paced back and forth glancing nervously at the telephone. When it finally rang, she ran over, picked it up and yelled, "What do you want?" A low, terrifying voice on the other end simply started laughing again. As she began to ask a question in order to keep him on the phone, he hung up.

Barely seconds later, the phone rang and she picked it up. The operator shouted, "Ma'am, you have to get out of the house right this minute. We traced the call, and it's coming from the other extension in your house!" The babysitter dropped the phone, and as she raced for the front door, she heard the pounding footsteps of someone racing down the stairs. She ran out of the house and collided into a police officer. As the officer and his partner ran into the house, they found a large man holding a butcher's knife. The police eventually determined that the murderer had entered the house through an upstairs window, murdered both children and was planning to murder the babysitter next.

A college student was traveling home from college one fall, and as she entered one particularly long, dark stretch of forest, a car that had been following her suddenly raced up close and flashed his lights. She glanced up nervously in the mirror and accelerated in order to pull away. The car kept pace and again flashed his lights. Becoming terrified, she pushed her little car as fast as it could go. Again, the car behind her kept up and flashed his lights at her.

Within moments, the student saw flashing blue lights from an approaching police car. Relieved, she pulled over to the shoulder and so did the car behind her. She watched as the police car pulled up behind them both, the officer quickly exited his car, and then raced to her car. The officer opened her door, yanked her out and pulled her, stumbling, to the front of her car. Flustered, she started to ask the officer what she'd done wrong. But before answering, he ran back to the car, and with his gun drawn, he opened the back door and shouted, "Get out of the car slowly with your hands in the air." As the college student watched in amazement, a large man holding a knife got out of the back seat of her car. As he was being handcuffed, the man from the other car told the college student that he was flashing his lights every time the man would rise up from the back seat to stab her.

The following is a brand new really scary urban legend, exclusive to LoveToKnow Paranormal.

A couple had a tradition of ordering Chinese food every Friday night from their local favorite Chinese restaurant. One particular Friday night, they ordered their usual, which came with a large order of fried rice. They stayed up late watching a romantic comedy and eating the food together. They both helped themselves to large servings of the fried rice.

Eventually, they went to bed for the night. By the middle of the night, they were each in a bathroom, him upstairs and her downstairs, with excruciating stomach pain. Before long, they were both experiencing severe bleeding. The husband became so concerned the he called 911 for help. Two ambulances arrived, and as they loaded the husband and wife into the vehicles, they also collected samples of the Chinese food the couple had eaten the night before.

Both the husband and wife never made it to the hospital. They both died of internal bleeding enroute to the hospital. An analysis of the Chinese food turned up fragments of glass throughout the fried rice. A subsequent inspection of the Chinese restaurant revealed that a disgruntled employee had broken a drinking glass, chose a random batch of fried rice, and poured the tiny glass fragments into the rice. The employee was arrested for the two deaths. No one knows if he was ever convicted, or if he's still in jail..

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