• From crazed intruders to demonic beings, the Planet Dolan crew re-enact some of the
best true stories from our subreddit about the scariest experiences people have had while
home alone.
I’m Hellbent and today I’ll be your narrator.
Number 8 was submitted by TylerAndTylwr GhostToast When GhostToast was 9, he was left home alone.
He heard a noise which sounded like someone screaming.
He got scared and ran to his oldest brother’s room and locked the door.
Later, he heard the noise again, only now it was closer.
He started shaking, then turned off the lights and the TV, and hid under the bed.
Their dog, Brave, started sniffing the door and barking.
As the dog barked, GhostToast heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
Finally, Brave stopped barking.
As soon as Brave laid down, the door handle started moving.
Just then, the lock broke, and Brave went crazy.
The truly brave dog bit the intruder’s leg.
GhostToast heard a man’s scream, and a long butcher knife dropped to the floor.
Brave chased the intruder out of the house.
GhostToast was still under the bed, shaking and crying.
His neighbor came over to see what was going on.
She saw him under the bed, and he told her what had happened.
The police arrived at GhostToast’s house, and later found the man.
The man turned out to be a friend of GhostToast’s oldest brother who had a secret hatred of
him.
He wanted to kill his little brother to hurt him.
While the police took the man away, GhostToast saw the look on his face.
He looked as though the devil had possessed him.
Number 7 was submitted by Aunt_Shoe Honeybits Honeybits had an evil uncle when she was fourteen.
One night, she was left home alone, sitting on the living room couch when her dog sat
up.
It let out a low growl as Honeybits heard what seemed to be a footstep on the back porch.
She turned off the TV and got on the floor to hide from whoever might be outside.
She crawled to the window and peeked through the blinds.
The moon outlined the hulking figure of a man, who had a large hunting knife gripped
in his hand.
He gave her a dead stare.
She could just make out his face enough to know that it was her aunt's ex-husband, and
he was grinning like a man possessed.
Quickly, she pulled back from the window and lay flat on the floor.
"I know you're in there, you little bitch," he teased.
At the sound of his voice, Honeybits’s dog went crazy and barked and lunged at the window.
She decided to run to her parents' bedroom.
Suddenly, her ex-uncle rammed the back door with his shoulder.
Honeybits was just barely able to get her hands on her father's 9mm when she heard the
door jamb give way.
Backed into the corner of her parents' bedroom, she heard him yell as her dog tore into him.
She heard the solid thud of him kicking the dog, then footsteps coming up the hall.
Her uncle screamed that he was going to slit her scrawny little throat.
Then there was a deafening blow to the door.
She took aim, then with another loud blow, the door flew open.
She shot her ex-uncle seven times, but he didn’t die.
There were four blossoms of blood forming on his back and three new holes in the bedroom
wall.
Moments later, Honeybits heard sirens and saw flashing lights.
The police entered her house, having been called by the neighbors.
Her ex-uncle’s limp body was handcuffed and taken away in an ambulance.
Number 6 was submitted by randomdude550 Emojie One night while home alone, one of Emojie’s
friends had dropped him off after marching band practice.
Exhausted, he fell into bed.
As he lay there, he heard the sound of rocks moving outside.
He didn't think anything of it, but the sound kept him awake long enough for him to realize
that he forgot to lock the door.
Begrudgingly, Emojie got out of bed and went to the front door to lock it.
After locking it, he started walking back to his room when he was suddenly stopped by
the sound of the door handle jiggling.
He looked at the door to see the handle moving as if someone were trying desperately to open
it.
There was a window right next to the door, so he opened the curtains and came face-to-face
with the would-be intruder.
He was a tall pale man with long blonde hair.
He wore a black hoodie with the hood up.
The man looked completely surprised to see someone else looking back at him.
Emojie followed his first instinct by immediately running to his room.
He locked the door and called the police.
When the police arrived, they did a full sweep of the property but didn’t find the intruder.
Number 5 was submitted by AppalachianSkirt Melissa
Melissa’s parents had left her home alone.
It was midnight when she heard a bang and got scared.
She grabbed her pocket knife and phone.
She eased into the kitchen but saw nothing, then crept to the wall and peeked behind it.
There was someone at her father’s desk, trying to get into his safe.
She gasped, and the burglar heard her.
She hid under a desk and dialed 9-1-1.
Before Melissa could give the operator the address, the burglar found her!
She panicked and tried to run, but he grabbed her.
That was when she took out her pocket knife and slashed him in the face.
He let go of her and she ran out the door to the neighbor's house where they called
the police.
The police later found the burglar and arrested him.
Number 4 was submitted by AustinCQuinn Pringle When Pringle was 10, he was left home alone
waiting for his sister to arrive to babysit him.
While he waited, he heard something coming from the living room.
He thought it was his sister, so he called out to her a few times.
Pringle got suspicious and thought she was trying to scare him.
His room was at the end of a long hallway, so as he stepped out and looked down it, he
saw a dark shadowy figure with red gleaming eyes.
It was just standing there, right in front of his parent’s bedroom.
As soon as he saw it, the thing darted towards him.
Pringle ran for his room, terrified for his life.
He got to his room, locked the door, and pushed chairs and his bed against the door until
his sister arrived.
Later that night, Pringle had to use the bathroom.
As he approached the bathroom, he saw it again.
He started crying, then slammed the bathroom door locking himself inside.
Pringle sat in there and didn’t even have to use the bathroom anymore.
While he sat in there, he heard that thing whispering from the other side.
It was saying, “I see you.
Please come out.
Let’s play a game.”
Pringle fell asleep in the bathroom.
He never saw that thing again.
Number 3 was submitted by Xantog Doopie When Doopie was home alone, she heard the
front door open and something like luggage being dropped.
She thought her family came home early, so she started to go downstairs but saw a sickle
on the couch.
She looked to the right of the couch and saw deep, icy blue eyes staring back at her.
The man was pure white, only black pants on, with tangled gray hair.
He picked up his sickle and began to walk slowly up the stairs.
The man whispered, 'I wonder what will happen when your parents see you lying on the floor...
or what’s left of you.
You have parents... right?'
Doopie ran back to her room when the man caught her.
He lifted her up by the neck of her shirt with the sickle and threw her against the
wall.
She got up and ran into her sister’s room.
The man scratched at the door and banged furiously.
The man left before her family got home.
The scratches he left on the door spelled, 'Never stay home alone'.
Number 2 was submitted by nishandra Robo Robo stayed up in her bedroom one night when
she was home alone.
Suddenly, she heard something fall in the kitchen.
She went down to the kitchen to check it out.
When she was walking back to her bedroom, Robo saw a tall figure.
Believing it was her father, she said “Hey dad”.
But it just stared at her.
She suddenly realized that she could see through its glowing white eyes!
The figure walked into the bathroom, which was next to Robo’s bedroom.
She walked to the bathroom but didn’t find anything.
Robo hasn’t seen the figure since.
Number 1 – What is my scariest home alone story?
I was having a long gaming session way past my bedtime.
Fighting off bloodthirsty hordes deep into the night.
Seeing the creatures feast on my friends made me crave a late night snack.
As I made my way into the kitchen I heard horrible gnashing sounds.
Like someone ripping a tarp open with their teeth.
Terrified I grabbed my baseball bat ready to smack the shit out of what sounded like
a vicious nightmare creature.
As I approached the open fridge sweat dripped down my brow and my hands rattled in dread
of what I would face.
I kicked the fridge door shut and took a swing at what looked and sounded like a velociraptor
in the dark.
My bat whiffed the air as the creature ducked while letting out a spine chilling screech
(insert Pandora screech).
As I recoiled the creature dug it’s razor sharp claws into my thigh and flipped me over
onto my back.
The creature with a ham in it’s mouth clobbered me with a turkey leg.
It was at this moment I realized Pandora had decided she was staying at my place tonight.
Huge thanks for the folks over on our Planet Dolan subreddit for submitting their stories.
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