13 Of The Creepiest, Most Terrifying Stories You’ve Ever Heard

13. A minute later and the light TURNS ON.

The apartment that my husband and I used to live in had previously belonged to an elderly woman named Janet. She died in the apartment from natural causes….

And one night I passed out with the lights on, reading a book while my husband was in the other room watching a movie. The movie ends and he putt putts around the house, flipping off the lights and getting ready for bed. In our bedroom (at the time) on top of a tall dresser we had one of those touch lamps. It wasn’t beside the bed, the dresser was directly across from the bed, so if you wanted to turn the light on or off, you had to stand up and walk over there. Well, my husband taps the light off and crawls into bed. According to him, a few minutes later, right as he’s about to fall asleep, the light turns back on. Weird, right? Well, he doesn’t think anything of it. He gets out of bed, crosses the room, taps the light off, and gets back in bed. A minute goes by…and the light turns back on.

My husband is a tech guy, so he’s thinking there’s something wrong with the lamp. So he just gets up, repeats the process, and goes back to bed. Well, as soon as he sits down the light is on again. At this point he’s getting a little freaked out. Well, whatever, he’s going to just nip this whole thing in the bud, right? He walks over to the lamp and UNPLUGS it. Takes the cord right out of the electrical socket. Satisfied, he turns around, gets back in bed, and pulls up the covers.

A minute later and the light TURNS ON. At that point he’s starting to freak out. He tries to wake me up (which I vaguely recall) but no dice (I am a determined sleeper :P). Being the type of guy he is, he says fuck it, and eventually just turns over and goes back to bed…with the light on. Thought Catalog Logo Mark

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