Scary stories about school! A collection of ideas you'll want to share with someone
There’s something strangely captivating about scary stories set in schools, isn’t there? An empty classroom after school that shouldn’t have anyone in it, a shadow at the end of a dim hallway, the sound of a piano drifting from the music room… Maybe it feels so real because it all takes place in such familiar settings.
In this article, we’ve gathered a wide range of scary stories that happened at school.
They’re all spine-chilling episodes that will make you want to glance around you.
Try reading them with friends and share the scares together!
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Scary stories about school! A collection of ideas you'll want to share with someone (11–20)
Cursed spirit photograph
The skeleton model in the science room is an essential presence in school ghost stories.
Rumors vary—walking around at night, dancing, and so on.
This one is a story about a skeleton model trying to possess someone.
Two boys, Tomo and Kazuhiro, take pictures in the science room to check out the rumors about the skeleton model.
Nothing happens at the time, but starting the next day, Kazuhiro begins to feel unwell.
In fact, in the photos they took, the left side of Kazuhiro’s face had vanished as if it were scraped away.
And in its place, the left half of the skeleton had grown flesh and skin…
Clinging Konaki-jiji
Konaki-jiji is a yokai said to cry like a baby on a dark road at night; when a passerby, feeling pity, picks it up, it gradually grows as heavy as a stone, clings to them, and takes their life.
In GeGeGe no Kitaro it’s portrayed as an ally, so it doesn’t feel frightening, but in reality it’s a terrifying yokai, isn’t it? It’s said to have originated in the mountainous regions of Tokushima Prefecture, but perhaps there’s a moral embedded in it—that while children are adorable, raising them is difficult and can weigh heavily upon you.
The Truly Scary Ittan-momen
When you think of Ittan-momen, you might picture the character from GeGeGe no Kitaro, a dependable companion who carries people around, so it may not seem all that frightening.
That said, this yokai—said to have originated in Kagoshima and sometimes thought to be a kind of spirit—is actually quite scary: it’s said to wrap its cloth around a person’s neck, cover their face to suffocate them, and fly at night to attack people.
There are also theories that it’s actually a will-o’-the-wisp, a white cloth hung in a graveyard, or even a Japanese giant flying squirrel.
Yashiki Baba
This yokai lives in an abandoned mansion and chases anyone who enters.
It serves a didactic purpose: if someone says, “If you sneak into that dangerous old building by yourselves, the Yashiki-babaa might appear,” kids might think twice about going in.
In old Japan, when parents or adults couldn’t persuade children, they often invoked ghosts or yokai to make an impact and get them to obey.
Fear of the unseen can be truly terrifying, after all.
Smile Room
A Smile Room is a room with a door that looks like a mouth that eats people.
The door is shaped like a mouth, and it supposedly digests anyone who goes inside.
Scary, right? It’s said that this yokai is drawn to a person’s negative aura, so if you’re feeling down or have lost confidence, you might get possessed by a Smile Room.
If you ever happen to find such an entrance tucked away in a corner of the city, run away as fast as you can.
The best thing to do is overcome your sadness.
Sand-throwing hag (overdoing it)
Sunakake-babaa is also known as a character in Shigeru Mizuki’s manga GeGeGe no Kitaro.
She is a yokai known in the Kinki region, and it’s said that her place of origin is Kawai Town in the western part of the Nara Basin.
She is characterized by throwing sand to blind people, but she doesn’t seem to be that malevolent a yokai.
Don’t yokai feel like products of human creativity—turning small natural phenomena into the doings of some “so-and-so” and making characters out of them? Thinking of them that way makes yokai feel endearing, doesn’t it?
In conclusion
We’ve introduced many scary stories that happened at school, and they were full of spine-chilling episodes. Places close to us—like classrooms after school or empty hallways—can feel especially eerie. If you share them with friends, it will surely become an unforgettable moment. Bring your favorite scary stories and have a great time together!