Unseen Terror: True Stories of Fear

Let me tell you a few real stories that still scare me to this day. When I was fourteen,

my parents left me home alone overnight for the first time. I was taking a bubble bath when I heard

our back door open. I thought I imagined it… until I heard the squeaky spot on the kitchen floor.

I froze. Through the crack under the bathroom door, I saw a pair of

shoes. Someone was standing there, breathing, for half a minute…

then they walked out and slammed the door. Later we learned a man had been breaking

into farmhouses that week. Years later, when I moved into a basement suite,

something similar happened. I’d lock one part of my door before leaving,