9 INVENTED HORROR STORIES FOR CHILDREN (SHORT) - DUDAS - 2025

The horror stories for children are the main stories that exploit fears of linfancia to try to teach a lesson. The pedagogical component of the stories appeals to explore the special sensitivity of children and their capacity for wonder.

It is usual that these stories are part of parties or children's camps that seek to offer a different touch to the evening. Edgar Allan Poe, Emilia Pardo Bazán and Bram Stoker are some of the classic authors who successfully explored this literary genre.

In the case of children, horror stories should offer an ending that does not give them nightmares afterwards and that make the message clear what is intended to be transmitted.

List of invented horror children's stories

The tour

On a school trip, Daniel was very restless because it was not the place he wanted to go. He would have preferred the beach, but instead he was on a bus heading to a town without much to offer.

The road was stony and everyone was jumping to the sound of the bus. Daniel was already dizzy until they finally spotted the entrance to the town.

"Welcome nests," read a battered sign that hung on the side of an old arch that looked like it was about to fall.

Daniel felt chills just as he entered because of the gloomy outlook.

He could see a long street all alone and lined by abandoned houses in which only a red horizontal line was visible in the middle of the walls.

The landscape was like a black and white movie because nothing was colored there except the line that ran through the walls.

The bus stopped in front of what appeared to have been a central plaza at some point.

According to the guide's account, it was the ruins of an old industrial area. In fact, after the entrance street, there were ruins of buildings.

One of the towers caught Daniel's attention because it looked like the oldest in the place, yet a flashing light could be seen through one of its windows.

As everyone headed to the old church, Daniel broke away from the group to inspect the building and discover the source of the light.

He entered a maze of corridors and stairs. It was a dirty, smelly, dark place, but Daniel was curious.

It was that curiosity that led him to reach the room from which the light came, almost on the top floor of the building.

He found himself facing a door ajar. He could see the reflection of the light and now he could hear a clock ticking.

"There is something or someone in there," Daniel thought and felt a strange breath on his neck, as if someone were trying to whisper something in his ear.

She steeled herself and opened the door. There was nothing. He took a few steps into the room and the door closed behind him.

At that moment everything changed.

At the window there was a child leaning out screaming and asking for help, and in a corner a little man laughed as he turned off and turned on a lamp.

When the lamp was on was when you saw the cuckoo clock that hung on the wall and whose hands had stopped.

It was also that instant of light that revealed the aged face of the little man, with a few yellow teeth and huge claws in his hands. Bare feet and ragged outfit.

Daniel felt like he was short of breath and tried to scream with fright but his voice did not come out.

At that moment, the boy who was yelling at the window earlier looked up at him and ran in his direction asking for his help.

- Help me. Get me out of here - said the boy, trampling the words. I don't know how long I've been here, but I haven't seen anyone else. Get me out of here.

But Daniel didn't react. Then the boy gave him a slap to make him come to himself.

Daniel jumped up. I was back on the bus, but this time they were going back to school. Fortunately, it had only been a nightmare.

The bed of worms

That afternoon, the sun was shining in the blue sky over the park.

Nadia was swinging and from there she watched the tops of the tall trees as she climbed; and the sand of the park, going down.

She loved to swing, feel the breeze through her hair, and feel like she could fly.

After a while, he went home because it was already getting dark. Upon arriving, he noticed that no one was there, but that the door was unlocked.

He came in calling his mother but no one answered. He saw some things out of place and was scared. He kept shouting "Mom!" But no one answered.

He began searching every corner of the house: the kitchen, the living room, the patio, the bathrooms, and nothing. When she got to the door of her mother's room, she noticed a strange smell. It was as if a huge bucket of dirt had been emptied near her.

But the worst was yet to come: when he moved the handle he felt something slimy in his hand and he let out a cry as he opened the door to discover that everything in that room was full of worms!

Nadia watched in horror how the walls and her parents' bed looked like a large pool of huge pink worms.

From the shock he fainted.

When he woke up, the situation had not improved. Now the worms were all over his body. Even on your face. He fought not to scream for fear that his mouth would fill with maggots.

As he could, he got up, shook off the worms and ran out into the street.

She collided head-on with her mother, who had to hug her to calm her down.

- Bed. Fourth- Nadia tried to say, but her mother interrupted her.

- Relax love. I know what you saw. I saw them too and went out to find help to fumigate. That's why you didn't find me at home. They are here to get them out. I'm sorry you were scared.

So, Nadia calmed down and waited at her neighbor's house with her mother until the room was cleaned.

Haunted house

Juan, David, and Víctor used to have a great time in the park and racing, but the best part was when they went to ride their bikes down their street and play soccer.

That day was like any other. They played until they were tired at recess in their classes and when they left, they agreed to change their clothes and go play soccer.

When he got to the soccer field with his bike, David organized everything on the field to start playing, but his friends were taking longer than normal.

David was already beginning to worry when he saw them approaching whispering among themselves.

- Where were you? I always win but today you took more than necessary- David asked.

- You won't believe what we saw! - Said an exalted Juan.

"Or what we thought we saw," Victor hastened to say.

- You know what that was. Don't deny it! '' Shouted Juan.

- Let's see, let's see! - David interrupts - Explain what is happening, but one by one because I don't understand anything.

- Is that coming on the bikes, I dropped the ball and when I went to look for it, I ended up in front of an abandoned house at the end of the street. As I bent down to pick up the ball, I noticed something glowing and…

"He couldn't stand it and began to snoop through the window," Victor reproached him.

- I wanted to investigate, Victor. So, we saw it.

- What did they see? Asked David, already impatient.

- A ghost!

- A ghost?

- Yes. In the white suit. She was in front of us and she yelled at us to leave in a horrible voice.

- And what else?

- We ran, we mounted our bikes and we came at full speed.

- Ok- said David- So we're not sure it was a ghost. I say that tomorrow when we leave school we could take a look.

- Tomorrow? - asked Juan.

- Don't even think about doing it now. It is late and it is getting dark.-Victor said.

- Therefore! Children are not expected to dare to go at this time. So we have the surprise factor.-Juan said.

- No Juan, I think Victor is right. It's late. Our parents are waiting for us at home. It is better that tomorrow we leave the school directly to investigate.-David said.

Then, already agreed, each one went home, but none managed to sleep.

The following day, as agreed, they left the school directly to look for their bicycles and to investigate.

Already in front of the abandoned house, the three friends plucked up their courage, got off their bicycles and slowly approached the door of the old house.

As they got closer, the rhythm of their hearts and their breathing increased. Each of them wanted to run away and go back, but they looked at each other as if to give themselves courage and kept moving forward.

They stealthily finished the section that led them in front of the door and when they were about to open it, the handle was moved and the door opened.

The three of them ran out and behind them was the figure of that being in white that they had seen the day before through the window:

- Stop there. Wait guys.

But the boys didn't want to stop until Juan got tangled up and fell. His two friends had to stop to help him up, and then the man caught up with them.

Now that they were so close they could see that it was a tall man tucked into a white astronaut suit.

- What are children doing here? - The man said through his suit - It can be dangerous.

And the children froze with fear.

- Please, children. I've been trying to fumigate this place for several days to see if there is anything that can be recovered here or if we need to demolish in order to move.

- Move? - Victor said.

- Yes, I bought this property recently, but you see that it is a disaster, so I try to clean, but yesterday I saw them snooping and today they are in my yard. Can you imagine how many insects are here? You must not approach. Not until I'm done.

The man told them as they rode away on their bikes laughing at the misunderstanding.

The werewolf

In a town in southern America, a large family lived in an old house with a patio full of fruit trees.

The tropical climate was ideal for spending weekend afternoons, sitting on the patio eating fruit.

It was on one of those afternoons that Camilo, the little boy in the family, saw him for the first time; He was a tall man, with old clothes, a wrinkled face, a beard and what most caught his attention: a green eye and a blue eye.

The man walked slowly and whistled a melody that Camilo found fascinating and terrifying at the same time.

- Who is that man? - He asked his aunt Fernanda one afternoon.

"We call him the whistle, but the truth is that nobody knows his name," his aunt answered and continued. I have been in town for years. Alone. She settled in a little house outside the town and many stories are told about her.

- Yes? Which? - asks a curious Camilo.

- Many say that he turns into a wolf on full moon nights. Others say that it feeds on disobedient children who do not go to bed early. And others say that he wanders at night whistling through the streets and if someone looks out to see who he is, he dies.

Camilo ran to find his mother to hug her and since then, he hid every time he saw that man pass by.

One night, already after 11, Camilo was still awake even though his mother had sent him to sleep earlier.

He was playing in the living room of the house, in the dark, when suddenly he heard the hiss of the man with the colored eyes. He felt a cold that ran through his body and almost paralyzed him.

He was attentive for a few seconds thinking that maybe he had gotten confused but there it was again that melody.

He was silent almost without breathing and heard the dogs in his street barking, as if restless.

Suddenly he heard footsteps near his front door and a hiss. She was tempted to look out but she remembered what her aunt Fernanda had told her about the fate of those who looked out and she preferred not to.

After a moment the footsteps were moving away and the sound of the whistling too. But he heard the cry of one of his neighbors for help. Furthermore, the howl of a wolf sounded.

After a few minutes, something began to scratch the door, as if trying to enter with force, also something was heard sniffing. Camilo lay down in the door so that it would be more difficult for the thing to enter.

The door seemed to give way and fall, each time it moved more. So Camilo went to hide in his room, screaming and asking for help.

When her parents appeared, who were cooking dinner, the scratches on the door stopped rubbing off.

The next day, everyone was commenting on the sudden death of a neighbor, Mr. Ramiro. He had claw marks all over his body. Was it from a werewolf?

Since that weekend, Camilo has not seen the man with the colored eyes again.

The laugh of terror

At dawn, Sofia woke up happy because it was her birthday. Her mother lovingly lifted her up and made her favorite breakfast.

At school, her friends congratulated her and gave her gifts and sweets. It was a great day. When she returned home, her grandmother and her cousin Juan were at home. The perfect day! She thought.

After a good time playing with her cousin, her friends began to arrive to celebrate with her and share the cake.

His dad was already arriving with a fabulous surprise that he had promised.

When the doorbell rang he ran to the door and when he opened it, he found small blue eyes and a big red smile on a pale face. Red balls came out of her hat…

He was a clown, Sofia had seen them on television but when she saw him in person she was scared.

The clown was playing games and jokes all day, but he had a smile and eyes that were a bit scary.

On a break from the clown, he went to the bathroom to change his clothes, but left the door ajar.

Sofia sneaked in and couldn't believe what she saw:

The clown was changing shoes and his feet were twice the size of normal adult feet. Also, he had a sack of children's toys that he didn't understand what it was.

Within seconds of looking, the clown opened the door and said:

-Girl, you shouldn't have seen this, I'll eat you!

So Sofia ran off, but the clown was chasing her. They were on the top floor of the house and the others were downstairs. When Sofia was almost coming down the stairs, the clown caught her and took her away.

Since the clown was still barefoot, Sofía had an idea: she stomped on one of the gigantic feet and the clown began to scream, picked up his things and ran.

However, the bag full of children's toys was left. When the police arrived, they said they belonged to missing children.

The Cook

Emma was a 10-year-old girl who went to school every day. That year she became friends with the school cook, Mrs. Ana.

One day, at recess time, the children commented that many of the town's pets had disappeared. Everyone wondered about pets, cats and dogs, but no one knew anything.

Emma, ​​who was a very curious and intelligent girl, decided that this was a case worth investigating. In fact, she dreamed of being a detective when she grew up.

He began by asking all the owners of the missing pets, noting the approximate dates of the disappearances.

When reviewing his notes, he realized that the dates coincided with the arrival of Mrs. Ana, and for some reason he felt that he should inquire further at that point.

So he continued with his research. She spoke with the principal of her school, Mr. Thompson, to find out where Mrs. Ana had come from.

Mr. Thompson told her that because the former cook would be retiring soon, they did several interviews and Ana was the most appropriate based on her experience, but she couldn't say more because:

- That's classified information young lady. A girl your age doesn't have to be asking questions like that. Shouldn't you be in class right now?

Emma left with more questions than answers and thought that perhaps it would be best to investigate Mrs. Ana more closely.

Then in one of the breaks he approached the kitchen and after greeting her, he asked her about her cooking secret.

"Girl, it's a family secret," Ana answered.

"Can I see how you cook?" Emma kept asking.

"Definitely not, my dear," Ana said with a tone that was already bordering on annoyance.

- Okay Mrs. Ana, let's not talk about food then. What if we talk about pets? Do you like pets?

But Ana did not answer anything, but staring into her eyes, took her by the arm and led her out of the kitchen.

Emma went to her class, and at the end of the day, she went home thinking about Ana's reaction.

Thinking about that and remembering the scene in the kitchen, he remembered that the meat fridge had a double lock.

He had walked into the kitchen on other occasions and had never seen that.

Then he decided to change course. Instead of going home, she went back to school and sought out the principal to ask how often the meat was bought for school meals.

- Emma, ​​what questions are those? Shouldn't you be home by now?

- Yes, Mr. Thompson, but I am preparing a report for a task and before I go home, I needed that information.

- Ok - said the director with a resigned tone. We buy meat every week. However, we haven't done it for more than three weeks because the new cook manages with the recipes.

Emma was horrified because the information that the director had just given her increased her suspicions that Ana was cooking the pets.

He came home and told his mother everything, but she did not believe him.

So, Emma waited for everyone to be asleep, took her camera, and went to school.

Once there, he slipped through one of the patio windows that had been broken in a game recently, and made his way into the kitchen.

With a tool she took from her parents' basement, she started to open the refrigerator but was interrupted by a shout:

- Pretty girl. I know you are here!

Emma felt her skin crawl. She tried to call her mother on the phone but had no signal. Then she ran to the kitchen door and barred it with a chair.

He went back to his work with the refrigerator, but was not done yet when he felt a strong grip on his arms. Ana grabbed her roughly and yelled at her.

- What are you doing here?

Emma was so scared she didn't say anything. She also saw something that took her breath away: Ana was holding a dead cat in her other hand.

Cook Ana took her out of the kitchen and told her to leave. Emma was going to do it, but first she managed to look through a small gap in the door. Then she saw how the cook put that cat in a large pot, along with some vegetables.

Emma almost fainted from fright, but at that moment, her parents and Mr. Thompson entered.

Emma ran to hug her parents and tearfully told what had happened. She insisted that they open the refrigerator to see if the pets were there, but they only found vegetables and legumes.

The kitchen windows were open, they looked outside and saw a witch flying away, with a strange smile that was scary.

The robot

Nolberto was the only son of a couple of entrepreneurs in the toy industry, so he had toys of all kinds.

But unlike other children, Nolberto did not take care of them, on the contrary, he experimented with them and hurt them; burned them, tore them apart, etc.

According to his mood, it was the way he chose to destroy his toys. He said he was a doctor and that the games room was his operating room.

One day at his parents' company they created a new toy that caused a sensation: a robot with artificial intelligence, which learned to play with its owners.

As was customary, Nolberto's parents brought the new artifact to their son.

"Ahh, another toy!" Said Nolberto in a contemptuous tone.

But he was surprised to hear the robot answer him:

- I am a complete toy, my name is R1 and I am here to play with you. What do you want to call me?

- Wow, finally a toy that I like! - He said a little more animated and went to the games room with his gift.

Once there, he began his ritual: he laid the robot down on a table he had and took it apart with a screwdriver. He uncovered the compartment of circuits and began to cut them while laughing despite protests from the robot that he did not want to be damaged.

That night it rained heavily and Nolberto thought it was a good idea to take R1 out the window. The robot, which was programmed to identify dangerous situations for its integrity, also protested to no avail.

His homework finished, Nolberto went to dinner. While he was eating with his family, a loud noise was heard and then everything went dark.

Nolberto and his parents went upstairs to see what had happened while the maid checked the electricity fuses.

Strange noises were heard in Norberto's room and they went to see but then the electricity came. They entered the room and checked that everything was in order. Even R1, was perfectly accommodated on Nolberto's bed.

They were pleasantly surprised by this, so they told him that they were happy that he liked the new toy so much.

Nolberto was confused and, at the same time, fearful. He knew he had left the robot outside in the rain and with its circuits exposed.

They went downstairs to finish dinner, but Nolberto hardly ate a bite out of worry and bewilderment.

His parents noticed his encouragement and asked him what was wrong with him, but he only asked permission to retire to his bed.

He went up to his room and the robot was no longer on his bed. He reached over to check underneath and heard the door close behind him.

When he turned around, Norberto saw R1 in front of him who said:

- My name is R1 and I am going to show you that toys are not damaged.

Nolberto screamed in fear and his parents came up instantly to see what was happening.

"The robot spoke to me," he said with a voice broken by fear.

"Sure honey, that's what we designed it for," his smiling father replied.

- Nerd. She spoke to me threatening me. She said she would teach me not to damage my toys.

But the parents did not believe him. Instead they told him that it would have been his imagination, and that of course the robot spoke because it was one of the attractions of its design.

Noticing Nolberto's insistence, they decided to try asking the doll his name and he replied:

- My name is Scrap and I am Nolberto's toy.

Although it seemed to them that Scrap was not the name they expected their son to give the robot, they said nothing more, gave it a kiss and left the room.

Nolberto was confused, but after a while he was convinced that it had been his imagination and when he was about to fall asleep, he listened in horror:

- I'm not stupid. I will teach you to take care of your toys. No matter what you tell your parents, they will never believe you. You will have to get used to my company. Hahaha.

From then on, Nolberto stopped damaging his toys and always walked with his robot.

The forest house

Damien was a child like any other who, after attending school and doing his work, enjoyed his free afternoon to play.

He and his friends used to play in the park of the residence where they lived, so that their parents could be attentive.

One day, while in the park, they saw an old woman sitting on a bench. It caught their attention because they had never seen her there.

However, Damien and his friends continued to play normally until they heard the old woman call for help. They went out to see what was happening and it was that she had fallen, so they ran to help her.

The old woman carried a basket of fruits, for which she thanked them each with a fruit.

The happy children immediately devoured the fruits and returned to play when the lady offered them more, but if they accompanied her to her house in the forest.

None of the children dared to follow her without the permission of their parents. Instead, they told her that they would speak to her parents and accompany her the next day.

At home, Damien asked his parents if anyone lived in the forest. They replied that they did not know.

Then Damien told them what happened with the old woman and the parents congratulated him for helping and for not leaving without permission.

They all finished their dinner and went to bed, but Damien couldn't sleep. He had a nightmare in which a witch who lived in the forest appeared.

The next day Damien went to school, but was still scared by nightmares. When he left school, his friends insisted on going back to the park and he followed them with some fear.

While in the park, Damien's friends decided to go to the forest to get the fruits that the old woman had promised them.

Damien sat on the swing thinking about the dream he had had, he remembered the witch's face and it seemed identical to that of the old woman the day before.

He got scared and went into the forest to try to reach his friends and warn them of the danger, but he could not find them. It got lost.

Suddenly, everything went dark and it started to rain. Damián remembered that this was how his dream began and began to cry and call his parents.

He walked trying to find the park, but only found the horrible house from his nightmare. He ran trying to get away but felt that he could not, and among the trees he could only see shadows of horror.

He kept running and tripped over a branch but instead of getting up he stayed on the ground crying until he felt himself being picked up. It was the old woman, who was with her friends.

They all headed to the old woman's house. It was old and scary, it looked like a house from a horror story. Inside were potions, a broom and all kinds of animals; dogs, cats, rats, birds, worms…

The children were so scared that they ran, including Damien. But then the old woman said:

-What are you doing, I almost had you!

The old woman took the broom, took a wand from her pocket and said:

-Animals, chase them!

Dogs, cats and birds began to chase the children, but they had managed to get out onto a nearby road and ask for help.

When the old woman realized it was too late, she went home and told her animals to come inside.

The farm

Emilia was a girl who lived with her parents and grandparents on a farm outside the city.

She said she didn't like living there. I wanted to be in the city, to walk through shopping centers and parks, well, away from all kinds of animals.

He said that the cows, chickens, pigs and other farm animals were horrendous. She did not love them and complained about her "misfortune" of living as a farmer.

One day, after an argument with her parents, she stormed out into the yard and kicked a dog that was passing nearby. But the dog growled at him and bit him. Emilia was so scared that she started crying and screaming. Even the dog was nearby growling.

The girl's grandfather, seeing what happened, called her and said:

"Emilia, my daughter, animals are not treated like that," said the grandfather as he looked at the wound.

"They can't feel grandfather," Emilia said, grumpy and tearful.

- Of course they feel - said the grandfather - and more than you think. You have to be very careful especially with the animals on this farm -said the grandfather putting a bandage on Emilia's hand.

- Why grandpa? - Emilia asked with a touch of curiosity in his voice, but his grandfather did not answer anything but turned around and went into the house.

Emilia from the patio of the house saw the animals around her, did not notice anything strange and said to herself: "surely the grandfather just wants to scare me."

And he had not finished the phrase in his mind when he heard the duck that was on the armrest of a chair: "No Emilia."

Emilia turned around in surprise and saw the duck that this time did not say anything. She thought she was crazy and went home.

That night while everyone was sleeping, Emilia heard a strange noise in the barn on the farm, and she went to her parents' room to tell them, but they asked her to lie down.

She returned to her room, but heard noises again, so she decided to go see what was going on.

He grabbed a flashlight and walked toward the barn. As he got closer, he heard that they were voices but only recognized one; that of his grandfather.

Although he wanted to enter, he preferred to wait. He moved closer to the stable wall to hear better and to try to see what was happening through a hole in the wall.

With horror he saw that the animals were gathered in a circle; ducks, pigs, dogs, horses, cows and sheep were gathered without saying anything.

At that moment, a dog that Emilia had hit arrived and said:

-The girl has been treating all animals badly for a long time. What can we do?

"We should make her leave," said the pigs.

"It's impossible, the parents won't want to," said the ducks.

-I have an ideas; Why don't we scare her and make her get lost far from home?

"It's a good idea, but we should also try to eat it and no one will notice," said a goat that seemed a bit crazy.

Then Emilia gave a shriek of terror and ran to her room. She told her grandfather what she had seen, and she told her that she had known it for years.

From that day on, Emilia treated the animals well