Yes, a scary movie or book or show sticks with you once you've finished it, but you can at least rest easy knowing what you've just experienced was a work of fiction. We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but sometimes the real world is as horrifying as anything Stephen King could dream up.
Real terror happens around us every dayin our country, our town, or even our backyard. Murders, disappearances, demonic possession, devil worshipthese aren't stories from a writer's mind, they're headlines ripped right from the news.
Below, we've rounded up some terrifying, unexplained stories reported on in the news.