Short Horror Stories

The Haunted Bathtub

"Sarah..! It's bath time!" Mom yelled from below. "Yes mom!" I yelled back. I put my phone in music, rolled off of the bed, and sprinted towards the bathroom. I put the towels and changing clothes on a small table nearby and while I wait for the bathtub to fill up, I put a pillow on the edge so I can sleep later. After the bathtub is filled with hot water, I slowly walked in, letting the hot water soaked in.

After I'm fully in the bathtub, I rested my head on the pillow and dozed off. Awhile later, I woke up to the silence. My music has stopped. The bath water has cooled down and I wanted to quickly returned to my room. As I was getting up, the water turned ice cold and I shivered. When I'm almost out - only my left foot were in - something grabbed my ankle and pulled me back in the tub. My scream was frozen in my throat.

I grabbed the edge of the bathtub and resisted. Then suddenly the hold was gone and I was jerked forward. I headbutted the wall.

When I turned around with a sore head, the water in the tub was replaced with blood and there was a body of a lifeless woman in the tub. Her mouth was open and her sockets were empty. Blood were gushing out from them. Her neck was almost cut off. She suddenly moved and turned towards me. She reached out a bloody hand at me and I finally am able to scream.

I think the whole neighborhood can hear my scream.

My mom rushed up and asked what happened. "A.. A ghost was.." I can't finish my sentence. My mom quickly wrapped a towel around me and guided me to my room. She told me what happened.

"Before we bought this house, a woman was murdered by her husband in the bathtub. Her neck was slitted open with a fillet knife and salt was poured in. She died from the loss of blood. Her husband murdered her because he really loved her and she cheated. Then her husband ran away and was not caught until now. Maybe she appeared to you this time because you reminded her ghost of something."

That night, I opened my window and slept. I liked the night breeze. Suddenly I woke up half asleep, and saw a fillet knife in the dark.