Schoolyard Conspiracy
There are two ways to read this story: as really creepy or as a well-executed prank. This storyteller was a substitute teacher and would often sub at a Catholic school in a really old building. Unsurprisingly, the building had an old basement that everyone thought was creepy. One day, our storyteller noticed a little girl yelling into the basement, so they walked over to see who she was talking to.
The stairwell was empty, but the girl explained that she was talking to a man in the basement. Our terrified storyteller fact-checked the existence of this creepy man with some of the other students, and they backed up the girl’s story. They also mentioned talking to a few nuns who hadn’t worked there in decades. So either that school was truly haunted, or these kids got a kick out of pranking the new subs. We think it’s the former.