7 SCARY AF ‘3 AM Ghost Stories’ That Will Make You Afraid Of The Devil’s Hour Even More

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The clock strikes three, demons come free!

It is an age-old concept and there are firm believers that the Devil’s hour exists and is not a myth or a superstition. Well, I for one, get shit-scared if by any chance I wake up at the 3 a.m. or around that time. And, who wouldn’t? It is creepy and scary. ‘The night is dark and full of terrors’, after all.

But, we occasionally love a good horror story, don’t we? Also, we love to get scared when we hear someone else’s citation of a true incident. Here are few ‘3 am ghost stories’ that will make you afraid of the Devil’s hour even more.

1. Figure Behind

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“Hi, I am Sumit from India, I had a weird experience last night I woke up at 3:30 am. I was on my bed lying down I saw a shadow or a figure behind the curtain of my room that curtain was near my washroom door. I looked at it I heard a sound like a growl it made that sound when I actually was trying to get up to see wt it is. But I was all paralyzed I was trying to shout at it but I could not even open my mouth. All I could do was just make a hmmm sound. All of sudden I was normal again. I got up in full anger and searched fr it. First I thought the growl must b of my dog but he was asleep. since that time I am little low not feeling lively at all.”

 

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2. The Lamp

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“A few years ago one night at around 3 AM my wife and I were sleeping and I feel myself slowly waking up from a really deep sleep. My eyes started lifting up and as soon as they focused on the lamp on my dresser it slid off and shattered on the floor. My wife and I quickly sat up and looked at each other horrified at the startling noise. We agreed we would clean it in the morning and went back to sleep. The next morning when we woke up the lamp was at the foot of the bed (about 5 feet from where it fell) completely intact and not broken at all. We are still trying to make sense of it.”

 

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3. Down The Stairs.

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“The only one I have is when I was in 4th grade. When I was little, I would always sleep with my door open. I went through a phase where I would wake up between 3:00 /4:00 AM every night, and every single night I would hear footsteps walking up my stairs, around my living room, through my dining room, across my kitchen and down my hallway. They would always stop right before my doorway, then turn around and go back into the basement. But one night they didn’t stop, what I saw was a shadow of a little girl/boy (couldn’t tell) walk right in front of my doorway, look at me for a few seconds, then it walked away, back down the stairs.
I slept with the door closed the next night.”

 

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4. Staring

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“My story begins about a year ago when I was sleeping in one of the rooms in my parents’ house. I suddenly awoke in the middle of the night at exactly 3 am, I stared at my alarm clock when it suddenly turned 3:01 am. For some reason I was staring out at the window towards my neighbor’s backyard. All of a sudden, their outdoor light turned on for about a minute or so before automatically shutting off. This was no ordinary outdoor light though. My neighbors had one of those sensory lights that automatically turned on when someone approached the door or got close to it, usually installed to keep away robbers. What was most interesting about this event was that no one was seen going in or out of there house through that door. If there was, I would have been able to see their shadows, but in this case, the lights just turned on for no apparent reason. I did not think about the possibilities until after I awoke and until after I started hearing about 3am being the most spiritualistic time of day. Just thought I shared it because it seemed to have a lot in common with your story, that’s all.”

 

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5. Over The Phone

“What if they were affected by a time when our minds are in the sleep state combined with the thinnest veil between our world and the other(s)?” = WHAT A THEORY! Very interesting.

I wake up at 3 sometimes. The night my mom died I woke up at 3:11. A year later, to the date of her falling into her Death Sleep (she was in a hospice and it took her 2 days to actually pass), I woke up at 3:11. (Then the phone rang, and for the next 1 1/2 hours my husband and I had call after call of no one there. That was crazy weird S–T! Never happened before that nor since. And sometimes we’d hear like someone was trying to talk…it was freaking creepy because it didn’t sound of this world…)

Anyway, I digress. 3:37 is my other magic number for when I wake up. But not all the time.”

 

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6. It Lurks

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“Ever since I was a child, I have had nightmares where someone drags me out of my bed. I wouldn’t be able to talk or breath. I know this is probably sleep paralysis. The thing is, I grew up Catholic and have always had a fear of the devil. I always wake up at three a.m. and pray and/or turn on my t.v. until it is four. I used to joke that I had a demon following me to my friends because I always felt like someone was watching me. My dog used to bark at my closet in my childhood home. Last year, while visiting a friend, I made another joke about my demon haunting me and right after I made the joke and walked away from the closet I was standing in, a bag fell from the top shelf right down to where I was standing. The next day my friend and I took a picture together and behind me was an orb-like flash with a clearly visible and ominous face. It made both of us cry. When I moved to my new and current place, things seemed to subside and I felt normal again. But now I am having sleep paralysis again and waking up at three in fear for my life. As soon as I wake, I stare at one corner of my room because I feel like a presence is there. Even my fiance woke up and said he felt scared. He doesn’t believe in the devil and said it is all in my head. Last night, I had another nightmare where I was trying to call out for help because I felt like something was going to drag me out of bed. I woke up and my fiance turned and looked at me and growled. I choked him and screamed and he woke up very angry because he didn’t know what was going on. He used to make fun of me and pretend to be a demon and do this so I thought he was messing with me but I was still so frightened. I know what his snores sound like and I know what I saw. I can’t tell anyone because no one will believe me but I fear for my life now more than ever. I am 12 weeks pregnant and so stressed out that I fear I will miscarry. I am going to see a priest and practice penance and talk to him but what should I do? Is this all in my head?”

 

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6. Watching Over

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“I have been waking up at 3 am and I couldn’t be able to go back to sleep. anI try forcing myself to sleep but that don’t work.Sometimes at 3 am I would wake up and can’t move with just eyes opens only, I wouldn’t even be able to talk too and I would try talking in my head wondering why can’t I move or talk? Having me think someone is taking control of me and I’m not…sometimes I always feel like someone is watching me. When I was 9 I had someone follow me I first started seeing her at my grandma’s house but I was so scared I just ran to the room closest to me and closed it. I looked at my phone and it was 3:12 am for me….then now it’s 2016 and this been happening to me for 2 or 3 years already….I am so scared to sleep and I like to stay up all the time with my friend on FaceTime. I FaceTime her when it’s 3 am cause I don’t wanna be alone…then I told her to stay with me until 4:20 am so I can sleep we end FaceTime and I try going to sleep cause I was tired but it didn’t work…I tried forcing myself to sleep and it still didn’t work. All I was doing was closing my eyes listening to music and wake up feeling tired kinda…sometimes I would hear weird sounds like whipsers or cracking noises. I would be scared to go look by. I remember I was in my bed and my door opened by itself. I just felt my heart drop having me out my blanket over me but my face so I can see..nothing happened cause then the door closed and I kept my eyes open until everybody else was awake so I would feel safer. I didn’t wanna tell my mother about it because I didn’t want her to think it was from watching to much scary movies or think I was crazy. Please I need help I’m 12 years old I’m a girl I am tired of having not being able to sleep every time and being scared for what happens….I want it to stop.I always have to keep a cross by me when I sleep or by me all the time.”

 

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Each story’s so creepy and I can’t help but go, ‘Mumaaaaaaa’!


Some answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.

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