Buzz
Want to make your friends lose sleep from fear? Sending them a chilling message is a fantastic way to make their skin crawl and have a little fun. If you're looking for something truly terrifying, we’ll tell you what kinds of messages to send to make your friends scared out of their wits.
Steps
Tell them they are being watched.
Nothing is scarier than the feeling that we might not be alone like we thought. Making someone believe they are being watched or stalked is a highly effective way to send chills down their spine. Send your friends a message like:
- “I see you.”
- “Tonight, I won’t let you open your curtains.”
- “Oh no! Don’t look behind you!”
Warn them not to sleep.
Scary messages are even more terrifying when sent at midnight. Make your friend too scared to sleep and keep them up all night with suspense. When someone feels unsafe, it's hard for them to close their eyes. Send them a message like:
- “Something is about to happen. Whatever you do, don’t sleep.”
- “Did you know, waking up suddenly in the middle of the night means your body knows you're being watched!”
- “Today, a crazy person broke into my house – I didn’t want to tell him where you were, but he made me. Please don’t sleep tonight.”
Express excessive love.
A stalker’s message can make someone feel uneasy. Tell them you like them, but make it a little too intense, and they’ll definitely feel a bit scared. To make someone afraid, send them a message like:
- “I know where you are. Are you sure that’s a good thing?”
- “I want to hold your body. The colder, the better.”
- “I carve your name into everything I own with a razor blade.”
Impersonate a serial killer.
Make your friend feel like they are in a slasher movie. Playing the role of a crazed killer through text is not only terrifying but also oddly fun! Send them a message like:
- “I hope you don’t scream too loudly. The last victim was too noisy, and I didn’t like that…”
- “Every person’s blood has a unique taste. I’m eager to taste yours.”
- “Would you prefer to be killed with a knife or a hammer? I just need to know for next time.”
Tell them about mysterious phenomena.
Ghosts, vampires, and aliens are all fear-inducing. Sharing supernatural stories via text can send thrilling chills down their spine. Remind your friend that this world is full of unexplainable things, like:
- “Have you ever wondered why 1 in 5 Americans claim to have seen a ghost?”
- “Have you heard about Betty and Barney Hill? They were abducted by aliens and experimented on with all sorts of crazy stuff. The strangest part is they didn’t remember anything until they began having health problems and revealed everything under hypnosis.”
- “In the 17th century, Elizabeth Bathory tortured and killed hundreds of young girls. They say she was a real vampire—bathing in their blood.”
Scare your friends with medical conditions.
Frighten a friend obsessed with diseases using medical information. Tiny viruses can sometimes be scarier than massive monsters. If your friend is so paranoid they see germs everywhere, send them photos or information about real diseases to terrify them. For example:
- “Ebola makes all organs in the body bleed. People die when their lungs fill with their own blood.”
- “Cannibals can contract Kuru disease. They laugh uncontrollably and lose control of their body before dying.”
- “No one survives rabies without treatment within 48 hours. The worst part? If bitten by a small animal like a bat, they may not even know they’ve been bitten.”
Send them strange messages on a regular schedule.
Anything becomes creepy when it happens frequently enough. A great way to unsettle your friends is to send them the same message every hour and ignore their questions when they ask what's going on. The message's content doesn’t matter that much: what’s truly eerie is the repeated oddness, which eventually leads to annoyance, then to discomfort. Choose one of these messages and send it every hour throughout the day:
- “Hello.”
- “...”
- “Where are you?”
Scare your friends with folk legends.
Horrific folk legends are perfect for more than just sleepover fun. Share one of these tales with your friend and dare them to try it—most of these challenges require nothing more than a mirror in the bathroom, and perhaps a few candles. Even better, you could ask them to film themselves performing the challenge—it’s sure to terrify them. You could dare them to do things like:
- “Go into the bathroom, turn off the lights, and bring a candle. Then, say ‘Bloody Mary’ 13 times and wait to see if she appears.”
- “Say ‘Candyman’ five times in front of the mirror and you’ll die. Don’t believe me? Want to try it?”
- “Have you ever played ‘The Evil Face’? Set an alarm for midnight, go into the bathroom, turn off all the lights, light 12 candles, and close your eyes. When the alarm rings, open your eyes, and you’ll see the face of a demon.”
Send them a chain message.
Chain messages always exist, and they still scare people. Send your friends a message saying that something bad will happen if they don’t forward it to others. There are many such chain messages, but some of these can truly make people uneasy:
- “Hello. I’m Phuong. I died in a fire 10 years ago. Send this message to 5 others, or I’ll come to your room tonight.”
- “A serial killer has just escaped prison. Now that you’ve read this message, he’ll come to your house at 3 AM with a chainsaw. If you want to be saved, send this message to 5 others.”
- “Don’t stop reading, or you’ll die. I’m Mai. I’m 16 years old and a killer. I don’t have a face. You have 900 seconds to send this message to 5 others, or I’ll kill you in your sleep and no one will know why.”
Send them anonymous messages.
Messages are even scarier when the sender is unknown. There are many ways to send messages to your friends without them knowing it’s you. You can use a website or an app to send anonymous texts. Here are some tools to try:
- If you’re using a smartphone, you can download apps like TextFree, TextNow, or Burner.
- Some websites also let you send anonymous messages, like textem.net or textsendr.com.
Send them a link to a creepy website.
The internet is full of frightening things to send to your friends. Send your friend a link to a website that will make them so scared they won’t be able to sleep. It’s fun to watch their reactions, so ask them to message you back afterward, or try visiting the site yourself to feel the thrill. Here are some links you can send:
- The Scary Maze Game (https://scary-maze.com/): This game has been around for years and still gives people the chills.
- This Man (http://www.thisman.org/oldsite/): Thousands of people have seen the face of this man—want to know why? Check out this page.
- Fateful Day (https://fatefulday.eu/test.php): This site will tell you when you will die. Pretty terrifying!
