Five Days at Memorial. This one details five days of crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans. It was disturbing.
That reminds me of a prank we played at a community college library where I worked while in library school. The library was built on a hill and there was a door in the basement where you could go under the library. It was a very dimly lit space with concrete walls where you saw huge building support columns and piles of dirt. In other words, super spooky. One day I joked to a librarian that if they buried a dead body in there no one would notice. Well, he ran with it and bought some fake tombstones at a clearance sale after Halloween and placed them down there. A few weeks later, he sent some student works down there to look for some stuff he needed. They had trouble finding it and opened the door to that room, which freaked them out. When they asked him about the tombstones, he told them that he didn't know.Wish I could remember where I read this, but I once read about someone so freaked out by a Stephen King book that they drove on out to a nearby river and tossed it in to get rid of it.
They made the mistake of telling some friends. Those friends went to the store, bought another copy of the book, and then proceeded to get it all wet and muddy and put it back on the original person's nightstand. LOL. Extreme freak out ensued Oh how I wish I could remember the book, I assume it was good and creepy one lol.
The illustrations in this original version (the later reprint had toned down pictures) were especially chilling.
I read this book in 1979, back when I was 19, and I remember going to the university library and looking up newspaper articles on microfiche. This book scared the heck out of me, and I remember looking at people to see if they had "x's" carved in their foreheads.Non-fiction: Helter Skelter about the Manson murders. It had a picture section, too. I found the book at my grandparents' house and snuck it home to read because I knew I'd never be allowed to read it if I asked. I hid it in my room and only read it at night when I was sure I wouldn't be caught. Freaked me out is a mild term, but I read the whole thing.
My friend had kind of a similar experience with Jurassic Park (great book, btw). He read it on a camping trip with his family, and every breath of wind in the trees and bushes had him so spooked. lolThis happened to me with the Shining. I read it while on vacation in Disney and spent the entire time watching every topiary convinced they were going to attack me. When I started Dr Sleep I had to put it down for a bit. My husband asked me why and I said I forgot how scary the shining was.
What about when you're taking a shower and think about that drain down there?!IT by Stephen King. I had to put it down after about halfway through the book. Every time I bent down to brush my teeth I felt like something might be in the drain and I am not connected to the sewer but am on septic.
Yes. Reading the Harbinger right now and it’s freaking me out. My Mom gave me the sequel for Christmas...
Ok, I remember the plot, but cant remember the name of the book at all!
I think it might Stephen King, but?
It has people in a plane and the earth suddenly starts blacking out everywhere. They had no place to land, because maybe the earth wasn't there anymore. really scary and I still can't remember the name (I think on purposeLOL)