Ardh Raatri ( अर्ध रात्रि )
अर्ध रात्रि chapter-1 Burned lady
Hi everyone I am your author
So I am going to explain this story as raatri...
“These stories happened in my life and in the lives of some people who told me about their creepy incidents".
So let's start without wasting our time...
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Hi everyone I am Raatri welcome to my creepy real stories...
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I am here to give you a real terror...
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This story is about a girl I cannot tell you her name...so let's assume her name is Harika...
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And...this incident happened in a Hospital...
Harika chopra
This incident happened to me when I was 11 or 12 years old...I didn't remember the exact age but it happened when I was going for my eye checkup at the hospital with my father but Father got urgent work so he left me with my aunt ..
Harika chopra
My uncle and Aunty are doctor and nurse in that hospital... So my Father leaves me with chachi
Harika chopra
My Uncle and Aunt give me money to buy snacks from the canteen whenever I visit the hospital...And just like every child I love Chips, patties and cold drinks...on that day like every day I was carefree and feeling happy at that time...
Harika chopra
After the hospital incident I cannot forget about that day it haunts me like a nightmare...still I cannot be alone in hospital because I
start to panic...
Harika younger self
Chachi I'm going to chachu's cabin...( ╹▽╹ )
Harika younger self
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Harika younger self
I hate crowded places like hospitals...ಠಗಠ
Harika younger self
I will ask chachu to buy me chips...😁
Harika younger self
Looking at the weather it seems like it's going to rain heavily...🤔
Harika younger self
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Harika younger self
*breath in and out while looking outside the window*
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Harika younger self
Hospitals look scary even in the morning...*A faint echo of footsteps trailed down the corridor — but no one was there.*
" I turned to the left side" *eyes wide open*...*my face became pale*
"There was a creepy woman standing there"... I was so shocked at the same time scared...I don't know what is happening with me...
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Harika younger self
*I was so shocked my legs got jammed because of terror* 😨*I breathes in and out to calm myself*
*Her hands trembled slightly, the scent of disinfectant mixing with something…Sulphur like smell*
Harika younger self
My mind…
It just stopped processing.
I cannot hear anything my voice got stuck in my throat...
Only silence remains there everything looks blur but that lady's face was so badly burned that I cannot forget...her skin was dark and peeled it looked like her burned skin was going to fall down...
(a faint metallic clink echoes from the end of the hall)
I used my whole strength to run away…
My legs moved before I even decided to.
I didn’t care where I was going — I just wanted to get away from it.
(her footsteps slam against the floor, heartbeat racing)
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Rachel Harika's Chachi
Hari what happened beta...*worried*
Harika younger self
"Beads of sweat glistened on her forehead as she stared into the empty hall. “I’m fine… I’m fine,” she whispered, her voice trembling against the silence. For a moment, she almost believed herself.
“Calm down, Harika,” she murmured, forcing a shallow laugh. “You’ve watched too many horror movies, that’s all. That woman is not real —they’re just tricks of your mind.”
Her reflection in the darkened window didn’t blink. “It’s not real,” she said again, her tone cracking with desperation. “It’s all in your head… right?”
Rachel Harika's Chachi
Bachaa tell me are you really okay... 😟
Harika younger self
Hmm...🙂↔️...I am okay Aunty I am fine...😊
Rachel Harika's Chachi
Your uncle called me and said he was busy and informed me to give you money so that you can buy whatever you want to buy from the canteen...*pat her head* 😊
Harika younger self
I want to eat Patties...(≧▽≦)..."🙂"
Rachel Harika's Chachi
Okay...*give her money*
Harika younger self
*walking happily* 😄...I am such a fool Watching horror movies has messed up my mind — I start imagining anything and everything.*enter in a lift*
Nurse 1
I really feel bad for that woman...
Nurse 2
Are you talking about a burned lady who got 80 percent burned in a gas cylinder explosion...
Nurse 1
Yeah she was so young...Even after she was half dead she was begging to save her family...😞
Nurse 1
When I asked about her case to the ward boy he said there was an explosion that happened near ___________road a happy families got destroyed because of a cylinder explosion...
Nurse 1
she had 2 children with a 2 year age gap between each of them...
Nurse 2
I know her face got badly burned at last she took her last breath 20 minutes ago...
Nurse 1
Some incidents are so horrifying...I feel bad for her...😞
Nurse 2
Doctors did their best but they can't save her... Everything is in god's hand we can't do anything if he doesn't want to save anyone...
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Thanks for reading...
अर्ध रात्रि Chapter-1 The Whispering Mines
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They say the mind is a fragile thing — but mine was never fragile, only fractured.
Nights blur into each other, stitched together by whispers that don’t belong to this world. I don’t remember when they started speaking to me — or when I began answering back.
The walls breathe. The mirrors lie. And every reflection smiles a little too wide.
If madness has a voice, it sounds exactly like mine.
Welcome to my night.
Welcome to Ardh Raatri.
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Here’s a real horror story from Uttarakhand, based on true accounts surrounding the Lambi Dehar Mines near Mussoorie — often called “the Mine of Death.”
Rajat
Hi everyone I am Rajat...🙂 this story is about me and my friends...
"Some of my friends and I had planned this trip… never imagining it would become a journey we’d never forget ."
Rajat
"I Never imagined this trip would spiral into such a nightmare… I’ve lost someone...I can never get back, and it’s like their absence is screaming at me. "
Rajat
If I had even known, I would have never said yes. Now, every choice, every step I took feels like a chain dragging me deeper into this guilt…
Rajat
I can’t escape it...🙂
Rajat
*singing loudly*...Sanu ek pal chain na Aave...Sanu ek pal chain na Aave... sajna tere bina-aah... Sajna tere bina-aah...
Dev
*laughing* You only know one song...
Rohan
*laugh* "Absolutely right, this guy only knows one song—just that one. What a heartbreak-stricken lover he is!" rascal...😂
Meera
"Stop bothering him, guys! He was singing so well."ಠ_ʖಠ
Rohan
We thought why didn't rajat's sweet lover didn't say anything...😏
Rajat
*blush* ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄... it's not like that guys why you always tease me...
Dev
"Miss Aradhya, you too—take the earphones out of your ears and enjoy the view with your eyes."
Aradhya
Dev stopped being a nuisance... idiot...*snatch back earphones*🎧🎶
Meera
"At last we finally arrived".*breath in fresh air*
Dev
Can't believe people say this place is haunted lol
Rajat
Locals literally told us not to go near the mines 😅
Meera
"The air kills" that shopkeeper said.dude looked serious
Dev
He was just trying to scare tourists 😂
Rohan
Maybe...still 50 miners died here, right ?
Rajat
Bro that was like 30 years ago.😑
Dev
Leave it guys let's have some fun...😆
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They sat by the fire, their laughter echoing into the cold night. The warmth of the flames danced across their faces, masking the fear that awaited them. None of them knew that the night’s silence was only hiding the terror about to begin.
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By evening mist rolled down the cliffs,thick and heavy.The road twisted into silence.Even the crickets stopped the smell of sulphur clung to the air—sharp metallic...
Meera
Mist rolling in. Visibility sucks.
Rajat
Chill, we’ll be fine.
Rohan
Guys, my chest feels weird.
Dev
Altitude, man. Drink water.
Aradhya
I don't feel good guys let's leave this place...😰
Aradhya
The fog’s getting thick. It’s not moving
Rajat
Wait… what do you mean?
Aradhya
Like, it’s breathing.
Rohan
Pickaxes. In the mine. Like metal on stone. *hands trembled and said in a shaky low voice*
Rajat
No chance, it’s abandoned.
Meera
Rohan, you’re bleeding! 😨*Rohan coughing violently*
Dev
calm down everyone...it's because of altitude ...
The light from their phone flash flickered against the mine entrance. The deeper they looked, the more they saw shapes... shadows swaying, slow and human-like. And then, faintly - the sound of pickaxes striking rock.
There were no workers. The mine had been abandoned since 1990, when over fifty people died choking on the toxic dust.
Rajat
Guys, let’s go. NOW.*Rajat turned to leave—but Rohan wasn't beside him Anymore*
Rajat
Wait—where’s Rohan?!
Dev
His flashlight’s still on the ground.😰
Meera
I swear I just heard a whisper from inside.😰
A Voice whispered in the echoing dark :
In the deafening echoes of the mine, their screams were swallowed whole — buried deep beneath the earth, never to be heard again.
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Next Morning
(Police Report, 6:00 AM)
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The distant wail of an ambulance siren pierced the cold air… they lay sprawled across the ground, motionless — their faces pale, their bodies limp — completely oblivious to the horror that had just unfolded.
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One device found near Lambi Dehar Mines.
“They followed the footprints that led into the mine, but the trail stopped at the darkness — as if the person had vanished into it.”
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They were soon rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. But after that night, Aradhya’s mind was never the same again. Meera still sees Rohan — drenched in blood — standing in the dark corners of her room. Dev hasn’t slept a single peaceful night since, and Rajat… he never found his friend Rohan again.
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I HOPE YOU LIKE MY STORY...
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I’ll meet you all again in the next chapter… with another creepy story.
Until then… goodbye—if you make it that far. 👁️
Love After Death
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Hi everyone I am Raatri...I am here with a new story...so let's start...
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How deeply can someone fall in love… that they end up crossing every limit — even the boundary between the world of the living and the dead?
A love so haunting, so desperate, that not even death could keep them apart.
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Today’s story is about a boy who loved so deeply… that even after death, he kept his promise — as both a devoted lover and a father.
But love like his doesn’t rest in peace… it watches, it waits, and it never truly dies.
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Let's assume lena as a story fl and Aiden as a ML...
Midnight. The house is silent except for the ticking clock. Lena, eight months pregnant, sits in a rocking chair. Her fiancé, Aiden, died in a car crash three weeks before their wedding.
Lena
I still feel you, Aiden… like you never left.*Whispering to herself*
Lena
I still remember when we first met...*smile with tears*
Lena
Mother Divine, just bless me with a good job, and grant me a life partner who loves me deeply—someone who cherishes me not for what I have, but for who I am, and who also cares for my family as if it were their own*praying in her mind*
Aiden
*open eyes get shocked* 😳"Oh goddess… I didn’t even ask for anything, yet You gave me everything. How boundless is Your grace, how endless is Your compassion"
Aiden
will you be my girlfriend (灬º‿º灬)♡
Lena
Yes...⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄
Lena
*open eyes suddenly* Noooooo*shout*
Lena
You promised you’d come back for me… You promised, Aaron.*softly said while her lips are trembling*
(The wind pushes the curtains. A photo frame falls, cracking the glass. A low tune fills the room — Aiden’s favorite music box who he bought before his death)
Lena
No… no, this can’t be happening again.*shaking*
Lena
"It's been a week now... every night, as darkness falls, that music box starts playing on its own. I have no idea why it's happening, but it chills me to the bone each time."
Suddenly she heard a faint voice...
Lena
Who is it...*scared while protecting her belly*
Lena
*shocked* Ai---Aiden...😨
Lena
Aiden? ...you’re dead. You can’t be here—*breathing fast while her tears are falling down*
Aiden
Dead? Maybe. But love doesn’t die. It just learns new ways to stay close.*calmly said*
Lena
No… it can’t be… you’re— you’re gone.*trembling*
Aiden
Gone from the world, not from you. You still wear my ring. You still carry my heart… and our child.*calmly,distant*
Lena
I miss you every second… but you shouldn’t be here—*crying*
Aiden
Then who will keep you safe, Lena? Who will watch over him when he’s born? No one loves you like I do.*voice shifting darker*
Lena
Please… please stop. You’re scaring me.
Aiden
I can’t. Death was just another wall to cross. You said forever, didn’t you?
(pause)
Forever means I stay.
(The lights go out. A faint tune begins — the one Aiden used to hum. Lena gasps.)
Lena
Stop… please stop—*wishpering*
Aiden
Shh… he’s listening.
Our son should know my voice.*voice right behind her*
Lena
STOP, Aiden… I SAID STOP!!*screaming*
(The walls trembled. The lights flickered violently. Then— silence.)
Aiden
I’m sorry, Lena.
I didn’t mean to hurt you. I just… I don’t know how to leave you alone
*soft broken*
Lena
Then Aiden please don't leave me stay by my side like you used to...*crying*
Aiden
I will not leave you, Lena…
Every time I close my eyes, I see you Alone and it breaks me more...
And he— he cries like he knows me.*voice fading, full of sorrow*
Lena
Who ?*still her tears falling down*
Aiden
Our son...*smile with tears in his eyes*
Aiden
I can feel him...*said while smiling happily*
Aiden
He knows my voice.
He carries my heart… just like you do.
Lena
Of course he is our child...
Aiden
*sit beside her* when I was dying I still remember my last dream of having him in my arms...*eyes full of tears*
Aiden
I will be with you even if I die I promised you my love...
Lena
*baby kicks her in belly* You didn't break your promise
Lena
Did you feel it...*smile*
Aiden comes and talks with her every night...
Lena gave birth to a baby boy with Aiden’s soft eyes and tiny dimples. She named him Adrian, after his father.
The baby’s crib would rock gently on its own.
The music box — one Aiden had built — played every night without being wound up.
And when Lena would hum their song, a deep male voice hummed along
At first, she smiled through her tears.
Lena
“You kept your promise, Aiden…”
she whispered into the dark.
The lights flickered softly, almost in reply.
Days turned into nights, and nights into whispers.
Sometimes, Lena would wake to find a handprint on the mirror — large, masculine, as if he had been standing behind her.
Sometimes, she would feel a cold breath near her ear.wishpering
Aiden
“You’re not alone, my love. I’m still here.”
We will meet in the second part of this chapter...
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