A real hearse driver's account of a corpse ride to Feni — the car kept dying, the lights went dead, then stopped the moment the body left.
Best Short Horror Stories: Driving With a Corpse
The Ride to Feni It started like any other job. I run a car service in Dhaka — the kind people call when someone's died and the body needs to go somewhere. Nothing special about that morning. Just another call, another family, another address to drive to. The man had died in Dhaka. We took him to Ibne Sina for the ritual wash first. After that, the family wanted a second wash done at the mosque we use in Dhanmondi — we call it Taka Masjid. So we went there too. Two washings. I don't know why, exactly. Maybe it was just what the family wanted. After the second wash, we loaded him into my car. Eight people rode with us, packed in with the body. Me and my staff up front, the rest of them in the back with him. Another vehicle came with us too — a Hiace, full of more people from the family. It was around noon, or close to it. Somewhere between 11:30 and 12:00 — I couldn't tell you the exact minute. We stopped for gas near Signboard before really getting on the highway. Ordinary stu…
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Subham Halder is the creator and author of True Horror Feed. He researches and writes about true scary stories, paranormal experiences, folklore, urban legends, mythology, and unexplained incidents, with an emphasis on distinguishing documented info…
