Why are skeletons associated with ghosts and scary stories?

Maybe. It depends on your tolerance for spooky things. Some people find any ghost story scary, while others might not be fazed.

The most frightening element is their appearance. The sight of a skeleton with its empty eye sockets and exposed bones is very creepy. It gives a sense of death and the unknown.

One scary skeleton story is about a haunted cemetery. At midnight, the skeletons in the graves would rise. Their bony hands would reach out as they made eerie clicking sounds while moving towards the living. People who wandered near the cemetery at that time often reported seeing a faint glow of the skeletons' eye sockets.

Well, cartoon ghosts are scary often because of the way they are designed - with spooky features and sudden appearances. Also, the background music and sound effects add to the scare factor.

Well, in a way, yes. Ghosts are often associated with the unknown and the spooky. Their 'stories' might be a way to convey their own tragic pasts or the events that led to their deaths. It could also be a way to scare the living, perhaps out of jealousy or just because that's the only way they can interact with our world.

Stephen King is widely known for his terrifying and engaging scary stories.

Yes. Pisces, being a water sign in astrology, can be associated with the mysterious and often the spooky in some ways. In some scary stories, water is a common element representing the unknown and danger. And Pisces, being connected to water, can be symbolically linked to such elements in a story.

One scary story is that Stonehenge was built by ancient sorcerers. They used dark magic to move those huge stones into place, and it's said that at certain times of the year, like midnight on the summer solstice, the spirits of those sorcerers return to Stonehenge to perform their long - forgotten rituals. If you're there at that time, you might see strange apparitions or hear unearthly chanting.

Well, one reason could be that at night, through the window, you might see strange shadows. Maybe the light from outside street lamps or the moon casts odd shapes that look like something menacing. Another reason is that if you're near the window, you might hear strange noises from outside more clearly, like the wind howling or a cat screeching, which can be quite spooky.

Not all of them. There may be a ghost that is more sad than scary. It's the spirit of an old man who misses his family and just lingers around the house where he lived with them, not really trying to frighten anyone but just existing in the memories of that place.