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This type of scary story usually bypasses fantastic and / or supernatural horrors found in the common ghost story, for something that tends to actually happen in real life to sane people.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
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* ''[[Cheaper By the Dozen]] 2'' did this. The rich kids were reading about a family that was worrying about how to pay their car payment that month, and then they all shuddered in fear and disgust at the thought of not being super-rich.
* ''[[Role Models]]'' included a scene where Paul Rudd's character told the "true scary story" about the facts of child slavery and abduction around the world.
* ''[[Friday the
* ''[[Troop Beverly Hills]]'', with a story about a trip to the salon.
{{quote| "HE ''PERMED'' ME!"<br />
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'''Helen:''' Quinn, honey, is this really a scary story?<br />
'''Quinn:''' Wait! I haven't gotten to the ''shoes'' yet! }}
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Look Before You Sleep," [[No Social Skills|Twilight Sparkle]] is throwing a slumber party by the book, running down a checklist of activities that includes ghost stories. [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Applejack and Rarity]], however, are not feeling charitable toward each other, and have been using each activity to snipe at each other, and this is no exception:
{{quote| '''Applejack''': I'd like to tell y'all the terrifying tale of the prissy ghost, who drove everypony crazy with her unnecessary neatness! OooOOOooo! I'm sure y'all are familiar with that one.<br />
'''Rarity''': Never heard of it. But I have a much better one. It's the horrifying story of the messy, inconsiderate ghost, who irritated everypony within a hundred miles! OooOOOooo!<br />
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