Duppy Stories – JAMAICAN TRUE STORIES

The Three Amigos

Three friends were inseparable. Everyone knew them as the Three Amigos until one night shattered everything. In Jamaica, people believe words carry power, especially when spoken at the wrong time....

Headless Preacher of Mile Gully

In Mile Gully, Jamaica, elders whisper of the Headless Preacher, a man denied burial, whose spirit is said to still walk near an abandoned church.

The Haunted Church of Mile Gully

In Mile Gully, the name James Knight is never spoken after dark. Beheaded for preaching freedom, his body denied burial, his skull mounted as a warning his death did not...

The Woman With No Feet

The night was quiet when they saw her standing on the road, staring up the hill. She never moved. Never spoke. And when they noticed she had no feet, fear...

The Owl on the Hill

Sent to the shop before streetlights reached his village, Glenroy met something waiting in the dark. It didn’t touch him it chased him. By the time he reached safety, blood...

The Man In The Corner

A tall man with a machete stood in the corner of the room. He crawled to the bed, stood, and raised the blade. She screamed awake. Her husband whispered, “Lord...

The Groaning in Higgins Land

As a barefoot boy in short trousers living at his great uncle’s house in Higgins Land, nightfall meant only one thing: duppy stories. The adults told them with ease, laughter...

The Duppy Followed Them Home (May Pen)

They were warned never to say goodbye out loud in the dead yard. When one careless sentence slipped into the night, something followed them home silent, faceless, and determined not...

The Deacon and the Duppies

“A friend of mine was sleeping, snoring and I saw this woman walk right up to him. I wasn’t dreaming. I was wide awake. She came up and rested her...

Teeth Longer Than These???

This time, it was clear. The man’s teeth were really growing, long and unnatural. The young man kept his cool, gave thanks, and quickly walked away.

The Duppy At Outlook, Jamaica

Seconds stretched into eternity before it let go. Tracey gasped for air, her chest rising and falling in ragged, terrified breaths. She knew then, this wasn’t a dream.

DUPPY TENANT

One night, he had a strange dream. A woman was watching him. Her face was eerie, her presence unsettling, but he didn’t recognize her.

AUNTY BABS DUPPY

One evening, Babs was crossing the road when a bus hit her. She got trapped under the front tire and died.

GRANNY DUPPY CONQUEROR

Her heart pounded as she ran to the window beside her bed, hoping to see what was happening.And then she saw something that made her blood run cold.

THE DUPPY(GHOST) KNOCKS

She shook her head and said, “You were so deep in sleep, you didn’t even move. No one knocked. No one spoke.”

JAMAICAN DOPPELGÄNGER

Days passed, and strange things continued to happen. Finally, Granny said she had something to tell Sam, something she had been keeping to herself to avoid scaring her.

JUNIOR AND THE DUPPY (GHOST)

There, standing in the dim light, was a man Junior recognized, a man who had died a few years ago. This man, when he was alive, was known for cooking...

GRANNY AND THE MIMIC DUPPY

The demon spoke, cursing, snarling, twisting its voice in ways no human could. The house became unbearably hot. The women, unfazed, began speaking in tongues, their voices rising, drowning out...

WHEN DUPPY CALL

Even though Annakay was used to spirits, there was something in the house that felt different, darker. It wasn’t like the others. It felt heavy and scary, like a shadow...

THE DUPPY AND THE WOMANIZER

Police was woken up by a vulture picking at his big toe. He wiped his eyes and looked around in astonishment. He was in a graveyard in his birthday suit....