JustUtter 2Min Horror Stories: A Horror Book Series "Bhoota Gappa"

I grew up in a joint family in a village in southern India called Kovvur. My father and his four brothers all lived under the same roof, along with their parents and grandparents. Each of them was married and had their own children, except for my father’s youngest brother—my uncle—who worked as an independent contractor. My uncle had a habit of drinking heavily. He was an alcoholic, and despite my grandfather’s and mother’s constant efforts to make him quit, he found it extremely difficult to control himself. He worked hard during the day at construction sites and would return home in the evening, tired and withdrawn. Every night, he would sit in the courtyard outside his room with a glass of whiskey, listening to his favorite singer, Kishore Kumar. The air around him would grow heavy with a strange melancholy, as his music echoed through the house until he eventually went to sleep. Then came the day when he fell seriously ill. His condition worsened quickly, and he began c...

I went to Duduka, in the Balangir district, that summer with my grandmother to attend a wedding. The village streets felt alive, filled with the loud rhythm of drums and people dancing throughout the day. It was a typical village wedding—crowded, noisy, and full of conversations and laughter that seemed to flow endlessly without reason. I was playing with my cousins when a woman entered the house. At first, nothing about her seemed unusual. But then, she lifted a heavy bucket of water with surprising ease. The way she walked began to change—firm, almost like a man’s stride—and her voice shifted into a strange, unfamiliar accent. Soon, she started giggling uncontrollably, clapping her hands, and asking for money in a tone that didn’t feel like her own. The women of the household quickly intervened and took her inside. Later, I learned that her facial expressions had completely changed, and her voice had deepened into that of a man. A guniya was called, who performed rituals to free her ...