5 True Scary Wrong Turn Stories

The Devil's House in North Carolina

• 💡 A trainee painter, lost and with a dead phone, pulls over for directions at a house in North Carolina.
• 💀 He encounters a group of people living in squalor, engaging in disturbing activities including drinking snake blood.
• ⚠️ The homeowner, Pazuzu, reveals his philosophy of filth leading to demonhood and hints at bodies in the basement.
• 😨 The narrator escapes, only to later learn on the news that Pazuzu and his associates were arrested for murder, with a body found in the basement.

A Wedding Invitation in Pakistan

• ✈️ A family traveling to a wedding in a tribal village in Pakistan takes a wrong turn due to their father's insistence on navigating himself.
• 💥 They are met with warning shots from a man guarding a compound, who was actually trying to prevent them from hitting a landmine.
• 🕊️ The man apologizes, explaining he was protecting the property of a powerful local figure, and the family proceeds safely to the wedding.

A Fatal Hunting Accident in Scotland

• 🚶 Two hikers, seeking supplies, ask a farmer for directions and are given a shortcut through a wooded area.
• 🦌 They become lost and encounter a deer, which is then unexpectedly shot and killed by a landowner hunting on his property.
• 🩸 The hikers are covered in the deer's blood and gore, but the landowner and his gamekeeper offer apologies and assistance.

British Tourists Robbed and Murdered in Florida

• 🇬🇧 Two British friends, on vacation in Florida, get lost after a night of drinking and encounter a 16-year-old robber.
• 🔫 The robber, Sean Tyson, demands money, but the tourists explain they have none, having spent it all.
• 💔 Tyson, believing they are lying, shoots one tourist and then kills the other when they continue to plead they have no money.
• ⚖️ Tyson is apprehended and sentenced to two life sentences for the murders.

A Family's Tragic Wrong Turn in Los Angeles

• 🚗 A family driving through Los Angeles takes a wrong turn into territory controlled by the violent El Avenidas street gang.
• 💥 Gang members surround their car, throwing trash cans and firing into the windshield.
• 💔 Three-year-old Stephanie is killed, and her younger brother Joseph is injured, along with their parents.
• ⚖️ Three gang members are arrested and sentenced to life in prison for the attack.