I Unlocked a Door for the Dead

When Chuka’s friend tries to rent a cheap top-floor apartment, strange cries and swarms of flies hint at a deadly secret buried behind locked doors and hidden circuit breakers. The last tenant vanished, the NEPA bill is sky-high, and only one room stays icy cold—yet no one in the building knows the truth. Can Chuka uncover the corpse before the spirit drags another family into its nightmare?

Twenty years ago, Olawale and his wife locked their daughter Keke in an iron wardrobe, leaving her behind for a 'better life.' Now, as their son’s wedding approaches, a dreaded prophecy and Keke’s ghostly voice return to haunt their family. When the past knocks on their door—begging to be let in—no secret can stay buried, and no parent escapes the debt of blood.

When police answer a midnight call, they find an old woman pushing her dead granddaughter on a swing—hours after the girl’s heart gave out from terror. But a viral video reveals the child’s corpse laughing, her face twisted in death, sending chills through the whole estate. As rumors of witchcraft and restless spirits spread, everyone fears: in Lagos, some playgrounds belong to the dead.

Ifedike, a streetwise Lagos thief, breaks into a woman’s flat—only to hide in her wardrobe and witness her murder a lover in cold blood. But the real horror begins when he discovers his own friend Musa’s dead body hanging right beside him, hidden in the same wardrobe. With the killer still in the house and his only escape blocked, Ifedike must survive the night or become the next victim in a city where wahala never sleeps.

After burying my papa, he sits up from the grave, hungry for food and trouble. Instead of peace, his wild spirit drags me from village to town, then sells me to a stranger—just like he sold my sister. Now, I must serve a harsh old teacher, hiding my dream to learn, while the truth about my real papa haunts me like midnight masquerade.

When Ada stumbles on a WhatsApp status showing her own funeral—three days before it’s meant to happen—her blood runs cold. But when a breaking news alert reveals a murder in her own estate, and every detail matches her life, she realizes the killer is closer than she ever imagined. Now, with only minutes left before her predicted death, Ada must uncover who wants her gone, or become the next headline herself.

One April Fool’s night, a mysterious text dares me to choose—each answer unleashes real-life horror. When my best friend Musa becomes the next victim, I realize the deadly game is tied to my family’s darkest secrets and a forbidden marriage contract locked away by my mother. Now, trapped in darkness, I must face a ghost and the truth about my father, or risk losing everyone I love—one message at a time.

Twenty years ago, Musa and his friends sealed the village chief’s grandson in a dried-up well, thinking their secret would die with the bush. Now, as developers threaten to unearth the bones, Musa is forced to return home—but betrayal waits in the dark, and his own friends are ready to bury him alive to keep their riches and freedom. Trapped between haunting guilt, childlessness, and deadly revenge, Musa must decide: confess and lose everything, or fight the monsters he once called brothers?

When Ifeoma is found strangled in her own home, the police think it’s just another robbery—until Inspector Musa uncovers a secret insurance policy taken out by her husband months before her murder. In a town where everyone pretends to be perfect, Ifeoma’s death exposes a web of betrayal, hidden debts, and cold-blooded ambition. Who really opened her door that night—and who stands to gain from her blood?

When Ifedike buys a haunted accident car for his wedding, blood stains and whispers follow him home—but his desperate bride wants her money back, no matter who dies next. In Aba, everyone wants a cheap deal, but nobody wants to carry the curse that comes with it. As the car changes hands and bodies pile up, Oga Shen must decide: protect his street name or survive the spirits haunting his business.

Each time I die in the Oba’s palace, I wake again—one hour before my murder. Uncle Bala’s sweet words hide a deadly plot, and Queen Mama wants me gone for refusing to marry her daughter. If I don’t choose Amina, I’ll keep dying for a secret I never understood—unless I fight back before my next breath runs out.

Last night, I returned to my flat in total darkness, thinking my only worry was NEPA and the Lagos cold. By morning, police flood my house—my roommate is dead, stabbed in his own room, and blood on the wall spells out: 'Lucky say you be blind man, abi?' Now the real killer might still be watching, and my blindness is the only thing that kept me alive. But in Lagos, secrets don’t stay buried, and the next knock could be for me.