An old Victorian primary school in London’s East End. A rarely used rooftop playground. And, on one ordinary school day, a set of toilets that should have been empty.

When Jeff was eight or nine years old, a plumbing problem meant the only working toilets were on the roof. Mid-lesson, he was sent upstairs alone. Inside, the room felt strangely quiet, the kind of silence that makes a child pause before they understand why.

Then he heard it: the clear laughter of a young girl.

Assuming someone else was inside, he called out. No answer came. One by one, he checked the cubicles, expecting to find another pupil hiding there. But every door opened onto nothing. No child. No movement. No way out except the one he had come through.

A short, chilling Fright Bites account of childhood fear, old school buildings, and the kind of unexplained sound that stays with someone long after they’ve run back to class.

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