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The Dark Room | 8.78 | apocalyptic, beings, entities, Ismael Zuniga, undead, zombies
| Alone, he stands in the middle of the room, surrounded by dark walls with nothing but a dim light bulb hanging from the ceiling right above him. A man, with light brown skin and black hair that messily reach his shoulders, blankly stares at the light. His beard, full and untamed, has spots of dirt and grime. He wears g... | 12 minutes | January 3, 2013 | Apocalyptic and Dystopian, Beings and Entities, Zombies and the Undead |
Don’t Take My Doll | 8.78 | null | It was July the 2nd, 1998 when she first appeared. A slight, pale woman with large black rings around her eyes, thin, hollow cheek bones and hair like matted wire. I watched from the front desk everyday as she flitted up to the window, stared into the police station and repeatedly tapped her bony fingers against the gl... | 6 minutes | December 12, 2012 | Strange and Unexplained
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Generation Story | 8.78 | null | So a little bit about myself before I relay a little bit of my story and if you guys enjoy it I will periodically come back and tell you a few more stories. Wealth may not run in my family but I sure inherited a lot of ghost stories.
The story/stories I’m about to recount have almost nothing to do with me. They are mos... | 8 minutes | September 27, 2012 | Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances
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My Account | 8.78 | Cthulhu Mythos, Star Kindler
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| It was a tattered notebook. I’m not sure why I even picked it up. It sat there forlornly on the dock, seeming to stare at me as I stepped off the ferry. It had been a bright red at one point, but water and general exposure had made the coloring dull. I picked it up gingerly, with half a mind to throw it away. I’ve neve... | 10 minutes | August 19, 2012 | Artifacts and Objects, Strange and Unexplained |
The Kaleidoscope | 8.78 | null | While honeymooning in Maine, my wife and I stopped in the picturesque town of Boothbay on a particularly dreary and rainy day. Since our planned picnic was out of the question, we sought shelter in a dilapidated little antique store near the harbour. While my wife inspected the large chests and side tables near the doo... | 2 minutes | October 13, 2008 | Artifacts and Objects
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Father Cooke: Cat’s in the Cradle | 8.77 | angels, demons, Father Cooke Series, haunted houses, haunted objects, heaven, Hell, K.G. Lewis, possession, priests, religion, rites, rituals, supernatural
| Publisher’s Note: This story is a prequel and takes place before all of the previously released Father Cooke and Magister Alexander stories, which you can find here. The author invites you to read the other tales in the series after completing this one.
Oh shit, I thought as I walked through the front door and saw the ... | 13 minutes | April 5, 2019 | Beings and Entities, Demons and Possession, Religion and Spirituality, Rites and Rituals |
Communion | 8.77 | null | “The Old Gods are Still Here…”
In a pink sky, the sun was the color of bad blood. It was ascending now, reborn. It took no notice of the screams, and neither did any other stars. They were as indifferent to this as they were to rape and the fall of nations. So was the world. It didn’t disturb sacraments such as these; ... | 34 minutes | July 12, 2017 | Strange and Unexplained
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The Great Occam Cobb | 8.77 | magic, magicians, Seith Vale, Vngel W.
| Chapter 1
Jonathan was fascinated by magic.
For as long as he could recall, it was something that undoubtedly enthralled him. Perhaps it was that the enigmatic nature that drew him towards it. He remembered witnessing his first act of wonder on the street, when an old man had a random woman select a card from a deck.
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The Mechanic | 8.77 | null | My boss is an absolute dipshit. Sorry, I hate to be so blunt but that’s just the way it is. My name is Sarah Collins and I work as a personal assistant for a private law firm. It’s probably safer for you if I don’t mention where. Anyway, back to my arsehole sleazebag of a boss. He’s a short, fat little man who walks ar... | 4 minutes | August 29, 2015 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Strange and Unexplained
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Let Me Hear Your Voice | 8.77 | null | I know scary stories are fun to read, but they can also be a warning. I’m writing and posting this only because I know the people that come here will actually read the whole thing, maybe even with interest. I want to tell my story so that no one is stupid enough to make the same mistakes that I have. I’ll make it quick... | 5 minutes | July 11, 2015 | Strange and Unexplained
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Toter’s Maze | 8.77 | Lex Joy
| There aren’t a lot of advantages to being the sole teaching assistant in a small computer science department, except that once in a while the professors are nice enough to unload a bunch of old tech on you for free. Maybe they’re cleaning out their offices for the first time in decades, and have a few Macintosh Classic... | 14 minutes | July 27, 2014 | Artifacts and Objects |
Hunting Grounds | 8.77 | null | I don’t really know how to start something like this, writing journal entries isn’t something I’d say I’m used to. Anyways, the doctors said it might help to get something down on paper so, it’s worth a try. I’ve been in this hospital for a few days now and, I haven’t really been able to do anything apart from write. T... | 11 minutes | January 27, 2014 | Strange and Unexplained
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Those Eyes | 8.77 | null | This is difficult, very difficult. I am not at all comfortable with this. I keep reminding myself why I’m doing it. These are not the typist’s words. The typist is not me, but my sister. I don’t know if she believes me, but she’s giving me the help I need, the help I’ve needed for a while now. She is transcribing what ... | 18 minutes | May 22, 2013 | Strange and Unexplained
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Sewers | 8.77 | null | A laptop computer was found in the city sewers on Monday, April 22nd of 2013, after screams were heard echoing from below. As far as authorities could tell, there was no owner. All picture files on the hard drive were corrupted, and forensics failed to reconstruct all but one of them. The reconstructed photo partially ... | 9 minutes | May 20, 2013 | Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances
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I Told You To Smile | 8.77 | null | It was the 2nd of January, 2:04 AM. I woke up to a knocking on the door. One knock every 3 seconds. I slipped on my slippers and walked down the stairs. As I walked down, the knocking on the door got faster, almost like a heartbeat. When I got to the door, the knocking stopped, I looked outside and nobody was there.
I ... | 2 minutes | December 3, 2012 | Strange and Unexplained
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Fallout 3: Numbers Station | 8.77 | anonymously authored, fallout, Fallout 3, fan fiction, games, gaming, haunted games, Haunted Games Writing Contest, video games
| Fallout 3 contains several in-game radio stations. The most diverse and important station is Galaxy News Radio.
Many players of the evil persuasion know that you can kill Three Dog and he will be replaced by the technician Margaret. She is not a charismatic person and has very little to say, seeming to not enjoy her ne... | 5 minutes | November 12, 2012 | Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained, Video Games and Gaming |
A Parent’s Love | 8.77 | null | We were all there that day. The day they released him. Me and Kent, Bonnie and Simon, Nora and Anthony, Dustin and Patrick, and Darlene. We didn’t bring the kids. I think it was Nora’s idea to leave them at home. And it was Patrick’s idea to go watch the release. Chad Lamb strode from the prison, wearing the smirk that... | 7 minutes | October 15, 2012 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Rites and Rituals, Strange and Unexplained
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Father Cooke: Part 5 – Burning Down the House | 8.76 | angels, demons, Father Cooke Series, haunted houses, haunted objects, heaven, Hell, K.G. Lewis, possession, priests, religion, rites, rituals, supernatural
| Publisher’s Note: This story is part of the author’s Father Cooke series of interrelated stories. If you enjoy it, the author invites you to click here to read the other tales in the series.
“1…2…3…4…5…6…7.” I flicked the light in the bathroom off and then on again seven times, counting every flick of the switch. Once ... | 9 minutes | February 6, 2019 | Beings and Entities, Demons and Possession, Religion and Spirituality, Rites and Rituals |
Someone Always Comes Along | 8.76 | Seasonally Spooky
| Hey there. Are you lost? Me too. Aw there there, don’t be scared, someone will come along. Someone always comes along. Sooner or later.
I’m Amy. We can wait here till someone finds us. In the meantime, would uh… would you like to trade? Yeah I’ll tell you a story and, well… you listen to it. It’s a great way to pass th... | 17 minutes | September 23, 2015 | Locations and Sites, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness |
We Should’ve Checked the CarFax | 8.76 | based on a true story, based on true events
| This is a true story, a quite disturbing occurrence I had the misfortune to experience when I was at the impressionable – and, mind you, easily frightened – age of 7. The entire spectacle is centered around a road trip. This I must explain to you immediately, so that I can tell you the background of the story.
A month ... | 9 minutes | August 14, 2015 | Based on True Events, Strange and Unexplained |
A Slight Misunderstanding | 8.76 | based on a true story, based on true events
| *Introductory Note* What you’re about to read actually happened while on an internship during Fall of 2014. In order to protect people’s privacy, I’m not including the names of my friends, the name of the company I was employed with at the time, or the name of my university. But after you read my account, if you feel s... | 12 minutes | May 12, 2015 | Based on True Events, Locations and Sites |
Off the Beaten Path | 8.76 | Michael Whitehouse
| Sitting at his table illuminated by a small bedside lamp, Robert Francis poured over a map jotting down notes each time his eyes fell onto some point of interest. It was 10:30PM and he reckoned that, if he set off at six in the morning, he would be able to avoid the early traffic and catch the first train to Milngavie ... | 27 minutes | January 4, 2013 | Artifacts and Objects |
The Quantum Man | 8.76 | The Silicon Lemming
| Jonathan Felix sat back in the chair after affixing the final electrodes to his skull. He currently reclined in one of the most expensive private scientific investments in the world, and today was the fruition of his, and many others, efforts. The aim of the project was to open a human beings mind and allow them to per... | 3 minutes | October 2, 2012 | Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Strange and Unexplained |
Self Preservation | 8.76 | null | If you’re reading this, then I am hopefully long gone. It’s been… two months now since the meteor struck Mississippi. There was a lot of public interest in it, astrologers and the like all gathering around for a look. They took samples of the rock and shipped them all over the world to museums in every country. Hell, I... | 3 minutes | July 1, 2010 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness
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Roadwork | 8.76 | Cameron Suey, Josef K.
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| When Conner arrived at the gas station, he exited the car with a speed that surprised even him. He took a few quick steps, almost at a run, before turning back towards the car. Under the garish sodium lights of the service station, the little blue sedan looked a sickly greenish gray. It looked squat and malign in its s... | 14 minutes | December 31, 2009 | Beings and Entities |
An Anthology: Alphabetically Organized | 8.75 | anthologies, collections, flash fiction, micropastas, Ryan Brennaman, short stories, Video Narratives OK
| A is for Astronaut
Very rarely did something ever come into view of the International Space Station that wasn’t Earth. There was considerable surprise when, hovering just beyond the reach of the station and well beyond the reach of Earth, floated a single EVA space suit. A quick search of the ISS found that all their s... | 25 minutes | August 16, 2019 | Strange and Unexplained |
Why I’ll Never Work Security At Disney World Again | 8.75 | amusement parks, children, conspiracies, cover-ups, deaths, disappearances, Disney, Disney World, DisneySecurity, Epcot Center, families, investigations, It's a Small World, jobs, kids, locations, Magic Kingdom, murders, mysteries, occupations, police, rides, security, security guards, sites, strange, theme parks, une... | I work in security at Disney World, the happiest place on Earth. Typically, I wouldn’t say where I work as obviously there are some pretty strict rules about things employees can put online, but I just don’t think I can tell this properly without that context. And, honestly, I think this may be it for me anyway with th... | 5 minutes | July 8, 2019 | Children and Childhood, Conspiracies and Government, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Investigations and Crimes, Jobs and Occupations, Locations and Sites |
The Desert Road | 8.75 | null | Working late one night, preparing for a court appearance the next morning, I was somewhat taken aback by the sudden breath of the long-forgotten, but supremely familiar scent of the desert air. A phantom smell. I was in Boston, far, far away from the desert back home. Why that particular scent came upon me, I couldn’t ... | 10 minutes | August 30, 2017 | Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Locations and Sites
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What Lies Below | 8.75 | null | I worked in the dredging industry for quite some time now. For those of you unaware of what dredging is, it’s a sector of marine construction that involves excavating the bottom of a body of water, and relocating the material elsewhere. If you’ve ever been to a beach on the East Coast of the U.S., there’s a pretty fair... | 13 minutes | April 28, 2017 | Strange and Unexplained
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Lisa Lynn | 8.75 | Video Narratives OK
| Fabled Oaks Elementary School – 1998
The bell rang out through the corridors and classrooms of Fabled Oaks Elementary School, signalling the end of another day for the children and teachers within.
“Okay kids, that’s the bell!” Sarah Rogers stood up from her desk and made the announcement to her 2nd grade class, who ha... | 20 minutes | August 22, 2016 | Beings and Entities |
Loon Harbour | 8.75 | Keith Daniels
| I got called out to Seal Cove on the coast about a year ago for duty. Small town on the coast, you know how it is. Maybe 700 people, tops. That’s including the ones who aren’t on paper. They told me I’d have a quiet eight months. Not much happens around there usually, besides the odd poacher or pissed-up drunk who need... | 19 minutes | December 23, 2015 | Beings and Entities |
Craters in Her Face | 8.75 | null | I’ve always been an art enthusiast. I guess I inherited that from my grandmother. She had been a painter for many years, and tried her best to instill a love of the fine arts in me. I have many fond memories of trips to museums and galleries with her, gazing upon the countless beautiful and thought provoking pieces.
Sc... | 15 minutes | November 1, 2014 | Artifacts and Objects
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Kystlich Syndrome | 8.75 | null | The first known case of Kystlich Syndrome occurred in Bonn, Germany on June 27, 2014. The media was all over it, of course, due to the grisly and disturbing nature of the event, but stayed with the story due to the unraveling strangeness that emerged as more details emerged. On that day, police initially responded to a... | 8 minutes | November 29, 2013 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances
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The Story of Her Holding an Orange: Part Three | 8.75 | based on a true story, based on true events, The Story of Her Holding an Orange
| Anyone who hasn’t read my story should do so before looking in this thread. My first story had some updates to it too. My second story is my girlfriend’s account of the events.
Hey guys, I promised pictures and updates, so here we go. I will also respond to some questions. So first’s things first, let me bring you up t... | 5 minutes | March 3, 2013 | Based on True Events, Beings and Entities, Strange and Unexplained |
Don’t Go Into the Basement | 8.75 | null | You know, Mom, I remember now how it all started.
It was right after moving to the new house. How old was I? Four, maybe five? I was so young. So innocent. So unsuspecting.
The new house was beautiful, Mom. Do you remember how I used to run from room to room? You always laugh so hard when you recount those times. We w... | 5 minutes | November 9, 2012 | Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Strange and Unexplained
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Her Protection | 8.75 | null | In every major town and city, there is a house of which no official record exists, and whose windows have been boarded up for longer than anyone around can remember. The previous occupants, if there ever were any, are untraceable, and no organisation or individual will ever lay claim to the plot on which it stands.
Nev... | 2 minutes | February 17, 2010 | Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Rites and Rituals
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Call Me Tomorrow, Okay? | 8.75 | null | Still no messages on my phone.
I guess he wasn’t going to call me back after all. I can’t really blame him, maybe I came on a bit too fast yesterday.
I had noticed him long before he noticed me. His shiny black hair and unnatural blue eyes. I wasn’t the only one watching him, that’s for sure. His movements were elegant... | 2 minutes | February 5, 2009 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness
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The Machine | 8.74 | Carter Milford, demons, Devil, experimentation, experiments, god, reality, religion, religious, research, sci-fi, science, science fiction, spirits, spirituality
| Griffin and I were both 25. We hadn’t seen each other since college but kept in close contact. I was working at a cybersecurity firm, and I really wasn’t sure what he had been doing. He always told me he was “just working on something.”
I took a few vacation days from work to go and see him. We went camping for a nigh... | 18 minutes | April 15, 2019 | Demons and Possession, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Experimentation, Science Fiction and Aliens |
The Contract | 8.74 | computers, dark web, deep web, news, newspaper, Shannon Higdon, Unfriended
| Teddy Wilson rapped one knuckle against the smoked-stained glass door adorned with the worn, white letters that announced, “Martin Croker: Editor” before popping his head into the room.
“You wanted to see me boss?” The man who served as his immediate supervisor for the last decade was on the phone with some unfortunat... | 44 minutes | July 20, 2018 | Artifacts and Objects, Beings and Entities, Strange and Unexplained, Technology, the Internet, and the Deep Web |
Beta | 8.74 | genetic engineering, science, Shannon Higdon
| We live in a world where anything is possible and Dr. Dyson Lynch truly believed that. In fact, it was his credo and the science needed to make anything possible was his first and only true love. From the moment he saw his first diagram of an electron in the second grade he was hooked on the world hidden beneath the w... | 23 minutes | April 9, 2018 | Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Science and Experimentation, Strange and Unexplained |
By The Light of a Dying Fire | 8.74 | Video Narratives OK
| Ever since history began, mankind has been fascinated by fire. In the days of the caveman the hunter’s campfire was often the only thing that protected our prehistoric ancestors from the predators that prowled the dark. The scenario must have been terrifying as the cavemen sat around their fire knowing that death watch... | 18 minutes | May 16, 2016 | Strange and Unexplained |
No Rhyme, No Reason, No Explanation | 8.74 | null | Back when we were six, my brother developed a notorious sleepwalking habit among his various other disorders. So much so that dad child proofed the doors to our room and closet (after an unfortunate pissing incident involving a soiled pile of clothes) so that when we were awake, we could leave, but asleep, no dice. It ... | 11 minutes | December 28, 2015 | Beings and Entities, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Strange and Unexplained
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Busking | 8.74 | null | Ruby was in her usual spot. Sitting cross-legged, right under the stern “No Busking” sign that was screwed into the old brickwork.
“Busking” being the British term for street-performance; juggling, fire-breathing, magic tricks, whatever.
Ruby was a musician though. A pretty good one, so she’d been told. Just the simpl... | 5 minutes | September 24, 2015 | Strange and Unexplained
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Warning | 8.74 | null | My friends and I had just left a party at a local bar, and we were walking back to my house, seeing how it wasn’t too far away from where we were. On our way back, we happened to come across a small lot sandwiched between two apartment buildings that was filled with black garbage bags and piles of tires. Rich proposed ... | 21 minutes | November 28, 2012 | Artifacts and Objects, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances
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Herobrine | 8.73 | anonymously authored, creepypasta classics, famous characters, games, gaming, glitches, Herobrine, Herobrine creepypasta, Minecraft, Minecraft creepypasta, video games
| I had recently spawned a new world in single-player Minecraft. Everything was normal at first as I began chopping down trees and crafting a workbench. I noticed something move amongst the dense fog (I have a very slow computer so I have to play with a tiny render distance). I thought it was a cow, so I pursued it, hopi... | 2 minutes | October 30, 2010 | Famous Creepypasta, Strange and Unexplained, Video Games and Gaming |
The Disneyland Suicide Pact | 8.73 | amusement parks, conspiracies, cover-ups, deaths, Derek Walker, Disney, locations, pacts, sites, suicides, theme parks
| I’m writing this down to A) help me process what happened and B) create some sort of written record.
I’m a Disneyland employee—have been for 5 years. I started running a concession stand, moved to ride operator, then into resort operations. All the while, I was a pursuing a degree in psychology with intentions to becom... | 11 minutes | March 7, 2019 | Conspiracies and Government, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Locations and Sites |
As Her Air Ran Out | 8.73 | afterlife, CageVenom, children, deaths, drowning, kids, manipulation, reincarnation
| Ellie’s eyes fluttered open, only to be blasted by strong, white light. Her arm shot up and hid her face from the glare, as she slowly became able to see her surroundings.
She was stuck in a Plexiglas cube, big enough for her 13-year-old self to stretch out her arms and barely be able to lay down both palms of her hand... | 9 minutes | April 22, 2017 | Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Religion and Spirituality |
Desired | 8.73 | null | Have you ever felt wanted, but by something you seriously did not want to be desired by? Perhaps someone is attracted to you, and you can’t get them to acknowledge your lack of interest. Maybe there’s someone at work that you don’t care for, but they always talk to you. These people do not truly ask for you though. Tha... | 23 minutes | January 12, 2016 | Beings and Entities
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Are You Coming Upstairs? | 8.73 | null | The 1980’s. The wonderful years of my early childhood, filled with the delicious smells of Christmas, baked apples and amazing memories of endless, warm summer days filled with laughter and innocent, childish friendship. It was also, however, the end of this decade that marked the beginning of the end of my unblemished... | 14 minutes | December 21, 2015 | Locations and Sites
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The Five | 8.73 | null | My involvement in the experiment started only a few weeks ago. I was visiting my grandfather, who lives alone and needs someone to come over and help out with the house once a week. I’d usually go for the well stocked library in his office, and the long conversations about any book, from Harry Potter to The Odyssey.
Wh... | 9 minutes | October 31, 2015 | Strange and Unexplained
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Tesla | 8.73 | null | June, 2354
It’s hard to begin but let me preface this by saying that Earth does still exist, but it’s a wasteland. If you’re listening to this you need to know where you come from.
The scientists were right. Climate change was a real threat. In the early 21st century, the majority of the population was at odds with th... | 17 minutes | July 6, 2015 | Strange and Unexplained
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Foreverness | 8.73 | Colin's Home for the Damned
| Eliza was in her bed upstairs. Mother cleaned her up. She made her look very pretty. Like sheʼs sleeping.
I donʼt know why we didnʼt expect this to happen. Not because of the way she was. More because of what we did to her.
My brother James and I, we always knew tell there was something unusual about her. When she was... | 10 minutes | October 14, 2014 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Strange and Unexplained |
He Comes (Zalgo) | 8.73 | beings, Chris Phoenix, creepypasta classics, entities, Zalgo
| Forgive the length of this message, this is the first and possibly the last time I’ll have access to a computer so I thought I’d better write this all down while I can and get it to those who should know. I’m leaving town; I don’t know where I’m going, I’m just getting as far away as I can.
Okay so as some of you ma... | 10 minutes | November 18, 2013 | Beings and Entities, Famous Creepypasta |
Tran-Siberian Express | 8.73 | null | Day 1
After stowing our luggage away under the bottom bunk and taking a few moments to adjust to our new ‘home’ for the next seven days, we turned to face our travelling companion or the random stranger who made the journey work out that little bit cheaper. She seemed pleasant enough. Her name was Elena; she was 25, fo... | 5 minutes | August 18, 2013 | Locations and Sites
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Tunnels | 8.73 | Michael Whitehouse
| l once knew a man who was afraid of nothing. No monstrosity man made nor fictitious could subdue his spirits, and the mere mention of the word ‘supernatural’ would elicit a most cynical example of laughter. This bravery was both his greatest strength and his most profound weakness, for ignorance and heedlessness can of... | 16 minutes | December 29, 2012 | Locations and Sites |
Impending Doom | 8.73 | null | “It’s time to sleep now, Justin. Seriously. You’re getting too old for this.” My father stated, while slipping the covers underneath the edges of my body, to keep me snug in place as he tucked me in.
“You’re almost eight years old. You know the difference between what’s real and what isn’t.” His words didn’t comfort me... | 8 minutes | October 31, 2012 | Beings and Entities, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Strange and Unexplained
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Necropotence | 8.73 | D.A. Wilcox, War of the Dead Trilogy
| This journal was found in the attic of a fully furnished and abandoned town house in 2007 next to the last purported owner’s death certificate.
I.
My life is so perfect that it scares me. I see smiling faces from my wife and coworkers, my boss tells me that I’m doing a fine job, and the pastor pulls me up in front of ... | 16 minutes | July 29, 2010 | Artifacts and Objects |
Violet: Part 2 | 8.72 | Sasha Brokov
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| Publisher’s Note: This story is a sequel to the original story Violet. The author encourages you to read the first installment prior to reading this tale, for maximum enjoyment.
The money was running out, but Violet needed to splurge. The loneliness of being on the run was getting to be too much. It was time for some f... | 24 minutes | April 5, 2020 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances |
The Artist | 8.72 | alocohol, arson, arsonists, art, artists, C.J. Henderson, careers, child abuse, children, deaths, insanity, kids, mental illness, murders, occupations, painting, paintings, pregnancy, relationships, strange, weird
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| There’s this painting my wife loves, called “Death and Life”, by Klimt. I don’t know what she finds so fascinating about it. I made all the right noises when she showed me her beloved framed print when we were first dating, “oohing” and “ahhing” and making up some bullshit about warm and cold color schemes and the spec... | 9 minutes | April 9, 2019 | Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Jobs and Occupations, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Strange and Unexplained |
The Wormhole | 8.72 | interdimensional, K.G. Lewis, paranormal, sci-fi, science fiction, strange, wormhole
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I stared at the odd hole that had appeared in my arm overnight. It was located on the inside of my forearm just before the bend of my elbow. I’m positive it wasn’t there when I went to bed last night. How can I be so sure? Easy, because there used to be a mole where the hole is. It’s like the mole collapsed in o... | 26 minutes | January 2, 2019 | Beings and Entities, Science Fiction and Aliens, Strange and Unexplained |
What Do You Like About Playing Under the Bed? | 8.72 | based on a true story, based on true events, Video Narratives OK
| It all started when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Actually, I guess it may have been earlier, but that’s around the first memory I have of it. See, I have had sleep paralysis as long as I can remember, although it is rare now that I am an adult. Most people that I’ve told about this have assumed I’m just scared of the ... | 6 minutes | April 6, 2017 | Based on True Events, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness |
The Bog | 8.72 | Rosemary Hamend, Video Narratives OK
| From the window I can see the wide green and gold of the bogland stretching as far as the horizon. Between scattered rocks and narrow channels of peaty water some dark shape moves, or is it only shifting clouds and a trick of the dying light? I can never tell.
Gabby plays on the rug, weaving another story from drift wo... | 4 minutes | January 12, 2017 | Locations and Sites |
Capital Punishment | 8.72 | Moonlit_Cove, Video Narratives OK
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| You may recall back in June of 2021, how the first live televised execution of a death row inmate had gone off without a hitch. It was one of the most anticipated TV airings in recent – and I suppose even in distant – memory.
The months leading up to the event had been filled with controversy. There were clashes betwee... | 7 minutes | August 11, 2016 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances |
Claustrophobia | 8.72 | Moonlit_Cove, Video Narratives OK
| Things have simply not been the same for Dalton Whitworth since the carriage accident. Colors are not as vivid – music not nearly as pleasurable. Every meal he consumes is bland and leaves an unsavory aftertaste. Days filled with sunlight are no longer warm, enjoyable experiences. On the contrary – he finds the light t... | 13 minutes | May 24, 2016 | Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness |
The Garden Gnome | 8.72 | Kenneth Kohl
| Juliet stood on the sidewalk, hands on her hips, and stared at the house. How depressing. Her Aunt Camilla had passed away just three short months ago. An aneurysm or stroke is what the doctors had said. Camilla had been in her nineties and a spinster. With no husband or children, the probate court had informed Juliet ... | 16 minutes | October 3, 2015 | Beings and Entities |
Blood and Oil | 8.72 | null | Note: The following is a sequel to the creepypasta entitled “Breach”. The author recommends reading “Breach” first, as it is followed chronologically by the events described in “Blood and Oil.” Thank you!
In the last hour of her life, as she ran blindly through the forest that surrounded her, Amanda Conners wondered wh... | 21 minutes | October 7, 2014 | Rites and Rituals
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A Promise of the Heart | 8.72 | CharminglyShallow, deaths, poems, poetry
| My first love was a pretty girl
with golden hair and skin of pearl.
We thought our meeting one of chance,
our senses caught in that first glance,
and watched our love unfurl.
Our lives entwined at dizzying rate,
as if our love was set by fate,
and none were taken by surprise
when talk of marriage did arise
and soon we’... | 5 minutes | September 27, 2014 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Poems and Poetry |
Detachment | 8.72 | null | Ever since I can remember I have had a strange fascination with mirrors. The idea that there is a piece of glass which reflects everything you see. I still wonder what the first man thought when he was saw his reflection in still water. Did he instinctively know it was him? Or did he spend a few minutes moving his arms... | 9 minutes | November 7, 2013 | Artifacts and Objects, Strange and Unexplained
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Dirty Paper Machines | 8.72 | Harlequin Series, Stephan D. Harris
| This is the final entry in Stephan D. Harris’ Harlequin series.
“Sometimes I wonder; what exactly is a monster? Is it really something to be feared, or is it something to be respected? Is that frightening, hideous thing that stalks your nightmares trying to tell you something, something important? Maybe the monster isn... | 33 minutes | July 15, 2013 | Locations and Sites |
The Christmas Tree | 8.72 | Christmas, holidays, Michael Whitehouse
| Staring at the tree, whiskey in hand, Pete was pleased that this year would be different from the last. It had been the strangest time of his life, but he truly felt like things were finally coming together, and when better to come together than at Christmas? A time he loved more than any other.
In some ways the past y... | 15 minutes | December 25, 2012 | Beings and Entities, Christmas and Holidays |
Unknown Number | 8.72 | null | “JESUS!!” I cried.
Being jolted from a half dose at a quarter to midnight by my new ‘Halloween theme’ ringtone didn’t do wonders for my heart-rate, especially since I’d momentarily forgot I’d changed the tone at all that day.
Took me a while to find my phone stuck down the side of the armchair I was sitting in, not hel... | 3 minutes | October 4, 2012 | Artifacts and Objects, Strange and Unexplained
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Spin | 8.72 | null | ~Written 2 months ago~
~Mood: Nostalgic~
Okay, so I feel I must explain a few things to you. First of all, I am male, and believe it or not, I am a homosapien. That may come as a shock to a few of you seeing as I do come across as slightly ‘weird’. However I would prefer to tag myself as eccentric.
I guess it is partly... | 8 minutes | September 29, 2012 | Beings and Entities
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The Masked Man | 8.72 | null | Tuesday, October 11th
Today, I drove my 7-year old son James into town to go Halloween shopping. I didn’t have to buy any candy this year because we live in a cul-de-sac out in the middle of a farming community on the outskirts of the city. I moved last year because I had divorced my wife and lost my old house along wi... | 10 minutes | June 13, 2012 | Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances
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The Growths | 8.72 | anonymously authored
| I’d had them ever since I was a kid.
I can remember being incredibly self-conscious about them, hiding them in my pockets under books and bags. The kids at school never said anything to my face, but I knew they were laughing behind my back.
I remember asking my parents to take me to the doctor, to get them checked out... | 2 minutes | May 12, 2008 | Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness |
It Came From the Haunted House Across the Street | 8.71 | Halloween, Halloween stories, SirScareme
| Publisher’s Note: This story is preceded by a prequel. To read the earlier chronological installment of this series, please click here.
After my dad shared his Halloween tale about the disappearance of his best friend Jake and the town’s O-Lantern Man urban legend, I asked him if he would tell me another story…and he d... | 9 minutes | October 17, 2019 | Halloween Stories |
Don’t Ever Take Your Eyes Off Your Children This Halloween | 8.71 | abductions, children, crimes, disappearances, Halloween, Halloween stories, kidnappings, kids, Michael Richardson
| “Dad, just a few more houses, pleeeasseee?”
Why did I say yes? I blame myself every day, but how could I not? If you saw his face, if you saw those big beautiful brown eyes staring up at you I don’t see how you could refuse. My son, Daniel, dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow for the second year in a row, pulled and tugged... | 10 minutes | October 14, 2019 | Abductions and Kidnappings, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Halloween Stories |
Within the Darkness | 8.71 | beings, creatures, darkness, David Knoppel, encounters, entities, home alone, Lupus Creepus, madness, monsters
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| It all started after moving into my new house. Yeah, that’s pretty cliché. Believe me, I know, but it’s what happened. I never experienced anything supernatural before and, though interested, I never really expected anything to happen to me.
I was able to rent the house for pretty cheap. I didn’t think anything of it b... | 7 minutes | May 25, 2019 | Beings and Entities, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids |
Times of Departure | 8.71 | null | Times of Departure
By John Clewarth
When Ida Renton had first read Public Information Leaflet Number 3, in the month of July 1939, she had had no conception of the events that would befall her later that year. Evacuation: Why and How? Indeed, it was true that the Lord Privy Seal’s Office, when producing the leaflet, ... | 4 minutes | May 6, 2018 | Strange and Unexplained
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The Street | 8.71 | Thomas Anthony Lay, Video Narratives OK
| It’s Saturday night and you’re dressed up in your favourite smart-casual outfit. Excitement fills your heart as you check yourself one last time in the mirror, make a final adjustment to your hair which is now perfect, and head out of the room. You glance at your coat as you walk past it, smiling to yourself as you ope... | 7 minutes | January 30, 2017 | Strange and Unexplained |
No Contest | 8.71 | Casey Pierce, InfernalNightmare333
| “Alright, kids,” the counselor announced, a devilish grin stretching across her face. “You know what time it is!”
Jack nodded vigorously, bouncing up and down with excitement. He had been waiting for this moment all day.
“That’s right!” she responded. “It’s time for our scary story competition! I want you to share the... | 17 minutes | October 10, 2015 | Beings and Entities |
My Grandfather Suffered from Dementia | 8.71 | Josh M. Parker
| Grandpa was 97 years old when he passed away.
He lived far from where his three children had settled. Grandma died when I was a small child, and he ended up remarrying another woman a few years later who demanded that he move out west so that she could be nearer to her sons. She was a piece of work, was Grandma Hester.... | 9 minutes | February 23, 2015 | Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Strange and Unexplained |
Nobody Lived In Flat Number Six | 8.71 | null | Nobody lived in flat number six. As far as we were aware, it was empty. The date was October 1992 and my wife and I had moved in almost two months ago. We had bought flat number five, and were quite content to live in it – it was a neat, cosy little apartment with a kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom, and one room which me... | 14 minutes | July 26, 2014 | Locations and Sites
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The Flesh Market | 8.71 | The Silicon Lemming
| Have you ever visited Edinburgh? Beautiful city, no matter what time of year you go. The castle that sits at the centre of the city is awe-inspiring, looking down on the surrounding area from the Mount. The peaks and valleys of the land have resulted in a city that flows with the landscape. Streets that surround can be... | 6 minutes | May 15, 2014 | Locations and Sites |
Whispers | 8.71 | Mike MacDee
| I’m posting this tonight in the hope that it will clear up the misunderstandings surrounding the disappearance of Debra Lindsay Caine, at the risk of my personal ridicule. Sticks and stones and all that. None of it will matter after tonight. Consider this my one pathetic attempt at an apology, if nothing else. It’s sor... | 11 minutes | February 7, 2014 | Beings and Entities, Locations and Sites, Strange and Unexplained |
The Darkness | 8.71 | games, haunted games, Haunted Games Writing Contest
| Call me outdated, but Counter-Strike is still at the top of my all-time favorite video games.
Late night at the dorm alone, playing up until 3 am, with full volume on. Yeah, that’s my style. Today was supposed to be no different.
I turned on my MacBook Pro. The glossy screen made a clear reflection of my long, narrow ... | 4 minutes | May 30, 2013 | Strange and Unexplained, Video Games and Gaming |
A poem of fractured mind | 8.71 | null | Poem of fractured mind
Doctors and nurses digging through my head
Stitching through psyche like needle through thread
Picking through all of the places in mind
Searching for something that they’ll never find
Looking for feelings and workings and cures
They think they can help me…
But they can’t, I am sure.
They think i... | < 1 minute | December 5, 2012 | Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness
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The Night Springs Cemetery | 8.71 | null | An orange sun lowered steadily into a pit of evergreen teeth, valiantly spilling it’s last light upon the Night Springs Cemetery while it still could. If he had noticed, middle-aged Simon Willis might find himself grateful for this light so he might continue overlooking his mother’s grave in peace. After all, the cemet... | 6 minutes | October 27, 2012 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Locations and Sites
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The Subway Ride | 8.71 | null | I live in the UK. A colleague at work heard this from her boyfriend. He works with someone who said that his sister’s friend got the last tube (subway train) home a couple of weeks ago. When she got on there were 5 rows of seats empty but the last row had three people sitting in them. As she was a little afraid, she we... | < 1 minute | August 9, 2008 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances
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Let Me Go | 8.7 | deaths, feelspastas, hospitals, jobs, mental illness, nightmares, occupations, psych wards, psychiatric wards, security, self-harm, Stephanie Scissom, suicide attempts, suicides
| “I can’t sleep,” she whispered as she crawled into bed and spooned against my back.
“Jesus, you’re cold,” I murmured.
She only snuggled closer, throwing her leg over mine. I lay there for a few beats, caught between my alcohol-induced sleep and wakefulness, until I realized whatever this cold thing pressed against my ... | 22 minutes | August 1, 2019 | Dreams and Nightmares, Feelspastas and Happy Endings, Jobs and Occupations, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Medical and Hospitals |
I Met the Rat King | 8.7 | animals, folklore, folktales, Jameson Curnick, legends, mythology, myths, rats
| I found it three weeks ago, or rather, I found them. A knotted circle of fur, claws, and death. Six rats, tangled together by their tails, thrashed about my front lawn with little direction. Their shrieks pierced the air of what was normally a quiet street. I was going outside to get the mail when I spotted them. I app... | 18 minutes | December 29, 2018 | Animals and Wildlife, Artifacts and Objects, Beings and Entities, Folklore and Folktales, Myths and Legends, Strange and Unexplained |
The Fairdale Kids Stay Inside | 8.7 | K. Brown, Video Narratives OK
| We called them fallen angels. They were strung up by their ankles and suspended from trees. There was always barbed wire. Wrapped all around the body. Sliced the skin and ripped the tissue, and it was worse if they struggled. Ideally, they would die of dehydration. But this mercy was extended to only a very fortunate f... | 8 minutes | January 26, 2017 | Strange and Unexplained |
The Manor House | 8.7 | Alice1nWonder, Video Narratives OK
| Let me start by saying that I’m no professional storyteller. I just have a story to tell.
Every summer my parent’s would drive from our home in rural Lincolnshire, to our holiday home in a little village in the West Norfolk coast. I won’t say where exactly, but it was a beautiful village, a ten-minute walk away from th... | 19 minutes | January 3, 2017 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances |
The Fallen | 8.7 | Video Narratives OK
| The first thing Courtney noticed as he pulled his beat up old Ford into Rod’s driveway was the massive gash in the field just east of the farmhouse. It was early January and the ground sat frozen under a thick blanket of snow, yet despite this something had torn a small gorge twenty yards long across the length of the ... | 8 minutes | June 16, 2016 | Beings and Entities |
White Owl | 8.7 | Alice Thompson
| Okay, so the first thing I’m going to tell you, in the interest of full disclosure and because it’s fairly pivotal to everything that comes next is that I am a drug user.
User, not addict. And I realise that this may well lead you to discredit everything I’m about to say as either lies or the fantasies of some junkie b... | 22 minutes | November 1, 2015 | Beings and Entities, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness |
What I Forgot | 8.7 | null | I awoke to the sound of thunder rumbling in the distance. I smiled to myself, relishing the quasi-rational excuse to sleep in. I could see light through my closed eyelids, and hear the seagulls squawking nearby. If it wasn’t about to rain, I would probably encourage myself to get up and outside to do some yard work. Sp... | 6 minutes | May 30, 2014 | Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness
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Tales of the City, Part Five: God of the Fields | 8.7 | Tales of the City Series
| “I just wanted to say, none of you have any idea what you’re talking about.”
“What’s that, lady?”
“I couldn’t help but overhear—”
“How hard did you try?”
“Don’t give her a hard time. She looks like she has a story.”
“I do. It’s not a story you’ll like to hear, though.”
“Try us.”
“I’m just saying, you all talk like yo... | 12 minutes | April 22, 2013 | Beings and Entities |
The Banshee | 8.7 | null | This is not a fictional story. This is an account of what happened to me when I was young.
It was a normal day in County Kerry in Ireland, well, what the rest of you would consider to be normal. The likes of you reading this will probably have a job of some vague description or be in some form of education. Not me, I’m... | 5 minutes | September 27, 2012 | Beings and Entities, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances
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Thirty Days | 8.7 | null | Log found on IP ████████████ on December 15th, 2003. Nothing else in the memory other than the following that are dated the entire month of September. Laptop was found in ██████ ████████████’s apartment after her Mother called authorities to search for her daughter after a very disturbing voicemail was left on her cell... | 8 minutes | August 25, 2012 | Beings and Entities, Strange and Unexplained
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Monsters Are Better Than Nightmares | 8.69 | disappearances, Jeff Grimm, screams, sounds, voices
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| I met my girlfriend’s nightmare on the night of our three-month anniversary. It might have just been that point in our relationship — the point when she had grown to really trust me — but it was probably the champagne.
We fell asleep together on her couch and I woke up to the sound of screaming. For a moment, I didn’t ... | 10 minutes | March 6, 2019 | Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Psychological Horror, Sounds and Voices, Strange and Unexplained |
Hunter | 8.69 | Video Narratives OK
| The people of Acton, Massachusetts knew the devil walked among them. How else could they explain how routine death was? Their only bulwark against oblivion was the small stone chapel that had been erected in the center of town. It was there that the congregation met every Sunday for service. It was there that the local... | 6 minutes | December 24, 2016 | Beings and Entities |
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