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The Man In The Window
Things had been tough for my mom and I, ever since my dad left us two years ago. At least I was old enough to get myself to and from…
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Imagine receiving an image from someone online, opening it, and realizing that you have just become part of a curse. That’s exactly what internet users experienced back when the image…
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The Shadow Theory By: Sean O’Morrison Session 1: A pale doctor walks into the interrogation room holding a medical file under his left arm, he is accompanied by a woman.…
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Deprivation
The first to go was my sight. When thinking of the experiment in my mind, I was hoping that my sight would be one of the last senses to switch…
Read NowBlackout Zone Five
Honestly when I mention this to people, no one else seems to remember this. I’m not sure why this seems to linger in my mind every night. When I mention…
Read NowOne-Man Hide and Seek (How to Play Hide and Seek Alone)
Introduction The "One-Man Hide and Seek", aka the "One-Man Tag," is a ritual for contacting the dead. The spirits, which are wandering restless on the Earth, are always looking for bodies…
Read NowThe Argentinian Incident
In the winter of 1998, there was an undocumented wave of brutal murders that nearly wiped out the entire population of a small fishing village in Argentina. All evidence of…
Read NowThe Cold Man
I moved to London in 2011. The reason for my move to London is very simple, but holds a legend so shocking that I’m not even sure of its truth:…
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I Know Why My Childhood Friend Disappeared
When I was 7, my best friend was a girl named Ava, who was my neighbor. Ava was a sweet kid; I didn’t realize it at the time, but her home…
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That time at Shadow Lake (Part 2)
Read Part 1 here I searched for Ruby for three days straight. It had started to feel claustrophobic, staring at the world outside of Shadow Lake butknowing I couldn’t leave.…
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Crawley’s Gate
The ocean wind clutches at my upturned collar as I write this on the deck of the ferry, bearing up at the rising silhouette of the approaching island through the…
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The Counting Man
Michael sat down on the bench, checking his watch as his leg nervously tapped the floor. The bus was running late today. That wasn’t good for him. He needed to…
Read NowTacos De Venado
I was born in Mexico, my father was a goat farmer, and my mother used to weave baskets so that we could have at least two meals per day. We…
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The Asylum in the Woods
The town I grew up in sits next to the Myles Standish State Forest in Massachusetts. Growing up, my friends would all tell me ghost stories about the area. A…
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A Firefighter Found
The first part of this story 'A Firefighter Lost' can be found here: https://www.creepypasta.com/a-firefighter-lost/ The sound of the fire was quickly approaching and the dull roar encompassed Drakor. His fine…
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Iris Bound
From an unconsciousness as deep as non-existence, Iris’s eyes flashed open. For a moment she thought she was blind. She blinked and turned her head but there was nothing but…
Read NowThe Secret Faith of the Spiders
Author's Note: This is both a tribute and a shout out to anyone out there who has experienced similar events or has met someone that had them. I've tried to…
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The Grey Lady of Westwick
John Watkins warmed himself by the fire crackling in the grate. Orange embers scuttled over the logs, clutched at the brick, stole away like a timid lover. He listened to…
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Wendigo Psychosis
Winter pounded on the door and walls around the wooden shack the men had found and hunkered down in. The small military force was at their wit’s and body’s ends;…
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Hell’s Tour Guide – The Borderlands
It’s fair to say there’s always been a darkness inside me. I never considered myself an evil or cruel person, but I was always drawn towards the macabre and twisted.…
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G.O.D’s Journal
The Michigan Inquirer MAY 09, 2023 The following entries were transcribed by Michigan State University senior,Marlee Yarborough. Last weekend, she and three fellow students were camping inManistee National Forest while…
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The Tartarus Island Raid
I wasn’t expecting a normal workday when I boarded a Bell 407 at 4am in the morning, accompanied by a heavily armed tactical team. After all, my team and I…
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