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Officer Down
[Recording begins] "The date is November 1st, 2018. This is–" [coughs] "This is Detective Ray Sherman, excuse me. Badge number 13557, of the Internal Affairs Investigation Unit, number 334. We…
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The Silhouette
The wind whipped through William's hair as he finished strapping down his load. The smell of metal and his dirty tarp assaulted his nose as the wind blew across the…
Read NowThe In-Between
It started when I was nine. I had always had an active imagination, making up stories to get attention. One time when I was five I had been playing outside…
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A Monochrome’s Melancholy
It’s was a chilly but sunny day in the middle of October. A little five-year old girl with short black hair while wearing her white Sunday dress was walking hand…
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Laughing in the Dark
Bill Tanner, a retired USPS mail carrier, ran a local haunted house that had become quite well known in the city where he lived. Established as a terrifying and fun…
Read NowSarah’s Coulrophobia
Sarah’s Coulrophobia by Kiriakos Vilchez Ever since Sarah was a little girl, she was terrified of clowns. Fortunately for her pride, a lot of people harbored that same fear. The…
Read NowThey Mostly Come at Night
'There are no such thing as monsters." That's what my mommy used to say. She would tuck me into bed, make sure that my favorite doll, Casey was in my…
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The Devil is in the Details
It was the year 1992. Peter Ivankov’s life was never the same since then - firstly, because his home country had gone through a massive transformation following the dissolution of…
Read NowI’m One of The Unknown
The thing appeared to shiver slightly. Cam squinted, trying to get a better view, but he couldn't for the lack of moonlight. Something was rising behind it. Like someone else…
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I Made a Monster Out of Clay
The top half of Councilman Jones’ body hung by a steel cable looped around his neck and tied off to an old oak tree on one end. It was still…
Read NowHow to Talk to Yourself
The first thing you should know about me is that I'm very faint of heart. There's a pamphlet I've been looking for for a while now. I remember coming across…
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Onekahokwe
My son has reached the age at which he can enjoy my stories. By now, his friends have gathered that I am “the guy” who wrote those books and Creepypastas…
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The Terrible Old Man
It was the design of Angelo Ricci and Joe Czanek and Manuel Silva to call on the Terrible Old Man. This old man dwells all alone in a very ancient…
Read NowThe Code Of Mirrors
The images we see in the mirror are the pure incarnates of evil. They are only allowed to exist in the area reflected in the glass. To them, life is…
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Scream for Ice Cream
One of the first kids to hear the bouncy calliope music was six-year-old Lisa Reid, who was sitting on the front porch of her house with Becky Briarwood, her best…
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Terror in the mind of the Abyss
“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Friedrich Nietzsche There’s something looking at me in…
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The Website
I wish this was some fairytale that I could just laugh off later but this was real. And I really wish I never tried it. And now I hope I…
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The Reaker
“I wouldn’t go in there if I were you,” says Oliver to Peter, as they stand at the entrance of one of the many openings of the Clintwood City Sewage…
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Caterpillar
I was playing with my hospital badge as I stood in line ‘Jonathan Villanueva’ Johnny V that’s me. I had just finished my shift as an emergency room nurse. Not…
Read NowWhat Lies Within
Addy Long is dead. No one understands why I was so upset about her death, though. They didn’t see how different she was. Or they may have seen the same…
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The Rag and Bone Man
News came to London in the year 1820 of a series of brutal murders which had been committed throughout the neighboring counties. Reports that a monstrous man – broad, roughly…
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I’ll Never Listen to ASMR Again
The last few weeks have been a nightmare. A terrible, terrible nightmare. I'm still pinching myself every now and then, hoping to wake up. Sadly, it only leads to the…
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