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The Eight Minute Conspiracy
NOTE: The following is a transcript from the December 2023 episode of the Dead and Buried Crimes podcast] — On December 31, 1992, Sam Weaton’s father beat his mother to…
Read NowApocalypse Town
Part 1 – Incursion I woke up on the floor, my head pounding and eyes struggling to adjust to the harsh artificial lights. Pulling myself up from the rough carpet,…
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I Watch Security Cameras In An Old Government Building – Part One
I have an idea of what you might already be thinking, how could something as boring as watching security cameras in an old government building for eight hours a night…
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I grew up in Belfast during the 1970s. There was something far worse than gunmen stalking the streets.
It was tough coming of age in West Belfast during the early 70s, that’s for sure. I’m not making excuses for myself but – like many in my generation –…
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Has anyone heard of a pill called Ichor?
Before anything else, I want to make it clear I’m not a journal-keeping kinda guy, so apologies if the formatting’s out of whack. Usually I get by just fine with…
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The Truth Behind the Mandela Effect
Everything that people think they know about the Mandela effect is incorrect. The phenomenon has been occurring for years, only most dismissed it as a fluke. In the most severe…
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I Found the Corpse of a Time Traveler
I’m a postgraduate student studying archaeology at a prestigious university in the UK (not going to disclose my identity or the name of my school, so don’t ask). Over a…
Read NowThe Grinning Man
February 20th, 1979 “August 15th, 1975. That was the first time. You ever heard of cryptozoology? “The study of hidden animals” as it is officially defined, but often mixed up…
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The Doom Tower Experiments
On Davidson Avenue, one mile east of Highway 164 and East Main Street Intersection, sits the entrance to Hillcrest Park, home of the now defunct Nike Missile Base, known to…
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Project Deep Red
I don’t have much time. It may be monitoring everything.My name is Dr. Clara Culpa, but I was part of a black-budget military operation called Project Deep Red. It was…
Read NowTales From The Agency – Part 1
My name is Holly West, and for a decade I’ve been sent on various operations to investigate the strange, the unexplainable, and the downright horrifying. Cryptids, sinister cults, sentient buildings.…
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Today is Still Tuesday
Today is still Tuesday. It's been Tuesday for...I don't know, I've given up on trying to keep track. It's been Tuesday, 10:24am for God knows how long and I can't…
Read NowUnderground Families
The Shadow Web is the side of the internet that can’t be found using typical search engines, but instead can only be accessed using downloaded programs that grant you anonymity.…
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The world’s oceans contain many dark secrets
I’m breaking so many of my own rules by posting this account on an online forum and under an alias. In my long and (dare I say it) distinguished career…
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The Nocturnals Arrive This Christmas
Site 12, December 23rd, 2021 I walked through the Site Twelve Facility, which had been sparsely decorated with a bunch of Christmas-themed trinkets. It wasn’t much, a fake tree here…
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Something I Should Have Been Afraid Of
“So I don’t get any say in this?” “In a word, no.” My mother was driving too fast, as if she couldn’t wait to get rid of me. It wasn’t…
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I’ve Been Missing Since August of 2014, This is What’s Happened Since My Last Journaled ‘Experience’
To begin with, my name is Samuel Terrence. I was a college dropout living a pretty sad life with my parents until a blackout that occurred in 2014.I recently posted…
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I was transported to a hellish alternate universe. This is my story.
The Traveller Series I’ve travelled to parallel universes. The worlds I’ve seen are terrifying I’ve travelled to parallel universes. The worlds I’ve seen are terrifying - Part 2 I’ve travelled…
Read NowThe Fear Experiment
Introduction In over ten years of continuous travel, I have encountered many peculiar and fascinating individuals. Usually the most interesting encounters are those with other travellers: men and women with…
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Spring Flu
The spring flu had been going around the school like usual, but some people were sicker than normal. They didn’t just have fever and headache – their faces were blotchy,…
Read NowThe Fall of Utopia
Part 1 – The Beautiful Ones I guess I always knew there was something off about the small community I grew up in. It’s all about context I suppose. When…
Read NowThe story behind the lost 1976 Pellington Mothman film
If you've spent any time looking into Mothman, or cryptids in general, you're probably familiar with the so-called “Pellington Mothman film”. One of the most famous pieces of cryptid lost…
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I’m a low level US Government employee. I just saw something I wasn’t supposed to see.
You know that meme about how presidents and governors, after getting elected, look super shell-shocked and stressed the next time they make a public appearance? Like the first thing that…
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