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5 Haunted Canadian Forests For an Exciting Eerie Adventure
In general, forests are full of mystery. Even in fictional tales, they are often depicted as the main setting where all the scary things occur. Despite multiple forests with an…
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The Harvester Of Eyes
It had been the journey from Hell. Six hours squashed together in the stickily claustrophobic confines of the station wagon, the rain beating an incessant tattoo on the vehicle. A…
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Black Sludge
I used to work the late shift at an old-fashioned cafe in my hometown. I lived in a relatively small town where everyone knows everyone and everything about everybody. Honestly,…
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In July, 1970, the US military conducted a missile test in Green River, Utah. The missile, a multi-stage rocket, was loaded with a payload of two small containers, nominally containing…
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My Boyfriend Investigated A Strange Noise on Halloween
I've always enjoyed Halloween. It's a great holiday, it's fun, and above all, I like getting scared. All these reasons make it like Christmas for me and my family. My…
Read NowAll Driven Into The Yearning Arms Of Amobolaa
Within The Carcass Of Lunar Rot I have been sending this distress call repeatedly, and I have been trapped on this moon for what I hope to have only been…
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Terminal C
My family and I moved to Denver about two years ago. I work for an art school that transferred me from my remote Orlando office, and the city that I…
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Born Lucky
I bought it last Thursday from the gas station 5 minutes from my house. I’m not usually a lottery person, but I figured with the jackpot being as high as…
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One Apiece
They arrived in the morning, any signs of good spirits drowned out by the roar of the boat’s engine. It was peaceful, like all graveyards. The divers dropped into the…
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Leaving Town
My body floated through space. I was weightless, drifting towards the moon. As I got closer, I began to feel. First normal sensations. Then deep, extreme pain. With a loud…
Read NowThe Estate
Every town has its own set of urban legends, or “ghost stories,” if you will; alligators in the sewers, crop circles, cave spirits, the like. I, personally, never believed them.…
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Coffee Man
Coffee Man is the only one who says he can see them. Other inmates have stayed up dead into the night, pressing their ears to the concrete of the floor…
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They Did Not Come in Peace
I grew up in a very remote small town called Funkley in northern Minnesota. I had lived my entire life there. Despite what you might read about it now there…
Read Now5 of the World’s Most Cursed Places that Can Haunt Your Dreams Forever
The world is full of mystery and unexplained occurrences. There are plenty of places to travel around and learn about the unknown. The weirdest part is that in the process,…
Read NowThe Black Woods of Beaumont Chase
Daniel Warrington leapt to his feet. The fire roared and crackled in the hearth and the wind gusted outside and for a second he doubted whether he had really heard…
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There’s Something in the Fields Behind My Apartment
I've never really considered myself to be much of an explorer or even a particularly brave man, however that hasn't seemed to stop me from getting in the predicament I'm…
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The Brimstone Conspiracy
“Through me you go into a city of weeping; Through me you go into eternal pain; Through me you go amongst the lost people.” - Dante’s Inferno “Okay, you’re not…
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My Memories Vanished Beneath The Black Sand
I awoke lying face down in cool, black sand. The air smelled strongly of ocean, yet when I sat up and wiped the dirt from my face, there was no…
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The FB Hotel
The sun dipped under the hills of the Nevada desert, illuminating the hot sands and my even hotter car in a distinct orange glow. Wind rushed in to the stolen…
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I fell asleep in the Mexico City subway
It’s always fun to walk down Mexico City at night. The distant sounds of the street’s music boxes coupled with the visible smoke of the tamale carts and the streetlights…
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