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The Backroads: Witches & Honey Traps
JESSE:[a small fire crackles nearby over the clacking of a keyboard][paranoid] Hey again,I’m glad the last update got out before everything fell apart. Please, you’re our only hope. I never…
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I know the real reason why ‘Silent Hills’ was cancelled.
The following randomly appeared in my Gmail inbox in 2016. I have no idea who sent it and I have no idea why it was sent to me of all…
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I am the Boot
When I was a teenager, I read George Orwell’s seminal novel, 1984. Written during the late 1940’s, Orwell’s work depicts a dystopian future under a brutal authoritarian regime. Many aspects…
Read NowI wish I could forget… The house across the field
You ever have a memory you wish ya could just burn out of ya skull? A memory that pops up every now & again and when it does all the…
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My Infinity Game
Hey everyone! I can’t believe the overwhelming response to my last post. When I started this thread, I didn’t expect anyone to read it – I just thought it would…
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The Door in the Attic Floor
"Are you ok!?" Rachel yelled out as she ran toward me through the storm, trying not to laugh. It figures that moving day would find lightning, thunder, and rain attacking…
Read NowI Drive a Taxi Between the Realms: Entry One: Dering Wood
‘I need a cab, at Lexington square, Richmond, Virginia,’ the text reads. "Where are you headed?" The reply doesn't come right away. This is nothing new–not in my job. Sometimes,…
Read NowSeeing Double
1 I've never been the most sensible person. My mother would always tell me that I was "the dumbest smart person she knew". I always figured that was just classic…
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A Paranormal Hunter’s Tale
I've been an investigator and hunter of the paranormal for longer than I care to remember. Studying lore, protecting the innocent, and destroying malicious entities are just a few of…
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The Deadlands
In a town kept alive by retirees and tourists looking for a cheap scare, we knew a place hidden from their money was bad news. Plebes are paraded around in…
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Go Ahead, Scare Me
Christopher rubbed his eyes. He was tired. What started out as a passion too quickly had turned into a job. He loved scary stories and the adrenaline rush from the…
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The Last Settlement
Hey, hey! Welcome back; come on in! The rain is pouring, and the fire is roaring; soon as we saw those storm clouds, we doubled the wood supply. It can…
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Mistress Inviere
I remember my grade 11 English teacher once said that death was the greatest mystery of life. We don't know what exists on the other side of the curtain of…
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The Haunted Toy Car of Anamosa
In December of 2002, I visited an orphanage in Anamosa, Iowa. I visited this orphanage because Irene Walters, the orphan keeper, indicated that there was something amiss with a child…
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I Watched a Cursed Film from the Dark Web
I have this friend, Randall. Good guy, and all. Just a bit weird, y'know? I don't know. Like, I can't put my finger on it, but it's like he's from…
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The Grim (Black Shuck)
It was a dark, foggy night, as it really should be whenever something eerie happens. I was walking from my dad’s house over to my mom’s. I’d had a fight…
Read NowThe Shades
I like to drive past spooky places.You can find them anywhere, if you know what to look for. An abandoned building, a mist covered field, a quickly darkening forest at…
Read NowInto the Void: An Interview with Pure Evil
Lincoln Oliver Locray, judging by the crimes he had committed alone, was the living definition of a monster. Having spent his formative years somewhere out in the backwoods of Kentucky,…
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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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Thresholder
“I HAVEN’T WRITTEN anything since last year.” “Why do you think that is?” I’m sitting in the office of Dr. Gregory Prah, Ph.D., assigned to hold me during my 5250…
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The Haunted Candle of Cloutierville
In August of 2013, I visited the small town of Cloutierville, Louisiana, to investigate the cellar of a small, abandoned farmhouse. I was drawn to this farmhouse because, in 1932,…
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I Sleep With My Window Closed Now
I sleep with my window closed now. Not out of habit, out of fear. There are monsters in the world, real ones. Serial killers, rapists, the kinds of things we…
Read NowMy Neighbour Keeps Screaming At Night. She’s Been Dead for 6 Months.
I haven’t slept properly in half a year.Not since the night they carried Mrs. Ellery’s body out of her apartment in a zipped black bag. She lived alone.She was quiet.Sometimes…
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