Top Ranked Creepypasta Stories

The highest-rated creepypasta stories, ranked by more than two million reader votes since 2008. Filter by category or story length, or switch to the best stories of the past month or year.

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Piano Man

7.76/10 · 246 votes
· Artifacts and Objects

It started sometime before the sun rose, during that time of the night that brings such a profound silence that you start hearing those eerie, high-pitched ringing noises that remain…

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The Zombie Pitch

7.76/10 · 294 votes
· Strange and Unexplained

So, what’s it like to be a zombie? I’ll save you the effort of asking because we both know that’s what you’re thinking… right? Or, more to the point, what…

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The City Forgotten

7.54/10 · 56 votes
· Classic Horror

Whatever exists between the worlds of the known and the unknown is a mystery to me. I know only the things I have seen and experienced in this realm: in…

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Abuela’s Recipe

7.66/10 · 108 votes
· Body Horror

When I first moved out on my own, my mom handed me a small, weathered recipe book. Its cover was cracked and faded, the pages yellowed with age. She held…

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The reCAPTCHA Was Wrong

7.72/10 · 196 votes
· Strange and Unexplained

Have you ever seen a photo reCAPTCHA? Instead of a checkbox, it’s a low-quality photo split into 16 square sections. It’ll say something like: “SELECT ALL SQUARES WITH STREET SIGNS,” and you…

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Huggy

7.69/10 · 137 votes
· Strange and Unexplained

“Holy shit!  Is that what I think it is?”  Brandon’s eyes widened into saucers and, despite being filled with an unabated rage towards his older brother just a few hours…

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Decalogue

7.55/10 · 64 votes

THE FIRST DIRECTIVE Obey and serve only the One Mind.– Manual of Directives and Subdirectives At ten your head is shaved. At twenty you are assigned your new designation and…

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Joy’s Jubilee

7.51/10 · 59 votes
· Body Horror

“C’mon, Jeremy! Hurry up!” I could hear Marcus whine from the other side of the bathroom door. I simply rolled my eyes, and continued to comb my hair to perfection,…

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