People vanish. Bodies turn up where they shouldn’t. With more than 1,100 stories, this is where creepypasta meets true-crime dread: tales of killers, unexplained deaths, and the missing who were never found, or were found changed.Read the stories readers rate highest, including Ben Drowned, the infamous Ticci-Toby, and The Living History Project, and find out why some disappearances are better left unsolved. These scary stories about murders and disappearances will make you lock the door twice.
Ben Drowned
Finally, after a long day you get a moment to yourself. You take a deep breath, sigh out the weight of the…
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Ticci-Toby
The long road home seemed to go on and on. The road continued to stretch in front of the vehicle endlessly. The…
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The Living History Project
One of my least favorite parts about being a middle school history teacher is the bullshit “Living History” assignments we give at…
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Laughing Jack
It was a nice summer day, my 5-year-old son James was playing outside in the backyard of our suburban home.…
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Distorted Warning Signals
When I got the first one, I was literally seconds away from stepping onto the plane when a call from “UNKNOWN” blared…
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My Father Punished Me When I Talked to Ghosts
I’ve been blind since birth. As I grew up, everything was described to me in such vivid detail that I didn’t even…
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Jeff the Killer (Reboot)
The day Jeffrey Woods and his family arrived at their new home, the sky was overcast and the weather was muggy. The…
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Dandelions
The first time I saw Bret, I was nineteen. I’d found a job working security at Dave’s Storage Unit. My duties included…
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What Happens When the Stars Go Out
The red lights are only making the pain worse. It is an immense, earth-shattering pain, in my midsection and in my head.…
Read NowNever Again
I was seventeen when she came. I'd been living with my abusive mother for seventeen long, painful years. It was around midnight,…
Read NowThe Wrong Room
You get back to your apartment after a long day's work and you want to get inside and rest. You were about…
Read NowThe Gift Of Mercy
[MESSAGE BEGINS] We made a mistake. That is the simple, undeniable truth of the matter, however painful it might be. The flaw…
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Mommy Sleeps in the Basement
“Speak louder, please.” I put my hand up next to my ear from the back of the room, signaling that she would…
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A Christmas Feast
He first suspected that they were going to eat him when he noticed the distinct lack of Yuletide smells. It wasn't perhaps…
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The Scuttler
This is the first time I’ve ever shared the story I’m about to tell you. Sometimes, in the still of the night,…
Read NowThe Pastel Man
Consider this a warning. In the event it ever comes to you during a moment of weakness, as it did me all…
Read NowA Lack of Empathy
I wasn't like other children growing up. I didn't like talking to those smelly things in Kindergarten and I never participated in…
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Memories of the Graveyard Shift
I was eighteen at the time. I’d just graduated high school, and what was probably a really exciting and memorable time for…
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