Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

07 Dec The Sound of Sirens

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The only thing worse than motorway driving, is night-time motorway driving. The drizzle doesn’t help, glittering the glare of headlights and streetlights across the windscreen before the wipers smear it away, then it glitters again, then it’s smeared away again. On and on, the thump-thump,...

04 Dec Something is Coming to Get Me

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It all started after I had that damned panic attack. I am a calm person by nature, always have been. Small stuff never bothered me, even while driving. And I certainly had never been so negatively affected by something that I had a breakdown like that. Of all...

01 Dec Hospitality

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I. The snow had stopped about an hour ago, but god damn, it was still a treacherous road. Mark turned up the radio, half to keep himself awake, and half to try to hear the music through the interfering static. The mountains weren’t good for the...

22 Nov I Followed An Angel of Death and Read Her Diary

Posted at 11:01h in Children and Childhood, Jobs and Occupations, Journals and Diaries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Science and Experimentation 0 Comments

A couple of months ago, I found a diary written by a young girl, Florence Blackwell, who was a patient at the Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital on Long Island. Without telling the entirety of the story over again, there was one person who was instrumental...

22 Nov I Found a Diary Tucked in a Brick at an Abandoned Psych Hospital

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I grew up on Long Island, right outside of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, home of the legend of Cropsey. I was always a good kid, never broke any rules, never really pushed the limits of what was and wasn’t “allowed”. But recently, I moved...

19 Nov My Sister Loves Minions

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My sister loves minions. The yellow, banana-eating, overall-wearing, big-eyed things from a family movie called Despicable Me? Yep...

05 Nov Officer Down

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[Recording begins] "The date is November 1st, 2018. This is–" [coughs] "This is Detective Ray Sherman, excuse me. Badge number 13557, of the Internal Affairs Investigation Unit, number 334. We are investigating the night of October 31st, 2018, Case AF6H765, where Officer Pete Mendoza was...

26 Sep The Man In My Bedroom Window

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For as long as I can remember, there has been a man in my bedroom window. It seems strange to say, I know, but it is true. From the earliest, fuzziest memories I have all the way up to now, he’s been there. Looking at me. In...

22 Sep They Need Help

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Shawn took one last drag of his cigarette. He didn't smoke regularly, but this occasion nearly called for one. It had been years since his last job interview, and it was all he could do to stop his hands from shaking. He looked at the...

02 Sep Dogwoods Grow in the Shade

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Langley Archives: Gabriel Winters Interview with 60 Minutes, November 27th, 2015 I’ve been considering this interview for a long time. For weeks I debated even allowing it to take place. After that, I pondered the direction I would allow it to take. You see, it has...

31 Aug Biting At My Heels

I enjoy running quite a bit. It might come off as a bit odd to say, but it really is important to me. I found my love for it back in high school, when I ended up drifting aimlessly onto the cross country track teams....

29 Aug Yellow Ledbetter

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The land beyond the bridge had been in my family for generations, forty-four acres of farmland. My father was as rooted to it as the oak tree in our front yard. Although he was sympathetic to my plight, he was certainly not going to move...

24 Aug The White Wolf of London Street

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Zorakuba wasn’t your average 17-year-old boy. He was odd, very odd, in both his appearance and personality. He was short, slightly thin, and had extremely pale skin which was understandable when you consider the fact that he has partial albinism. His hair and eyes were...

15 Aug The Lucky One

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Any mother who has more than one child will admit-if she’s honest-that she has one child who worries her more than the others. This has nothing to do with love, but rather some children’s propensity to find trouble-the child most likely to get in a...

11 Aug Headaches

Posted at 14:00h in Demons and Possession, Illness and Injuries, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness 0 Comments

It’s a stabbing pain, really. It comes suddenly. Without warning. I don’t know how many doctors I’ve seen. Migraine? Migraine medications didn’t help. Tension headaches? Please. I’m fine most of the time. But then it hits. It hits right behind my eye. It attacks me....

01 Aug Let Me Go

Posted at 11:00h in Dreams and Nightmares, Feelspastas and Happy Endings, Jobs and Occupations, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Medical and Hospitals 0 Comments

“I can’t sleep,” she whispered as she crawled into bed and spooned against my back. “Jesus, you’re cold,” I murmured. She only snuggled closer, throwing her leg over mine. I lay there for a few beats, caught between my alcohol-induced sleep and wakefulness, until I realized whatever...

30 Jul Coming Home

Posted at 11:00h in Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Television and Lost Episodes 0 Comments

Before I start I should mention that the names of the crew who worked on the movie have been either changed or omitted. That being said, in 2016 an up-and-coming film director started work on a film that he thought would get his name out...

29 Jul Drive

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Driving down the road far from home, on my way back from work - I’m surrounded by pastures and rural country houses. Late in the night, dark but backlit by a pale moon I drive fast, but not too fast. I’m tired. The day’s work...

24 Jul My Boyfriend’s Dreams Are Starting to Scare Me

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My name is Harley, and I've been with my boyfriend Dan for five years, lived with him for three. I love Dan more than anything in this world. He's my best friend, my partner in crime, my biggest pest, and my number one supporter. I...

20 Jul Nobody Lives Here But You

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About half a year ago, I moved into a new apartment downtown. It’s hands-down the most upscale place I’ve lived in—rooftop access, a fitness center, a pool, huge windows with beautiful views of the city… this place had it all. My leasing agent said apartments...

15 Jul Thalassophobia

Posted at 11:00h in Dreams and Nightmares, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids, Occult, Magic, and Witchcraft, Space and Cosmic Horror 0 Comments

I hate the water. Always have, always will. Oh, sure, I've swum in pools and jumped off diving boards like any other person, but I have never once allowed my feet to leave the ground at a beach or lake. Something about not having solid...

13 Jul 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 from my cell phone. It was a ringtone I hadn’t heard before, one I was pretty sure hadn’t come with the phone. Normally, I...

06 Jul The Wolves of These Frozen Woods

Posted at 11:00h in Animals and Wildlife, Children and Childhood, Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances, Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness, Nature and the Outdoors 0 Comments

I can’t stand to be back here. This tiny, rural town I grew up in, it makes my skin crawl to see everything around me. I’m well into middle-age now, but it’s like this town has been frozen in time since I was a teenager. And...

27 Jun The Reunion