Psychological horror doesn’t need monsters. These more than 440 stories rely on dread, isolation, and the slow unraveling of a mind, leaving you to work out what really happened long after the last line.Readers’ favorites include If You’re Armed and at the Glenmont Metro, Please Shoot Me, Distorted Warning Signals, and the notorious Psychosis. If you prefer horror that lingers rather than jumps out at you, these psychological horror stories are the place to start, preferably not right before bed.
If You’re Armed and at the Glenmont Metro, Please Shoot Me
If you’re armed and at the Glenmont metro, please shoot me. Make it a headshot. Shoot me in the temple, aiming slightly…
Read Now
The Russian Sleep Experiment
Overview Widely regarded as one of the most popular and widest spread Creepypastas ever written, The Russian Sleep experiment is notorious as…
Read Now
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…
Read Now
Nighty Night
For the past five years, it’s just been Ian and me. My wife’s pregnancy with him wasn’t easy. There were a number…
Read Now
The Suicide Engineer
NOTE: I am a friend of Andrew Talbot, the man that sent me this recording. I recently received an email from Andrew…
Read Now
It screams when it doesn’t whisper
My family has an odd history of tragedy—at least, that’s what my grandma would always say."It comes in waves; it comes when…
Read NowI Found an Old Message from My Brother. I’m An Only Child.
Dear Ben,This will be the last thing I ever send you. I don’t even know if you’ll remember who I am by…
Read Now
Demented Marionette
I watched the fog creep along the ground and through the treeline at the edge of the property in a daze. I…
Read Now
Room for Two
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a number of well-intentioned people in my general orbit comment that they’ve noticed a…
Read Now
It lives between the lines
Two officers sat across from me in my living room. Their uniforms were sharp, their presence overwhelming. The older one, gray at…
Read Now
I Love Numbers
I love numbers, even numbers to be exact. I like that there are 48 stairs leading up to my cell. I like…
Read Now
All the Stars in the Sky
When my daughter Violet was born, I didn’t have much to offer her. My wife and I both worked, but housing was…
Read NowThe Murder That Saved My Life
I was done. This time I meant it. There were several times in my life where I found myself considering it, contemplating…
Read NowA Prophet Of The Truth
The sky had been normal again for a good amount of time, but Jacob still caught people looking up at it sometimes,…
Read NowA Door To The Basement
The house appeared in her search results on a Tuesday morning, nestled between listings that were either too small or too far…
Read Now
Devils Due
Part one. A melancholy recollection of traumatic events. I hate bullies. Bullies have set the course of my fairly chaotic life, since…
Read Now
The Mind Mirror
The mind is a complex thing that no one can truly hope to fully understand. You can study it all day long…
Read Now
In the Corner of My Eye
Have you ever seen him; the little boy just out of view? For me, he's always been there. Even when I was…
Read Now
Past Life Regression Study
I was sat in what looked like a dentist's chair in a dimly lit room. The doctor strapped me in and gave…
Read Now
The Suicide Note that wasn’t
I took a deep breath to stop the slight shaking in my hand, whispering my affirmation on the exhale, “I’m ready for…
Read Now
The bright yellow terror
''They are down there in the water. I saw several glimpses of bright yellow popping up from and then retreating down below…
Read NowA Needle In The Vein
The highway above groaned with morning traffic, and Greg woke to it the way most people wake to an alarm, grudgingly and…
Read Now