Reddit Explains Conspiracy & the Unknown

The Man in Walmart | Someone Who Didn’t Know He Went Missing

07 May 2024

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While out running errands with his dad, OP was looking for deodorant at Walmart when he heard sobbing behind him. Upon investigation, he found a guy c...

Robert Fisher

06 May 2024

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Robert William Fisher is an American fugitive wanted for allegedly killing his family and blowing up the house in which they lived in Scottsdale, Ariz...

My Scary Beach Story | Cursed Lucid Dreaming Experience | My Terrifying Childhood

05 May 2024

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OP was at the beach in North Carolina with their family and playing in the water when they suddenly felt something tug on their foot. This thing sudde...

The Death of Shannon

04 May 2024

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6 years before her murder, a psychologist asked Shannon what she wanted on her tombstone if she were to die, and she replied that she wanted it blank ...

The Fluoride Conspiracy

03 May 2024

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Fluoride is put into our water and dentists say it’s a good thing that helps our teeth to be stronger, but according to this conspiracy theory, the ...

Possible Serial Killer who Murdered Up to 70 Women

02 May 2024

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An Iowa woman, Lucy Studey, claims that her late father, Donald Studey, was a serial killer who murdered about 5 or 6 women a year, which added up to ...

The Tamam Shud Case

01 May 2024

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The Tamám Shud case, also known as the Mystery of the Somerton Man, is an unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead in 1948 on the Somerton Par...

The Boy in the Box

30 Apr 2024

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The "Boy in the Box" is the name given to an unidentified murder victim, a 4-to 6-year-old boy, whose naked, battered body was found in a bassinet box...

Last Summer

29 Apr 2024

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OP was out walking and minding their own business when they felt like someone was watching them. Upon looking up in the sky, they noticed this orange ...

Hearing the Paranormal

28 Apr 2024

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OP heard someone humming during a ballgame, but no one around them was humming. They realized the hum was coming from a ditch, but when she went to in...

H. H. Holmes and the Murder Castle

27 Apr 2024

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Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist, murderer, and trigamist, the subject of m...

College Creep | True Bike Riding Story

26 Apr 2024

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While on her college campus, OP noticed a man following her. She saw a button to alert campus police, but had a feeling it would be better not to let ...

Am I Being Stalked? Or Worse? | Creepy Night at Work

25 Apr 2024

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OP’s partner just got laid off from his job, so he decided to just chill out and play a video game while OP hung out in her room. Suddenly a man wal...

What Is the Scariest Conspiracy Theory If True?

24 Apr 2024

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Planet X is real, orbits like a comet, and so enters the solar system at infrequent intervals and is home to intelligent life that has affected past h...

What Experiences Made You Believe in Ghosts?

23 Apr 2024

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A family kept receiving gifts from some unknown person. They have police wait at night to see who it is, but eventually give up because they could nev...

We Don’t Know What We Saw | Paranormal Encounter or Something Else?

06 Dec 2023

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OP and their friend were driving back from the fair in October. They were on a long, narrow dirt road and they saw a car blocking the road, when sudde...

The Dancing Plague and Laughing Plague

05 Dec 2023

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There was an instance of mass hysteria in history when a group of 400 people began to dance and couldn’t stop. They danced until people started dyin...

What’s Your True, Unexplained Story of Being in a Place that Shouldn’t Exist? Part 2

04 Dec 2023

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While driving through Illinois to get to Chicago, OP and their friends stopped at a Taco Bell. They went inside and noticed that all the people around...

What’s Your True, Unexplained Story of Being in a Place that Shouldn’t Exist? Part 1

01 Dec 2023

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OP was out driving in an unpopulated area and came across a town. They were a bit lost, so decided to go find someone and ask for directions. They sea...

What Are Some Weird Real Life X-File Type Mysteries?

30 Nov 2023

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One redditor comments about hallucinations at sea and how while their father was out sailing, he saw the sea covered with coffins. Their grandfather, ...

My Taxi Driver May Be Stalking Me | Scary Pizza Delivery Story

29 Nov 2023

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OP was out getting drinks with her friend when she decided it was time to go home. So her friend called her a taxi from a service she had never used a...

Did Anyone Have an Imaginary Friend as a Kid That Turned Out a Little Too Real? Or Turned Out to Be Not Friendly at All?

28 Nov 2023

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A redditor had two imaginary friends. One was really nice and the other was super mean and would often trash their room. The nice friend would always ...

What Was Something That Happened to You as a Child That You Didn’t Realize Was Scary, Creepy, or Dangerous Until You Got Older?

27 Nov 2023

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When one redditor was 2 years old, a clown came to his birthday party. He pulled out what they thought was a water gun, but it was a real gun. He proc...

What Is the Downright Scariest Thing that Has Ever Happened to You, Be It Paranormal or Otherwise?

24 Nov 2023

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Golfman11 said that one time they woke up and their eyes were super dry. They opened them, and it was pitch black. They couldn’t see a thing, but th...

What Are Some Crimes That Will Most Likely Never Get Solved, but Are 99% Sure Who Is Responsible?

23 Nov 2023

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We read multiple comments about different mysteries, including the Dupont de Ligonnès murders and disappearance which involved the murder of five mem...

Cops and Other Law Enforcement People of Reddit, What Were Some Cases That Made You Think That Something Supernatural Was Going On?

22 Nov 2023

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While out patrolling, a cop comes across a woman frozen in the street. After trying to figure out what’s wrong with her, he decides to take her to t...

What’s a Conspiracy Theory That You Heard That Kind of Made You Think Maybe They Were Right?

21 Nov 2023

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One theory says the province of New Brunswick is denying the existence of Eastern cougars so they won’t have to delegate and designate a huge bunch ...

Coffee Shop Stalker

20 Nov 2023

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OP was a coffee shop worker and one day was approached by a guy that asked for her number. She said no, rejected him, and walked away. She thought eve...

Birds Aren’t Real

17 Nov 2023

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Are birds actually government-issued drones? Created by a 20-year-old college student, the Birds Aren’t Real movement has drawn intrigue from all ov...

An Instant Manifestation

16 Nov 2023

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OP had an awesome glow in the dark skeleton onesie that her friend wanted to buy for herself. After looking around the store and asking the employees,...

Perfectly Legal but Creepy

15 Nov 2023

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Paparazzi, who get paid to stalk people. Or also social media accounts whose sole purpose is to stalk people in public, bugging them until the person ...

Unstable Psychiatrist Loses His Crap After I Ghost Him | Almost Kidnapped/Murdered in My Neighborhood While Walking

14 Nov 2023

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OP had a psychiatrist they were supposed to see once a month for 20 minutes, but eventually he had her coming in twice a week and their appointments w...

Missing Person

13 Nov 2023

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This young man left a note to his parents that he was going somewhere. He says some strange things like he might get lost and be unable to come back, ...

The Window Creeper | Followed in the Woods

10 Nov 2023

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OP saw a man outside her window staring at her and was immediately freaked out. Her boyfriend made sure to reveal himself, which sent the man running....

The Man on My Patio

09 Nov 2023

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While OP was playing PlayStation, they heard a noise coming from their patio outside the window. They thought it was their cat that went missing, but ...

What Is the Scariest or Creepiest Thing You Have Seen or Heard? Part 2

08 Nov 2023

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A girl commented about when she was working the night shift at work and heard a massive crash of one of the windows on the front of the building. Some...

What Is the Scariest or Creepiest Thing You Have Seen or Heard?

07 Nov 2023

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Someone was watching their niece late at night and decided to watch the new James Bond movie after putting the niece to bed. While watching the movie,...

Man Stalking My Sister in the Woods | The Work Stalker

06 Nov 2023

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“As we made our way back, quickly and quietly, I felt the sense that I was being watched. We made it to our bikes, which were thankfully still there...

Lenny Dirickson

03 Nov 2023

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In 1998, Lenny Dirickson was having breakfast with his son when an unidentified man inquired about a horse Lenny had for sale. Lenny left with the man...

What’s a Horrifying/Creepy Experience You’ve Lived Through? Part 2

02 Nov 2023

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When very young, one redditor was taking swimming lessons and the instructor decided it would be a good idea to throw them into the deep end of the po...

What’s a Horrifying/Creepy Experience You’ve Lived Through?

02 Nov 2023

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One redditor nearly got run off the road while on the way home from work one night. A man pulled up in a windowless van behind her and asked if she wa...

What’s the Creepiest Thing You’ve Heard at Night?

31 Oct 2023

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“Used to live on the ground floor. At 2 AM, some random crackhead knocked on my window and asked if I had 50 cents for a lighter. It should have bee...

The Bumpy Man

30 Oct 2023

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OP’s little toddler son was in the other room and suddenly started laughing. He was looking over her shoulder into the darkness, so she asked him wh...

Scariest Things Morticians Experienced at Work

27 Oct 2023

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“A friend of mine is a mortician. Her scariest incident happened very early in her career. She was alone and had music going, and was walking past t...

Do Not Open | Hikers of Reddit, What’s the Most Messed Up Thing You’ve Seen?

26 Oct 2023

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While washing her dishes, OP picked up the phone and talked to her friend, who said he would come over for a bit. While showering, OP heard a loud kno...

The Basement Part 2

25 Oct 2023

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The OP continues his story about Charlie McCarthy. After another encounter with the doll, he decides to bury it in a place that no one would know abou...

The Basement Part 1

24 Oct 2023

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The OP recounts a time when they were young and had to sleep in their basement all alone for a while. Their dad got them a ventriloquist doll, which t...

The Face in the Window of My Mom’s Basement | My Mother’s Stalker

23 Oct 2023

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OP’s mom was alone down in the basement one night and when she looked up, she noticed a very disturbing face staring at her through the window, whic...

Dead Cafeteria Lady | The One Experience I Can’t Explain

20 Oct 2023

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OP was asked to go get some dresses from the stage for their choir class. As she was looking in the dark, a lady asked her what she needed, and then p...

Parents of Reddit, What Is the Most Dark or Chilling Thing Your Children Have Said?

19 Oct 2023

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“My niece drew a picture of a man in her room that she kept telling her parents about. He had two different colored eyes and one was gray. When aske...

Apparition in My Friend’s Home | The Wendigo

18 Oct 2023

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OP was watching a movie with some friends when they thought they saw something move on the side of their eye. It looked like an extremely tall man wit...

The Woman in My Brother’s Bedroom | I’ll Never Go Hunting Again

17 Oct 2023

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When OP’s brother was 5 years old, he would see this woman every night. He would also have these dreams where the same woman would be watching her s...

The Weird Kid at School Earned Her Reputation

16 Oct 2023

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OP met a girl named Kelly who was considered weird by everyone at their school. Whenever someone was mean to Kelly, Kelly would give them an evil look...

The Hollow Man | Lured to the Abandoned House

13 Oct 2023

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OP found himself separated from his friends as they were all snooping around a cemetery at night. At this point he felt a feeling of dread set in, and...

The Hatch in the Ground

12 Oct 2023

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One of our listeners and friend told a story about when he was younger and used to go to this old, seemingly abandoned property and explore it, discov...

Pilots and the Scariest Things They’ve Seen While Flying

11 Oct 2023

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An airline pilot tells about a time when he was ascending while flying, but as he and his co-pilots did so, all pressure systems inside the plane bega...

Mummified Body Is Found Inside the Wall of the Long Shuddered Oakland Convention Center

10 Oct 2023

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Officials estimate he had been there for between three and five years based on the state of decay. The victim's body was found behind drywall and betw...

I Stopped a Possible School Shooting When I Was in High School

06 Oct 2023

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OP had a difficult time making friends until she met two individuals, a guy and a girl, who were friendly to her. While hanging out with her two frien...

What High School Conspiracy Turned Out to Be True at Your School?

05 Oct 2023

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There was a rumor in someone’s high school after a girl was found dead in a river that her boyfriend had killed her. The case was cold until 25 year...

He Stalked Me Across Two Different Countries

04 Oct 2023

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OP matched with a guy on a dating app, but he kept blowing her off and showing little interest, so she finally decided to block him. He then began to ...

What Are Some Dark Events in History That Not Many People Know About? Part 2

03 Oct 2023

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Bakedbrotato76 said that one time in the 70’s a film crew was filming an episode of the 6 Million Dollar Man and shooting at a fun house/amusement p...

What Are Some Dark Events in History That Not Many People Know About? Part 1

02 Oct 2023

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In 1985, a building in Philadelphia was bombed by police and city officials after a shootout with the occupants of the building. The building caught f...

What Is the Creepiest Encounter You Ever Had with Another Human Being?

29 Sep 2023

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Nickldd92 said when he was 10 years old, he got up late one night to go get some water. His mom was also thirsty, so they both headed to the kitchen t...

Bone Chilling Thing the Weird Kid Did at School

28 Sep 2023

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There was a kid that would keep his desk full of bark and sharpen them with his teeth, and then threaten to stab and scratch the other kids with these...

Being Abducted by Aliens

27 Sep 2023

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Today we read of r/AskReddit where redditors are asked: People of Reddit that have honestly believed they have been abducted by aliens, what was your ...

Behind You | Someone Tried to Abduct Me

25 Sep 2023

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OP got home and noticed their cellar door open, which they never leave open, and then they heard a disturbing cry coming from within. Police came and ...

Ancient Giants Buried in the Mounds Across North America

25 Sep 2023

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“When he noticed some bones protruding from the ground, he pulled a femur from the soil, and when he compared it to his own, it was 7 inches longer....

The Scariest Moment of My Life | True Paranormal Experience

22 Sep 2023

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While OP and his brother were hanging out and playing video games one evening, one brother suddenly screamed and ran upstairs, saying there was a man ...

The Crocks and Socks Stalker

21 Sep 2023

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While OP was driving to work, she decided to grab a drink on the way. On her way back to her car, she noticed a man in her peripheral vision walking a...

The Bell Witch from American Urban Legends | A Fetch | The Ghost of Bellamy Bridge

20 Sep 2023

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The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a legend from Southern United States folklore, centered on the 19th-century Bell family of northwest Robertso...

I Found an Old Cell Phone on My Bus Ride Home. I Should Have Never Turned It On

19 Sep 2023

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OP found an old cell phone under the chair she was sitting on while riding the bus. She turned it on and it immediately started receiving messages, wh...

Always Shut Your Garage Door | To the Man by the Shed

18 Sep 2023

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“I called out for my dad, assuming he was home, and didn’t hear anything. I grabbed my phone, called my mom, and asked if Dad was home. She said h...

People Who Have Had a Stalker, How Did You Realize You Were Being Stalked and What Ended Up Happening?

15 Sep 2023

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OP worked at an adult school and one of the adult students kept taking pictures of her and bothering her, so she got him banned from that school and q...

What Is an NFL Conspiracy That You 100% Believe in or Is Plausible?

14 Sep 2023

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“If the refs blow a call, they give you a holding call later to make up for it. So if you know anything about football, if they make a bad call agai...

Meet My Family

13 Sep 2023

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OP is always happy and excited to meet new kids that are brought in from the nursery and really looks forward to when they get to be taken upstairs af...

I've Been Blind for Nearly 30 Years Part 2

12 Sep 2023

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Today we continue the story from our previous episode and we come upon a disturbing revelation about what’s been going on in OP’s home.Submit your...

I've Been Blind for Nearly 30 Years Part 1

11 Sep 2023

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OP was climbing a tall tree at 11 years old when a branch broke and he fell 30+ feet, hitting his head and causing him to go blind. Years later, he es...

Hollow Earth

08 Sep 2023

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Hollow Earth is a concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow, or contains a substantial interior space. Notably suggested by Edmond Ha...

He Tried to Come In and Clean Our Apartments

07 Sep 2023

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While OP was home alone with their siblings, who were sleeping, a man knocked on the door trying to sell something. She got super weird vibes from the...

What Is Equally Scary at Both Day and Night?

06 Sep 2023

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Aneurysms. The thought of dying unexpectedly at any moment without being able to say goodbye to my loved ones is terrifying. Being home alone and hear...

What Unresolved Disappearance Creeps You Out the Most?

01 Sep 2023

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Branson Perry, a 20 year old man from Skidmore Missouri, went missing on April 11th, 2001. While he and his friends were cleaning his father’s place...

Disappearance of Dorothy Jane Scott

31 Aug 2023

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Dorothy was taking her coworker to the hospital, and then left to go somewhere real quick. After not coming back, everyone realized she disappeared. A...

You May See Them Too

30 Aug 2023

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This poster worked in a care facility and took care of residents with dementia. They were trained to just play along when the residents hallucinated, ...

Unwanted Visitor in the Middle of Nowhere

29 Aug 2023

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This OP was hanging out with their brother late at night when it was time to go home. After leaving, their brother called to tell them about a creepy ...

Never Be Alone | The Man Who Played Hide and Seek

28 Aug 2023

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There’s a story that talks of an incident that happened a while back involving a janitor in a locker room. A girl finds herself alone in said locker...

Anne

25 Aug 2023

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Joanie, a young girl, is exploring the woods when she comes across a small mouse. As she snaps photos of the mouse, she hears some noises and has an o...

Scary Sleepover Encounters

24 Aug 2023

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Some friends are out walking on a hill when from out of nowhere they hear loud growling and heavy footsteps trailing right behind them. At first they ...

What Was in the Pie?

23 Aug 2023

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A girl and her boyfriend go to a restaurant late at night. Things are fine and normal at first, but then they start getting some really strange vibes ...

House Sitting

22 Aug 2023

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OP is asked to house sit for a countryside home. Her and a friend go to watch the home and after going to bed, they hear a loud bang coming from the s...

Bowling Alley Massacre

21 Aug 2023

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Today we tell a true story about a family that was murdered in New Mexico back in 1990. The two men that committed this atrocity took some money, but ...

Hauntings in a Dorm Room

18 Aug 2023

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While in college, a young woman experiences some strange things in her dorm. One night she hears glass shattering, only to find nothing broken when sh...

Cryptid, Ghost, Unexplainable Stories

17 Aug 2023

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A redditor tells a story of when they moved into a new home at a young age. They were alone one night and saw something very disturbing. A demon telet...

Campers or Rangers of Reddit, What’s the Most Unsettling, Creepy, and/or Supernatural Thing that’s Happened to You While in the Woods?

16 Aug 2023

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While their family was camping in Algonquin, Canada, this redditor was hiking with his family and dog. The dog came running full speed toward a ledge ...

Some Kind of Monster

15 Aug 2023

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OP became estranged after their son passed away at only 6 days old, but after some time, they decided to meet up again. While driving late at night, O...

What Is the Scariest, Creepiest, Most Disturbing Thing

14 Aug 2023

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“We were about half a mile from the nearest campsite when we heard a soft whispering behind us. Obviously we hit the flashlights and spun around. Di...

The Disappearance of Joan Risch

11 Aug 2023

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Late on the afternoon of October 24, 1961, police went to a house in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States, after a neighbor reported seeing blood lea...

David Glenn Lewis Part 2

10 Aug 2023

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Today we continue the strange circumstances of David’s disappearance. He had traveled about 1600 miles away and was killed only 29 hours after he wa...

David Glenn Lewis Part 1

09 Aug 2023

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39-year-old David Glen Lewis was an Amarillo attorney and former court-at-law judge. He was described as a kind, generous, deeply religious man involv...

What's The Scariest Real Thing On Our Earth?

08 Aug 2023

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Underwater caves. They’re beautiful to look at, but dangerous. Some divers get disoriented, can’t understand which way is up, and then drown after...

Unsolved Mysteries with No Plausible Explanation

07 Aug 2023

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At the end of a day's work in 1974, workers for the Dao Ling Construction Company in Indianapolis left a 2 ½ ton steel wrecking ball hanging 200 feet...