Reddit Explains Conspiracy & the Unknown

r/TrueScaryStories; Mysterious Airbnb Incident

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP stays in a nice Airbnb with a bunch of friends for a party. She realizes she needs to pee pretty badly, so she goes looking for another bathroom, b...

r/AskReddit; Urban Explorers, What Was Your “I Better Get the Freak Out” Story?

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One Redditor tells of a spooky cement tunnel they found that seems to lead underground out in the middle of a field. After only going about 20 feet in...

r/TrueScaryStories; A Man in the Dark

12 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While walking home one night on a path OP was pretty familiar with, he decided to take a shortcut through a wooded area. As he headed through, his cel...

r/AskReddit; What’s the Scariest Space Fact or Mystery in Your Opinion?

11 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rogue planets. Planets that do not follow any given orbit. They may have been in orbit at one time, but now they no longer “play by the rules.” Th...

r/AskReddit; What Are Some of the Scariest Small Towns in America?

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The area around Manly Louisiana. Nothing is paved, country roads are gravel, wild dogs are roaming everywhere, and random houses are just abandoned in...

r/AskReddit; Have You Ever Known Someone that Went Missing? If So, What’s the Story?

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read multiple responses to this question, one of which says, “I had a coworker or employee in high school who went missing for 3 days. Turned out...

r/ConspiracyTheories; Hollow Earth

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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

r/TrueScaryStories; I Think I Am Someone’s r/TrueScaryStories

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP was helping her friend move at night and they got in their cars to move a bunch of stuff from the old place to the new one. After getting on the fr...

r/TrueScaryStories; Creepiest/Weirdest/Most Unsettling Place You’ve Ever Been to

05 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While on a Civil War battlefield tour, OP and his wife were visiting Manassas when she suddenly got a terrible feeling about the place and told him sh...

r/AskReddit; Nurses, What Is the Spookiest Thing that a Patient Did at Night?

04 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While working on a mental health unit, OP and their colleagues were supposed to check up on the patients once an hour. They used flashlights to not wa...

r/UnresolvedMystery; Irvine Jane Doe, Murdered September 5th, 2009, Still Unidentified

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The body of an unidentified female was found in a parking lot of the 1800 block of Kettering Street of Irvine California. She had only been dead 24 ho...

r/AskReddit; What Is the Scariest/Creepiest Thing that Has Happened to You When You Were Home Alone?

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One redditor tells about a time they were home alone and heard their front door knob rattling, when suddenly it opened and they could hear strangers w...

r/TrueScaryStories; Scary Sleepover Encounters

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Tammy Zywicki

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tammy Zywicki was heading to Grinnell College on Aug. 23, 1992, after dropping her brother, Daren, off at Northwestern University. Friends and family ...

r/TheTruthIsHere; My Grandma’s House Has Some Sort of Mimic | I Vanished for 3 Straight Days

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Multiple members of OP’s family claim they’ve seen family members around Grandma’s house at different times, but after consulting with the famil...

r/Paranormal; Strange Clicking and Humanlike Breathing Below My Bed

29 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP struggled with insomnia, so they would stay up late watching videos on their phone. One evening, they began to hear a strange clicking noise coming...

r/AskReddit; People Who Spend a Lot of Time in Seclusion, What’s the Creepiest or Most Mysterious Thing You’ve Seen, Found, or Experienced?

28 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP was camping in Montana near Yellowstone Park in a small campground next to just a few other campers. One couple nearby had a nice dog that OP pet w...

r/TrueScaryStories; Why I Always Lock My Doors

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While living in LA, OP was in her home when a man suddenly appeared at her door. He reached down and opened it, walking in. She asked him what he was ...

r/AskReddit; What’s the Best Theory on UFOs or Aliens You’ve Ever Heard?

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we read a few comments answering the titled question. One user explains that a good reason for why we haven’t been visited by aliens yet is be...

r/TrueScaryStories; The Furby

25 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Things were normal while OP and their friends played with a little furby until one of them accidentally dropped it. From that point forward, the thing...

r/AskReddit; Redditors Who Have Gone or Were Declared Missing, What Is Your Story?

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One commenter tells of a time they were moving furniture and their crazy neighbor who lived below started threatening them. They decided to go on a ca...

r/AskReddit; If You Could Learn the Truth about One Mystery, Urban Legend, or Conspiracy Theory, What Would You Choose?

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One commenter says Jennifer Fairgate, who was found in a room of the Oslo Plaza Hotel with a bullet wound to the head, but what initially appeared to ...

r/ScaryStories; A Kings Canyon Encounter

22 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While out camping with a friend at Kings Canyon, they come across a very fearless buck with which they have a pretty intense standoff. Shortly afterwa...

r/AskReddit; As a Kid, What Was the Creepiest Thing You Noticed About Another Kid’s Family?

21 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we read comments from Redditors, including one person who went to work on a school project with another 15 year old kid, but when they got to hi...

r/TrueScaryStories; Spooky Castle Vibes

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After moving to South Devon England, OP went to go to a cool castle on their birthday with some friends when they noticed one friend was no longer wit...

r/LocalUrbanLegends; The 4th Floor Girl’s Bathroom

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While doing her business in the girl’s bathroom upstairs, OP hears a strange voice whispering the word “respicite.” After talking to one of her ...

r/TrueScaryStories; West Texas Scary Story | I Think I Was Almost Kidnapped by a Fake Church Group

18 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While walking to his barn one morning, OP suddenly notices the formation of abnormal condensation on the windows in his barn. After closer inspection,...

r/LetsNotMeet; Thought My Boyfriend Got Home from Work. It Wasn’t My Boyfriend.

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP was home alone and waiting for her boyfriend to get home after they had been fighting the evening before. Expecting him to come in the door and thi...

r/TrueScaryStories; The Shaman in the Mountains

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP goes to stay in a strange building with his girlfriend, which had some very odd feelings about it. The caretaker of the place was even weirder than...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Kyle Tolley | Sasha G. Davis

07 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 2001 he disappeared from Lowman, Idaho, after a night of camping with his friends. Kyle had run from the campsite in the middle of the night, sayin...

r/AskReddit; People Who Take Walks at Night, What’s the Scariest Thing You’ve Seen?

06 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One commenter once saw tiny hands reaching out of a sewer grate. It took them a minute before they realized it was a raccoon. A street performer saw a...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; The Disappearance of Macin Smith

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Macin was born on April 7, 1998. He was the youngest of 6 children, often coddled by his older siblings. On September 1, 2015, Macin supposedly left f...

r/AskReddit; For Forensics People, What’s the Weirdest Cause of Death You’ve Come Across?

04 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A woman was trampled by a bull in her pasture, which doesn’t make any sense as she knew the bull was aggressive. After investigation, it was determi...

r/TrueScaryStories; Beneath the Icy Waters | Why I Hate Telephones

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP had a dream when they were younger where they were walking out on the ice of a frozen lake. There was a hole and an old woman standing there shiver...

r/LetsNotMeet; A Man Chased Me When I Was a Kid | The Pizza Man

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One day, as a young girl OP was riding her bike alone through her neighborhood. She found herself suddenly being followed by her neighbor’s son, a d...

r/TrueScaryStories; Things You May Never Know | Strange Puppy | Man and the Leg

01 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When OP was a newborn, their parents used to take naps after work in the afternoon. While napping one day, suddenly they heard a loud noise and when O...

r/Conspiracy_Commons; Operation Northwoods

31 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On November 18, 1998, there was a documented false flag attack plan originating within the United States Government in 1962. False flag attacks are mi...

r/TrueScaryStories; While Hanging Out in an Abandoned School Today, My Friends and I Stumbled upon… Something

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP and their friends used to hang out in an old abandoned school and one day they started trying to see what was inside a curious room. Using their ph...

r/AskReddit; Which Conspiracy Is So Believable That It Might Be True?

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One person comments that they believe PETA is just a group created by the meat industry to make animal rights people look bad. Another says the movie ...

r/TrueScaryStories; Livin’ On A Prayer

28 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP loves listening to music and had an awesome system on which they could listen to multiple CD’s, but one day the song, Livin’ On A Prayer, start...

r/LetsNotMeet; Something’s Off with the New Guy | My Daughter Was Someone’s Let’s Not Meet

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A new guy named Calvin started working as a security guard at a new job in 1998. He was very strange, but OP just brushed it off as him being socially...

r/ClimateChaos; Mystery at Skeleton Lake

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The body of water, commonly known as "Skeleton Lake," is the final resting place for what scientists estimate to be 500 to 800 sets of human remains. ...

r/Paranormal; Something Paranormal Tortured Us for 2 Years Before We Realized What Was Happening

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP was living with some semi terrible roommates for a little while. Those roommates finally left and were replaced by some better ones, but then thing...

r/AskReddit; What Are Some Weird Real Life X-Files Mysteries?

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There was a French man who could never stop eating. He had stained teeth and supposedly a visible vapor rising off his body and his parents kicked him...

r/AskReddit; Creepiest Experience for Night Time Shift Employees

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While working on a cargo ship, OP is making his rounds doing some routine checks on the lower decks. He suddenly hears his name faintly being called b...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Bouvet Island

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we read about Bouvet Island (pronounced boo-vay. We apologize for pronouncing it wrong), a Norwegian uninhabited protected nature reserve. AS a ...

r/CreepyEncounters; I Always Wonder What They Were Planning For Me | She Came Through My Ceiling

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When walking around a shopping mall one day, the younger OP was suddenly stopped by a woman. She claimed to be an undercover cop and was accusing OP o...

r/TrueScaryStories; He Fixated On My Hair

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While riding to get home from school, OP noticed a dirty looking man board the bus. He started to become hostile toward a random man on the train, but...

r/TrueScaryStories; The Stupidest True Scary Story

17 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We have a strange story today. OP suddenly heard his 7 year old son calling for help from the shower, only to find him pointing at the shower floor at...

r/TrueScaryStories; There’s No Ghost Wearing Gray | I Think About This Almost Every Day

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP is playing video games one night when he notices his uncle come in behind him and starts watching. He starts explaining to him about the game, and ...

r/TrueScaryStories; Chased by an Unknown Entity

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP and their friends decided to go hang out at a park late at night with some friends. As they were chilling in the skate park, they suddenly noticed ...

r/TrueScaryStories; Are We Living in a Simulation?

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While taking a nap one afternoon, OP suddenly felt their body wake up, only things didn’t at all seem normal when they came to. They saw something a...

r/CreepyEncounters; The Time I Was Almost Abducted by a Serial Killer

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP decided to go visit their grandpa’s grave one day, when suddenly they got a really bad feeling they were about to be attacked. A man came sprinti...

r/LetsNotMeet; He Stalked Me Across Two Different Countries

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

r/AskReddit; Punishments That Don’t Sound Bad, but Are Terrible to Experience

11 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read multiple comments about punishments that don’t seem too bad at first, but are actually terrible to experience. One comment is about tickling...

r/TrueScaryStories; The People in the Grocery Store

10 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP and their friend decided to go explore an old run down grocery store. After going inside, they came across some other people who seemed like they a...

r/AskReddit; What Conversation Left You Wondering if You Were Talking to Something Supernatural?

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we read various comments on the question stated in the title. Responses include encountering strange patrons at a Starbucks, namely Nordic blond...

r/TrueScaryStories; Scary Sleepover Story

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This one is kind of scary, but also a little funny. 3 young men were having a sleepover when late at night two men came knocking on their door. The me...

r/BackwoodsCreepy; The Indian Maze

03 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP and their friend went out exploring the woods, thinking they knew the way, but as they went on, they suddenly realized the wild life had gone terri...

r/TrueScaryStories; Night Crazies

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While working in a maximum security prison one night, OP begins to hear strange noises, but after observing the inmates, they realize that all of them...

r/AskReddit; What Is Your Favorite Fun Conspiracy Theory?

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read comments about fun conspiracy theories from AskReddit. One includes the theory that Kronk from Emperor’s New Groove actually used to be a sq...

r/TrueScaryStories; An Unexpected Visitor | Seconds from Unknown Danger

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP comes back to their home after being away only to find that the door has been left open and a bike is hanging from the clothes line. Everything has...

r/BackwoodsCreepy; Church in the Woods

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While camping out in the woods at night, OP and his friend came across an old building, which at first looked like an old sugar shack, but upon closer...

r/Haunted; Market Street

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP has a strange experience with their home phone. Each time they pick it up, they hear hacking and screaming noises, and then when she tries to talk ...

r/AskReddit; What Is the Creepiest or Most Unexplained Thing That Happened to You?

27 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re reading some comments from AskReddit and some include a friend and family just up and leaving without telling anyone, and then no one kn...

r/DBCooper; Who Was He and What Happened?

26 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

D. B. Cooper is a media epithet used to describe an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in United States airspace between Portland and...

r/ConspiracyTheories; The Waco Siege

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the law enforcement siege of the compound that belonged to the religious sect Branch Davidians. I...

r/AncientAliens; Mysterious Dome Structure in Antarctica

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A HUGE structure has been discovered in Antarctica - and it's baffling scientists. Rumors of a hidden city underneath the ice have been circulating fo...

r/LetsNotMeet; Always Change Your Locks When You Buy a New House

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After moving into a new house, the whole family heads to church except for OP, who didn’t feel like going. While chilling inside, she hears a strang...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Two US Servicemen Found Shot Dead in the Woods

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

No arrests have been made nearly five months after a Special Forces soldier and veteran were found dead Dec. 2, at Fort Bragg. The death certificate l...

r/AskReddit; What’s a Local Legend or Horror Story Everyone Believes In?

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We read multiple comments in this one including about a man who brought in his mother’s severed head to the store for mothers day, and a story about...

r/TheUnexplainable; Just a Really Weirdly Terrifying Experience

20 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP and their friends decided to go check out a playground to play on. While hanging out, they noticed the smell of cigarettes, but no one was nearby, ...

r/AskReddit; When Did a Gut Feeling Save Your Life?

19 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A man knocked at someone’s door asking if he could use their phone, but they had a bad feeling about them and said now. They later found out that th...

r/ConspiracyTheory; Atlantis

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we discuss various theories about the city, Atlantis. Some people believe it was ancient North and South America, while others say they think it...

r/AskReddit; What Is Your Creepiest Travel Story?

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we read multiple comments from people’s creepy travel experiences. One girl started feeling sick in Thailand, so she told the group to go on w...

r/LetsNotMeet; To the Campground Owner | Bones

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While camping with their family, the owner of the campground came asking for some food and drink, and OP’s parents let him have some. After overstay...

r/LetsNotMeet; My Boss Saved My Life

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP needed a place to stay after her guardian kicked her out, and then was offered one with a group of guys. Everything was fine, except for a strange ...

r/Paranormal; Dartford Cemetery

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP sees a person walking toward them. Later, as they’re walking away, the figure’s head is turned toward them looking their way, but their body is...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; The Chameleon Killer

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Elaine Antoinette Parent was an American criminal known as "the world's most wanted woman" in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She was wanted for the m...

r/AskReddit; What Was It Like to Be Kidnapped?

12 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We hear multiple little stories about people being abducted, including a little boy who was taken by a homeless woman and held in a little park. OP an...

r/BackwoodsCreepy; The Lady in the Woods

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1987, OP and his friends saw something at night that up until that point was just a legend, which was a lady dressed all in white, roaming the wood...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Lorenskog Disappearance

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2018, Tom Hagen’s wife disappeared with no solid evidence of her whereabouts. A letter was discovered, which said she had been taken for ...

r/LetsNotMeet; The Third Person | Creepy Snapchat Guy

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP’s girlfriend tells about a time she went to pick up her friend alone, but the friend claimed she saw someone else in the car with her. In the sec...

Largest Bio Terrorist Attack Ever

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1984, 751 people suffered food poisoning in The Dalles, Oregon, through the deliberate contamination of salad bars by followers of Bhagwan Shree Ra...

r/AskReddit; What Are Some Dark Events in History That Not Many People Know About?

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Girl Went Missing in 2012 and Was Never Seen Again

06 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brittany was last seen when her aunt dropped her off at her father's home on McCovery Road in Mobile, Alabama at 9:00 a.m. on June 14, 2012, for what ...

r/LetsNotMet; Was He Gonna Murder Me?

05 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A strange man who reeked of alcohol walked into a gym one evening while OP was working and proceeded to ask her out after showing a colorful range of ...

r/LetsNotMeet; The Night I Learned to Not Sneak Out

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While hanging out with her best friend in middle school one evening, OP’s friend decided she wanted to go meet her online friend she had been chatti...

r/LetsNotMeet; Your Neighbor Is Not Who You Think They Are

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After moving into a cheaper place, getting enough sleep each night is difficult as OP’s neighbors upstairs are constantly either partying or fightin...

r/AskReddit; What Is the Scariest Thing You Have Encountered While Home Alone?

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Multiple comments, including: being young teens and while OP and their sibling were home alone, a man came to their door demanding to be let in and ta...

r/LetsNotMeet; Stranger in My Bedroom

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While sleeping one night, OP is suddenly awakened, but she doesn’t know why. That’s when she hears footsteps coming up the stairs. Assuming it’s...

r/UnresolvedMysteries; Where Is Diana Isabel Gonzalez? | Chloroform Murders of Diana Smith and Scott Jones

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Diana Gonzalez went missing at the age of 14 and a man left a message saying he and her had fallen in love and run off together. She hasn’t been see...

r/UnsolvedMysteries; The Green River Killer

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gary Leon Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, is an American serial killer. He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders. As part of h...

Story Submission; Creeps Me Out Every Time I See It

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Someone sent us a submission story. After getting some old forgotten photos developed, they noticed something off about one of them. There was a figur...

r/AskReddit; Creepiest Thing You Experienced that You Thought Was Paranormal, But Was Actually a Lot Scarier

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A commenter recalls a dream when they were very young where they remember looking up from their bed and seeing their mother just standing over their b...

r/LetsNotMeet; Followed

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While working in the parking lot at a grocery store, OP noticed a man trying to load his car while it was pouring rain outside, so she decided to go a...

r/AskReddit; Creepy Truck Driver Stories While in the Middle of Nowhere

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today we read a few shorter stories about truck drivers who have experienced some strange and creepy things. One is about a man who while sleeping in ...

r/CreepyEncounters; Young Girl Knocked On My Door Claiming to Be Homeless

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One night OP was hanging out with his girlfriend while drunk when they heard a knock at the door. It was a young girl asking if she could stay the nig...

r/TrueScaryStories; The Thing Under My Bed | On the Side of the Road

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OP was trying to figure out how to spell a word while texting someone late at night, but can’t figure it out, so she said it out loud to see if the ...

r/TrueScaryStories; You Are Not the Builder

23 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There was a bunch of scaffolding outside of OP’s window left there for when the builders finally decided to finish whatever it was they were doing o...