The Scariest Stories on the Internet
first posted May 26, 2015
estimated read time: 2 minutes and 28 seconds
With sites like CreepyPasta and /r/nosleep, there’s no shortage of scary and unnerving stories to read. The following are some of my favourite stories to read late at night with the lights off.
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A CAMPFIRE STORY
Told from the perspective of a Canadian camp counselor, A Campfire Story is a story within a story. After seeing mysterious lights off in the distance, the protagonist gathers his charges to lead them to a nearby ranger’s station. As he hikes with the children, he retells an old legend of the First Nations people.
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A WARNING TO THOSE THINKING ABOUT ACCESSING THE SHADOW WEB
Warning: This story is NSFW: A Warning to Those Thinking About Accessing the Shadow Web is essentially a story of how a man stumbled onto the darker side of not just the internet, but human nature. What’s great about this story is that there is absolutely nothing supernatural about it and everything is entirely possible. That is what makes it so damned scary and disturbing.
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PSYCHOSIS
Psychosis is about an introverted man who after burying himself in work, realizes that he hasn’t had any human contact in days. As time goes on and he fails to contact anyone face-to-face he slowly starts to lose trust in everyone and everything, slipping into paranoid delusions.
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ROOM 733
Room 733 is about a college freshman who’s new dorm room is next to the infamous room 733, where multiple suicides have previously taken place. Luckily, that room has been closed off for years. Room 733 is a fantastic read that keeps the reader guessing and has a pretty great ending.
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THE GOATMAN
The Goatman was the first story I read online that got me interested in all of these spooky stories. In short, The Goatman, is about a group of kids on a camping trip who realize that one of them does not belong. The writing is also rife with grammar and spelling mistakes – but that just enhances the story as it allows the reader to make a more direct connection to the story teller.
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THERE IS SOMETHING VERY STRANGE GOING ON WITH MY WIFE…..
This is actually a four-part story, but to be honest I only liked the first part. There Is Something Very Strange Going On With My Wife is about a man who starts to see his wife in places he knows she isn’t.
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