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Pop culture for horror junkies; all about the famous films, creepypasta tales, trends and tropes that bled from the fringes of fright into the macabre mainstream.

The Dyatlov Pass Incident
The wind howled across the frozen slope of Kholat Syakhl—the Mansi people's "Dead Mountain"—as the last rays of twilight disappeared behind the jagged peaks of the northern Ural Mountains. It was 5:00 PM on February 1, 1959. Inside a hastily erected tent, nine young Soviet hikers huddled together, documenting their journey in journals and photographs, unaware they were making their final entries.
By Soibifaa11 months ago in Horror
The Hinterkaifeck Murders
On the evening of March 31, 1922, as darkness fell over the isolated farmstead of Hinterkaifeck in Bavaria, Germany, one of the most chilling and perplexing murder cases in European criminal history was about to unfold. What makes this case particularly disturbing isn't just the brutal slaying of an entire family, but the terrifying circumstances surrounding their deaths and the fact that, a century later, the murders remain unsolved.
By Soibifaa11 months ago in Horror
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
During the sweltering late summer of 1944, the quiet industrial town of Mattoon, Illinois became the epicenter of one of America's most bizarre and unsettling mass hysteria events. What follows is the true account of these disturbing incidents, drawn from newspaper reports, police records, and eyewitness testimonies.
By Soibifaa11 months ago in Horror
The Dancing Plague of 1518
The Dancing Plague of 1518 When Movement Became Madness: The Unexplained Mass Hysteria That Claimed Dozens of Lives In the sweltering summer heat of July 1518, in the Holy Roman Empire city of Strasbourg (now part of modern-day France), one of history's most bizarre and terrifying epidemics began with a single woman.
By Soibifaa11 months ago in Horror
The Disappearance of the Sodder Children
On Christmas Eve, 1945, in the small town of Fayetteville, West Virginia, the Sodder family was settling in for the night. George and Jennie Sodder had ten children, and nine of them were home that Christmas Eve. The family had enjoyed a festive dinner, and some of the younger children had begged permission to stay up late to play with their new Christmas toys. Jennie reluctantly agreed but insisted they turn off the lights and make sure the doors were locked before going to bed.
By Soibifaa11 months ago in Horror
The Hunchbacked Demon of the Palm Plantation
Dear listeners, this incident didn't happen in Bangladesh. Although most of his stories are from Bangladesh, this one takes place outside of Bangladesh, in Malaysia. The specific location is Tikam Batu in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. Rabi heard this story from his older brother, Salim. Salim went to Malaysia around 2007 to work in a palm plantation. Malaysia has many palm plantations, and the palm oil is exported worldwide. Palm trees also exist in Bangladesh; many of you have probably seen them. The palm tree produces clusters similar to dates. We see dates growing on date trees in a similar way, a bunch like that comes out.
By Lily11 months ago in Horror
St. George’s Church: Prague’s Ancient Sanctuary of Saints and Specters
St. George’s Church located in the Czech Republic is one of the oldest and most haunted sites in the country. Having been in existence since year 920 as a Romanesque basilica, the location has around 1100 years worth of history associated with it that ranges over devotion, distortion, and ghostly encounters. The red-and-white façade of the structure adds a Baroque touch to the building, which makes it more visually appealing, but it also masks the ages old secrets as well as the legends that are hidden inside its walls. Currently located in the grounds of Prague Castle, it still has features that highlight its old history, such as the St. Julian windows still incorporated in the church.
By Kyrol Mojikal11 months ago in Horror
The Passenger Who Never Arrived: Flight 2473's Extra Traveler
On December 17, 1991, Western Pacific Airlines Flight 2473 departed from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport bound for Sacramento International Airport. The Boeing 737-300 carried 112 passengers and 5 crew members on what should have been a routine 90-minute journey. What unfolded instead became one of commercial aviation's most disturbing unsolved mysteries—a case that remains classified as "incident unresolved" in FAA records to this day.
By A.O11 months ago in Horror
Lost Patient #331: The Hospital That Cannot Forget Her
In the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, Glenwood Psychiatric Institute has stood since 1912. Once housing over 2,000 patients, the facility now operates at reduced capacity. The abandoned east wing—closed in 1982—remains locked behind rusted gates and boarded windows. Yet according to dozens of staff members, something still walks those darkened hallways—a patient who was officially discharged more than 65 years ago.
By A.O11 months ago in Horror
The Hunted Homestead: The Unsolved 1987 Idaho Family Vanishing
In the remote Clearwater Mountains of Idaho, approximately twenty-three miles from the small logging town of Orofino, the Blackwood family homestead sits abandoned—a decaying monument to one of the most perplexing disappearances in the Pacific Northwest. What happened to the five members of the Blackwood family during the historic blizzard of February 1987 remains one of Idaho's most disturbing unsolved mysteries, one that local residents still discuss in hushed tones.
By A.O11 months ago in Horror
The Black Dahlia
Los Angeles, 1947. The town was a glittering mirage of desires and despair, in which the hopeful and the damaged collided beneath the smog-stuffed skies. Detective Jack Malone had seen it all—gangsters, starlets, and the dark underbelly of a city that thrived on secrets. But nothing could have prepared him for the case that would hang-out him forever.
By RASHED KHAN11 months ago in Horror
Whisper Walls
In the small, forgotten city of black hollow, in deep nests inside a dense forest, an old, decrypate mansion was standing known as Ashwick House. The towns saved it like a plague, whispering the stories of their dark past. He spoke of the family that lived there- Ashwix- and how they disappeared on a terrible night, only silent and left a house that seemed to breathe.
By RASHED KHAN11 months ago in Horror