urban legend
Urban legends have captivated us from ancient eras to the modern day; a deep dive into scary lore and 'could be true' tales about Bigfoot, Slender Man, the Suicide Forest and beyond.
Six Degrees of Death
You may be well aware that death lurks in every corner of every room, of every building, of every closed and open space. What you may not be aware of is that death himself does not actually cause individuals to die. People cause it themselves and it spreads like an infectious disease.
By The Yodeling Pineapple 3 years ago in Horror
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
On December 5th 1872, the British ship Dei Gratia was sailing about 400 miles from the Azores Islands when it spotted a ship in the distance. Looking through his spyglass, Captain David Morehouse found it unusual not to see anyone on board. He changed course and sailed closer to ensure the ship and it’s crew were alright.
By Library of the Lost3 years ago in Horror
Appalachian Grandpa: The Last Trick of Treater
Grandpa was putting away the candy after I returned from walking Glimmer back into the woods. If Grandpa thought anything about my time with his old flame, he didn't say anything. I hadn't exactly set out to begin a relationship with one of the creatures Grandpa was always warning me about in the woods, but it was something that had just sort of happened. The two of us tried not to rub it in his face, and I got the feeling that it made Glimmer a little uncomfortable if she thought too much about it.
By Joshua Campbell3 years ago in Horror
Mystery Unboxing!
"Hello Fishies! and welcome back to another YouTube video by yours truly MichelleFish! Today is going to be a spectacle, the most exciting and suspenseful mystery unboxing yet. I got a mysterious box from an unknown person, and I thought what the heck! I'll unbox it, I mean this is an unboxing YouTube channel after all, but before I unbox it MAKE SURE TO HIT THAT LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE! Ok, let's get to unboxing." "Michelle!" silence fills the room with a annoyed grunting "Michelle!" "What MOM!?" Michelle screamed. "You have a package!" Michelle's mom responded. In excitement Michelle rushed down the stairs to see what she had received. A package, no, a mystery box. It looked exactly like the one she had upstairs, confused she took the package and rushed upstairs to save it for another mystery unboxing video. Then she noticed, the original mystery box had disappeared. She put the package she had just gotten from downstairs on her desk, and maybe just assumed she had misplaced it, so she looked for it, but it was nowhere to be found. Her head was pounding, floaters were drifting in her vision. Michelle went to get some Advil and then after a little while she felt better. She resumed her video. "Hey Fishies, I had a HUGE headache! so I had to go tend to it, remember your health is important so make sure to take care of it!" Michelle winked at the camera. "Ok so I misplaced the original package we were going to unbox today, but conveniently another package arrived at my doorstep just now! so we're going to open this one instead, I mean it already looks the same as the original. Oh shit, I forgot the scissors." Michelle paused her recording and went to go find the scissors. She found the scissors and resumed her recording. "Ok guys had to go get the scissors, the most important part other than the box, is something to open it with! duh!" Michelle stopped dead in her tracks and silence filled the room when she noticed how long she had been recording for. 2 hours. "What the? I have not been recording for 2 hours, there's no way." Michelle stopped the recording and decided to watch what she had recorded, she maybe thought it was a glitch in the software. "Hello Fishies! and welcome back to another YouTube video by yours truly MichelleFish! Today is going to be a spectacle, the most exciting and suspenseful mystery unboxing yet. I got a mysterious box from an unknown person, and I thought what the heck! I'll unbox it, I mean this is an unboxing YouTube channel after all, but before I unbox it MAKE SURE TO HIT THAT LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE! Ok, let's get to unboxing." everything was normal so far Michelle had just watched the intro to her YouTube video. Then her mom called her downstairs. A glitch, and the box was gone. "What the hell?! Ugh I knew this software was defective." As Michelle was trying to figure it out she heard the video make sound in the background. It was her just a minute ago when she ended the video. "This can't be right, I literally just ended the video and there's still like more than half the video left." Out of curiosity she continued watching, until finally she caught up. She saw herself in the moment doing everything she was doing right then and there. Michelle double checked that she still wasn't recording and she wasn't, so how was this possible? Then the video glitched and now she was looking at a recording of something that she didn't remember. In the recording Michelle picked up the scissors and put them back down cautiously looking at the camera. Michelle waited a moment and then out of curiosity and an urge she picked up the scissors and did the same exact thing she did in the recording from before. "No fucking way, is it showing what I'm going to do?" She answered the question herself with a silent yes in her head. In the video she started doing something, she was talking but she couldn't hear the audio, and then she picked up the scissors, it looks like she started opening the box. "Hey Fishies, or anybody, I feel like I'm in a fever dream holy shit. Well I'm going to open the box, my curiosity is killing me and I'm a bit freaked out. Here we go." The scissors slid across the tape of the box making a ripping sound. Michelle opened the flaps of the box and inside was nothing but a note. "I knew it felt light, but this, what is this?" Michelle started reading aloud. "I'm out. That's it? Creepy." As soon as Michelle looked up to see the recording of her however, she had disappeared from the screen. Michelle just watched, wondering where she went. Then she heard a sound, a knock at the door. She went to answer thinking it was maybe her mom, but her mom is usually loud so she was suspicious. She opened the door, and nothing. Curious she left the room wondering where she went in the video., she was about to find out. Something about the hallway and the house seemed different, it seemed like everything was moldy, and old, it also felt like everything was frozen in time, there was no sounds, no movement. She first went downstairs to see where her mom went, but all she found was a note saying, "Left to go run some errands, love you." That's normal, Michelle thought, but what wasn't normal was the atmosphere. Then a laugh, and a slam. It was upstairs. Michelle ran upstairs and her door had closed when she left it open. She opened it and everything was dark, even though it was day outside, the only thing that illuminated light was the screen of her computer with the recording, which now showed her frantically looking around and then start crying. Michelle sat down and watched. she waited a bit just watching herself cry, then she heard it. "Pretty, pretty lady, hehehehe pretty, pretty." Michelle started looking around frantically and then heard it again. "Pretty, mine mine mine mine." Michelle couldn't watch anymore, she went to minimize the recording, and when it wouldn't she went to close the application all together, but nothing was responding. Out of fear she closed her eyes wanting it to be over, her curiosity had finally caught up to her. "This is just a dream, a fever dream, yeah that's what this is." Then her chair turned around, her eyes were still closed. Breath enfolded her face, it was hot, smelled like rotting meat. "Open your eyes little bride, mine mine mine." "Bride? I'm not a bride, I'm not anybody's, what are you? What do you want?" Michelle responded. "My Bride, mine mine mine. OPEN YOUR EYES!" Michelle forcefully opened her eyes, scared out of her mind. She saw a man, no, something of a deformed man, he had a hunch, and was literally skin and bones, his face was that of a skeleton and what topped it all off was his smile, he had a sinister smile from ear to ear carved into his face. "Mine." the man said, then plunged into Michelle.
By Alexandria Valladares 3 years ago in Horror
Horrors of the Deep
I’m a marine biologist, and I work in the Hatinggabi aquarium, the world’s first aquarium capable of simulating conditions in the midnight zone. For those who don’t know, the ocean is organized in three sections: the daylight zone, the twilight zone, and the midnight zone. The daylight zone is at the top, it receives the most light and is the easiest to study. Below that is the twilight zone; with significantly less light and more pressure, it requires specialized equipment to explore.
By Tristin Roholt3 years ago in Horror
Earsplitting
Work Release isn't like an ordinary prison. If you're unfamiliar with how the prison hierarchy works, let me explain. You have Maximum Security institutions, places with barbed wire on the fences, and men in cages inside concrete structures, whose days are basically dictated by the guards' will. Then you have Minimum Security, which is mostly dorms that look like summer camp cabins, with bunk beds, belongings stacked neatly in lockers, and Inmates who have a schedule and go about their day as they choose, within reason. Then there's Community Custody, which is more like a halfway house. Inmates living in Community Custody have jobs outside the facility, earn their own money, and get to wear regular clothes most of the time. They have one foot in the real world and usually cause very little trouble.
By Joshua Campbell3 years ago in Horror
The Nevajo Skin-walkers- Why Americans Are Afraid Of Them
Traditions claim that skinwalkers were formerly healers and medicine men who became corrupted by their own power and turned evil. It's also been said that breaching tribal taboos and committing social offenses can turn anyone into a Skinwalker.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Horror
The Tapping From Inside
I was having lunch with Mark when an unfamiliar face came to sit with us. He wore a lab coat, gray scrubs, and a badge identifying him as Morgue staff. Mark extended his fist for the newcomer to bump and made instructions as I covertly slid my salad back a little bit.
By Joshua Campbell3 years ago in Horror
The Bouncy Castle
This is in response to Dharrsheena's challenge in True Crime, Horror Story & Dark Poetry here It's time for another #WritingChallenge ! Based on the prompt below, you can write either a #story or #poem that includes a funeral, a bouncy house and lifeless body/bodies. Make it as twisted and as creepy as you can!
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Horror
