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23 Creepy Threads That’ll Stick With You Long After You Read Them
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The most disturbing creepy stories are always the ones that are true. Ghosts and monsters might be frightening, but it’s easy for us to simply dismiss them as fake. If you really want to chill someone to their core, tell them a tale about true evil that lives among us…
Reddit users have recently been recalling the most disturbing and heartbreaking threads they’ve ever read online. We’ll warn you right now, pandas, that these stories might not be easy to stomach. But if you’re ready to be spooked and horrified, you’ve come to the right place. Good luck making it through this list, and be sure to upvote the stories that sound like they came straight out of a horror film.
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#1
There was one that asked entertainers for children parties about wild stuff from these parties. The amount of children that asked fake Superman, Spider-Man or Fairy Godmother to be taken away from bad parents...
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#2
I wasn’t the most creepiest but it hit me hard. It was from green text sub. And guy was telling story about his younger brother who [passed away] of cancer. And he remembered how in one instance he was rude to him when his little brother wanted to show him something on Minecraft. Later when his little brother [passed] he opened the game and it was something like “Happy birthday brother” made from blocks in the game. I am almost 30 and have a small brother and it literally made me cry.
#3
The carbon monoxide poisoning guy. He thought his landlord was breaking in and leaving creepy notes, but it turned out he was writing them himself while hallucinating. Reddit literally saved his life.
Bookworm 1 week ago
If something strange starts happening, including if you think you're being haunted, have testing done for gas leaks. A large number of these, especially those that end when you leave the home, are/were most likely caused by gas. If the gas is fine get a checkup before jumping to the supernatural or paranoid.
To find out how this conversation started in the first place, we reached out to the Reddit user who encouraged others to share their stories, Gajanand_bhatia.
"I asked the question because those creepy late-night Reddit threads always stay in my head longer than they should," the author told Bored Panda. "And I was curious [about] what stuck with other people too."
#4
The story of a kid who said “the man is in my room again,” and the parents later found footprints on the inside of the window sill. I still think about that.
#5
I don’t know if “creepy” or just “insane story”: it was about a guy who just up and left his entire life. How 9-11-2001 happened and on that day he just got up and left NYC. His job, friends, possessions. Like completely went dark, moved to another place far away, went by a new name, started a new life.
He went into a ton of detail about everything he left behind and what it was like having a clean break, acknowledged people would be sad and hurt. It’s assumed he died that day, but apparently he just got sick of…everything…and just…disappeared to start life over again.
Not sure creepy. Definitely, mind blowing.
#6
Woman had her soon to be ex-husband commenting on things she did when he was not at the house. Couldn't find the cameras. Never updated again. This was 9+ years ago.
We also asked the author why they believe people are so fascinated by these creepy stories. "I think people love scary stories because they let us feel fear in a safe way. It’s unsettling, but also exciting," Gajanand_bhatia explained.
Finally, they shared what they thought of the responses to their post. "The replies were a mix of hilarious and genuinely disturbing. Some surprised me because they sounded way too real."
#7
That subreddit (not tagging it) that’s just AI bots literally responding to AI bots… It’s all just… Posts and threads by bots.
It’s absolutely terrifying.
#8
The thread where people shared ‘I found hidden cameras in my AirBnB’ made me triple-check my place.
#9
I came across a post a while back—something like, “Doctors of Reddit: what’s the worst injury or case you’ve ever seen?” In it, someone shared a horrifying story about a one-year-old girl who had her lips numbed at the dentist, then ended up chewing off her entire bottom lip. She required multiple surgeries to repair the damage. Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl…
Chich the witch 1 week ago
Had a friend who, after a dental appointment, was chewing 'gum'. Turned out to be her tongue. Didn't damage it too badly but it hurt for a while when the freezing finally wore off.
#10
I came across an Askreddit thread I read a while ago asking about the experiences of teens who went through the troubled teen industry. How this industry still exists in 2025 blows my mind.
Earonn - 1 week ago
Really doesn't look as if America loves its children. They can get k****d they can get rap.ed by fat, rich white guys, they can be traumatised for being 'unruly' or 'gay'....and it's not that *some* parents and adults are shyte. It's the fact that the country doesn't stand up at one and makes an end to it.
#11
The one about people finding hidden cameras in their homes.
#12
The thread where people shared “someone’s been living in my attic” stories still haunts me.
#13
That one where the boyfriend was feeding his girlfriend her ground up pet slugs
Squishy the cat 1 week ago (edited)
Okay, W+F. One incident involving eating slugs and getting your life wrecked is already enough!
#14
There was one where a guy found out his neighbour had been living in his attic for months without him knowing. I still think about it when I hear random noises at night.
#15
Can’t remember much else, but it’s stuck with me the last year or two: a person on reddit had a cousin or something that would push on the soft spots on babies for fun. Said their family had a high rate of special needs.
#16
It was one where some lady said that she was getting attacked by the devil, she said that she would wake up with scratches and bruises every morning and she even posted pictures. (But one day I checked to see if she had posted anything else, but her account was gone, so I never heard anything else about it).
Roni Stone 1 week ago
When I was going through a divorce, I woke up once with bruises all over my arms, and pain in my back when I moved. I showed them to my doctor and my therapist, who advised me to either move asap or have the locks changed. I changed the locks and it never happened again, but to this day, I'm not convinced it was my husband. I have no idea what it was.
#17
Honestly those “people living in your walls” threads still haunt me, i couldn’t sleep after reading them.
Lousha 1 week ago
If you're worried about this, move to Europe. Most of our walls are solid bricks, concrete etc. You can still have e.g. wasps making a nest in the insulation on the outside of the wall, mice finding a way in and hiding under furniture etc., but a person-sized "object" inside the wall is often physically impossible.
#18
Easily the ones where people talk about near-miss encounters with strangers — like someone realizing they narrowly avoided being kidnapped or stalked. Those threads always stick with me way more than the paranormal stuff.
Lousha 1 week ago
When I went to uni, I often visited a pub with a friend group, then walked home because it was about 20 minutes from my flat and the buses were very infrequent at night. One time I was pretty drunk. I arrived to the place that I hated most on my route, where I had to take a very narrow pathway next to a block of flats. It had tall hedges/other vegetation between the pathway and the road, so the street lights didn't do much against the dark there for about a 50 m stretch. No people around. In places like that I usually crossed the road to the other side, but here that wasn't a possibility, the other side was worse. So I usually just rushed through this bit. This time, as I was about halfway through, my exact fear happened. Someone emerged from the hedge behind be, stepped right behind me, and put his arm around me neck, like a choke hold.
Lousha 1 week ago
I was on autopilot, my brain refused to panic, instead it told me that it was one of my friends playing a joke. I had earphones in with loud music, so no clue if the person said anything. I felt his body with my back, he was larger and taller than me, so I would assume it was a man. (I'm a woman, early twenties at the time.) I just playfully jabbed my elbow back into his stomach/chest, and said something along the lines of "stop playing, silly", while laughing. Kept walking without ever looking back as he let go, maybe from pain, maybe from being surprised from my reaction. I was walking fast, so within seconds I got to the end of this stretch and from there on the pathway was very well lit, in full view of traffic and neighbouring windows. I got home without further incident, with every step growing more aware what had actually just happened. I managed to make it to behind closed doors before the shaking and panic set in. After 20 years I still shudder to think about it.
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#19
I once saw one of some kid who was convinced his mom was flirting with him.
Lil be lil 1 week ago
I saw a grown kid about 8 years old straddling his mother (I assumed) on a public bus. Creeped me out they were kissing on the mouth too. It was late night I was going home. What could I do about it. Nobody would believe me anyway. I don't know if the cameras on the bus recorded it and if so what could anyone do? Years later I saw them in a bar on a game betting night he was enthralled and holding her hand.
#20
I remember one about a guy talking about how periodically throughout their life some mysterious figure would be nearby whistling some simple melody. Apparently this was something the person experienced since childhood and even across moves. I think they even had videos and all of them had a figure some distance away whistling the same melody in each video. I think one of the videos was someone in a kayak slowly rowing away while whistling. Unfortunately I don't remember any other details or know how true any of it was but was certainly a spooky read.
#22
I read this creepy creepy story and I can’t even remember the whole thing, cause I think I blocked it out. I’d be so happy if someone found it.
It was something to do with someone seeing the same car with a license plate following him around everywhere. Eventually I think he met the driver in a bar or something and I think he thought he was an alien. The alien basically said like “I will follow you forever”?
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Bookworm 1 week ago (edited)
Sounds similar to a nosleep story I once read. Alien was looking for someone to replace him as the observer on Earth because he was dy!ng. Guy started turning into an alien. If you don't know the nosleep reddit is full of fake stories that are treated as real. Fun if you know this. Can be scary if you don't.
#23
The one above this was titled "What paranormal activity have you come across?".
What do you think ?
Earonn - 1 week ago
Creepiest reality, not story, for me: you know Josef Fritzl? The guy who kept his daughte rin his basement and ra.ped her into several pregnancies over years? And you remember Gisele Pelicot whose husband invited strangers to ra.pe her? Yeah - that is happening. Right now. To dozens of other women. Sweet dreams /s
Kelly Scott 1 week ago (edited)
Creepiest story I ever heard was about the guys who were camping by a lake one evening. They saw someone canoe by and invited him to come up and have a drink. The guy did, but didn't want to stay, got back in his canoe, and left. The next morning a park ranger stopped by and when one of the campers asked him about all the activity on the water that they were seeing, told them that a camper had drowned the afternoon before. The ranger showed the guy a picture and it was the guy who had joined them for a drink the night before, hours after he was supposed to be dead.
Nikki Sevven 1 week ago
The stories from wilderness search and rescue folks are wicked creepy.
sdorph 1 week ago
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Load More Replies... Earonn - 1 week ago
Creepiest reality, not story, for me: you know Josef Fritzl? The guy who kept his daughte rin his basement and ra.ped her into several pregnancies over years? And you remember Gisele Pelicot whose husband invited strangers to ra.pe her? Yeah - that is happening. Right now. To dozens of other women. Sweet dreams /s
Kelly Scott 1 week ago (edited)
Creepiest story I ever heard was about the guys who were camping by a lake one evening. They saw someone canoe by and invited him to come up and have a drink. The guy did, but didn't want to stay, got back in his canoe, and left. The next morning a park ranger stopped by and when one of the campers asked him about all the activity on the water that they were seeing, told them that a camper had drowned the afternoon before. The ranger showed the guy a picture and it was the guy who had joined them for a drink the night before, hours after he was supposed to be dead.
Nikki Sevven 1 week ago
The stories from wilderness search and rescue folks are wicked creepy.
sdorph 1 week ago
Unfortunately most sites don't do anything at all to prevent malware in ads, as long as they're getting paid for the ads they don't give a d**n.
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