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50 Creepy Basements That Were So Horrifying, Homeowners Just Had To Share
Interview With Expert
There aren’t many experiences most of us can say we share with Kevin McCallister from Home Alone. But being afraid to go into your basement as a kid is probably a common one. I have to admit, they look and feel spooky to me even now. I’d much rather reserve that kind of creepiness for when I watch horror films.
However, some people are into that kind of stuff. The more horrifying, the better. That’s why we’ve compiled some pictures of the most eerie and chilling basements and cellars we could find. Creepy dolls, unsettling Catholic paraphernalia, and just generally uncanny vibes – lovers of all things bizarre will probably have a field day with this.
Bored Panda reached out to Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth, masters of the creepy and the bizarre and the hosts of The Box of Oddities podcast. Scroll down to see their thoughts on why we find creepy basements so intriguing and their favorite stories from the podcast involving these unsettling spaces!
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#1
The Basement Of An Abandoned Children's Home For Difficult Children In Germany. Apparently, That's Where The Worst Ones Had To Stay
hoppsa 1 year ago
To add more context, its about a former german "Kinderheim" near Katersdobersdorf. Link to origin photos above.
SCP 4666 1 year ago
Let me guess, it`s a "Verschickungsheim" from the GDR
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SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
"Difficult children" ... That term breaks my heart... Unloved children... Noone wanted them because they didn't understand them.... And maybe some had various mental health or other conditions as we know them now?
Dumb teenager 1 year ago
They can hardly wonder why they’re duifficult when they’re locked up here
There's something about dark, damp, poorly lit underground spaces we find particularly terrifying. Is it claustrophobia? Is it the history of what happened there before us? Or is it just our imagination going wild because of the unknown?
To get to the bottom of why we find creepy basements, old hospitals, crawl spaces, etc., so fascinating, Bored Panda decided to consult with the experts on all things strange.
Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth host the Webby Award-winning podcast The Box of Oddities, where they share their love for unusual stories and inject them with their humor and commentary.
The pair cover everything from the strange history of medical practices to chilling true crime stories. The Box of Oddities has been downloaded more than 26 million times, so you know the stories ought to be good!
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#2
Creepy Basement, Could Anyone Help Me Figure Out What Is This, Or What Was It Doing In A Random SD Card?
Heir of Durin 1 year ago
Rule number one: Don’t pick up random SD cards and look through them.
Wolf princess quinn 1 year ago
A spirited game of leapfrog. Nothing to worry about. It's fine. You're fine
#3
I Have The Ring In My Basement
Cat Chat 1 year ago
Pur that cover back on, quick. By all means, do NOT remove any skeletons you find in the well.
Maggie Fulton 1 year ago
If you find an ancient tome in the basement, do not speak Latin near the hole.
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Avoidance_Panda 1 year ago (edited)
Why would you leave it open like that...she's gonna come through
Ornery Owl 🦉 1 year ago
A well or cistern - we have an old cistern in our 1902 home...it's creepy as F.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Others are saying - "The Ring"... I'm old school and thinking "Silence Of The Lambs"!!!!
In movies, the basement is usually the place where the scary stuff happens. I personally only need to remember scenes from movies like The Ring (2002) and It (2017) to never want to set foot in another basement again. What is it about basements that give us the heebie-jeebies?
Jethro from The Box of Oddities says it probably has to do with the fact that they're under the ground. That taps into our fear of mortality. "The fact that it's underground reminds us that, historically, bodies have been buried underground, graves are underground, crypts are often underground, and catacombs are underground."
His co-host Kat says that basements also elicit a negative physical reaction from us. "The feeling of a basement is often cold and wet, and our bodies instinctively are uncomfortable in those environments."
"Perhaps this triggers something inside, reminding us that one day, we'll all [pass away]," Jethro adds.
#4
Wonder How Much Is She Asking For The House Now
Keith Lancaster 1 year ago
Thank you for that comment. I reckon that there is a good chance that I will sleeping with the light on tonight.
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The Queen Of France 1 year ago
Hilarious! I can imagine the person doing the work and just putting the random doll head that they found in the corner into the cement and laughing to themselves about how people who see it later will react.
#5
Working In A Cellar In An Old Pub, Keep Checking Over My Shoulder
Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago
Working in a cellar in an old pub.... no. What kind of work would that be?
#6
Well I Didn’t Need Any Sleep Tonight Anyway
BunnyMommy 1 year ago
There's a workbench there. I'd guess the person who lived there fixed up dolls for sale, or to gift to an orphanage or something.
Wolf princess quinn 1 year ago
My creative me sees lots of potential. Zombie babies, skelebabies. This would be my candy store
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Doll repairer who had to hang the dolls up to dry because of glue they used?
The hosts of The Box of Oddities believe that a building, a room, or any other space is made scarier by its past events. "There's a big difference between going into the basement of new constructions and basements of buildings that have history," Jethro explains. "History leaves an imprint on older buildings, especially ones that have seen a lot of emotion or tragedy over the years."
#7
New Orleans Charity Hospital Basement
Deirdre Segraves 1 year ago
This may *look* creepy but so much knowledge was gained in that room. We've all benefited from it
Slytherin4Lyf 1 year ago
Unless it was a mental asylum in the very past, and all they learned was to give woman O's to stop their hysterics and to chain people down and electrify their brains or poke them through the eyeballs.
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Cassie 1 year ago
My husband works in a renovated historic hospital (his floor is office space now) and his office is directly under one of these on a floor that was just abandoned and never renovated. He goes into work early to turn lights on because his employees are spooked to work there and nobody wants to come in when it's still dark.
The Queen Of France 1 year ago
It’s a teaching auditorium for medical students! That is some amazing living history!
𝖇𝖎 𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍 𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖊𝖓 1 year ago
bro, thats where people would watch surgeries, some where heads were sawed off
Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago
It's an operating theatre. That's what they used to look like. I don't know how they teach medicine these days, perhaps those theatres are still in use?
#8
Found This In The Basement Of A Restaurant In Phoenix
HighDesertArtist 1 year ago
Hanny’s restaurant/bar in downtown Phoenix. They have random cool art scattered around. This is an art installation down a set of stairs inside the restaurant. The table gets covered in pennies from people tossing them in.
#9
So I Found A Wooden Figure Of James Brown In My Basement
Ornery Owl 🦉 1 year ago
It's an old dusty, James Brown animated singing doll. We had one just like it. He was cool. Clean him up, give him some new batteries, and then he will FEEL GOOD.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
ARGH!!! Okay... That would definitely make me jump if I unexpectedly came across it!!! 😄
Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago
This reminds me of a film I saw as a child, it was called "Joey" / "Making Contact". Not a very good film, but it really creeped me out back then.
Kat also tells us about The Stone Tape Theory. "[It] suggests that stones and other materials can record and playback past events or emotional energy," she explains. "It's like recording on a carbon cassette tape. Basements provide a perfect environment for that." There is one famous example people think proves this theory: the basement of Pennsylvania Hall at the Gettysburg College.
#10
Haven't Been Down In The Basement In A While
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Awwws! They made a neighbourhood for Smurfs in their basement! 😃
#11
My Apartment Building Has A WWII Air Raid Shelter In The Cellar
Marno C. 1 year ago (edited)
You might want it in November. Start adding some throw pillows and canned goods just in case.
Aud (she/they) 1 year ago
Bonus points if they're 'live laugh love' throw pillows 😁
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Is it upvote for creepy btw? I like this, it'd be really interesting to find out what's inside the shelter if there is anything. It's probably padlocked though for that reason, so nosey people like myself won't possibly damage anything if we go in first without first notifying the proper people.
#12
My Parent's Stairway To The Basement Has The Creepiest Wallpaper
Floeckchen 1 year ago (edited)
I thought you couldn't have enough cat fotos. Turns out you can
"The basement served as a makeshift operating room during the Battle of Gettysburg, where hundreds of amputations took place over three days," Jethro tells us the story of the Pennsylvania Hall basement.
"Numerous reports of strange activity have been associated with it, from an overwhelming sense of sadness to more extreme experiences, such as ghostly apparitions of Civil War soldiers and scenes of medical procedures like amputations."
#13
The Basement Of A House I Visited Today
Brian Droste 1 year ago
I don't mind spiders and spider webs, but even that is too much for me.
#14
How Do I Get Rid Of This Guy Without Stressing Him Or Myself Out? He’s Hanging In My Basement, And I Would Prefer He Didn't
sturmwesen 1 year ago
wrong...without mice they wouldn't be there but where the mice are
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Spencer's slave no longer 1 year ago (edited)
At least whilst he's there you won't have a rodent problem.
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
And while he's there you'll know he isn't somewhere else, but where?
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RabidChild 1 year ago
He's actually helping you out. He wouldn't be there if you weren't offering snacks, i e., rats & mice. I'd say enjoy your little symbiotic relationship.
Jerry Bee 1 year ago
I'd get busy trying to find the animal's entry point. Also, generally, where there are snakes there is snake food, perhaps rodents. Make friends with the beauty, he's magnificent.
Mark Fergel 1 year ago
Black snake, so it is actually useful in preventing pest problems, but yeah, I wouldn't want a snake in the house either.
Slytherin4Lyf 1 year ago
This post was from 2 years ago on Reddit. Im sure the snake is gone now.
#15
A "Zombie Spider" - Spider Covered In Fungus, Half-Alive, Which Can Crawl Around. Found In My Basement
Floeckchen 1 year ago
Not your basement! Thats THE stock foto for fungi infection in spiders and it at least 12 years old
WinterLady 1 year ago
Omg!! My arachnophobia began with one of these in the middle of a wild rose I was smelling when I was a kid. Chucked the rose in disgust. Never knew what it was and when I described it to others, no one ever heard of a pure white spider. Finally got the answer to a question I have had for nearly 4 decades!!!
People say that the scenes of what happened in the former operating room are playing there on a loop. That's called a 'residual haunting.' "The emotion is stored there, and you feel it when you step down slowly into the darkness of that space," Kat explains to us.
#16
This Mushroom Growing In My Friend's Basement
Glenn Brynes 1 year ago
Be careful! Some fungi eat wood (lignicolous fungi). This could weaken the support structures, and turn a stable room into a....mush-room. Armillaria (honey mushrooms) can kill trees and devour other wood. A single colony of Armillaria ostoyae in Oregon covers 3.4 square. miles, making it the largest creature in the world.
The Queen Of France 1 year ago
The mycelial network! Black alert! We going to another dimension!
TruestBlack 1 year ago
Pretty sure this is how The Last of Us started. Burn it to the ground before it can spread man.
Midoribird Aoi 1 year ago
The house is putting down roots. Be careful that it does not gain sentience
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
So long as you're not damaging the structures? Hey mushroomy thingys? Go be a "Fun-guy"! (I'll get me coat for that one!)
#17
It Appears I Had A Visitor While Working Alone In A Large Abandoned Basement
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
As much as I love being freaked out occasionally? This is probably old footprints that appear due to something like different temperatures there.
#18
This Bar's Basement. Imagine Being Drunk Trying To Find The Bathroom And You Stumble Upon This, The Lights Start To Flicker
WindySwede 1 year ago
Or each photo are of you but from a different time period, trying to find the loo?
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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
I love bars and clubs with this style bathroom, I loved them on acid and I love the now as a sober grown up 😂
Spooky beck 1 year ago
When the lights flicker out, you disappear, but a Polaroid of you appears on the wall.
ohjojo (you/your's) 1 year ago
The lights flicker, one photo falls to the floor. You retrieve it. They come out of the bathroom. And so it is done!
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
They probably have a photo booth in the bar, then post the resulting photos with consent on the walls. Looks fun!
With more than 600 podcast episodes under their belt, the hosts of The Box of Oddities have covered their fair share of strange stories involving basements. In one of their more recent episodes, episode 618, titled Oregon, Owls, and E.T.s, the hosts investigated the Oregon State Hospital and the horrifying discovery in its basement.
#19
Working In A Basement. Flicked On The Lights To See This
Cassie 1 year ago
According to the OP "Sorry, forgot about this thread. Scared the f**k outta me. Went downstairs to hit the breaker, dude said nothing about it. I asked him about it when I told him I s**t my pants. He puts it at the table at his vacation home with the newspaper and a cup of coffee. He made it. Originally was a mannequin." - Those are some daggum realistic-looking hands for a mannequin.
CrazyAuntiePanda 1 year ago
"Originally was a mannequin" what the hell is it now?
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
Someone totally knew what they were doing when they put him there! I'd have peed my pants.
Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago (edited)
I saw an art instellation in a museum by Duane Hanson. He makes hyper-realistic life-size statues of humans - made of silicone, I think. There is that moment when people in doubt freak out when they expect the statues to move. Perhaps it is one of those statues, and it's worth an awful lot of money?
karen snyder 1 year ago
Ummm... Guys.... That's a real human with face makeup. I am positive that OP is making up this story.
#20
The Pool In The Basement Of My Apartment Building
Giles McArdell 1 year ago
There is a game called "Pools" with these vibes.
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Kazaretski 1 year ago
I mean this'd probably be very calming if you were the only person there.
#21
My Apartment In College Had A Tombstone Of A Baby In The Basement. The Landlord Said It Was There When He Bought The Building, And He Didn’t Feel Right About Moving It
Bec 1 year ago
Some college students stole a tombstone and left it behind when they moved. Police couldn't find where it came from at the time it was reported but couldn't find any records in our county that matched, they recently determined it was from an adjacent county, cleaned it up and returned it
Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago
It may not be an actual tomb, just a tombstone when the rent for the tomb expired. My neighbours had one in their garden. The mother died a long time ago, and left behind three little boys, who were all grown when I was a child. In the country where I live (Germany), the rent for a grave expires after 15 years, and you have to renew it for another 15 years, or else it will be used for a new funeral. So the family didn't renew it and took the tombstone home.
"Established in 1883," Jethro begins, "It's a historic psychiatric institution known for its portrayal in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In 2004, over 3,000 copper canisters containing the remains of former patients were discovered in the hospital's basement. These canisters, dating back to the early 20th century, had been neglected in a sealed basement room and long forgotten for decades."
#22
This Is Why I Hate Going Down To My Cellar
RabidChild 1 year ago
You would not believe how industrious basement spiders can be.
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Maybe clean, evict the spiders, some lighter colours, more light and an dehumidifier?
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
At this point I would ask for professional advice from exterminators
#23
This Photo I Took While Working
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
It's not unknown here in the UK to come across things like this. There's what looks to be a wood burning stove for cooking to the left of the toilet and working space to the right. I can't make it out on my phone screen. Space is tight here so it's probably an old relic from maybe, guessing, the Victorian age?
Mahiera Etsuhae 1 year ago
I'd like to say a good pressure washing would do wonders; but it might just blast the whole place away!
#24
Found This Shrine While Pumping Out A Flooded Basement After A House Fire
SuperChicken 1 year ago
Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true. Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil...
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️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 1 year ago
so someone wants to bless their hotwheels and earn hundreds of thousands of them. your point?
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Hardly creepy. Mint in packaging Hot Wheels?... The owner obviously had their reasons why and at least they weren't fire damaged.
Kat takes us down the true crime road. "I also think that there are many stories of serial [criminals] like John Wayne Gacy who have used basements and crawl spaces to hide the bodies of their victims." The story she shares with us is the notorious case of Dr. Crippen.
#25
This Door In The Basement Where I Work
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Old fire door... Or someone who has an evil type of sense of humour? 😄
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
So ya know it’s gonna get opened right? May as well do it yourself and see what happens
#26
Found These Behind The Furnace In My Basement. Needless To Say I Will Be Having A Talk With My Mother
Casey Payne 1 year ago
Yes you should. Everybody knows you don't get rid of a puppet by beheading. You burn it. Beheading allows it keep talking to you. So does fire, but the only thing they're going to be saying is "AHHHHHH!"
#27
Pictures Of My School Basement
"In episode 284 of The Box of Oddities, we told the story of Cora Henrietta Crippen," Kat says. "She was the wife of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, who [executed] her in 1910 in London. Her body was discovered buried in the basement of their home. Crippen was subsequently convicted of murder and executed, marking one of the most famous criminal cases in early 20th-century Britain."
#28
When We Saw This Mask In The Basement, We Got Out Of There Quickly
#29
Descent To The Asylum Church Basement
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
What was actually down there? Does anyone know?....... Did anyone survive to be able to tell us?
#30
The Realtor Was Just As Shocked As Me
Wolf princess quinn 1 year ago
Pareidolia. Ppl who see faces in everything have this superpower! I do and it's quite fun
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
"Hi, I'm Bob and I'd like to talk to you about your heating expenses"....
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Seems too small for that, but I could be wrong.
Load More Replies..."So, I guess the older your house is, the better the chance something or someone may be buried there," Jethro surmises. "Cue the creepy music."
If you're looking for more unsolved mysteries, paranormal phenomena, and strange cultural practices from all around the world, be sure to give The Box of Oddities a listen! Kat and Jethro masterfully present cases in an informative and entertaining manner, offering a unique look into the dark and mysterious corners of the world!
#31
The Basement Hallway Of This Abandoned Building
#32
I Put One Of Those Sticky Bug Traps In My Basement, Three Days Later I Remembered To Check It
Upstaged75 1 year ago (edited)
I call them sprickets. :) They're so annoying. And stupid too.
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#33
So This Is In The Basement Of My Apartment Building
Midoribird Aoi 1 year ago
Very likely 1985. That wood would have rotted away before now for 1885
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Found This In The Cellar Of My Grandmother's House
#35
Mass Of Worms Gather In Kansas Basement After Tornado Flooding
#36
A Bathroom In A Customer's Basement Where I Was Rodding Their Drain
#37
The Funeral Home Is Being Turned Into Housing. Everything Is Empty Except For These In The Basement. The Prep Room Is Still Hanging On For Dear Life
S. E. in Indiana 1 year ago
Those embalming tables are in great condition and can be worth several thousand dollars. Definitely worth the time to carefully remove them.
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago (edited)
I already live in what used to be a Salvation Army hospital then hostel, our building has a lot of history over the years. There was one plug socket that the electrician couldn't find in my flat when my electricity, plug sockets etc were being checked. He had his monitor out scanning but anyway he eventually found the source after coming back a few days after. It was near the top of my living room ceiling and not live as in no electricity running to it.... So? I guess living in a former Morticians or Autopsy place? So long as the ghosties don't wake me up in the middle of the night? It's all good 🙂
Cindy Brick 1 year ago
I would NOT turn a funeral home into housing...too many haunted possibilities.
#38
Found This Is An Abandoned Building In The Basement, It Has To Be Mold
#39
The Hand-Like Marking In Our Apartment Basement
#40
Cages In The Basement Of An Abandoned Asylum
Kabuki Kitsune 1 year ago
Cages like this typically weren't for patients, but rather for their belongings. It kept people from going in and rummaging around.
hwatinternation 1 year ago
These, as said in the Reddit comments, were used to keep patients and staff separated while moving around. Asylums themselves are often sad, but this specific aspect of them is not.
#41
Basement Of A Hospital In New Orleans That's Been Abandoned Since Hurricane Katrina
Alessa Gillespie 1 year ago
I still can't believe they haven't demolished this nightmare. I appreciate the Silent Hill vibes, though.
#42
It's Just A Basement, Right?
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Zoom in and what the heck is that red bit?........ Bits?...... It's been enjoyable people who have read this whole BP page/thingy! I hope we don't have nightmares! 💜😄💜
#43
Old Theater Basement, Posters Falling Off The Walls
#44
I Work At A Hospital, Found This Bathtub In The Basement
Mimi La Souris 1 year ago
for a good old-fashioned "hydrotherapy" : take a crazy woman (because she is asking for the same rights as men, or she is bothering her husband who wants to divorce, or she killed a man who wanted to rape her...) suffering from hysteria and dip her several times in a cold bath, then hot, then cold, then hot... if it doesn’t work and she still shows rebellion, go to electroshock, or lobotomy ! have fun !
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
This reminds me of the film - "Girl Interrupted" for some reason
#45
Basement Level Of An Abandoned Northland Mall In Detroit
SkippityBoppityBoo 1 year ago
Anyone else see a shadow of a figure in the far right of the photo?
#46
Found In A Courthouse Basement
#47
There's A Real Metal Casket In The Basement Of The Fire Station I Work At
Frances Pitchoune 1 year ago (edited)
Don't worry. Usually a white coffin means it is a child. A dead child. A child who will raise the lid at night. And ask you: “Do you want to be my mommy?”
#48
Abandoned Ultra-Creepy Basement
#49
The Laundry Room In The Hospital I Work At. I Hate Going To The Basement After The Workers Leave For The Day
#50
This Is A Door I Found At Work, In The Basement Of An Old Factory
#51
Someone Had The Last Birthday Party Ever In The Basement Of This Abandoned Church
️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 1 year ago
i wonder if the person who left the balloons was like, "lets leave these here for the people, itll add spice."
#52
This Spider I Found In My Basement
According to google this is caused by a type of fungus that kills bugs called Cordyceps. I am considering burning my house down.
#53
1860s Basement Tunnel System
Under contract on a home with an 1860s basement. The inspector found a series of tunnels underneath the home, with entrances in the basement and detached garage. Any ideas here folks? Some of the entrances are DEEP, at least 10-feet below the house. There are probably at least 5 openings in the basement (it’s massive). I couldn’t find any info on the Underground Railroad being in this area, we are based in the northeast.
Dispatcherqueen 1 year ago
Is it in an area where they had the Underground Railroad to help slaves?
iseefractals 1 year ago
I grew up in northeastern ohio, about 45 minutes from lake erie. The village the town eventually grew into was founded in 1799 and most of the original homes survived and became "historical landmarks" a number of which were part of the underground railroad. Some had tunnel systems that spanned between properties, one had a hidden ladder behind the fireplace that led to a windowless room 12 or 15 feet below the actual basement.
#54
This Clown Toy That Workers Found While Renovating My Cellar
#55
The Basement In My Art Nouveau Tenements Has A Cozy Vibe To It
#56
I Found It Inside The Basement Of My Apartment Complex
#57
Hairy Mold Is Growing In the Basement
#58
Just Moved Into This House With A Creepy Basement. Kitty Sits In The Dark And Stares At The Wall For Hours At A Time
Occam's Chainsaw 1 year ago
Looks just like my kitty Sebastian. He also likes to lurk in our basement.
#59
I See Your Creepy Basement And Offer My Friend’s
#60
This Basement Hot Tub Is Giving Off Some Real "Silence Of The Lambs" Vibes
#61
Dark Basement Of An Abandoned Water Treatment Plant
#62
I Attended A Couple Of Open Houses With A Friend, And This Was In One Of The Basements. Thought This Was Creepy
#63
Our Rental House Has A Sacrificial Altar In The Creepy Basement
#64
Leads To The Basement At My Work. It Goes On And On Down There, If You Guys Like I Will Venture To The Depths And Take More Pictures
#65
A Room In My Basement To Weep Alone
#66
Found A Creepy Message In Basement
We moved to this 100-year-old house last year, and I just noticed this message written on one of the floor joists in the corner of the unfinished part of the basement. Not sure what to make of it.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
The last owners leaving you a message? Maybe the electricity is shoddy? ;)
#67
My Parents Have A Basement Bathroom. Didn't See It Till I Sat Down
Biytemii 1 year ago
Those are actually great bugs to have. They eat the bad bugs. They are one of the only bugs that eats bed bugs also so they're great to have around. If you don't like bugs or that one just keep clear of them and let them do their best job of cleaning your house of unwanted insects
#68
Was Cleaning Out My Grandparents' Basement When I Unearthed This Nightmarish Bottle
Dispatcherqueen 1 year ago
Google lens says it's a vintage shaman buffalo leg bottle. Etsy has one for sale for $481 bucks
#69
Creepy Mask In A Basement
Frances Pitchoune 1 year ago (edited)
C'est le Bonhomme Carnaval de Québec! The only talking mascot in the world : "Et surtout, joyeux Carnaval!" Keep it. It must be worth some money to collectors, and there are a lot of them.
#70
My Apartment Basement Reminds Me Of The Ending Of "The Blair Witch Project"
Upstaged75 1 year ago
It totally does! If you see someone standing in the corner facing the wall you should run.
#73
In A Hospital's Basement
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
I’m impressed, at our local hospital, the broken beds just get dumped in the corridor!
#74
Basement Adventures, Anyone? The Creepiest Thing Is The Stool, Just Randomly Off To The Side
Pan Narrans 1 year ago
Creepiest are the fallen columns and the multiple repaired columns. Not a building to have a big party in.
#75
Door In The Basement Of A House We Bought
ScootyPuffJr 1 year ago
You're most likely right. When I was young, I had a short-term job cleaning houses. Lots of the older mansions had rooms for developing film in their basements.
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There Is A Surgical Table In The Trapdoor Cellar Of My New College Rental
I also found it strange that no aspect of the basement was updated or finished except for the lightbulb above the table and the electrical outlets.
#77
My Basement Ring Camera Picking Up Motion Via An Unidentified Orb. This Went On All Night Long
I have over 50 videos that all happened last night and none are identical. This bizarre light floating and setting off the motion detector.
Cat Chat 1 year ago
OlI learned from a ghost hunting tv show that mostly debunked stuff, those are usually just bugs.
Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
That's not a bug. Insect bodies show up like a small rod.
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Creepy Tub In My Basement With Tamper-Proof Bars, Hooks Above It, A Metal Room Next To It, Handprints All Over The Walls, And A Metal Grate Looking Into The Room
Previous owners said it was to help Grandma get in the tub, but it's down a flight of extra steep stairs, and there was another tub closer.
#79
What I Found On A Wall In My Basement
Mimi La Souris 1 year ago
it’s ugly but not scary, looks like the measurements of a person who did bodybuilding
#80
My Friend's Bathroom Is Also The Entrance To His Basement
️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 1 year ago (edited)
imagine youre just tryna take a $hįt. "BOO. im here to kill you! are you ready to die?" "dawg im taking a $hiť, can you wait a minute?" "ohhhhh ok ok, my bad bro, thought the coast was clear. ill come back later"
CrazyAuntiePanda 1 year ago
I would seriously fall down those stairs every time I washed my hands
#82
Found A Secret Basement In My Home Of Two Years
#83
I Found A Ping Pong Ball Under My Basement Sofa Elevated By Spider Cobwebs
️ ️~ lefty libra️ ~ 1 year ago
do they just pick it up and drop it in? a hole in one? im confused😭😭
Polterbean 1 year ago
Sitting in the bus to work, giggling about the idea of golfing spiders
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I Had To Go Into The Basement Yesterday, And The Dirt Looked Like It Had Large Footprints In It. There's Only One Entrance, And It's Inside The House
Alison Marchand 1 year ago
Someone? Anybody? ...okay I'll do it: "We need a banana for scale!"
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
I think OP has a vivid imagine, unless big foot is local to them!
#85
Visiting A Vineyard. Not Sure If The Entrance To Their Wine Cellar Or Dungeon
#86
Every Night, These Frogs Pop Their Heads Out Of The Wall In My Basement
Alison Marchand 1 year ago
Aww this is just cute!! Especially after seeing all the previous pics 🫣
#87
This Creepy Room Was Listed As A Wine Cellar
#88
I Found This In My Basement. I'm Pretty Sure It's A Spider, But I Don't Know How He Got Like That
#89
Found This In My Mother's Basement. I Don't Want To Know
#90
Mystery Bone Found In Basement
Crystal Vaughan 1 year ago
Is that what it means when people say a house has good bones?
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I Found This Symbol In The Basement Of A House We Were Looking To Buy. Any Idea What It Means?
#92
I Demolished A Basement Wall And Found This Masterpiece Inside. Complete With Makeup And Eyelashes
#93
Man I Hate My Basement
#94
Put Out This Sticky Mouse Trap Last Night In My Basement
#95
I'm Not Sure What My School Did In Their Cellar Or Basement, But It Sort Of Creeped Me Out
#96
Found This In My Work's Basement. Dripping Water
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What do you think ?
Ponypower 1 year ago
knowing that insects , spiders and snakes seem to like to shelter in basements, I agree.
Load More Replies... Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
Really glad our house doesn't have a basement/cellar, just a crawl space lol
Guy-Incognito 1 year ago
Glad attics and basements aren't common in Australia. Would've had a lot more nightmares after watching horror movie otherwise 😅
Julie Bradley 1 year ago
Most homes in my country don't have basements like this. So I would totally love to explore
Vanessa MacKenzie 1 year ago
I have always wanted a basement (rare in my country). this has not put me off, at all 😂
Ponypower 1 year ago
knowing that insects , spiders and snakes seem to like to shelter in basements, I agree.
Load More Replies... Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
Really glad our house doesn't have a basement/cellar, just a crawl space lol
Guy-Incognito 1 year ago
Glad attics and basements aren't common in Australia. Would've had a lot more nightmares after watching horror movie otherwise 😅
Julie Bradley 1 year ago
Most homes in my country don't have basements like this. So I would totally love to explore
Vanessa MacKenzie 1 year ago
I have always wanted a basement (rare in my country). this has not put me off, at all 😂
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