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The Ghost In My Machine

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Creepypasta Of The Week: “The Naughty List”

December 2, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: "Why I Don't Laugh." Originally uploaded to the Creepypasta Wikia for the 2019 holiday season by user Red Nova Tyrant, the creepypasta "The Naughty List" is worth revisiting this year. Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “The Naughty List”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, holiday 2020, holiday horror, holidays, Santa Claus, The Naughty List

The Most Dangerous Games: The Snowman Ritual

December 11, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: Jelangkung. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. According to u/madethisfortaleden, who posted this game to Reddit Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Snowman Ritual

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: Christmas, games you shouldn't play, holiday horror, holidays, new year's, Nosleep, reddit, snow, solstice, The Most Dangerous Games, The Snowman Ritual, winter, winter solstice

Creepypasta Of The Week: “The Special Christmas Ornaments Of Mr. Everett”

December 19, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: “Persuaded.”  The whole “naughty vs. nice” motif has always struck me as one of the weirdest elements of Christmas lore — and stories like Kristopher Mallory’s “The Special Christmas Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “The Special Christmas Ornaments Of Mr. Everett”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: Christmas, creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, holiday horror, holidays, ornaments, The Special Christmas Ornaments Of Mr. Everett

The Most Dangerous Games: Japanese New Year Ritual

December 26, 2016 by Lucia

Previously: Dry Bones.  Technically I should probably put this one in quotation marks — “Japanese New Year Ritual” — because I haven’t been able to confirm that it actually is a Japanese New Year Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Japanese New Year Ritual

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: games you shouldn't play, holiday horror, holidays, Japan, new year's, The Most Dangerous Games

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Off for the Holidays

December 22, 2014 by Lucia

Hey gang, I'm taking this week off for the holidays; we'll return to our regularly scheduled creepiness next week. In the meantime, I shall leave you all with this: [vimeo 17911948 w=500 Continue Reading > about Off for the Holidays

Filed Under: Admin Tagged With: announcements, holiday horror, holidays, Neil Gaiman, Nicholas Was, Santa Claus, short films, video

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