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Investigating 618-625-8313: On ‘Stranger Things,’ ARG Trailheads, And Murray Bauman’s Phone Number

July 22, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: 999-9999. Warning! Here be spoilers for Stranger Things 3! In the months leading up to Stranger Things’ Season 3 debut, a full-blown marketing bonanza took over… well, pretty much Continue Reading > about Investigating 618-625-8313: On ‘Stranger Things,’ ARG Trailheads, And Murray Bauman’s Phone Number

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: 800-737-4154, 888-273-9152, Alternate reality game, ARG, creepy phone numbers, cursed phone numbers, Netflix, phone number, Stranger Things, Stranger Things 3, telephone, telephone number, television, TV

Old Things Made New: Horror Riffs & Re-imaginings To Read, Watch, And Play

April 29, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: Unconventional Indie Horror Games. I say often that while I can usually take or leave old things, I have a deep and abiding love of new things that are made out of old things. Continue Reading > about Old Things Made New: Horror Riffs & Re-imaginings To Read, Watch, And Play

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: books, haunting of hill house, horror fiction, horror movies, movies, recommendations, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, suspiria, television, TV, twilight zone, urban legends, video games

An Ode To The Travel Channel’s October Programming (Halloween 2018)

October 22, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: Creepy Phone Numbers That Actually Work. I haven’t had cable for more than five years now. I don’t really miss it; I was never much of a channel-surfer, and thanks to the internet, I Continue Reading > about An Ode To The Travel Channel’s October Programming (Halloween 2018)

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: America's Scariest Halloween Attractions, armchair traveling, Halloween, Halloween 2018, Halloween's Most Extreme, haunted attractions, haunted places, Most Terrifying Places In America, television, travel, Travel Channel

The Most Dangerous Games: The Ritual Of Static

May 16, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: The Dice Game. I’m actually not at all sure where the Ritual of Static comes from. I’ve mostly seen it on Brazilian sites written in Portuguese, where it’s called O Ritual da Estática; in Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Ritual Of Static

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: O Ritual da Estática, Ritual of Static, television, The Most Dangerous Games

The Most Dangerous Games: Frequently Asked Questions, Vol. X

April 2, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: Frequently Asked Questions Vol. IX.  And just like that, we're looking at the tenth — tenth! — edition of the Most Dangerous Games’ FAQ. We’ve covered a lot of ground in the three years Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Frequently Asked Questions, Vol. X

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: bed of sorrow, crossroads, crossroads divination, Dark Reflection Ritual, Daruma-san, Dry Bones, faq, fortune telling, frequently asked questions, games you shouldn't play, Hooded Man Ritual, Lights Out, One Step Ahead, one-man hide and seek, Ritual da Televisão, Satoru-kun, television, The Bath Game, the fortune game, The Gambler, The Gambler's Game, The Maiden's Gamble, The Midnight Game, The Midnight Man, The Most Dangerous Games, The Picture Game, The Stranger, The Stranger Ritual, The Television Ritual, Tsuji-ura

The Most Dangerous Games: Ritual da Televisao, Or The Television Ritual

February 7, 2018 by Lucia

Previously: Tsuji-ura, Or The Fortune Game.  I was unable to find any versions of Ritual da Televisão, or the Television Ritual, in written English; as the title might suggest, the versions of it Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Ritual da Televisao, Or The Television Ritual

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: games you shouldn't play, Ritual da Televisão, television, The Most Dangerous Games, The Television Ritual

The Most Dangerous Games: Channel Infinity

September 12, 2016 by Lucia

Previously: Tomino's Hell. (By request.) I’m honestly not sure where Channel Infinity comes from; it was first posted to the Creepypasta Wikia on March 2, 2014 by user Jett Cyber, but beyond that, I Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Channel Infinity

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: Caputo Effect, Channel Infinity, games you shouldn't play, television, The Most Dangerous Games, Troxler's Fading, TV

Creepypasta of the Week: "Lost Episodes"

March 2, 2015 by Lucia

Previously: "Mereana Mordegard Gelsgorv." What if all those "lost" episodes of familiar television shows that pop up so frequently in creepypasta tales weren't just... "found?" What if they all Continue Reading > about Creepypasta of the Week: "Lost Episodes"

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, lost episodes, Slimebeast, television, TV

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