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Creepypasta Of The Week: “Future Tech,” A Cautionary Tale

June 23, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: “Hurricane Season.” This week, a story that ticks a lot of boxes for me: The creepypasta “Future Tech.” Written by Creepypasta Wiki user Bucket28 and originally posted in October of Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Future Tech,” A Cautionary Tale

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, technology

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Creepy Wikipedia: Émélie Sagée And Her Mysterious Doppelganger

June 2, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: Book Curses. The Wikipedia page for “Émilie Sagée” is perhaps inaccurately named: Although the young woman in question is often identified with this name, the original source for her Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: Émélie Sagée And Her Mysterious Doppelganger

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: Creepy Wikipedia, doppelganger, doubles, history, weird history

an emergency power generator for home usage, rusted and a bit worse for the wear, sitting on a wooden deck surface with greenery in the background

Creepypasta Of The Week: “Hurricane Season”

May 26, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: “Hammer.” This week, a quick and crafty tale of revenge: The creepypasta “Hurricane Season,” which sees the neighborhood scourge get his comeuppance in what some might consider to be Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Hurricane Season”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, revenge

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Unresolved: What Happened In Hamelin? The Mysterious History Of The Pied Piper

May 5, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: The Green Children Of Woolpit. You’re probably familiar with the tale: Once, many years ago, a mysterious stranger came to the German town of Hamelin — a stranger with a musical gift Continue Reading > about Unresolved: What Happened In Hamelin? The Mysterious History Of The Pied Piper

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: fairy tales, fairytales, Germany, Hamelin, history, Pied Piper, Unresolved

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Creepypasta Of The Week: “Hammer,” Or, Don’t Buy That Weird VHS Tape

April 28, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: "The Green Album." This week’s story — a Japanese creepypasta called “Hammer” that was most likely originally posted to 2ch — is old by internet standards; the best English translation Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Hammer,” Or, Don’t Buy That Weird VHS Tape

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: 2ch, creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, Japan, VHS

two CDs, overlapping slightly, on a dark surface

Creepypasta Of The Week: “The Green Album”

March 31, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: “Floor Zero.” This week, a musical creepypasta — a story about a legendary album that’s difficult to find, and has an… unusual effect on those who listen to it. The story is called “The Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “The Green Album”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, music

A crumbling hallway in an abandoned building

Creepypasta Of The Week: “Floor Zero” & The Perils Of Nine-Story Office Buildings

March 3, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: "Anatomy Of Apartment 11A." Elevators; mirrors; duplicates of familiar things that are somehow a little off… these are all fairly common elements for a creepypasta to have. All of them Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Floor Zero” & The Perils Of Nine-Story Office Buildings

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, doppelganger, duplication, elevators, mirrors

a door in a hallway seen in the game Hotel 626

What Happened To Hotel 626? The Rise And Fall Of The Scariest Doritos-Fueled Game You’ll Never Play

February 10, 2025 by Lucia

Previously: 'Crimson Room' And Toshimitsu Takagi's Colorful Room Escape Games. If you were online in the mid-to-late 2000s, you’ll probably remember a lot of horror content bopping around the Continue Reading > about What Happened To Hotel 626? The Rise And Fall Of The Scariest Doritos-Fueled Game You’ll Never Play

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: haunted hotels, lost media, the internet, video games

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