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The Ghost In My Machine

Stories of the Strange and Unusual

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A playground slide, looking mysterious in the mist

Creepypasta Of The Week: “Forbidden Slide”

March 27, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: "Braid." This week, a 2ch classic from Japan: “Forbidden Slide,” a creepypasta in which the slide at a school playground is… not quite what it seems. File this one under Childhood Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Forbidden Slide”

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

A red British phone booth in a slightly overgrown area by the side of the road

“Help Me, Help Me, Susie’s Dying”: Exploring The Truth Of The UK’s Most Haunted Phone Number

March 6, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: Yotteno Wants To Call You. Decades ago in the UK, there were rumors about what might happen if you went to a public phone box and dialed a specific phone number. The rumors didn’t Continue Reading > about “Help Me, Help Me, Susie’s Dying”: Exploring The Truth Of The UK’s Most Haunted Phone Number

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepy phone numbers, cursed phone numbers, phone booth, phone number, telephone, telephone number

A black and white photo of a Game Boy Color console against a geometric patterned background

Creepypasta Of The Week: “Braid,” Or, Why You Should Never Go Into Pokemon’s Ilex Forest

February 27, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: "The Old Bridge In The Park." This week, a Pokemon creepypasta story I wasn’t familiar with until quite recently, despite the fact that it’s quite old indeed. It’s called “Braid,” and Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Braid,” Or, Why You Should Never Go Into Pokemon’s Ilex Forest

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

Rover footage of Room 14D in the Backrooms

“Backrooms (Found Footage)”: A Full Summary Of The Kane Pixels Backrooms Universe So Far

February 6, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: “Backrooms (Found Footage)” Explained – Part 2. Well, friends, it’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at the Kane Pixels Backrooms universe — about eight months, in fact — and in Continue Reading > about “Backrooms (Found Footage)”: A Full Summary Of The Kane Pixels Backrooms Universe So Far

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: found footage, The Backrooms, The Weird Part Of YouTube, web series, youtube

A black and white photo looking across an old wooden bridge in the woods

Creepypasta Of The Week: “The Old Bridge In The Park”

January 30, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: “Resort Job.” This week’s creepypasta, “The Old Bridge In The Park,” is a delightful surprise of a read. Written by Arthur “Moist Squelch” Burgandy III (apologies to anyone who finds Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “The Old Bridge In The Park”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, fairy tales, haunted bridges

The cenotaph at the site of Edgar Allan Poe's original grave in Baltimore

Unresolved: Who Was The Poe Toaster? (And Other Mysteries Of Edgar Allan Poe)

January 9, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: Doveland, Wisconsin. They called him the “Poe Toaster,” because, well… that was what he did: Annually, on the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday, he would quietly yet publicly Continue Reading > about Unresolved: Who Was The Poe Toaster? (And Other Mysteries Of Edgar Allan Poe)

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: Edgar Allan Poe, Poe Toaster, Unresolved, unresolved mysteries

The exterior of a ryokan/traditional Japanese inn

Creepypasta Of The Week: “Resort Job” & The Perils Of Working At A Traditional Inn

January 2, 2023 by Lucia

Previously: "Helen." Happy New Year, Gentle Readers! Let's kick the year off with a 2ch classic: "Resort Job," widely considered to be the single most important Japanese creepypasta to familiarize Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Resort Job” & The Perils Of Working At A Traditional Inn

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

A computer monitor showing glitched out code

Creepypasta Of The Week: “Helen”

December 5, 2022 by Lucia

Previously: “Gloom House.” This week, “Helen,” a creepypasta about the perils of computers, technology, and the internet — but also about the way our increasingly digital world is also Continue Reading > about Creepypasta Of The Week: “Helen”

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: /x/, computers, creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, the internet

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