psychological
Mind games taken way too far; explore the disturbing genre of psychological thrillers that make us question our perception of sanity and reality.
I Worked the Night Shift at a Sleep Lab.
The last night I worked at Halcyon Sleep Research Institute, all twelve patients sat up at exactly the same time. Twelve people. Twelve rooms. All in the deepest stage of sleep a human brain can reach — the stage where you cannot wake someone by screaming in their face.
By The Curious Writer6 months ago in Horror
Every Eldest Child in My Family Dies at 21
Ever since I was younger I've known there was something wrong with my family. Every eldest sibling on my fathers side was gruesomely killed on their twenty-first birthday. My Great-Grandmother fell off a mountain a few weeks after having my father. My uncle crashed into a semi a minute after midnight. Theres no telling what hour it happens, just that it will. The only one who's ever managed to survive was my grandpa Ed.
By The Curious Writer6 months ago in Horror
Motel Smoke Screener. Top Story - April 2026.
Freddy was never the same after that night. What he saw there stuck in the motel like that, not knowing if he would ever get out with his phone slowly dying in the process with me as his only lifeline to the outside world left. If only I had never jokingly said he is a punk unless he stays there for a night. The way he took up on that so quickly, texting me this video of knives flying around the abandoned motel.
By Seashell Harpspring 6 months ago in Horror
Nightfox Reports: There’s an App for That
File this under “never whistle while you piss”, because apparently people are just not paying attention thanks to cell phones. In the news you do not hear on the radio or from the television this week, all across Los Angeles and possibly around the world cell phone users are stopping dead in their tracks and chanting, seemingly in a trance. They are doing it apparently at random and often in situations that are dangerous, like while crossing busy streets or while driving on the freeway. Reports of several fatalities in the news indicate the entranced phone users stood still as they were struck by honking cars or drove their own vehicles straight into trees, other vehicles, or over cliffs. Victims of this trance have no memory of it happening but some have reported later having strange dreams they cannot describe or fully remember that nonetheless terrified them. They are noticeably weak and fatigued after being in the trance and seem to be totally unaware of their environment or any physical sensations. At least three victims seem to have been robbed while under the trance and one female victim in Hollywood was apparently sexually assaulted while chanting in the parking lot of a nightclub. None of these victims have any memory of the attacks against them and only know they were victimized because of clothes and other possessions in disarray or missing entirely upon coming out of the trance.
By Samuel Wright6 months ago in Horror
The Mystery of The SS Ourang Medan: The Ghost Ship That Killed Its Crew for No Reason
February 1947: Somewhere in the Strait of Malacca: The radio operator on the Silver Star picks up a fragmented transmission. He writes down what he can make out: All of the officers, including the captain, are dead and lying in the chartroom and on the bridge. The entire crew may be dead.
By Chronicle and Void6 months ago in Horror
The 2026 Northeast Ohio Flap
There are moments when a place becomes active in a way that defies easy explanation, when a series of events occurs so close together in time and space that coincidence begins to feel insufficient as an answer. In early March of 2026, such a moment unfolded across parts of northeast Ohio, specifically in the wooded, rural stretches of Portage and Trumbull Counties. Over the course of just a few days, multiple witnesses, independent of one another, reported encounters with something large, upright, and profoundly unsettling.
By Veil of Shadows6 months ago in Horror
