16 Insanely Creepy True Stories That Will Keep You Glued To Your Screen Against Your Will

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We've all experienced something that is weird or just "off." But here are some of the scariest true stories that the internet has to offer. 

“This is the story of how a creepy encounter with a scary man at a harbour café saved me from something even more terrifying. It was in the autumn of 1994 and I was 19 years old. At the time my dad had been working for almost six months abroad, and I was planning a surprise visit. My dad and I have a…”

— simonsdotter, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, near death experience story, True Creepy Stories

“I used to work as a 911 operator in a relatively large metro area. One night at about 3 am or so I answered a call from an elderly lady who said she didn't feel good. I tried to get more info about what was wrong — chest pain, trouble breathing, headache, is she diabetic, etc. She gave me her addres…”

— penguinluvinman, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, 911 Stories, WTF, True Creepy Stories

“I'm currently a freshman in college. One of my close friends in my pledge class is on the soccer team and heard this story with too much evidence and corroboration (pictures of the report on the Boston pd blotter, the text conversation, etc.) for it to have been completely fabricated. So, my friend…”

— sexPekes, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, Home Invasion Stories, Break-In Stories, true crime

“My aunt and uncle moved into a 19th century home in a small town in Maine a few years back. Think something from Steven King. Their neighbors warned them about previous paranormal incidents. Since they moved in, many more incidents have taken place. These incidents include but are not limited too: A…”

— fenway_fighter, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, Real ghost stories

“Cop here, Got dispatched to a suspicious conditions call. Picture an abandoned single wide trailer in an empty field in the middle of a trailer park. The trailer had a single light on inside. The 911 caller said the trailer has been abandoned for years and no electricity is running to it. Partner an…”

— 10-8G, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, Cop stories, True Creepy Stories

“I was sitting in our office room home alone when I was 19. I was typing a paper for one of my college classes. The office room used to be my sisters room before she moved out, so a lot of her decorations are still there. She had a photo of a mountain range, an oval shaped mirror, and three different…”

— Mac2663, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, True Creepy Stories

“Growing up, my bedroom was the only one that faced the front of the house/street. When I was about 8 or 9, I woke up to my dad calmly but firmly telling me to get up, go in the bathroom, and shut the door. I was annoyed because I was half asleep, but I listened. Apparently I was more tired than I re…”

— Call_Me_Egg, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, True Crime stories, Home Invasion Stories

“Was sitting in my room at like 11:30 pm, heard lots of shit downstairs, assumed it was my mum. Heard her walk up the stairs to my room, stop, I called out to her, she didn't say anything and walked downstairs. I went down about a half hour later to find a piece of paper with the words "You're lucky…”

— megaman1410, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, True Crime stories, Home Invasion Stories, True Creepy Stories

“I worked at a movie theater selling concessions and this older man approaches the counter and orders I asked him "would you like anything else?" And he looks at me and says "every time I ask for the thing I want they keep telling me it's illegal". I'm quite creeped out by this guy and I so I just so…”

— theycallmedro, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, WTF, True Creepy Stories

“When I was 16 in the mid 90s, aka the "I know everything, I'm invincible and you can't stop me" age, I got in a fight with an acquaintance while a whole bunch of us were hanging out at his house. Stupid fight, can't remember what about, but I decided fuck it, I was going home. I lived about 5 miles…”

— jwiley84, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, near death experience story, True Creepy Stories

“When I was a teen I worked at a cable access studio and made mini movies. My neighbors gave me their father's old video camera. They told me he never used it but it didn't seem to work anymore and had a tape jammed in it. I fixed it up and on the tape was hours of him driving around at night and fil…”

— 386519B, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, WTF, OMG, True Creepy Stories

“Not to me, but to my sister. Her husband and her had just had their first child a few months prior. My brother in law was working the graveyard shift at his job as my sister stayed home taking care of my nephew. Around 2am, she heard loud knocking on her back door. She went to go check it out and sa…”

— JoshSecond, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, Crime story, True Creepy Stories

“One night, about ten months ago, there was a pretty heavy snow storm in my area. All of the roads were closed and a curfew was issued for everybody except emergency medical personnel. I had been shoveling snow for most of the day and was dead tired come nightfall. Didn't have the energy to do much o…”

— vladimir_pwnin, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, near death experience story

“15 years old. I had just got home from work, so I went to my bedroom to change out of my work clothes and get ready for bed. I'm in the middle of undressing when I look to my bedroom window to catch my reflection... and I see a man's face. I dropped to the floor and turned off the lights, scrambling…”

— judgeymcjudgerton, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, funny stories, True Creepy Stories

“Not so much scary but kind of crazy, and something I cannot explain or understand: In high school I had a friend, we'll call him, John for these purposes. Me and John played football together and we would always get extra lifting sessions in at the high school gym. We remained friends after high sch…”

— USCplaya, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, Home Invasion Stories, Break-In Stories, true crime

“When I was around 16 my rapidly growing family finally moved from the house I had spent my entire life in. As you would expect, we spent a lot of time fondly remembering things we used to do in the house as we were packing everything up. At some point I decided to go into the downstairs closet with…”

— WybieLovat, reddit.com

Tagged: Reddit, creepy stories, funny stories, True Creepy Stories