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The image is of a forest at night. It is scary.

Dad Finally Told Me What Happened To Mom That Day

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6 year old Stacey is terrified of the voices in the walls.

The hole in the wall (part 1)

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Little Stacey stuck in the walls

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The image shows an abandoned playground. Apparently in the middle of the forest. In this context it is the abandoned Highland Park playground.
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The image is of a forest at night. It is scary.

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The hole in the wall (part 1)

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Little Stacey stuck in the walls

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The image shows an abandoned playground. Apparently in the middle of the forest. In this context it is the abandoned Highland Park playground.
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Bloody Playground

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The Ice Cream Truck That Kidnaps Kids

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The Back Room - Creepy Horror Texting Story

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Support Line - creepy text story

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Horror House - Creepy Texting Story

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The Back Room - Creepy Horror Texting Story

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Mourning - Soundtrack

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Don't EVER Taste the RED Drink - Creepy Texting Story

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Two Sentence Horror Stories Told Through Texts

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A Storm Is Coming - creepy texting story

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Creepy Photos Found on Lost Phone | Scary Text Message Story

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Horror House - Creepy Texting Story

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Don't EVER Taste the RED Drink - Creepy Texting Story

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So simple back then... (part 2)

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a school (scary?)
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So Simple Back Then....

So Simple Back Then · Ep 1

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The image is of a forest at night. It is scary.

Dad Finally Told Me What Happened To Mom That Day

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Little Stacey stuck in the walls

The hole in the wall (Part 2)

♱Lou♱
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scary school
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So simple back then... (part 2)

So Simple Back Then · Ep 2

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a school (scary?)
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So Simple Back Then....

So Simple Back Then · Ep 1

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The image is of a forest at night. It is scary.

Dad Finally Told Me What Happened To Mom That Day

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Little Stacey stuck in the walls

The hole in the wall (Part 2)

♱Lou♱
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6 year old Stacey is terrified of the voices in the walls.

The hole in the wall (part 1)

♱Lou♱
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The image shows an abandoned playground. Apparently in the middle of the forest. In this context it is the abandoned Highland Park playground.
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Bloody Playground

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Unknown Number

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a door at night

The man at the door

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The Ice Cream Truck That Kidnaps Kids

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one of her remains...

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ILOVEDOGS
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This picture is of a hallway of a seemingly abandoned arcade.
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Cover image for story: My Girlfriend's Creepy Doll Haunts Me Forever
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My Girlfriend's Creepy Doll Haunts Me Forever

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This is a picture of meat hanging from racks in a butcher’s shop.
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The Chopping Block

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I Know Your Secret

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Kuchisake-onna Part.2

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Kuchisake-onna

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scary stalker man

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A door with a rainbow above it

A Happy Land

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Tall and scary monster standing outside of a window.

The Clanking

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A man or ghostly figure peers into a window
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The One At The Window

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After a search party discovered a cocoon like object wrapped around a body this photo was taken of the deceased’s two cold eyes staring back at the camera

Frost

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Cover image for story: dont look oou the window

dont look oou the window

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The man in the window

Aria
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the neighbours cookies

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its typing

its typing

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groupchat site14

zarah
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Cover image for story: you left the light on

you left the light on

zarah
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it says messages

mama what did you do

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a creepy gas station

The Nightshift

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What's going on with the creepy neighbor?

The Creepy Neighbor (Part 1)

Jerica
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Don't Text Dad at 3AM 😨

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The Suspicious Train

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 6

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DO NOT ANSWER!

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 10

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Answer Me!

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 9

Make A Choice Wisely
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My Phone Only Pings At 3:12am 😨

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 8

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A row of scool lockers.

Locker 1032

Nathan B
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The teacher

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He Was Warned

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I’m in the House

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Possessed grandma

London king
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A colourful background with cryptic text reading “hallucinations”.

?hallucinations¿

Nathan B
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The Silent Lunch

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haunted christmas

Camden W ?
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Midnight sky.

Camden W ?
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A dark, creepy tunnel that the people in the story discover.

The Tunnels

Nathan B
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Text thumbnail with title: 10 Minutes Of Oxygen

10 Minutes Of Oxygen

Nathan B
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a woman who looks scary for reader purposes

ester woods

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The Wrong Number

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The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

Johnny Maverick Jones
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Text thumbnail with title: Justice

Burden

Shane
1
Man Under The Lake
Ep 5

Creepy Man Under The Lake

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 5

Make A Choice Wisely
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The Man Behind the Trees

KJ
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Italian Restaurant
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Creepy Italian Restaurant

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 4

Make A Choice Wisely
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Part 2
Ep 3

Creepy Game Characters Moves Inside My Closet! Part 2

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 3

Make A Choice Wisely
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a door

Crush Cursed

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Dead girls in an abandened arcade

The Game

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Waka Waka

Ryry 🔪🩸
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Text thumbnail with title: The doll in grandmas closet

The doll in grandmas closet

Gentry Morgan
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Closet
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Creepy Game Characters Moves Inside My Closet!

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 2

Make A Choice Wisely
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This Story is a Halloween Special!

The Present Pt.1

Bubbles
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a scary thing in the dark

The Darkness

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the house

moving into death

martha
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The new weird girl

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New girl

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granfdma smiling

grandma

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the circus

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A debt of scars

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The last massage

Skylah king
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A blood splattered mask with a drawn cross over its mouth and a "U" on the forehead lying in the grass.

Abandoned Campsite

Alaird
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The Possessed Orange
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The Possessed Orange (REMAKE)

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 1

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SCP-067

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The new student

Bence
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Too Real To Sleep

8 stories

The image is of a forest at night. It is scary.

Dad Finally Told Me What Happened To Mom That Day

Mr Krabs
1
6 year old Stacey is terrified of the voices in the walls.

The hole in the wall (part 1)

♱Lou♱
1
The image shows an abandoned playground. Apparently in the middle of the forest. In this context it is the abandoned Highland Park playground.
Ep 6

Bloody Playground

¿ · Ep 6

Mr Krabs
0
The picture is of bleachers in a gym/physical education classroom.
Ep 3

I Know Your Secret

¿ · Ep 3

Mr Krabs
0
The image is of a forest at night. It is scary.

Dad Finally Told Me What Happened To Mom That Day

Mr Krabs
1
6 year old Stacey is terrified of the voices in the walls.

The hole in the wall (part 1)

♱Lou♱
1
The image shows an abandoned playground. Apparently in the middle of the forest. In this context it is the abandoned Highland Park playground.
Ep 6

Bloody Playground

¿ · Ep 6

Mr Krabs
0
The picture is of bleachers in a gym/physical education classroom.
Ep 3

I Know Your Secret

¿ · Ep 3

Mr Krabs
0
A dark and shadowy figure is peering inside of a window
Ep 2

The White Rabbit

¿ · Ep 2

Mr Krabs
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its typing

its typing

zarah
0
Cover image for story: Kuchisake-onna Part.2

Kuchisake-onna Part.2

Aphmeow369
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This is a picture of meat hanging from racks in a butcher’s shop.
Ep 4

The Chopping Block

¿ · Ep 4

Mr Krabs
0

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Ep 2

The Creepy School Bus Part 2 | Best Audiobooks 2025

The Creepy School Bus Audiobooks · Ep 2

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The Creepy School Bus Audiobook

The Creepy School Bus Audiobooks · Ep 1

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The Creepy School Bus Part 2 | Best Audiobooks 2025

The Creepy School Bus Audiobooks · Ep 2

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The Creepy School Bus Audiobook

The Creepy School Bus Audiobooks · Ep 1

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The Claw - Soundtrack

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Mourning - Soundtrack

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The Claw - Soundtrack

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Mourning - Soundtrack

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Adrenaline Horror

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a door at night

The man at the door

Naturallygoatedd
1
Text thumbnail with title: My Phone Only Pings At 3:12am 😨
Ep 8

My Phone Only Pings At 3:12am 😨

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 8

Make A Choice Wisely
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A man or ghostly figure peers into a window
Ep 1

The One At The Window

¿ · Ep 1

Mr Krabs
0
a door at night

The man at the door

Naturallygoatedd
1
Text thumbnail with title: My Phone Only Pings At 3:12am 😨
Ep 8

My Phone Only Pings At 3:12am 😨

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 8

Make A Choice Wisely
0
A man or ghostly figure peers into a window
Ep 1

The One At The Window

¿ · Ep 1

Mr Krabs
0

Paranormal Nightmares

5 stories

6 year old Stacey is terrified of the voices in the walls.

The hole in the wall (part 1)

♱Lou♱
1
Cover image for story: Kuchisake-onna

Kuchisake-onna

Aphmeow369
1
Tall and scary monster standing outside of a window.

The Clanking

Mr Krabs
0
The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

Johnny Maverick Jones
0
6 year old Stacey is terrified of the voices in the walls.

The hole in the wall (part 1)

♱Lou♱
1
Cover image for story: Kuchisake-onna

Kuchisake-onna

Aphmeow369
1
Tall and scary monster standing outside of a window.

The Clanking

Mr Krabs
0
The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

Johnny Maverick Jones
0
Cover image for story: My Girlfriend's Creepy Doll Haunts Me Forever
Ep 12

My Girlfriend's Creepy Doll Haunts Me Forever

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 12

Make A Choice Wisely
0

High School Horror

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a school (scary?)
Ep 1

So Simple Back Then....

So Simple Back Then · Ep 1

Ryry 🔪🩸
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scary school
Ep 2

So simple back then... (part 2)

So Simple Back Then · Ep 2

Ryry 🔪🩸
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Tall and scary monster standing outside of a window.

The Clanking

Mr Krabs
0
A row of scool lockers.

Locker 1032

Nathan B
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a school (scary?)
Ep 1

So Simple Back Then....

So Simple Back Then · Ep 1

Ryry 🔪🩸
0
scary school
Ep 2

So simple back then... (part 2)

So Simple Back Then · Ep 2

Ryry 🔪🩸
0
Tall and scary monster standing outside of a window.

The Clanking

Mr Krabs
0
A row of scool lockers.

Locker 1032

Nathan B
0
Cover image for story: campsite 14

groupchat site14

zarah
0
What's going on with the creepy neighbor?

The Creepy Neighbor (Part 1)

Jerica
0

Urban Legends

2 stories

Cover image for story: Kuchisake-onna

Kuchisake-onna

Aphmeow369
1
Cover image for story: Kuchisake-onna Part.2

Kuchisake-onna Part.2

Aphmeow369
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Cover image for story: Kuchisake-onna

Kuchisake-onna

Aphmeow369
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Cover image for story: Kuchisake-onna Part.2

Kuchisake-onna Part.2

Aphmeow369
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College Horror

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one of her remains...

the missing friend

ILOVEDOGS
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one of her remains...

the missing friend

ILOVEDOGS
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Workplace Horror

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a creepy gas station

The Nightshift

fartman3000
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a creepy gas station

The Nightshift

fartman3000
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Comedy Horror

2 stories

one of her remains...

the missing friend

ILOVEDOGS
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Cover image for story: dont look oou the window

dont look oou the window

lance
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one of her remains...

the missing friend

ILOVEDOGS
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Cover image for story: dont look oou the window

dont look oou the window

lance
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Psychological Horror

3 stories

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Ep 10

DO NOT ANSWER!

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 10

Make A Choice Wisely
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The Possessed Orange
Ep 1

The Possessed Orange (REMAKE)

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 1

Make A Choice Wisely
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The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

Johnny Maverick Jones
0
Cover image for story: DO NOT ANSWER!
Ep 10

DO NOT ANSWER!

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 10

Make A Choice Wisely
0
The Possessed Orange
Ep 1

The Possessed Orange (REMAKE)

Walking To Your Death Season 1 · Ep 1

Make A Choice Wisely
0
The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

The night an alternate appeared outside Johnny’s bedroom window

Johnny Maverick Jones
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Middle School Horror

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