I love Reddit - after YouTube, its my go to site to read the news, find out some weird
facts, look at cute animals or just waste time.
As Im sure some of you redditer users know, it also has a dark side to it.
Anyone can create a subreddit - a community of people with a shared interest.
As long as it stays within the rules - its allowed to exist.
Today were gonna be talking about those kind of subreddits, the ones that lurk in the shadows
- the communities that share creepy things with each other, things they might not want
to share with you.
Lets see.
My name is Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Scary Subreddits To Keep You Up At Night
Starting off at number 10 we have Unresolved Mysteries.
I love this one - you may have heard of it - its a popular subreddit with almost half
a million subscribers.
Every one of those people is fascinated with creepy, old, unsolved mysteries.
Many of them involve missing people or cold case murder victims.
The stories themself are interesting to hear - some people enjoy the challenge of figuring
out what happened, almost as if theyre a detective in real life.
You may think this is futile but sometimes, it works.
There have been occasionas on this subreddit where people seem to have helped solve crimes
from decades ago.
One example is the Strongsville Jane Doe - a woman found dead in 1975 whos murder police
couldn't solve.
Some redditors got digging and amazingly, one of their investigations helped actually
solve who the woman was.
Of course, this is a rare and happy occasion
Next up at number 9 we have No Sleep.
This subreddit describes itself as -a place for realistic horror stories.
Everything is true here, even if its not.
Its been around for years and has become a hub for people to share horror stories that
blur the line between truth and fiction.
One of the scary things is though, despite the fact that many of the stories are fictional,
some of them are true - a famous one being The Smiling Man - that eventually got made
into a short film which is very creepy if you havent seen it already.
This whole aspect of the subreddit adds another creepy dimension to it.
You know that some of the creepy stories people tell are fictional, but some of them are real,
if you don't know which is real, theres a chance that everyone could be - and after
you read a few of the bone chilling stories on there, youll be hoping that none of them
are true.
At Number 8 now we have Lets Not Meet.
This subreddit is described as -A place to read true stories about people you never want
to meet again- … and that sums it up perfectly.
The stories, as far as I can tell, are 100% true.
The people they are about appear to be real.
Going into the stories with this knowledge makes them especially creepy.
Even one look at some of the most popular titles can put some people off.
One is called -I survived a mass shooting- another is titled -The one day I woke up late
may have saved my life- … these stories have tens of thousands of upvotes between
them, some have been read by 100,000 people.
Theres a very good reason for that - theyrve very creepy.
Some people actually enjoy these stories more than paranormal ones.
We can debate all day about wether ghosts and spirits are real, but everyone can agree
that theyre are creepy, deranged people out there.
This subreddit lets you hear about them, perhaps as a way to defend yourself if you ever find
yourself in a similar situation.
Next up at number 7 now we have Old School Creepy.
What is it about the past that just makes things seem creepier?
It seems that the further back we go, old pictures and videos just have an uncanny feel
to them - as if the security and comfort we find in our modern age wasnt around back then.
Do you know what I mean?
If you do then you may love this subreddit.
Despite only have 31 thousand subscribers, its produced a lot of creepy images, often
from peoples home collections.
Theres one of a guys aunty holding human bones she found in her garden, theres the famous
image of the Mickey Mouse Club in the 1930s, and thats just the tip of the iceberg.
If youre the kind of person that finds images from before you were born kinda unsettling,
youll love this, or hate it, or love it and hate it - just check it out.
Moving on to number 6 now we have Glitch In The Matrix.
A glitch in the matrix has become a phrase used to describe something not quite right
in the world - a small detail that you cant stop thinking about - something that goes
against all logic and reason.
Perhaps you saw the same person get off and on a train at the same time.
Perhaps you sometimes see an old woman turn the corner of the road and then disappear
- these are glitch in the matrix stories - things that don't seem creepy at first but really
are when you compare them with the reality that youve grown to expect.
If Im not doing a very good job of explaining it, perhaps the community itself can, they
say -This si a place to share the things we usually tell ourselves to forget, because
theyre just too out of step with what experience tells us reality should be like- … the most
popular story by far is titled -My fan wont stop talking to me- … it was so loved by
the community that its been archived forever, if you think you can handle it, be my guest,
let me know what you think of it in the comments section …
Coming in at number 5 now we have The Truth Is Here.
This subreddit has a healthy subscriber count of almost 100,000 people.
It describes it as -a database for personal encounters with the unknown- … they say
they achive non fiction stories dealing with spirits, paranormal, strange happenings and
unexplained sightings.
If you want the real deal - no fiction or exaggeration - this is the place for you.
Some people enjoy No Sleep more because they can suspend their disbelief but if you want
to see and hear some real unexplained encounters, this is the place to check out.
Even in my short time on the subreddit, I found a really weird story of someone encountering
real life mermaids in Iceland.
Theres also an amazing account of paranormal experiences from someone who is part of the
Navajo Nation of Native Americans.
The things he's seen and experienced will send chills down your spine - theyre very
different from your average run of the mill paranormal encounter …
Moving on to number 4 now we have Creepy Wikipedia.
I love this one.
Have you ever got lost on Wikipedia?
You click one article, it mentions another one, you click that, youre on another one,
soon - youre tumbling down a rabbit hole, reading things that you never wanted to read.
Sometimes, people have stumbled across articles that will send chills down your spine.
Theyre the kind of articles that nobody would search for, you just kind of have to end up
there.
Well, when that happens, the people of Creepy Wikipedia share what they find with everyone
else - this way, you can go straight to the good stuff without having to fall down a rabbit
hole yourself.
This one is not for the faint hearted - unlike YouTube, Wikipedia has much looser rules on
what can or cant be talked about.
You have been warned …
Next up at number 3 we have The Three Kings.
This is a small subreddit for creepy rituals.
You know the ones I mean.
They usually involve mirrors - a dark room - perhaps a candle - and chanting certain
words or phrases over and over again.
If done properly some say these rituals can reveal spirits, demons or other kinds of paranormal
beings.
Subscribers to the subreddit share the ones theyve heard about and the ones theyve tried
and feedback from others when they do it themselves.
Because of the copying nature of this, some refer to this as -ritual creepypasta- … a
play on creepypasta which is where people copy and paste scary text stories.
Many users argue that the point of the rituals arent to scare people or summon spectral beings,
but to help people explore the inner workings of their mind.
Perhaps this is what scares people though - when people delve into their own minds in
the middle of a room by themself, strange things can arise.
If you think you can handle it though, you now know where to find it …
At number 2 now we have Library of Shadows.
If you remember earlier we talked about No Sleep - well the Library of Shadows is sometimes
described as a more adult version of that.
The authors who share their stories are sometimes experienced writers, perhaps even published.
Whatever their level, they always pour as much horror and fear into their stories as
they can muster.
The subreddit smaller than No Sleep as well, which allows people to be heard better and
have a good shot at their story making it to the front page.
Famous stories include The Spire in The Woods by The Boy In The Clock and Finding Vanessa
by Insomnia Nemonic.
Sometimes the stories can reach up to part six, seven, eight, nine and beyond - each
part is hundreds of words long.
In the Library of Shadows, your essentially getting a short horror story for absolutely
free.
And finally at number 1 we have Humanoid Encounters.
If this one was called Human encounters, it wouldnt be scary at all - thats just when
you meet another human - but humaNOID?
Thats creepy.
This subreddit is a place for encounters with beings who resembles humans but are just a
bit off.
Have you ever experienced this?
Have you ever met someone who seems like a normal human but theres something very inhuman
about them at the same time - Im not talking about them being a bit weird or eccentric,
I mean a feeling in your chest that the person in front of you just isnt human.
Of course, that doesnt mean the feeling is right, but this subreddit contains some very
creepy stories from people who have experienced that feeling.
Some of the stories are written with the presumption that the people in question are actually aliens
- maybe they are, maybe they arent, thats not the point - its the stories that matter,
the journey - and as scary stories go, Humanoid Encounters has
some of the best.
Too much scary?