Creepypasta has become one of the most divisive internet fiction genre. What were once scary anecdotes and urban legends shared via the internet now encompass a variety of styles and media.

As you can see in my list of the best creepypasta of all times, they can come as literary stories, blog posts and even pseudo-documentaries.

Many creepypasta detail inexplicable events, mysteries or tell stories of strange creatures or entities. The latter is what this list is about.

On this list, I want to share with you my favorite creepypasta monsters or entities.

Table of Contents

• 14. Always With You
• 13. Mr. Widemouth
• 12. The Rake
• 11. The Memetic Symbol
• 10. The Thing That Stalks the Fields
• 9. Anansi’s Goatman Story
• 8. The Slender Man
• 7. SCP-173
• 6. Smile Dog
• 5. The Expressionless
• 4. The Dionaea House
• 3. The Song and Dance Man
• 2. Abandoned by Disney
• 1. Dogscape

14. Always With You

Always With You is a creepypasta that presents us with an interesting spin on the boogyman.

It’s a quick read and you might first think that it’s about another dangerous creepypasta monster lurking in the night’s dark.

Yet, Always With You is quite different, and much more interesting.

13. Mr. Widemouth

Who doesn’t know the strange furby-like creature known as Mr. Widemouth? The story about this creepypasta monster is by many regarded as a classic.

A young boy who encounters the strange creature soon befriends him, but as it turns out, the creature has more sinister motifs.

Mr. Widemouth is one of the most popular creepypasta monsters and the story is well worth reading.

12. The Rake

The Rake is another popular creepypasta monster. Like many other popular creepypasta, The Rake originated on 4chan, in a thread where users tried to come up with monsters.

What started as the description of a pale, hairless humanoid, soon went viral and became one of creepypasta’s most celebrated creations.

By now, this creepypasta monster is featured in a variety of stories, videos and other media.

I always enjoyed stories about cryptids stalking humans, and The Rake proved to be the most popular of these.

11. The Memetic Symbol

Can something like a symbol be dangerous? In the case of this weird creepypasta, we learn that it indeed can.

It begins when a man uncovers a strange symbol while browsing the internet. What started off as a strange, virtual discovery soon turns real when the symbol infests anything in the computer’s vicinity.

From here on out, the symbol slowly takes over the narrator’s world.

While The Memetic Symbol isn’t a traditional creepypasta monster, and more of a concept, I still added this story to the list. It’s one of the strangest tales I ever read, but that’s what makes it so fascinating.

10. The Thing That Stalks the Fields

The Thing That Stalks the Fields is another creepypasta classic.

The story is about a farmer and the strange creature that stalks his fields. It all begins when the man notices that the hay balls in his field are being moved away from his house.

At first he blames drunk teenagers, but he soon realizes there’s something much more sinister out there.

The Thing That Stalks the Fields was one of the first creepypasta I ever read and while the titular creepypasta monster is never named, I still regard it is one of my favorites.

9. Anansi’s Goatman Story

The goatman from Anansi’s Goatman Story is another one famous creepypasta monster.

Like many others, the story originated on 4Chan’s / x / board. It details the story of a teenager who visits his extended family in Alabama.

When they go camping out in the woods, they encounter a figure that’s moving strangely, talking gibberish and eventually follows them.

One of the central themes of this creepypasta is the feeling of someone or something watching you. It’s a tale of paranoia, fear and terror.

Anasi’s Goatman Story is not a literary story. Instead, it’s written as a casual post on an image board, detailing an event that truly happened. The story itself, as well as the titular creepypasta monster, soon became one of creepypasta’s most popular creations.

8. The Slender Man

Slender Man is by far the most popular creepypasta monster ever created. It’s featured in various games, stories, video series and even spawned a feature-length movie.

Slender Man was created for a Photoshop Contest on Something Awful. One user, Eric Knudsen, created a pair of pseudo-historical photographs depicting a strange, humanoid creature.

This creepypasta monster is a tall, lanky man with unnaturally long limbs who wears a suit and has no face. As showcased in the picture, the beings primary prey seems to be children.

The most interesting fact about Slender Man is not the story or the creature itself, but how nothing but two pictures could spawn an internet phenomenon of such magnitude.

While there are various stories featuring Slender Man, I still think the original pictures do the best job of creating an unsettling atmosphere. As so many times, less is more.

7. SCP-173

The SCP Foundation has become one of the most popular places for internet horror fiction. It features a plethora of articles regarding various anomalous entities and the procedures to contain them.

What makes the SCP so interesting is the roleplaying aspect. All the articles on it are written less like stories and more like Wikipedia articles.

The one who started it all was SCP-173, a creepypasta who went viral on 4chan’s / x / board. After its inception, other users wrote similar stories and eventually the SCP Foundation was born.

These days, the SCP Foundation is one of the largest and most popular fiction communities on the internet. It features thousands of articles, accompanying tales, and other related materials.

6. Smile Dog

Smile Dog is a story that brings us back to the early days of the internet.

The story itself is a cursed image story than one about a creepypasta monster. Because of the accompanying, supposedly cursed, image, the creature known as Smile Dog has become massively popular.

The story centers on a young man who’s on his way to interview a young woman, Mary, who suffers from nightmares and night terrors.

We find out these nightmares are caused by an image she saw on a bulletin board. That image was titled smile.jpg, feature a creepy picture of a grinning dog.

As the story continues, we follow the narrator’s quest as he tries to figure out the legend behind the ominous picture.

I always enjoyed stories about internet mysteries and legends and Smile Dog is amongst the best.

5. The Expressionless

The Expressionless is another popular creepypasta monster created by my good friend T. J. Lea.

This short tale is about a blood-covered, expressionless woman who appears at a hospital in California.

The strangest thing about the ominous woman is that she seems barely human and instead resembles a mannequin.

Soon enough, however, things take a turn for the worst.

The Expressionless is one of the earliest creepypasta on this list, but it’s by many regarded as a classic.

4. The Dionaea House

The Dionaea House is the longest creepypasta on this list. Told via email correspondences and blog posts, this story features a different creepypasta monster.

The tale is about Mark, whose friend Eric tells him that their fellow friend Andrew shot two people and killed himself.

Before long, Mark looks into what happened to Andrew. As his investigation continues, he keeps up with Eric via email, detailing his findings.

Eventually, Mark finds the Dionaea House, but it’s not the end of the story. Instead, nothing is revealed and the story itself only proves to get stranger.

The Dionaea House is a very long creepypasta. The story develops slowly, but is well put together and keeps you engaged throughout. What I came to enjoy the most, however, was the idea of The Dionaea House itself. To me, it’s one of the best creepypasta monsters of all time.

If you have some time to spare, be sure to check this one out.

3. The Song and Dance Man

The Song and Dance Man is a phenomenal piece of fiction and more literary story than creepypasta.

One day, a strange man puts up a tent in the narrator’s home and invites the townspeople to listen to music and to dance. What appears to be nothing but a bit of fun soon takes on a much more sinister nature.

The Song and Dance Man is a fantastic story. It’s less the ominous man who makes it so special, but the narrative and the writing.

It’s without a doubt one of the most well-written creepypasta out there and I highly recommend it to any horror fiction fan out there.

2. Abandoned by Disney

Abandoned by Disney is another popular creepypasta spawning one of the most well-known creepypasta monsters.

What starts out as an exploration of Mowgli’s Palace, an abandoned Disney resort, soon turns much darker.

It’s in the basement that the narrator stumbles upon a variety of Disney costumes. One of them, however, turns out to be much more than a simple costume.

Abandoned by Disney is a fantastic story. It draws you in with its intricate descriptions of an abandoned resort before things grow more and more unsettling. It’s a classic for a good reason and well worth reading.

1. Dogscape

Dogscape is amongst my favorite creepypasta of all time. It’s a weird and surreal tale.

It’s a collection of multiple tales, all detailing what happens in a world that has become a never-ending landscape of dogs.

The setting is strange enough already, but the stories themselves are even weirder. They are detailing the life and the survival of the few humans who are still inhabiting this strange new world.

The Dogscape is a dangerous place. We learn of strange dog cults, people-devouring dog heads and even of people being assimilated into the Dogscape itself.

And it’s here that we learn the Dogscape is not merely a thing, or an inanimate object. No, it’s rather a hive mind, controlled by what’s referred to as the Dogmother.

The tales of the Dogscape are as weird as they are disturbing. Violence and atrocities such as rape are a common occurrence amongst the inhabitants of the world.

While the tales vary in length and quality, I still recommend it to any creepypasta fan, if only for how surreal a scenario they depict.

If you enjoy tales that are weird and surreal, I’m sure you will love Dogscape.

Creepypasta has developed into a divisive genre, as you can see in my list of the best creepypasta of all time.

Some are more akin to literary short stories, others incorporate the internet to their advantage and read like blog posts, email correspondences or pseudo-documentaries.

In this article, however, I want to get back to the roots. Creepypasta first started out as short, scary campfire tales or urban legends shared via the internet.

That’s why I put together a list of the best short creepypasta. None of them are longer than a few paragraphs, some comprising only a few sentences.

Yet, they are all creepy and scary.

Table of Contents

• 22. The Message
• 21. Sarah O’Bannon
• 20. Across the Border
• 19. Just Be Careful Out There
• 18. The Statue
• 17. The Girl on the Train
• 16. The Trap
• 15. Home Alone
• 14. Who’s in my Bed
• 13. Lights in the Distance
• 12. Bad Dream
• 11. Baby Dolls
• 10. The Photographs
• 9. Lavender Town Syndrome
• 8. White With Red
• 7. A Painter From Queens
• 6. Wake Up
• 5. The Woman in the Oven
• 4. The Portraits
• 3. Mother’s Call
• 2. Wristbands
• 1. The Backrooms

22. The Message

The message is a short creepypasta and a classic.

Just read it. I won’t spoil the fun.

21. Sarah O’Bannon

Another effective and very short creepypasta.

The story outlines the practice of old to put holes into coffins. This allowed the attachment of a bell via copper tubing so people mistakenly buried could call for help. Yet, what happens when a gravedigger hears one of those bells ring?

A simple and short tale, but one that works well.

20. Across the Border

Across the Border is a tale also featured in my list of highly disturbing creepypasta.

It’s more an urban legend. It outlines what happens when a couple wants to spend an evening across the Mexican border with their young child.

I still hope this short tale is nothing but fiction.

19. Just Be Careful Out There

Just Be Careful Out There is a short creepypasta I first came upon on 4chan’s x board.

It’s not a story. Instead, it poses a single question, one that can be quite unnerving.

18. The Statue

The Statue is one of the most well known, short creepypasta out there, a classic.

It tells the story of a babysitter who, after putting the kids to bed, wants to watch TV in the parent’s bedroom. Yet, there’s this strange angel statue that’s unnerving here.

It’s a well-known story, one I enjoyed a lot. It’s simple, yet effective.

17. The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train is another well-known, short urban legend.

A young woman takes the last subway home and encounters a group of three people. She soon notices that one of them, a woman, stares at her the entire time.

After a while, another passenger sits down next to her and advises her to get off at the next station.

When she follows his advice, the man tells her why she had to get off.

The Girl on the Train is a classic.

16. The Trap

Another short creepypasta that’s more urban legend than story.

It details a supposed historical anecdote that happened in Berlin at the end of World War II. A blind, old man asks a young woman to deliver a letter to an address.

She agrees, but notices the old man running away moments later. His strange behaviour causes her to become concerned with the situation.

What makes this short tale so creepy is the historical background and the knowledge that something like this might have happened.

15. Home Alone

Another super, short tale that shows you don’t need a lot of words to scare people.

The entire scenario, depict in so few words, is highly unsettling.

14. Who’s in my Bed

Another super short creepypasta, comprising only two sentences.

When a father tucks his young boy into bed, he asks him to check under the bed. What he founds down there is much more unsettling than monsters.

Who’s in my Bed proves once again that you don’t need a lot of words to unsettle people.

13. Lights in the Distance

Another short creepypasta I came upon on 4chan’s x board back in the day.

A young man suffers from amnesia, but two streetlights in the distance always help him fall asleep. That’s until he notices something.

Another short, classic.

12. Bad Dream

Bad Dream is a simple creepypasta. A young girl crawls into her father’s bed after a scary nightmare. What she tells him, however, proves to be quite unsettling.

This is another short one, but one I absolutely enjoyed.

11. Baby Dolls

Baby Dolls talks about a certain malfunction in the baby doll toys of a certain toy manufacturer. The malfunction in question would manifest in the dolls, never ceasing their crying. The only way to stop them is to destroy the dolls.

Like many others on this list, this tale reads more like an urban legend. Still, it’s quite unsettling.

10. The Photographs

Another creepypasta classic about a photographer who goes out camping to take pictures in the woods.

When she develops the pictures, however, she discovers something quite unsettling.

The Photographs is another tale that proves that you don’t need a lot of words to scare people.

9. Lavender Town Syndrome

Lavender Town Syndrome is the most popular Pokémon creepypasta of all time.

More of an urban legend than a story, it details several suicides related to the original Lavender Town music.

It’s a quick, but enjoyable them.

8. White With Red

Another short tale more akin to an urban legend. It’s about a man who stays at a hotel. The owner tells him to stay clear of a certain room, but overtaken by curiosity, he ignores the warning.

When he peeks into the room via the keyhole, all he sees is a pale, white woman. The moment she notices him, he retreats, but soon returns. What he sees the next time, however, is different.

What with Red is another creepypasta that’s sure to scare you.

7. A Painter From Queens

A Painter From Queens begins with the narrator describing a bum living near his apartment.

The man, however, is an artist, and his work is fantastic. When the man offers to paint portrays, quite a few people pay him, but none of them seem to like the result.

Eventually, the narrator gets one himself. The result, however, proves different from what he expected.

This creepypasta has always been one of my favorites ever since I first read it. It’s a unique and strange tale, but a wonderful read.

6. Wake Up

Some creepypasta evoke horror by detailing creatures, serial killers or unexpected events. Others, however, are scary for entirely different reasons.

Wake Up is one such tale.

This short story has unsettled me much more than many other longer tales. I guess, it’s the little question ‘What if?’ that makes it work so well.

5. The Woman in the Oven

There’s something about mysterious and inexplicable events that makes them so fascinating.

When the charred body of a woman is found in a kitchen stove in Minnesota, the case seems clear. That’s until a tape is discovered in a nearby well.

Like many others on the list, The Woman in the Oven doesn’t waste time on a narrative, but gets straight to the point.

It’s an unsettling tale, one entirely inexplicable, but one that still makes you question what happened.

4. The Portraits

The Portraits is another tale that proves highly effective. It’s also the very first I ever read.

When a hunter gets lost in the forest, he spends the night at a cabin. All is well, but the many weird portrays on the wall are unnerving him.

The Portraits is a perfect creepypasta. If you haven’t read it, I recommend it.

3. Mother’s Call

Mother’s Call is a very short creepypasta, no longer than a few sentences. And yet, it’s more effective than many, many others.

It’s a fantastic little tale and proves you don’t need a lot of words to scare people.

2. Wristbands

Wristbands is another fantastic, tale.

It details that the patients at a certain hospital receive one of three different wristbands. The red wristbands, however, are only ever placed on people who died.

I won’t tell too much about this tale, just that it’s highly enjoyable.

1. The Backrooms

The Backroom’s is a creepypasta related to an image. In the image, we can see a set of strange, unsettling rooms.

Accompanying the picture is a brief description. What we see in the picture is The Backrooms, a place you end up in when you glitch through reality.

I don’t know why, but I love eerie ideas like this. Ending up in the Backrooms can happen to anyone and if you do, you better hope the other things wandering them don’t notice you.

There are many kinds of creepypasta out there. What started out as campfire tales and urban legends shared via the internet now incorporates various styles, topics and media, as you can see in my list of the best creepypasta of all time.

One medium that’s been given a lot of attention by creepypasta writers is video games. There’s a plethora of video creepypasta out there. The subgenre is infamous for spawning some of the worst and most ridiculous creepypasta out there.

There are, however, some I truly came to enjoy. That the reason I created a list of the best video game creepypasta.

Table of Contents

• 9. Jvk1166t.esp
• 8. Killswitch
• 7. Polybius
• 6. Lavender Town Syndrom
• 5. Ben Drowned
• 4. Pale Luna
• 3. Pokémon Black
• 2. The Theater
• 1. NES Godzilla Creepypasta

9. Jvk1166t.esp

This video game creepypasta features a Morrowind Mod called Jvk1166z.esp. The mod is cryptic, strange and only works after extensive tinkering with it.

Our narrator tries his luck with the mod, but soon gives up out of frustration. An acquaintance of his he got to know via the internet doesn’t give up so soon.

As the story continues, we learn what the narrator’s acquaintance uncovers in this weird mod.

When I was a teenager, I used to play Morrowind excessively. I loved the game and enjoyed the many details given in this story.

If you’re a fan of cryptic mysteries related to video games, check this story out.

8. Killswitch

Killswitch is written more like an urban legend than a real creepypasta and details the story of a game that was supposedly released in 1989.

What makes Killswitch such an interesting video game creepypasta isn’t the content of the game itself. At first sight, it appears to be a simple story about a cryptic and bizarre video game.

What’s interesting here are the circumstances of the game and its supposed creation. Only 5000 units of the game were ever created. They were uncopiable, and the game deleted itself after finishing.

What made it even more mysterious was the fact that the game had two playable characters, but was almost impossible to play should one choose the second one.

Killswitch is an interesting video game creepypasta, and it makes one curious if games like this actually exist. While it’s not scary, and written more like an urban legend, it’s a very creative and interesting idea.

7. Polybius

Polybius is probably the most famous video game creepypasta of all time. It’s theoretically an urban legend, but I still included it in this list, if only for its widespread popularity.

The story is about an arcade game by the same name that appeared in Portland, Oregan. The legend states that the game was highly addictive and everyone who played it suffered from side-effects. These side-effects included amnesia, night terrors, but also suicide.

After only a month, men in black removed all traces of Polybius and none of the machines were ever seen again.

Over the years, Polybius garnered a lot of attention. It was the subject of countless YouTube videos and was referenced in a variety of movies.

Polybius proves to be a very interesting story, not so much for its content, but the history surrounding it and its spread to become the dominant urban legend it is today.

6. Lavender Town Syndrom

The game series Pokémon serves to be a breeding ground for video game creepypasta. The most popular of them is Lavender Town Syndrom. It’s no understatement to say that anyone who’s heard about creepypasta has heard about it.

Once more, this is less written as creepypasta, but more like an urban legend, related to the original theme of Lavender Town.

It’s a quick read for a video game creepypasta, but still enjoyable and details a rather unsettling urban legend related to a children’s game.

5. Ben Drowned

Ah, Ben Drowned, the story who started the trend of haunted video game creepypasta. The sub-genre revolves around haunted video games which cause the people who play them to go insane or kill themselves. It makes up a huge subset of video game creepypasta and has spawned some of the worst ones out there.

Ben Drowned, however, is a rare exception. While I’m not too big a fan of haunted video games, one has to acknowledge the influence Ben Drowned had on the genre of creepypasta.

What I enjoyed most about Ben Drowned was the attention to detail. As the story continues, we read about strange glitches, additional levels or areas created out of nowhere and various other game changes.

The story itself regards a young man who buys a used game of Majora’s Mask at a yard sale. Upon starting the game, he discovers a safe file named Ben. Ignoring it, he starts the game, but notices that NPCs occasionally refer to him as Ben. This, however, is only the beginning, and the game gets progressively strange, becoming a surreal experience for the narrator.

Ben Drowned isn’t an outstanding story, but what is outstanding is the work that went into it. The story comprises elements from multiple other media. There are not only pictures showcasing what’s happening, but even actual footage of this supposedly haunted game.

Ben Drowned doesn’t end there, however. There’s an entire ARG (alternate reality game) related to Ben Drowned. I found out about it because of a YouTube video and now see the entire story in a different light.

Ben Drowned is a very long video game creepypasta about a haunted video game cartridge. While the story isn’t the best, I still consider it a fantastic work, if only for all the work that went into it and the ARG surrounding it.

4. Pale Luna

Pale Lune is among the best video game creepypasta out there.

The story revolves around an obscure text adventure only circulated in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Most people who tried the game quickly abandoned it. The game was cryptic and barely functioning.

Eventually, a young man with too much time on his hand decides to play the game himself to see if he can actually finish it.

Pale Luna is a rather short video game creepypasta, but I really enjoyed it. It’s a story about a cryptic, mysterious game and the disturbing secret hidden within.

3. Pokémon Black

Pokémon Black is another video game creepypasta regarding an obscure game, a Pokémon game.

If you ever explored video game creepypasta, you notice that there’s a plethora of Pokémon creepypasta out there. Many of them aren’t worth your time, but Pokémon Black proved to be different.

It’s not about a cursed or haunted game, but about an obscure hack by the titular name.

That’s what makes Pokémon Black so interesting and why it works so well. The hack itself isn’t dangerous, it’s merely a tale about an obscure hack that can be interpreted in many ways.

2. The Theater

Another video game creepypasta that’s not about a haunted or cursed video game cartridge. Instead, the story features a strange and glitchy game.

I don’t know why, but since the first time I read The Theater, I loved it. The mystery, the minor details, the obscure nature of the game, it all fits together fantastically.

Once more, nothing bad happens to the narrator, and instead he only describes what he experiences when playing a strange, obscure game.

The Theater is a very enjoyable, short tale, one I regard as a classic.

1. NES Godzilla Creepypasta

The NES Godzilla Creepypasta is my favorite video game creepypasta of all time.

The story revolves around a young man who wants to rekindle his childhood nostalgia. Back in the day, he loved nothing more than to play the NES game Godzilla: Monster of Monsters.

His play-through of the game starts out normal enough, but soon enough, the game glitches and changes in strange ways.

The reason I like the NES Godzilla Creepypasta is less for the story, but for the visuals, the images. The creator wasn’t satisfied by merely telling a creepy story. Instead he filled it with pixel art of entire screens, bosses and monsters.

Over the course of the story, he even describes the various levels of the game in intricate detail, the bosses, and how he’s able to defeat them.

I can’t say why, but I enjoyed this play-through-style of writing.

My biggest problem with this creepypasta, however, is the story. It’s a story about a haunted video that’s clichéd at best and lackluster at worst.

What makes it stand out, however, is the game itself, the different levels and the various monsters. For that alone, it’s a delight to read, even if the story is rather weak.

If you’re interested in video game creepypasta, this one is a must-read. However, you might want to focus more on the art and the strange game it depicts than on the story itself.

Creepypasta is a divisive genre as you can see if you check out my list of the best creepypasta of all time. What used to be urban legends and scary stories shared via the internet has evolved into a genre of its own.

By now, there’s a plethora of creepypasta out there, as you can see in my list of the best creepypasta of all time.

While some creepypasta are scary and disturbing, others are sad or convey deeper meaning. Yet, there are some that can only be described as weird.

On this list, I want to share my favorite 15 weird creepypasta with you.

Table of Contents

• 15. Think Not of the Morrow
• 14. Burgrr Entries
• 13. Keep a Diary
• 12. The Magician’s Game
• 11. The Memetic Symbol
• 10. Mice
• 9. House of Rules
• 8. The Woman in the Oven
• 7. Cervin Birth
• 6. String Theory
• 5. The Backrooms
• 4. The Dream of Every Dentist
• 3. An Egg
• 2. Dogscape
• 1. Candle Cove

15. Think Not of the Morrow

In this weird creepypasta, a man recounts the most fantastical story he’s ever heard. At the time of the story, the man was the headmaster at a primary school in Northamptonshire.

That day, a boy named Christopher was sent to his office. He was in a state of panic, confused, and mumbled to himself that things weren’t supposed to be like that.

After that, we hear the story Christopher told the headmaster.

Think Not of the Morrow is a great story, but what makes it a truly weird creepypasta is the unique and unsettling ending.

14. Burgrr Entries

Burgrr Entries sticks out even in a list of bizarre and weird creepypasta. It’s one of the most surreal pieces of fiction I’ve ever read.

This creepypasta is an apocalypse story, but one that’s different from any other. The end doesn’t come in the form of zombies, aliens, or natural disasters, but in the form of new fast food.

Even stranger, this new type of food is only available at weird take out windows that appear all over town. One such window suddenly appears at the side of the narrator’s home with no visible addition to the inside.

While the narrator sees the food as disgusting and weird, most other people act as if it’s completely normal and stand in line to get it. It seems only our narrator understands what’s really going on.

As the story continues, more and more people fall prey to the lure of this strange food. From here on out, the story also gets progressively stranger.

Burgrr Entries is a weird creepypasta, one that can get quite gross, but it’s also one of the most creative and surreal ones I’ve read.

It’s unfortunate that the story devolves into a drawn out fight and escape scenario in later parts. The overall plot and theme are interesting. It’s especially the early parts of this creepypasta that stand out for their gross and bizarre imagery.

13. Keep a Diary

Keep a Diary was the first diary-type creepypasta I ever read. It’s also a rather unique and weird creepypasta.

The story starts with a man waking up in a giant, seemingly never-ending room. His only possession is a diary in which he details his experiences.

He’s afraid of what will happen to him, but every morning he’s provided with supplies that help him survive. At first, it’s only essentials such as food, water and clothing. Over time, however, he receives more supplies and even materials to build a shelter for himself.

Eventually, other people arrive.

Keep a Diary is a weird creepypasta, but also a very interesting one. The narrator’s earlier survival efforts, the creation of a small society and the diary format make it a rather unique experience.

It also muses on about some deeper themes that might make you ponder for a bit.

12. The Magician’s Game

The Magician’s Game is a fantastic and weird creepypasta.

After one of his shows, our narrator Tom, receives a strange letter stating the game is on.

At first Tom wonders what’s going on, but soon accepts the situation. When a figure named Daburu shows himself, their game begins.

Yet, not all is as it seems and things soon get progressively stranger.

The Magician’s Game is a great story, but what makes it so special is the fantastic, unexpected ending.

11. The Memetic Symbol

You sometimes stumble upon a story that’s so weird, you can’t help but wonder what you’re reading. The Memetic Symbol is one such tale and one of my favorite weird creepypasta.

Our narrator is a studier of memetic theories. One day while browsing the internet he comes upon a strange symbol. When he returns to the computer the next day, he realizes in shock that the symbol has not only affected his computer, but everything around it.

From here on out, the story continues as more and more of the narrator’s world is taken over by the strange symbol.

The Memetic Symbol is a short tale, but one that’s so outlandish and strange one can’t help but be reminded of other utterly bizarre and weird creepypasta.

10. Mice

Mice is yet another weird creepypasta I really enjoyed.

A nameless narrator talks about his colony of mice. Over the course of the story, he details how he takes care of them, how he trains them and that he’s their god.

Yet, this is a creepypasta and as so often in this medium, things might not be what they seem.

9. House of Rules

House of Rules was one of the first weird creepypasta I read and I loved it.

The narrator of the tale states he’s living in a house of rules, details how it influences his life. One might think the rules are enforced by the renting company or the neighbors. Instead, they are enforced by the house itself.

Whenever you don’t follow the rules, the house will punish you.

House of Rules is another quite creative story, one filled with an atmosphere of hopelessness and isolation.

It’s an interesting and weird creepypasta, one that’s a delight to read.

8. The Woman in the Oven

This short, weird creepypasta details a mysterious and inexplicable event.

In a quiet town in Minnesota, police uncover the charred body of a woman in a kitchen stove. What appears to be a suicide soon turns stranger when more details are revealed.

The Woman in the Oven is a short creepypasta, one more reminiscent of an urban legend. There’s no narration, no set up, no story, it merely explains a mysterious event.

It’s an unsettling tale, a weird creepypasta and one that makes you wonder what might have happened.

7. Cervin Birth

Cervin Birth centers on a strange video that was shared around the internet. The video was supposedly showcasing the birth of a blind deer.

After this, the story describes what the other videos by the creator of Cervin Birth contain.

Cervin Birth is another short creepypasta, merely detailing the contents of various, strange videos. Once again, there’s no narration. Instead the creepypasta is nothing more than a description of obscure videos.

Sometimes, less is more, and for Cervin Birth, it’s definitely the case.

6. String Theory

The theory of determines outlines that all events and all our actions are pre-determined by previously existing causes.

This theory, as well as the question if free will exists, are at the center of String Theory.

One morning, Martin, our narrator, wakes up and discovers strange strings have been put up in his room.

String Theory is a creative, but also very weird creepypasta. it describes a unique scenario, and it’s absolutely worth reading.

5. The Backrooms

The Backrooms is a more recent, yet quite weird creepypasta. It’s nothing but a strange picture and a description of what we’re seeing in it.

In essence, The Backrooms are the place you end up when you glitch through reality.

I love eerie ideas like this, especially since it’s depicted as something that could happen to anyone.

Should you ever end up in The Backrooms, there’s nothing you can do but wander those endless corridors forever and hope that the other things there don’t notice you.

4. The Dream of Every Dentist

We’ve officially made it to bizarro world. The Dream of Every dentist might be the most unique and weirdest creepypasta I ever read.

In the story, a man in a black suit offers a group of dentists a large sum of money to reveal their dream to him. At first, the men say he won’t understand it before they eventually share it with him.

The Dream of Every Dentist is not only a weird creepypasta, but one that makes you squirm while reading it. When I first read it, I stared at the computer screen for quite a while, unsure what I’d just read and why I enjoyed it so much.

3. An Egg

Another amazing, yet entirely weird creepypasta.

An Egg centers on our existential fears and our search for meaning before it gives an answer them. This answer is one of the most interesting and remarkable ones I’ve come upon.

It’s a short creepypasta, but one that’s absolutely fascinating.

2. Dogscape

Dogscape is an utterly surreal and weird creepypasta, but also one of my all-time favorites.

The story centers on a single concept. What would happen if the entire earth would become a never-ending landscape made up of dogs?

In this strange world, the ground is covered entirely in dog fur. Strange dog trees and random dog heads are sprouting from it.

Dogscape is not a single story, but a collection of short, weird creepypasta detailing the life and survival of the people inhabiting this strange world.

The setting is as strange as it sounds, but the tales themselves are even weirder. We got to know weird dog cults. People are devoured by dog heads or become assimilated by the Dogscape itself.

While the quality of the individual tales varies in length and quality, I still think Dogscape is something any creepypasta fan needs to experience for themselves.

It is, however, a harsh world, full of gore, rape and many other atrocities.

If you like surreal and weird creepypasta, however, I am sure you will enjoy this unique collection of tales.

1. Candle Cove

Kris Straub’s Candle Cove is one of the most popular creepypasta of all time and was adapted as the first season of horror anthology series Channel Zero.

It’s not only a weird creepypasta, it’s also written in a very interesting format. The entire tale is written as a conversation in a thread on a message board.

The users partaking in the thread discuss a strange children’s TV show named Candle Cove. At first, they are reminiscing about their memories and nostalgia. As more people join the discussion, however, strange and stranger details are revealed about the show.

The reason Candle Cove is so popular and well-liked is, without a doubt, the unique format and the way it is told. What starts out as a group of people rekindling childhood nostalgia slowly turns into something unsettling.

While Candle Cove is not as bizarre as some other entries on this list, I still regard it as quite the weird creepypasta, both for its format and its content.

It’s a fantastic read and anyone who hasn’t heard about it should definitely check it out.

There are many creepypasta out there. Ever since its emergence in the mid-2000s, the genre proved massively popular.

What started out as urban legends and campfire tales shared over the internet soon developed. By now there’s a variety of creepypasta out there, as you can see in my list of the best creepypasta of all time. They are including different formats, styles and topics.

While some are short, scary anecdotes, others are long epic tales. In this article, I want to share with you my favorite long creepypasta.

Table of Contents

• 9. The Devil’s Cosmonaut
• 8. 1999
• 7. Stevie
• 6. Humper-Monkey’s Ghost Story
• 5. No End House
• 4. The Dionaea House
• 3. Ted the Caver
• 2. Psychosis
• 1. The Strangers

9. The Devil’s Cosmonaut

The Devil’s Cosmonaut is a long creepypasta set in a space station.

The tale is about the cosmonaut Boris. After Communications with the ground break down, weird things happen in the space station. He hears strange noises, even though he’s alone, and the temperature seems to rise constantly.

The Devil’s Cosmonaut is absolutely amazing. The idea of being confined to a small station in space is already unsettling, yet what’s happening to Boris makes it even worse.

Being stuck in space is terrifying enough, but not knowing what’s real is so much scarier. This story is so effective because we clearly witness Boris’ descent into madness.

The Devil’s Cosmonaut is a long tale, a slow-moving one, but it’s a fantastic read all around.

8. 1999

1999 is a long creepypasta, a very long one.

Back in 1999, our narrator, Elliot, was seven years old and loved the TV-show Pokemon. When his dad got fed up about his son’s whining to watch the show, he gets Elliot his own TV.

It isn’t long before Elliot discovers a secret channel, Channel 21, which features strange and disturbing content.

The earlier parts of this creepypasta are written more in an anthology format in which Elliot describes the various strange shows on Channel 21. This culminates in him writing a letter to his favorite show, Mr. Bear’s cellar. When he receives an invitation to the show, his father offers to drive him there.

The two of them don’t meet Mr. Bear, however, but the police and soon learn about the true nature of Channel 21.

The story doesn’t end there, however, but details Elliot’s research into the strange channel and Mr. Bear when he’s in college.

What makes 1999 work so well is the format. It’s less written like a traditional story, but more like an internet diary by Elliot detailing his findings.

The longer his research lasts and the more details he uncovers over the course of this long creepypasta, the more disturbing things get.

7. Stevie

Stevie is a very long creepypasta, but also an extremely well written one. At the outset of the story, psychiatrist Sylvester Penn is on his way to interview a young man in a mental asylum.

Michael, the young man, is there because he murdered someone. The interview begins and we learn more about Michael’s past and his childhood.

Michael grew up in a pleasant neighborhood. Yet, there weren’t many kids there and his only friend was a boy named Michael who was slow in the head. After teasing him and playing tricks on him for a while, Michael soon developed a feeling of being responsible for him.

When more people move into the neighborhood, Michael makes friends with some of the new kids. One of them is called Stevie, who’s a lanky, weird boy, obsessed with taxidermy.

As Michael details his childhood and teenage years with his new friends, including Stevie, things soon take a turn for the worse.

Stevie is one of the longest creepypasta I ever read. It’s a tale that develops slowly, but turns progressively darker the longer it goes on. It’s a fantastic story and its great writing will keep you engaged throughout.

6. Humper-Monkey’s Ghost Story

Humper-Monkey’s Ghost Story is not just a long creepypasta, it’s huge. The story was originally posted in a military story thread on Something Awful and proved to be extremely popular.

Our narrator, Monkey, joins the US Army in the late 1980s and is stationed in an undescriptive building in the mountains in Germany. The place is cold, isolated, but even worse, it’s supposedly haunted.

Things get strange during his first night at the building. He’s got the feeling he’s not alone in his room and that he’s watched by someone or something.

Humper-Monkey’s Ghost story is, as the name implies, a ghost story and with almost 30.000 words, the longest creepypasta on this list. The story also spawned several follow-ups and related tales.

What makes this story so great is the isolated setting. Yet, things should only get worse, as the soldiers try to uncover what is going on in the building.

Humber-Monkey’s Ghost Story is popular for a variety of reasons. The writing is great; the language is rough, and it feels realistic.

5. No End House

No End House is a classic, a really popular one. This long creepypasta proved so popular it was adapted as the second season of the horror anthology series Channel Zero.

The story centers on a haunted house, the titular No End House. Our narrator David learns his friend visited the place and that there’s a challenge involved. The place comprises nine rooms and whoever makes it to the end wins $500.

Soon enough, David sets out to try his luck. After all, how hard can it be?

While the first rooms start out silly, almost childish, things soon get strange and more nightmarish.

No End House might be quite a long creepypasta, but it’s a fantastic read. I love the fascinating setting, but also the creativity that went into it. If you haven’t heard about No End House, and haven’t read it, I highly recommend it.

4. The Dionaea House

Here we have another long creepypasta, but one that’s different. The entirety of the Dionaea House is told via email correspondences and blog entries.

This strange choice of format makes The Dionaea House not only interesting, but it also makes it feel much more realistic. It doesn’t read like a creepypasta or a short story. Instead, it feels like you’re reading a real email correspondence between friends.

The story is about Eric who gets contacted by his friend Mark, regarding a fellow friend, Andrew. Apparently Andrew snapped, shot two people and later killed himself.

From here on out, we witness Mark’s investigation as he tries to figure out what happened to their old friend and drove him to do what he did. His emails to Eric read more like an investigative diary, but are written realistically.

When Mark eventually finds his way to The Dionaea House, nothing is revealed, however. Instead, the story only proves to get stranger.

The Dionaea House is a slow-developing and very long creepypasta. It’s well put together, however, and the format keeps you engaged throughout. What I came to enjoy the most, however, was the idea of the Dionaea House itself.

If you haven’t read it yet, and you got some time to spare, be sure to check out this long creepypasta.

3. Ted the Caver

Ted the Caver is one of the earliest and longest creepypasta out there. As the title says, this story is all about caving.

While I’m not claustrophobic, I find the idea of exploring tight spaces and caves inherently disturbing.

Ted the Caver works so well because of all the intricate details that are added to it. The story starts out as a blog by a caving enthusiast who shares his discovery of an unknown cave system.

The earlier posts focus more on the process of caving. Each of the blog posts making up this tale features various photographs. This gives you not only more insight into the setting, but also immerses you into the story. It feels like what you’re reading is an actual story.

Ted the Caver is a long creepypasta, one that develops slowly, but it proves to be a fascinating tale. What makes it so great is the realism, and the unsettling elements that take over the story in its later half.

Ted the Caver is a classic, long creepypasta, but one very well worth reading.

2. Psychosis

I love Psychosis by Matt Dymerski. He’s one of the most talented authors of creepypasta out there. Psychosis is a long creepypasta, one that develops slowly and details a man’s descent into madness.

John, a young man, notices strange details about his life. Things don’t seem to add up anymore. As time continues, we witness as he grows increasingly paranoid and wonders what is real and what isn’t.

What makes this long creepypasta so fascinating is John’s descent into madness, his spiraling out of control. And yet, as we read on, we also wonder if John might not be right.

Psychosis is a fantastic study in paranoia and isolation. While it might be a rather long creepypasta, it’s definitely one of the best ones out there.

1. The Strangers

The Strangers is a superb story and my favorite creepypasta of all times. It’s a well-written epic, detailing what happened to a young man named Andrew Erics.

The young man got a strange habit. Whenever he’s on the subway, he can’t help but watch his fellow passengers. While most people act a bit strange, he comes upon one man who seems different. This weird character doesn’t react to Andrew’s staring at all. It doesn’t take long before Andrew becomes interested in the man and follows him on his daily trips, back and forth on the subway.

This, however, is only the beginning of this long creepypasta.

The Strangers is one of the most-well written creepypasta out there. When I first read it, I was floored by how well it’s told. Even today, after reading hundreds of other creepypasta, it still holds up as my favorite.

I can’t recommend this long creepypasta enough. It’s a fantastic read and a delight for anyone interested in horror and weird tales.

The first creepypasta were short, scary campfire tales shared via the internet. Over the years, however, as the medium received more and more attention, creepypasta have transformed. Over the time I’ve read countless creepypasta as you can see on my list of the best creepypasta of all time.

Some are more akin to literary short stories, while others use the internet to their advantage. Those are written as blog posts, email correspondences or even pseudo-documentaries.

In this article, however, I don’t want to talk about those. While most creepypasta are scary, or at least unsettling, there are some truly disturbing creepypasta out there.

In this article I want to present you with some of the most disturbing creepypasta ever.

Table of Contents

• 9. Across the Border
• 8. The Algorithm
• 7. Baby Dolls
• 6. Pale Luna
• 5. 12 Minutes
• 4. The Hidden Things
• 3. Gateway of the Mind
• 2. Dogscape
• 1. Normal Porn for Normal People

9. Across the Border

There are some creepypasta that creepy, some that are scary and then there’s Across the Border. It’s a tale reminiscent of an urban legend.

It’s details what happens when a couple wants to spend an evening across the Mexican border with their young child.

Let’s hope this disturbing creepypasta is nothing but fiction.

8. The Algorithm

Stories that depict mental illness or paranoia in a satisfying way are rare. This disturbing creepypasta, however, is one of them.

This, however, opens up the story and gives us enough mystery for multiple interpretations.

The Algorithm is a great, disturbing creepypasta and the less is said about it before reading, the better.

7. Baby Dolls

Baby Dolls is a short, but very disturbing, creepypasta.

The story details a malfunction in the baby dolls of a toy manufacturer. These dolls never cease crying and only stop once destroyed.

Yet, the story isn’t merely about dolls.

Baby Dolls is a disturbing creepypasta that once more follows the urban legend character, but details a supposed gruesome incident.

6. Pale Luna

Pale Luna is a video game creepypasta and one of the best in this subgenre.

The story is about an obscure text adventure which was only known to a few select people back in the day.

There’s something special about Pale Luna, though. The game is cryptic and barely functioning, prompting most people to abandon it out of sheer frustration. One day, a young man decides to see if there’s more to this enigmatic game.

Pale Luna isn’t as disturbing as the other creepypasta on this list. The reason I added it, however, is the final reveal and the scenario depicted.

Overall, it’s an interesting tale, surrounding a mystery in a video game.

5. 12 Minutes

12 Minutes is one of the strangest and most disturbing creepypasta I read.

It details what happened in the fall of 1987 when a small local news channel in Atlanta had a gap in scheduling. It was eventually filled by young Reverand Marley Sachs who used the available hour for his show ‘Words of Light with Rev. Marley Sachs.”

From here on out, things soon get weird. Complaints arrive by woman who report feeling uncomfortable while watching the show. They mention that this feeling always occurs in twelve-minute intervals. Before long, the show is cancelled as the channel has to report on a more important topic, the local miscarriage epidemic.

When a young intern takes a deeper look at the tapes of Reverand Marley Sachs’ show, however, he discovers something truly disturbing.

12 Minutes is a story I absolutely loved. It’s a mysterious, yet deeply disturbing creepypasta. It’s a tale that anyone interested in horror should check out.

4. The Hidden Things

The Hidden Things is yet another disturbing creepypasta.

A hotel owner is worried about the guest in room 304. He hasn’t received word from the man, and enters the room using a spare key.

What he discovers is disturbing. The man is lying dead in one of the room’s corners and the walls are covered in strange writings.

Wanting to learn what happened to the man, the narrator reenters the room.

The Hidden Things is a fantastic story. It details a well-written descent into madness, with some of the best imagery in any creepypasta.

It’s a truly disturbing creepypasta, one that’s overshadowed by more popular tales out there, but it’s a delight to read.

3. Gateway of the Mind

Gateway of the mind is a classic in the realm of creepypasta, but also one of the most disturbing creepypasta of all time.

The story details an experiment conducted by a group of scientists. They presume that if a human being has no access to their senses, they could perceive the presence of God.

It doesn’t take them long to find a subject. It’s an old man who’s got nothing left to lose.

As the story continues, we witness how the subject grows increasingly more disoriented, paranoid and hallucinates. Before long, however, things get much, much more unsettling.

Gateway of the Mind presents an idea that’s as interesting as it is disturbing. If you had no access to your sense, and are stuck inside your own head, what happens?

What makes Gateway of the Mind such a great and disturbing creepypasta, however, is the ending. If you haven’t read this tale yet, I highly recommend you do.

2. Dogscape

Dogscape is not only weird and surreal, it’s also one of the most disturbing creepypasta ever. Yet, it has always been one of my favorite creepypasta of all time.

Dogscape details what happens after all the earth has become a never-ending landscape made up of dogs. It’s a world in which the ground is covered in dog fur, random dog heads and from which strange dog trees sprout.

This creepypasta comprises multiple tales, detailing the life and the survival of people in this strange world.

What makes Dogscape so disturbing isn’t merely the weird setting, but what happens in it. The inhabitants of the Dogscape are devoured by dog heads, kill each other or become assimilated by the Dogscape itself. It also features frequent mentions of rape happening among survivors.

It’s one of the weirdest selection of tales and something that must be experienced by anyone interested in weird horror.

The tales of the Dogscape vary in detail, length and quality. They feature gore, rape and many other atrocities. It’s truly a disturbing creepypasta, but it deserves a place on this list for its bizarre setting and imagery.

If you like weird, surreal and disturbing creepypasta, you will enjoy Dogscape. Just be warned, some tales feature explicit content.

1. Normal Porn for Normal People

Normal Porn for Normal People has always been one of my favorite, disturbing creepypasta. Something about tales that center on weird, hidden corners of the internet has always fascinated me.

The narrator details he received a spam mail, telling him about a website called normalpornfornormalpeople.com. The website itself is barely functional, but features a variety of strange videos. When he shares his discovery with the members of an image board, people investigate and soon discover more unsettling content.

What makes Normal Pron for Normal People so disturbing is the thought that websites like this exist somewhere in the depths of the internet.

I highly recommend this story to anyone who’s interested in scary tales. It’s well worth the read and an absolute favorite of mine.

Creepypasta have long been a staple of internet horror story-telling. They are short, scary tales, reminiscent of urban legends.

Yet, over the years, creepypasta have evolved and now come in a variety of formats. Some are written as blog posts or email correspondences, while others are reminiscent of pseudo-documentaries or diary entries.

Creepypasta is incredibly popular and there are now thousands of them out there. Over the years I’ve read countless creepypasta, some good, some bad and some fantastic, as you can see in my list of the best creepypasta of all time.

While creepypasta are horror tales, not all of them are necessarily scary. That’s why I put together a list of my favorite scary creepypasta.

Table of Contents

• 11. Who’s in my Bed
• 10. The Devil’s Cosmonaut
• 9. Cave-In
• 8. 1999
• 7. Wake Up
• 6. Mother’s Call
• 5. The Hidden Things
• 4. The Russian Sleep Experiment
• 3. Ted the Caver
• 2. Normal Porn for Normal People
• 1. Psychosis

11. Who’s in my Bed

Who’s in my bed is a very short, but also extremely scary creepypasta. It’s about a father who tucks his son into bed, but is asked to check under the bed for monsters.

Yet, he doesn’t find a monster there, but something much more unsettling. This scary creepypasta proves you don’t need a lot of words or a long narrative to unsettling readers.

It was also adapted as a short film. You can watch it on YouTube right here.

10. The Devil’s Cosmonaut

The Devil’s Cosmonaut is an extremely unsettling creepypasta set in a space station.

It’s the tale of a cosmonaut, Boris, who’s alone in a space station in earth’s orbit. Communication with the ground breaks down and soon strange things happen. The station grows increasingly hotter and Boris begins to hear strange noises around the station.

This is an absolutely amazing and scary creepypasta. Being confined to a small station in space is unsettling enough, but strange things happening there, makes it even worse.

It’s a crazy idea to be stuck in space, not knowing what’s real. What makes this so great and a truly scary creepypasta is to witness the decline of our narrator Boris.

It is, however, a rather long creepypasta, one that develops slowly. It’s well worth it though, and a fantastic read overall.

9. Cave-In

Cave-In is yet another short, but scary creepypasta.

It describes what happens to a young man after a cave-in. The thought of being stuck in a cave with no hope of being rescued is terrifying enough.

There is, however, another detail that makes this a truly scary creepypasta.

I enjoyed Cave-In when I first read it on 4chan’s x board and the unexpected ending is still a favorite of mine.

8. 1999

1999 is a very long, very scary creepypasta. It starts with our narrator, Elliot, in the year 1999 when he was five years old.

Back then, he was in love with the TV-show Pokemon. His dad, fed up about his son’s whining to watch the show, buys him his own TV.

One day, Elliot discovers a secret channel, Channel 21, which airs strange and disturbing shows.

The first part of 1999 is written more like an anthology in which Elliot describes the various strange shows airing on Channel 21. Eventually, Elliot writes a letter to his favorite show on the channel, Mr. Bear’s Cellar, and receives an invitation to the show.

Driving there with his father, they don’t meet Mr. Bear, but the police and soon discover the true nature of Channel 21 and Mr. Bear.

This, however, is only the beginning of this epic tale. In college, Elliot remembers the strange channel, Mr. Bear, and starts his own research about the events that took place during his childhood.

1999 works so well because it’s not written like a traditional short story, but as an internet blog detailing Elliot’s quest.

And the longer his research lasts, and the more details he uncovers, the more unsettling this scary creepypasta becomes.

7. Wake Up

There are many scary creepypasta out there. Some detail creepy beings or monsters, others describe unexplained incidents. Then there are some who are scary for completely different reasons.

This is one of them.

Wake Up is a tale that unsettled me. There’s always this tiny little voice in the back of my mind, asking me ‘what if’?

Ever since I first read this story, I’ve always regarded it as a truly scary creepypasta.

6. Mother’s Call

Mother’s Call is a classic in the realm of creepypasta.

This tale is short, extremely short, and comprises only a few sentences. Yet, as I mentioned before, you don’t need a lot of words for a scary creepypasta.

Go Read it!

5. The Hidden Things

The Hidden Things is another effective and scary creepypasta. When a hotel owner receives no word from the man in room 304, he pays him a visit.

When he gets no answer, he enters the room using a spare key. Inside, he finds the man dead in a corner of the room and the walls covered in strange writings.

After a few days, the narrator enters the room again to figure out what happened to the man.

When I first read this story, I was impressed. The story is fantastically written, provides some great imagery, and the old man’s descent into madness is masterfully done.

The Hidden Things is a scary creepypasta and a delight to read.

4. The Russian Sleep Experiment

The Russian Sleep Experiment and the image accompanying it is without a doubt one of the most popular creepypasta of all time. Yet, this popularity is for a good reason because it’s also a truly scary creepypasta.

Set in Russia, the story details what happens to a group of political prisoners who are subjected to an experiment. For the duration of thirty days, they are put in a room and kept awake by an experimental gas.

The men grow increasingly paranoid and slowly lose their mind. Things, however, don’t end there.

The Russian Sleep Experiment is an absolutely scary creepypasta classic.

3. Ted the Caver

Ted the Caver is a story about caving. I never liked the idea of exploring tight spaces or caves. No, it’s unsettling to me. While I’m not claustrophobic, the idea of squeezing through dark caves and tight spaces makes me anxious.

What makes Ted the Caver such a scary creepypasta is the way the story is told and the details that are put into it.

It begins as a blog by a caving enthusiast who discovers an unknown part of a cave system. The first posts detail the process of laying bare the entrance to this unknown system. Each post comes with a variety of photographs that give you more insight and immerse you more into the story. It makes it feel you aren’t reading a creepypasta, but an actual story.

Ted the Caver is a slow-moving, long tale, but it proves to be a fantastic read. While the beginning is about caving, weird details are slowly added to the story as it continues.

What makes Ted the Caver such a scary creepypasta is first the unsettling setting, but also the atmosphere the tale conveys.

Ted the Caver is truly one of the greatest, most detailed and scariest creepypasta ever written.

2. Normal Porn for Normal People

I’ve always loved internet horror and this creepypasta details just one such depraved and sick internet discovery.

The story begins when the narrator receives a chain letter about a weird website called normalpornfornormalpeople.com. When he visits the page, he discovers it features various, strange videos. Soon enough, the narrator shares his discovery on a certain image board. In time, members discover more and more unsettling content.

I don’t know why, but I always enjoyed stories about the strange, hidden corners of the internet. What makes this such a scary creepypasta is the idea that videos such as featured on the page most likely exist out there somewhere.

I recommend this story to anyone out there, but especially to those people who are looking for especially scary creepypasta. It also inspired one of my earlier stories, Fetish Webcam.

1. Psychosis

Psychosis by Matt Dymerski is one of my favorite creepypasta of all times. It’s a long, well-written story that details a man’s descent into madness.

It’s the story of a young man named John, who notices that many things in his life don’t seem to add up anymore. Before long, he wonders what’s real and what isn’t, and is not sure if he can trust his surroundings.

He isolates himself from the world and we witness his paranoia getting worse and worse.

What makes this story so great, and what makes it such a scary creepypasta is John’s descent into madness. As we read on, we can somewhat share his feelings, but we’re never true what’s really going on.

Psychosis is a fantastic story, a study in paranoia and isolation and one of the scariest creepypasta ever written.