Creepypasta Archive

When I was a child, I had a pen pal. The pen pal program was through school. I later discovered that the letters I received were not from who I was told they were from.

My friend told me about a haunted house attraction that supposedly paid $500 to anyone who could make it through all nine rooms. He said no one had ever collected.

I found my old NES Godzilla cartridge and started playing it again. The game was different from how I remembered. New levels. New monsters. One of them seemed to know me personally.

I bought a used copy of Majora's Mask from an old man at a garage sale. There was already a save file on it named BEN. I deleted it. That was a mistake.

Soviet researchers in the late 1940s kept five political prisoners awake for fifteen days using an experimental gas-based stimulant. They were kept in a sealed environment to study the effects of prolonged sleep deprivation.

I haven't slept in six days. This isn't insomnia. I'm choosing not to sleep because I've figured out what happens when I do — what comes in while I'm under.

The original Something Awful forum posts that created one of the internet's most iconic horror figures — a tall, thin, faceless entity in a black suit that appears near children.

A forum thread where adults reminisce about a strange children's TV show from the 1970s called Candle Cove. Their memories don't quite match up.

Item #: SCP-096. Object Class: Euclid. SCP-096 is docile under normal conditions. If you see its face — in person, in a photograph, in any representation — SCP-096 will find you.

Item #: SCP-087. Object Class: Euclid. SCP-087 is an unlit platform staircase. Exploration has extended to a depth of approximately 800 meters. The bottom has not been found.

There is an image file called smile.jpg. People who receive it have the same dream. People who have the dream are told to spread the word.

Item #: SCP-682. Object Class: Keter. SCP-682 is a large reptilian creature of indeterminate origin. It adapts to survive any attempt to destroy it. It hates all life. Termination has been attempted 42 times.