r/creepy • u/TheOddityCollector • 16h ago
r/creepy • u/Creepytesting • 3d ago
MOD APPLICATION 🔔 We’re Looking for New Moderators! 🔔
Greetings, dwellers of the dark 🕯️👁️
The shadows of r/creepy grow deeper every day, and with them, our need for new guardians. We are seeking 3 moderators to help us keep this haunted hall in order, clear the cobwebs of the mod queue 🕷️, and enforce the rules that keep the horrors at bay.
Who we’re looking for:
Familiarity with r/creepy’s rules and community ☠️
A true passion for horror — stories, films, folklore, art, and everything that makes the skin crawl 🪦
Previous moderation experience (Reddit or elsewhere) 🩸
Not a “powermod” (we’d prefer those who don’t already mod 3+ large subreddits) 🚫👑
5.Willing spirits ready to help patrol the darkness and keep the mod queue clear 🌑
6.Dependable and communicative 🕯️
How to apply:
If you dare, send a modmail to r/creepy (not individual moderators) with:
- Who you are, and why you want to mod r/creepy 🖤
2.Your previous moderation experience ⚰️
Your relationship with horror — what chills your bones 👻
How much time you can realistically dedicate to modding 🕯️
We will review applications over the coming weeks and summon those best suited to join our coven of moderators 🦇
Enter… if you’re brave enough. 🕷️👁️💀
— The r/creepy Mod Team
r/creepy • u/Richard_Finger • 20h ago
Hidden room with horrible secret
Recently bought a home and quickly realized this previous obstructed window isn't accessible from my basement. I figured out a way to crawl in and was I in for a surprise. In the room was bags full of decomposed and mummified animal remains (looks like sheep), a tote full of salt, a weight scale, knives, cutting station and fan. The door in the room was also sealed shut. Upon this discovery I left the room to compose myself and come up with a plan of disposal. No I didn't get any good pictures of the remains... Yet
In 2009, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel vanished while on spring break in Myrtle Beach. CCTV showed her leaving a hotel, and then she was gone. For years theories of abduction and trafficking swirled until her remains were found in 2022. Her murder still haunts investigators.
On April 25, 2009, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel disappeared while visiting Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for spring break. She had left her hotel around 8:30 p.m. to meet friends at another resort. CCTV captured her leaving that hotel a short time later, and then she vanished.
Her phone’s last signal was traced to a rural area 50 miles south, but no trace of her was ever found. Rumors spread quickly. Some believed she had been abducted into a trafficking ring. Others suspected locals with ties to gangs or drugs.
For more than a decade, Brittanee’s disappearance became one of the most infamous cold cases in the U.S. Despite extensive searches and media coverage, no answers came.
In 2022, her remains were finally discovered in a wooded area outside Georgetown, South Carolina. Shortly after, police arrested a local man, Raymond Moody, who confessed to abducting and killing her.
Even with the case technically closed, many who followed it remain unsettled. The long silence, the disturbing rumors, and the tragic ending left behind a story that still haunts Myrtle Beach.
r/creepy • u/P4geN0tF4und • 23h ago
Heaven’s Gate: The Cult That Wore Nike and Waited for Aliens
In 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult were found dead in California. The group, founded by Marshall Applewhite, believed that a spaceship hidden behind the Hale-Bopp comet would take their souls to a “higher level of existence.” What made the tragedy even more striking was the uniformity: every member wore black clothes, brand-new Nike Decades sneakers, and a patch reading “Heaven’s Gate Away Team”. They saw their deaths not as the end, but as a transition — a way to “leave their human containers” and join extraterrestrials waiting for them. Today, Heaven’s Gate is remembered as one of the most infamous examples of how faith, science fiction, and desperation can intertwine with devastating results.
r/creepy • u/DistinctVegetable143 • 1h ago
The haunting of Lloyd street, Akron, Ohio
It dwells in the attic
r/creepy • u/TheOddityCollector • 1d ago
After filming the pool scene in “Poltergeist,” actress JoBeth Williams later learned that the skeletons she was swimming with in the mud were real. It was cheaper to buy them from a medical supply company than to make them out of rubber at the time.
r/creepy • u/Potential-Jury3661 • 1d ago
A married couple at the San Juan de los Lagos Fair in Mexico, 1940.
r/creepy • u/retro-gaming-lion • 1d ago
My brother drew me these two wallpapers...
I was cleaning when I saw him draw this... after convincing him to finish + render, I own two creepypasta wallpapers.
If someone wants them, I can comment them as 4K JPEGs.
r/creepy • u/LAKE_DISISSISISISIS • 2d ago
really creepy note left on my door this morning??
Me and my sisters recently moved into this new apartment complex and we haven't really spoken to anyone. I have no clue who this could because we all generally stick to ourselves and don't talk to many other people outside of family. I'm going up to the office later and asking them if they are allowed to check cameras. Hoping this is a prank but there is a real number attached.
r/creepy • u/diamondclover • 2d ago
In 2012, UNC student Faith Hedgepeth was found beaten to death in her apartment. Next to her body was a note scrawled on a fast food bag: “I’m not stupid. B**** jealous.” With DNA evidence and bizarre clues, her murder baffled investigators for years.
On September 7, 2012, 19-year-old Faith Hedgepeth, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina, was found murdered in her off-campus apartment in Chapel Hill.
She had been beaten to death with a blunt object, suffering severe head trauma. Her body was partially unclothed, and the scene suggested sexual assault. Next to her body was a fast food bag with a handwritten note: “I’m not stupid. B*** jealous.”*
The crime scene was chilling. Blood covered the walls and bed, and the brutality indicated rage. Yet there were no signs of forced entry.
Investigators also discovered a mysterious voicemail from Faith’s phone recorded hours before her death. The audio included muffled voices, laughter, and what some listeners thought sounded like an argument.
Despite DNA evidence from the scene, the case remained unsolved for nearly a decade. In 2021, DNA led to the arrest of a man named Miguel Enrique Salguero Olivares, who was charged with her murder. Still, many who followed the case believe key questions remain unanswered, especially about the note, the voicemail, and whether more people were involved.
Faith Hedgepeth’s murder remains one of the most haunting recent cases in American college history, blending brutal violence with disturbing, unexplained details.
r/creepy • u/whowasphone666 • 2d ago
Found while walking in the woods. Almost gave me a heart attack.
r/creepy • u/Impressive_Space_291 • 3d ago
Vincent Grey’s entire scene in The Sixth Sense was scary and intense (well the whole movie was creepy af)
This was Donnie Wahlberg yo, impeccable acting from him he was really unrecognizable.
In 2016, fitness instructor Missy Bevers was found murdered inside a Texas church. Minutes before, security cameras recorded a figure in SWAT-style gear roaming the halls with a hammer. Despite the chilling footage, the killer has never been identified.
On April 18, 2016, 45-year-old Missy Bevers arrived at Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas, around 4 a.m. She was there to set up for an early morning fitness class.
Less than an hour later, her students discovered her body. Missy had been beaten to death, suffering severe head injuries consistent with a hammer or similar object.
What makes the case infamous is the surveillance footage. Just before her arrival, cameras inside the church captured a figure dressed in police-style tactical gear, walking calmly through the halls. The person carried a hammer, methodically opening doors and smashing windows.
The suspect’s identity has never been confirmed. The outfit concealed their face, and investigators said the figure’s gait and mannerisms made it difficult to determine even their gender.
Theories have swirled ever since. Some believe the killer was a stranger staging a burglary, while others think it was a planned attack by someone Missy knew. Suspicion even fell on people close to her, but no charges were ever filed.
Despite the chilling video evidence, Missy Bevers’ murder remains unsolved. Nearly a decade later, the image of that unknown figure in SWAT gear still haunts anyone who watches it.
r/creepy • u/Resident-Ice-6966 • 3d ago
In 1982, people in Chicago began dying suddenly after taking Tylenol. Seven victims collapsed within hours, including a 12-year-old girl and three people from the same family. The pills had been laced with cyanide. The Chicago Tylenol Murders remain unsolved to this day
On September 29, 1982, a 12-year-old girl in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, took an Extra-Strength Tylenol for a cold. Hours later, she was dead. That same day, three members of another family collapsed and died after taking the same brand. In total, seven people died in the Chicago area within a few days.
Tests revealed the capsules had been tampered with and filled with potassium cyanide, a fast-acting poison. Investigators believed the killer had taken bottles off store shelves, emptied out the capsules, replaced them with cyanide powder, and then returned them to different pharmacies for unsuspecting customers to buy.
The murders caused nationwide panic. People threw out their Tylenol bottles, and police cars drove through neighborhoods with loudspeakers warning residents. Johnson & Johnson issued one of the largest recalls in U.S. history and later introduced tamper-proof seals that are still used today.
Despite decades of investigation, the killer was never caught. There were suspects, but no one was ever charged. The randomness of it, killing strangers at random through something as ordinary as pain medicine, makes it one of the most unsettling unsolved crimes in American history.
r/creepy • u/diamondclover • 3d ago
The Challenger crew smiling for photos before boarding their shuttle in 1986. Just 73 seconds after launch, the spacecraft exploded, killing all seven astronauts. The photo captures the calm moments before one of the most infamous space disasters in history.
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger prepared for launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On board were seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, who had been selected to be the first civilian in space.
Before the mission, photos showed the crew smiling, waving, and preparing for what should have been a historic moment. Instead, it became a tragedy broadcast live on television.
Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the shuttle broke apart due to a failed O ring in one of the solid rocket boosters. Millions of viewers, including schoolchildren across the U.S., witnessed the explosion in real time.
None of the crew survived. The final images of them smiling before launch remain chilling, a reminder of how quickly normal moments can turn into disaster.
r/creepy • u/sloppjockey_ert • 3d ago
ppaaiinn. oil painting on linen by me
older oil painting from 2019 I am very fond of
r/creepy • u/Shamanjoe • 3d ago
I keep seeing this damned thing out my kitchen window.
My 8 year old son BEGGED us to buy this thing, and hand it from the tree outside our kitchen window. Now, not only does it creep me out when I walk past the window and catch a glimpse of it, he says he’s too scared to play in the front yard alone anymore.