The Man on Platform Four Knew What I Had Not Done Yet
On platform four, a stranger predicts a broken shoelace and offers a key. A fictional time-loop story about a notebook, a train fire and three pages to read.
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Glitch in the Matrix8 min read
Horror fictionSupermarket Time Slip: Eleven Minutes Without Movement
A supermarket time slip leaves customers frozen while a child tries to keep the doors shut. A fictional horror story about eleven…
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Glitch in the Matrix8 min read
Horror fictionThe Missing Floor My Office Building Did Not Have
A missing floor opens between two levels of an ordinary office building. Read a fictional time-slip story about an old access card…
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Glitch in the Matrix9 min read
Horror fictionWe Stopped at a Service Station That Had Been Closed for Twenty Years
A service station appears on a forest detour twenty years after it closed. Read a fictional time-slip story about a receipt, a…
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User Submissions12 min read
Personal accountSomething in the Appalachian Woods Learned My Brother’s Voice
From the Appalachian woods, a dead brother’s voice calls below a remote cabin. An unverified reader account about family rules and the…
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Unsolved Murders6 min read
Researched reportingThe Villisca Axe Murders: Eight Victims and No Conviction
The Villisca axe murders killed eight people in 1912. Follow the known evidence, suspects and George Kelly’s trials without treating accusations as…
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Strange Disappearances5 min read
Researched reportingFlannan Isles: The Lighthouse Keepers Who Vanished
The Flannan Isles lighthouse keepers vanished in December 1900. Follow official records and damage at the landing, with evidence separated from later…
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Researched reportingHinterkaifeck: Six Murders and Signs of Life on the Farm
The Hinterkaifeck murders left six people dead at a Bavarian farm. Examine the surviving evidence, warnings and suspects without turning suspicion into…
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Unexplained Mysteries5 min read
Researched reportingDyatlov Pass: Nine Hikers and a Tent Cut Open from Within
Examine the Dyatlov Pass incident through the abandoned tent, evidence and slab-avalanche research, with documented facts separated from later theories.
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Psychological Horror11 min read
Horror fictionThe Voice Message I Never Recorded
A voice message from Jon’s own number warns him away from his window. Read a fictional psychological horror story about surveillance, a…
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Psychological Horror8 min read
Horror fictionThe Motel Mirror Showed Me Leaving Before I Did
A motel mirror shows a guest leaving before he has moved. Read a fictional doppelganger story about Room 8, a vanished road…
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Folk Horror7 min read
Horror fictionSwedish Folk Horror: The Village That Buried Its Bells
Buried bells ring beneath a remote Swedish village when the first snow falls. A fictional folk horror story about a teacher, a…
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Horror Fiction
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Mysteries
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Explore paranormal stories, ghost encounters and haunted places. Read the label on each record to distinguish personal accounts, researched reports and horror fiction.
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