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Creepypasta is the internet’s campfire: horror stories passed from forum to forum until nobody quite remembers where they started. Some became legends. Here are the classics and the hidden gems, narrated by the Tale Teller, free to listen to right now.
Every story is credited to its original author on the episode page. Content notes vary, so check each one before you press play.
The creepypasta classics
Ted the Caver Part 1 – Creepy Caves Creepypasta
Episode 449
Ted the Caver: one of the internet’s earliest horror stories, told as a caver’s online journal about a passage that should never have been opened. Told across four parts.
The NoEnd House by Brian Russell – Creepypasta
Episode 440
The NoEnd House by Brian Russell: nine rooms, and a prize for anyone who makes it through all of them. Nobody ever has.
The Russian Sleep Experiment & The Well to Hell
Episode 401
The Russian Sleep Experiment: researchers keep test subjects awake for weeks with an experimental gas. Perhaps the most famous creepypasta of all, paired here with The Well to Hell.
Smile Dog – Classic Creepypasta
Episode 137
Smile Dog: a cursed image of a grinning dog that spreads from person to person, and demands to be passed on.
Mr Widemouth – Classic Creepypasta
Episode 13
Mr Widemouth: a sick child’s strange bedside friend with an impossibly wide smile, who only wants to play.
Psychosis Part 1 by Matt Dymerski – Creepypasta
Episode 183
Psychosis by Matt Dymerski: a man alone in his apartment begins to doubt that anything outside his door is real. Two parts.
The Rake & The Wendigo – Creepypasta
Episode 316
The Rake and the Wendigo: two classic creature stories, the pale thing at the end of the bed and the hunger in the northern woods.
The Showers Creepypasta Part 1 – by clover10176
Episode 854
The Showers by clover10176: a teacher’s mystery, friends who go missing, and the start of a two-part nightmare.
More parts
- Ted the Caver Part 2 – The Voice
- Ted the Caver Part 3 – Joe Sees the Darkness
- Ted the Caver Part 4 – The Hodag
- Psychosis Part 2 by Matt Dymerski – Creepypasta
- The Showers Creepypasta Finale – Narrated
Creepypasta rituals (do not try these at home)
The Three Kings Ritual & Mirror Gazing Experiments
Episode 419
The Three Kings ritual and mirror-gazing experiments: the internet’s most notorious summoning games, explained and told.
Why Are Mirrors Creepy? Three Mirror Rituals
Episode 420
Why are mirrors creepy? Three mirror rituals and the stories behind them.
- Seven Strange & Creepy Rituals – Avoid the Boghag
- Creepypasta Rituals: The Oracle & Ghoul
- Rituals: The Stranger, The Blind Maiden & The Diviner
- The Facekeeper, Fear Meditation & Crows – Rituals
- Rituals & Creepy Stories: Big Top, Ash Mother & More
Black-eyed kids
Two children at your door, asking to be let in. Their eyes are completely black.
- Four Black-Eyed Kid Stories – Creepypasta Mega Episode
- The Black-Eyed Kids & The Fourth Child – Creepypasta
- Camping With Black-Eyed Kids – Creepypasta
- Black-Eyed Kids: The Fog Children & Her Eyes
- Black Eyed Kids & The Aboriginal Malingee – Nosleep
More creepypasta collections
- Creepypasta Classics: Floater, Big 6 & Hush Little Baby
- Cursed Items Mind Takers Dark Rituals — Six Creepypasta Stories
- My Little Oubliette & The Auburn Wolf – Halloween
- The Animated Doll & The Collector – Demons and Diaries
- The Dark Woods Demon – Skinwalker, Wendigo or Werewolf?
There are more than 200 creepypasta episodes in the Creepypasta category. Prefer stories from Reddit? Try Nosleep and Reddit Horror Stories, Narrated.
Frequently asked questions
What is creepypasta?
Creepypasta are horror stories and legends shared across the internet. The name comes from “copypasta”, text that is copied and pasted from site to site.
Is the Russian Sleep Experiment real?
No. The Russian Sleep Experiment is fiction, first posted online around 2010, though it is often shared as if it were a real Soviet experiment.
What was one of the first creepypastas?
Ted the Caver, a horror story told as an online caving journal in the early 2000s, is one of the earliest and most influential.
Are creepypastas true?
No. Creepypasta is fiction, although many stories are written as first-person accounts to make them feel real.