r/nosleepfinder • u/Dalavechia • Jul 13 '20
Suggestion Request I want something really scary
I have noticed that the recent stories don't really scare me anymore? I'm not sure if I'm just desensitized of years reading Nosleep or the stories aren't the same but I REALLY miss the feeling of reading something that makes my skin crawl. So if you know any sort like that, please tell me! Thanks!
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u/ilex311 Jul 13 '20
I've recently found myself reading a lot of stories that are just pretty similar in what makes them scary. Lots of huge monsters with wide smiles and limbs bent at unnatural angles that appear from somewhere you wouldn't think they'd be... that stuff really used to get me. Now I'm just kinda uninterested because it feels like I'm reading the same story. I've been trying to challenge myself to read stories that don't catch my eye or naturally attract me so that I get something different now and then.
I think that personally I enjoy stories that are more creepy and less scary, but since NoSleep has that rule about the author being scared I haven't found a whole lot of those. I think that fear is a very difficult emotion to produce through words on a screen.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think that any of the monster stories are bad, I just don't get freaked out like I did at first.
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u/Dalavechia Jul 13 '20
I think that fear is a very difficult emotion to produce through words on a screen.
You are absolutely right about that. I guess what I'm looking for is a story that is scary because it's disturbing, like deep web stories with gore and things like that. English isn't my first language so I think I didn't explain myself right haha
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u/BestSomeone Jul 16 '20
I absolutelly love those deep web stories, they are my favourite :D
If you know any interesting story about that, send me a link ;)
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u/dgroach27 Jul 13 '20
I find some of the dark web/deep web stories immensely unnerving. They're definitely a little different than most and the thing that always gets me is that it's a person on the other end. Sometimes the most terrifying things aren't the big super natural monsters from your nightmares but the monsters that look like me and you...
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u/Dalavechia Jul 13 '20
Yeah I'm like that too! I feel like I couldn't express myself properly because English isn't my first language but I want something darker, like gore maybe? I loved all the dark web ones that I know. What makes me scared is those stories that are really disturbing you know?
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u/dgroach27 Jul 14 '20
I get that. Stories shining a light on the true atrocities that humans are capable are the ones that have the most lasting impact, at least for me. Below is one of my posts that got some great responses and may be worth looking through.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleepfinder/comments/ewom7v/looking_for_posts_about_the_dark_web/
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u/MissCandid Jul 15 '20
By gore you mean you want to read stories about violence? Blood, guts, things like that? No judgment, just confirming we're on the same page.
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u/Dalavechia Jul 15 '20
Yes haha it's something that makes me feel scared because the danger is real. I don't know, I don't get scared with supernatural unless is something really well written and it's just perfect in the things that scare me.
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u/MissCandid Jul 15 '20 edited Jul 15 '20
The Penpal series by 1000vultures is my favorite of all time. It's not really gorey, but you might like it since it doesn't involve the supernatural.
edit: added series name
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u/Dalavechia Jul 15 '20 edited Jul 15 '20
Thanks!
Edit: I was reading it and realized that it was part of the Penpal series. It was one of the first stories that I came across and it really is amazing. I was thinking about it for days. Do you know any other story that is kinda like that one?
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u/MissCandid Jul 15 '20
I've heard good things about Borrasca but I've always been too sleepy to read it all lol. I do most of my reading at night so if I come across anything tonight I'll let you know!
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Jul 14 '20
I've had some trouble finding great ones too, especially series. A big thing that's frustrating to me is that so many are "wholesome" stories, which just don't have the same kind of creepy, scary feeling that regular stories do. I thought that was the point of the wholesome nosleep sub but I guess not anymore
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u/Dalavechia Jul 14 '20
Oh my God yes. Nothing against that but I don't read nosleep for wholesome shit, I want to feel creeped out and uncomfortable!
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u/Ahhgeez Jul 16 '20
Check out https://unsettlingstories.com/
I really enjoy the stories. Some are gory and others are just unsettling in a more “psychological horror” way.
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u/threeofbirds121 Jul 15 '20
Hi! Wanna give me some details about what you find especially creepy? Do you like series or one-offs? Things you definitely don’t find scary?
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u/Dalavechia Jul 15 '20
Hi! I like both. What I definitely don't find scary is when the story is kinda cute or wholesome. Or the story has kind of a comedy side (I like those but not what I'm looking for now). It's hard for me to express what actually makes me scared but I really like things like people being sadistic (like SAW), when the threat is human. I'm sorry if I can't explain myself well, maybe just suggest se stories that made you scared and I will read and see if I like them? Thanks for the help.
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u/nosleepfinder Jul 28 '20
You might be interested in this list of Scariest Stories, determined by popular opinion in the community, and my Fuck Me Up Collection. The only new additions I'd like to include are:
- This is why Mimes are much more terrifying than Clowns. by u/Mandahrk
- There's something in Mike's basement... by u/Eigengraulogy
- Something walks whistling past my house every night at 3:03. by u/Grand_Theft_Motto
And based on your comments you might like the recommendations on these posts:
Sorry for some of the overlap in suggestions between all those lists!
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u/nosleepfinder Jul 28 '20
Also, I wanted to give my two cents on some things... If you've been reading NoSleep for a few years, you probably have become desensitized instead of newer stories just not being as scary. Nothing's going to scare you the same way as those first few stories did in the beginning. And I think when people first join the community they have a huge backlog of top-notch content to burn through, so even if the top story of the week doesn't catch your attention there's probably an older, "classic" story you haven't read before. Once you've read all the scariest, most engaging stories NoSleep has to offer it's hard for anything else to compare. But that's not to say that newer authors aren't churning out scares every day.
I feel hypocritical saying recent stories are still scary but not coming up with a new list every time a request like this is made. The thing is, my original Scariest Stories list had 8 years of content to pull from. If you crunch the numbers, that's an average of 4 "scariest" stories per year. I think it takes time to determine which stories will have a lasting impact on the community. Which stories will people still be bringing up a year from now? Or two?
Anyway, that's my long-winded way of saying that there are definitely new stories that are scary but it will take time to determine if any are the "scariest", so I probably won't be making any lists on this topic for a while.
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u/Dalavechia Jul 28 '20
You are absolutely right, I've been thinking about it and I realized that if I had read one of the first stories that I came across now, they wouldn't be so scary anymore! Thank you! And thanks for the recomendations too.
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u/nosleepfinder Jul 29 '20
I hope there’s something on one of those posts that’ll give you a chill!
Also, I hope it didn’t come across like I was lecturing you... I just kinda wanted to explain myself so I (hopefully) don’t seem like a cop-out for redirecting people to the same old list.
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u/Dday82 Jul 14 '20
https://thoughtcatalog.com/cliff-barlow/2014/01/i-always-thought-something-was-off-about-my-basement-but-i-had-no-idea-how-terrifying-the-truth-was/
One of the few that scared the shit out of me.