The following written confession was submitted via email: To put in perspective I’m from northwestern pa this happens yrs ago the first story I was with my grandmother who is this 4’11 full blooded sioux she always cranky and she’ll smack a smile off a grizzly well one night we were sitting at the table eating dinner mind you she liked her whiskey could drink everclear straight kind of women so as we’re sitting at the table we start hearing this weird like grunting sounds coming from the outside like a mixture of a dog an a pig…

Here’s another bizarre tale straight out of Indiana because, let’s be honest, we’re always keeping an ear out for strange activity in the Hoosier state. This time, the scene involves some New Jersey folks who clearly didn’t read the “Do Not Disturb” signs in a local cemetery. On a fine October morning, Evansville police got a call about some very peculiar behavior in Oak Hill Cemetery.

As Halloween draws near, cemeteries become hotspots for ghost tours and paranormal investigations, with many hoping to capture something supernatural on camera. If you're planning your own spooky adventure, be sure to keep your eyes open—these haunting locations have a way of surprising even the most skeptical visitors. To get in the spirit, here are some eerie images of alleged ghosts caught on camera in graveyards, leaving us to wonder: are they genuine ghosts or trick photography?

The following written confession was shared by a member of The Confessionals via mobile app: [Episode] 676 - I'll tell my experience that me, my aunt and her friend had. My aunt is just 8yrs older than me, so we were all young. I was 5yrs old. I was over at her house, she and her friend was babysitting me. The house is in a suburb of Tulsa which at that time was pretty rural area, so it has always perplexed me about how this occurred….

A man was discovered dead on a Spanish beach last week after what appears to have been a sinister ritual involving the sacrifice of animals. The 65-year-old was found behind a cluster of rocks on La Fosca beach, near the Costa Brava resort of Palamós, with the decapitated bodies of several hens scattered around him.

If we had a list of our favorite paranormal buzzwords, “portal” would definitely be at the top. But somewhere close by would also be “Joshua Tree.” Tune in to 6 Scary Desert Stories from Darkness Prevails, including one about the… thing… in Joshua Tree!

The following written confession was submitted via email: Two years ago in fall of 2022, I went backpacking in the Allegheny National Forest with a couple of buddies of mine... all of us being lifetime outdoor enthusiasts, all of us with some degree of military experience, and two of us with law enforcement experience ... I say that because I would like to think at least that we were three pretty tough guys with lots of wood experience and shouldn't get easily shaken…

It’s a bad day at work when a werewolf shows up. Would any of these 5 true scary work stories have you putting in your two weeks’ notice?

They say time is relative. Are space, dimension, and reality relative as well? From suddenly stepping into a time long past, to losing hours of unaccounted time, to changing locations in the blink of an eye and returning to places that no longer exist, these creepy accounts of time slips, lost time, and shifting realities may have you questioning the corporeality of our present existence.

The following written confession was submitted via email: I live in Madera county California it borders Yosemite I am a hunter and twelve years ago I took a week off of work and couldn't find anyone to go up with me so I went by my self I hunted up sky ranch road and the first couple of nights something didn't feel right I don't scare easily but every night it felt worse and worse like something was getting closer and closer….

Border patrol agents have seen some things. Listen to 5 Disturbing Border Patrol Stories from Darkness Prevails! For more strange but true border patrol stories, tune in to Episode 15: Rocky Elmore - The Confessions of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent.

The following written confession was submitted via email: I don’t know why I’m writing to you. Maybe it’s just the uneasy feeling that I’ve been left with. So here it is . . . My wife and I decided it was a perfect day to take our 3 year old to the park. The park was filled with kids and parents. We were there for just over an hour when a little girl with the palest skin and blonde hair just appeared from nowhere with no parents, holding the creepiest doll . . .

The following written confession and images were submitted via email: I just wanted to share with you some pictures of a crazy experience that my dad and I had on our property in the middle of nowhere small town, Nebraska. We were out…looking at some improvement that they made in the ground, and I came across this mutilated bull. There was snow on the ground, and you could see that there were no tracks leading up to it. It looked like it had dropped dead right there or had been dropped there. We were 15 miles from any town and at least 5 miles from a paved road…

The following written confession was submitted via email: From the age of 4 to 8 years, I and my family lived in a small rural village in North Wales … I'm not sure of the age of the building but I would guess at least 50-60 years when we were there in the early 80s. During our time there we were happy but I experienced a persistent recurring nightmare … Each time the dream was identical and vividly real, in that the place was exactly as it appears and feels in real life and there was none of the usual hazy dream weirdness…

Prepare for a spooktacular treat! Halloween is the ultimate day for spine-tingling stories, and we've conjured up 10 micro-horror tales that will give you goosebumps. These eerie miniature narratives crafted by The Confessionals fans have clawed their way into our top 10 for this year's edition of 4-Word Scary Stories. So, turn off the lights, fire up your jack-o'-lantern, and get ready for a howling good time!