supernatural
The hidden world of all things supernatural; a look inside witchcraft, spells, vexes, black magic and other spine-tingling supernatural phenomena.
The Haunting Smile
According to documents left behind in an old church. They were struggling to control an epidemic. It had all started when a woman came to their town. There was a strange and too friendly smile on her face. She never raised her voice above a whisper saying the same two words over and over.
By 3rrornightshiftabout 6 hours ago in Horror
The Tithe and the Toll
Miller pulled out a chair—a spindly, mismatched thing I’d salvaged from a dumpster and sat across from me with the grace of a king inhabiting a ruined throne. He leaned into my personal space, and for the first time in the flickering, jaundiced light of the basement, I saw the Tithe he wore. It wasn't a police badge or a municipal seal. It was a small, lapel pin made of blackened gold, shaped like a shattered vinyl record, jagged edges catching light like teeth.
By Nathan McAllisterabout 10 hours ago in Horror
The Dybbuk Box Destroyed Everyone Who Opened It
The Dybbuk Box, a wine cabinet allegedly containing a malicious Jewish spirit, was sold on eBay in 2001 with a warning that it brought terrible misfortune to everyone who possessed it, and the list of owners who have experienced inexplicable tragedies, health crises, and deaths since the box surfaced has grown so long that rabbis have performed multiple exorcisms trying to contain whatever entity resides in it, and the current owner keeps it sealed in an ark within an ark with blessings and protections because every time someone opens it, catastrophe follows.
By The Curious Writerabout 17 hours ago in Horror
Girl on the Train. Content Warning.
As I sat with my grandmother during a summer night in Dudley, she told me a story she hadn't even told her mother or children. She was around eight then, and they traveled by train to visit some family nearby. She was sitting by herself, looking around at the other guests, when she spotted a girl close to her age motion to her from a nearby corner.
By 3rrornightshifta day ago in Horror
A Smart Home Glitch in 2026 That Will Make You Unplug Everything
Have you ever sat in a quiet room and thought to yourself, is my Alexa watching me? We invite these devices into our private spaces, assuming we are the masters and they are the servants. But in 2026, the technology has crossed a threshold. What happens when your smart home doesn’t just learn your routines, but learns how to perfectly mimic your voice? This isn’t just another smart home glitch. This is what happens when the house decides it no longer needs you.
By The Glitch Archivea day ago in Horror
The Elevator That Takes You Somewhere Else
It was nearly midnight when Clara finally finished her work. The office building was silent, the hum of computers long gone, leaving only the faint buzz of fluorescent lights. She gathered her bag, rubbed her tired eyes, and headed toward the elevator.
By Salman Writesa day ago in Horror
The Mirror That Shows Your Death
It started with a bargain. Daniel wasn’t the kind of man who believed in curses or haunted antiques. He was practical, frugal, and always on the lookout for a good deal. So when he stumbled across an old mirror at a flea market—its frame tarnished silver, carved with strange swirling patterns—he didn’t hesitate. The vendor practically begged him to take it, muttering something about “bad luck” and “unwanted visions.” Daniel laughed it off. For twenty dollars, it was a steal.
By Salman Writesa day ago in Horror
Ghostly Happenings in Arizona
Many Ghostly Spirits In Bisbee, the most haunted place is the Copper Queen Hotel. One of the most famous spirits is that of Julia Lowell, who was a prostitute in the 1920s and 1930s. She came to a sad ending when she fell in love with one of her clients and was afterward rejected. In room 315, Julia took her own life in the bathtub and now remains seeking clients at the hotel.
By Rasma Raistersa day ago in Horror
The Lungs of the Leviathan
The ventilation shaft of the Aegis Building was a masterclass in sterile, high-pressure engineering. To the world outside, it was a marvel of the "New Century" architecture—a structure that breathed with the rhythmic precision of an athlete. I should know. I had spent three years of my life obsessing over the fluid dynamics of these very ducts. I had patented the "Thorne-Baffles," the series of angled, galvanized steel plates designed to catch the whistle of the wind at eighty stories up and silence it before it could disturb a single CEO’s phone call.
By Nathan McAllistera day ago in Horror
The Man Who Couldn't Die
David Bennett was fifty-seven years old when he became the first person to receive a genetically modified pig heart transplant in January 2022, a medical milestone that made international headlines and was celebrated as a breakthrough in xenotransplantation that could solve the organ shortage crisis and save thousands of lives, but what the triumphant press releases did not mention was that David had not initially wanted the experimental procedure and had only consented after being told he was ineligible for a human heart transplant and would die within weeks without intervention, and what happened during the two months he survived with the pig heart inside his chest before finally dying raises profound ethical questions about medical experimentation on desperate patients who have no other options and about whether extending biological life at any cost represents genuine medical success or a form of torture that serves researchers' ambitions more than patients' wellbeing.
By The Curious Writera day ago in Horror
