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Reddit’s nosleep forum is a short-horror online crucible, wherein the most horrifically unsettling content is sent to the top and merely mediocre example of the macabre die an ignoble death.
The conceit among the subreddit’s authors and commenters is that these are all true stories (they are, uh, not, I think), so they’re all grounded in something like reality, and the commentary that follows them is often as entertaining as the tale itself.
Here are some of my favorite selections. Any of them will perk you right up, should you be lying down in a dark room at night.
