NoSleep

The wholesome sound of gravel crushed and grinded beneath my feet. I was sure my cheap shoes would be worn down by the time I left for home. It was autumn and as I walked I kept my nose tucked un...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1clljtp/the_sunset_garden/

Previous My cellphone rang, snapping me out of my daze. The caller was unknown, and I hesitantly placed it against my ear after answering. “Ah, Mister Bannon,” said the gruff voice on th...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1clhfeg/i_need_to_kill_my_boss_before_he_kills_me_2/

I never thought it was weird. It was the same as Dad going to work every day and Mom cooking dinner every night. Just, Matty always ate upstairs. Mom made sure everyone at the table had a full ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1clh2v3/no_ones_allowed_to_look_at_my_brother_when_he_eats/

I was once a young man full of life. Had everything I wanted. Roof over my head, girls left and right, money, health. Everything. One day that everything changed. I saw a spot. A little black...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1clh0hk/black_spots_of_a_storyteller/

I want to start out by saying I love my wife, Alice. She’s always been nothing but the best to me, but she’s always had trouble falling asleep. She has tried all the standard methods; medicat...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1clemtn/my_wife_has_been_having_sleeping_problems/

I (26F) don't really date much. It's just never been my thing. But I'm doing well in most aspects of my life and I finally feel ready enough to actually put myself out there. I started with a f...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1clauv2/the_scariest_date_ive_ever_been_on/

When your mind is in a state of auto-pilot, it's hard to think and focus on any given thing. You're just a passenger along for the ride, your body operating based solely on muscle memory and habi...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cl8elw/i_brought_my_daughter_back_from_the_dead_but_she/

I need to tell someone this and this platform was the first place I thought of. My mother was always a happy woman. Always smiling, easily made friends, kind heart, just always brightened the roo...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cl7krz/this_woman_is_not_my_mother/

Entomology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects. Insects in general seem to be some of the most misunderstood animals in nature. This misunderstanding is largely due to th...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cl64op/parasitoid_part_1/

Everyone, I'm begging you to talk to your kids about this new airdropping prank. And to the so-called parents whose daughter has been recording them, shame on her and shame on YOU. Someone could ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cl5xm2/dont_let_your_kid_fall_victim_to_this_airdropping/

I'm pretty sure I'm going to be dead in the next 24 hours. Whether that's the Costella family, or whatever this is, I'm not sure. The police are taking forever, and part of me knows they're e...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cl3ouq/something_ate_through_my_scholastic_decathlon/

It was 6:00 on a Friday, and Dr. Gruber was asking me to stay late. “The biomedical waste needs to be picked up tonight. That stuff can’t sit here all weekend.” With all due respect, Dr...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cl2soq/there_is_something_horrible_in_the_biohazard/

I sat down with my morning coffee and opened my email. It was bursting at the seams as usual. I clicked on the first link and started skimming through its contents. I grew up in a haunted hou...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cl16lb/i_have_no_idea_what_im_doing_part_1/

Hello readers of r/nosleep ! My younger brother recommended that I come on here for some advice, but I am admittedly a skeptic. Hell, if I wasn't so desperate I wouldn't have even considered it, ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cl0xna/im_afraid_of_what_will_happen_when_i_fall_asleep/

Back then I worked as a high school teacher. I had just finished college and started working only part-time, as I was not that easy to find a full-time position right in the middle of the school ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1ckzn8h/blind_spot/

It's funny, isn't it, As a person, our natural instinct should be to avoid pain and avoid getting hurt. My natural instinct should be avoiding not relying. But now I'm dead to another person. I'm...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1ckzmg2/self_harm_anecdote/

11/05/2017 Log book of Det. Ryan Snow Case #2798: The Appalachian Murders The meeting with Mr. Raines, though frustrating at times, did give me a slight better insight as to what it was I w...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1ckvsp0/the_case_of_kate_blackwell_howling/

My friend Tim and I were friends as long as I could remember. We hung out together all the time. Almost every waking moment, we’d either be playing games in the yard, riding bikes, or just expl...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cktggt/my_dad_built_a_treehouse_and_some_creepy_things/

I work at the Lone Star Diner, off the road from Carson City to Reno. Diner name has of course been changed for obvious reasons–more on that later. Why do I work at the Lone Star Diner, off t...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cktci0/there_is_a_customer_none_of_us_are_allowed_to/

My name is Arthur Bannon and I work in data entry. Worked? Yes, I guess it should be in the past tense now. I worked in data entry and my workplace was a great big concrete brutalist structure. T...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1cknvth/i_need_to_kill_my_boss_before_he_kills_me/

I used to be scared of everything, especially faces if they didn’t look “normal”. When I was 4, a new film was about to be released and I saw their version of Death on a magazine cover, it ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1ckmwxc/nightmares_i_had_as_a_child_have_returned_but_now/

We don't celebrate Halloween where I come from. My main exposure to it as a kid was through Western media, and while I didn't fully understand the premise, I found the general aesthetic of the ho...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1ckm15j/i_almost_spent_the_night_with_a_demon/

Mr. Faskell has cut my hair since I moved to the city about three years ago. He’s an older guy, maybe fifties or sixties, and he possesses that look and drawl that makes me think he's from up...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1ckgvd8/i_discovered_why_my_barber_cuts_my_hair_for_free/

I’ve been trying to tell the truth for so long that a lie’s become more convenient. There’s been countless e-mails and phone calls, but there’s no will to listen. I can’t blame them. ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1ckdd7n/something_lives_in_the_storm/

So a few days ago, I had to fly to San Francisco for a conference. I’m from a fairly large city, and I don’t have a car. Unfortunately, that means I - like most people, am stuck with taking p...

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1ck8sj8/this_is_why_im_never_taking_the_train_again/