True Horror

This short story by Edogawa Rampo, published in 1929, is about the life of a former heroic soldier who has lost his limbs, hearing, and speech ability due to war and his former faithful wife who has come to take pleasure in tormenting him. This work was censored by the government in 1939, and The Caterpillar depicts the perverted sexual life of a man who has lost his limbs and becomes mute due to war with his wife. Although this work does not go as far as to be anti-war or to express a dislike of war, it does portray the tragic physical condition of a disabled soldier grotesquely. This is ...

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had tried to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore - For the rare and ...

The vivid and imaginative story based on the the true crimes of the serial killer that stalked his victims from Richmond to Northern Virginia.

Bizarre murders and disturbing disappearances that remain unsolved till this day! Best-selling author Hannah J. Tidy will introduce you to some of the most fascinating cases that remain unsolved and continue to perplex us to this day.

-Extraordinary encounters. Unexpected humor. Endless challenges. Life-threatening diseases. Unthinkable trauma.- Welcome to STAT: Crazy Medical Stories as told by the healthcare professionals themselves. From peculiar conditions and mysterious ailments to remarkable recoveries and perplexing medical mysteries, Stat: Crazy Medical Stories, draws from real-life accounts. Each chapter unveils crazy medical cases as narrated by the healthcare professionals themselves. The stories take you on a captivating journey across various disciplines, including general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and ...

"When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche From Ethan Hayes, the bestselling author of WHAT LURKS BEYOND and ENCOUNTERS IN THE WOODS comes a new series which focuses on the darkest and most gruesome stories he has collected. These stories detail strange and mysterious accounts from the people who encountered them and survived to tell their tale. From violent encounters with Bigfoot and Sasquatch to demons and spirits who haunt and torture their victims. The stories in the pages ahead will most certainly strike fear and leave you keeping the light ...

In this Black Mirror style series, each Witching Hour 60-minute read takes you on an edge-of-your-seat journey that can be read in a single sitting. In this #1 Best-Selling 60-Minute, Dan DeLuise unveils a horrifying twist on the time travel story. On an October evening in 2002, Abby Fletcher went missing. Everyone in town joined the search to find her, but it was useless. The only clue was her bike, found in a roadside ditch. Slowly, people forgot about the case, but Charlie Roland never did. After 17 years of false leads and conspiracy theories, Charlie never gave up. Just when it seemed ...

Every day, countless lives are shattered, invaded by an insidious force that lurks in the shadows—the haunting menace of stalking. It is an affliction that knows no boundaries, transcending age, gender, and social status. It preys upon the innocent, the unsuspecting, and the vulnerable, leaving its victims trapped in a web of fear, uncertainty, and anguish. These are their stories. Welcome to STALKED, an intimate and compelling anthology that gives voice to the survivors, the brave souls who have endured the torment of stalking. Within the pages of this book, you will encounter a tapestry...

Visiting her family's South Carolina estate, socialite Gray Godfrey wakes from a night out to an empty bed. Her husband, Paul, is gone, and a thrashing hangover has wiped her memory clean. At first, she's relieved for the break from her tumultuous marriage; perhaps Paul just needed some space. But when his car is found abandoned on the highway, Gray must face the truth: Paul is gone. And Gray may not want him found. Her life is unraveling. When a stranger named Annie calls claiming to know Paul's whereabouts, Gray reluctantly accepts her help.

Imagine getting out of the bath and finding blood in four of your six rooms. That’s not the plot of a B-movie. That’s real life. There’s a reason you’re drawn to horror films, and they’re not as far-fetched as you thought. FBI data shows that four out of 10 homicides and six out of 10 rapes go unsolved, and this isn’t just down to shoddy police work or a failing system. Sometimes, there just is no rational explanation. Strange things happen every day, and many of them are never reported. But then, many of them don’t end in horror.

Ward Whispers: True Tales from Inside the Asylum By G.J Fene Step inside the shadowed halls of St. Aedric Psychiatric Hospital, where the whispers never cease and the walls hold secrets that refuse to die. Ward Whispers collects thirteen chilling true stories told from the perspectives of those who lived, worked, and survived inside the asylum’s haunted wards. From mysterious doors that open to nowhere, to patients who vanished without a trace, each tale unravels a piece of a terrifying puzzle—where the line between reality and nightmare blurs. Written in gripping first-person ...

No call could ever be more magnetic or instinctive than the call of the past. Gerry is irresistibly drawn back to Lake Ness but it doesn't take long before he discovers that while battling prehistoric monsters is hazardous to his health, he's up against far more dangerous foes in both the members of his own species and his own destructive thought patterns. After the unexpected arrival of Leigh and Sam at the lake, followed by a rapid series of betrayals, Gerry finds himself fighting for his life once again. However, this time he is driven by the knowledge that if he makes it out of here ...

You didn’t see it clearly—but it saw you. You weren’t hurt—but you were marked. You barely made it out—but not all of you did. In this bone-chilling anthology of first-person accounts, survivors recount the moments they came face-to-face with things the world doesn’t believe in—close calls with creatures, anomalies, and impossible presences that seemed to reach out from the edge of reality… and nearly pulled them through. From the hiker who found something breathing beneath the rockslide, to the nightshift nurse who swears the elevator skipped a floor that doesn’t exist, ...

A father kills his three young children and his wife and impersonates a disgraced journalist. Oregon's most famous murderer explains how her jail breaks show she's ready for parole.

Dive into the chilling depths of the unknown with Stories From The Archives: Volume 1, a spine-tingling collection by Kody Richardson, the creative force behind the popular YouTube channel, Mystery Archives. With nearly 300,000 subscribers captivated by his eerie narratives, Kody now brings his most terrifying tales to the written page, each story more haunting than the last. This debut volume compiles the scariest and most unsettling episodes from his channel, where the line between fact and fiction blurs. From shadowy figures lurking in forgotten corners of the world to unsolved mysteries...

What if your brush with death wasn’t just bad luck—but something… watching? From bestselling horror author G.J. Fene comes a bone-chilling collection of first-person accounts from those who lived through the impossible. These are the stories of people who were the last to escape, the only one to survive, the ones who ran—and barely made it. Inside this haunting anthology: A solo backpacker finds someone else’s gear in his pack after encountering mimicry in the woods. A miner swears something screamed louder than the rockfall that trapped his crew. Two college students drive the ...

Of all the demons and monsters Samantha Moon has faced over the years, only one is unstoppable: time. Life feels as stable as it's likely to get for her, which should have been her first warning something was about to go wrong. An out-of-the-blue call from her sister brings bad news concerning her father's health. Ever since she went off to college, Sam has been somewhat estranged from her parents—no surprise since they never seemed to much even notice their kids' existence, leaving the eldest sister to fill the role of mother and father. Whatever notion she had to reestablish contact ...

To his neighbors, Anthony Sowell was a friendly and helpful former Marine. But they didn't know about his dark side - or the gruesome secret inside his house. Sowell's secret life was revealed to the nation on October 29, 2009, when a Cleveland Police SWAT team entered his house to arrest him for an alleged rape. They didn't find Sowell, but they encountered a nightmarish scene: two decomposed bodies in his third-floor living room. Eight more bodies were hidden throughout the house and buried in the back yard.

Return to the shadowy world of the unexplained with Stories From The Archives: Volume 2, the next chilling installment by Kody Richardson, the mastermind behind the popular YouTube channel, Mystery Archives. With a fan base of nearly 300,000 subscribers entranced by his haunting tales, Kody continues his exploration of the macabre, bringing fresh, spine-chilling stories to the page. In this second volume, the terror escalates as Kody delves deeper into the unknown, presenting even more unsettling and bizarre cases that teeter on the edge of reality. From ancient curses that refuse to die to...

Fred and Rose West are virtually unique in British criminal history: a husband and wife who loved and killed together. During their long relationship, the Wests murdered a series of young women, burying the remains of nine victims under their home at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, including those of their daughter. What was left of Fred West's eight-year-old stepdaughter was dug up from under the Wests' previous Gloucester home; his first wife and nanny were buried in open country.