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11 hours ago
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People Are Sharing The "Creepiest" Family Traditions They've Witnessed Or Experienced, And Some Of These Are Mind-Boggling
Every family has their own special traditions and certain ways of doing things, but from an outsider's perspective, some of those traditions may appear a Recently, Redditor u/BothManufacturer4793 asked those in the Reddit community to share the "creepiest" family traditions they've witnessed or experienced, and my jaw is on the floor: 1."I have neighbors who want 13 kids because of something about Jesus and his 13 disciples. They're on their twelfth one now. They never interact with any neighbors, either. It's freaky." —GT_Numble 2."I did a group project in high school and got paired with the 'weird,' quiet kid. He told me we'd have to meet at his house to work on the project because his mom expected him to be home 30 minutes after school every day, and he couldn't leave the house until he left for school the next day. I thought that was weird in itself, but his house wasn't too far from mine, so we arranged a time, and I biked over. I got there around five minutes early, and his mom invited me in and told me that he was in the shower and should be out soon. I sat on the couch and waited. A couple of minutes later, a door opened, and my group partner walked out in a bathrobe, followed by his sister, who was also in a bathrobe." "He went off to his room and got changed so we could work on the project, but I was really creeped out. He was 15 or 16 at the time, and his sister was one grade younger. I understand siblings bathing together as kids, but I feel like that should stop when they hit double digits." —Bringerofthenachos 3."There was a lady at my church who was still breastfeeding her six-year-old. What's even worse is that she had just started to wean off the nine-year-old as well. She'd told my mom once that there 'wasn't any milk anymore' and that it was just a comfort for her kids. The nine-year-old, even then, had MAJOR Norman Bates vibes. I still shiver when I think about him sometimes." —BackgroundSecond9366 4."My ex's family loved scaring each other. Even at the dinner table, someone would randomly scream or slam their fists down, and everyone would laugh. It only felt a little weird until the oldest sister had a baby, and they would try to scare the baby, too. The baby would literally lose his breath, and they'd all die laughing while he cried. I couldn't even pretend to laugh; I just watched in horror." —peachesncobbler 5."My friend's family shared bath towels, toothbrushes, and more. They weren't even poor, just stingy." —SirKellerkind 6."When someone in the family turns 21 (sons, daughters, cousins, etc.), the adults would take them to the strip club together. And when one daughter said she wasn't interested, they were all baffled, like it was so weird she didn't want her father or uncle or whoever to take her to the strip club." —Top_Manufacturer2729 7."I grew up with a large, dysfunctional family with many strange rituals. There was one 'branch' of the family I despised eating dinner with. It was an absolute patriarchal house. The father was a retired cop, and the house ran his way. At dinnertime, everyone had to be dressed up. For me, that meant a dress shirt and slacks, but for women, they had to be made up to a higher degree. We all had to sit at the table ON TIME, and only the retired cop was allowed to talk. You were only allowed to answer his questions. The food was crap, too, but the worst part is that you couldn't go to the bathroom, get a drink, or do anything unless the he allowed it. I remember that people would ask to be excused, and he'd say no." "After a few times, I lost my patience and asked my mom why we even went there. It was like the curse had been lifted; she didn't like eating over there either, so we stopped. I haven't talked to anyone in that branch of the family since 2010 (a funeral). I don't miss them; I hated going over to that fucking house." —Complete_Entry 8."I knew a kid who wasn't allowed to say 'fart' or 'poop' at home because they were 'dirty' words. Unsurprisingly, he was the kid who spoke like a sailor when we were at school." —smr312 9."My friend's husband's family was surreally cheap, to an almost abusive degree. Despite being upper-middle class, the parents made their children buy their own movie tickets when they went to the movies. And if a child spent their allowance and couldn't afford the ticket, they were left at home. Each child was also only allowed one birthday party growing up. As in, they had to pick a year to have a party, and that was the only party they were given." —MobbSleep 10."Kiss on the lips. I get that it's totally normal for some families to greet each other like that, but the idea of kissing any of my family members is revolting to me." —Meridas_Angel 11."I was seeing a girl once whose family had a church room in their house, with pews and all. I never got to see the room besides a glance. From my understanding, her family would change beliefs every decade or so — going from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, etc. I grew up in an old-school Catholic family, but the girl's family did some really weird prayers that even I'd never heard of. All of the boys in their community were sent away to a private Catholic school in Canada, and they homeschooled the girls. To me, their lives felt like a cult. I haven't seen her or her family again, and it feels like I dodged a bullet." —Sicilianguy1 12."My friend's family puts cutlery in the freezer before using it to eat." —Tall_Somewhere_1280 13."My brother dated a woman whose father wouldn't allow anyone who wasn't a relative to attend any family events — no exceptions. They dated for four years, and my brother wasn't invited to any holiday, birthday, BBQ, or anything else that took place at their home. My brother and his girlfriend then got engaged, but that still wasn't good enough. Her father said my brother wasn't part of the family until marriage." —sweetsquashy 14."I knew a family who sent their sons to the brothel to get laid when they turned 18. Everyone acted like it was perfectly normal." —Wolves_all 15."I went over to a friend's house and ate dinner. After, each family member took their plates and put them on the floor for the dog to lick off them, which was pretty gross. Then, after the dog licked the plates clean, they just put them back in the cupboard. I still wonder what diseases I may have gotten from that meal." —DramaticErraticism 16."I knew one family that would not tolerate any form of anger, shouting, swearing, or being upset. It explained a lot why the person I hung out with was so deeply frustrated. As soon as something happened, they'd just start crying in silence." —GreenLurch 17."The girl I went to college with around 10 years ago invited our housemates and me to sleep over at her family home for a birthday party she was having in her hometown. When we got there, I was honestly baffled. Her, her mom, dad, and her brother just wandered around naked in the evenings and mornings. Like, once they've all gone up to bed, they'd strip commando for the night, but if they needed to mooch around the house, they wouldn't put a single sliver of clothing on. When I went to the bathroom during the night, I had the trauma of seeing her mother in her birthday suit. When we were downstairs watching a film, her dad just casually passed by the sofa with his little 'Jimmy' on full display to fill up his water, yet no one seemed to think it was weird." "The final straw, however, was when the girl I knew was using the toilet in the morning after her shower — also naked — and opened the bathroom door mid-wee to talk to her naked father, who was asking her a question in the hallway. I felt like I'd entered an alternate naked universe." —Terrible_Music_7439 "When I was growing up, we had some family friends who'd visit us. When 'bath time' came around, they'd draw a bath and share the same bathwater. It'd be the dad first, then mom, then the older brother, and then the youngest daughter. My parents told them empathetically, 'Please just take showers, or at least draw separate baths. Just don't leave the bathwater in the tub for an extended period of time.'" —ChevalierMal_Fet Um...I honestly have no words. What's the creepiest or most bizarre tradition you've seen a family do and normalize? Let us know in the comments, or you can anonymously share your story using the form below! Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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16 hours ago
- Health
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17 Of The Most Chill-Inducing, Inexplicable Events That People Have Actually Lived Through
To the absolute detriment of my sleep schedule, I love reading about creepy mysteries in people's lives. So when redditor u/Sean-Witheniand asked the r/AskReddit community to share the most unexplainable event that has happened to them, I scrolled for a while, and put together some of the most terrifying and baffling stories I found. 1."This happened just under six months ago, but I had intense dreams for about two weeks straight of the same man that I had never seen before in my life, and every single instance that I saw him, he was trying to hurt/kill me. Literally, every time I slept, he was suffocating me with a bag, slipping something in a drink, finding my house, stalking me, etc. After dreaming about him for two weeks or so, I met this man in real life at a gas station. We didn't talk to each other. I knew nothing about him, but he was there, and I could immediately tell it was him." "I finished pumping my gas and got in my car, and this man came up in front of it, put his hands on the hood, and stared at me through the windshield. It was extremely creepy, and I couldn't leave. It was late at night, so there weren't many people nearby, and I just got this horrible, gut-wrenching feeling of wanting to puke because something was very wrong. I honked my horn super loud, and he flinched and pulled away from my hood, so I took the opportunity to drive away. I had no idea who he was and had never seen him before in my life, but for some reason, I saw him harming me in my dreams. I genuinely think that my fight-or-flight response at that moment and honking at him saved me from whatever he was going to do while camping out in front of my car." —u/Pluto-Wolf 2."I had sleep paralysis about seven years ago. I had just had surgery and was sore, so I slept on the couch the first night. I opened my eyes and could not move. What I'd guess was a demon or some kind of dark entity was standing over me. Then suddenly, I looked at myself in the mirror and had red glowing eyes. I woke up, and I was so terrified. I didn't give a shit how sore I was; I got into bed with my husband at the time." —u/JinnJuice80 3."There was a huge earthquake in San Francisco in the '80s. My dad was there for a conference. We felt the quake where we were, and I suddenly started screaming, 'Dad! Dad! Look out for the chandelier!' My mom and siblings were understandably freaked out. When we finally got ahold of him, he told us he'd been in a ballroom when the quake hit and had a sudden urge to jump to the side. A chandelier fell right where he was previously standing. My family never talks about it. It freaked everyone out severely." —u/IllustriousPickle657 4."Both of my parents (who were divorced) essentially died on the same day this past December. My dad was in a hospital in Detroit for a double bypass after his fifth heart attack and died from complications late on a Monday. Earlier that same day, around 4 p.m., I found out my mom had unexpectedly died in her home in a tiny town in upstate Michigan, four hours from Detroit. It's about as shitty a situation as you could imagine." —u/acgasp 5."I was working in a lab with skeletal remains, many of which were Native American ancestral remains. I was used to working with skeletons, cataloging and measuring bones, and whatnot, and I had never experienced anything that felt supernatural. This lab was created to repatriate the Native American remains that had been excavated locally and had been severely mishandled by the university for decades. I had a box that contained only a skull, and when I opened the box, I felt anger resonating from this skull." "While it was out of the box, it felt like someone was screaming inside my head. I finished as quickly as I could and returned the skull to its place. I had nightmares for several nights and eventually told the professor in charge about it. She was a descendant of the tribe to which these remains belonged and took me very seriously. She added extra offerings to the altar in the lab and smudged the place (burned white sage), and the nightmares stopped. Never before nor after have I had such a visceral experience." —u/thetiredninja Related: 22 "Harmless" Things From People's Childhoods That Are Extremely Dark In Hindsight 6."I was in high school at a friend's birthday party. Her parents booked us a suite at a resort hotel, the kind with a mini water park you can use free if you're staying in the hotel. It was a pool party/sleepover, and we got the whole suite to ourselves, though her mom was in an adjoining room. We were staying up late watching movies, one was a horror movie about a murderer, and we were doing what teenage girls do: getting scared of nothing. Somehow we got it in our heads there was a killer outside waiting to break in and murder us." "Me, having to be the brave little skeptic, decided I would prove to my friends we were safe by opening the curtains. There was a man standing right outside looking in through the window. I closed the curtains quickly, and we were all screaming. Her mom came rushing in. We told her what happened, and she checked outside, but there was no man. To this day, I wonder what that man was doing. Was he really a murderer who got scared away by our screaming? Was he some guy passing by that happened to look over at the exact moment the curtains opened? Did we just imagine the whole thing from sitting up and talking about how scared we were? Was he a peeping Tom trying to catch a glimpse of 14-year-old girls in pajamas? Did he overhear our conversation and think it would be funny to play a prank on us? Spooky." —u/Faith-Family-Fish 7."I was at home after hanging out with my family all day. It was about 11 p.m. when I came in. I heard a low, creepy voice say, 'Fire, there is going to be danger.' I was so scared I thought my dad was messing with me, but no one was in the house, absolutely no one. The next day, we hung out again. It was midnight when we came in to get more drinks. We all smelled this horrible stench of smoke." "We checked every usual place: microwave, oven, fireplace — nothing. We ran downstairs and could not find the fire. The smell was getting worse and was in the basement by the density of smoke. We called the fire department, and they found an electrical fire in our wall. It would have burned our house down if we went to bed and thought it was fine. Yeah, $12,000 in damages, and it's all fixed. Never heard the voice again." —u/countrykidincarhartt 8."I used to visit my grandmother every couple of months or so — it wasn't a far drive, about 30 minutes. One day, I was at Walmart and randomly thought of her. Walmart was about halfway to her house, and I didn't buy perishables, so I figured, why not stop and see her? As I pull into her driveway, she is sitting on her front porch; she looks up at me and looks back down. I immediately knew something was wrong because she always jumped up to greet me. As I approached, I noticed her lips were blue, and I started calling 911. Her lungs were 80% filled with fluid, and she had two collapsed heart valves. The paramedics told me if I got caught at a red light, she'd probably be dead. She was around 80 years old at the time. She passed away at 95 a year ago." —u/blindkiller770 Related: My Entire View Of The World Was Just Completely Shattered By These 27 Absolutely Mind-Blowing Photos 9."I have no idea how I got home from a bar one night. I was living on my own and went out with some childhood friends and my brother. The next thing I remember was waking up in my childhood bedroom in my parents' house. My brother and friends were freaking out because they had no idea what happened to me. They didn't really understand what happened. They said I had two, maybe three drinks that got me really drunk, then started making plans to leave when I disappeared. I drove to the bar that night, and they went outside to see if my car was still there, which it was. My parents said four guys they had never seen carried me to the door and helped take me upstairs. My parents knew the people I was out with, but these were different people." "About an hour later, I woke up at my parents' house. I got a message from one of the bartenders there with whom I was friendly. She told me she thought I was drugged. She said I had like two or maybe three drinks when I suddenly looked like I was black-out drunk. The next thing she knew, four guys she didn't know were helping me out the door. The weird part was that the bar and my apartment were a solid 45 minutes from my parents' house. I have no idea who the guys were, what (if anything) was given to me, why something would have been given to me, or how they even knew where my parents lived. I don't believe anything was stolen, nor was I injured in any way. My mom said the guys who took me to the door were normal-looking guys about my age and perfectly polite to her. In the years since that's happened, nobody has said, 'Bro, you were wasted that night we took you home.' I just have no idea what happened." —u/[deleted] 10."When I was 21, my boyfriend (now my husband) had moved to the outskirts of Pittsburgh. I was in the process of preparing to move there myself and came down for a visit. When we were sleeping the first night, I was grabbed by the arm and pulled out of bed by a black figure. I screamed and fought, and when I came to or woke up, or whatever you call it, I was standing out of the bed right where I had been dragged to. Everyone convinced me it was a nightmare, and I put it out of my mind until I moved into the house." "I lived there for about a year, and in that year, I had this same black figure come to me in my sleep multiple times. Sometimes, they would stand on the other side of the room, standing right over or grabbing me. Once, they spoke and told me they wanted to bring me to hell. Eventually, we did move, and once we did, I never had those 'nightmares' again. No matter how illogical, I cannot figure out how I would have only night terrors in one house without some supernatural explanation." —u/BitchesBeSnacking 11."I was still living at my parents' house, and at around 2:30 a.m., our Rottweiler was sitting at the back door barking, wanting to go out to use the bathroom. I threw on a hoodie and sweatpants and walked to the back door, where I found her growling and staring out the window. It was a little unnerving, but because of the dog, I felt safe enough to step out with her for a minute or two. As soon as I opened the door, she bolted to the corner of our property. On the side of the lawn she chose, we had one standalone lamp post that provided just enough light to get a rough idea of the landscape." "I started making my way over to the dog, thinking that she didn't need to use the bathroom at all and just had the zoomies or something like that, so my plan was just to grab her and go back inside. Suddenly, the dog does a complete 180 and hauls ass down our property line in the direction opposite of what I was facing. I turned around to follow her again and stopped dead in my tracks. This tall, thin, white figure was levitating probably five or six feet off the ground in our yard. The fear flooded my body instantly. It didn't appear to have any limbs (from what I saw in a panic), and it almost looked like it was moving in the wind. The dog was following it, jumping and barking aggressively. The adrenaline and fear coursing through my body gave me the strength to sprint over, scoop up this 80–90 lb dog, and sprint to the back door. I told my family the next morning, and they seemed pretty spooked, but they also weren't taking it super seriously. I have no idea what I saw." —u/NSFWthrowaway0305 12."I was sitting on the couch with my then-girlfriend, and an adjacent wall covered the stairs to the second floor. Suddenly, we hear what sounds like someone stomping/running down the stairs. Naturally, I jumped up, assuming someone had broken in, but there was nobody there. We checked every room upstairs, every closet, under every bed — nothing. We then went on to have a bunch of other weird and unexplained shit happen during the three years we lived in that house." —u/Sawoodster 13."When I was a teenager, I almost died. I was on a cross-country team. I was running through a forest and suddenly got a cramp, which made me stop moving for a second. At that exact moment, I stopped running, and a tree landed exactly where I would've been. That cramp saved my life." —u/Mental_wolf1247 14."This isn't exactly easy to talk about, and people don't always believe me when I tell them, but here it is: I died. I got drunk and decided to go for a drive to clear my head (don't do that). It was a cool night, just perfect to have the windows down, and I wanted to hear the turbo whistle. It was about 11 p.m., so not too many people out in my area. I took a sharp turn in a 25mph zone at about 60mph about a mile from my house and rolled my truck. It was noisy; I was bloody almost instantly from hitting my nose/head, and I rolled, I'd say, probably four to five times." "At the end of the rolls, I was stopped by a loud crashing sound that was very metallic. The path I took was through someone's driveway and into their garage. I was hanging out of the passenger window with broken bones, blood everywhere, and missing extremities; you can imagine the scene at this point. Some part of the door, or fender, or something had pierced my chest. All I know is it was metal. I looked down at it, heard the people in the house scream to call an ambulance, and everything went black. The next thing I remember was waking up in my bed, wearing the same clothes, and immediately running outside to see my truck parked in the driveway, completely intact. I walked up to it and touched the hood, and it was warm. I hadn't driven since that morning around 8 a.m. It scared me shitless, and I ran back inside and checked my phone, then proceeded to sit in silence and stare at the floor for about three hours. No police reports, no newspaper articles, nothing. I felt it, I saw it, I heard it. It wasn't a dream, and I don't do drugs or have any kind of condition where I hallucinate. I talked to a shaman about it, and she pretty much told me I died but got a second chance in another dimension/universe because it wasn't my time yet. I've had chills the whole time typing this; it really freaks me out." —u/Onlypipes 15."It's not so much unexplainable, but by far the freakiest interaction I've had with a stranger. It was 2001. I was 14. I walked to McDonald's since it was five minutes from my house. I waited in line, got my bag of food, and walked over to the soda machine to fill my cup, and I realized they didn't give me a lid (this was one of those plastic souvenir cups, so I couldn't use a lid in the dispenser near the machine). I walked back to the counter and waited for the worker to turn and help me when a guy waiting in line next to me said, 'You better do something tomorrow.'" "He was fair-haired, cleanly dressed, and wearing a T-shirt and shorts. He wore a Mets baseball hat and big, thick eyeglasses. He was a young guy, probably in his mid-30s or early 40s. The McDonald's was crowded, so I didn't feel so isolated that if I had to, I would make a scene either verbally or physically. I was jarred because he was speaking forward but clearly talking to me. I said, 'Excuse me? Do what?' He then turned to me and said, 'He's on the way out.' I was now creeped out because, like, who the fuck was he talking about? I then said, 'What the fuck are you saying? Who?' I'll never forget the seriousness on his face before he said, 'Run.' Well, I left that cup on the counter, turned around very calmly, walked out of McDonald's, and proceeded to sprint home. I lived in that town for another four years and never saw this guy again. (It was a big but small town, so I'm surprised.) The only thing I can think of is that he just decided to mess with some random kid that day, and it ended up being me." —u/HouseofEl1987 16."Many years ago, I woke up sick and couldn't go to school. It was the only time I had ever been sick for school. Anyway, I had a small black-and-white TV in my bedroom, and I turned it on and watched live as a space shuttle took off and then suddenly blew up. Many years later, I phoned in sick from work, something I had never done before. I turned on the TV just in time to watch live as an airplane flew into a tower." —u/SixFootSnipe 17."This happened 25 years ago before everyone had access to cell phones and you couldn't find personal information online. My friend and I were driving when she decided to take a shortcut through an alley. Suddenly, I heard my cellphone ring, which I had just bought the week before. There was a lot of static, and a woman on the other end said, 'You need to get out of there, turn around, and go the other way.'" "I just looked at my friend, confused, when all of a sudden, we saw a man standing in the middle of the alley with a knife in his hands. My friend and I panicked and started screaming as she put the car in reverse and got out of there. To this day, I have no clue who called me or how they knew my number since I hadn't given it to anyone besides my friend." —u/Humble-Tourist-3278 Did you ever have an inexplicable event happen in your life? Let us know in the comments, or you can fill out this anonymous form. Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity. Also in Internet Finds: Holy Crap, I Can't Stop Laughing At These 28 Painfully Awkward And Embarrassing Conversations Also in Internet Finds: 23 Cute, Happy, And Wholesome Posts I Saw On The Internet This Week That You Absolutely Need To See Also in Internet Finds: I'm Gonna Have To Log Off For A Bit After Learning About These Terrible, Shocking, And Horrifying Things
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5 days ago
- Science
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Severed Feet In Canada, The Mystery Of "Titanic's" Skeletons, John Wayne Gacy's Last Meal, And A Bunch Of Other Creepy Stuff
Do you love all things weird, dark, and creepy? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get a weekly post just like this delivered directly to your inbox. It's a scary good time you won't want to miss. Hello, friends! I'm Crystal, and I loooove going down a deep and dark rabbit hole, particularly late at night. And I wonder why I have trouble falling asleep…ha! But, much like going to a scary movie, I don't like doing it alone. So, every week, I'll gather the darkest, weirdest, and creepiest things I find on the internet (and beyond) to share just with you, my spooky-loving friends. So, tuck yourself in tight and get out that flashlight…it's about to get dark. Something that kept me up all night recently was the question: Where are the bones of the people who drowned when the Titanic sank? (Yes, these are the kinds of things I think about.) We always see STUFF in photos and videos of the wreck — parts of the ship, fancy dishes, personal belongings like watches and shoes — but we never see human remains, specifically bones. I decided to do a little deep-diving (no pun intended) and found a very simple but absolutely nightmarish answer. In an old NPR interview, deep-sea explorer Robert Ballard explained that the ship's wreck rests below the calcium carbonate compensation depth. What this means is that far down in the ocean, calcium carbonate (which is a primary component of bones) dissolves faster than it can accumulate. So, basically, after sinking to the bottom of the ocean floor, the victims' flesh was eaten by sea creatures, and then their bones DISSOLVED. Have fun thinking about that tonight. Related: If You Get 12/15 On This Honors Vocab Quiz, Your IQ Has To Be At Least 150 Occasionally, I like to ask the BuzzFeed Community to tell me about the most mysterious, cult-like, bad-vibes towns in the United States they've ever been to. And you'd be shocked at how many responses I get each time (or maybe not). This week's spotlight: Vidor, Texas 'It's just east of Beaumont and still a sundown town. Local infrastructure vendors, i.e. Telco, power, etc., know to send only white workers to that town for safety. I've been through once, and it just feels off, but I was also traveling with a Black friend." —Ok-disaster2022 Interesting fact: The 2017 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was inspired by the murder of Kathy Page in Vidor, Texas, and the billboards her father, James Fulton, put up after demanding justice. Wikipedia is like the Wild West. It's vast, lawless, and sometimes you can find some extremely weird things out there, like: the Salish Sea human foot discoveries Since August of 2007, there have been at least 20 DETACHED human feet discovered off the coasts of British Columbia in Canada and Washington state in the US. There are a ton of theories as to why JUST feet have been found — ranging from boating accidents, plane crashes, suicide, foul play, and even the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami — but no one really knows the truth and they probably never will. Related: This Prom Dress Generator Will Help You Design Your Actual Dream Dress, And I'm Sort Of Obsessed With It Anton Yelchin — Died: June 19, 2016, Cause of Death: Crushed by his Jeep Grand Cherokee How he died: The promising young actor who starred in films like Odd Thomas and the popular Star Trek reboots was killed when his 2015 Cherokee rolled backward down the driveway of his Los Angeles home and then pinned him between the mailbox and security fence. His official cause of death was listed as 'blunt traumatic asphyxia.' Yelchin's parents eventually filed a lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler (the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee), as his vehicle was among 1.1 million others recalled. They reached a confidential settlement in 2018. Strange Darling (2024) What it's about: Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree. Why you should watch it: This acclaimed indie horror has a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Master of Horror himself, Stephen King, called it 'a clever masterpiece.' Where you can watch it: Streaming for free on Paramount+ or for rent for $2.99 on Fandango at Home. John Wayne Gacy Known as the 'Killer Clown' — a moniker given because of his public appearances as a clown before the discovery of his crimes — John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer active in the Chicago area in the 1970s, who had at least 33 victims. He would rape and torture his victims — young men and boys — before killing them either by asphyxiation or strangulation. Gacy was executed by lethal injection in May 1994. His last meal: A bucket of KFC chicken, 12 fried prawns, a pound of strawberries, French fries, and a Diet Coke. Well, we survived another week, friend. In the next issue, I'll talk about a teenage TikToker who recklessly killed six people, a medieval torture device I can't believe was actually real, and Ted Bundy's last meal. Until then, stay safe, keep the lights on, and I'll see you for another horrifying trip down the rabbit hole… Got a weird, creepy, or shocking story you want to share? Tell me all about it at thatgotdark@ and, who knows, maybe it'll be featured in a future post or issue of That Got Dark! Want more? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get a weekly post just like this delivered directly to your inbox. It's a scary good time you won't want to miss. Also in BuzzFeed: 37 School Scandals That Are So Wild, They Should Be Optioned For A Documentary Also in BuzzFeed: These Visual Riddles Are Perhaps The Easiest Thing In The World To Solve — Can You Figure Them Out? Also in BuzzFeed: Only "Former Gifted Kids" Will Know What These 24 Words Mean
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6 days ago
- Entertainment
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People Who Work With Children Are Revealing The Most Unhinged Things They've Ever Been Told, And Yeah, Kids Can Be MEAN
We've all heard the old saying, 'Kids can be mean,' and well, it's not a lie. Kids, of course, have NO filter and oftentimes don't even realize the impact of the questionable things they sometimes say. But that doesn't mean it doesn't come across as creepy, cringey, and occasionally even cruel... That's why when TikTok user @5twoblondie asked, "What's the craziest thing a kid has said to you when you were their nanny/babysitter?" nannies, babysitters, and other childcare professionals flooded the comments with the downright WEIRD things children have said to them, and working with kids is not for the weak. Here are 23 of their WILDEST stories: If a kid has ever told you anything creepy, rude, or simply unhinged, tell us about it using this anonymous form! 1."A kid I was watching put her baby doll in a fake, play microwave and said, with a big smile on her face, 'I'm gonna BURN my baby to death!'" "When I let her mom know, she told the little girl, 'No more late-night TV for you!" —elizabethjasa1 2."The kid I was looking after said, 'Our digital assistant doesn't listen to you because you have brown skin,' followed by, 'It doesn't listen to you because you're not in our family.'" "I don't think they were trying to be racist, but I was definitely shocked." —sandrathenanny 3."The kid I babysat once told me she wanted to build a playground out of the arms and legs of the construction workers outside." — 4."I was babysitting a three-year-old who only wanted to eat sugary foods (of course), but I told him I would only give him more strawberries after he finished his protein and explained that's how second helpings work. The words 'Go f*ck yourself' came out of his little mouth, in front of his parents." —ally_shives 5."The kid looked at me and insisted: 'I could arrest you!'" "I responded with 'Oh really, how?' They said: 'With my mommy's handcuffs in her dresser.'" —elliehignight 6."The kid looked at me and said, 'Daddy likes other mommies.' Yes, the parents are divorced now." —victoriaferrara2 Related: 40 Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Creepy Wikipedia Pages 7."I was babysitting a little girl, and one night, her parents were late getting home. She asked, 'What if they don't come back?' I reassured her and said, 'That's not going to happen, I'm sure they're stuck in traffic.'" "She responded with, 'Well, your dad didn't come back.' He died when I was six." —laurenkstephens 8."The girl I was babysitting asked me if I had gone to college, and I told her, 'No, but people don't have to.'" "She responded: 'Well, I want to be something when I grow up, so I will go.' I don't think she meant it that way." —candace_noel23 9."He pointed at the fireplace and told me to go in there and burn because I didn't let him have another Oreo before he had eaten his dinner." —itsbrittbitxh 10."I've been babysitting for 15 years, and I have tons of stories, but the worst was probably when I was babysitting and found out my childhood dog had died." "I started crying, and the kid looked me dead in the face and said, 'Stop crying, it's not that serious.'" —briannamellesmoen Related: 23 Cute, Happy, And Wholesome Posts I Saw On The Internet This Week That You Absolutely Need To See 11."The girl I was taking care of looked at me and said, 'You see those woods in my backyard? I walk around in them in the middle of the night without my parents knowing.' She was five." —lyss1441 12."The kid said that since I had a nose piercing, I was inviting the devil into my life." — 13."I was babysitting a sassy four-year-old boy and we were having one of our mini 'roast' sessions when I said something along the lines of 'You're just mad because you have to take a nap.'" "He came back with: 'You're just mad because you're not cute without BOTOX.'" —nanassourdough 14."'When daddy dies, we can get a new one.' Dad was perfectly fine; they were just rich." —healwithchloe 15."I'm not a nanny, but I am a camp counselor. One day, a camper told me, 'You smell different when you sleep versus when you're awake.'" —skiskascooby 16."I babysat a four-year-old girl who kept hitting, biting, and punching me. When I eventually put her in time-out, she told me, 'I'm gonna beat your ass.' I blocked her parents." — 17."She was talking about her imaginary friend and said, 'Her wants to go home with you, she asked me if she could.'" "I almost taught that child her first curse word because I wanted to respond with 'Hell NO.'" —jessp.12 18."Back when I worked at a daycare, a kid called me an a-hole as his dad was walking into the building to pick him up. His dad yelled at him, and the kid said to me: 'I'm sorry, but I need to sleep here with you tonight.'" —oliviacarbone0 19."The family I was sitting for had a backyard that quite literally dropped off, so one day when we were back there, their little boy asked, 'What would happen if I pushed you off of there?'" "I said, 'I would probably be seriously hurt or die, so let's think about something else.' He responded, 'Let's try it.'" —meganamed 20."I used to have really bad acne on my face, and the kid I was watching made direct eye contact with me and said, 'No one will love you if you have acne.'" —anja_margarete 21."So, to preface this, I'm adopted. One time, a girl I was babysitting was mad that I took her iPad away, so she told me that I didn't deserve to be in any of MY family's photos because my mom didn't give birth to me." —kodimandeville Did any of these unhinged kids surprise you? What is the creepiest or rudest thing a kid has ever told you? Tell us in the comments or answer anonymously using the form below! Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity. Also in Internet Finds: Lawyers Are Sharing Their Juiciest "Can You Believe It?!" Stories From The Courtroom, And They're As Surprising As You'd Expect Also in Internet Finds: People Are Sharing "The Most Believable Conspiracy Theories," And Now I'm Questioning Everything I Thought I Knew Also in Internet Finds: 51 People Who Quickly Discovered Why Their Hilariously Clueless Partner Was Single Before Meeting Them
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08-06-2025
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Boyfriend drunkenly admitted to girlfriend that he creepily ‘watched her' before they met: ‘This dude literally stalked you'
This story is the definition of creepy. A 'meet-cute' is how two people — who eventually romantically date — first meet. One would assume that meet-cutes are usually spontaneous and romantic, however much to one woman's horror, she discovered in an unexpected way that her boyfriend staged how they initially met. She posted about the scary discovery on r/TrueOffMyChest subreddit — which seems to have been removed by Reddit's moderators. Luckily some excerpts of the original posting were shared by the Daily Dot. Sounding like a scene straight from the show, 'You' — on a recent night out together, this woman's boyfriend drunkenly said, 'Could you believe we wouldn't be this happy if I hadn't watched you for so long?' That sentence will sober someone right up. Confused as anyone in her shoes would be, she asked him to elaborate — and the confessions just got worse. Supposedly, her boyfriend revealed that when he first laid eyes on her, he didn't immediately introduce himself — which would've been the normal, rational thing to do. Instead, he quielty observed her — he eavesdropped on her conversations with friends, he made mental notes of her likes and her personality quirks. He then planned to 'bump' into her at a coffee shop she liked — where he ordered her favorite drink. Beyond creepy. Thinking it was fate that brought them together, one could imagine how betrayed and weirded out this girlfriend felt learning all this. 'I mainly am just upset because I feel like our relationship was built on a lie, even if it was a smallish one,' she wrote in the post. 'Hellllllllll no this is the creepiest thing I read in a while,' one commenter wrote. 'Well, if he can lie about this and hide it for so long what else do you think he could be lying about? After hearing that, I would assume there would be more things hes been lying about,' another user pointed out. 'Go with your gut. This dude literally stalked you and manipulated you into going out with him,' wrote someone else. This woman's story got even more bizarre. As Reddit users were chiming in on the thread with their thoughts on the situation — suddenly, the woman edited her original post at the top writing, 'I was wrong. My boyfriend didn't do anything wrong.' But then, at the bottom of the post, users noticed the OP said she wanted to chat more with her boyfriend about this discovery and how she was feeling about it. Users sensed something fishy was going on. 'Ummm I need some clarification on the edit at the top.. Is there a comment thread somewhere in here that explains? OP, you okay?' a concerned commenter wrote. 'As soon as I saw the edit on the top, I got super concerned. OP please let us know if you're okay,' another comment read. 'That update definitely doesn't sit well with me either. I hope OP is okay; this is such a creepy and concerning post all around,' a concerned commenter shared. The woman hasn't made many additional edits to her post since — and there hasn't been an update.
