# Scariest Web site? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291 "2010-06-24T00:18:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/1 "2010-06-24T00:18:22Z")
And by “scary” I don’t mean “really poorly designed,” I mean any that present a good interactive (or not, I suppose) experience that would bring a chill and a smile to this horror lover? And yeah, I’ve seen most of the videos that have a sudden image of some ghost or ghoul with a loud scream to startle the viewer; I’m looking for something with a spooky atmosphere, something that attempts to create a sense of dread and foreboding as opposed to cheap jump-scares. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/2 "2010-06-24T00:21:11Z")
When I think of scary, I think of [this](http://www.mommythink.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/3 "2010-06-24T01:02:09Z")
I’ve had no luck finding the name of the site, but awhile back someone posted a link to a page where you tour a macabre series of rooms photographed in an abandoned factory somewhere in Eastern Europe. Nothing (much) happens, yet the whole place is eery as Hell. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/4 "2010-06-24T01:20:03Z")
[http://zombo.com/](http://zombo.com/) This should win. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/5 "2010-06-24T01:28:12Z")
Ah, I am familiar with Zombocom. Good times. But, lest this turn into a “weirdest WTF sites” thread… Seriously, any sites out there that would appeal to someone who prefers 1963 The Haunting over Saw? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/6 "2010-06-24T01:36:56Z")
If you google ‘ruins of Detroit’ you will see sights that will haunt you… ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/7 "2010-06-24T02:00:28Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > When I think of scary, I think of [this](http://www.mommythink.com/). EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/8 "2010-06-24T02:23:31Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > When I think of scary, I think of [this](http://www.mommythink.com/). That’s the first website I’ve ever wanted to punch. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/9 "2010-06-24T02:34:51Z")
Scary but interesting: [Exit Mundi](http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/10 "2010-06-24T05:20:39Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > When I think of scary, I think of [this](http://www.mommythink.com/). That site makes me want to hunt down its creators and show them my C-section scar, just to mess with their heads. I find it more infuriating than scary. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/11 "2010-06-24T05:26:00Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > [http://zombo.com/](http://zombo.com/) > > This should win. I don’t get it…it’s just that flashing light and the weird voiceover, right? Is there a link somewhere on it I’m missing, or does the voice just go on? (Not that the voice isn’t kind of creepy - just want to be sure I’m not missing anything.) This maybe isn’t the kind of scary the OP is looking for, but sometime in the middle of the night, turn off all the lights, sit in silence, go to [http://crimelibrary.com](http://crimelibrary.com), and read through the stories of Albert Fish, Jeffrey Dahmer, Son of Sam…used to scare the bejeezus out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/12 "2010-06-24T09:17:58Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I’ve had no luck finding the name of the site, but awhile back someone posted a link to a page where you tour a macabre series of rooms photographed in an abandoned factory somewhere in Eastern Europe. Nothing (much) happens, yet the whole place is eery as Hell. > **[99ROOMS.COM](https://www.99rooms.com/)** Not super scary, but definitely creepy. Best toured late at night, alone, with the lights out and the sound turned up on your computer. Many of the rooms are _slightly_ interactive, requiring you to click on something specific before proceeding. The key is to move your pointer all over the place–even in the rooms where the pointer already has the \>\>\> symbol on it you should move it around because some things will react to the pointer moving across them. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/13 "2010-06-24T10:10:13Z")
Well, I’ve got a couple of old favorite websites collecting [artistic representations](http://www.lamortdanslart.com/danse/dance.htm) of [death](http://www.westgatenecromantic.com/necrotic.htm), but I think what would really be more along the lines of what you’re looking for is the [SCP Foundation.](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-701) Try reading [SCP-701](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-701) for starters—don’t forget the [incident report](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/incident-report-scp70119971) and [document summary!](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp7011640b1) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/14 "2010-06-24T13:45:28Z")
In a similar vein to the 99 Rooms website (although this has no special effects or anything), this [GamblingOhio.com and forgottenoh.com - GamblingOhio.com](http://www.forgottenoh.com/Peters/peters.html) is a neat and creepy tour of an old cartridge factory, a building that still stands very near where my parents live in Maineville, Ohio. Check it out! ---
**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/15 "2010-06-24T16:02:14Z")
The Dionaea House and the Page of Ted seem like pretty classic examples of this. [http://www.dionaea-house.com](http://www.dionaea-house.com) [http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/index.html](http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/index.html) If you want to get into some weirder but less scary stuff, there is a strange ARG-kinda thing at [http://www.hatshoe.org](http://www.hatshoe.org) This is more interactive, there seems to be puzzles hidden in the pages. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/16 "2010-06-24T17:05:14Z")
> [@Private\_Bin](#): > > The Dionaea House and the Page of Ted seem like pretty classic examples of this. > > [http://www.dionaea-house.com](http://www.dionaea-house.com) > > [http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/index.html](http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/index.html) > > If you want to get into some weirder but less scary stuff, there is a strange ARG-kinda thing at [http://www.hatshoe.org](http://www.hatshoe.org) > This is more interactive, there seems to be puzzles hidden in the pages. I loved Ted’s caving page. I actually downloaded and read the story that it was based on. It reminds me of HP Lovecraft in some way… ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/17 "2010-06-24T18:14:04Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > I don’t get it…it’s just that flashing light and the weird voiceover, right? Is there a link somewhere on it I’m missing, or does the voice just go on? (Not that the voice isn’t kind of creepy - just want to be sure I’m not missing anything.) Are you kidding? You can do anything at [zombo.com](http://zombo.com). Anything at all. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/18 "2010-06-24T18:22:33Z")
I remember finding one where it was a bunch of creepy stories. It really got to me. One was about a guy in a house in the woods where he wandered in to take shelter. It was dark and all night he noticed the pictures on the wall and they were of really evil things and they were so creepy. When he woke up in the day time, there was nothing but windows. Does anyone know this site? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/19 "2010-06-24T18:25:27Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > [www.99rooms.com](http://www.99rooms.com) > > Not super scary, but definitely creepy. Best toured late at night, alone, with the lights out and the sound turned up on your computer. Many of the rooms are _slightly_ interactive, requiring you to click on something specific before proceeding. The key is to move your pointer all over the place–even in the rooms where the pointer already has the \>\>\> symbol on it you should move it around because some things will react to the pointer moving across them. That’s exactly what I was thinking about when I saw the OP title. I must have seen it a few years ago - I think I had to turn it off halfway through because I got freaked out. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/20 "2010-06-24T18:29:45Z")
> [@Private\_Bin](#): > > The Dionaea House and the Page of Ted seem like pretty classic examples of this. > > [http://www.dionaea-house.com](http://www.dionaea-house.com) Is there a list of all these emails? I don’t have time to read them all at once, but I would like to read them. Or is there some kind of synopsis. I was trying to skim but it seemed really long. What’s the overall arching idea? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291.md?page=2)