# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/81 "2010-06-29T17:11:19Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > It’s not going to scream at me, right? …right? This has come up before, so, in the interest of getting people to watch without reservations: ATTENTION! THERE ARE NO SCREAMERS ASSOCIATED WITH “MARBLE HORNETS”. IT IS A MULTI-PART, LARGELY PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR PIECE. It’s also well worth your time. After you watch it, go Google Imaging for “Slender Man”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/82 "2010-06-29T17:11:35Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > That one does make more sense, doesn’t it? I have a sick mind, don’t I? ☹ No, not necessarily. I was just going with that because of the photographer’s statement about trying to tap into primal childhood fears, but your interpretation might well be correct. Or maybe both are. After all, your parents being monsters - literally or figuratively - is a pretty awful childhood fear as well, and the staging makes perfect sense for your interpretation. ---
**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 29, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/83 "2010-06-29T17:18:40Z")
Thanks, **Ogre**. I need to psych myself up for that one. I’ve gotten to be such a cowardly custard in my dotage. Back in my teens, stuff like this was nothing, and somehow it scares the crap out of me now. **Ferret Herder** , it is. And I like that there are so many interpretations possible. It’s not just a scary picture. It’s fairly deep. This guy is really cool. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/84 "2010-06-29T17:20:48Z")
whoops ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/85 "2010-06-29T17:36:43Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I believe you’ll find it in [here somewhere](http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter1.html). More Chernobyl here: [http://villageofjoy.com/chernobyl-today-a-creepy-story-told-in-pictures/](http://villageofjoy.com/chernobyl-today-a-creepy-story-told-in-pictures/) ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/86 "2010-06-29T18:04:03Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > 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) You owe me an hour of my life. I want my mommy. I’m going to get my kids up and hug them to assure myself the world’s still a safe place without scary murder-plays. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/87 "2010-06-29T18:15:10Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Oh God #9 is just wrong! :eek:☹ OMG! I got to that one before I had enough. I screamed and had to have my husband come make it go away. I couldn’t even get to my computer to close the window until I knew it was gone. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/88 "2010-06-29T18:48:07Z")
> [@torie](#): > > You owe me an hour of my life. > > I want my mommy. I’m going to get my kids up and hug them to assure myself the world’s still a safe place without scary murder-plays. As an antidote, this is a fun, yet incredibly creative, SCP entry:[I am a toaster](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-426). And here are [unusually distracting fluffball kittens](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2558-j). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/89 "2010-06-29T21:22:20Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > [This](http://palin4pres2012.blogspot.com/) scares the hell out of me! Please don’t insert political commentary into Cafe Society threads that aren’t about politics. Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/90 "2010-06-29T21:52:18Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Now I’m afraid to look at it. ☹ > > Edit: But I love all the SCP links. Anyone know of more particularly good ones? I liked the one about the play. :3 In my search for the scary ones, I’ve come across another one that is in the same category as **The Hanged King’s Tragedy** : [SCP-087: The Stairwell](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-087). ETA: Be sure to read the documents describing the explorations, in order. Due to the results of Exploration IV, no further access to the stairwell is allowed. But Exploration IV has been expunged. Given what happened in Explorations 2 and 3, I wonder how bad 4 must have been! [SCP-173: The Statue](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173) is pretty creepy, but mainly because of the photograph. [SCP-093: Red Sea Object](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093) is also creepy, because of the color tests at the bottom… Anybody else found any creepy/scary SCP entries? ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/91 "2010-06-30T03:26:05Z")
I went through the whole Marble Hornets thing last night, around 3am. It showed such promise at first. Unfortunately, the creator tried too damned hard and by the end, I was bored. Really bored. The highly-predictable ending came waaaaaaay too late. ---
**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 30, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/92 "2010-06-30T04:10:00Z")
> [@torie](#): > > You owe me an hour of my life. > > I want my mommy. I’m going to get my kids up and hug them to assure myself the world’s still a safe place without scary murder-plays. “With this, the tribute, in full it is paid.” 🙂 > [@chorpler](#): > > Anybody else found any creepy/scary SCP entries? [SCP-342](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-342) was pretty good, even if _only_ for the testing log—all the rational, clever, “but what if we…” stops being pulled against utter horror. And the horror gets _worse_. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/93 "2010-06-30T05:10:21Z")
> [@Lazlo](#): > > Bah. Missed the edit window. > > Have you read the account that started it all? Here’s the original post by Brian Bethel. It still gives me the creeps. > > [Black Eyed Kids](http://web.archive.org/web/19981203004349/http://www.ghosts.org/stories/tales/evil-kids.html) :eek::eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/94 "2010-06-30T06:05:38Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > [SCP-342](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-342) was pretty good, even if _only_ for the testing log—all the rational, clever, “but what if we…” stops being pulled against utter horror. And the horror gets _worse_. Oh, that one was really good. I’m tempted to apply to the SCP wiki, but I still haven’t found the answer to one of the questions on the application form. > [@BaneSidhe](#): > > :eek::eek::eek::eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/95 "2010-06-30T10:42:21Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > [SCP-342](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-342) was pretty good, even if _only_ for the testing log—all the rational, clever, “but what if we…” stops being pulled against utter horror. And the horror gets _worse_. Wow, darn right that was pretty good. Especially the last couple of entries. Freeeeeeaky. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/96 "2010-06-30T14:06:53Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > I’m bouncing back and forth between [freaking](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173)myself out with [Object](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231)[records](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-426)and having fun reading about the wiki. For SCP-426 mentioned above, I think this is the creepiest, for some reason. Really glad I’m just web fiction and not real. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/97 "2010-06-30T15:16:31Z")
Thanks for helping me to sucessfully avoid productivity for another afternoon, everybody… Anyway, as for my contribution, I occasionally like to check out ‘true tales’-type of stuff; mostly, it’s just about the kind of blown-up anecdotes, overactive imaginations, wanting-to-believers and a small measure of the disturbed and deluded you’d expect, but from time to time, you stumble across a real gem. [Here’s](http://paranormal.about.com/od/trueghoststories/tp/your-true-tales.htm) an archive of some ten years worth of stories. There’s a lot of people with black eyes in there, too… ---
**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 30, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/98 "2010-06-30T15:26:33Z")
Not sure I’m “getting” the SCP ones. What’s up with the robotic style? Is it meant to spoof something? And why are certain things blanked out? ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/99 "2010-06-30T15:43:17Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Not sure I’m “getting” the SCP ones. What’s up with the robotic style? Is it meant to spoof something? And why are certain things blanked out? Think “ **X-Files** ” meets “ **HalfLife** ” meets “**[Paranoia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game))**”. Like you’re reading memoranda from a top secret government agency. Hence all of the retractions, deletions and “data expunged” sections. They’re modern, high-tech ghost stories. The one that creeped me out the most was [SCP-231](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231). (Shoot, didn’t realize **Unauthorized Cinnamon** beat me to it.) Evidently learning that you take part in it causes you to try suicide. (See [SCP-50, Document 50](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/document-050), otherwise known as the Great Researcher Prank War of [Deleted]) Doc 50 is very long and repetitious, but there are some _great_ practical jokes in it. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291/100 "2010-06-30T16:02:13Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > Think “ **X-Files** ” meets “ **HalfLife** ” meets “**[Paranoia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game))**”. Like you’re reading memoranda from a top secret government agency. Hence all of the retractions, deletions and “data expunged” sections. They’re modern, high-tech ghost stories. The one that creeped me out the most was [SCP-231](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231). (Shoot, didn’t realize **Unauthorized Cinnamon** beat me to it.) Evidently learning that you take part in it causes you to try suicide. (See [SCP-50, Document 50](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/document-050), otherwise known as the Great Researcher Prank War of [Deleted]) Doc 50 is very long and repetitious, but there are some _great_ practical jokes in it. Yeah, 231 is extremely freaky because A) you don’t know the details, but apparently the Foundation is using a group of rotating sex offenders to systematically torture some poor woman several times a week, and B) if they don’t do this, there’s some kind of speed-pregnancy event that will occur and she’ll give birth to something that will kill an unspecified-but-huge number of people. And thanks to the use of amnesia drugs, “some of you have participated without remembering it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-web-site/544291.md?page=6)