Reddit Explains Conspiracy & the Unknown

On the evening of November 18, 1987, police went to the mobile home of Russell Keith Dardeen, 29, and his family outside Ina, Illinois, United States, after he had failed to show up for work that day. There they found the bodies of his wife and son, both brutally beaten. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

The Tamám Shud case, also known as the Mystery of the Somerton Man, is an unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead in 1948 on the Somerton Park beach, just south of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Are birds actually government-issued drones? Created by a 20-year-old college student, the Birds Aren’t Real movement has drawn intrigue from all over the internet. They believe that throughout the years, the government has slowly been killing off every single bird and replacing them with surveillance drones. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

One redditor comments about hallucinations at sea and how while their father was out sailing, he saw the sea covered with coffins. Their grandfather, while also sailing, said he was being followed by a swarm of crows and a group of motorcycles. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

OP was out getting drinks with her friend when she decided it was time to go home. So her friend called her a taxi from a service she had never used and a man came to pick her up. This man asked a lot of personal questions, got her Instagram after pressuring her for it, and then dropped her off at her home. This is when he kept reaching out to her and wouldn’t leave her alone. Submit your stories:...

When one redditor was 2 years old, a clown came to his birthday party. He pulled out what they thought was a water gun, but it was a real gun. He proceeded to take all the Mom’s watches and purses, and then left. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

The Hands Resist Him is a painting that was created by artist Bill Stoneham in 1972. It depicts a young boy and a female doll standing in front of a glass paneled door, against which many hands are pressed. According to Stoneham, the boy is based on a photograph of himself at age five. Many who have looked upon this painting have experienced the paranormal after doing so. Submit your stories: popm...

OP heard someone humming during a ballgame, but no one around them was humming. They realized the hum was coming from a ditch, but when she went to investigate, there was nothing. After asking her friend, she confirmed that she had also heard the hum, so they ran away, but this wasn’t the only time OP heard a strange noise. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

OP went on a couple’s retreat with his wife to an old hotel. Things started off great as him and his wife relaxed, but when it came time to sleep, he saw something at the foot of his bed that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

While their family was camping in Algonquin, Canada, this redditor was hiking with his family and dog. The dog came running full speed toward a ledge and tried to stop, but couldn’t in time before falling over the cliff. He landed on a very narrow ledge and there was no way to get him back up, when out of nowhere this climber with full climbing gear came, saved the dog, and vanished. Submit your s...

r/TrueScaryStories; College Creep | True Bike Riding Story While on her college campus, OP noticed a man following her. She saw a button to alert campus police, but had a feeling it would be better not to let the stranger know she noticed him. So instead, she burst into a full on sprint toward one of the buildings. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

At 5 years old, OP was in his room playing when his imaginary friend, Spiderific, appeared to play with him. As they played, Spiderific told him to retrieve his father’s barbecue lighter and start lighting things on fire. So OP did what Spiderific suggested, until at one point he was told to light his closet on fire, which almost resulted in his brother’s death. Submit your stories: popmediaagency...

OP and their friend were playing with a ball in the backyard with the friend’s dog. They threw the ball, which landed in a river nearby and floated away down stream. An hour later, they headed inside for lunch and the same ball was sitting in the middle of the floor. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

OP suddenly awoke at 3 in the morning and felt this unsettling feeling of fear when suddenly, upon looking across the room, they noticed a dark figure standing in the corner, only the darkness of the figure seemed to be darker than the darkness of the room. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

In 1928, under the malicious advice of a local woman named Nellie Noll, John Blymire believed that he had been cursed by Nelson Rehmeyer. Blymire and his accomplices broke into Rehmeyer's home to find his copy of the braucherei 'spell book' known as the Long Lost Friend. Blymire and his fellow conspirators, John Curry and Wilbert Hess, were unable to find the book, but did find Rehmeyer himself, w...

OP awoke one morning with a weird pain on his arm and saw 3 scratches on his arm. After falling back asleep, he saw a scary ghost which he tried to avoid, but this time when he woke up, there were 3 scars on his arm, which weren’t there before. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

If you get bitten by a human, you absolutely have to go to the hospital right away because the amount of deadly bacteria in any given person’s mouth can actually kill you if it enters your bloodstream. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Richard Cowden, his wife Belinda June Cowden, and their children, David James Phillips and Melissa Dawn Cowden, disappeared from their campground in the Siskiyou Mountains near Copper, Oregon, United States, on September 1, 1974. Seven months later, in April 1975, their bodies were discovered approximately 7 miles (11 km) from their campsite. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Theodore Edward Coneys, also known by the nickname "Denver Spiderman", was an American drifter who committed a murder in 1941 and subsequently occupied the attic of the victim's home for nine months. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

There was a kid that would keep his desk full of bark and sharpen them with his teeth, and then threaten to stab and scratch the other kids with these sharp objects. Another young man, 17 years old at the time, killed and buried his 7 year old neighbor. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. You owe me five farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. When will you pay me? Say the bells at Old Bailey. When I grow rich, Say the bells at Shoreditch. When will that be? Say the bells of Stepney. I do not know, Says the great bell at Bow. Here comes a candle to light you to bed, And here comes a chopper to chop off your head! Chip chop chip...

OP was doing her laundry one day when a creepy dude came to the door of the laundry room, asking to be let in. He told her he had left his keys on top of one of the driers. She asked if it was on the first drier, which was running and he said yes. The only problem was, none of the other driers had been in use that day. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com

OP’s little 6 year old brother and 3 year old sister were playing an innocent game of hide-and-seek when they decided to run into the woods after being told the woods were off limits. They went so deep into the woods, getting lost, that their parents had to call the police and were just about to dispatch a search party when finally a nice lady brought them home after they came knocking on her door...

OP and her sister loved playing pranks on their mom. One night, while taking a bath, OP heard her mother’s car coming up the driveway, and then she could hear her sister dart through the house, turning off all the lights and hiding in the closet, ready to pounce. As the door opened, they heard footsteps, only this time the footsteps were heavy and clunky, which could only mean one thing: they didn...

While taking a nap one day, OP noticed a man, wearing a white shirt, slippers, and cargo shorts, entering his home while he lay on his bed. The man approached him and began asking about the apartment, all while OP just lay there, unable to move. Finally, this man left and OP woke up in a sweat. He later went to a gathering his landlady was having and he saw the man in his nightmare in the big pict...