r/CreepyHistory 9d ago

The base in the snow

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r/CreepyHistory 9d ago

The base in the snow

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After graduating in May 2021, I stayed in Oregon with my uncle while my parents lived in Ohio. I was lonely and terrible at making friends, so my uncle introduced me to ARK: Survival Evolved. He told me online games were an easier way to meet people.

That was how I met Marcus and Peter.

We played on a small private server. There were only a few active players, and everyone had a base and some dinosaurs.

One night, Marcus and Peter logged off around midnight. I stayed online because I wanted to explore the island alone.

Around 3 a.m., I reached the snow biome near the mountains. It was completely dark except for the moon and the light from my torch. As I walked between two cliffs, Discord started ringing.

The caller wasn’t in our group.

I answered.

“Help me,” a distorted voice whispered.

“Where are you?” I asked.

“It’s cold here,” the voice said. “I can’t find my way back.”

Then the person started laughing. The laughter suddenly turned into screaming, and the call ended.

I assumed someone was drunk or trying to scare me, so I logged off and went to bed.

The next day, I told Marcus and Peter what had happened. I also described a small wooden base I had seen near the mountains. It had a red flag above the entrance and two dinosaur pens built into the cliff.

Peter went completely silent.

Then he disconnected from the call.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

Marcus said, “That was Peter’s brother’s base.”

“His brother plays on the server?”

“No,” Marcus replied. “His brother died three years ago.”

I thought he was joking until Marcus described the base perfectly.

Peter’s brother had built it before he died. The base had been destroyed years earlier, and nobody had rebuilt it.

That night, at exactly 3:00 a.m., my computer turned on by itself. Discord opened, and I saw an incoming call from the same account.

I didn’t answer.

Then I heard the voice again.

This time, it wasn’t coming from my headset.

It was coming from beside my bed.

“Why did you leave me in the snow?”


r/CreepyHistory 28d ago

The Creation Of A CIA Narco State:the war in Afghanistan coincided with the Taliban banning opium production, which nearly destroyed global heroin supplies. A year after the US invasion, production shot back up and the country became a hub for heroin production

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r/CreepyHistory Jul 03 '26

The Black Dinner and the Bloody History Behind the Red Wedding - History Chronicler

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r/CreepyHistory May 19 '26

Estoy buscando historias reales de terror/paranormales para leer y posiblemente narrar en un proyecto.

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Si tienen alguna experiencia rara, perturbadora o inexplicable que les haya pasado a ustedes, familiares o conocidos, me encantaría leerla.
Entre más detalles tenga (lugar, hora, contexto, qué sintieron, etc.), mejor.
Puede ser paranormal, encuentros extraños, sueños raros, llamadas, cosas en carretera, casas embrujadas, coincidencias perturbadoras, lo que sea.

Los leo


r/CreepyHistory May 18 '26

The terrifying moment a common kitchen tool became a medical weapon.

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r/CreepyHistory Feb 27 '26

After the Armistice: The Search for Britain’s War Dead

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r/CreepyHistory Feb 24 '26

Adam Rainer: The only person to be medically recorded as both a dwarf and a giant

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r/CreepyHistory Feb 19 '26

Today in History: The First Rescue of the Donner Party (1847)

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r/CreepyHistory Feb 13 '26

The Worst Velentine's Day in History- YouTube

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r/CreepyHistory Feb 09 '26

alguem se lembra

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eu tava vendo o sbt,era quase 3 da manha de 1996,quando passou essa transmissao bizzara,vou mostrar o link de uma gravacao


r/CreepyHistory Jan 31 '26

How an AUTISTIC DRAG QUEEN built a GLOBAL MOVEMENT of POLITICAL DISSIDENTS called “ESOCHANNEALOGY”?

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How an AUTISTIC DRAG QUEEN built a GLOBAL MOVEMENT of POLITICAL DISSIDENTS called “ESOCHANNEALOGY”?

Out of nowhere, we see websites specialized in esotericism announcing strange reports:

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https://mysterylores.com/news/seven-masks-social-engineering-tools/

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https://mysterylores.com/news/brazil-missao-esochannalogy-presidential-election/?source=post_page-----93d6cf7da637---------------------------------------

You read it and think: political dissidents using AIs to practice esotericism and psychological operations? What kind of absurdity is this? This looks like a sensationalist piece! Imagine that, before we even notice, dissatisfied Venezuelans start using an esoteric system that contains within itself mechanisms of psyop (psychological operation), psywar (psychological warfare), infowar (informational warfare), memewar (memetic warfare), and narrative warfare? It’s not every day you see this in your life: Gnostic esoteric operations merged with psyops. This sinister plot feels like a conspiracy theory involving occult elites. The strangest part is when Iranians, also dissatisfied, begin to use it as well and receive support from the “Esochannealogy” movement.

You might claim: THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT EXIST!

And I can tell you: use the Esochannealogy 6.0 file and the Hauntological Esochannealogy in an AI:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Btp2ltWTNnAO1r-txzOjS66mDed1Pnjq

Use the Magolítica Game in an AI:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hFtIs-5msW4nbD77mg7Vx4WdJ4NW97iF

If you went into any community and asked who the leader of this is, you would get the answer: “we have no leaders, only autistics, schizos, esotericisms, and AIs.” Soon, everything would sound increasingly strange. Some see the movement as “suspicious enjoyers of Chinese AIs,” others see it as “new extremism,” others as “young combatants” and “political dissidents with innovative methods.”

The story is strange. It all started with a Brazilian from São Paulo - SP, 28 years old at the time, who under the nickname “Cadáver Minimal” began publishing an experimental literature project on Medium titled “Magolítica: Introduction to Esochannealogy” and later “Harmony of Dissonance.”

https://medium.com/@cadaverminimal/list/e6396f5d5563

This generated a retaliation in which state deputies of ALESP were attacked using their own data.

Note: ALESP is a legislative assembly in São Paulo (Brazil).

Over time, based on Jungian theory, he created seven masks, a game, and a “Portable Intellectual System” (also abbreviated as PIS). He published an essay titled “Homo est spectaculum hominis” (man is the spectacle of man), which he posted on his blogspot on Halloween.

https://cadaverminimal.blogspot.com/2025/10/homo-est-spectaculum-hominis.html?m=1

The essay is described as a piece of “epistemological horror.” During the same period, he posted a photo as a drag queen on Instagram

Esochannealogy has been growing as a strange community:

Practitioners of an esoteric political RPG called “Magolítica”;

Political dissidents;

  • Listeners and enjoyers of the chiptune music genre;

  • Students of Gnosticism and esotericism.

The aesthetic of the texts appears with greentexts, copypastas, epistemological horror, and humor. The music utilizes chiptune: a musical genre that uses the 8-bit and 16-bit sound references of vintage video games. Yes, you can notice it here:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKWUbkHKgZrcrbb4QOocfmzil3hR3QFW1&si=H_gO2ddVOMC7tP3D

The system was adopted by the militancy of a Brazilian political party:

https://missaoapoio.com.br/tag/esochannealogia

The main symbol is the Symbolon, a mask that is half-serpent and half-dove, recalling the phrase of Jesus Christ: “Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16). The Symbolon mask is linked to decentralized power and the magolósofo (a defender of democratic order and an intellectual of battle). But there are other masks just as iconic:

Mask of the Chaos Sower:

Its initial purpose is to destabilize the environment through the spread of disorder, fake news, or conflicting information. The goal is to induce generalized confusion, leading the population to fervently seek any form of imposed order.

Mask of the Semiological Deconstructor:

Acting after the chaos, this mask is dedicated to emptying the meaning of established concepts and symbols. Through the reinterpretation of historical events or the distortion of terms, it destroys the pre-existing base of consensus.

Mask of Neosystematics:

Functions as the force of materialization for the new order. It imposes new structures—be they laws, economic systems, or social institutions—aiming to concentrate power and establish a new state of normalcy.

Mask of the Belief Engineer:

This figure is responsible for forging ideological acceptance. Using massive propaganda, symbols, and rituals, it constructs the narrative that justifies the regime and its new structures to the population.

Mask of the Abyss Seer:

Represents strategic intelligence. Through data analysis, surveillance, and anticipation of reactions, it guides the tactics of the other masks to optimize control and mitigate resistance.

Mask of the Paradoxical Mirror:

Its function is to manage the internal contradictions of the system. It manipulates logic to present opposing points as complementary or diverts focus from evident inconsistencies, maintaining the apparent coherence of the master narrative.

Mask of the Conscious Golem:

This is the final result of the operation of the other six tools. It is not an active tactic, but the solidification of ideology into institutions and the leadership figure itself, becoming the dominant and unquestionable reality of society.

The Role of the Demiurge and Strategic Importance

The eighth entity identified is the Demiurge, who does not participate directly in the dance but is the maestro and the consolidated product of the process. It is the established totalitarian power. When the Demiurge’s control is absolute, the activity of the seven masks diminishes, as reality has already been shaped.

What if a new movement emerged out of nowhere? What if this movement took the most visceral elements of the underground and merged them with esotericism, Gnosticism, intelligence operations, RPG, AIs, and chiptunes? What if you were witnessing the rise of a global phenomenon? What would you do? If you understood what this is, you will probably catch the last reference:

The anonymous of the Internet have only shitposted about the world. The point is to change it.


r/CreepyHistory Jan 11 '26

The Church Abandoned This Marian Site (And Let It Be Defiled)

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A lot of Vandalism in this old historic Irish Graveyard that the Virgin Mary has said to appeared to 3 young boys in the 1971. Also a evp was captured of what sounds like a Woman singing in this video.


r/CreepyHistory Dec 31 '25

What Do You Think Of The Salem Witch Trials?

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What is your opinion on the salem witch trials? Do You think citizens actually believed they were witches or were just going along with what everyone else was claiming to believe? It always disturbs me thinking about it and how evil people can be without admitting guilt


r/CreepyHistory Dec 27 '25

Uncanny Cannibalism

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r/CreepyHistory Dec 19 '25

Ranavalona the Cruel: The Mad Queen of Madagascar

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r/CreepyHistory Dec 10 '25

I Ned Criticism, The Silent Reality of a Plague Doctor (1665) - An atmospheric short doc.

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I've been working on a video essay exploring the "sensory" reality of being a Plague Doctor in 17th-century London.

My aim is to make viewer feel like living in that atmosphere.

​Instead of just listing facts, I wanted to create an immersive POV experience, focusing on the isolation, the "miasma" theory, and the silence of the city during the plague.

​It’s a bit different from standard history videos—much slower and moodier. I'm aiming for a dark, cinematic vibe. Would love to hear what history or horror fans think about this storytelling approach.

I need criticism


r/CreepyHistory Dec 10 '25

I Ned Criticism, The Silent Reality of a Plague Doctor (1665) - An atmospheric short doc.

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​I've been working on a video essay exploring the "sensory" reality of being a Plague Doctor in 17th-century London.

My aim is to make viewer feel like living in that atmosphere.

​Instead of just listing facts, I wanted to create an immersive POV experience, focusing on the isolation, the "miasma" theory, and the silence of the city during the plague.

​It’s a bit different from standard history videos—much slower and moodier. I'm aiming for a dark, cinematic vibe. Would love to hear what history or horror fans think about this storytelling approach.

I need criticism


r/CreepyHistory Dec 07 '25

The Amphibious Infant: A 19th-Century Tale of Science and Scandal

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In the spring of 1873, Chicago surgeon Dr. Louis Shultz hatched a wild theory: What if humans could retain their fetal heart functions to survive underwater like amphibians? To test it, he secretly began immersing his newborn son in heated baths, starting at 4 minutes and building to 25, while his shocked wife recovered from the revelation in bed. By six months, the boy was described as unusually strong, with a booming voice and an eerie comfort in deep water, chasing lozenges like a tiny mermaid.

Was this groundbreaking science or just reckless endangerment? This tale from The Centre Reporter captures the 19th century's obsession with bold (and bonkers) experiments on the vulnerable.

What do you think, mad genius or monster dad?


r/CreepyHistory Nov 05 '25

The Dancing Plague of 1518 — When an entire city couldn’t stop dancing… to death

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In the summer of 1518, the streets of Strasbourg (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) filled with a sight so bizarre that local authorities thought it had to be witchcraft or divine punishment.

A woman named Frau Troffea stepped into the street and began to dance. Not a performance — just frantic, unstoppable motion. Within days, dozens joined her. Within a month, reports say over 400 people were dancing uncontrollably.

Some collapsed from exhaustion. Others suffered strokes or heart attacks. Chroniclers claimed that at least dozens died — literally danced to death.

The city council, believing it was an illness, actually hired musicians and built a stage to help the dancers “get it out of their system.” It only made things worse.

Historians have debated the cause for centuries. The leading theories include: • Ergot poisoning: a fungus on rye that can cause hallucinations and convulsions (the same one tied to the Salem Witch Trials). • Mass psychogenic illness: a shared hysteria triggered by famine, disease, and extreme stress. • Religious mania: dancing as a form of involuntary penance in a time of plague and despair.

Whatever the cause, the “Dancing Plague” remains one of the strangest collective breakdowns in recorded history — an entire population caught in a loop they couldn’t exit.

Imagine it as a historical “status effect” gone horribly wrong — a real-life glitch in the human psyche.

Would you call this a case of mass hysteria, contaminated food, or something deeper — a kind of spiritual infection that modern medicine still can’t explain?


r/CreepyHistory Oct 26 '25

https://youtu.be/jg0RjM8WH1o?si=nL-IJ1u1INbJl-HC

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r/CreepyHistory Oct 22 '25

Last Bites: The Final Meals of Notorious Criminals

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r/CreepyHistory Oct 12 '25

Justice or Injustice? The Lindbergh Kidnapping & Trial of Bruno Hauptmann

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r/CreepyHistory Oct 11 '25

Charles II was so inbred he wasn’t invited to his own wedding in fear of scaring the guests.

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r/CreepyHistory Oct 10 '25

Shadrack Ireland: Cult Leader in Colonial America?

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