r/TrueScaryStories↗
/r/TrueScaryStories - A place to share your true, scary stories.
A community to share your true, scary story. Could be paranormal, crime related, or anything else that made the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
117k subscribers404 posts / mo in Sep 2026339 authors / mosince 2015
r/TrueScaryStories has 117k members (+14% over the last 12 months). It gets about 404 posts a month from 339 people. Top topics: Haunted Houses, Paranormal Experiences and Ghost Stories.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Haunted Houses1.8%
- Paranormal Experiences1.3%
- Ghost Stories1.0%
- Haunted Family Stories0.9%
- ScaryStories0.7%
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