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Part 6 - Late Night Visit
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Part 6 - Late Night Visit

A guest's impossible memories and a voice beneath the bed reveal that the motel's strangest mysteries are far from over.

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Part 8 - NAPS
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Part 8 - NAPS

Two paranormal investigators arrive at the Wayfarer Motel, but their equipment detects something that shouldn't be there.

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Part 10 - The Overlap
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Part 10 - The Overlap

The motel's impossible measurements were only the beginning. Now, every room seems to be calling from somewhere else.

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Nana’s banana bread turned my parents inside out
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Nana’s banana bread turned my parents inside out

Nana's baked goods always brought warmth and happiness, but this time they left something far more horrifying behind.

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I'm Stuck in a Simulation Please Send Help
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I'm Stuck in a Simulation Please Send Help

A miracle treatment promises to cure her troubled mind, but every awakening pulls her deeper into a terrifying cycle.

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The mask killed you not I
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The mask killed you not I

A mysterious mask follows a grieving couple wherever they try to escape it.

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Carved
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Carved

A mysterious artist promises to transform Nyssa into the beautiful person she has always wanted to be, but beauty comes with a price.

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I survived drowning as a child and now The Drowned Mother wants me back
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I survived drowning as a child and now The Drowned Mother wants me back

After surviving a childhood drowning, a woman discovers that the entity who pulled her under has never stopped waiting for her.

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The Ring Mark
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The Ring Mark

A dungeon guard is pulled beneath the bathwater, only to awaken with memories of another life.

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Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?
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Does Anyone Know Anything About the McKriss Abattoir?

He went into the abandoned abattoir on a dare. He came back hungry.

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Fully Charged
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Fully Charged

When the factory lights go out, the workers discover something inside them that was never meant to glow.

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I was raised to BATTLE other children for entertainment.
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I was raised to BATTLE other children for entertainment.

A fugitive child bred for violent combat is captured again, forcing him into a horrifying world where children are treated as prizes.

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My therapist keeps asking me if I've lost my filter.
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My therapist keeps asking me if I've lost my filter.

A woman seeks help for her boyfriend’s disturbing behavior, only to discover a terrifying truth about what changed him.

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I found my own exhibit at a serial killer museum
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I found my own exhibit at a serial killer museum

A true crime enthusiast visits a museum devoted to infamous murderers, only to discover one exhibit feels disturbingly personal.

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My daughter keeps asking for her other family
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My daughter keeps asking for her other family

A little girl's strange obsession with another family becomes impossible to ignore after she vanishes without a trace one ordinary night.

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'I don't care what the labels say, I've always used roman candles like this.'
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'I don't care what the labels say, I've always used roman candles like this.'

They ignored the warning label. The third shot proved why it existed.

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'It doesn't matter what I'm convicted of after this, you all will use my finding', the researcher sneered from the podium at his appalled audience.
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'It doesn't matter what I'm convicted of after this, you all will use my finding', the researcher sneered from the podium at his appalled audience.

His experiment worked. That's what terrified everyone.

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Not One of the Voices Was a Stranger
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Not One of the Voices Was a Stranger

I expected to confront my thoughts. I wasn't prepared to meet every version of myself that had ever existed.

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The last thing that grief takes
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The last thing that grief takes

Each night the tree grew taller. Each morning, my wife became a little more like a stranger.

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White Goes First
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White Goes First

The game was simple: white goes first, checkmate means freedom, and every piece on the board remembers someone I forgot.

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There’s a Face in My Ceiling
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There’s a Face in My Ceiling

Every night, it gets a little closer.

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