This week, Steve does his best to ruin an otherwise competant creepypasta about some nerd kid and his water soluble crank of a grandpa. If nothing else, you get to hear Steve's terrible voicework as he reads Chambergambit's Before it Rains.

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Before It Rains | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

This week Ben reads a story about Ben called Ben (A True Story). It's a Benstraveganza! If you've ever thought about travelling the world and partying with your best boy pals, this is the creepypasta for you. 

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Ben (A True Story) | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

This week Steve combines two of his favorite things—Nirvana, and doing minimal show prepwork—as he reads Tewahway's grungy creepypasta, Dumb. 

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https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Dumb

This week, Ben takes a look at a super convoluted ritual said to summon the worthless shepherd (which is apparently the devil.) If you've got a lot of time on your hands, you can try this at home and let us know how it went. 

But considering the process itself, please don't. Check out 'Formula of the Worthless Shepherd'

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Formula of the Worthless Shepherd | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

After being knocked overboard by the booming of his own ship's guns, seaman Douglas Hedgal had the fortune of being rescued by a passing fishing vessel, followed by the misfortune of being immediately turned over to the North Vietnamese military and imprisoned in the POW camp known as the Hanoi Hilton. 

His captors first insisted the soldier was a CIA agent, until they realized just how incredibly stupid he was. Of course, you'll have to listen to this week's show to get the full story. 

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Douglas Hegdahl: The Incredibly Stupid One | Lowell Milken Center

Doug Hegdahl - Wikipedia

The "Hanoi Hilton" and Other Prisons > National Museum of the United States Air Force™ > Display (af.mil)

Steven Stayner was abducted as a young child, and after years of abuse at the hands of his abductor, he managed to not only escape, to to save another victim. 

His brother Cary grew up and developed a meth habit and a penchant for murder. 

It's truely a tale of two Stayners; but does either story have a happy ending? No.

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The Yosemite Killer: Cary Stayner's Twisted Mind (the-line-up.com)

Steven Stayner - Wikipedia

Cary Stayner - Wikipedia

Cary Stayner, The Yosemite Killer Who Murdered Four Women (allthatsinteresting.com)

What would happen if you suddenly became aware that your life wasn't your own? That's what happens to the protagonist and their friend in this week's creepypasta: String Theory by Tesla.

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String Theory | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

This week, Ben reads a creepypasta that was probably written by Barack Obama, but not the one you're thinking of. It's the anonymously-penned 'On the Mystery of Human Perception.' Get ready for some totally ethical science, y'all! 

Source: On the Mystery of Human Perception | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

This week, Steve takes an urban legend and writes his own creepypasta version of it in The Hotel With the Painting. It's about a guy who stays in a hotel that has a painting. 

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Parmiter, Cindy. Unexplained Phenomenon: The Painting that Came to Life. Exemplore. July 31, 2022. Unexplained Phenomena: The Painting That Came to Life - Exemplore

This week, Ben reads a story about what happens when you get a little too into horror punk, which is apparently a genre. Toxic fandom meets good old-fashioned gumption in the anonymousely written and aptly named Horror Punk.

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Horror Punk | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom