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The ocean has a way of making you feel small. And maybe that’s because we have absolutely no idea what’s waiting beneath us.

Beneath those waves is a world swallowed by darkness. Places where sunlight has never reached, creatures we’ve barely begun to understand, and depths so enormous that entire mysteries could be sitting down there completely untouched.

Ships disappear. Strange things wash ashore. People report seeing things in the water that they can’t explain. And for all the years we’ve spent exploring, most of the ocean remains a place we know surprisingly little about.

For this episode of Bizarre Bedtime Stories, we’re taking a dive into the deep blue, where sunlight disappears, strange things move through the darkness, and an awful lot of the ocean remains a mystery. From the terrifying creatures lurking below to the unexplained things people have encountered out at sea, there’s no shortage of reasons to think twice before going for a swim.

There’s a whole lot happening beneath those waves that we’d probably be better off not finding...

Stories:
I work on a fishing boat in the middle of the ocean, here are the rules to survive:
u/Madben101

If you live near the ocean don’t read this post just to be safe:
u/zoemaxine

Three times a year an ocean monster attacks my fishing town. It’s starting to come more often now.
u/Goose_jpg

The sea is deep and full of terrors:
u/PocketOxford

My brother discovered something at the bottom of the ocean and now he's missing:
u/EaPAtbp

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For the first time on Weekly Bizarre, we’re handing the mic over to a listener.

Tonight, we’re sharing the firsthand experiences of Austin, who has encountered some things that are difficult to explain — and even harder to forget.

From strange encounters with Sasquatch and sightings of a pale crawler to mysterious little people and beings described as Gray aliens, Austin’s experiences take us down some pretty unusual rabbit holes.

He originally shared these stories with me for social media, but after hearing just how many experiences he had, I knew they deserved an entire episode.

And sometimes, the hardest part about sharing the unexplained isn’t what you’ve experienced… it’s finding someone willing to listen and take you seriously.

So we’re giving Austin that space tonight.These are his experiences, his stories, and his encounters with the unknown.

Have you experienced something you can’t explain? Maybe it’s time to tell your story, too.

Welcome to our first listener stories episode!!

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There are games you play to pass the time, and then there are games that some believe should never be played at all. Hidden behind strange instructions, whispered warnings, and rituals passed around like urban legends are games said to open doors to things we were never meant to encounter.

Tonight, we’re venturing into the unsettling world of paranormal games. From rituals meant to summon spirits to strange challenges that claim to invite something into your home, we’ll explore the rules, the warnings, and the terrifying experiences surrounding these games.

Some people play out of curiosity. Others want proof that something exists beyond what we can see. But what happens when the game doesn’t end when you want it to?

So settle in, get comfortable, and just remember, curiosity has a way of opening doors that cannot always be closed.

And if you hear something in the middle of the night tonight, whatever you do… don’t assume it’s just your imagination.

Stories:

So i played the midnight game:
u/Trenched 

The Midnight Game... I played it and I was a complete moron. I need to tell this to someone:
[deleted]
Pics:
http://imgur.com/a/rDKAg

I need help. Bad three kings experience:
[deleted] - The Rules:

 https://theghostinmymachine.com/2014/02/24/the-most-dangerous-games-the-three-kings/

My first, and only, Ouija board experience:
[deleted]

My Ouija Board experience:
u/Devientz 

Do Not Play the elevator game. Words of a big time skeptic:
u/ripped_geek 
Rules: https://theghostinmymachine.com/2014/06/25/the-most-dangerous-games-elevator-to-another-world/

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In the early 1900s, the city of New Orleans found itself living in fear of a killer who seemed to vanish as mysteriously as he appeared. His weapon of choice? An axe. His victims? Ordinary people attacked in the safety of their own homes.

They called him The Axeman of New Orleans.

Between 1918 and 1919, a series of brutal attacks left families terrified, Italian grocers became targets, and an entire city began questioning who—or what—was lurking outside their doors. But things took an even stranger turn when a mysterious letter allegedly written by the Axeman appeared in the newspapers, threatening to strike again unless the people of New Orleans filled their homes with jazz music.

Was this the work of a calculating serial killer, a burglar, or someone with a much darker motive? And was the infamous jazz-loving letter really written by the killer himself?

Tonight, we’re following the trail of blood, bizarre theories, newspaper sensationalism, and unanswered questions surrounding one of New Orleans’ most unsettling unsolved mysteries.Because the Axeman may have disappeared, but his story never really left the city.

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Sources: 
Heath, Alexander. Blood & the Big Easy: True Events of the Axeman of New Orleans. Independently Published, July 2022.

Greenstein, Cortney T. The Axeman of New Orleans: The Shocking Story of Fear, Music, and Murder in Early 20th-Century New Orleans.


“Axeman of New Orleans.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axeman_of_New_Orleans. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

Tonight we’re stepping into the cemetery, where the silence isn’t always as peaceful as it seems.

In this episode of Bizarre Bedtime Stories, we’re exploring creepy cemetery encounters, unsettling experiences among the graves, and stories that make you wonder what might be lingering long after the living have gone home.

From strange happenings after dark to eerie encounters that defy explanation, these tales remind us that some places hold a darkness that’s difficult to put into words.

So settle in, get comfortable, and let the quiet of the graveyard surround you.

Just remember… when the dead are laid to rest, that doesn’t necessarily mean the stories end there.

Sleep tight. And if you hear something moving among the tombstones tonight, well… let’s hope it’s just the wind.

Happy Nightmares..

Stories:
I Got A Job Working As A Cemetery Night Watchman. I Barely Survived One Night.
u/CarlB1961

Working at a cemetery is a unique experience.
- Nick Botic
Website: nickbotic.com
New book releasing on 11/17 - The Ash Episode.

I agreed to be a cemetery watchman for one night. I'm not sure I should have.
u/Harbinger_51

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New Orleans is full of dark history, but few stories are as disturbing as the one behind the name Madame Delphine LaLaurie.

Behind the doors of one of the city’s most infamous mansions, rumors of cruelty, torture, and unimaginable horrors would eventually expose a side of New Orleans society that was far darker than anyone wanted to believe.

 When a fire broke out at the LaLaurie mansion in 1834, what was discovered inside shocked the city and left behind a legacy of horror that continues to haunt the French Quarter.

In this episode of Weekly Bizarre, we’re diving into the disturbing history of Madame LaLaurie, the events that made her infamous, and the chilling legends and ghost stories that still surround her name.

But where does the documented history end, and where do the darker legends begin?

Because some houses become famous for who lived in them. Others become infamous for what happened behind closed doors.

And the LaLaurie mansion? Its darkest stories may never fully be known.

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Sources:
Love, Victoria Cosner, and Lorelei Shannon. Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans’ Most Famous Murderess Revealed. The History Press, 2011.

Rehlaender, Sophie A. “The Radical Impact of Madame Delphine Lalaurie on Slavery and the Image of African Americans, 1831–1840.” Young Historians Conference, Portland State University, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/younghistorians/2019/oralpres/3.

“Delphine LaLaurie.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

Nealon, Tim. “The Ghosts of the Haunted LaLaurie Mansion.” Ghost City Tours, https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-new-orleans/lalaurie-mansion/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

There’s something unsettling about mirrors, especially when you’re standing in a dark room, staring at your own reflection, and suddenly becoming a little too aware of how strange it all is. You move, it moves. You blink, it blinks. But what if, just for a second, it didn’t?

Tonight, we’re getting into creepy stories involving mirrors. The kind that make you question what someone really saw, what was standing behind them, and why a simple reflection can suddenly become something you don’t want to look at anymore.


Maybe it’s the way a reflection can look almost human but still feel strangely unfamiliar. Maybe it’s the shadows lurking behind you, the way your face seems to change in the darkness, or the uncomfortable thought that you’re looking at yourself from the other side of the glass.


Whatever it is, mirrors have a way of making the familiar feel wrong.

So settle in, get comfortable, and join me in these creepy stories surrounding the glass we look into every single day.

Because tonight, we’re not just looking in the mirror.

We’re wondering what might be looking back.

Stories:

I don’t like mirrors:
u/sapoconcho_

Mirror Mirror on the wall, where in the f*ck has my reflection gone??:
u/Mandahrk

Mirror Mirror:
u/Freebie_Buffet

I never questioned why we had no mirrors in our house:
u/TheOccasionalHunter

Behind The Mirror:
u/psyopticnerve

Bloody Mary is Real, and She's Extremely Dangerous:
u/ByfelsDisciple

Bloody Mary is Bloody Real:
[deleted]

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Deep in the heart of New Orleans, where the dead are never truly forgotten and the line between the sacred and the supernatural begins to blur, one woman became a legend unlike any other.

Marie Laveau. The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A woman surrounded by whispers of powerful rituals, gris-gris, spiritual healing, mysterious ceremonies, and a reputation that reached far beyond the streets of the French Quarter. She was a mother, a Catholic, a respected spiritual practitioner, and one of the most fascinating figures in New Orleans history. But where does the real Marie Laveau end and the legend begin?

In this episode of Weekly Bizarre, we’re going down the rabbit hole into Marie’s extraordinary life, exploring the history of New Orleans Voodoo, the stories surrounding her mysterious snake, Zombi, and the eerie legends that continue to follow her long after death.

From whispered tales of supernatural power to the strange traditions surrounding her tomb, Marie Laveau’s story is a tangled web of history, folklore, faith, and the unexplained.And in a city where people still leave offerings at her grave, some believe her influence never truly disappeared.

Was Marie Laveau simply a remarkable woman whose legacy grew into legend, or was there something more mysterious behind the Queen of New Orleans?

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Sources:
Johnston, D. (2026). Marie Laveau: The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans: Inside the dark history, forbidden rituals & hauntings behind the legend (Case File 003). Lulu.com.

Marie Laveau: The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. Masters of the Unseen, vol.5, Magic Mind Games, 2026


Nealon, T. (n.d.). The ghosts of Marie Laveau’s house: The eternal home of the Voodoo Queen. Ghost City Tours. https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-new-orleans/marie-laveau-house/

The national parks are known for their breathtaking landscapes, towering trees, and miles of untouched wilderness. But when the sun disappears behind the mountains and the woods fall silent, the beauty of these places can take a much darker turn.

Tonight, we’re heading deep into America’s national parks to explore the strange, unsettling, and downright terrifying stories hidden among the trees. From unexplained disappearances and eerie encounters to things lurking in the wilderness that defy explanation, these are the kinds of stories that make you question what might be hiding just beyond the reach of your flashlight.

So settle in, get comfortable, and let the sounds of the wilderness pull you in. Just remember… out here, you’re never as alone as you think you are..

Happy Nightmares 

Stories:
I found a strange journal in the restricted area of a national park.
u/DevilPsawn

Another park ranger just told me his scariest story:
u/thegeneralg

My Best Friend Vanished in a National Forest. I Found What was Left of Him:
u/AnnieMarieMorgan

PSA: Don't Take a Rock from Gettysburg National Park...Three Days I'll Never Forget:
u/JayAreW

I'm a park ranger at Mt. Rainier, people keep going missing, and I think I found out why:
u/BeatriceAbraxas

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What if the people who experience the strangest things aren’t looking for attention… they’re simply trying to understand what’s happening to them?

This week on Weekly Bizarre, we’re heading to California and into the unusual world of Daphne Minx and her home, Vortex29.

Daphne has spent years embracing the strange, creating a space where people could feel accepted, explore the unexplained, and share experiences that might sound unbelievable to everyone else. But behind the warmth and openness of Vortex29 were stories that were anything but ordinary.

Unexplained activity. Strange encounters. And yes… even the infamous stories of sexual spirits.

Whatever was happening inside Vortex29, Daphne never seemed interested in making people feel ashamed of what they experienced. She listened, she explored, and she remained open to the possibility that there are things we simply don’t understand.

What if the strangest thing about Vortex29 wasn’t the people who lived there… but whatever else was living there with them?

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Visit Vortex 29:
twistedreelsproductions.com/vortex29

Dead Air: Energies 
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IG: Therealvortex29

YT: https://youtu.be/AcUXaBoeJo0?si=H4JI7XsnUXwK9Gbz