About DarkTales
DarkTales is a small horror blog with one simple idea: find the most unsettling stories shared on Reddit, and retell each one from scratch in our own words.
How it works
- We read widely. We look through horror and paranormal communities — r/nosleep, r/shortscarystories, r/letsnotmeet, r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix, r/Thetruthishere and others — for complete, well-told stories.
- We rewrite, never copy. Every story on this site is paraphrased end to end: new sentences, new phrasing, same plot and atmosphere. Long verbatim passages are never reproduced.
- We always credit. Each story names its original author (“Originally shared by u/<author> on r/<subreddit>”) and links directly to the original Reddit post so readers can find the author's own words.
Takedown & corrections
If you are the original author of a story retold here and you would like it removed or corrected — or if any credit link is wrong — just say so and we will take it down or fix it promptly. Authors keep every right to their work; this site claims none.
A note on content
These are horror stories. They may include mature or disturbing themes — stalkers, death, the paranormal. Reader discretion is advised.
Privacy
No accounts, no comments, no ads. We do count anonymous page views — how many times the homepage and each story are read, how long each story is typically read, which day and hour they're read, the country and device type, and which site sent the reader (e.g. Google or Reddit) — so we can see what readers love. No cookies, no personal data, nothing that identifies you.