Nightmares, Creepypasta & Dark Web Horror Rabbit Holes

Recorded in February 2021, Michelle finally gets the Philadelphia snow she wanted while Henrique is recovering from what he believes was food poisoning. After several nights of bad sleep, the hosts compare the nightmares that stay with them: dreams about crimes and hidden bodies, impossible jumps followed by long falls, home invasions and the unsettling return of people who are absent or dead.Henrique's response to feeling frightened and exhausted is perfectly logical—he spends hours listening to narrated creepypastas, supposedly true Craigslist encounters and paranormal videos. He describes getting caught in YouTube recommendation loops, playing scary-story podcasts in the car and putting on Welcome to Night Vale while walking the dogs, even as ordinary nighttime sounds near his backyard shed become newly ominous.That horror habit leads to a Dark Web discussion built almost entirely from online lore. Henrique imagines red rooms and illegal markets, then describes sensational mystery-box creators, Randonautica videos and channels that blur fiction with alternate reality games. The hosts debate whether ambiguity can enhance entertainment and when a creator crosses an ethical line by using an allegedly real crime or emergency to solicit money.Michelle shares the Reddit communities r/LetsNotMeet and r/NoSleep, while both hosts agree that unresolved human encounters can be scarier than monsters. Despite the running joke that Michelle should download Tor Browser, neither host visits the Dark Web in this episode. This is a conversation about horror storytelling, internet mythology and deliberately scaring yourself—not a Dark Web tutorial, factual investigation, medical explanation for nightmares or endorsement of any creator's claims.LinksEmail the hosts: [email protected]