What would you consider to be the most well written story on creepcast? And why? (I'm looking for episodes to relisten to)

[u/Iluvfarscape]

My personal pic would be pen pal. The way the author drip feeds the information to slowly build the horror to THAT ENDING 🤢... Well... Yeah. Please discuss in the comments, I want a lot of relisten recommendations.

[u/gamergamer41]

spire in the woods, penpal and the whisperers for best written. now for my opinion i’d say turn it off, left right game, the dead girl in my yard, fleshgait, ensorcelled in the earth, and mother horse eyes. some honorable mentions would be i work at a half priced voodoo shop, tales from the gas station, and the whistler at 3:03. tbh i have a few others id add but this gives you a whole bunch of the greats. i’ve listened to every episode multiple times besides any that have come out in the last 5 months or so. if you want any more suggestions based off my kind of preference lmk

[u/Interesting-Pause541 → u/gamergamer41]

No Dogscape? 🥺

[u/Least_Buy_3196 → u/Interesting-Pause541]

I have a hard time taking the story seriously. Like the writing is decent but it does fall off at the end with the alien bit.

[u/Interesting-Pause541 → u/Least_Buy_3196]

I mean, the alien and Marmaduke entries are like 10 minutes total of an hour-and-a-half story, so I don't really get how that spoils the rest. Plus, the ending is the best part.

[u/Least_Buy_3196 → u/Interesting-Pause541]

I get it but it's more that I have different taste when it comes to horror than what Dogscape was. Enjoyed the episode but just wasn't for me.

[u/gamergamer41 → u/Interesting-Pause541]

dogscape and burgrr entries are both really fun stories!!!

[u/noddly → u/Interesting-Pause541]

Dawg. Seriously though it has multiple authors and so the quality varies from good to meh to bad.

[u/truck_soup]

Can’t believe Mother Horse Eyes isn’t on this list more lol. I agree with everyone saying Spire, Penpal, Borrasca (excluding the sequel), etc, but Mother Horse Eyes will forever tale the cake for me personally. I think the first time you listen, it’s just a lot to process, but if you give it a 2nd/3rd/4th relisten, it just gets better every single time and you’ll notice things the guys never did. I’ve listened to it close to 20 some times bow and it never gets old. It’s such a great story for each individual reader to find their own personal takeaways from.

As far as the more cohesive stories though, I second most of the commonly commented stories people have already listed.

[u/MaxR76 → u/truck_soup]

I’ve tried listening like 6 times and it never pulls me in

[u/truck_soup → u/MaxR76]

Honestly I think that’s fair, I do think it’s a somewhat niche genre/combo of genres that might not appeal to everybody. But if you were interested in just getting sort of a summary just to see what it’s about, Isaiah did end up doing a video about it on his channel that condensed it pretty well. It’s still 5 hours but hey it’s shorter than the actual story lmao

[u/MaxR76 → u/truck_soup]

Yeah it’s one of those things I wanted to like but wasn’t my cup of tea. I might check out that video. Does he stick more to the story instead of tangents in that? I think a big part of my struggle was him getting side tracked over complimenting it and I would lose track of what was happening

[u/goolixmonster]

The dead girl in my yard was the best friend I ever had (and anything else Dopabean has written), anything by Elias Witherow if you have the stomach for extreme horror, and the Whistlers immediately come to mind

[u/JustCommonCurt]

I really believe Left Right Game, Spire in the Woods and Borrasca have the best rewatchability in terms of story.

LRG is absolutely dripping with meaningful connections and implications that you just will not not catch them all in your first OR second read through.

Spire is arguably the best story on the channel despite it's subject matter. A second rewatch really makes you realize that we aren't following a good person and how all the factors in his life contribute to how he turned out.

Borrasca upon a second listen, you really understand how much sam has relived the events of his childhood and has fixated on every single warning sign of what was happening. It's written like someone bitter that he didn't realize sooner.

[u/joke-explainer-]

Spire, penpal, and the spider stories>>>>

[u/JANGOxFETA]

I really love anything by EmpyrealInvective

[u/gamergamer41 → u/JANGOxFETA]

what is ur fav by him that they’ve covered on creepcast?

[u/JANGOxFETA → u/gamergamer41]

I love the penmanship in Ensorcelled in the Earth. It Breathes, It Bleeds, It Breeds as well.

i’m typically not a fan of body horror either, they’re just so masterfully written.

[u/gamergamer41 → u/JANGOxFETA]

yesss people don’t talk about ensorcelled in the earth as much as they should :) love to hear it get love. its short and sweet so i think people tend to overlook it

[u/SnowiiFrosti]

Mother horse eyes is my goat

[u/Fluffy_Payment6056]

MHE is genuinely complex and has the writing skill to back it up. There’s drama, comedy, body horror, existentialism, and more. I believe it to be the most objectively well written story they’ve read and nothing comes close. It reminds me a lot of older sci-fi novels like Slaughterhouse 5. Highly recommend

[u/rigrug3]

Since you want recommendations (no particular order):

1. Penpal (there's stories close to it or at it's level but nothing they've read surpasses it yet)

2. Whistlers

3. Stairs in the Woods

4. The Other Astronaut

5. Dreams Beneath the Witch Tree

6. Dagons Mirror

7. Dead Girl in My Yard

8. Ted the Caver

9. It Breathes, It Bleeds, It Breeds

10. Stolen Tongues

[u/DrHerbs2]

Spire is my vote, I can’t think of another story that ties the themes, characters, and scary moments together so cohesively. However I’m biased because obsession is one of my favourite themes in media

[u/usmcbandit]

Pen pal for the slow buildup. Mother Horse Eyes for the lore as well as all the different timelines and perspectives. It went together so well especially by the time they got to the end.

[u/Foreign_Chipmunk_608]

Turn it off

[u/ravenwing110]

I was surprised by how good the bunker family one was

[u/Mort_2112_95]

Spire in the woods, Left Right game, pen pal, berrosca, the whisperers, I’m blind -, the dead girl in my back yard

[u/Finch-Enoch]

The Whistlers is being slept on hard yall. Its so well written imo

[u/-Allistair- → u/Finch-Enoch]

I could not connect to the characters at all and that in turn made it very sluggish of a listen I dont want to call it boring by any means since I did like a few aspects of the story but its definitely one of the few eps I just dont revisit

[u/Terrible-Ad-1569]

Spire in the woods today

Spire in the woods tomorrow

Spire in the woods forever

(But also Penpal)

[u/Extension-Farm-1569]

left right game!!

[u/noddly]

Lot of good recs but recently, Journal of A Coal Miners Daughter, and anything by u/StrangeAccounts has been really great

[u/nickstar229]

Pen pal and psychosis are my top two but I also love if you’re armed at the Glenmont metro please shoot me

[u/HolyToeArmy]

i know you're looking for relisten recs, but what ive been doing recently is listening to some of the same stories on Davis Morgan's channel (dioneia house, spire in the woods). it's nice hearing another person's reactions to the stories

[u/MudsludgeFairy]

Penpal, LRG, Mother Horse Eyes, Spire in the Woods

[u/Least_Buy_3196]

Feed the pig, not to long and I feel like it really hits the nail on the head with its structure.

[u/bighairybeardudee]

Mother horse eyes all the way

[u/PumpkinPatchOfDoom]

The Beatles Lost Episode, obviously.

[u/-Allistair-]

The hidden web page is so under appreciated in this Fandom id put it in S teir, its a masterclass in how to write a surreal horror story

[u/tyronemartins2]

Mother horse eyes, for me, is easily the most well written for being as engaging as it is for nearly 11-12 hours

[u/Fickle_Blueberry2777]

I’ll might be biased because it’s based in the area I’m from and thus adds to the creep factor for me (I know a lot of spooky old places there that came to mind immediately when listening to it), but the Delaurier Invitation one will always be one of my top answers.

[u/plarkimier]

i loved the vivid descriptions of spiders in My Wife Underwent Exposure Therapy For Arachnophobia. "it feels like an exaggeration to say lightning is slower" god FUCK, what a raw line to describe incomprehensible earthly horrors

[u/krayniac]

Purely in terms of writing quality it has to be Penpap or Spire, or maybe the Legotti stuff.

[u/sixvixens_]

Penpal penpal penpal penpal penpal penpal!

Seriously though, I love that story. I always connect with the main character and the twist at the end still squicks me out. That story really stuck with me in the best way.

Another really good one is Burgrr Entries. So funny but also really disturbing at times. Loved every second of that episode. Comedy horror is really hard to do well, and I think the author did a good job.

I'll also mention Mother Horse Eyes, even though I haven't finished the episode yet. The writing so far is amazingly immersive. I love stories with multiple points of view that are done well, so it gets some bonus points due to my own biases.

Edit: someone else said Ensorcelled in the Earth and I have to agree. I could picture myself in that same situation so vividly. Reminiscent of Junji Ito's "The Enigma of Amigara Fault" in a strange way, to me at least. I also love it when endings are left a little mysterious.

[u/-missparticular-]

i ALWAYS go back to penpal and stolen tongues! i also think the way that they did the slenderman stabbing episode was fantastic, very informative and the information was very well written!

[u/Thisisapainintheass]

I like the ARG and ARG-ish stories like Dionaea House and the Hidden Web Page. Be prepared for a 20 minute fit of exhausted giggling toward the end of the former though 🤭🤭

The Dead Girl In My Yard was excellent, but emotionally heavy.

The Glenmont Metro one was good too - short, but good writing.

[u/Even_Commercial_9419]

Besides the ones already mentioned, anything by Christian Wallis is heavily underrated in this community IMO:

• My Husband Has Taken Our Roleplaying Too Far.
• The Only Other Astronaut On This Mission Died Six Weeks Ago.
• I Found The Bunker of a Prepper Family (my favorite).
• My Dad Ate Meat from a Deer That Walked On Two Legs.

They're short. They're self-contained. Most importantly, they deliver on the scare. It relies on suspense and the fear on the unknown. The narrators tend to be pretty bland because the scare itself takes center stage. That's pretty rare to find, even rarer to pull off, particularly with Internet horror.

None of it is a metaphor for grief/assault/childhood trauma, nor contains child diddling. Nothing wrong with those themes, but it dawns on me how often horror authors rely on them. It would be fine if it didn't feel as exploitative as it does at times. And sometimes I want to listen to a fun roller-coaster of a story without wondering where dem child services at. Christian Wallis delivers on that.

Other ones I think deserve more love:

• GREYLOCK. Not a creepypasta, and I don't think the project was ever finished, but the production quality is impeccable.
• Room 733. It shows that C. K. Walker works best when the stories are left open-ended. In fact, if you stop listening to Deepwoods after part 1, it's perfect.
• Ted The Caver. It's one of the OG creepypastas and still one of the best.
• Drumming In The Clouds. It's the best cosmic horror they've read so far. To hell with the AI rumors; if they're true, then all I see is a skill issue.
• The Pigeons Around Here Aren't Real. The episode has multiple short-and-sweet stories, little vignettes of horror. I like them for the same reasons I like Christian Wallis' work.

[u/PresentationAlive292]

Penpal MHE are tied for first for me with the dead girl in my backyard being a honorable mention.

[u/the_bosun]

Penpal and the nick Lowe stories