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  1. 101 Sacrificial Red: Strange Tales from a Deep-Mountain Base Station 祭红·深山基站·诡事录 18k WordsCompleted Offering Red: Strange Tales from a Remote Mountain Relay Station 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  2. 102 The Northeast Mother-in-Law Murder Case 东北弑婆案 9k WordsCompleted The Northeast Mother-in-Law Murder Case —Reads—Score—14d adds
  3. 103 Midnight Terror: Tales of the Supernatural 午夜惊魂:民间鬼事录 Mystery564k WordsOngoing [Folk Taboos + Rural Ghost Stories + Episodic Tales + Chilling on Second Thought] The village elders say that some things are better believed than dismissed. Liu Er, a bachelor, picked up a red wedding dress. That very night, he heard the sound of a suona, and a faceless bride knocked on his door and said, “Liu Er, I’ve come to marry you.” Before a dead person is buried, the guiding candle at the head of the coffin must never go out. Old Liu Guang died, the candle went out, and a crack appeared 4.1kReads—Score17714d adds
  4. 104 The Eerie Portrait at the Wake 守灵夜的诡异遗像 12k WordsCompleted The Eerie Portrait at the Wake 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  5. 105 Zhang Laosan Tells Stories 张老三讲故事 Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Long, long ago, a strange calamity struck Kaoshan Village, deep in the old forests of Northeast China. Hunter Li Dashan kept watch over a coffin on a snowy night and encountered a weasel spirit that spoke like a human, asking him to give it a title. One careless remark from him exposed a bloody secret from twenty years earlier. When the statue of the Yellow Immortal on the ancestral hall’s altar split with bloody cracks on the night of a lunar eclipse, when a golden-haired weasel burst from a pe 9Reads—Score—14d adds
  6. 106 Folk Tales: A Daily Dose of Horror 民间怪谈:每日恐怖奇说 Mystery233k WordsCompleted Which is more terrifying, humans or ghosts, or perhaps something unseen and even more frightening? With its distinctive narrative style, this book brings readers a series of spine-chilling horror stories. In this book, you will follow different protagonists into worlds filled with terror and eerie unease. From mysterious ancient buildings to remote, desolate places, and from ordinary everyday life to bizarre supernatural phenomena, every story is packed with unexpected twists and horrifying mome 277Reads—Score—14d adds
  7. 107 The Witch Seeks the Veins and Calms the Soul 巫师寻脉镇魂 Mystery164k WordsOngoing A man in a red robe isn't necessarily a groom. He might be a shaman, known as a Duangong. The protagonist, Liu Chunqiu, is the youngest shaman in southwestern Hubei. Other people wear red to marry. He wears red to drive out ghosts. Other people pray to Buddha and beseech the gods. He invites the gods to possess him. His master asks him to find and recover the lost lineage of shamanic arts. From then on, the protagonist performs Duangong rites day and night to heal the sick and ward off evil, and 122Reads—Score1114d adds
  8. 108 Strange Tales from Western Hunan 西湘散异 Mystery301k WordsCompleted Historical fantasy: When things are hard to speak of, let strange tales record them; when people are not of our kind, seek out the spirits anew. To outsiders, the most mysterious thing about Xixiang is surely corpse-driving. But beyond that, there are also uncanny tales and legends about praying for rain, Zhuyou rituals, dragons and snakes, mirrors, and more. Even carpenters who make coffins can determine life and death with a single swing of their axes. Through these stories, Chen Jun discovere 10Reads8.3Score—14d adds
  9. 109 I’m Hu Sheng, and I Dare to Take on the Underworld Bailiff 我虎剩,敢干阴差 Mystery410k WordsCompleted If you saw money lying on the ground outside a hospital, would you pick it up? Heh. But if you actually did, then congratulations: you've been caught! Once you pick up that money, bad luck will cling to you. At best, you'll come down with a fever or a cold. At worst, it might cost you your life. Don't ask how I know. After I picked up that money, I was plagued by bad luck and nearly lost my life... My name is Shen Yidong, and I'm a bona fide Northeastern guy. As my mom would say, I'm a bit of a 8.9kReads6.7Score20814d adds
  10. 110 The Taboos of Moving a Grave: I’m Forced to Be a Dead Man’s Best Man 迁坟禁忌,我被迫给死人当伴郎 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Inside a brightly decorated hall, I was serving as best man to a corpse. After that, I went through all kinds of bizarre events... The dead kept sending me gifts I couldn't get rid of. A dried corpse murder case that claimed three lives in a single day. The undead patrolling a wilderness graveyard. A pale child who nailed himself inside a coffin. And the thatched hut that stole people's lifespans. To understand what started this endless string of events, we have to go back to the part-time job I 34Reads8.8Score—14d adds
  11. 111 Possessed by a Vengeful Spirit: Who Peeled Off My Face? 冤魂附体·谁剥了我的脸皮? Mystery16k WordsCompleted Possessed by a Vengeful Ghost: Who Peeled Off My Face? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  12. 112 One Chilling Story Every Night 每晚一个惊魂故事 Mystery732k WordsOngoing [One story per chapter] [Chinese-style horror] [Folk tales] [Urban vengeful spirits] [Haunted houses] [No main plot] Collected and adapted fictional tales of terror from all over, one story per chapter, each one different. No grand lectures, just bone-chilling tales rooted in everyday life. All adapted from strange folk tales passed down for years. They sound true, and the more you think about them, the more unsettling they get. Great for unwinding, but don't try to “unwind” alone in the dead of 1.2kReads—Score10314d adds
  13. 113 Corpse Money: Thoughts for the Afterlife 尸钱想后 48k WordsCompleted Corpse Money, Posthumous Thoughts 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 114 Yin-Yang Travels in a Mountain Village 山村阴阳行 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Chen Jiujin, and I'm a wandering tradesman. To put it plainly, when someone has a haunting on their hands, they hire me to take a look. This time, I came to Zhou Family Village. A seventeen-year-old girl had been followed by something foul. She drank chicken blood, dug up graves in the middle of the night, and kept repeating the same words: “Give me back my life.” I thought it was just an ordinary wandering ghost. But I was wrong. The thing inside that girl's belly wasn't a ghost. It 2.8kReads6.4Score22214d adds
  15. 115 The Unusual Case Investigation Bureau 异案调查局 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In 2008, the body of a drowned woman was discovered in the Kaiyuan Reservoir. Yet every clue in the case pointed to suicide. The officers assigned to investigate began having frequent nightmares, and in the end, each of them drowned. “Bus 303,” “Crying Beneath the Old Grave,” “Hair in the Forbidden City Corridor,” “Chongqing's Headless Taxi Driver.” Zhang Yao, a member of the Anomalous Cases Investigation Bureau, tells you about the inexplicable paranormal cases he personally encountered over th 153Reads5.3Score3814d adds
  16. 116 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事,千万别深夜翻看 Mystery261k WordsCompleted These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
  17. 117 The Haunted House of Resentment: A Bizarre Murder Case 怨气凶宅·诡异的凶杀案 10k WordsCompleted The Haunted House of Resentful Spirits: A Bizarre Murder 5Reads—Score—14d adds
  18. 118 The Corpse in the Cave Pool Can Kill 洞穴深潭里的尸体会杀人 7k WordsCompleted The Corpse in the Cave Pool Can Kill 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  19. 119 The Outcast Ghost of Wancun Village 万丛村的边缘鬼 Mystery329k WordsCompleted Some say death, the end of life, is the fairest thing of all because everyone dies. But in truth, unfairness is absolute, fairness is relative, and even the end can be unfair. There are homeless wanderers with nowhere to live and no place to call home, and there are the rich, with mansions everywhere. The same goes for ghosts: some are lonely spirits with "nowhere to be buried," while others are wealthy ghosts with burial grounds bigger than a kingdom... Wanderers are pitiful, and lonely ghosts 4Reads—Score—14d adds
  20. 120 The Bronze Coffin Seals the Soul: The Yin Corpse 铜棺封魂·阴尸 26k WordsCompleted The Bronze Coffin Seals the Soul: The Yin Corpse 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  21. 121 Ye Wuhen: Blood Rain Over the Jianghu 叶无痕之血雨江湖 40k WordsCompleted Ye Wuhen: Blood Rains Over the Jianghu 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  22. 122 A Record of Stitching Corpses in Republican-Era China 民国缝尸录 20k WordsCompleted Republican-Era Records of Corpse Stitching —Reads—Score—14d adds
  23. 123 I Test-Sleep in Haunted Houses: My True Accounts of Ghostly Encounters! 我做凶宅试睡员,口述撞鬼实录! Mystery455k WordsCompleted [As long as you’re not afraid of ghosts, you can make money even while you sleep.] My name is Ma Jun. Two friends and I run a real estate agency. We make plenty of money, but we keep running into ghosts because all the properties we sell are haunted houses... 466Reads7.0Score—14d adds
  24. 124 60 Chilling Stories from Real Life 来自现实的60个惊悚故事 Mystery509k WordsCompleted (Purely written by hand, not AI) Schemes! Poisoning! Possession! Framing... evil spirits! Returning from the dead! Ghosts! Curses... Terrifying and chilling stories based on real events, showing you the things that lurk in the dark world! Every story is a horror short drama! 20.6kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
  25. 125 The Strange Rural Tales My Aunt Told Me 姑姑给我讲的农村怪事 Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing When I was little, I was timid, but I still loved listening to my aunt tell stories. Today, I'm sharing with you the stories she told me. I'll do my best to keep writing, and I hope you'll support me. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
  26. 126 Strange Happenings in the Village: I Became a Zombie to Avenge Myself 村野诡事之化成僵尸为自己报仇 Mystery6k WordsCompleted Village Hauntings: I Become a Jiangshi to Avenge Myself 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  27. 127 Chinese-Style Horror Stories 中式恐怖小说 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 30Reads—Score—14d adds
  28. 128 Night Tales: One Eerie Story Every Night 夜话:每晚一个诡故事 Mystery135k WordsOngoing Unravel the chilling logical paradoxes hidden in everyday details. Each story is an artistic reimagining of a real social event from recent years. Every late night conceals secrets unknown to others. Each chapter is a standalone story, with a brisk pace, tight storytelling, and no dull moments. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  29. 129 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 Mystery288k WordsCompleted This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds
  30. 130 Frightening Folk Tales of Ghosts and Monsters 民间吓人的鬼怪故事 Mystery306k WordsCompleted This book collects folk tales about ghosts and monsters from China and around the world, both ancient and modern. They include deeply moving love stories, myths where good and evil are repaid in kind, and eerie tales that will leave you trembling with fear. We hope you enjoy them. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
  31. 131 Strange Happenings in the Elevator: I Seek Justice for a Female Ghost 电梯诡事之我为女鬼讨公道 Mystery6k WordsCompleted Elevator Hauntings: I Seek Justice for the Female Ghost 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  32. 132 Night Talks at the Threshing Ground 打谷场夜话 Rural Life170k WordsCompleted Long ago, in the countryside, there were no phones, televisions, air conditioners, or fans. When darkness fell in summer, people would head to the threshing ground to cool off, sit in a circle, chat, and start telling strange and terrifying ghost stories… 1.9kReads—Score12214d adds
  33. 133 The Village Guardian Ghost 护村鬼 Mystery382k WordsCompleted Ghosts often haunt Ronggu Village, but the villagers themselves are not afraid. They say the ghosts are protectors of the village and would never harm its people. In fact, they protect them. Outsiders, however, are afraid, especially those who know they have a guilty conscience. That is why outsiders rarely dare to spend the night in Ronggu Village. So what exactly are these guardian ghosts like? Why are they called the village’s protectors? Let me tell you the story. 35Reads6.6Score—14d adds
  34. 134 Burying a Corpse in the Mountain Village: The Soul-Shaking Yin Gong 山村葬尸,阴锣惊魂 Mystery10k WordsCompleted Burial in the Mountain Village: The Ghostly Gong’s Terrifying Echo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  35. 135 My Job at the Horror Radio Station 我在恐怖电台任职这件事儿 Mystery90k WordsCompleted [Folklore] [Supernatural] [Short Story] [No Superpowers] [No Rule-Based Horror] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Not for the Faint of Heart] The author is working hard to make a living. 22Reads—Score414d adds
  36. 136 A Corrupted Heart 糜烂之心 Mystery287k WordsOngoing Deep inside the Luocheng Police Department, a metal filing cabinet labeled “Bloodstained Files” holds dozens of long-unsolved, grisly cases. Each one once shocked the nation with its bizarre deaths, but limited forensic technology at the time meant they were ultimately filed away as “unsolved.” In 2025, advances in forensic science prompted the department to launch the “Bloodstained Files Resolution Project.” The first case to be reopened was the most controversial of them all: the “Terrifying P 42Reads—Score—14d adds
  37. 137 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Mystery174k WordsCompleted Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 20Reads—Score—14d adds
  38. 138 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌,压棺回魂 Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 946Reads6.2Score10114d adds
  39. 139 The Spooky, Hilarious Legend 恐怖幽默搞笑传 Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Synopsis of The Spooky, Humorous, Hilarious Tale Other streamers are scared out of their wits when they encounter ghosts on camera. When he runs into evil spirits, his go-to move is “cuddle up”! In a gloomy old mansion, instead of heartrending sobs, the streamer blasts his absurdly catchy “Good Luck Is Coming” theme music. A ghost in white lifts her long hair to scare him, only for him to whip out a pair of Tony's scissors and ask, “Want a makeover?” Even the supernatural crowd rushes to post co 12Reads—Score214d adds
  40. 140 The Folk Ghost Hunter 民间捉鬼人 Mystery212k WordsCompleted This novel tells the true story of an old man from our village. His name was Li Zhengyu, and he was an extraordinary practitioner of the occult. Born in a small village in the mountains of Lingnan, he became tainted by yin energy after being haunted by the ghosts of a mother and daughter, and repeatedly encountered supernatural beings. By chance, he met a master of Daoist arts and began his journey of cultivation, changing the course of his life. Evil Maoshan curses, poison and witchcraft, treas 1.3kReads9.0Score—14d adds
  41. 141 Tales of Strange Creatures in a Northeastern Mountain Village 东北山村野怪谈 Mystery142k WordsCompleted Deep in the mountains of the Northeast, evil lurks in the old forests, and strange things abound in deserted villages. The elders say, “Every mountain has a mountain god, every forest a forest spirit. You can’t fight them, and you can’t escape them.” One eerie Northeast folk tale after another, one terrifying night in the mountain villages after another. It all begins with a heavy snowfall. 2.4kReads—Score11314d adds
  42. 142 Night Tales from the Haunted House: 1,000 Folk Ghost Stories 诡舍夜话:1000个民间鬼故事 Mystery461k WordsCompleted [Changting 9.0 Rating] [A Must-Read for Women Late at Night] [Urban Horror] Don't read this late at night! A thousand standalone tales of the eerie, guaranteed to make you afraid to walk alone after dark! This collection features sinister events passed down through generations in rural lanes and villages, as well as bizarre tales widely shared online. Each chapter is a story of its own, so there's no need to wait for updates. Just open it and start reading! The faint sobbing from a corner of an 4.5kReads—Score15414d adds
  43. 143 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 Mystery306k WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 603Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 144 Chronicles of Strange Folk Tales 民间怪谈事件录 Mystery351k WordsCompleted Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! The 1980s and 1990s saw one bizarre incident after another in Jubao Village: Zhao Laohei, who rose from the dead at the execution ground... The woman who hanged herself in town, her whole face turned a purplish black... The ghost child encountered during a game of hide-and-seek on the Ghost Festival... The terrifying bamboo fiend in the old bamboo grove... People and ghosts playing cards in a yin-yang card game.. 157Reads—Score—14d adds
  45. 145 Ghost Stories of the Southwest 西南鬼事 Mystery800k WordsCompleted This is a collection of ghost stories from southwest China, made up of a series of medium-length tales. Some may be part of your childhood, some may be stories you've told yourself, and others may be stories you've never heard. Today, let Xiao An tell you these strange and wondrous tales, one by one. 101Reads—Score—14d adds
  46. 146 A Collection of Ancient Folk Tales of the Supernatural 古代民间灵异故事合集听来的故事 Mystery806k WordsCompleted A hugely popular collection on Tomato Listen, featuring rule-based horror, infinite-loop survival, folk customs and taboos, deranged killers, deadly survival instances, feng shui, livestreaming, modern technology, and many other kinds of horror. Volume One: Classical ghost stories. A blend of modern and classical taboos: never look in the mirror at midnight, someone is under the bed... A wedding sedan, an old well, an ancestral shrine, a nighttime opera... Any ordinary thing can become a spirit; 4Reads—Score—14d adds
  47. 147 The Vanishing Her: Who Is My Girlfriend, Really? 消失的她:我的女友究竟是谁 Mystery13k WordsCompleted I'm a corporate wage slave. I've noticed my girlfriend has been acting strangely lately. She often dances in front of the mirror in the middle of the night and makes all sorts of eerie expressions. Worried about her, I started investigating her in secret. I discovered that she has a twin sister with dissociative identity disorder. The hospital staff said her sister went missing a month ago. My girlfriend seems to have changed completely around the same time. Just as I sat at my computer, feeling —Reads—Score—14d adds
  48. 148 The Death Camera 死亡相机 Mystery9k WordsCompleted I don't like digital cameras. I like old-fashioned film cameras. After my grandfather's funeral, I inherited one of his belongings: an unused roll of film. My grandfather once said, "Don't touch the future, or you'll be caught up in an unknown disaster." I didn't understand what he meant then, not until a short while later, when I used that roll of film to photograph a murder. A murder that had yet to happen. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
  49. 149 A Sheet of Human Skin 一张人皮 Mystery8k WordsCompleted When beads of blood seeped from the claw marks on Li Jun's back, I recognized their shape: they were fingernail marks, exactly like the ones on the female corpse at the crematorium thirty years ago. Three days earlier, when he tremblingly handed me that faded pellet drum, the smiling faces of the boy and girl painted on its surface had suddenly split open, revealing locust-wood grain writhing beneath the skin. Now the lights above the emergency room flickered, and black blood was flowing through 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  50. 150 The Yin Spirit Shop 阴称铺子 12k WordsCompleted The Yin-Titles Shop 424Reads—Score—14d adds

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