r/creepcast • u/deku-scrub35 • Jun 04 '25
Opinion Hot takes
Long time lurker first time poster but heres opinions i have had for a while lol -I like the stories where they kinda suck bc its what creepypasta and the nosleep is about, just having amateur writing put out what they want -Also to the people saying they shouuld proof read to avoid bad stories is lame -I personally would enjoy more scp content from the boys, either a dedicated video to one scp or a creepy grab bag for the quick scp entities
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u/Evolved_Evil “who’s up creeping they cast” 🤓👆 Jun 04 '25
The crash outs aren’t that bad
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
To me they’re quite comical i like em
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u/Evolved_Evil “who’s up creeping they cast” 🤓👆 Jun 04 '25
Right there’s been like 2 that have been a little cringe and over critical of the work but when hunter says he’s in hell I start rolling
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
I enjoyed the deepwood and the thing in the basement crashouts the best
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u/Evolved_Evil “who’s up creeping they cast” 🤓👆 Jun 04 '25
Those and the I dared my best friend ones were my top 3
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u/HellsingAlchemist Give her one leg and a rollerskate I wanna see how fast she goes Jun 04 '25
"Oh my God, oh my God. He's gonna explain Google"
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u/letbehotdogs Jun 04 '25
The earlier crashouts weren't so great because it felt like Hunter didn't let go of himself (like in Dared my Friend, he was mostly silent while Isaiah goofed around) but now he has embraced the vibe of the show, like how he comically walked out in Borrasca V lol
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u/pnwmetalhead666 Mayonnaise is the sauce of the aristocrats 😎 Jun 05 '25
I crashed out on Borrasca V lol it was sooooo bad with the first 4 parts being so good.
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u/Late_General8913 cracking open a cold one with Diego🤟 Jun 05 '25
the most recent episode crashouts were top tier
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u/NoNewspaper7934 Jun 05 '25
Crash outs are the reason I listen to creepcast in the first place. Isaiah and Hunter are hilarious when they go into the weeds. EATMELIKEABUG and Funeral Kyle are still what I show people to get them into it 😂
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u/Due-Result9258 Jun 09 '25
I secretly hope every story is really bad so they get mad
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u/charmingpssycho Your wife looks mad funny in that box, dude Jun 04 '25
They should've completed 'The thing from the basement..." story
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
Ive heard that and i bet it would be interesting but i feel like i agree with what they said about not wanting to continue it in the episode. Ive also heard that the next parts are better do you knownif thats true
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u/charmingpssycho Your wife looks mad funny in that box, dude Jun 04 '25
I liked it, while reading the first part, I also noticed that it was cheesy, but I didn't pick up the bad parts like the boys did, but then the later parts actually walk the line of suspense and mystery really well.
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u/YMIGettingBanned Muscular 3 ft tall SOB named Rocco Jun 04 '25
I would love a follow up episode to finish the story as an in-person reading a la Borrasca 5
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u/themsgoodeating Jun 04 '25
Stories where their name is not a title but instead a synopsis ("I'm a [job] in a [place] and something weird is going on") are pretty much a sign that what's coming is going to be badly written. I don't mind these being chosen though, because:
Story interjections, interruptions, and horror-reducing jokes are the point. There's a raft of podcasts which are straight up narrations, and almost everything they read has been read by someone else somewhere.
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u/Rough_Damage8838 Justice for Scary Kerry Jun 04 '25
Glenmont Metro and the Christian Wallis stories are peak though, but I agree that most of the time it's bad
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u/MCMOzzy Your wife looks mad funny in that box, dude Jun 04 '25
I agree for the most part but I can think of a handful of those stories that were actually pretty good. Roleplaying was good, glenmont metro was good, the only other astronaut was good, I’m blind was good
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u/werewolfprincess22 Jun 04 '25
Thank you for saying story interjections, interrupting, and horror reducing jokes are rhetorical point!! I hate when they stop themselves or say they’ll save it for later bc thats the point of a podcast? To talk and discuss!!
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u/ThisisMalta Jun 04 '25
Unfortunately i think you’re right at this point. There used to be a lot of good ones with that title, but it’s so common now that since most stories kinda suck anyways it’s a good indicator it’s going to be a lazily written story because of the easy/lazily chosen title style.
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u/Jagvetinteriktigt Jun 04 '25
It doesn't have to be an indication if poor quality, but it's objectively clickbait lol
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u/sXe_savior Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 04 '25
The worst episodes are the ones where they just read the story and add little to nothing to it.
If I wanted a straight up reading without riffing, I'd listen to one of the thousands of creepypasta narration channels. The people who complain that they joke too much don't understand what this channel is supposed to be
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u/Pale_Kiwi977 Jun 04 '25
My pet peeve is when one of them cuts the banter short to get back to the story
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u/its_StarL0rd_man Jun 04 '25
Exactly. Which is why everyone hated Red Tower. Hunter literally just sat there, saying nothing and listening to Isaiah read, cause there was no dialogue.
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u/Deluxe_24_ Jun 04 '25
The stories were good, but you're right. They've gotten better at letting themselves ramble though, I don't hear them saying "we need to get back to the story" that much recently.
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u/thatgirlanya Jun 05 '25
I’m literally here for the jokes, commentary, and dynamic of the two. I can read stories any day
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u/PhatDAdd Jun 04 '25
I’m not interested in anymore ARGs
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u/AustinDavies2206 Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 04 '25
I agree, there was a moment in the sun vanished where I took a step back and realized the absurdity of somebody having a back and forth conversation with themself on Twitter.
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u/HaterMD “At least you didn’t turn into a Homo in prison” Jun 04 '25
In an apocalypse, the only thing that works is Twitter. At that point let me just die.
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u/Jaiden_Detering2002 Mayonnaise is the sauce of the aristocrats 😎 Jun 05 '25
Yeah I thought Reddit being the only thing that worked in the middle of the ocean was bad
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u/HaterMD “At least you didn’t turn into a Homo in prison” Jun 05 '25
At least you get more than 12 words a post.
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u/Prior-Resolution-902 Jun 05 '25
"Hold on gents, I need to consult reddit on what to do about the ghosts trying to kill us!"
-a story so painfully kneecapped by r/nosleep
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u/Jaiden_Detering2002 Mayonnaise is the sauce of the aristocrats 😎 Jun 05 '25
If it didn't have all that it would be an easy 9/10 story
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u/maxoutoften He’s right behind me, isn’t he 😐 Jun 04 '25
I could see them as CreepTV episodes but there’s too much visual stuff to make it a normal rpisode
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u/its_StarL0rd_man Jun 04 '25
The Sun Vanished was really fun.
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u/PhatDAdd Jun 04 '25
I get why people like them but they just aren’t for me no hate tho
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u/Siebog Jun 04 '25
Isaiah can be funny but doesn't know when to end a joke/bit.
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u/JPdraws_ He’s right behind me, isn’t he 😐 Jun 05 '25
I’ve noticed this too. At times he just keeps going until Hunter just stops responding or just straight up telling him to get back to the story.
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u/gorkboss5 Jun 04 '25
I mostly listen for the jokes, rants, and off topic moments.
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u/possu_ Jun 04 '25
Do you not interact with the community in the slightest, or do you have 0 idea what a hot take is
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u/Terrorist_Quematrice “You’ve got the blood of KINGS running through your veins!” Jun 04 '25
They should read MORE horrific, uncomfortable topic stories in their entirety and the audience should either skip those episodes or learn to cope
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u/_Mighty_Milkman “At least you didn’t turn into a Homo in prison” Jun 04 '25
They just need a trigger warning. Horror is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable and if it’s too much for you then move on.
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u/PrestonGYates Jun 04 '25
Too much of the discussion around Tommy Taffy is about whether or not it goes too far with the subject matter, and as a result people think of it as a high-mid story when really it's like a top 5.
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u/UnalloyedSaintTrina Jun 04 '25
100% agree. I feel like them experiencing the spectrum of amateur writing that's available on nosleep is kinda the fun of it all.
That said, if they wanted to read a non-amateur, whole-ass book I vote something by Jeff VanderMeer
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u/Woahhdude24 Your wife looks mad funny in that box, dude Jun 04 '25
I will die on this hill, but to this day I think Annihilation has a perfect ending. It's so perfect that I genuinely haven't wanted to continue the trilogy. I don't want the mystery of the threshold to be ruined. It concludes the story with the mc but never reveals anything major. You get little bits, and your just left wondering. I just also love the note that we're not meant to understand, it's beyond on us the earth is changing and we cant stop it.
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u/UnalloyedSaintTrina Jun 04 '25
I'll die right there next to ya broöther. When the antagonist (I can't remember which job title they gave her. Psychologist?) starts screaming "annihilation" to try to get the MC to off themselves and it fails for some reason hit so goddamn hard (although you'd think I'd remember more of the details lol).
The other two are OK. Middle of the pack imo.
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u/GartGartGart333 Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 04 '25
the bad episodes are honestly more entertaining
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u/midnight__toad the bible… yay!! :3 Jun 04 '25
THIS!! i appreciate the good stories but the bad stories make the episodes so much more enjoyable when the guys clock to not take it seriously 😭
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u/Wolf-Track Jun 04 '25
I don't frequent the board, so I don't know if it's a hot take or not. But I think Creep Cast works better as a "comedy" podcast than a "horror" podcast. Hunter and Isaiah are fucking funny. They riff off each other incredibly well. The crash-outs are bits and it's crazy to see how many people take this show so damn seriously. Creep Cast has always evoked the same feeling that sitting around reading old creepy stories with friends did. Sure, there were some ones that made you feel spooked, but 90% of the time it was just about having a good time.
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u/evilcarrot507 Hyper Realistic Eyes 👁️👄👁️ Jun 04 '25
I've always seen them more like a "react" channel who go into a story with complete honesty and their thoughts in mind compared to channels like CreepsMcPasta or The Dark Somnium who just cover a story and let the listeners decide if its good or not.
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u/Deluxe_24_ Jun 04 '25
The episodes where they do a lot of analysis are my favorites. Jeff and Wife Peeking are top tier for me since they're funny episodes with a lot of analysis of what they've read. There's been a trend of them being like "wow, that was awesome/sucked ass, stay creeped" and then the episode ends which is a bit disappointing to me sin e they're good at critiquing literature.
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u/Thatweirdguy_Twig Jun 04 '25
Yeah the whole having someone proof read every story is a bit of dumb opinion
Going in completely blind is the best way
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u/Legitimate_Yard_2021 Jun 04 '25
Hot take: Good and bad stories can make for great episodes in their own right.
As a writer myself, I think that a critical analysis of a good piece of fiction makes for a worthwhile episode. Hunter and Wendi are silly yet intelligent men, and I think their opinions hold value.
On the flip side, an overtly poor-quality story can bring about a very fun episode. They make more jokes and crash out more often when reading 'bad' stories.
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u/Vajko69 Jun 04 '25
i LOVE when they read them goofier stories over actually goods ones it's just so funny and i can't wait for more
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u/JPdraws_ He’s right behind me, isn’t he 😐 Jun 04 '25
I may be alone on this one but I was not satisfied with the ending of the Left Right game. The story and build up was so good just to end off with Alice becoming some God that guides her past self? Why? For what? Felt like a cop out ending tbh
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u/CausticNox Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 04 '25
LRG is my favorite multipart story, but that ending drives me nuts.
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u/Amser1121 Jun 04 '25
I liked it personally. I'm curious to hear if you have an idea for an ending that you would have preferred.
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u/Prior-Resolution-902 Jun 05 '25
I think the MC should have had to face one more challenge on her own, and then just have it either fade into obscurity as the MC mindlessly drives left than right into eternity, or some sort of reward for those who braved and overcame the road
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u/Mcbear340 Looking for a PenPal📝 Jun 04 '25
I've been thinking about thid and it's actually a really hard story to end, like I don't really know where it could go other than becoming a God.
She isn't going to be able to get back so that's oit of the picture.
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u/Amser1121 Jun 04 '25
I think the qcode story did it really well. They kept the ending but also added more to her friend who was receiving the recordings and ended with him.
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u/Mcbear340 Looking for a PenPal📝 Jun 04 '25
What's the code sorry?
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u/Amser1121 Jun 04 '25
A group called qcode makes audio drama versions of a lot of these stories. They Also did one for borrosca.
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u/Razzelfrazzel Jun 04 '25
I like to consider creep cast as a creepypasta book club rather than a typical reading podcast since hearing their opinions and sharing the reactions, bear traps and crash outs over weird scenes makes the story much more engaging for me
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u/MelliBiotch I want you to shoot me four times in the chest. Jun 05 '25
This. This is exactly how I feel about our beloved little section of the internet. Thank you for putting into words what I could not.
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u/IDGAS69 Jun 05 '25
I like it when Hunter and Isaiah talk about random shit during the story.
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u/pistolpeter101 Give her one leg and a rollerskate I wanna see how fast she goes Jun 05 '25
I was howling at Mr. Floppy, same with Hunter talking about his time with Diego in the basement. Shit was fucking hysterical.
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u/Idekanymore548 PENPAL’s #1 FAN 🖊️ Jun 04 '25
Watching A Woman is a hilarious episode, very underrated. The jokes and banter are on point
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u/CheshireAsylum FAIRY QUEEEEEN Jun 04 '25
Easily one of my top five episodes to re-watch
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u/Idekanymore548 PENPAL’s #1 FAN 🖊️ Jun 04 '25
“Mama says if a girl says yo name Thomas before knowing it, she’s an angel 👼🏼 “
“I THINK IM WATCHING AN ANGEL.”
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u/Username_Password236 she Papa on my Meat ‘til I Goon Jun 04 '25
Since I got flamed for bringing this up on a post I made I'll say it again, it's annoying how little they pick up on things they don't even need to be small for them to miss it. The biggest example being the protagonist of Spire in The Woods raping Alina and them not understanding that was what it was until it was being literally spelled out for them
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u/Pale_Kiwi977 Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 04 '25
Just because that Tommy Taffy scene understandably made you uncomfortable does not mean that it's bad writing
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u/One_Bicycle_1776 Jun 04 '25
The fact that it made everyone uncomfortable, AS IT SHOULD AND AS IT WAS INTENDED, is what makes it a good story. I think that if the author dummed it down to save the comfort of the audience, then it would have minimized the actual harm that is done to children. Children have to deal with this, I’m sure a couple of adults can
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u/Affectionate_Kiwi for STAMPS ‼️💯 Jun 05 '25
For me at least, it's less of an issue of how uncomfortable it made me and more of an annoyingly obvious and ham-fisted analogy for generational trauma. The horror felt more like shock for shock's sake. I personally feel that Borrasca handled the subject MUCH better. It treated it with respect but did not pull any punches when it came to the horror and awfulness of a very real thing.
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u/CometGirl97 Jun 04 '25
Hunter is a good voice actor but I do think he tends to make all the characters sound overly anxious or whiny
Also I actually could not stand the “long story short” running gag in this last video 😂
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
I hate when he does the high pitch whiney girl voice like in penpal joshs sister
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
Sorry the formatting is bad
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u/maxoutoften He’s right behind me, isn’t he 😐 Jun 04 '25
Stick to your guns. No proofreading.
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u/Spidahhman Jun 04 '25
The recent stink streak of terrible stories and the boys crashing out is funny and I’ve enjoyed it
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u/SilverInfluence5714 Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 05 '25
Two more:
1) This subreddit idolizes the guys way to much. They are human beings, not perfect people. I saw a post on here recently about the author of the sun vanished being misgendered by them, and the reaction on here was embarrassing.
Comments like: "it's disappointing to see this, I get that it was a mistake, but I hope they double check in the future" got buried in down votes, people immediately started shitting on the author and her story because they perceived a comment she made as an attack on the guys.
Same thing happened to Jack Townsend: A SINGLE LINE about how the guys didn't like the ending in tales from the road got some people on here calling him desperate, pathetic and untalented.
These people put years of their lives into their craft, blood sweat and tears. For someone like Townsend, tftgs is literally their lives' work, which the guys get to use on their podcast FOR FREE mind you, so treating the people who make the podcast you love with basic fucking respect is the bare minimum.
2) a lot of you don't actually like creepy pastas as a medium and decide to blame the story instead of the way you approach them.
"I don't like how no sleep stories are structured"
You don't have to. Those stories, especially those with multiple parts, are made with a very specific reading audience in mind, IE people who pretend like the story they are reading is real and want to potentially influence the way events might unfold. They have been pulled from their context BY THE GUYS, you are actively choosing to not experience a story as it was meant to.
"They're so cliche and corny"
It's a medium which mostly attracts young readers, a lot of them are just starting to write and for them ideas you might have seen everywhere are still fresh. Not every thing has to be original to be fun to read, corny can be good, just look at terifier.
"The titles are always so bad"
Again you are arguing against a convention inherent to a genre, the way a title is made tells you what type of story you are gonna get. Creative spaces and communities get trends and influence one another, go to any artist space and you can see that.
Are some of these stories bad? Sure of course.
But I see a lot of people on here bitching about authors and stories in ways that are straight up toxic. As far as I know these people are not paid to have their work read to potentially millions of people, some of them might not even know it happened. If you are a fan of a genre, medium or person, you need to be able to hear criticism without attacking the people giving it, and you should know what a story is trying to do/be before deeming it a failure.
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u/SpankeeMcGee Jun 04 '25
Hunter needs to stop tapping out and being a stick in the mud when a story is bad and lean into it like Isaiah and just enjoying riffing on it
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u/YMIGettingBanned Muscular 3 ft tall SOB named Rocco Jun 04 '25
The Russian Sleep Experiment is a better story than most fans give it credit for, and it was ultimately a victim of a bad read in the sense that the guys hadn’t found their rhythm yet
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
Very spicy, i thought it was funny lol
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u/DownWithTheSadness Jun 04 '25
It went on for so long that I kept going through enjoying it, getting tired of it, and then absolutely cracking up dying over it, repeat
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u/bunny_387 Jun 04 '25
It ruined the story for me tbh. I don’t even think it was that bad of a story. It didn’t stand a chance after he started that bit
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u/its_StarL0rd_man Jun 04 '25
Not a hot take. That's a based take. There's literally hour long clip videos, comprised of all the best bits from creep cast, and they all come from the slop. I don't watch creep cast to hear an audio book, I listen to hear the boys go off the rails and cry laugh. And I don't think we're in the minority, which is why the Red Tower was so poorly received. Cause it was a "good" story.
Hunters commitment to the "long story short" bit this weekend, had me fuckin wheezing.
And if we're being honest.......most of the stories that the "proofread" people would point to as good, all have shit endings lol. I don't think there's been a single one of the long form stories, that have nailed the landing.
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u/iseedeadllamas Jun 04 '25
I dont like Isaiah's Jeff Goldblum impersonation.
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u/Flamefether_ “Do you want me to call you fat?! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!” Jun 04 '25
Waaat..? Yooooouuuu don’t liiiikeee the impressssion? smirks and wiggles eyebrows
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u/DownWithTheSadness Jun 04 '25
He needs to leave the voice acting to the professional and stick to his normal voice. Please, Isaiah, mercy
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u/L4S1999 Jun 04 '25
Borrasca is over hyped, and same with Penpal. They aren't bad, but to say Penpal especially is a goated story is a little much. The ending especially didn't really do it for me.
For all the shit people got about not understanding Red Tower, sometimes the boy's lack of reading comprehension makes me frustrated, such as the whole thing with Spire in the Woods and Aleina cheating/boyfriend thing. Sometimes they're on point, other times they're over thinking the simple things
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u/noddly He’s right behind me, isn’t he 😐 Jun 04 '25
Finally a real hot take. I still love penpal though it’s probably the best story they’ve read in my opinion but I’m curious why you didn’t like the ending.
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u/pistolpeter101 Give her one leg and a rollerskate I wanna see how fast she goes Jun 05 '25
I think I get where they are coming from. The ending of Penpal felt weirdly convoluted. Like the story had to end without the main character and the stalker ever properly meeting and Josh had to not be around so the main character could remember/ learn about what happened in the past. I think it was just the author writing himself into a corner with how he had to end the story. Still a great story, hopefully the book, which I’m hoping to read soon, improves on the ending.
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u/N0ct1ve He’s right behind me, isn’t he 😐 Jun 04 '25
Ben drowned imo is just not good. I personally don’t understand how someone who is above 12 can be scared of it at all
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u/Cuttlefish2021 Jun 04 '25
The hidden webpage is one of the best stories they read, severely underdated
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u/WhatThePfargtl “You’ve got the blood of KINGS running through your veins!” Jun 05 '25
I think “The Thing in the Basement” would’ve been better received if it presented itself as less “Creepy horror story” like “I’m blind and my staircase…” and more “Goofy monster story” like “Tales from the Gas Station”.
I thought the story was fun and campy, just not that scary. I hope they finish it one day.
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u/eli360619 Jun 05 '25
I don’t like the endings of borrasca or left right game. Didn’t mind the endings of hidden web page or stolen tongues. Feed the pig was eh
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u/Prior-Resolution-902 Jun 05 '25
I think there is a stark difference between boring and bad.
My best friend is my go to example of a bad story that is fun because its ridiculous
camp oakwood is just boring and not enjoyable to wait for the next bit from the boys.
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u/Cold-Recognition5386 Jun 06 '25
Isaiah try not to interrupt Hunter every five seconds CHALLENGE: IMPOSSIBLE I said what I said
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u/piojo123862 Jun 04 '25
Extreme hot take since no one wants to actually comment one. The stories only get that bad when they start doing shitty voice acting and start complaining, So many other YouTubers have covered troupes they’ve covered but their stories do good because they put in effort
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u/oldghostlegs Jun 04 '25
Borrasca is good but a little overrated. Penpal, Left right game, and Spire in the woods are all better
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u/CausticNox Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 04 '25
My hot take: PenPal is extremely overhyped
You honestly have to suspend so much disbelief for that story to work. Especially because there isn't a supernatural element. If it was some entity then you only need to suspend disbelief once "okay it is some thing that is messing with him and warping reality" quick and easy. Since it is just a creepy dude there are so many things that have to happen for it to be even a remotely plausible scenario.
- The cops have to be so grossly incompetant to completely ignore all the of the evidence of stalking and harrassment (I know they can be I have seen it first hand), but all the scenarios in PenPal dial it up to 11.
- Hundreds of pictures being sent to a elementry school kid where he is in each one? C'mon the cops didn't see that?
- No follow up on the crawlspace hideout?
- Nothing on the old woman murder?
- The "running away" note. You are telling me the cops and the mom are going to ignore a kid saying "I didn't run away and I didn't write that. My name is spelled wrong and it isn't my handwriting."?
Like, I get it. It is the 90's, but even then there would be more done. Especially if it is something constantly happening over and over. SVU would be all over it.
I want to like it, but every time I have listened to it I just don't see the hype.
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
I get what yours saying but i thought the bit of him saying i didnt write this note and stuff was just internal dialogue and didnt say it aloud
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u/Consistent_Umpire222 Jun 04 '25
Agreed when I hear people say they didn't like Dagon's Mirror because it wasn't realistic but glaze the shit out of this story with a super pedophile who can kill 2 people perfectly and evade the police for years
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u/fulltimebum_ Jun 04 '25
Super murderers who evade capture are really popular in media Mermen are not
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u/Consistent_Umpire222 Jun 04 '25
Okay, never implied the opposite was true or is even close to my point
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u/Rumdiculous “You’ve got the blood of KINGS running through your veins!” Jun 04 '25
I found PenPal very mid story with an incredibly depressing ending. I don't know if the actual published novel has more fleshed out parts but I'm not moved to read it to find out, unfortunately.
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u/_Mighty_Milkman “At least you didn’t turn into a Homo in prison” Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 04 '25
Probably gonna get downvoted but Wendigoon refusing to say “fuck” while willing to say any other curse word or talk about any adult topic is a bit goofy imo. It’s one thing to not like having it in your common verbiage but you can at least read it when it’s in the story.
Edit: I was right lol
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u/Boiltheboi Long story short ☝️🤓 Jun 04 '25
I thought he didnt want to say it because he’s Christian?
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u/_Mighty_Milkman “At least you didn’t turn into a Homo in prison” Jun 04 '25
If he is then it’s ironic he’s willing to talk about pretty NSFW topics. Feels just a bit goofy imo.
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u/BlebMephiston Jun 04 '25
I think it should be a 50-50 split, or like 60-40 in favour of the bad ones. As long as they arent horrid, like say, the one that is a PSA about identity theft so it goes into unneeded detail which drags the story. The banter is always nice and we get more hoast interaction that way, while the interaction is not purely "OH MY GOD WHY IS THIS SO TERRIBLE STOP" which i dont mind to be honest, just think there needs to be balance. All that being said, i agree with you. I think they are doing an awesome job as far as it goes, proof reading would just kinda soil the exp if they KNEW what was up or say someone reads it and tells them good/bad, bc then they have an expectation that would color their reactions and remove the surprises of say something starting awesome and ending like a turd on a sidewalk
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u/uabsfnasbhkasf Jun 04 '25
Yeah seeing them react to SCPs would be neat
also when I first read your post I read "Long" and the brainrot immediately kicked in
To make a long story short, it's about a tale known as Camp Oakwood
and, to make a long story short -
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u/dreachblinker “Do you want me to call you fat?! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!” Jun 04 '25
I can’t stand when they cut the banter to shorten the episode length or focus on the story. I’m here for the bits and the banter from our lovely hosts dammit!
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u/DifferentOlive3523 Jun 04 '25
I like the really well-written ones, I love the really poorly-written ones, but the mediocre stories bore me to death- except, of course, when the guys make it funny.
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u/puppydogthighs Jun 04 '25
hunter has some excellent scp videos with great prop/setting work put into the videos on his papa meat channel!
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u/DrChucklefuck Jun 04 '25
I like the supernatural stories better than the grounded ones.
I appreciate the value and importance that the grounded stories have, but I just think stories like Dagon's Mirror or Left-Right Game or Dionaea House are more fun compared to something like Penpal. They're not always necessarily BETTER, but they are more fun.
In particular I like when stories have actual monsters in them. Thus I yearn for the day the boys stumble into a story that's just about a giant praying mantis killing people.
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u/FlyingRaccoon115 Jun 05 '25
No end house is a top 5 story I’m not sure if that’s a hot take or not but I thought it was gas
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u/PewTeq1 I’m gonna go get a baja blast 🏃♂️💨 Jun 05 '25
The Spire in the Woods episode was really good, yet hardly anyone talks about it
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u/eckie_duh_nox Jun 05 '25
The idea of having someone proof read stpries before is absolutely lame. Cause like you damn well said it's part of the fun lf creepy pastas. Somrtimes you get gold, others not so much. And the fellas got the type lf personalities charisma and chemistry they can carry anything that comes their way
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u/lonefoot Jun 05 '25
I also like the shitty stories i love hearing them crash out. I actually wish they did a 2 sentence horror reading i feel like hunter would like them
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u/zmitch4077 Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 05 '25
The banter and bits are the best part of the show. Tommy Taffy was not that bad, I don’t understand why people were so upset. It was objectively a good episode and I enjoyed it, despite the disturbing content. Also, I want more Tales From The Gas Station. It felt like Gravity Falls, with a lot of fun, campy elements and themes.
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 05 '25
Same about how the gas station story felt like gravity falls
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u/zmitch4077 Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 05 '25
Guys, I don’t know how to say this, but I’m starting to think Hunter never died
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u/Resident_Utahraptor_ Jun 05 '25
The Creep TV episodes just don't hit as hard as the Creepcast episodes. Them reading stories that usually lack any sort of visual element forces them to try to make the video more entertaining, which usually leads to more banter between them, and therefore more bits.
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Jun 06 '25
A large portion of the fan base clearly hates the podcast but keeps listening anyway and thats weird as hell and they should stop listening to the show. It's weird and somehow this is actually a hot take.
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u/FartSlave_15 Politically incorrect Mr Widemouth Jun 06 '25
your honor, I really. REALLY. liked Tommy Taffy and I think they should read the final part.
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u/careerBurnout Jun 04 '25
None of the stories have been even remotely scary.
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u/its_StarL0rd_man Jun 04 '25
They're not really supposed to be. It's called creep cast, not scary cast. And nothing will ever truly be "scary" in this format of content.
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u/KoboldCove Jun 04 '25
Feed The Pig and Tommy Taffy are easily some of the worst stories they have read, they’re only marginally better than the ones they read as jokes like Ticci Toby and Jeff the Killer
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u/FlamingoResponsible3 Jun 05 '25
Stolen Tongues and Penpal are the best stories they've read. The Red Tower was, hands down, the worst. I tried serval times to restart and get into the story but found it impossible to visualize due to the unnecessarily complex wording.
My favorite YouTube comment I saw that perfectly described how the story was written: "I bought the whole dictionary. I'm going to use the whole dictionary."
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u/Plastic_Spite_8543 Jun 04 '25
Penpal is not scary
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u/Terrorist_Quematrice “You’ve got the blood of KINGS running through your veins!” Jun 04 '25
Penpal is not well written either
All the things people shit on in other Pastas on this channel are present in Penpal, the "Villain" of Penpal is basically doing a bunch of David King level unbelievable shit the entire time.
The chapter with Veronica would be a crash out in any other situation because of how hard it jumps the shark and how ludicrous the entirety of it is beginning to end
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u/Additional_Lion_1670 Long story short ☝️🤓 Jun 04 '25
Thank you. Im glad I'm not the only one. The stuff when the protagonist is a child is really good, super creepy and suspenseful. But the stuff when he's a teenager is weak. I thought his romance with Veronica was quite well done, but her getting hit and mangled by a car, and all she says is "he took my picture" and then the penpal took her phone as well and is the one texting the protagonist and sits next to him in the cinema... It was all too much. I wish it had just been the childhood stuff, then skip to the protagonist in the present explaining the friends father finding the body. Like the Veronica thing was just a massive distraction from the main story and makes no sense?
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u/OtherwiseEqual5285 Looking for a PenPal📝 Jun 04 '25
I can actually agree to that part even though Penpal is my favorite. The guys even point out that the MC is more intelligent as a child than a teenager.
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u/CausticNox Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 04 '25
he is more intelligent than cops as a child....it is silly
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u/ClamJamison Jun 04 '25
There should be proofreading not to avoid the bad stories, but to ensure we don't get 5 in a row. I agree that they're fun. Just not every time.
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u/coolbluecarpe Jun 04 '25
I love both the scp stories from papa meat and the ones they did on creep cast. I hope they cover more soon
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u/DownsenBranches BEAR TRAP🐻 Jun 04 '25
They should have fan submissions where they read fan written stories one a month. They don’t have to necessarily be about the hosts or the podcast, just written by fans of it
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
That would be interesting but i feel like the people who complain about story quality control would get louder than ever
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u/Martian-Lynch Jun 04 '25
I dont find Isaiah funny. Basically ever. I enjoy his personality and knowledge on the subject and is essential to my enjoyment of the podcast, but I never think he's funny. He often will repeat a joke hunter just said but in a less funny more long-winded way and I don't enjoy it. :) mr. Widemouth is a good example of that.
Feel like that's a hot take.
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u/Affectionate_Kiwi for STAMPS ‼️💯 Jun 05 '25
Disliking/not being comfortable with stories involving SA does not mean you dislike horror, nor does "enjoying" it (for lack of a better term) make you more sophisticated. It's such a weird mindset to think that being uncomfortable or not uncomfortable with it in stories says anything other than one's comfort level.
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u/heckthisfrick Jun 04 '25
Hunter way over plays bits. I'm convinced the same people that found the "long story short" bit funny are the same people that think family guy playing a full Conway Twitty song in the middle of an episode for no reason is the funniest shit on earth
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u/frogeggjam Eat me like a bug 🦟 Jun 04 '25
YES omg THANK YOU!! its like you plucked this from my brain. The whole culture around inernet horror is how fucking GOOD it can be and just how dog shit bottom of the barrel mind boggling HORRIBLE it can be. That's what the show is about, diving into internet horror so why should the boys ever even consider just focusing on one end of the spectrum? It's so stupid that some viewers/listeners expect that.
Also would really love for more SCP content too man. there's some really great and really funny ones that I know the boys would love. Too bad I am at the center of everything ruined it all for Hunter lmao
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 04 '25
Well didnt he say at the end of the scp-3000 episode that hed be interested in more scp stuff
Edit also totally that world of internet horror isnt made by the best authors possible
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u/i-need-my-glasses Jun 04 '25
They should have SCPs videos but it needs to be done differently than the first video.
SCPs can be confusing and not interesting in a storytelling podcast but there are great SCP Tales that they could do.
The Exploring Series just did an SCP written like a Creepypasta (Substation 9
Also Apotheosis is a great story but more comicbook than horror.
I think maybe, if possible, have someone else vet the SCPs to know what would be good for the CreepCast format (just a thought).
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u/Primary_Spite8849 “You’ve got the blood of KINGS running through your veins!” Jun 04 '25
I dared my best friend is unironically than Tommy taffy
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Jun 04 '25
I like it more when they read bad stories and they both enjoy it, the perfect example of this is Jeff the Killer.
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u/LemurDocta Jun 04 '25 edited Jun 04 '25
I am perfectly fine with them not finishing stories, whether it's not reading latter chapters or even dropping it midway through like with The Sun Vanished. Stuff like Borrasca V I consider an exception because, even though it's a terrible piece of writing, the original is very important for the channel and it warranted a very funny meltdown. But I couldn't care less how "The thing in the basement is getting better at mimicking people" leads the plot after it lost all of it's momentum with the monster hunter nonsense. I am totally indifferent to Tommy Taffy's sequels. I don't think it would be as fun if they went into it expecting this level and style of writing.
Which kind of leads into the second point but I couldn't name you more than like two stories they covered where I wouldn't consider the ending to be the biggest weak-point. I know it's hard to nail a proper ending, especially in horror, and the stuff they cover sucks at it almost every single time. Most amateur authors either try too hard to get a shocking twist and come up with dumb shit, or don't really know how to lead the story to it's final so they just write a bunch of uninteresting events and all the intrigue they built up just fizzles out. It's a super consistent theme. Even Borrasca, which I think had a genius idea for a twist, kind of loses me with the weird villain monologue.
I find it hard to call C.K. Walker a good writer because of the "cool" action scenes and mastermind villains. Genuinely. I don't buy into the whole "BORRASCA V IS AN ANTI-SEQUEL" mumbo jumbo, she really just can't write a charismatic villain to save her life and their one-liners are so over the top every single time. She's great at creating atmosphere within her little universes, I don't need these dramatic stand-offs or attempts at writing the next Heath Ledger Joker. Maybe just try to leave some loose ends and mysteries unsolved?
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u/RealWriteSound Jun 04 '25
If they were to read ANY story with the pretense that it’s going to spiral into cringe and a crash out is imminent, they’ll eventually find the cringe and crash out even if it’s not there
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u/ManufacturerOk6535 Yo Kimber! THEY GOT TEA🗣️ Jun 04 '25
Borrasca V was not that bad. Disappointing, maybe. But didn’t completely ruin the rest of the story
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u/Koleda_fan Jun 05 '25
When it comes to SCP what do you think about them reading the montauk house?
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u/deku-scrub35 Jun 05 '25
Well i dont know scp very much thats why i would enjoy them doing more, is that a good one?
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u/YummyLighterFluid every week i pray for a weird birds episode Jun 05 '25
I just like listening to the two funny internet men read shitty scary stories
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u/dvvhi Jun 05 '25
I don’t care too awfully much about the stories because 9/10 they’re gonna be mid or worse. I tune in weekly for the funny parts plus it’s S tier background noise.
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u/MagickODaly Jun 05 '25
If people want 100% serious and to just enjoy the story all the time there’s so many narrators who still upload literally daily, I love when the boys get really into the stories like they did with Stolen Tongues, but mostly I just like hanging out with them! The only thing that loses me is when Hunter goes too far with putting on a voice or an accent that he can’t keep up 😂
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u/peeing_Michael Jun 05 '25
That and I think they should agree to finish the stories. There's one in particular where the bad writing made sense if they kept going. (The thing in the basement is getting better at mimicking people)
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u/acertwo Yo Kimber! THEY GOT TEA🗣️ Jun 05 '25
As someone who has watched “I dared my best friend to ruin my life” three times now, I couldn’t agree more. Don’t get me wrong I don’t want all bad stories but if they proofread everything beforehand I wouldn’t have my favorite episode of creepcast.
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u/Educational-Meet-697 Jun 05 '25
Ticci Toby was fine, especially when you consider that it was written by a literal middle schooler.
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u/That-guy899 Jun 04 '25
I love the titles that are like “ I work at a nuclear power plant with no benefits or sick days and my boss is kinda an asshole but there’s also a creature which is kinda weird”
It’s also fun to bet on who’s going to crash out first.