Speaking of sleeping with the lights on, one of the creepy facts about dreams is that you are paralyzed while dreaming to prevent you from acting out your dreams. You can also experience nightmares while you are awake, in the form of hallucinations that can scare you with things that aren't real.

Everyone says truth is stranger than fiction, but did you know that truth is also scarier than fiction? Don’t get us wrong, Stephen King is our favorite writer, too, and the film adaptations of his stories are always incredibly captivating. 

But they don’t usually make us feel unsafe in our homes or unsettled while walking home in the dark. However, some horrifying facts on this list might make us walk a little faster with the keys between our fingers.

The Number One Site for Scary Facts

The Horror Facts Instagram page says it’s been rated the number one scary page on the site, and for good reason. The account has amassed nearly 83K followers and posted almost 1.5K pics featuring spooky, disturbing, and creepy facts. 

And while information about scary encounters that happen today can be circulated online incredibly fast, spooky facts about historical figures or Halloween traditions of generations ago might not always be common knowledge. 

So, suppose you devour every documentary Netflix makes about serial killers and unsolved mysteries. In that case, this creepy, fun fact list might provide you with some inspiration for what to scour the internet for information about next.

Behind the Mic of the Knifepoint Horror Podcast

To gain insight for this article, we contacted a real-life horror enthusiast, creator, producer, and performer of the Knifepoint Horror podcast, Soren Narnia. When it comes to what inspired Soren to create this spooky show in the first place, this is what he told Bored Panda: 

“I started my podcast mostly as a way to work around the gatekeepers and bring the stuff I’d written directly and easily to an audience. What I’ve come to like most about it is the sense of giving someone a lift during their day, bringing a little comfort food into a rough world—and one thing I’ve learned is that horror can totally be comfort food.”

He also explained what kind of spooky stories he likes to share on the podcast: “All my stories are fictional, but the fears I write about are always very real,” Soren explained. “I’m trying to come up with a slightly different take on traditional horror tropes every time, and unless I think of that new take, I try not to write at all.”

Soren also shared: “I think maybe my favorite story I’ve done in recent years might be ‘The Smoke Child,’ which is about an old legend possibly/maybe emerging into the modern day to wreak havoc,” Soren shared. “It’s got plenty of fear-of-what’s-out-there-in-the-dark stuff, which is the only really scary thing I’ve experienced personally—the very traditional and ever-persistent trepidation of not knowing what the dark holds.”

Soren Narnia’s Insight into the Love for Horror Stories

We were also curious about Soren’s take on why we’re so drawn to horror stories. “I’m 90% certain the reason we love horror is because it gives us a safe brush with death that we can jump back from safely and laugh about later. If that’s not the reason, then the human mind is even stranger than I think,” he told Bored Panda.

Soren is also a fan of haunted houses, so if any of you pandas out there stage haunted house attractions, take note. “I have to say I’m totally digging three things: The laser effect that makes it seem like you’re up to your waist in mist; anytime you have to walk through the interior of a spooky bus; the rotating tunnel effect, which messes with my balance every time. But can we give clowns an amnesty for just one year, maybe...?”

If you’re looking for something frightening to listen to to get in the spooky season mood (or all year round!), be sure to check out Soren’s podcast Knifepoint Horror.