Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
The world’s greatest oil field is dying.
Not slowly. Not naturally. The wells that once seemed inexhaustible are suddenly running dry, and no one can explain why. But when a determined geologist descends deep beneath the Earth to investigate, he discovers that the missing oil may be the least disturbing part of the mystery.
Something is living down there. Something that has been waiting in the darkness, far beyond the reach of sunlight, human eyes… and human understanding. And as the truth begins to emerge, one terrifying question remains: What happens when we discover that the world beneath our feet was never really ours?
Tonight, we descend into The Cavern World, a classic tale of scientific adventure, underground horror, and a discovery that was never meant to be made.
Today’s phenomenal story is ‘The Cavern World’, a classic work by James P. Olsen, a story in the public domain read here for you all under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license.
gutenberg.org/files/29848/29848-h/29848-h.htm#The_Cavern_World
Real human voice horror narration, no AI voice ever!
Background music by me (freely available for use by other Creepypasta / No Sleep narrators):
soundcloud.com/dr-creepen
soundcloud.com/dr-creepen-vol-2
Other music used is credited to the wonderful The Dark Somnium (intro) and the fantastic Tanner Stokes (end credits). The music is used here with their express permission.
Intro animation courtesy of the wonderfully talented Deathray:
youtube.com/@ickstudiosteve
Video footage is from the Videezy website, used here in accordance with the conditions of the website… I hope you found it to be a relaxing backdrop for today’s story!
videezy.com/abstract/21725-depressed-and-mad-man-smashes-a-cupboard-in-an-old-abandoned-house
videezy.com/abstract/21780-depressed-and-mad-man-throws-a-chair-through-a-room-in-an-old-abandoned-house
videezy.com/abstract/21763-depressed-and-angry-man-wipes-his-hand-over-a-dirty-mirror-in-an-old-abandoned-house
videezy.com/abstract/21763-depressed-and-angry-man-wipes-his-hand-over-a-dirty-mirror-in-an-old-abandoned-house
Thumbnail image created using Adobe Spark, under the conditions of the Creative Commons CC0 license:
spark.adobe.com
#horrorstories #creepypasta #nosleep #drcreepen
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Dr. Creepen is now also available in podcast form. Here's how to find me:
✅ Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7FnnclwwO9KyALdAv0FVQH
✅ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/dr-creepens-dungeon/id1537295197
✅ Audioboom: audioboom.com/channels/5036777
✅ Deezer: deezer.com/show/1894282
✅ Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id3463656
✅ Player FM: https://player.fm/series/dr-creepens-dungeon
✅ Podcast Addict: podcastaddict.com/podcast/3140684
✅ Stitcher: stitcher.com/dr-creepens-dungeon
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Essential Dr. Creepen links…
✅ My 2ndYouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCo75f2SyjsvE3UVe9aN_LRg
✅ Merch: teespring.com/stores/dr-creepens-vault
✅ Patreon: patreon.com/drcreepen
✅ Twitter: twitter.com/f1morgancole
✅ Facebook: facebook.com/DrCreepenVanPasta
✅ Send your stories for me to read: reddit.com/r/DrCreepensVault
Now on to how you can find the best of my vids, or just find the type of stories that you like best…
✅ Doc’s Campfire Tales: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueGr5Cw4QotJPo-mKlPWTJ9X
✅ Newest Creepypasta and Nosleep stories: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueGfyFWEgWVgxqeJVXOtFFxv
✅ Listener submissions… Your stories shared directly with me: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueESx4W9cKjCmqils5pATL-T
✅ collaborations with other channels: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueHat8Xk6jVgZd5Ivr2W2b4l
The world’s greatest oil field is dying.
Not slowly. Not naturally. The wells that once seemed inexhaustible are suddenly running dry, and no one can explain why. But when a determined geologist descends deep beneath the Earth to investigate, he discovers that the missing oil may be the least disturbing part of the mystery.
Something is living down there. Something that has been waiting in the darkness, far beyond the reach of sunlight, human eyes… and human understanding. And as the truth begins to emerge, one terrifying question remains: What happens when we discover that the world beneath our feet was never really ours?
Tonight, we descend into The Cavern World, a classic tale of scientific adventure, underground horror, and a discovery that was never meant to be made.
Today’s phenomenal story is ‘The Cavern World’, a classic work by James P. Olsen, a story in the public domain read here for you all under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license.
gutenberg.org/files/29848/29848-h/29848-h.htm#The_Cavern_World
Real human voice horror narration, no AI voice ever!
Background music by me (freely available for use by other Creepypasta / No Sleep narrators):
soundcloud.com/dr-creepen
soundcloud.com/dr-creepen-vol-2
Other music used is credited to the wonderful The Dark Somnium (intro) and the fantastic Tanner Stokes (end credits). The music is used here with their express permission.
Intro animation courtesy of the wonderfully talented Deathray:
youtube.com/@ickstudiosteve
Video footage is from the Videezy website, used here in accordance with the conditions of the website… I hope you found it to be a relaxing backdrop for today’s story!
videezy.com/abstract/21725-depressed-and-mad-man-smashes-a-cupboard-in-an-old-abandoned-house
videezy.com/abstract/21780-depressed-and-mad-man-throws-a-chair-through-a-room-in-an-old-abandoned-house
videezy.com/abstract/21763-depressed-and-angry-man-wipes-his-hand-over-a-dirty-mirror-in-an-old-abandoned-house
videezy.com/abstract/21763-depressed-and-angry-man-wipes-his-hand-over-a-dirty-mirror-in-an-old-abandoned-house
Thumbnail image created using Adobe Spark, under the conditions of the Creative Commons CC0 license:
spark.adobe.com
#horrorstories #creepypasta #nosleep #drcreepen
____________________
Dr. Creepen is now also available in podcast form. Here's how to find me:
✅ Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7FnnclwwO9KyALdAv0FVQH
✅ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/dr-creepens-dungeon/id1537295197
✅ Audioboom: audioboom.com/channels/5036777
✅ Deezer: deezer.com/show/1894282
✅ Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id3463656
✅ Player FM: https://player.fm/series/dr-creepens-dungeon
✅ Podcast Addict: podcastaddict.com/podcast/3140684
✅ Stitcher: stitcher.com/dr-creepens-dungeon
____________________
Essential Dr. Creepen links…
✅ My 2ndYouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCo75f2SyjsvE3UVe9aN_LRg
✅ Merch: teespring.com/stores/dr-creepens-vault
✅ Patreon: patreon.com/drcreepen
✅ Twitter: twitter.com/f1morgancole
✅ Facebook: facebook.com/DrCreepenVanPasta
✅ Send your stories for me to read: reddit.com/r/DrCreepensVault
Now on to how you can find the best of my vids, or just find the type of stories that you like best…
✅ Doc’s Campfire Tales: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueGr5Cw4QotJPo-mKlPWTJ9X
✅ Newest Creepypasta and Nosleep stories: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueGfyFWEgWVgxqeJVXOtFFxv
✅ Listener submissions… Your stories shared directly with me: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueESx4W9cKjCmqils5pATL-T
✅ collaborations with other channels: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueHat8Xk6jVgZd5Ivr2W2b4l
![The American Sleep Experiment | SLEEP EXPERIMENT HORROR [Project W.I.L.D]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rclbc0H9700/mqdefault.jpg "The American Sleep Experiment | SLEEP EXPERIMENT HORROR [Project W.I.L.D]
In the silence of sleep paralysis, something ancient and patient leans close enough to breathe.
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https://dr-creepens-vault.creator-spring.com/listing/the-devil-is-in-the-detail
Project WILD begins as a search for control, a way to tame nightmares through lucid dreaming. But once the experiment starts, something else slips through the cracks. As our narrator drifts between waking and dreaming, a shadowed presence lingers at the edges of his vision, waiting. The deeper he ventures, the more fragile the line between dream and reality becomes… until the question is no longer whether he’s in control, but whether he’ll ever wake up at all.
Tonight’s fabulous story is Project W.I.L.D by Tin 77, kindly shared with me via the Creepypasta Wiki and read to you here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license:
https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Project_WILD
https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/User:Tin77
Real human voice horror narrations, no AI voice ever!
Background music by me (freely available for use by other Creepypasta / No Sleep narrators):
https://soundcloud.com/dr-creepen
https://soundcloud.com/dr-creepen-vol-2
Other music used is credited to the wonderful The Dark Somnium (intro) and the fantastic Tanner Stokes (end credits). The music is used here with their express permission.
Video footage was made by me with whatever Go Pro Camera it is that I own... I hope you found it to be a relaxing backdrop for today’s story!
Thumbnail image created using Adobe Spark, under the conditions of the Creative Commons CC0 license:
https://spark.adobe.com
#horrorstories #creepypasta #nosleep #drcreepen
Dr. Creepen is now also available in podcast form. Heres how to find me:
✅ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7FnnclwwO9KyALdAv0FVQH
✅ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/dr-creepens-dungeon/id1537295197
✅ Audioboom: https://audioboom.com/channels/5036777
✅ Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/show/1894282
✅ Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id3463656
✅ Player FM: https://player.fm/series/dr-creepens-dungeon
✅ Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3140684
✅ Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/dr-creepens-dungeon
Essential Dr. Creepen links…
✅ My 2ndYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo75f2SyjsvE3UVe9aN_LRg
✅ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/dr-creepens-vault
✅ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/drcreepen
✅ Twitter: https://twitter.com/f1morgancole
✅ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrCreepenVanPasta
✅ Send your stories for me to read: https://www.reddit.com/r/DrCreepensVault/
Now on to how you can find the best of my vids, or just find the type of stories that you like best…
✅ Doc’s Campfire Tales: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueGr5Cw4QotJPo-mKlPWTJ9X
✅ Newest Creepypasta and Nosleep stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueGfyFWEgWVgxqeJVXOtFFxv
✅ Listener submissions… Your stories shared directly with me: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueESx4W9cKjCmqils5pATL-T
✅ collaborations with other channels: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueHat8Xk6jVgZd5Ivr2W2b4l")
![Project Cerberus Veil | THIS ONE REALLY TERRIFIED ME [THERE’S DRUMMING IN THE CLOUDS]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rfwOoNHCebY/mqdefault.jpg "Project Cerberus Veil | THIS ONE REALLY TERRIFIED ME [THERE’S DRUMMING IN THE CLOUDS]
In Ross Kearney’s tale of terror, Dr. Mairead Finn and her colleague Jonas document a series of unexplainable and terrifying global events. A massive, unmoving cloud appears in the mesosphere, emitting strange, rhythmic drumming that spreads fear and sickness across continents. As the world struggles to understand its purpose, the cloud begins to display bizarre, almost organic behaviors, hinting at a power far beyond human comprehension.
Through journal entries and fragmented communications, Mairead and Jonas chronicle the growing dread and inexplicable phenomena that seem to signal a looming, world-altering force. What is this entity, and what does it want with humanity?
Today’s tale of terror is ‘There’s Drumming in the Clouds’, a story credited to Clover 10176, kindly shared with me via the Creepypasta Wiki and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license.
https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/There%27s_Drumming_in_the_Clouds
https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/User:PitifulScream97
Real human voice horror narrations, no AI voice ever!
Background music by me (freely available for use by other Creepypasta / No Sleep narrators):
https://soundcloud.com/dr-creepen
https://soundcloud.com/dr-creepen-vol-2
Other music used is credited to the wonderful The Dark Somnium (intro) and the fantastic Tanner Stokes (end credits). The music is used here with their express permission.
Video footage was made by me with whatever GoPro Camera it is that I own... I hope you found it to be a relaxing backdrop for today’s story!
Thumbnail image created using Adobe Spark, under the conditions of the Creative Commons CC0 license:
https://spark.adobe.com
#horrorstories #creepypasta #nosleep #drcreepen
Dr. Creepen is now also available in podcast form. Heres how to find me:
✅ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7FnnclwwO9KyALdAv0FVQH
✅ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/dr-creepens-dungeon/id1537295197
✅ Audioboom: https://audioboom.com/channels/5036777
✅ Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/show/1894282
✅ Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id3463656
✅ Player FM: https://player.fm/series/dr-creepens-dungeon
✅ Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3140684
✅ Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/dr-creepens-dungeon
Essential Dr. Creepen links…
✅ My 2ndYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo75f2SyjsvE3UVe9aN_LRg
✅ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/dr-creepens-vault
✅ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/drcreepen
✅ Twitter: https://twitter.com/f1morgancole
✅ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrCreepenVanPasta
✅ Send your stories for me to read: https://www.reddit.com/r/DrCreepensVault/
Now on to how you can find the best of my vids, or just find the type of stories that you like best…
✅ Doc’s Campfire Tales: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueGr5Cw4QotJPo-mKlPWTJ9X
✅ Newest Creepypasta and Nosleep stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueGfyFWEgWVgxqeJVXOtFFxv
✅ Listener submissions… Your stories shared directly with me: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueESx4W9cKjCmqils5pATL-T
✅ collaborations with other channels: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTyRV_19ueHat8Xk6jVgZd5Ivr2W2b4l")
