There aren’t many experiences most of us can say we share with Kevin McCallister from Home Alone. But being afraid to go into your basement as a kid is probably a common one. I have to admit, they look and feel spooky to me even now. I’d much rather reserve that kind of creepiness for when I watch horror films.
However, some people are into that kind of stuff. The more horrifying, the better. That’s why we’ve compiled some pictures of the most eerie and chilling basements and cellars we could find. Creepy dolls, unsettling Catholic paraphernalia, and just generally uncanny vibes – lovers of all things bizarre will probably have a field day with this.
Bored Panda reached out to Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth, masters of the creepy and the bizarre and the hosts of The Box of Oddities podcast. Scroll down to see their thoughts on why we find creepy basements so intriguing and their favorite stories from the podcast involving these unsettling spaces!
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#1 The Basement Of An Abandoned Children’s Home For Difficult Children In Germany. Apparently, That’s Where The Worst Ones Had To Stay
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#2 Creepy Basement, Could Anyone Help Me Figure Out What Is This, Or What Was It Doing In A Random SD Card?
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#3 I Have The Ring In My Basement
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#4 Wonder How Much Is She Asking For The House Now
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#5 Well I Didn’t Need Any Sleep Tonight Anyway
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#6 New Orleans Charity Hospital Basement
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#7 Found This In The Basement Of A Restaurant In Phoenix
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#8 So I Found A Wooden Figure Of James Brown In My Basement
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#9 Haven’t Been Down In The Basement In A While
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#10 My Apartment Building Has A WWII Air Raid Shelter In The Cellar
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#11 My Parent’s Stairway To The Basement Has The Creepiest Wallpaper
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#12 The Basement Of A House I Visited Today
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#13 How Do I Get Rid Of This Guy Without Stressing Him Or Myself Out? He’s Hanging In My Basement, And I Would Prefer He Didn’t
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#14 A “Zombie Spider” – Spider Covered In Fungus, Half-Alive, Which Can Crawl Around. Found In My Basement
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#15 This Mushroom Growing In My Friend’s Basement
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#16 It Appears I Had A Visitor While Working Alone In A Large Abandoned Basement
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#17 This Bar’s Basement. Imagine Being Drunk Trying To Find The Bathroom And You Stumble Upon This, The Lights Start To Flicker
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#18 Working In A Basement. Flicked On The Lights To See This
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#19 The Pool In The Basement Of My Apartment Building
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#20 This Is Why I Hate Going Down To My Cellar
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#21 This Photo I Took While Working
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#22 Found This Shrine While Pumping Out A Flooded Basement After A House Fire
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#23 This Door In The Basement Where I Work
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#24 Found These Behind The Furnace In My Basement. Needless To Say I Will Be Having A Talk With My Mother
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#25 Pictures Of My School Basement
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#26 The Realtor Was Just As Shocked As Me
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#27 The Basement Hallway Of This Abandoned Building
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#28 Found This In The Cellar Of My Grandmother’s House
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#29 Mass Of Worms Gather In Kansas Basement After Tornado Flooding
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#30 A Bathroom In A Customer’s Basement Where I Was Rodding Their Drain
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#31 The Funeral Home Is Being Turned Into Housing. Everything Is Empty Except For These In The Basement. The Prep Room Is Still Hanging On For Dear Life
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#32 Found This Is An Abandoned Building In The Basement, It Has To Be Mold
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#33 The Hand-Like Marking In Our Apartment Basement
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#34 Cages In The Basement Of An Abandoned Asylum
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#35 Basement Of A Hospital In New Orleans That’s Been Abandoned Since Hurricane Katrina
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#36 It’s Just A Basement, Right?
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#37 Old Theater Basement, Posters Falling Off The Walls
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#38 I Work At A Hospital, Found This Bathtub In The Basement
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#39 Basement Level Of An Abandoned Northland Mall In Detroit
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#40 Found In A Courthouse Basement
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#41 Abandoned Ultra-Creepy Basement
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#42 The Laundry Room In The Hospital I Work At. I Hate Going To The Basement After The Workers Leave For The Day
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#43 This Is A Door I Found At Work, In The Basement Of An Old Factory
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