Not sure what it is about 2024, but there were a lot of instances where I came into uniquely strange or downright spooky stuff throughout the year starting all the way back in January. Sakura Stardust kicks off the monthly update bring you a binge-worthy iceberg compilation of strange stuff from the land of the rising sun. Even though I’m giving you the appetizer that ironically is bigger than the main course, I make no apologies about it because it’s worth a watch alongside her other content if you like strange “weeaboo” related topics.
Although I’m not a huge fan of fictional works, the SCP Foundation is an exception to this rule. It’s a good call back to the days where people only had their imagination and their way with words in order to tell a good story. Sometimes these stories can be downright disturbing if given enough time to conceptualize what is being told and believe me when I say that it’s really hard to conceptualize a lot of stuff in the SCP lore universe. Thankfully TheVolgun adds a lot of visuals and narrative context to give you an idea of what you might be thinking, and it is indeed horrifying.
If you’ve been living under a rock for a very long time, chances are you probably never heard of Wendigoon. Although I have mentioned him once this year in an earlier weekly update, I’m doing it again because he is one of the coziest in terms of paranormal and horrifying non-fiction content. There’s A TON of stuff on his channel, each one worthy of a separate mention - so stop wasting time over here and get at it if you haven’t done so already.
I was a bit hesitant to recommend Grief (even though I’ve actually talked about his channel before) due to the fact that his content can be extremely disturbing for some folks. That being said, some might argue that true crime is even more depressing since it’s based on real events, while most of Grief’s topics are in the realm of fiction. To that end, for the month of October I would find no better channel to recommend if you really want the “harder edge” stuff when it comes to anything macabre or disturbing. As a side note, Grief himself is an excellent content creator, and I just wanted to separate the art from the artist in terms of explaining my reservations earlier. As someone (Grief) who also gets the YouTube demonetization strike often, please consider supporting his work on his Patreon.
Artist is Ryouta Magaki / 犬ころ
Closing off with artist of the month, the prolific Ryouta Magaki. A note of waring that their pixiv page is extremely NSFW and full of stuff from their talented years of work. I particularly like his style since it’s nostalgic to me back during the early 2000’s era where the “small soft eyes” look was in vogue. Hope you enjoyed this content packed October update!