The Scariest Short Story I've Ever Read: Borrasca
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- čas přidán 16. 10. 2023
- This is a reupload due to a mistake on my end, sorry.
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This video contains mentions of disturbing content such as rape, sexual assault, incest, violence, and self harm.
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Thank you for this, truly. I watched the previous version without trigger warnings, wasn't good for me. I'm happy these are here. I think you reuploaded to include these? Or maybe I just didn't see them. I personally would recommend including them in the video itself, or at least saying aloud that the trigger warnings are in the pinned comment, as many people don't really look at the video if they're doing something else while listening (unless you did include it later on, then disregard this recommendation). Regardless, thank you for these, truly uwu
The ending was uncomfortable to hear. I hope you cover the sequel, since it defiantly needs the hear the fate of Borrasca.
Thank you
@@vlad_ap5313what do you mean not good for you? sorry if it sounds rude I just don’t really get it
This isn't a horror story. This is a rage story. This doesn't scare me, it makes me want to beat up something.
I believe that story continues with sam and Kimberly( I think her name is).
There is a season 2 where sam comes back for revenge
@@Thelastmanalive565fr
@@SirBeanz1937 i gotta check that out
@@SirBeanz1937can you give a summary
"no one loved her like I did." Says sheriff Walker.
They move right after she gets her first boyfriend. (Sam calls him her "new" boyfriend)
And Whitney disappears right after she gets a boyfriend in the new place. (Well, not right after, but shortly)
...
Good lord.
(Edited to add)
I also read the sequel and he someone gets worse.
A serial predator who marries one of Sam's classmates (and has a new daughter named Whitney with her and a shrine to the old one), victimized Kimber
And the reason he was kicked out of the last police department?
"The girls were 14 dad."
I mean…he wasn’t wrong…
God that makes me throw up.
How did that go over my head. UGH.
OMG I FLINCHED AND CLINCHED MY TEETH SO HARD READING YOUR COMMENT EWWWWW😭😭😭💀💀💀
And the new baby (which was announced right around the time whitney was supposed to give birth) was named William 🤢
That’s why Kimber’s mother hated Kyle so much. That relationship starting sped up her “selection” process.
I think something else that’s terrifying is when Sam and Kyle confront the sheriff, and when talking about Whitney and Sam makes remarks about them not finding her, Walker says (and i’m paraphrasing) “I love her more than you could ever know.” Thinking back on that, knowing that he knew what happened to her, and what he did to her, is even more terrifying.
No fr like im going to throw up
I think i threw up a little
ew omfg ... the shock of it all is hitting me again
Oh. :(
and how later Jimmy was saying "She isn't mine" and "Her Babies aren't any good" i was sick
The insane part about this is that this is REAL. Borrasca may not be, but I know these “baby mills” are, child trafficking is, I mean there’s no way the author hadn’t at least heard rumors of something like this in my mind.
sickening
I'm from rural Texas, and just the other day, there was a bunch of police officers in the same department busted for child trafficking. I shit you not there's certain towns that have reputations for human trafficking as well. I also remember when I was in college, a human trafficking ring was busted in the apartments right beside the girls' dorms.
in the 90s, poor people in my country did this on masse and sold the children to rich americans. around 1996 a law passed to stop this, but a family in my grandma's town sold 5 or 6 kids of their own for as little as 300 dollars.
@@juuchanIRLwhat country?
@@samuelellis9051 romania. post-communist 90s were an anarchy.
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The one theme I don't hear people talking about is how Borrasca starts as a supernatural horror, but then slowly reveals that there are no supernatural elements at all. Just like how, as kids, we're raised with fairy tales and then wonder why we're so ill equipped to deal with the real horrors of the world. We're taught to believe that evil exists in the form of demons and ghosts, when in fact it exists as prevailing structural atrocities that are implemented by malicious elites and enabled by a complicit public- so the evil remains, in a word, invincible. Just like our own world. *That* is the true horror.
definitely this! I first read it as a mid-teen trying to figure out what exactly scared me, because supernatural stuff wasn’t so bad usually-at least, it didn’t keep me up at night. so naturally Borrasca screwed me up good, lmao. it’s also (imo) a rare example of good shock horror? like the twist of no supernatural elements is ofc very brutal, but it further adds to the themes and narrative
Christ.
Unless by "fairy tales" you mean "religion", your comment is nonsense.
shut up you get pegged by women
This is my favorite kind of horror. Paul Tremblay, who is one of Stephen King’s favorite authors, writes a lot of books where the story has a supernatural/paranormal vibe that has you questioning every 30 or so pages if it is truly supernatural. Or if the horrors being experienced are grounded in reality. If you’re a reader I’d check out some of his work.
This is also the reason I love the movie Hereditary. While Hereditary has many many aggressive paranormal elements, it’s the trauma and pain of grief that is explored in that movie that makes the very real elements much more horrifying than the paranormal ones while delving into the similarities between the two. Nothing is scarier than what’s real.
dude, that was NOT how i expected that story to go. whitney not having any justice and her own FATHER?? that poor girl. Kyle and Kimber being siblings unknowingly makes a lot of sense, given how Kimber's parents were against them dating. I honestly wish it was paranormal now, because this has left a pit in my stomach and a hole in my heart. Incredible story, but man am I upset now.
this is exactly how i feel
What’s crazy about it for me is the my son’s father has a terrible trauma of remembering seeing his father sexually assaulting his half sister (his fathers daughter)…and her name is Whitney 😮😢
I didn't quite realise until it was pointed out at the end of this video. It suddenly makes sense that the "did something bad & the cops transferred him to a different town rather than prosecute him" & subsequently why he went along with the cover up throwing his son under the bus, was most likely because Sheriff Walker was a dirty cop who committed sex crimes.
What's chilling is that in real life there are so many cases of cops who are sex offenders or corrupt in other ways getting treated exactly like this, instead of being brought to justice they're just transferred far away so the department they got caught in is spared the embarrassment & their good friend on the force can be happy indulging in crimes elsewhere.
This shifts Sheriff Walker's whole character.
At first I thought he was just an inept cop who got let go by the St Louis police force to work in a smaller town with less work & hopefully lesser stakes.
By the end of the story we find out not only does he know exactly what's going on in those mountains, but he's an active part of the operation.
Considering that his daughter "goes missing" so soon after he arrives, & he's incredibly calm about it (which I initially thought was his way of coping as a detective, albeit an inept one), I believe he knew about the secret of the town from the start & was secretly elated that he finally had not only a place to sexually abuse women & girls any time he wanted, but he could finally do it to his own daughter & never worry about the legal or social repercussions.
And rather than being the bumbling but nice cop dad he's introduced as, he is revealed as a truly evil psychopath who wears a perfect mask of polite authority.
His manipulation is so good, his morals & empathy non-existent, he convinced everyone that his son just beat up his best friend for no reason, a story that would crumble under the slightest scrutiny if anybody bothered to think about it & didn't just take the Sheriff's word for it.
The monsters weren't just in the old mines, it was in Sam's home the whole time, that's what kicked me in the gut.
@@natashiafrelin1590I'm sure she loves you posting about the most fucked up terrible thing that's ever happened to her and using her fucking name in it. A little girls rape is not your fun shocking story to tell. God you make me sick to my fucking stomach.
I have such a love/hate relationship with stories like this. On one hand, I love how well the story is crafted that it can leave such an emptiness in me. But I hate feeling this way, and I hate being confronted with the fact that something like this could absolutely happen in real life. It is truly horrifying.
When I heard about Sam getting blamed for what happened to Kyle, and the sheriffs response, I had to get up and pace in my bedroom for a solid 20 minutes before coming back.
I wonder if Kimber's mom was depressed because she knew what would happen to Kimber.
I don't think girls born from this... system are made into slaves (inbred kids don't sell for much). But knowing she contributed to the torture and rape of unknown women is probably what made her depressed.
Yeah that was the implication. Also why she unalived herself. The guilt was too much.
also why she hated Kyle so much. Knew that they were half siblings and didn't want them to date
They probably were twins they both have the same red hair and are the same age, with them both being in the same grade @@samuelosborn2148
@@samuelosborn2148 more likely to be full siblings because both are redheads which is a recessive trait, means they had the same mom, as well as the same dad.
All I can think about is the triple tree and how everything started there...
"I went room to room - four in total - and found nothing of real interest until the last one. An old mattress lay in the corner and piles of musty, ripped clothing scattered the floor."
That room is where it all started. That mattress is haunted by the ripped clothes of the first victim. It's practically spelled out to us with the words written on the ceiling:
"Road to the Gates of Hell Mile Marker 1"
I felt like the story didn't need the tree house for this very reason. Everyone in town. including Sam and Kyle, would guess what's going on here. C'mon they left the ripped clothes?? There would be rumors and myths about the horrible stuff going on at the tree house and at the mines.
I don't think thats neccesarily true. While the mattress and ripped clothes could be seen as an indication of a horrendous crime, there are other assumptions that could be made. When he sees the room, Sam asks “Did a hobo live here?" To him, this just appeared to be the old belongings of a homeless person. It could also be assumed that local teenagers use the spot for their own consentual activities. These characters don't have the insight that us readers do, so I don't think they would make those connections given the information available to them at the time.
@@sadlyimawake2359 Honestly, homeless person/escaped convict was where my mind went right away and I'm not a teenager.
@@sadlyimawake2359You're naive if you think that and that's exactly why stories like this suck and are cheap and lazy. This shit happens in real life everyday and you still won't believe it, when women and victims or just people with a fucking brain could tell you exactly what's going down from day 1.
@@pompe221Do homeless people tend to rip up the only clothing they have? Like ots very obvious, you people are just oblivious to this type of crime irl.
i listened to borrasca several years ago and the plot has stuck with me since then. i expected a supernatural creature the whole time so when i was confronted with the twist it really hit hard
I had a hunch the whole time I knew something was up. Since it was only women being abducted. The only thing I got wrong was I thought it was the father of Jimmy not Jimmy himself.
I listened to the podcast and honestly didn't like it. All that buildup, with the Borrasca parties, shinning men, masked figures, screams heard throughout town, mile markers and so on, felt like a build up to this large supernatural thing, and when I got to the twist, it didn't feel shocking, it just felt convoluted. It seemed like most, if not all, of the adults in the town were in on it, why would they bother setting up all that lore? You can pay off the police and federal government, you can't tell me you couldn't pay off the town doctors to do a blood sample during the yearly school physical. And so on.
Yeah the twist is stupid and makes no sense. Ruins the entire story
@@dalegaliniak607yup. It makes no sense and ruins the story
I felt absolute horror when the twist came.. and I love horror. The only other story that has hit like this is “penpal”.
This story had filled me with a rage I've never felt before, it's such a well written piece to be able to invoke that emotion, and I'll probably start getting mad at the mere word "Borrasca"
God yeah. Because there's not a good ending, no justice. I remember first reading borrasca when I was like 14-15, I was enthralled and excited to find out what creepy thing might be living in the mines, only to be shown the horrible truth of what people are capable of.
I envy the people that listened to this and could feel mere rage. I feel such a fucking trembling fear, like a deep profound realization of how real and putrid this is. The vivid image of what god did not intend for this earth, a forsaken image burned in my mind of the raped bodies of women, all formed in a line, like mere product, the cold demeanor of not having a fraction of remorse, the control one single man with economic power could do. Why can the mind be so depraved? Why is this a possible real scenario? Maybe its because i love reading and stories and i try to get into the story, it felt so bad in my soul making my own realizations during the reading, when i heard the name William, how the sheriff loved his daughter in a strange way... The mattress... That everything in this town, all the lovely children and memories are born from an act of pure evil and sin, unstopped, unchanged. Men looking at the little girls, thinking of what will they be and what will they give, as borrasca will take them someday to repeat it, for as long as borrasca stays. Maybe this personally hits me because i live in a town surrounded by forests and everyone knows everybody.
And from my window, i can look to the forest, sometimes, a big light can be seen from there, from a big house i assumed to be. Before, i just thought it was a fancy place... Now, my mind will remind me of this story and beg to god if hes still there, for fantasy being that, fantasy.
In my life ive heard of this type of tragedy and worse a million times, yet, ive never actually stopped to feel the horror we are
Right after the letter ends at 1:40:50, an ad played talking about therapy for childhood trauma survivors. Both the worst and the best timing. Either way, no urban legend made-up monster could ever be scarier than the real monsters that walk among us like the ones in this book. For anyone out there that's suffering from something similar: your beautifully strong and i wish you the best on this healing journey. Stay safe everyone, and remember you're never fighting this alone ❤️
All my adds where about cereals for breakfast.
Dawg I got a Burger King ad 😭
😢 this story is a hard to listen to if you are a recovering from that kind of trauma ❤ my story is a real horror story. Thank you for saying what you said God bless ❤😢
Hey better than me, I got a Papa John’s pizza ad 😅 Totally ruined the mood lol
among us mentioned 🗣️‼️⛔️📮📮🔥🔥
It really helps that I can hear really loud metallic sounds from the local crane factory during this story
Oh no I’d cry lol
did any of them line up with where they happened in the story? bet it sounded creepy as hell lol
@@CrescentCaribou it did once actually, really improved the experience for me 🤣
Oh man! That woulda blown me away immediately! I probably woulda had to stop listening.
I feel like Twin Peaks really kicked off "horrible sex cult in a small town" horror. Also makes you wonder what Sam's father did to disgrace the police. And I wonder if the town specifically seeks disgraced police officers to take in because they are either corrupt or easily corrupted. Or maybe Sam's father was blackmailed with whatever he did. I'm not gonna assume his father was a good person because a good person woulda just moved his family back out of the town lmao. I'm assuming he did something really really bad.
I think it insinuates in Borrasca V that he'd been doing what he had been doing at Borrasca for a while.
pretty sure the guy was sexually attracted to his own daughter for a long time before she was captured, since she disappeared right after she got a boifriend and he complained about him "loving her more than he cold ever know" or some shit
@@hermescarraro3393 it's also said at the end that Whitney is about to give birth and be killed
The baby a couple gets at the end is named William, so he's one of sheriff Walker's kids
Heavily implied he's the father of Whitney's child.
In the sequel he remarries and has another daughter, who he also names Whitney. And his house is covered in pictures of the original Whitney. When Sam burns all the pictures the sheriff's new wife also becomes terrified because of how he could react to that.
Basically, Walker was *absolutely* attracted to his daughter, forced himself on her, and after she died he kept a weird shrine to her and named a second daughter the same thing. Absolutely sick bastard
AND his second wife was a girl from the town that Sam literally grew up and went to school with his whole childhood. ON TOP OF THAT, the baby that Walker conceived with Whitney(potentially) was given to Sam’s old boss from the sandwich shop. This story is f@cking incredible and heart wrenchingly, gut punchingly, unexpected when you get to the plot twist. I remember the first time i read Borrasca, I was not prepared for the reveal of what really goes on in the town whatsoever. I was expecting some kind of cult taking the girls and sacrificing them to some monster or Eldritch horror-style God. And then when Sam Kyle and Ember go to Borrasca and see Sherriff Cleary and the cops up there and hear them talk about the powder. I thought maybe they were making some kind of supernatural drug that required human(specifically female) sacrifice or something to create, and were trafficking as some kind of small town drug cartel. The truth was even more horrific and so much worse than any kind of Cthulu-esque monster God, or drug manufacturing involving human sacrifice. It was so much worse than ANYTHING I could have ever expected or predicted.
Thats why C.K. Walker is an incredible writer. Her Jeff the Killer reboot series is great too.
Iirc the idea of a small town with a dark secret started with Stephen King and Salem's Lot, although it probably goes back far before that. Heart of Darkness was a thing after all.
Very interesting story. Though whenever women start disappearing in horror, it pretty much always leads to the same place, so the twist isn't all that twisty. And as soon as you figure out it's all leading to rape-sex-cult-corruption-whatever (which, in this story, was almost immediately) you can also figure out that the story will probably do the whole "the worst monster you know lives in your own home" thing. ALL THAT BEING SAID. I love a story where the kids in a small town have manufactured their own lore around some creepy happening. Very true to life and always an interesting way to inject some unreliable (but deeply engaging) narration!
Yeah, the transition from supernatural horror to reveal that it is all very very mundane is done really well
I'm extremely dense and didn't figure it out until it was revealed
@@blep8895 You’re not dense lol, the story is only as iconic as it is because most people don’t figure it out until the end. It’s just a matter of what media and tropes you’ve already been exposed to.
this shits awesome its as if kafkas novel on 10 x and sex related
I saw Kyle and Kimber being related somehow from a mile away but never thought THIS would be the way tbh-
The horror aspect is definetly lacking a little bit, it's more rage inducing. However, it is scary to think about how often these things actually happen irl. How corrupted the powerful people can be and how shady their bussiness is
I totally saw the sex stuff coming a mile away, mostly from the description of the dirty mattress in the treehouse. I could’ve never guessed just HOW putrid and deep this ran tho. The Walker-William shit made my skin CRAWWLLLL
It's just so stupid! There's a whole black market of unwanted kids even if none of these people can find a sleazy adoption agency to help them, and honestly, they could just keep their young people bored, not let 'em have any birth control, and inseminate girls on the sly at gynecological appointments! Then they can stay home, you don’t have to pretend to feel bad, and their parents pay to feed them!
IT'S JUST DUMB! *flings hands up in disgust*
I'm with you here. Mine is the fact that most of the victims are girls.
This comment made me realize the Walker William thing, holy fuck
Same. As soon as I heard that description, I knew. I just didn’t know that it would veer like it did.
I thought it was odd that it was only girls that disappeared, but I assumed it was just the author subconscious misogyny. Oh how wrong I was.
Borrasca is the "the adults are out to get you" troupe in its ultimate form, and that definitely had me hooked when I first read this in HS. Love this story and I'm glad to see a breakdown on it!
The fact that baby mill/baby factory stuff aren't that farfetch from reality really messes me up. There are actual cases like this out there.
I read this on nosleep as each part came out, and I was maybe 13 or 15 at the time. Anytime I hear it or even think about it, I get such a profound sense of dread. No short series has really rocked me to the core since
Wait, it was on nosleep? That explains things..
This story makes me sick to my stomach, but the bit that really broke me was the parts about Kimbers Mother. My own Mother committed suicide, apparently I was left a letter. I was never allowed to see it. Of course that's different from the story but hearing the letter be read out made me think of all the times I thought of the letter from my own Mother. Absolutely heartbreaking
Why didn't they let you see it
@o5-193 a good question. Unfortunately though, I was never told why I couldn't see it. My father told me that she had written a letter to me and that she loved me very much. I was too shocked to ask at the time, and any other time I tried to bring it up, he only told me 'your mother loved you very much'.
@@VynglamourI'm sorry for your loss. I hope you found closure.
@@aMondayMorning thank you very much, I've only seen this comment. I've found my closure
@@o5-193 what makes you think they would know that lmao. I doubt if their father is going to give it to them, that they would explain why. Probably just wants it forgotten about
although i think its ridiculous to that. Unless someones parent was losing it and started to to blame the child or say something insane like that, theres no reason to hide a letter addressed to them. Their parents dieing wish was for these words to be read, and thats being taken from them.
You know the video is good when CZcams forces you to reupload
😆😆😆👌👌👌
actually according to the description it was a mistake on their end
wonder what it was…
@@connor48880i wanna know too
@@connor48880 still, the video is a banger
The video was soo good. I didn’t spot any mistakes.
Darn, title sounds really interesting but as a survivor I can't handle those trigger warnings. Big appreciation for putting those in!
The trigger warnings are no joke, the story hits like a truck. The story is fiction, but doesn't contain any supernatural elements - just (human) monsters.
@@oddbirdMusic The story may be fiction but it's based on truth.
This is very effective but also kind of frustrating in a way that a lot of grounded horror/crime stories are. It's a horror story so writers feel as if the characters need to fail to some degree, but I end up just getting kind of annoyed at them. They always need to have the characters freeze up or give up or split up as something horrible is happening. You can justify it sure...doesn't mean I can't be annoyed at the writer being so transparent about it.
Also Sam and Kyle KNEW they were heading into a dangerous situation, supernatural or otherwise. They didn't arm themselves in any way? Sam didn't steal one of his father's guns? If this was literally any other genre that would have happened. It gives horror a bad rep when the heroes are written like this. Also....Sam....just contact the FBI....
Listen to Borrassca V, the sequel! The second part will probably satisfy you a bit more
They were teenagers. What teenager knows how to contact the FBI?!
@@DeathnoteBBit’s literally a google search away. They could’ve brought a camera, emailed a few photos, and the end. The characters in this story acted insanely stupid.
@@wizardsmix7961 Depending on when the story is set, Google didn’t exist and presumably the parents would have been wary of what they were searching and who they would be calling
@@wizardsmix7961 And again, yeah because _they’re teenagers_
Most teenagers aren’t prepared for a town-wide conspiracy involving their loved ones and CSA
I think disturbing is the word you’re looking for. Also slightly disappointed Sam didn’t end up a vigilante. Decent story tho made me ill
If you read Borrasca V, he does kind of go vigilante.
@@Nevermore-Nevermorekimber went vigilante, sam just went along with it
@@kerdnerl I think it started that way, but as it goes on he grows a backbone
@@ProjectSebastiannif theres no killing bad guys, punisher style, i wont waste my time..
my thoughts exactly. calling it scary is kind of misleading and made me read something i probably wouldn't have read otherwise
SPOILERS:
KIMBERS "MOM" PROBABLY DIDN'T LIKE HER DATING KYLE CUZ SHE KNEW THEY WERE SIBLINGS- STOP I'M GUNNA THROW UPPP. Anyways loved this, I literally love all your videos.
Oh my funking god I didn't realised that oh that's horrible
@@vickyallen2433 I know right! 😭😭
“Why can’t you just date a nice P name boy”
“Lol mom u and ur weird alphabetical obsessions”
“🍆💀🍆”
FUUUUCK you are right!! They both were described as ginger..... fuuuuuc
No spoiler warning is crazy
Part One had the kid part of me shiver to my core. It made me so excited to hear Part Two but when i heard that part, all my excitement instead turned into... "This is downright fucked up"
I remember listening to Mrcreepypasta releasing a reading of both this original story and its sequel. Genuinely one of the scariest stories i've ever heard because its so grounded in reality. It also gave me extreme rage because of how infuriating the situation is
Truly one of those “I would go full postal” moments
This is probably one of the most effective horror stories ive ever read and now watch. The way you always expect this supernatural, horrible creature that commits these terrifying noises, but it really is a reality check when you realize that there wasn't ever a supernatural side to anything of this. This could very well happen somewhere out there.
For me, this and Penpal by Dathan Auerbach both hold special places in my heart as Creepypastas that go above and beyond being great horror stories to legitimately emotionally devastating pieces that I revisit every year. If you haven’t read the latter story, definitely check it out
Pen pal is lowkey becoming one of my favorite stories ever. Every time I read it I just get this feeling of dread and nostalgia
Penpal is devastating but also well written and a good story with genuinely creepy unsettling parts to it. THIS is just gross and depressing with no purpose. They have similarities with the feeling supernatural at first but turning out to be traumatically mundane but this story is just excessively fucked up nonsense that I feel worse for having heard.
I listened to penpal but it left me confused on what its about I expected it to end with the older kids taking down the stalker
I loved it! It so well written that I felt so disgusted and horrified.
@@BadPabda I disagree. While I think borrasca is definitely more brutal than penpal, I’d argue that’s the point. Sorry to use this term, but it’s a subversion of expectations. It starts off as a typical urban legend story with the shiny gentlemen and the skinned men. Then it becomes something even more horrifying because it’s closer to reality than the reader expects. The horror stems from the twist and when you go back and read it, the hints are all there. Borrasca’s definetly pretty intense and messed up, but it’s far from bad imo. It’s ok if it doesn’t work for you tho. I can see why it’d be too much for some. In a weird way, I lowkey feel like penpal is a bit more accessible despite the pretty disturbing subject material
This story’s twist lowkey makes no sense. If there’s a town fertility issue why wouldn’t you bring girls from outside town? And OP said the women are more affected by fertility issues. So these girls drinking the water for like 10+ years would already be affected. Also if it’s the water then why would people bother to buy a baby rather than just moving away?? It literally falls apart when you even just ask basic questions.
Also the fact that surrogacy exists so there are women who would do this 100% willingly, no crimes had to be committed at all.
The Prescott's paid a fortune to purify the waters, so only old people were affected by the iron ore poisoning.
The point is that that you’re right. There are better ways to go about this. But they didn’t because the people in charade and the people in power are sick bastards. Hell they’re probably also making it harder for women to find outside help and if we take into account how the town as a whole seems to be in financial trouble, it’s possible they don’t have the money for outside help. The charity babies are free. It’s fucked but it does make sense in a deeply twisted way
@@valhund2629Exactly. The reason they didn’t “just do [something else]” is because _they didn’t want to_
That’s the horror. It’s not some actual issue pushing their hand, it’s that they’re _choosing_ to do this.
Well although the original reason was infertility, they also had the incentive of selling children to human traffickers, which brought money into the town and gave it a level of "prestige".
Brilliant job,you randomly popped up on reccomended. Never heard of the story,but was instantly hooked through your telling of it,so thankyou!
I liked the story and the ending is interesting, with the skinned men and shiny gentlemen being what they ended up being, but I think I’m just so tired of stories of crooked cops and disgusting older men getting away with stuff like this that it just felt so unsatisfying. With the world we live in today, creepy older men with power and police are scary, and I guess seeing them get away with doing things they probably do in real life is exhausting
That's just it, though: the media we normally consume has conditioned people to believe that evil is done by supernatural monsters and demons, and that some hero will always come along and slay the beast and bring a happy ending. But that's not how it is in the real world, and we need more stories like this to shake that naïve and stupid belief in happy endings. It's a belief that holds us back from effecting any kind of positive changes. It's not a tasty ending, but it's good, healthy spinach that we all need more of.
@@jakemyers7826i get that and respect it, but it’s just so exhausting when creeps and rapists are literally all we have to think about as women normally that when a story decides to go there it just feels cheap and unsatisfying
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. For me, feeling powerless and disappointed, and looking for a thrill and horror are two very different emotions, and I only seek the latter from horror stories. I felt the former instead, sort of like reading gruesome, gut wrenching, but real news.
@@Rebecca-bk9bdyes, you phrased it well.
@@Rebecca-bk9bdborrasca was written by a woman
I read Borrasca back when I started high school. I'm in uni now and no story has ever come close to replicating the gut punch of an ending it has. When I think about creepypasta, the stuff on r/NoSleep (where "Borrasca" originated from, btw!), and horror involving teenagers in general, I think about Borrasca because this story demonstrates what you can do-how far you can go-with that setting and these character archetypes. I wish more authors were willing to put in the work and actually make something as impactful, disturbing, and heartbreaking as Borrasca, because I need more of this kind of horror!!
There’s a manga that does what this story is attempting to do leagues better.
I cannot remember the name of the manga but it’s about a turn of the century prison that the warden is secretly letting the prisoners have captive girl(s) to curb their aggressiveness. The Japanese have a terrible gift for making haunting, f’d up stories that just stain your psyche forever. If you’re disappointed in this story I will try to find the manga and link it here later
bro if u know the name i’d love to read it !!!
@@heartIucy it’s called Bradherly No Basha
I wasn’t sure before but I see now it’s a story by the creator Blade of the Immortal
I hope you do more of these- this was such a nice way to spend 2 hrs!
Theres also a podcast-style narration by ‘QCODE’ of Borrasca where all the characters are voiced by different actors and Sam is voiced by Cole Sprouse. I highly recommend listening to it if you love Borrasca.
Absolutely a fantastic audio-drama, surprised me to learn by this video appearing on my feed that it was a short story first
he literally mentions that in the video.
I just finished Borrasca today. I was so angry(in a healthy way). I had to pause the audio book and eat dinner right after the drop(before any details), and the whole time, I was thinking to earlier parts. 10/10
Thank you so much for this. I dont really have the time to read lately so I greatly appreciate this format. Loved the story too! Keep 'em coming
Holy hell that was darker than any supernatural monster could make a story. Putting myself in Sam’s shoes, I do not blame him for becoming lost as an adult. The ending is wrath inducing. Jesus. And wow, kudos to the author. I am glad I did not give up listening to this. It is worth the near 2hrs.
I genuinely think the twist makes it even scarier because just at how depraved and downright twisted humanity could get when push comes to shove.
An absolute chilling listen! Thank you for making this video!
It's the reality that this is happening. In a way. Epstein, global powers, hell, this is probably ACTUALLY happening somewhere in almost the same way right as we speak
Men* not humanity. Women have never grouped together to do such fucked up things on such a large scale. Sex crimes are overwhelming committed by men. It's a man problem.
But it’s not even “when push comes to shove”. It’s an intentional choice on the villains’ part. They’re choosing to do what they do for their own selfish reasons.
Man on a second read everything starts to make sense and it hits you so hard when you put everything together. I’ve heard this story so many times and it never gets old to me and each time I hear it I always take note of everyone’s names because if you know you know.
What makes me sad is the way Kim avoids the sherrif at school in the first third. Does she know something? Just have a feeling? Or has something already happened?
Thank you for this entertaining story and engaging narration. I actually frequently listen to scary story narrations on youtube. While not a typical narration, this was great. Yes, this is the type of story you listen to a second time with a new perspective.
This story has stuck with me for years, I’ve tried explaining why I love it so many times to people but I can never seem to put it in words. Glad people are still covering this today
The use of that machines echo is so well done and so haunting. I remember listening to this story years ago, it’s so good and so gut wrenching that i come back to it every few years. Your video and the comment section opened my eyes on even more details years later. You’re an amazing storyteller, definently looking forwards for more content like this!
God, the people of the town were so willing to comply with these atrocities because they couldn’t have their own children? I’m sorry but boo-fucking-hoo I’m playing you a song on the worlds smallest violin.
honestly like every single one??? all of yall??
Tbf, only the ones who complied with it were left in town, the rest were either sent to borrasca, silenced, or moved out
Worst part is they could've gotten children with non-illegal means. After all they already know these children aren't biologically theirs anyway.
Kind of reminds me of Greg Abbott justifying the. Texas abortion ban because he and his wife adopted and other couples should have the same opportunity. So gross.
@@peacefulpossum2438that’s so enraging. he views women as nothing more than baby making machines: we should bear children we don’t want so people can have our babies. what the actual fck
Awesome story telling...new sub. The internet seems to have discpnne ted many of our collective emotions, but your compassion during the re telling is whats missing today. Good job empathizing and showing the humanity in such tragic stories.
I loved this. It's the first time in a while I've gotten hooked on an internet story, and you delivered it so well. You could do audiobooks, honestly, I didn't get bored of your storytelling once.
The story itself maybe got a little whacky, but I loved all the attention to detail, and how everything fit nicely together by the end. Even if it wasn't perfect, I really got the sense that the writer was trying to create a great story - I really enjoyed the pacing, and that, to me, is very important in storytelling. Really glad I came across this video!
So glad I found this video and your channel, unlike other storytelling channel, your delivery and tone are totally fine and you don't overexaggerate or use cringe deep voice or disturbing images to boast the already well-done content, keep it up man, I am here to support the re-upload
Borrasca is, to this day, my favorite 'creepypasta' of all time. The characters are so well written, the little details are so well woven as hints within the story to piece things together, and it's so easy to get emotionally invested in the story from beginning to end.
Thank you for making this, I'm glad it's getting more and more recognition. I was mind blown when they did a story-cast with Cole Sprouse, that version is so well done too, highly recommend!
Do you really believe Kimber is well written? Please convince me.
@@rex4796 nah I'm good, thanks though
Borrasca and the penpal series have lived rent-free in my head since they were published.
Bro, I have been searching for this story for YEARS. I asked people about it, Googled it, and got nothing. I hated it, but loved it for the fact that it was the only creepypasta that wasn't just some ridiculous, made-up psycho-killer monster, but in fact a chilling tale with which far too many people are familiar; I'm so glad someone else knew of Borrasca and I can hear it again.
This was an amazing video, thank you for sharing this story! It was horrifying, and with children of my own truly terrified me. Your voice is perfect to listen to. Would love more narratives like this! 😊
Spoiler Warning:
Sam was working for someone who went along with it. She knew she couldn’t conceive so she chose the inhumane option of getting one. I literally cried over this. Theses are peoples babies and children. To do this to another human being makes me literally sick to my stomach.
It’s mentioned in the story that Meera initially didn’t want to go through with that option, but then agreed to it. Still pretty horrible- but she knew it was horrible and tried other options.
I didn't get that until I read the comment.
@@asleepyb0i400Doesn’t in any way make it any less disgusting.
It’s not real
@asleepyb0i400 fucking nasty. Thats not ok.
i’m gonna leave my review here. the whole point is for us to believe supernatural elements are at play, but we are then met with the twist: real human cruelty is the true evil. however, so much of it is just not realistic. sam’s mom just didn’t care that her sheriff husband wasn’t doing shit to look for their daughter? so EVERY single person in the town was involved in the baby black market/trafficking ring? did no one who disappeared have any relatives out of town? this just reads like someone who believes human trafficking is a man in a white van driving around looking to snatch a girl off the street. i’m not against themes of sexual violence in horror works, as that is a very real fear for many, but it has to be done by someone who can apply the proper nuance. having a whole town hide the secret rape baby factory in the mountains is just kind of absurd. i’m not a fan of supernatural horror but even that would have been better/less ridiculous.
This story was originally basically a series of r/nosleep posts, iirc. So, this shallow level of research is kind of par for the course. It is pretty well written, though. And I'm not sure if people with a proper level of research into the subject would necessarily _want_ to write a story like this to begin with?
The problem is it's not as absurd as you think, just the wrong place. You think of Borrasca as some sort of far-reaching story because both it and you are probably in a place where it's nor realistically doable, but these things do exist in poorer African and Middle Eastern nations. Money is a really powerful motivator, close behind spite.
I agree. I wrote a detailed breakdown above if you're interested, of the things that don't make sense and why the ending kind of ruined the excellent majority of the story.
Aaah that explains, thanks! It kinda ruined it for me when we got to that baby making factory and it's just rows of beds stacked together... the author didnt' think this through lol, the smell must've been awful and even wicked men aren't animals enough to rut in a place like this for fun if they had alternatives @@lemonZzzzs
Preach my truth.
Alternate ending:
Dracula captures the men responsible for Burasca so that he can torture them for many decades, and obliterates the town with a neutron bomb.
Thank you for covering this. It was a great narration and I did enjoy working while listening to you. It brought back memories of reading this for the first time.
Listened to this earlier today, then based on a comment went and listened to The Spire in the Woods. I came back once I finished that for more suggestions, and now I'm creeped out at the odds of this being reuploaded around the exact time I was looking for it and failing to find it in my history.
same omg,, fell asleep listening to this last night and wanted to replay the vid to hear the whole story, only to find it reuploaded right as i was looking for it
Instead of listening to this while cleaning my room, I listened while cooking my books to dodge taxes on my small business. Perfect background sound. Thank you!
Your video just unlocked a deeply buried memory in my mind! I remember reading this story as it was being posted to one of the creepy stories forums on Reddit in multiple parts yeeeeears ago. I forgot about it COMPLETELY until I saw the thumbnail for this vid recommended on my front page and I couldn't figure out WHY Borrasca sounded so familiar. So glad I clicked through.
Fantastic walkthrough of the story! Genuinely gave me shivers to remember the horror/disgust of the huge reveals in the ending. Sort of wishing it had stayed forgotten but I don't regret watching this lol.
Putting together a super mini and elaborate metal sculpture and landed on this video. First time watcher, Thank you so much for your content!
So many heart breaking little details, genuinely devastating story
There's a brand of sparkling wine called Borrasca and every time I see the label I think of this story.
I hope he goes over part 2 of boraskia, I love this video and it’s nice to revisit these amazing stories
Absolutely subscribed after this video! This story blew me away. You do a fantastic job at telling it
I remember reading this story. And I hate it, not because it's a bad story, but honestly because I don't like stories that end so depressing.
I can dig it, if supernatural is involved, but if it's really only people who are the villains, I honestly prefer them to be punished.
The monsters among us win so often in the real world, in my stories I prefer they lose.
I want the real life monsters in the world to lose and to keep on losing for the rest of their lives
Hellooo read part 5 it wraps things up in a happier bow!! Just type borrasca V on Google
@@jrmetmoi who doesn't? But that's sadly not how it works.
@@dieyng I respect your opinion on Borrasca, but it's honestly a great story that accomplishes what it was trying to accomplish. It's grounded in reality, the characters are well thought out and you get attached to them. It's suppose to disturb you and invoke negative emotions, wether it be sadness or rage. The supernatual stories are sometimes too cliche or just poorly written out, that's why stories like this are fresh to most people. In terms of scarier, there are probably scarier ones out there, but in terms of most disturbing, I think Borrasca definitely takes the crown. A story that accomplishes it's goals is a great story.
They made a part 5 where things have a happy ending, you can find it on the writers website
This one was a bit too nutty for me. Red herrings that don't make sense if you go back and look at the initial hints after finishing the story, like the tree. Villains whose motivation doesn't make sense. A level of indifference and weird moments of complicity from every person living in the town that would put Derry to shame, like the librarian, or multiple women who have the thought "I'm barren. I'm ok with human trafficking now because of it."
You'd be surprised what becomes normal and acceptable when everyone around you is doing it. People's morals are disturbingly flexible.
i disliked the red herrings too
I'm really surprised people like it as much as they seem to, the construction really wasn't anything special
honestly the "im barren so im ok with human trafficking now" thing is unfortunatly not far from the truth... that kind of stuff has absolutely happened
@@greifstrickenit's the kind of story that hits hard when you hear it for the first time but then falls apart if you sit and think about it afterwards
Great video!! You are becoming a master storyteller man!! Loved the story, its got heavy Twin Peaks vibes. And you should DEFINITELY make a video for Borrasca V !!!!
This story gave me chills, great work narrating. I was holding on to every word, hoping to see to a part 2 for borrasaca v!
im really glad this story is getting the attention it deserves. Ive listened to this story since i was a child and really hope a movie or adaptation is made out of it
Thank you so much for covering this story, Borrasca is my favourite short story of all time and C.K. Walker/Rebecca Klingel is one of my favourite horror writers. I also really love some of her other works, particularly Room 733 and the Deepwood Trilogy which I really recommend reading if you like Borrasca.
Wow this was incredible, i did an hour of washing dishes since it was Thanksgiving and your voice and tone really made me invested. Of course the story sells it too. I even forgot that I was washing dishes sometimes because of the story. Major twist at the end, i did not expect that. Thank you for posting this and just existing in general haha!
You're an amazing storyteller (or reteller?). I was hooked the entire way, and not just bc the story is excellent but the way you told it had me so engaged. Youve earned a subscriber in me!
this is the scariest situation ever fucking conceived jesus.
WOW. I just need to tell you how wonderful of a storyteller you are. Your tone, the pacing, the emotion you express in your voice…just beautiful. Wonderful work.
DUDE! I randomly thought about this story yesterday and couldn't remember the name or where to find it, then this pops up in my recs. The algo is scary. Nice work man, this video kills!
Bro i am so happy to see someone on youtube talking about this masterpiece. It has stuck with me for YEARS. I re read it almost every year. Nothing has crawled under my skin and infiltrated my brain like this one. It crosses my mind so often and sends shudders down my spine. One of my absolute favorite works of fiction ever
I loved this story. I was a junior in high school the first time I ever heard it and I remember it just sticking with me so prominently because of how close I felt to the characters it felt like I knew them very well so when that was all happening to them, and all the hardships they were facing, it felt personal lakin attacked my own neighborhood. And then the horrors and tragedy that we thought we’re gonna be a monster only to find out it was way worse something much darker scarier it’s one of the best short stories I’ve ever heard and I recommend it to anyone any chance I get that is if they can actually handle it
This was a wild ride for me…I have just come back from a trip overseas, I am horribly jet lagged and started watching this video before it got first deleted. My horrible jet lag basically means that I’ve slept for the past 24 hours, waking up every once in a while to eat something and gulp down water straight from the sink in my bathroom. The first couple of times I’ve put this to fall asleep to id get 6 minutes in and pass out. On multiple occasions I had dreams about the plot of this story, which surprisingly weren’t that far off…
I was a little horrified when I realized the video was gone during one of my rare lucid episodes, but as soon as I was back amongst the living for a breath moment and realized it was up again I finally managed to finish it! My god I’ll definitely never forget this video, not only because of the circumstances I watched it during, but also because of the story itself.
Your narration of this entire story was delightful and I am so sharing this with all of my friends who enjoy horror. I might have some more insights when I am not so jet lagged, but for now… This entire idea of a city prospering because of someone else’s suffering really reminded me of a short, philosophical story called “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”. It’s a very short read but I though you might enjoy it.
Thank you for this video and for reading through my rumbling, i’m off to sleep again now!
Wow.... I remember listening to this story on Mr.CreepyPasta's channel back when I was still in middle school. and your summary just re-awaken my memories on how messed up this story is. I was able to experience the same horror and feeling from your summary, that now I'm going to gonna re listen to the story. Amazing work man I hope to see more videos likes these from you!
Borrasca was such a brutal story for me to read at the age i did, the only thing that gave me comfort was the sequel. I needed that closure
I would change the title to "most disturbing short story", otherwise excellent video, you have a really compelling way to tell a narrative
Only 10k likes??!? This was the best, most interesting, and most emotional storytelling/analysis I’ve ever watched. Amazing work!
Genuinely starting to love this channel. Can’t wait to see what you do in the future!!!
What's stopping the protagonist from coming back with a camera and gun? It didnt seem very secure and tbh once your life is that screwed, what is there to lose in exposing and punishing them? Idk, it was a good story. Pretty memorable but it always takes me out of stories when protagonists are so driven to do brave things but then turn out to be such pushovers once the threat is in their face. If you dig up a truth that abhorrent and it affects your life that badly, why not do SOMETHING?
Edit: nvm i guess they do that in the sequel. Took him too freaking long tho. Should have been pulling eyes out of sockets as soon he discovered Jimmy.
right?? Prescot left him alone WITH A GUN, how couldn't he just kill him right on the spot??
I read Borrasca the first time on a Sunday morning. Today, years later, I saw the title and an "oh shit" came out from so deep within
Bro this was a fantastic reading especially with the music and vibe kudos! 🙌🏼💯
You Sir did an amazingly great job reading the story. The way you read the story with such emotion gave the characters life. You need to become an audio book reader. I would seriously pay money to hear you read books dude.
Commenting to say that I loved the pace and style of your narration. The background music is just the right volume, and the whole video was super engaging!
I mean, it's not really surprising Walker was on Prescott's side
the whole reason they are out there was because the guy was a corrupt cop
What an awesome story, despite the horror of realizing what’s REALLY going on. That was one of the best stories I’ve heard! Thank you and you are an awesome narrator! Thank you!❤😊
This was amazing! Your voice and dictation of the passages is so captivating! My attention span is usually pretty short, but I was on the edge of my seat for the entirety of this video. Awesome job, man!
im only half way through the vid but man i gotta take a moment to just praise how good this is. ive been watching your channel for a bit now, every video is getting better and higher in quality and im really proud of you! I cant wait to see you grow as i know someone as talented as you will
this was a rollercoster! i had never read nor heard of this short story,i had randomly clicked on this video and i’m so great full i did this was such a complex story and seriously man incredible story telling !!
This was a fantastic reading, thank you for this!
Wow. That was dark.
Thank you for sharing this story. The horror truly is the actions of the people in the story, those are always the darkest horrors more unsettling than any creature or entity.
I appreciate the amount of work you put into making this content. thank you.
stories that are so horrific that they seem supernatural at first only to end up being entirely compromised of evil humans always hit the hardest. You figure only something unexplainable could bring this level of terror only for it to end up being a few greedy humans subjecting innocent people to the worst fates imaginable solely so they can make a quick buck. I know this story isn't real, but it does capture how vile some people in the real world are and that never fails to shake me. I guess i'm naive but I just don't understand how or why anybody would ever do something like this.
You are a phenomenal storyteller. I am hanging on every word you say. Your delivery is perfect. Please, keep up the great work.
brooo, i listened to this story on the nosleep podcast while i was working a really long shift. ever since then ive always remembered it out of the hundreds if not thousands of stories ive listened too. and then one christmas my mom actually bought me the no sleep production poster for the "borrasca" episode, i still have it hung up in my dorm room rn.
I felt so sick to the stomach by the end.
I was already feeling extremely anxious during the middle section of the story, I already kind of realized it had hints of trafficking and r*pe but JESUS CHRIST THIS IS MUCH WORSE.
Thanks for sharing this man. Will you ever talk about the sequels? (I only read a few about Borrasca, but I wanna know if you'll cover them ❤)
Keep it up man.