Let's face it, we're fascinated by what exists beyond the mortal coil — and apparently what comes just before!
People have been taking to Reddit to share some rather creepy deathbed confessions. From alleged murder to heartbreaking WW2 tales, here are 10 of the most haunting tales we've read...
1. A murderous grandmother
"My grandma confessed to murder on her deathbed," Reddit user NotAnEarthwormYet shared.
"Usually you’d think it was the pain relief, but she was such an eccentric it was actually believable.
"We traced all her ex-husbands, partners and any other likely candidates and fortunately, no one was missing, or died an untimely death. But sometimes I wonder..."
2. Minor transgressions and then some...
Reddit user creepygal69 shared the following deathbed confession: "I cared for an elderly neighbour who had Alzheimer’s and sometimes she seemed to want to unburden herself of secrets.
"In the months before she went into a nursing home, I heard a lot about very minor transgressions at work, feuds with other ladies at church and... some cousin f*cking."
Well, I don't think we want to hear any more about the last revelation...
3. Mysterious "beings"
This Reddit user has a rather creepy tale about his late grandfather, which involves some rather sinister-sounding "beings"...
"My grandfather who had not been a religious man throughout his life stated on the second to last day he was alive that in the prior few nights he was seeing beings in the bedroom with him [sic]," Reddit user, cat-slinger, explained.
"He could not discern what they were but one, in particular, made him very fearful."
4. A haunting WW2 confession
Reddit user, papahet, shared the following — rather haunting — deathbed confession:
"My partner's grandfather never spoke about his WW2 service. He joined after lying about his name and age so we can't find any records. He would have been 16. We do know he was in the Pacific somewhere, and when he got back, his lie was exposed and because he was by then 18 he was drafted under his real name...and promptly arrested, he would do anything to not get sent back to fight! He got drunk, fought and self-harmed [sic].
"His adult life was spent mostly as an alcoholic and being a sh*t husband and father though in his later years he was able to make some good. Grandkids appearing softened him [sic].
"In his dying hours, he relived his time at war. Some things he said... 'Oh god they are here', '[They] are behind us sir', 'Stab him, stab him...f*cking stick him!', 'Help', 'Medic', 'All around'. And he also had a string of names he kept saying. Such a tortured, broken mind."
5. 'He used to scream in the night with nightmares'
"On his deathbed, my grandad said he could see his men," Reddit user, Xenoph0bix, shared, in another WW2 related confession.
"He worked I think the radio on the airplanes and I think he was leader of his particular group that flew that plane (sorry I don’t know the correct names) [sic].
"One day they were shot down and crashed. All died in the fire but him. They found him wandering deliriously in the field after.
"They tried to make him go back up in another plane and he lost it, full-on PTSD. The b*stards dishonourably discharged him because he refused to fly again. He said he saw his men staring at him at the foot of the bed and that they were furious with him for not saving them... My mum says he used to scream in the night with nightmares."
6. A heartbreaking confession
Reddit user DanHero91 wrote about his time in hospital, saying, "The guy in the bed next to me just asked to stop taking his meds as he was ready to die.
"The last thing I heard him say was 'There's no one waiting for me at home, so I'm going where they are.'
"Wasn't really a shocking confession, just a lonely and heartbreaking one," he added.
7. 'I wanted to ask her more... but I was afraid'
"I worked at a hospital in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a small town near Munich for the last 14 years. My job there is not fancy at all, I move people around, throw the trash out and occasionally I take care of some handy-like work (fix a leaking shower head and stuff like that)," lyes-about-expertise shared.
"As you can imagine, I get to see a lot of patients that come and go, some of them pass away (such is life, I guess). I remember a few instances of people confessing to me their biggest regrets."
The first deathbed confession the Reddit user shared revolved around notorious Nazi leader, Hitler: "An old polish woman, told me that she regretted 'not f*cking Hitler when she had the chance' (her words). I wanted to ask her about more context, but I was afraid to be honest."
We would be too!
8. Another murderous confession
The same Reddit user shared another disturbing confession about an alleged hit and run.
"Another notable example was an old truck driver that used to work for an Easter Germany company," they shared.
"He told me that he once run over some kids with his truck, and was too afraid to stop and check if they were ok."
Creepy stuff!
9. No regrets here
And the final confession lyes-about-expertise shared was about an elderly Polish lady who used to be a prostitute.
"Once another Polish lady told me that she used to be a prostitute during 2nd World War and that she slept with "very high up" people in the government," they explained.
"She told me that she did not regret that part of her life, but that she could not tell anyone and that was a heavy emotional drag. She also told me that she aborted more than five babies during that time."
10. A deathbed fantasy
"I spent a lot of time with my 90-something-year-old grandfather in his final months," this Reddit user shared, in a surprisingly funny confession.
"He was married to my grandmother for over 70 years and told me he never slept with any other woman. This was followed by him asking me what it was like to sleep with more than one person in your lifetime.
"He (partially paralyzed from a stroke, at the end of his life) also told me, as he was waking up from a nap, that he was just dreaming about having sex with Betty Grable."
