Confessions

One night, while sleeping over at my best friend’s, I woke to her brother coming home from a party. I heard strange noises coming from his room and peeked in—but what I witnessed will haunt me to the day I die.

These Reddit tales show how family secrets have the power to turn your life completely upside down. Be warned: Some dark histories are better left buried.

From hidden family members and cheating partners to long-kept secrets, these confessions will leave you feeling all kinds of emotions.

While we may not know the answer, we do know that the following secrets run the gamut from funny to salacious to nasty nightmare fuel.

From the benign confessions to shocking double lives, these real-life stories are about the most unsettling last words ever to be overheard.

From second families to confidential cover-ups, these people have anonymously shared their earth-shattering confessions—and they are WILD.