The stone-cold truth is that we all have skeletons in the closet that we wouldn’t even share with our BFF. Shame is one of the strongest emotions a person can harbor, and when it comes to the worst things we’ve ever done, our feelings of mortification for our past actions are so intense that we’d only admit it on our deathbed.
Yet with anonymous online forums like Reddit, people can confess all their most horrible actions that they’d never reveal to their closest friends and family. Here are all the absolute worst things people have done that they’d never admit to until their last breath, which was brought to light after Reddit user Deadend-Decendant wanted to know, “What’s the worst [mistake] you’ve had that you’ll admit on your [deathbed]?”
The Drunken Shards
“I was walking home after a house party, nice and drunk, and saw another house party, so I rolled in as if I knew people. Said “Heyyyyyy! Thanks for inviting me!” And grabbed a beer from the box. Went to pee, and accidentally dropped my beer bottle, and it sheared off the side of the bowl! So, knowing I was [in trouble], calmly flushed the toilet, saw how I compounded the mistake, and calmly left, never to be seen again…” -tamammothchuk
Oh, now that’s just cold.
The Death Wishes Denied
“I know a funeral director [who] accidentally cremated someone [who] wanted to be buried.” -deleted user
RIP to their conscience…
The Flooding Laundromat
“I was using the laundromat at my university’s dorms, and one of my tops fell half out, making the door not sealed but still locked. Long story short, the place was flooded. I tried stopping the machine, but couldn’t; I tried calling the number of the machine, but no one answered. I tried to clean it, but didn’t have anything to do it with, so when the machine finished I took my clothes [and] skedaddled out of there.” -Iluvaic
Honestly, I’d switch schools and move to a different country after that.
The Stolen Playground
“I stole a kid’s playset once. Answered an ad on Craigslist to pick up [a] free kid’s wooden playhouse/swingset. Got the street right, but must have gotten the house numbers mixed up. Pulled up to a house I thought was it, knocked on the door, and no one answered, disassembled the playground, and threw it in the trailer. Several hours later, I got an email from the Craigslist person [complaining] that I never showed up. EDIT: No, I never gave it back. I never responded to the email. Too much embarrassment. All I did was go back a couple [of] weeks later and confirm my screw up. The house still had an empty mulch pit from their missing set. I do remember seeing a bunch of small kid’s toys in their yard, and thought it strange they were getting rid of their playhouse. To this day, my wife and kids have no idea they are playing on stolen goods. I’ve contemplated randomly putting it back in their yard a dozen years later to make it right. My buddy who helped has since moved to another part of the country. Every eight months or so, I get a text saying, ‘Just told the story again — never gets old.’” -viral_virus
Well, I guess what the kids don’t know won’t hurt them!
The Accidental Email
“Accidentally sent a brutally honest email about my boss… to my boss. Got fired, learned to triple-check recipients.” -faurethoven
Oof… the brutal mortification of realizing you hit send to the wrong person.
The Dumpster Fire
“I started a dumpster fire. A literal dumpster fire where I almost burned down my apartment. Our apartment had a fireplace, and I had grabbed all the ashes into a plastic trash can after the whole fire went out. I went out to the dumpster and dumped it in. 15 minutes later, there are like four fire trucks outside, and flames flying 15 feet in the air. Flames were also catching part of the carport next to it on fire. I thought, ‘Wow, who’s the [idiot] that did that?’ Then I looked at my plastic garbage can and saw a 1-inch hole where an ember had burned through it, and realized I was said [idiot]. They ended up having to replace the carport. This was around 1993 and was way before security cameras became common, thank God… The funny thing is that my wife, when she got home, immediately guessed I had done something stupid. She didn’t tell anyone but knew right away.” -lazespud2
At least your secret’s safe with your wife!
Pawning Grandma’s Jewelry
“My [jerk] little brother, who was 17 and selling drugs, begged me to sell some jewelry at a pawn shop for him to pay off a traffic ticket. I hated this idea, asked where he got the jewelry, [and] he said it was an exchange on a drug deal from a guy in a city an hour away. I did it in hopes he could get his license back and get a real job. [The] jewelry turned out to be my grandmother’s; the little [brat] swiped it when he was helping my mom clean out her apartment shortly after she passed. I was so disgusted and tried to buy it back, but it was too late. I’ll never tell my mother, but holy jeeze did I let him know what a [bad person] he is.” -Snake_Bait_2134
Let’s hope Mom never questions where all that jewelry went!
Intruder Alert
“I came home drunk at 5 a.m., and couldn’t get in the house as dad had left his keys in the door. I went round the back and tried to [pry] open the back window (in those days it was a single-glazed window with a metal drop-down latch that was loose. If you banged it, it would make the latch jump out of the clasp). Well, I banged it too hard and broke the glass, shattering it. I promptly jumped in and grabbed my dressing gown that was sitting on the pile of clean washing, put it on, and pretended I’d just woke up to [the] noise and I’d come to investigate. I said I couldn’t be sure if I saw someone jumping over the fence, escaping. Cue my mom calling the police about an attempted break-in and the police calling the council to fix the window. The police [are] giving mom details of victim support. This was 1989, and I’ve never told her it was me.”
-BackgroundDonut453
Yikes! I hope they were more careful with their future break-ins.
Well, it’s no wonder they’re taking these stories to their deathbed. If there’s anything you’ve been harboring for years that you need to get out, drop it down below! Your secret’s safe here.
You can view Deadend-Decendant’s post here.
