Top 10 Criminal Minds Episodes That Kept Us Up At Night

[@freyabaade2810]

"He was alive yesterday." Chills, every single time

[@michellefurness454]

Yeah, that line kills me.

[@mejournaling5471]

Watched the episode once, decided ill mever watch it again

[@chelseylin6724]

I’m in tears every time. The actor who played the dad gave an amazing performance 😭

[@miss_xandra_mars]

I remember the first time I saw that episode. My heart broke at the end of it. To this day, it's among several criminal minds episodes I cannot watch. If it comes on TV, I change the channel.

[@myathegrandma]

@@chelseylin6724 I agree, an amazing performance.

[@ashleysmith2545]

It says a lot that 4 episodes on this list were directed by Matthew Grey Gubler. Mosley Lane, Heathridge Manor, The Lesson, and Alchemy

[@kamranbaxter8709]

Gubler is one messed-up man

[@sc0rpi0d0ll]

also blood relations and the first one with mr. scratch and they are SO good

[@cazia9]

Wasn’t Mosley Lane his 1st director gig?

[@ashleysmith2545]

@@cazia9 yes. And it's so creepy. The idea that a couple has been abducting children for at least 10 years. And the fear that all parents have when we are out in public with our children.

[@ashleysmith2545]

@@sc0rpi0d0ll yes. Absolutely. They just weren't on this list

[@marlawarren4574]

I'm convinced that it's impossible to NOT be a little bit in love with Spencer Reid at the end of Uncanny Valley after seeing the way he talks to/deals with the killer.

[@sharontonks3192]

100 percent agree! He was so gentle with her even knowing what she had done. He's definitely my kind of guy! Dolls totally creep me out, people as dolls even more so, still have nightmares!

[@audreynoble1730]

I seriously thought there was gonna be another part to that episode

[@carr0760]

Yes. Yes. Yes! I've seen the whole series multiple times, but I still swoon every time I watch that scene.

[@marlawarren4574]

@@carr0760 I'm a Derek Morgan girl through and through ... but even I am a sucker for Reid in that scene!🤣

[@vulpixfairy1985]

What the father did was sickening…I love how threatening Reid is to that scumbag.

[@lexib7991]

Does anyone remember the episode where the parents and their young boy kidnap a young girl and force her to be the boys wife or whatever and that every mom in the line of the families were once kidnapped children? At the end the mom talks to the boy in a different language and says don’t tell them about ur brothers and then we never hear about it again. No one seems to talk about it and I always found it hella disturbing

[@jazzellh2520]

Bloodline season 4 episode 13 I think

[@iphantomplanet]

That is one of those episodes I just stop and think about sometimes. It haunts me

[@koshikmaharaj3885]

This episode gave me chills the first time I saw it

[@Mikelafication]

Definitely one of the creepier ones, especially since at the end where they flash to another family getting ready to do the same thing for their own son

[@hansbmd20]

For me, that one brought the creepiness home…literally. I’m originally from a town that’s about 20 miles from where that episode takes place. That one keeps me awake at night for that reason alone.

[@tallard5911]

The one that really bothered me was the pig farmer who fed the victims to his pigs. It really freaked me out was based on a true serial killer.

[@christineparis5607]

Did you see the movie, "Snatch"? There is a terrifying moment where the crime boss feeds his enemies to pigs and explains how much they can eat! The movie is mostly a comedy, but that part always totally grosses me out!

[@SMRCEC]

To hell and back part one and 2, based on the pig farmer who did kill n feed his pigs humans

[@kyraspikes7542]

Robert Pickton of who lived right outside of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Most of his victims were the "less dead" of Canada, desperate Indigenous women living on the streets. Edit: I posted this comment before the end of the video. Last Podcast on the Left did a whole series of episodes on this dude.

[@donsmeltzer4083]

The big flaw in that episode was their depiction of the OPP. Canadian police are not that trigger happy.

[@kyraspikes7542]

@@donsmeltzer4083 Yes, definitely. In fact based on all of the Canadian true crime i have heard, they were really standoffish about admitting that serial murders were happening there back in the day.

[@faithneedshelp]

I'm surprised that the two part "Our Darkest Hour" &"The Longest Night" wasn't at least top 5. Tim Curry's acting in it was creepy and with it being based off Richard Ramirez "the Night Stalker" too made it more creepy

[@tamila1082]

I agree

[@Retro_Red]

That one was creepy

[@lndseymsp]

Tim Curry his acting was amazing! The acting of the little girl ruined it for me, it annoyed me so much. But Tim curry was amazing as always!

[@ashleydowney1222]

Tim Curry was creepy in that episode. It gave me It vibes a bit. His version of It terrified me as a kid.

[@WMM27]

would have been fine if those episodes werent fucking boring

[@paularoysko7861]

I don't remember the name of the episode but that one maniac who releases that deadly virus in the park always gets to me. And when Reid is in trouble, I'm in trouble.

[@estephanierodriguez1765]

The episode is in season 4 episode 24 It’s called amplification

[@serranodiana6301]

I agree

[@thepositivetheorist3867]

Honestly, I loved that episode. It was directed beautifully and it made me love Reid even more.

[@Bella-wz9xw]

um wtf😭

[@sayasakjusaki9794]

So you know when Reid was Kidnapped, by a Guy who drugged him? This one have me chills, because He Hit Reid

[@annasmith2908]

Me: * eating pizza * Pastor : "God is in all of us" Floyd: "so is Tracey Lambert" Me: " I think I'm done with this" * shoves pizza away*

[@daltontannery3243]

@@BrenRadNeo that's even worse cause it just so happened he was feeding the volunteers chilli. It's not the same thing but it's close enough

[@daltontannery3243]

@@BrenRadNeo can't say i blame you

[@zoegappa125]

My mom got me into Criminal Minds and I remember very distinctly this episode playing while vacationing in Florida, I was 6. I

[@ismae-rienne4991]

Im glad I wasn't eating when watching that episode.... It also brought back bad memories so.......

[@daltontannery3243]

@@ismae-rienne4991 bad memories? You telling me you've ate somebody before?

[@jackiel8557]

Ugh I’m so peeved that no one mentions about the episode called “bloodline” because of how in reality it is and how MANY lost girls there are and how many more there are and how many brothers the kid has. (Season 4 Episode 13)

[@daltontannery3243]

That is a really good episode

[@MrsDKessler]

Mr Scratch freaked me out the first time I saw it. I also found the one where the woman got Stockholm Syndrome and helped the serial killer who abducted her especially disturbing.

[@2liter302]

i was wondering why it wasn’t on yere

[@tikiviktor]

Mandy Patinkin said the reason why he left Criminal Minds was because there were becoming to many episodes where children were the unidentified suspect. Most of the episodes they filmed when was part of the cast were based on actual events

[@amariahlovelace5113]

I read the reason was the frequent victimization of women and children.

[@shaldana]

That's been common knowledge for over a decade, but thanks for sharing.

[@brennathecatlover4360]

@@amariahlovelace5113 most crimes u hear are about women and children or drawls people in more

[@brennathecatlover4360]

There’s nothing wrong with child suspects I think it’s cool to show anyone can kill even kids

[@amariahlovelace5113]

@@brennathecatlover4360 that doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. In the early seasons there were many different variations of women and children in cages, tied up, etc. and women being mutilated. That can’t be easy to witness even knowing that’s it’s just acting.

[@VivaLaVaca2010]

The marionette part of the lesson has always been one of my favorite scenes. It's heartbreaking, disturbing and hauntingly beautiful

[@dream_walker9726]

I have always adored marionettes so when I watched that it immediately cemented itself into my brain

[@ParmesanMyfirstLOVE]

I honestly found that part beautiful. It is like to just see what they want you to see, the story and even though everyone interprets it differently I wasn’t freaked out by it and actually reminded to watch it again.

[@chamitoweasley3477]

Mosley Lane episode is my favorite. And yes, that line “he was alive yesterday” always gets me. The Lucky part 2 is also good.

[@EJK-wy3eb]

I remember one episode of a father trying to find his daughter's kidnapper but his story was dismissed. But then, at the end of the episode, you see a mother parking her car because it's pouring and a man with a skull tattoo on his hand knocks on her window, hinting that the father's story was true and his daughter was indeed kidnapped

[@rebeccaharmer4380]

AwakeSeason 11, Episode 8

[@gabrielsouto6031]

So he never found her

[@RampagingFlippy030]

well yes and no, his daughter was not kidnapped she was killed by the skull tattoo'd man.

[@ramonaoreskovich6942]

To me, the scariest episode was “Amplification” the ending were they show where they store deadly weaponized diseases and the cures. Too many for me. That shit gave me nightmares!

[@allistout4670]

Fr that episode ended like an episode of black mirror. Terrifying.

[@Hinatarocks525]

I agree sometimes I still get chills just thinking about it

[@itsjhitnotjit6292]

@@allistout4670 right lmao black mirror is the only thing that can compete with criminal minds

[@TABrownWV]

I love that the list started and ended with 2 episodes by Matthew Gray Gubler. I noticed several others in the list as well. Rightly so. His episodes would definitely give you nightmares, but he never disappointed. 🙂

[@sydneegreen3767]

“The Uncanny Valley” freaked me out so much because the last woman who was made a doll was diabetic like me and that’s why she reacted to being drugged that way. Chilling…

[@daltontannery3243]

That is ultimately what saved her life though

[@TeheMusicVideos]

One of the most disturbing episodes for me was ‘Into the Woods’ The little boy coming back into the cell and telling his little sister that next time he’s taken, to run, I nearly threw up

[@3llpgg]

oh my god i know that one actually hurt

[@sophielaw9724]

In my opinion, the scariest/creepiest/most chilling episodes are the ones where the killer escapes or isn't actually dead. Knowing that a monster like that is out there in the public really makes me paranoid and scary bc it's like any ordinary person you see out in public could be a serial killer or worse.

[@gurglequeen433]

The Uncanny Valley is one of my top favorite episodes. A lot of tines you get this sense of satisfaction and victory when they catch the killer. But in that episode you just feltnso bad for Samantha, she was a victim, and if somebody had just looked a little closer a lot of pain could have been avoided.

[@mango5886]

True I always feel a little bad for the killers you have been victims themselves but it’s dos not make what thay did better

[@LucienSabre]

“The Uncanney Valley” is one of my top 5 Criminal Minds episode…I find it so unbearably sad….sure, the Unsub’s action are undoubtedly heinous and she’s creepy, but I can’t help but also feel pity for her because of what her father put her through.

[@vulpixfairy1985]

It was really creepy as hell but I’m still glad the unsub will still find help and keep her beloved friends.

[@SMRCEC]

It was heartbreaking

[@brennathecatlover4360]

I wonder if they ended up arresting him cuz Reid basically threatened him lol

[@ashleydowney1222]

I just rewatched that episode recently. It breaks my heart every time that I watch it.

[@LucienSabre]

@@ashleydowney1222 Mine too. The episode is creepy, no doubt about it, but for me the sadness factor for Samantha (?) story is bigger.

[@michellefurness454]

As a Criminal Minds addict, I'm not sure how Episode 100, where Hailey is killed, isn't at the top of the list.

[@larissahonda3053]

i cry every single time its brutal

[@koshikmaharaj3885]

That episode is so sad…. When Hotch tells Jack to work the case :(

[@moss3096]

That episode always makes me cry

[@carr0760]

It's a brutal episode, but this list seems to be the creepiest episodes. The nightmare fuel. That episode isn't creepy; it's heartbreaking. As soon as I saw the title of this video I thought "human marionettes will be #1." That's the only episode that has truly creeped me out and actually makes me cringe when I watch it.

[@nataliesolondz4304]

Same here, couldn't stop sobbing my eyes out. No human deserves what Hotch and Jack had to go through.

[@jacobandmore3915]

I never lost sleep over these episodes because I when I lied down, I imagined myself as an agent with the team taking the unsub down. It helped.

[@Miri92123]

I did the same but for horror movies when I was younger, it helped majorly

[@leslie-annjones5321]

Lots of these are really stomach turning and I was grossed out by many but the one with the pig farm and the one with Tim curry really had me sleeping with a nightlight

[@ashleydowney1222]

The Pig farm one made me sick. I stopped eating pork after watching that episode. The thought of pork makes me sick and nauseous.

[@Shizukomomdari]

Episode list! (If no one has done it yet) 10. Alchemy - Season 8 Episode 20 9. The Good Earth - Season 8 Episode 5 8. Reflection of Desire - Season 6 Episode 8 7. Proof - Season 7 Episode 2 6. Moseley Lane - Season 5 Episode 16 5. Hearthridge Manor - Season 7 Episode 19 4. Lucky - Season 3 Episode 8 3. The Uncanny Valley - Season 5 Episode 12 2. To Hell and Back - Season 4 Episodes 25/26 (Honorable Mentions) The Eyes Have It - Season 5 Episode 6 God Complex - Season 8 Episode 4 Risky Business - Season 5 Episode 13 Broken - Season 8 Episode 15 A shade of gray - Season 4 Episode 21 1. The Lesson - Season 8 Episode 10

[@likeagdphoenix]

Thank you!

[@rafaeladegaspare2822]

Thank you so much for this 🤩

[@stellaesperanza4698]

Thankss!!

[@PsychoPsycles]

THANK YOU

[@dream_walker9726]

Thank you so so much

[@josefk7437]

I thought the most disturbing episode was "To Bear Witness," the one with the German torturer Anton Harris. It is extra disturbing because he succeeds in his goals. He tortures his victims so badly that killing them right away would have been mercy. What he does is very close to Gus Fring torturing Hector Salamanca except that Anton´s victims were innocent. The BAU had to lie to him and got lucky he was fooled.

[@ronsimpsonll9739]

The chemistry between the actors and the show is something to behold

[@bipashachoudhury399]

I seriously miss the episodes directed by Matthew Gray Gubler 😩

[@TheLittlestDragonStreamer]

There are many episodes of Criminal minds that are disturbing, but there was only one killer that gave me nightmares not matter how many times I see them. The episodes with the rolling blackouts and Tim Curry playing the killer. Curry's acting gave me chills anytime he spoke.

[@minnakivela492]

Wish Episode?

[@maureenjackson7081]

To hell and back was the one that really creeped me out. I kept checking my doors during the commercials to make sure they were locked!

[@Thatonenerd88]

Another honorable mention is in season one when the woman is executed to protect her son who everyone thought was dead. Legit was so sad😢

[@lisasharf1442]

Riding the Lightning

[@thebookwitch895]

Especially because in the end Gideon is the only one who knows and has the burden of that knowledge forever

[@nindr4495]

The Perfect Storm (s02e03) really freaked me out for some reason. This is the one with the dvds that were send to the parents of their kidnapped daughters, containing torture and such. One of the fathers gets a heart attack and dies watching it.. it's so sad, it gets me everytime

[@annasmith2908]

In The Lesson when they reveal the little person is a puppet, chills every time

[@stacykeller3812]

Right?! I didn’t catch that the first time I saw it.

[@luisasena6542]

i'm surprised mr scratch didn't even get into the honorable mentions, i was terrified when i watched it

[@jenniferhalf1650]

Yup. "Lucky" that is at the top of my list. That was so unbelievably disturbing everytime there's reruns and this episode plays I immediately change the channel. I can not stomach to watch that one again. There's a couple of episodes that I can't watch ever again. "To Hell and Back" another one I can't stomach to watch. Part 1 and Part 2.

[@hannahgregor470]

‘So is Tracey Lambert’ just freaked me out the first several times I saw it. No other episode has really had that effect on me before. That one just destroyed me.

[@IWantToPetYourDog]

I'm pretty sure his character was partly based on Joe Metheny who owned a BBQ stand and added parts of his victims in the food.

[@daniellewilliams4788]

I grew up watching criminal minds, like I was as young as five when I started remembering the episodes and even after ten years I still remember several episodes in crazy detail. One of those episodes is the one where the little boy killed his brother, that's one I don't think I'll ever forget

[@WolftenDragon]

This show REALLY pushed the envelope on the 14+ rating for TV 😅😅😅 tho it only aired at 10 pm. A lot of this shit could easily be seen in an R rated horror movie.

[@ashleydowney1222]

I know. I remember my mom saying that she was surprised what was allowed on the show. She used be a psychologist and loved the psychological aspect of the show

[@katelynwebb1126]

And now it’s on ion for marathons

[@Eyebleachey]

My uncle said this show was a school for serial killers

[@tressa2669]

Me and my sister had watched that episode that was number 1 on the list and I can agree. That was horrifying and outright gave me chills. Especially in the end when it turned out that everything was just in the unsub's mind, actually showcasing horrible, creepy dolls in the audience instead of ppl

[@lisasharf1442]

I watched that episode with my brother, and at the end, we just looked at each other. Creeped us both out in a big way.

[@Hussh-and-Shussh]

Mosely Lane- anything with child abduction is hard to watch. Things like that is why my dad had me carrying a knife since I was about 5 and taught me how to use it if someone had me picked up in different hold

[@vanityplates3125]

Oh I know the one where Hotch's wife is killed will be on this countdown. I have watched that episode one time and I will not watch it again. Such a sad and devastating episode. But so many of the episodes are. Aaaannndd it wasn't there. Wow.

[@ashleydowney1222]

I didn't find that episode to be disturbing.

[@burgundy_animations22]

It was definitely one of the saddest episodes but I wouldn’t say it was disturbing.

[@vanityplates3125]

@@ashleydowney1222 i did. The whole thing just really messed with me. But I do agree with the ones they did list for sure.

[@vanityplates3125]

@@burgundy_animations22 it disturbed me. Bad. And hell yeah it was sad and tragic. It fucked with me hard. But so did the ones on this list. I can re watch all of the episodes on this list. Just not the ones with Foyet. I just can't.

[@Thankgot]

Made me cry

[@gaosaman]

Can you probably do a similar list with Bones one day? That show also had some dark episodes which kept me up in the night..

[@chelseylin6724]

Mosley Lane is my favorite episode! The ending is devastating though for the one boys parents 😭

[@GoddessGirl2121]

The two episodes with Tim Curry should have made this list because they were supremely creepy

[@sharontonks3192]

Thoroughly agree, he was absolutely terrifying and pure evil. Superbly played by Tim curry. Both repulsed and fascinated by these episodes.

[@larissahonda3053]

a shade of gray is definitely a take on the jonbenet case that one is so deep its one of my favorites

[@tatum2062]

Sorry, but I don’t know how “Blood Relations”, season 9 episode 20 isn’t on here. It’s not the killer or the way he kills them that haunts me. It’s the incest plot line. Those flashback scenes where the brother and sister get intimate literally make my skin crawl.

[@christineparis5607]

Its soooooo disturbing!!! I get bad dreams....

[@Retro_Red]

That's the one with Tobin Bell right? The one with the Hatfield/McCoy plotline?

[@esperanzaarce9563]

That one was gross 🤢, what kept me thinking was the end. Did he really die when they shot him? Since he was drowning Agent Blake and he gets shot and a body is recovered. It confuses me because at the end of the episode an unseen man is shown terrorizing a couple in their cabin.

[@loosemoosegoose]

MsMojo: "this episode, directed by none other than Matthew Grey Gubler" Me: "of course it is" MGG's episodes are the scariest, honestly.

[@icihigobethan]

The episode “Hope” haunts me. It’s just so unbelievably sad 😢

[@suzannerust8658]

Mosley Lane and The Uncanny Valley both stuck with me long after the first time I saw those episodes.

[@jenniferhalf1650]

OMG I forgot about "The Lesson" episode and my stomach is turning again. That one definitely deserves the number one spot.

[@DaughterOfTheKingdom16]

Mosley Lane still gets me every time. This one freaks me out always

[@AubreyMichelle09]

The one that always gets me is Bloodline (S4, ep 13). Because I always expected it to be brought up again and it never was.

[@cjtorretta4563]

“Into The Woods” is easily top 10 if not number 1. If you’ve seen it you know why….Also especially since the unsub gets away and is never brought back up again in any future episodes.

[@kimmclaughlin7630]

This is the one episode that I think of that really haunts me.

[@cjtorretta4563]

@@kimmclaughlin7630 not many episodes does an unsub get away. Usually the ones that do you kinda understand why like the mother who escaped to Mexico in “The Pact”. Or the two episode where the mafia people deal with it on their own so they were killed and don’t really get away. Then there was the weird incest guy who you kinda felt bad for in West Virginia. But this unsub was the worst thing you can be and he gets away with it. Don’t know what the writers were thinking on that one.

[@nolanvail1006]

Isn't that the one about the pedophile on the Appalachian trail

[@nolanvail1006]

@@cjtorretta4563 I think they wanted to go back to that unsub in later episodes they just never got the chance once scratch came into the picture

[@cjtorretta4563]

@@nolanvail1006 yeah it was and that makes sense. Scratch was an intense unsub who was in a lot of episodes. I remember when they came out with the newest season they talked about what unsubs could be brought back up that never got caught and that guy was mentioned but it didn’t happen

[@markisthegreat3432]

S2 ep 12 I believe it was. The archers hunting people down in the woods was CRAY CRAY

[@alexnguyen3926]

The Lesson is and will be always my most favourite horrific episode cuz the story behind its is so sad. No one cared or mentioned how such an event would have big impact on the child. Since that happened, he became a killer in his late life.

[@josephbryant1467]

Well, I usually could sleep well at night after I watched most of Criminal Minds series, because I am a fan of this series. But, there was this 1 episode that scared me the most, but it didnt make me stay awake at night. Instead, I kinda scared of children for a while, and that episode was " A Shade of Gray". Especially, when it revealed that Danny was a sociopath and then his parents slowly looked at him and he showed this kinda scary expression on his face. It gave me a chill down my spine immediately.

[@blondejovi_71]

How much I miss this show! I have learned so much about the world & the stuff I never new I needed to know. Made me more aware of my surroundings and so much Shemar Moore!😋

[@Metalroseb1981]

Love it! I have watched the whole series like a thousand times

[@yougogirlphinney28]

Yeah the puppet one is the one that scared me the absolute most.

[@livneedshelp6505]

i don't remember the name of the episode because i watched the series a while back, but the one episode that really scared me was the one where the man was a roadside killer (killer who kill people while they drive down the road- i don't know what they're called) and he killed his family and you didn't know until the end because the whole time he was still talking to them. when he finally realized what he did, he sobbed saying "what have i done to my family?" over and over again.

[@alexiapeltier4145]

This is season 4 episode 11it terrified me a lot too!

[@livneedshelp6505]

@@alexiapeltier4145 it was such a good plot twist. they did really well with playing with your mind! and thanks for the episode number

[@dawnpowers7626]

"Normal."

[@livneedshelp6505]

@@dawnpowers7626 ?? wdym

[@dawnpowers7626]

@@livneedshelp6505 title of episode

[@lizapryazhnikova1768]

"The Lesson" was and will forever be by far the most horrifying episode of Criminal Minds I have even watched

[@samc1128]

Number 5 and 1 are both great episodes. They got Robert Englund to be Detective Gassner in the "Heathridge Manor" episode and they also got Brad Dourif to play Adam Raine in "The Lesson" episode which I find funny that the man that played Freddy Krueger was in an episode that talked about demons while the man that played "Charles Lee Ray/Chucky" was in an episode about dolls/puppets.

[@BetahimeTsukiko]

Gubler's episodes were usually the creepiest.

[@laraendlight9887]

11:28 A kid screaming: "I told you not to touch it!" to a younger sibling that broke his little plane... I remember a similar situation going slightly better and young Arthur avoiding murder

[@lolbrb8697]

Quite frankly a few of these episodes triggered my phobia causing panic attacks but only one haunts my nightmares and actually keeps me up at night, mr scratch scared the hell out of me

[@ernestonwona6070]

This was grussomely nostalgic because I've seen almost all of the features episode.

[@GoddessPallasAthena]

I think 4 of the episodes were directed by M.G.G. He definitely has a style. Not sure how they chose directors (if it was random or what) but his episodes often had a really creepy and surreal feel to them.

[@carlthomaswilliamsjr.2995]

Honestly Heathridge manor could be the premise of a really great tv series. With the show making the audience thinking the main character is hunting witches and believing the ghost of his mother is there for him when he isn't in a good mood. And for it all to be revealed to be a delusion by the main character. The sister could be the leading plot point of him trying to 'protect' her and keep her from the outside world...or she could be his partner and do research on possible witches.

[@phoebeledbetter8852]

"The Lesson" is one of my favorite episodes it's like a nightmare but it's so perfect in a way.

[@ninjaeris131]

Yo, me and my sister are doing a Criminal Minds rewatch for the holidays right now! Just hit season 5!

[@annasmith2908]

I can't watch season five * cries in Hailey Hotchner *

[@shanteldaley3775]

how is "Our Darkest Hour" not on this list??? It's the one episode that I can never watch without getting nightmares after. The actor was incredible and the makeup team who transformed his entire look deserved an award, I can literally remember his teeth and how they described him plus the whole killing during blackouts...it's like every child's nightmare about being afraid of the dark.

[@syabilaazri7834]

Is that the one where they got the guy who play as Pennywise from original "THE IT"?

[@shanteldaley3775]

@@syabilaazri7834 yea it is

[@syabilaazri7834]

@@shanteldaley3775 that guy sure know how to be scary even outside of clown costume

[@kimmyoree]

The uncanny Valley is by far the one of the scariest and creepiest episodes I’ve ever seen. Plus it was the first criminal minds episode I ever saw so it definitely stuck with me

[@ugan2]

Not disturbing although I see it but sad. The episodes involving both Tobias and Adam. Tobias because you can tell he was a good guy who didn't want to kill but was just really sick and Adam because Amanda (his other personality) decides to stay in permanent control to keep hik safe. Also Mr. Scratch. Seriously, the sounds the supposed monster makes really gets you tense and to see the victim's reactions (like the woman who claws at her face in a panick) really adds to it. Sad that arc's ending was disappointing.

[@iamashoe1583]

This series is one of the best for me. Funnily enough it reminds me of the so called good old times. Always when my memories start to fade away a little I start rewatching it.

[@anakelly76512]

I have the enrtire series on DVD. I watch it often. But, that wasn't a feeding tube. It's an NG(nasal-gastric) tube. It's for suctioning out air and liquids for people who are badly blocked. I know. I've had 24 of them. You can turn off the suction after a while if the patient needs to drink contrast dye for x-rays. (It's a pro for this because that stuff tastes horrible.) So, the nurse just injects it into the tube. After that, you can put the suction back on if need be. Just a little info.

[@malaysiacartwright]

I remember being a kid watching the Mosley Lane episode and was completely terrified…that is one episode I’d never forget.

[@nevazegrati5543]

I was wondering if you were going to show the one about the puppeteer. And finally...there it was!

[@zrm280]

Broken spiritually destroyed me. I had to pause it and take deep breaths around five times throughout the episode. It's crazy how this show is filled with horrific gore and that's what got to me, maybe it was because I know it happens so much in real life.

[@kathil3126]

Definitely some great picks. For me, the Anthrax episode really got to me because it’s so realistic & could happen anywhere, anytime. Just watching everyone happy in the park, & then he releases it gave me chills.

[@kylielmao721]

for me, one of the most disturbing episode was “rabid”

[@anakelly76512]

I had never seen "Criminal Minds" when it 1st came out. I was flipping through the channels on day and I opened the summary of the show, the episode: "God Complex". It starred Ray Wise and I had been a fan since he was in "Journey of Natty Gann". So, I set it to record then watched it later. That was the 1st time I saw this series but that episode hooked me and made me a fan for life. We need more than 15 seasons.

[@ashleydowney1222]

I loved this show when it was on originally. I started watching it the 8th grade when it premiered. But I can't watch many of the episodes anymore. I end up not being able to sleep well if I watch it. Even if it's early in the day when I watch it. I also have PTSD and certain episodes triggers my PTSD.

[@katelynjohnson9605]

The lesson definitely deserves the first spot. I'm not very easily disturbed with these kind of true crime things, but this one honestly gives me nightmares.

[@TestSubjectNerd]

*you* think of alchemy as being that creepy dream episode, *i* think of it as the end to the maeve arc and the only time he actually got to hold the love of his life (in a dream)

[@hannahs7905]

I love how this show shows us how the unsub sees things to understand their disorders

[@jordanshort3414]

I literally go to sleep to these episodes and have been watching this show since I was 6. At that age yeah they were scary but now they aren't

[@nicovandenberghe5957]

Eyooo! I’m one of the first ones! I’m addicted to Criminal Minds, and my favs are Spencer en Hotchner

[@amyjayneaj6084]

‘ criminal minds episodes that kept us up all night ‘ Me: no I sleep quite fine 😂

[@m.degroot6837]

Brad Dourif was great as the puppeteer wich is kinda ironic since he plays Chucky the doll

[@cassandraspoelhof3752]

I love the episode “Broken” for introducing me to “Madness” by Muse. That song is awesome! Even so I don’t let that nostalgia blind me to how disturbing the episode is.

[@ChristionGirl45]

I really do enjoy this show, my aunt and I just finished watching seasons 12-15, And while I do love it a lot, I agree it's got some pretty messed up and crazy episodes in it's mix! 😅

[@markgeneroso9976]

I’ll fix the title. Best criminal minds episodes ever. You’re welcome. Number 1 is one of my favorites. The mr scratch ones are missing from this list.

[@introvertsrock9843]

criminal minds: shows we want a reunion movie or limited series every 10 yrs

[@kyrasmith7087]

I remember watching “To Hell … And Back” when it first premiered and I couldn’t sleep afterward

[@zleeptalker]

the arsonist brother with JJ being the main focus, that episode made me cry because they couldn't save the sister.

[@mariomaximilianocatalanjor6700]

7:13 Juliet Landau is Best known as Drusilla in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, so, she played another creepy character in "heathridge Manor"

[@hrh7886]

I loved reflections of desire... Great writing.

[@lesleycasey4748]

Wow surprisingly I completely agree with your list!! Based on the clips you showed I thought you were going to use the dumb storyline that caused Hodge to go into witness protection...can't remember his name but he was the dumbest unsub that had numerous episodes The Marionette was definitely the worst and the Devil's Wives ending was probably the best ending ever. The only other one that was squirm inducing was the guy who took faces and took his daughters face. But, overall the writers chickened out because he would have easily killed Crystal. Another one was the guy who labotomized his sister and her friend Sam.

[@amariahlovelace5113]

Mr. Scratch, Peter Lewis, was actually the scariest because of how calculated he was, but they highly diluted his genius by bringing him back the third and final time. And the Hotch witness protection plot was because of the actor. They had to say something to explain why he was no longer there because otherwise he would have been like Kevin, Cruz, and a few others there one second gone the next.

[@dhenderson1810]

Two problems I have with this show 1) The amount of serial killers the show has. 90 percent of murders in America are committed by someone known to the victim (family member, friend, spouse, work colleague etc), and many are caused by money, anger or jealousy. Some might even be unintended ( two people fight, one strikes the other, and kills them). Being killed by a serial killer is far less likely to happen, especially not enough to have 11+ seasons. Serial killers are the exception, not the rule. 2) The private plane they fly in No police department on earth would have their own private plane. Police are funded by tax, and no taxpayer would be happy for their hard-earmed to go on giving one police department a private plane. These things make the show so unrealistic.

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

This show is just too lurid & unrealistic for me as well. Law & Order SVU is more true to life( even though that show also gets extra creepy & a bit over the top as times)

[@VampyrRaye]

So a drama tv show isn;t realistic OMG the horror a show for ENTERTAINMENT isnt REAL enough for people. *rolls eyes*

[@samanthaweis3228]

This is valid, however I doubt that most cases of killings where the victim knew the “unsub” bring in the FBI, so it’s a bit more restricted than a regular police procedural show! But I totally get what you’re saying, I don’t think it’s that common and certainly not super realistic!

[@tmiletticc]

a TV show? being unrealistic? shocking.

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

@@tmiletticc I don't mind that in alot of shows( mainly comedies) but a show That's supposed to approximate real life? It just annoys personally. However, to each their own .!

[@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686]

My dad used to watch this all the time until he saw the episode "The Big Game" where James Van Der Beek's character Tobias kidnapped Reid. It was too much for him and he stopped watching. I've seen all of them until season 3. There are alot of very dark ones.