Going up and down stairs is a regular part of most people’s days. Whether you live in a two-story house, work on the fifth floor of an office building, or live in a city with lots of hills and stairs to climb, you probably don’t think much about them when you encounter a flight of stairs. But I’m sure we all know that feeling where you accidentally misstep while walking down them or think you’ve reached a last step a tad bit prematurely, and suddenly, your heart skips a beat and your life flashes before your eyes. Going up or down a staircase can be the most mundane activity in your day, or it can be the most frightening moment in an otherwise normal and safe day…
If you’re curious about all of the most dangerous and frightening staircases the world has to offer, allow us to introduce you to the Death Stairs Facebook group. This community, (whose witty name we are absolutely obsessed with) is dedicated to sharing photos of the most dangerous staircases members can find. From extremely long stretches of steps snaking their way up mountains to carpeted stairs covered in trippy patterns that will make your eyes hurt, we’ve gathered some of the craziest death stairs down below.
Keep reading to find interviews with both of the group’s administrators, Lane Sutterby and Duffy Toler, and be sure to upvote the pics that you think deserve a death stare. Then let us know in the comments if you’ve ever encountered any particularly scary stairs, and if you’d like to check out another Bored Panda article featuring questionably designed stairs, look no further than right here!
#1 Takes Some Guts To Step Onto Here! I Gather It’s Tijuca Peak – Rio De Janeiro And I’m Not Planning To Visit Any Time Soon!
Image source: Helen Dashwood
#2 About 9 Years Ago, My Employer Put New Carpet On The Stairs. I Died 3 Times
Image source: Laura MJ
#3 And Yes: I “Tripped” When Coming Down Because I Thought I Had 1 More Step To Go
Image source: Zêta Schuijt-Koorndijk
#4 Floating Death Stairs At Machu Picchu, Peru…. I’m Sure That Drop Off On The Left When You Slip Is Just Fiiiiiiiin
Image source: Jorge Acosta
#5 Huntington Place Convention Center, Detroit
Image source: Kyle Davis
#6 Scary Stairs
Image source: Chris Duzan
#7 And That’s How Fred Flinstone Came To Have Two Hip Replacements
Image source: Caitlin Tracy
#8 The Frozen Stairs Of Death! Stairs Up To The Top Of Snowdon, North Wales, UK!
Image source: Gill Allen
#9 No. So Much No
Image source: Francois Scott
#10 Death Stairs
Image source: FarEast Tupolev Tong
#11 Nope
Image source: Michelle Allum
#12 Eah, Have A Few Drinks Upstairs At The Restaurant, Then Good Luck Navigating The Geometric Nightmare That Awaits
Image source: Dee Glick
#13 Slippery When Wet, Aguas Calientes, Peru
Image source: Claudia van der Smissen
#14 Scary
Image source: Robert Pelletier
#15 Huangshan Mountain, China
Image source: Tom Williams
#16 Death Stairs
Image source: Zachary Fitzgerald
#17 This Is Jacob’s Ladder In Falmouth, UK On 3rd Nov 2022 During A Terrible Downpour
Image source: Rachael Gaunt
#18 Abandoned Staircase, Croatia
Image source: Carl Brownell
#19 Death Stairs
Image source: Leszek Wilczuk
#20 To The Hell
Image source: Laurent Garrigos
#21 Uhhh Yikes!!
Image source: Denise Chase
#22 You Too, Can Be Human History; With Death Stairs!
Image source: Fayad Qifar
#23 Philadelphia Trinity. Get Called To Look At These A Lot. There Really Isn’t Much Ya Can Do – The Houses Are Pretty Much The Size Of A Stairwell. Not Even Enough Room To Get A Photo But You Have To Duck As You Descend
Image source: Billy Capozzoli
#24 Death Stairs
Image source: Tee Holden
#25 Stairs In My Grandparents House
Image source: Dawid Trawicki
#26 Delightful
Image source: Jason Goldsmid
#27 My Ankle Twisted Itself When I Found This Image
Image source: Monica Renée O
#28 Bet Those Icy Nights Are Tough On The Pizza Delivery Guy!
Image source: Jeff Kelley
#29 I’m Positive I Would Find A Way To Get My Foot Stuck And Hang Upside Down For Hours (Or Days) Until Someone Found Me
Image source: Liz Carl
#30 Nope
Image source: Caroline Coles
#31 Death Stairs
Image source: Zachary Fitzgerald
#32 Imagine Going Back Down
Image source: Woody Bolz
#33 Escalator In A Fancy Hotel In Dallas, Converted Into Stairs. No Idea Why. You Don’t Realize How Conditioned Your Body Is To Adjust To The Movement Of An Escalator, Until You Step Onto A Fake One
Image source: Erin Breean
#34 This Thing Bends From A Ladder To Stairs Near The Middle, If You Even Reach The Middle
Image source: Lassik Blair
#35 Death Stairs
Image source: Keith A. Karchner
#36 Death Stairs
Image source: Rob McKinnon
#37 Some Nice Ladders To Escape The Fire Without Injuries
Image source: Marco Budding
#38 Death Stairs
Image source: Zachary Fitzgerald
#39 Death Stairs
Image source: Rob McKinnon
#40 The Stairs Going Down To “The Pit” At The Plant I’m Working On. Covered In Years Of Grease And Metal Punch Outs
Image source: Matt Mee
#41 Hope You Dont Have To Get Anywhere In A Hurry Here! The Water Running Down The Stairs On The Left Would Have Me Going A** Over Tit In No Time
Image source: Dawn Savage
#42 Ben Youssef Madrasa, Marocco
Image source: Eduarda Azevedo
#43 Driving Through Virginia This Weekend And Saw This Insanity….. They Lead No Where
Image source: Gigi Alexandris
#44 “Hold My Whisky, I Got This”
Image source: Michael Feen
#45 Florida
Image source: Hilary Lynn
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