35 Terrifying “Death Stair” Designs That Will Hurt Your Brain And Break Your Neck

Watch your step, folks. Because we’re easing heading into the terrifying world of “death stairs.”

These are the most heart-stopping, anxiety-inducing staircases you’ll ever see. From rickety wooden steps that look like they belong in a horror movie to spiral staircases that make you dizzy just looking at them, these are the scariest stair design fails people have bravely (or foolishly) encountered.

The Facebook group “Death Stairs” is dedicated to sharing these vertigo-inducing and terrifying pics. Here are some of the scariest.

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2. Optical Illusion Bridge of death

3. Stayed In London Last Fall. Bathroom Was Upstairs.

4. Authentic Dutch Stairs In The Airbnb We’ll Be Renting To Bridge The Period Between Moving Out Of Our Current House Into The One We Just Bought.

5. It’s Fine. Everything’s Fine

6. Not Mine But Holy Wow This Is The Worst I’ve Seen

7. An Accident Waiting To Happen

8. Abandoned Diving Board, Prague, Czech Republic.

9. Stairs At My Hotel In Paris. It Was Even Worse In Person. The Camera Brightened It Up A Lot From The Actual Lighting.

10. Scary Stairs In Portugal

11. Death Stairs In Our Old Home. Everyone Has Fell Down These At Least Once.

12. 5th Floor Of Our Hotel In London, UK. I’m Standing With My Back Touching The Closed Door To Our Room. Yes That Is Beige Low-Pile Carpet Lining The Walls Under The Banister. The Stairs Ahead Were To The Washrooms.

13. Tangelo In His Favorite Let’s Trip Mom And Have Her Break Her Foot Again Spot.

14. Found Today In Sorrento, Italy

15. Perfect Choice Of Carpet

16. Good Luck Going Down To Pee At Night

17. Its Been A While But Then I Found This Greatness In An Art Gallery In London

18. Staying At This Hotel In London Was A Struggle. Especially After Couple Of Pints Of Guinness

19. These Bad Boys Also Come With A Custom Wobble To Each Step! Stairs That Have Been On The “To Fix” List For Probably Over 10 Years. Located About 2 Hours Out Of Pittsburgh/Deathstairtopia

20. This Is Something I Built For Burning Man In 2014. My Wife Says It Qualifies To Be Posted In This Group. For The Record, There Were No Reported Injuries.

21. Scary Stairs

22. My Very Favorite DIY Home Stair Repair In – You Probably Guessed It – Pittsburgh.

23. Just Bought A House And These Are Our Stairs

24. In My Friends Barn

25. From A Local Listing

26. Obligatory Pittsburgh Picture

27. Found Literally In The Wild!

28. My Knees Hurt Looking At This Picture

29. Pictured: The Stairs That Almost Killed My Boss. Picture Taken After I Mopped Up The Blood And Added Tread Tape.

30. I Have Fallen Down These Bastards Twice, Which Was Two Times Too Many. Now I Climb Down Them Backwards Like A Ladder. Our House Is A Very Old Cape Cod And My Office Is On The Second Floor So I Am Upstairs Every Day. As You Can See They Are Very Steep, And The Step Is Very Narrow, Women’s Size 9 Croc For Comparison