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True Scary Story

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True scary stories shared by those who experienced them. These are real-life horror stories about strange and unexplained paranormal encounters.

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  • The Dead Can't Hurt Me · 24 min · Season 6 Episode 43Something always creeped her out about her grandmother's house. In this true scary story, Bianca tells us her scariest experiences with the paranormal. First, when spending time…
  • I Grew Up Across from an Old Graveyard · 25 min · Season 6 Episode 42As a child growing up in the Philippines, the Dannah lived directly across from a school that locals believed had once been a graveyard. Stories of strange occurrences at the…
  • In the Shadows of Brujería · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 41For this family, the story began with a curse. In 1999, a woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, became so sick that her family feared she might die. During the ordeal, she saw her…
  • The Vacant Home, Witchcraft Consequences, and A Song that Lingers (3 Eerie Stories) · 31 min · Season 6 Episode 40In these true scary stories, we hear from Jasmine and a strange scene that was later proven to be true after a series of strange coincidences. In the second scary story, Amanda…
  • The Final Breath: A Strange Presence Before a Family Death · 27 min · Season 6 Episode 39When she was eleven years old, she traveled to Georgia with her family to visit her great uncle, who was dying from advanced dementia. During a family prayer at his bedside, she…
  • Until We Meet Again: A True Story of Grief and the Unknown · 27 min · Season 6 Episode 38After losing her older brother in a tragic car accident, a young woman struggled with overwhelming guilt and grief for years. Then one unforgettable dream finally gave her the…
  • Monster in the Kitchen & The Hanging Figure (Two True Paranormal Stories) · 35 min · Season 6 Episode 37A quiet afternoon of homework turns unsettling when a towering human figure appears behind a sheet separating a dining room from the hallway. Gabrielle assumes it's a family…
  • Something is Following Me: The Disturbing Sequel to a Family Haunting · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 36Entities that you thought were watching out for you might not be what they seem. In this scary story, Corey updates us from our last episode called Checking Up On Me…
  • The Pattern of Fear: An Abandoned Doll, Haunted Homes, and the Unknown · 39 min · Season 6 Episode 35A mysterious beam of white light appears in broad daylight when a seven-year-old child is home alone. Years later, that unexplained moment becomes only the first chapter in a…
  • Cracked Doors: A Week of Unexplained Terror · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 34Many people believe Ouija boards can open doors to something unseen. But what if simply bringing home an image of one was enough? Tonight's true paranormal encounter follows a…
  • A Very Bad House: Stories of Dreams, Spirits, and a Family Gift · 39 min · Season 6 Episode 33Some families inherit eye color or personality traits. Others believe they inherit something far more mysterious. In this true story, a listener recounts decades of unexplained…
  • The Missing Twin: A Story of Spirits, Dreams, and Warnings · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 32What if paranormal activity followed you everywhere you went? In this true scary story, a woman shares a lifetime of ghost encounters that began in childhood after losing her…
  • Shadows Near the Mortuary: A Story From Rancho Cucamonga · 34 min · Season 6 Episode 31An abandoned house, a historic morgue, and footsteps coming from inside a building that appeared completely sealed. Today, we'll hear about a group of friends that explore a…
  • The Figure Under the Streetlight · 30 min · Season 6 Episode 30Could paranormal activity follow someone from place to place? In this chilling listener submission, years of unexplained events unfold across childhood homes, rural properties…
  • The Strange Roommates of Los Angeles · 28 min · Season 6 Episode 29This unsettling true story follows Chris, whose move to Los Angeles spiraled into years of confusion, hospital visits, harassment, and bizarre episodes of lost control after…
  • The Entity on the Hill: An Unexplained Encounter in New Mexico · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 28In rural New Mexico, during a quiet walk beneath a full moon, both the storyteller and her husband witnessed something impossible: shadowy figures, an overwhelming sense of…
  • A Light in the Church & The Corner Bedroom (Two True Haunting Stories) · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 27A late-night visit to the isolated Dode Church in Kent was supposed to be nothing more than a family adventure. Instead, it was the start of years filled with strange sightings…
  • The House in Westport: A Kansas City Haunting · 56 min · Season 6 Episode 26From the age of seven, one listener began waking to strangers standing beside the bed, desperately trying to communicate. It all began at a small Kansas apartment, but they…
  • The Figure in the Wall: Utah's Most Disturbing Family Memories · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 25In this true scary story, Mariah, a listener from Utah, recounts decades of chilling paranormal encounters experienced by multiple generations of one family. We'll hear about a…
  • The Shadow That Flickered · 28 min · Season 6 Episode 24Shadow people. Hollow white eyes. Sudden paralysis. A listener recounts years of recurring nighttime encounters that blur the line between medical phenomenon and paranormal…
  • When You Hear Voices of the Dead · 32 min · Season 6 Episode 23In this scary story, Zack tells us about paranormal activity began following him everywhere he went. It started as small disturbances, but eventually became impossible to ignore…
  • The Babysitter’s Ouija Board: A True Horror Story from Texas · 33 min · Season 6 Episode 22In the late 2000s, a family living in a newly built Texas neighborhood became close with the neighbors next door. Everything felt normal until a Ouija board entered the picture…
  • The Thing in the Reflection · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 21A childhood memory from Phoenix, Arizona describes a night in a mirror-filled bedroom where a young girl wakes up to something emerging from a reflection. What she saw challenges…
  • I Grew Up Haunted · 56 min · Season 6 Episode 20Tonight’s terrifying account begins with childhood night terrors and evolves into something much more disturbing. After years of seeing the same shadow figure, playing with Ouija…
  • Every House Was Haunted: A San Antonio Family Mystery · 33 min · Season 6 Episode 19In this true scary story, James, a listener from San Antonio shares a terrifying multi-generational haunting that began in the early 1950s after his grandmother encountered a…
  • The Hauntings Kept Finding Them Again (Two Eerie Stories) · 47 min · Season 6 Episode 18Tonight’s episode features two unsettling true paranormal stories from people who spent years hoping the activity in their lives would finally stop. Kaylee begins describing…
  • Why I Don't Play With Spirits (Two Stories) · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 17It was replying to them with undeniable accuracy. There was a ghost with them in the room… or maybe something worse. In these true scary stories, we’ll hear from Vanessa who…
  • Dreams of the Dead: Chilling Premonitions That Came True · 35 min · Season 6 Episode 16From a haunted childhood home in India to a quiet cemetery in Canada, Nitika recounts a lifetime of unsettling encounters that defy explanation. It all starts with a strange…
  • The Man Who Crawls Along the Floor: What I Saw on the Night Shift · 49 min · Season 6 Episode 15What starts as a routine overnight shift in a downtown Oakland call center slowly turns into a series of chilling, unexplained encounters. We hear about shadowy figures lurking…
  • What Never Leaves: True Stories of Lingering Presences and Haunted Spaces · 41 min · Season 6 Episode 14In these true scary stories, two storytellers recount deeply unsettling experiences that followed them from childhood into adulthood. Breanna tells us about a ghostly family…
  • Who Is That Walking Around at Night? (Two Haunting Encounters) · 41 min · Season 6 Episode 13Two chilling firsthand accounts explore what happens when something unseen keeps showing up over and over. In Chelsea’s story, a series of escalating disturbances follow her…
  • Generations of Fear: Shadow Figures and a Child’s Midnight Terror · 42 min · Season 6 Episode 12Two deeply unsettling firsthand accounts unfold. In the first, Cailynn recounts years of encounters with shadow figures tied to a dark presence that seems to follow her family…
  • The Last Visit: A Best Friend’s Spirit Returns Home · 34 min · Season 6 Episode 11On a quiet August night, an unexplained voice echoes through a home... seemingly real. By morning, tragedy strikes with shocking news that changes everything. As grief unfolds…
  • The Beating Heart in the Closet: Stories From My Grandmother's House · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 10In this true scary story, we hear about eerie childhood memories inside James' grandmother’s house in Corpus Christi, Texas. There, he experienced paranormal encounters that…
  • Alone on the Ridge: A Midnight Mystery in Washington’s Backcountry · 29 min · Season 6 Episode 9In 2008, a hunter scouting for an upcoming elk season deep in the Blue Mountains of Washington planned nothing more than a quiet night alone in the wilderness. But after falling…
  • The Demon in the Hallway: 30 Years of Paranormal Encounters · 57 min · Season 6 Episode 8In this true scary story, we hear from Breanna. Growing up in Waco, Texas, our caller believed the strange activity in her home was just childhood imagination until it followed…
  • The Voice That Called My Name: A True Story of Grief and Ghosts · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 7In this true scary story, we hear from Andrea. She grew up as the only girl between two brothers in a small, aging home where strange things seemed to follow her from childhood…
  • Dead Silence in the Woods: A Terrifying Encounter · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 6In this true scary story, we hear about what started as childhood summers in the remote Allegheny Mountains to solitary camping trips as a young adult. It was there where one man…
  • The Peekaboo Man: Who is Watching You Right Now? · 22 min · Season 6 Episode 5Some people experience one strange moment in their lives, others grow up surrounded by them. From a childhood encounter involving a skeletal face at a bedroom window to years of…
  • The Hallway Thing: Decades of Unexplained Activity · 34 min · Season 6 Episode 4In this true scary story, Evelyn has lived in the same house since early childhood, and for as long as they can remember, something has lived there with them. Strange sounds…
  • On Those Nights, Something Was Watching: Red Eyes & Shadows · 31 min · Season 6 Episode 3Some childhood memories never fade, no matter how hard you try to bury them. In this episode, we hear two chilling true stories told by people who were far too young to…
  • Marked From Birth: Stories of a Generational Haunting · 1 h 19 min · Season 6 Episode 2In this true scary story, we hear from Tracey. From the time she could walk, she knew something was watching her. What began as a childhood fear followed her through foster…
  • Haunted Campgrounds: What Lurks in the Dark Woods? [Plus Replying to Comments] · 39 min · Season 6 Episode 1In this true creepy story, we hear about the campgrounds that Jacob's family inherited. A place that was made to unplug and relax soon turned into a grounds where the unexplained…
  • The Curse in the Flowerpot: A Dark Childhood Discovery · 40 min · Season 5 Episode 50In this true scary story, we look back on a childhood shaped by fear, family secrets, and an unsettling presence tied to Crystal's great-grandmother. From disturbing discoveries…
  • The Boy in the Dream: A Story of a Shared Nightmare · 56 min · Season 5 Episode 49Today we'll hear from Jasmine and Erika. The events starts with childhood sleep paralysis that escalates into visions, voices, and a dark figure. It is believed that it followed…
  • Dark Reflections: The True Story of a Haunted Mirror · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 48A true scary story about Karina's home being affected by an object left behind by previous owners: a haunted mirror. After witnessing strange occurrences around the house that…
  • Haunted in Mumbai: Our Family's Ghost Stories · 20 min · Season 5 Episode 47In tonight's true scary story, we hear from Sarika. Where from childhood bedrooms to relatives’ homes and her current house, she has never lived anywhere truly alone…
  • Safe Secrets: A Haunting in San Antonio · 27 min · Season 5 Episode 46In this true scary story, when a family moves into a home in San Antonio, they don’t expect their past experiences with the paranormal to follow them, let alone escalate. But…
  • Dead End Apartments (Extended Version) · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 45In this true scary story, we are revisiting out Dead End Apartments episode, where Haley moves into a newly renovated apartment at the edge of town, hoping to build independence…
  • Unexpected Guests: A Haunting at an Old Oregon Hotel · 36 min · Season 5 Episode 44In this true scary story, Andreea tells us about a romantic trip to the Oregon coast. It begins when the couple checks in into the Old Wheeler Hotel for what was supposed to be…

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