Scary Stories with the Shadow Teller

Scary Stories with the Shadow Teller

Horror stories inspired by true events and original scary stories. And...the horror stories inspired by true events are actually documented, researched, and confirmed. Bring an extra pair of underpants... Ur gonna need them...

Episodes

September 6, 2025 25 mins

Three True Trucker Horror Stories, inspired by unsettling events from the loneliest roads. A driver is trapped on a phantom highway, another loses four hours in a haunted tunnel, and a third awakens to a nightmare.

There are some stretches of road that don't appear on any map. In these chilling tales, we journey into the heart of that darkness, where the rules of time and reality begin to fray. Join us for three accounts of psyc...

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Three True Cruise Ship Horror Stories inspired by real events. A silent witness to a brutal murder, a cursed journal that predicts a plague, and a doctor's unspeakable betrayal on the high seas.

These are not tales of myth or legend. They are chronicles of the chilling darkness that waits just beyond the promenade deck, where the sounds of laughter and music are swallowed by the vast, indifferent ocean. In these accounts, a floa...

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Three true Halloween Horror Stories inspired by real events. A friendship built on an unspeakable secret, a cave that demands a sacrifice, and a doctor whose quiet hobby is the stuff of nightmares.

These tales serve as a chilling reminder that the most terrifying monsters are the ones hidden in plain sight, preying on those who are lost, trusting, or forgotten. We begin with a story of insidious friendship, where a lonely man's grea...

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Three true Alaskan horror stories inspired by real events. A hiker follows a child's cry into an unnatural fog; a lone worker is tormented by an impossible knock at his door; and stranded men accept a meal they will forever regret.

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These tales from the edge of the world explore the chilling reality of the Alaskan wilderness, where isolation is a weapon and the line between sanity and terror is as thin as cracking ice. This col...

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3 True Alaska Horror Stories Inspired by Real Events. This scary story compilation explores the chilling darkness of the last frontier, where some people simply vanish without a trace into the unforgiving wild.

This collection of three true scary stories serves as a chilling transmission from the remote, silent landscapes of Alaska, a place of profound beauty and even deeper, more terrifying secrets. Each narrative is a descent into...

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Inspired by true events, these off-grid horror stories chronicle a child’s imaginary friend who is all too real, a daughter’s descent into chilling madness, and a terrifying secret hiding just beneath the floorboards.In the deep quiet of the wilderness, where the illusion of safety is strongest, some families find a horror they could never have imagined. These three tales, drawn from the unsettling fringes of off-grid living, explo...

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(Inspired by True Events) A family uncovers a town’s chilling festival, a young woman is walked home by the wrong person, and a boy hears his neighbor's unspeakable confession. These are the horrors that hide behind Halloween masks.

These three tales, inspired by true events, delve into the chilling reality that the greatest monsters are the ones we fail to recognize. They explore the terror that lurks not in haunted houses or a...

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Inspired by true events, these three true Halloween horror stories are unspeakable. A stalker's mirrored face, a silent house at the end of the street, and a knock at the door that was never meant to be answered.

What happens when the masks don't come off? When a child's game of trick-or-treat ends in a silent, bottomless mystery? This collection of terrifyingly plausible Halloween horror stories, inspired by real events...

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Witness three chilling tales from the endless highways. These true trucker horror stories chronicle a cursed GPS that leads to a forbidden road, a phantom's cry in the woods, and a deadly truck stop encounter.

The following tales are inspired by true events, submitted by those who drive the lonely highways of America. There are places in this country, vast and empty, connected only by strips of asphalt and the souls who travel them....

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These 3 true trucker scary stories inspired by real events prove the open road is never safe. A lonely highway stop becomes a trap, a friendly voice on the radio hides a chilling obsession, and an abandoned rig holds an unspeakable secret.

reminder: for those who make their living on the road, the greatest threat isn't a blown tire or a missed deadline—it's the darkness riding in the lane right beside them.

Story 1: The Midn...

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Three chilling tales inspired by true events. A trucker witnesses impossible figures in the desert, another is stalked by a silent predator, and a third invites a dangerous secret into his cab.

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The First Tale: A Warning in the Canyon

Our initial account takes us to the high desert of eastern Arizona, a place where the stars are brilliant and the silence is absolute. A driver, pushing his rig through the oppressive dark, is given a ...

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3 Scary Disturbing Bigfoot Horror Stories (What I Saw Wasn't a Man)

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Welcome, Shadowteller family. Tonight, we have three chilling tales of Bigfoot and cryptid horror.

The darkness has many faces. The first belongs to a man who loved his father, a man who thought he was a king of the forest, only to discover the accursed leg...

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3 Scary Night Shift Horror Stories: I Was The Prey, and The Monster...

Some horrors hide in plain sight. This anthology delivers three chilling night shift tales that question convenience’s true cost—and whether you’re the customer… or the product being sold.

Step into the unsettling world of Scary Stories with The Shadow Teller, where the graveyard shift is anything but routine. In these three pulse-pounding stories, the ordinary be...

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Psychological Horror Story: The Collector's Finish (The Price of My Greed Is Higher Than I Thought...). A mechanic's debt leads to a chilling game of survival & uncanny consequences.


Mario, a skilled mechanic in the sweltering heat of Havana, is burdened by a crippling gambling debt. He prides himself on his honesty, but the whispers of impatient creditors grow louder. Salvation seems to arrive in the form of Mr. Roca, a man of ...

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Paranormal Horror Story: The Final Playback (I Think Something Came Through The Speakers.). An archivist unearths sinister asylum tapes, leading to uncanny horror & supernatural dread.


The silence in Caleb’s studio was a perfect, curated quiet, ideal for coaxing coherent history from the hiss and crackle of decay. As an audio archivist, his current excavation is the infamous Blackwood Collection: reel-to-reel tapes from the shut...

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"Psychological Horror Story (The Collector of Tears)": A grave robber's dark web game turns deadly, dragging souls from their rest. Experience uncanny horror, supernatural dread & twisted karma in this chilling tale.


Finn, a cold and calculating grave robber, moves through a cemetery after sundown, not for solace, but for profit. He pockets trinkets from the recently deceased, viewing their grief as an opportu...

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A chilling supernatural horror story about a man whose perfectly ordered life unravels when he realizes his wife knows too much, leading to an inescapable, terrifying truth.

Brian's meticulously ordered life is built on predictable comforts, carefully curated with his wife, Susan. But when small, impossible conveniences turn into unnerving intrusions, and fragmented dreams hint at a hidden past, Brian's world begins to unrav...

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A chilling psychological horror story unfolds as Denise's terrifying sleep paralysis bleeds into her reality. An uncanny visitor inspects her obsession with perfection, leading to a shocking, eerie twist. Intense suspense awaits.

Denise, a store manager obsessed with meticulous order, finds her carefully constructed reality unraveling. Her nights are plagued by vivid sleep paralysis, where a silent, impossibly lean figure watche...

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A chilling paranormal horror story unfolds as Carl finds a mysterious 'Sympathetic Box.' Will its promise of healing save his love, or unleash an uncanny, deadly secret? Intense suspense awaits.

Dive deep into a tale where desperation meets the terrifying unknown. Carl, a man driven by profound love, discovers an antique wooden box, intricately carved with archaic symbols, in a dusty thrift store. This isn't just any ol...

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In 'Glossolalia: A Chilling Psychological Horror,' a champion's secret leads to a terrifying truth about parental love. Uncanny mind control & body horror. A truly scary tale of ultimate sacrifice.

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Some truths, you see, are not meant for us. We build our lives around not knowing, convinced that our ambition, our love, is a shield. But sometimes, the shield is the cage. And the only reward for a lifetime of devotion i...

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