True Scary Story

True Scary Story

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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I'll Be Back: A Nightmare You Can't Escape

August 20, 2025 • 29 mins
Jade grew up in a small Mississippi town, but her childhood was anything but ordinary. From the time she was six years old, she was haunted: scratched by unseen claws, stalked by shadowy figures, and tormented by something with burning red eyes that followed her from childhood into adulthood. It started with whispers in the dark and a figure in the bathroom mirror, but it grew into years of terrifying sleep paralysis, violent encou...
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Two Terrifying Tales: The Watcher and The White Figure

August 13, 2025 • 27 mins
In these true scary stories, we have two first-hand accounts of eerie encounters, one from a home filled with unseen presences, another from a quiet rural night where something unearthly appeared.
Thank you Olivia and William for sharing your stories with us.
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Melable: The True Story of a Demonic Haunting

August 6, 2025 • 44 mins
In today's story, we hear from Richard who housed a foster child, strange drawings, and a haunting that defied belief. This is the extraordinary true story of a battle with something far darker than a ghost. 
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Renovations

July 30, 2025 • 22 mins
During a simple house repair, Eric encounters something that follows him into another home, connecting people and places through a series of strange and unsettling moments. This is a true story of eerie coincidences, unexplained presences, and a lingering sense that some houses remember who lived there.
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The Last Hug

July 23, 2025 • 31 mins
In this emotional episode, we get a glimpse into Enrique’s life after death of a parent. From signals around the house that show us that they’re still with us, to a newfound appreciation for religion, we get to hear what helped his family when times got dark.
Enrique’s Family GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-grandma-uncles-after-losing-home-in-eaton-fire
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Two Chilling Stories: Woman in the Window & The Boy Upstairs

July 16, 2025 • 23 mins
Something lurked around Reina's house, the figure of a woman, making brief appearances. Will they ever figure out who she was or what she wanted?
In our second story, Breanna tells us about the experiences that several people in the house went through, witnesses who they called "the boy upstairs."
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Occupied: Life With Uninvited Guests

July 11, 2025 • 38 mins
A lifetime of eerie encounters unfolds through haunted homes, a motel with a chilling secret, and an unexpected faerie roommate. Kay recounts her brush with the unknown in through her experiences with supernatural attachments.
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A Haunting at Black Star Canyon

July 2, 2025 • 27 mins
Todd takes us through his decades-long journey of chilling and unexplained experiences, from eerie hikes in haunted forests, watching a recorded summoning of a demon, to unsettling events in his own home. 


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The Little Clown by the Window

June 25, 2025 • 33 mins
In this unsettling account from childhood, the Alexis recalls her first chilling brush with the unknown inside her grandmother’s townhouse. A seemingly innocent porcelain clown doll perched on a swing becomes the centerpiece of an eerie, unexplained event. This story would be only the beginning of a lifelong connection to the paranormal and haunting experiences.
Thank you, Alexis for sharing your experiences with us.
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Two True Hauntings: The Old Farmhouse & Get Out Now

June 18, 2025 • 28 mins
In the first true scary story from Paul, a family moves into a century-old farmhouse and begins experiencing unsettling, unexplained phenomena. As they learn more about the house’s past, the strange events take on deeper meaning.
Our second account from Jessica, while staying at her sister’s house, once home to a now-deceased man, she hears a chilling whisper that leaves her rattled. What she thought was her imagination would later ...
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Haunted by History: True Tales from Indonesia

June 11, 2025 • 24 mins
Sarah shares an eerie retelling of two supernatural encounters experienced by her family in Indonesia, one from their father’s side and one from their mother’s. These bring us into Indonesia’s violent colonial past and the lingering spirits that may be trying to tell us something. 
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Haunted Nights in Berlin

June 4, 2025 • 36 mins
In 2018, while studying abroad at Humboldt University, Carmen moved into a Berlin apartment built over a bombed-out ruin, and immediately knew something was wrong. Dark shadows, unexplained scratches, and a choking presence haunted her nights. Was it anxiety… or something darker buried beneath the surface? 
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Dead End Apartments

May 28, 2025 • 20 mins
Haley moves into a newly renovated apartment at the edge of town, hoping to build independence and enjoy solitude with her cat. But strange noises, eerie dreams, and a growing sense of dread start to unravel. As her experiences get more bizarre, she begins questioning her sanity... until the terrifying truth starts to reveal itself.
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The Things That Followed Us

May 22, 2025 • 51 mins
From childhood through adulthood, Becca recounts a lifetime of chilling experiences that defy logic and follow her across states and homes. Her experiences show us how some people may be more sensitive to the unseen and what happens when that sensitivity runs in the family.
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Even as a Child, I Knew

May 14, 2025 • 33 mins
It begins at her then-boyfriend’s childhood home, where she experiences two separate instances of being slapped on the head by an unseen force—while lying against a solid wall. Later, she learns of a man who died tragically nearby, deepening the mystery.
In 2019, during what was meant to be a relaxing river trip in Texas, she wakes in the middle of the night to a terrifying presence she believes was demonic—an encounter so disturbin...
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Four Dark Figures: Hauntings in the Midwest

May 7, 2025 • 30 mins
From a childhood marked by horrifying sleep paralysis, to encounters with ghostly apparitions and unexplained phenomena in historically haunted locations like the Granger House in Marion, IA—this is not a tale of a single haunting, but of a life shadowed by the unexplained.
Thank you, Aiden, for sharing your experiences with us.
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much

April 30, 2025 • 31 mins
From a childhood bedroom she refused to sleep in, to an eerie encounter with a ghostly little girl, and dreams that come true in unsettling ways — this is the real-life journey of someone who’s been haunted her entire life. Through unexplained events, intuitive warnings, and spine-tingling moments, this story explores what it’s like to live with a sixth sense you never asked for — and can’t turn off.
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A Presence in Every Room

April 23, 2025 • 42 mins
Ever felt like something was watching you... but you couldn’t prove it? For years, she thought she was the only one seeing and hearing things—until the truth came out. What happened in her apartment changed the way she sees the world forever. This is a true story about family, fear, and the unexplainable events our storyteller and her family all lived through.
Thank you, Kiara, for sharing your story with us.
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The Ghost Child of the Apartment Complex

April 16, 2025 • 26 mins
From where he used to live, Javier has been experiencing strange supernatural events. But after moving into a new apartment, he discovers that he may have walked into another place with a dark past. This time, haunted by a child that has been roaming around the building.
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There's a Mimic in the House

April 9, 2025 • 29 mins
A listener shares her terrifying experience inside her family’s duplex — a home once owned by her husband’s late grandmother. What begins as a normal evening quickly turns strange when she hears her son’s voice inside the house… even though both of her children were playing outside. The story deepens with connections to other paranormal activity caught on video — including an orb that seems to interact with her in real time.
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