True Scary Story
True scary stories shared by those who experienced them. These are real-life horror stories about strange and unexplained paranormal encounters.
Episodes
February 25, 2026 • 57 mins
In 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 her across state lines, through new houses, and into adulthood. From shadow figures and whispered voices to a terrifying shared encounter in an Amish home… and then from violent energy inside her brother’s room to a presence that seemed to want her at Camero...
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February 19, 2026 • 37 mins
In 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 into adulthood. It began with her name being called when no one was there. Later came footsteps on the porch, invisible hands tugging at her feet, and a ceiling fan that moved on its own.
But the most powerful encounters didn’t happen until after tragedy stru...
But the most powerful encounters didn’t happen until after tragedy stru...
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February 11, 2026 • 43 mins
In 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 believed he understood the woods of West Virginia. He had the directions and knew the trails. But during one late-night hike back to his car, the forest changed. The insects stopped making noise, and suddenly he heard a large creature chasing after him.
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February 5, 2026 • 21 mins
Some 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 shadow figures, unseen hands, and voices coming from empty rooms, this episode follows one listener’s lifelong relationship with the unexplained. As an adult, the activity intensifies, focused around a single presence that peers from doorways and vanishes w...
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January 28, 2026 • 33 mins
In 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, unseen movement, animals refusing to enter certain spaces… all leading to one moment that still makes their heart race years later.
What happened in the middle of an ordinary afternoon shattered every rational explanation and left behind physical proof that so...
What happened in the middle of an ordinary afternoon shattered every rational explanation and left behind physical proof that so...
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January 21, 2026 • 30 mins
Some 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 understand what they were seeing. The first begins with a single night, a terrifying sound, and glowing red eyes watching from outside a bedroom window, an experience two sisters would not speak about for years. The second unfolds across decades inside a quiet house ...
In this episode, we hear two chilling true stories told by people who were far too young to understand what they were seeing. The first begins with a single night, a terrifying sound, and glowing red eyes watching from outside a bedroom window, an experience two sisters would not speak about for years. The second unfolds across decades inside a quiet house ...
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January 14, 2026 • 79 mins
In 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 homes, adulthood, and motherhood... growing stronger with every major change in her life. As others finally began to witness what she had always felt, the truth became harder to deny: this was definitely not imagination, sensitivity, or coincidence. It was somet...
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January 8, 2026 • 38 mins
In 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 lingers. Experiences regarding mimics (and potential doppelgängers) from out in the dark woods.
Also in this episode, I go through the comments left for us from our last story. Thank you all for your replies and comments. It really means a lot.
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Also in this episode, I go through the comments left for us from our last story. Thank you all for your replies and comments. It really means a lot.
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December 17, 2025 • 39 mins
In 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 in a backyard to strange dreams (that felt more like warnings) this story explores how the past lingers and how some people may be born more sensitive to what’s unseen. I really hope you enjoy this deeply personal account of generational darkness and unexp...
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December 10, 2025 • 56 mins
Today 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 her into adulthood. But when a child begins seeing the same presence, and even her neighbors report identical sightings, we realize that this haunting may be far more real (and more dangerous) than previously imagined.
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December 3, 2025 • 27 mins
A 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 appear to get worse as time passes, there is one event, the potential possession of a family member, that pushes them to take matters into their own hands by rituals that have been passed down by generations.
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November 26, 2025 • 19 mins
In 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. Apparitions, whispers, phantom footsteps, and a life-saving voice have shaped her entire life. In this episode, she recounts decades of unexplained experiences shared with multiple witnesses, forming a haunting pattern she can no longer ignore.
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November 19, 2025 • 27 mins
In 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 after discovering a hidden safe beneath the floor and witnessing strange behavior from their dog, subtle disturbances turn into undeniable encounters. Backed by real CCTV recordings and a lifetime of unexplained experiences, this episode explores a haunting th...
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November 12, 2025 • 28 mins
In 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. But strange noises, eerie dreams, and a growing sense of dread start to unravel.
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This is the article I mentioned in the introduction of this episode:
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October 29, 2025 • 36 mins
In 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 a quiet weekend. But things got dark quickly. As the evening unfolded, realized that the man beside her wan't who she knew. But then, they learn the backstory of the hotel directly from the caretaker that confirms their haunting suspicions.
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It begins when the couple checks in into the Old Wheeler Hotel for what was supposed to be a quiet weekend. But things got dark quickly. As the evening unfolded, realized that the man beside her wan't who she knew. But then, they learn the backstory of the hotel directly from the caretaker that confirms their haunting suspicions.
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October 22, 2025 • 26 mins
Like true scary stories? In this one, a childhood game meant for fun becomes a lifetime of unexplained fear. From the streets of Zacatecas, Mexico to the quiet neighborhoods of Indiana, one family finds themselves connected by a darkness that began the night they opened a Ouija board. Strange knocks, opening cabinets, and chilling coincidences follow one man through his life, making him wonder if something has been following him al...
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October 15, 2025 • 19 mins
A true scary story about a quiet ranch house on the outskirts of Hollister, California, where a group of friends thought they were in for a simple sleepover. But as the night grew darker, something unseen began to stir in the hallway, and made sure they knew it was there.
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October 8, 2025 • 32 mins
When a curious teenager dares to visit a haunted asylum in Illinois, she has no idea she’s opening a door that will never fully close. Over the years, unexplained events follow her across states, homes, and generations from a possessed family campsite to a haunted workplace in D.C. In this chilling true account, one woman wonders: what if something from that first night decided to stay with her?
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October 1, 2025 • 39 mins
In today's true scary story, Kay shares a lifetime of chilling encounters passed down through generations. Her experiences range from haunted childhood homes in rural Mexico to a terrifying series of events sparked by a forgotten Ouija board in California. Through faith, fear, and the unexplained, she tells her family’s most haunting memories.
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September 24, 2025 • 24 mins
In the mid-1990s, JD grew up in a Phoenix apartment where his “imaginary friends” weren’t the playful kind most kids have. He called them The Wallwalkers, strange figures that crawled out of the paint, whispered his name, and sometimes turned on him. Alongside terrifying night terrors and seizures, JD also witnessed cabinets opening on their own, maggots pouring from the carpet, and a pale figure that appeared behind a shower curta...
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