Spooky Story Time

Spooky Story Time

Turn off the lights... if you dare. From paranormal terror to creepy true crime, Beth's Spooky Story Time is the scary podcast where your worst fears come alive. The perfect holiday season wind down for horror fans. Perfect for adults looking for a terrifying wind-down, this is your new favourite horror fix. Host Beth narrates a curated selection of listener-submitted stories and terrifying tales - from classic ghost encounters and cryptic creepypastas to real-life stalkers and unexplainable phenomena. Each short, intense episode is designed to be your perfect scary bedtime story (just don't listen with the lights off). Lock the doors, check under the bed, and wrap up tight. New episodes of Spooky Story Time drop twice a week. Join our community for free, or upgrade for ad free episodes and bonus content: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime . All episodes have been submitted or suggested by listeners. Content has been dramatised for effect, and any likeness to real events or individuals is purely coincidental. DISCLAIMER: you may find this podcast distressing or triggering. Listener discretion is advised. . We have partnered with NeoTaste, the exclusive membership card unlocking huge discounts at hundreds of restaurants across the UK & Ireland AND your first 2 months are free if you use code SST at checkout. Sign up today: https://neotaste.com/gb?code=SST&a=2

Episodes

Nana Jo's Thanksgiving : The Guest Who Never Leaves

November 25, 2025 • 10 mins
Turn off the lights for tonight's chilling tale of holiday horror. A college student accepts an invitation to spend the holiday with a friend's family. But the dining room holds something wrong: Nana Jo sits motionless at the head of the table hours before dinner, staring at an empty seat with food that looks days old on her plate. They soon realise this family's Thanksgiving has a permanent, unexpected guest. A haunting story ab...
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Last Vacancy: The Motel Room Stuck in 1621

November 22, 2025 • 10 mins
Turn off the lights for tonight's unsettling tale of roadside horror. In Last Vacancy, a desperate traveler caught in a blizzard takes the last available room at the Sunset Motel. But Room 7 is not all it seems, and most terrifying of all - a voice from Room 8 that sounds exactly like the traveler's mother, humming childhood lullabies and speaking to someone who isn't there. A chilling story about motels that exist outside of tim...
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The Baby Monitor: Whispers from the Bedroom

November 18, 2025 • 9 mins
An exhausted new mother hears strange sounds through her baby monitor - first an off-key lullaby, then whispers that know her name. But when the voice reveals a childhood secret that no one else knows, the horror gets dangerously real. A chilling story about the technology we trust, the guilt we bury, and the voices that know us better than we know ourselves. Perfect for grown-ups who understand that some secrets never stay burie...
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My Mirror Image: A Haunted Inheritance

November 15, 2025 • 11 mins
I move into my late aunt's isolated Sussex cottage and discovers a massive antique mirror in the guest room. At first, the reflection shows only subtle differences, but during a power outage, the reflection stops following. A haunting story about mirrors that trap more than light and the question of what happens when your reflection decides it no longer wants to be you. Perfect for grown-ups who avoid looking at mirrors in the d...
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2.17am: The Man on the Driveway

November 11, 2025 • 10 mins
A homeowner living on an isolated property discovers a tall figure standing at the end of their driveway - appearing at exactly 2:17 every single night, without fail. Security cameras capture his instant arrival but never his approach. Motion sensors fail to detect him. Police find no evidence. With a desperate attempt to confront him up close, the true horror becomes clear: this isn't random trespass. It's calculated, repetitive...
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His Last Watch: The Lighthouse Keeper's Journal

November 8, 2025 • 12 mins
A Grandfather's death leads to the discovery of his keeper's log from Point Obsidian lighthouse. But what begins as routine weather reports slowly deteriorates into frantic accounts of something massive in the fog - something that waits for the light's rhythm and scrapes along the catwalk two hundred feet up. When they visit the decommissioned lighthouse to understand what broke their Grandfather, they hear it too. But the true te...
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Remote User: The Smart Lock That Didn't Listen

November 4, 2025 • 11 mins
A homeowner three hours away in a conference room receives a notification that their smart lock has been disengaged - but they're the only one with access. What follows is a terrifying digital game of lock and unlock, repeated over and over, until security camera footage reveals something impossible standing in the living room. A tall, indistinct shadow that doesn't walk but flows, reaching toward the camera and waiting for the do...
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Mr. Silas: The Neighbor Who Never Saw Daylight

November 1, 2025 • 10 mins
A twelve-year-old growing up on picture-perfect Willow Lane becomes fixated on the mysterious neighbor who only emerges at dusk to stare at the sky. But it's the rhythmic scraping sounds from his basement at 2am - a methodic, labored sound - that truly disturb. And when curiosity finally gets the better of them... they're not prepared for what they discover. A chilling story about the neighbors we never truly know and the secrets...
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My Parents' House: Chapter III - The Unbroken Glass

October 30, 2025 • 9 mins
Three years after moving out, I return home to house-sit with my skeptical boyfriend. When the unmistakable sound of shattering glass sends us into panic mode, police rush to the scene, and... no windows are broken, nothing is damaged. My boyfriend, who never believed the stories, finally sees what can't be explained. A chilling finale about the darkness that follows us, the skeptics who become believers, and the question of whet...
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My Parents' House: Chapter II - The Ouija Board

October 28, 2025 • 12 mins
Despite my grandmother's warnings to stay away from ouija boards, me and my sister decide to experiment. But what begins as innocent curiosity and nervous giggles evolves into weekend rituals that attract increasingly darker entities. When we invite friends to film a session, the spirit we contact becomes manipulative and violent, culminating in tears, destroyed equipment, and a mysterious light turning on in a locked shed. A cau...
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My Parents House: Chapter I - The Friday Night Visitor

October 25, 2025 • 12 mins
My parents moved us all to an old wartime bungalow, now a beautiful house with a huge garden. We were so happy. It was our new family home. But when my youngest sister begins having secret conversations with an invisible friend, it becomes clear the house harbors more than just memories. The real terror begins on Friday nights - descending footsteps, phantom visitors, mysterious noises and more. This is my story of how a childho...
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A Three-Part Halloween Special, Beginning October 26th

October 22, 2025 • 1 min
A trilogy to die for. This Halloween. . Chapter I - 26th October Chapter II - 29th October Chapter III - 31st October . Patreon Followers gain exclusive early access to all three chapters on Sunday 26th October. -------------------------- Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email y...
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My Freshman Year: The Spirit in Northwood Hall

October 21, 2025 • 11 mins
A student moves into Northwood Hall, the oldest dorm on campus, expecting the typical freshman experience. Instead, they encounter whispers at the edge of hearing, flickering lights, objects that move on their own, and a mournful sob from an empty bed. What begins as small, dismissible incidents escalates into a constant presence that transforms their college experience into something darker. A haunting story about old buildings ...
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The Climb: A Haunting on the Hogsback

October 18, 2025 • 12 mins
Three experienced climbers attempt the standard route up Mount Hood's South Side - a beginner's mountain that has claimed over 150 lives. When a fall leaves one climber dangling over a sheer drop, they feel something impossible on the rope below - an intelligent tug, pulling downward. A haunting story about the ancient entities that dwell in high places and the mountains that claim what falls to them. Perfect for grown-ups who lo...
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A Miniature Haunting: The Dollhouse with Secrets

October 14, 2025 • 11 mins
A determined eight-year-old finally persuades their parents to buy an elegant Victorian dollhouse from an antique shop. But the carefully arranged miniature world begins to rearrange itself each night - a cup nudged, curtains loosened, dolls repositioned as if by unseen hands. When mysterious lights glow from painted windows and a grandmother doll stands facing a door she couldn't have reached alone, the line between imagination a...
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The Necklace: A Curse from the Woods

October 11, 2025 • 12 mins
A sixteen year old discovers an exquisite silver necklace buried beneath a maple tree in the woods behind their family home, but what begins as an exciting find becomes a nightmare of whispers, shadows, and a presence that grows bolder each day. When the face trapped within the stone finally reveals itself, the price of keeping such dark beauty becomes terrifyingly clear. A chilling story about cursed objects, ancient entities, a...
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The Eyewall Witness: Something Watches from the Hurricane's Heart

October 7, 2025 • 13 mins
A seasoned Lowcountry resident prepares to weather Hurricane Hecate like any other storm - until the air pressure drops unnaturally, shadows move on their own, and something ancient scrapes through the empty attic above. But the true terror arrives in the eye of the storm, when the wind dies and a tall, thin figure stands watching from the flooded yard, testing the boundaries of the house. A chilling story about the things that r...
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The Birth: A Newborn in Dark Company

October 4, 2025 • 9 mins
A woman goes into premature labor alone in a remote Cascade mountain cabin, but a road closure strands her husband hours away. The physical agony of childbirth becomes secondary to a far more primal terror - the cold, heavy presence in the loft above, drawn to her blood and fear like a predator to prey. A haunting story about the moments when we're most vulnerable and the unseen things that hunger for new life. Perfect for grown-...
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Fish Called Sparkle: Something in the Wall

September 30, 2025 • 12 mins
A father's innocent decision to secretly replace his daughter's dead goldfish spirals into a nightmare when fish after fish dies inexplicably in the same tank. What begins as a white lie to protect a child's feelings becomes a desperate investigation that uncovers something cold, dark, and humming inside the bedroom wall - something that's been draining life away, night after night. A chilling story about the unseen dangers in ou...
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The Thing That Wore My Brother's Face: A Shapeshifter in the Family

September 27, 2025 • 9 mins
A weekend fishing trip to an isolated Arizona cabin becomes a nightmare when something begins stalking the brothers through the night. But the real horror begins when they return home, and one brother realizes that what came back with him isn't his sibling at all - it's something that wears Danny's face but forgot how to be human. A chilling exploration of body snatchers, doppelgangers, and the terrifying possibility that those c...
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