Podcast
True Scary Story
Hosted by Scary Stories · EN
True scary stories shared by those who experienced them. These are real-life horror stories about strange and unexplained paranormal encounters.
15episodes
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The Shadow That Flickered
3d ago00:27:59Tap to summarizeShadow people. Hollow white eyes. Sudden paralysis. A listener recounts years of recurring nighttime encounters that blur the line between medical phenomenon and paranormal attack. As the experiences grow darker and more physical, one question remains: was this only sleep paralysis… or something far worse waiting beside his bed?You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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When You Hear Voices of the Dead
1w ago00:31:35Tap to summarizeIn 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: floating objects, shaking doorknobs, unexplained scratches, shadow figures, and encounters with voices mimicking dead relatives. But one terrifying night changed everything when something inhuman crawled into his bedroom pretending to be his grandparents. This is a deeply unsettling true story of spiritual attachment and years of unexplained paranormal encounters.You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Edwin Covarrubias and the Scary FM team.Get in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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The Babysitter’s Ouija Board: A True Horror Story from Texas
2w ago00:33:22Tap to summarizeIn 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. Chris was just being curious, but it caused unexplained phenomena that affected multiple homes and didn't really end.You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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The Thing in the Reflection
3w ago00:37:45Tap to summarizeA 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 how mirrors, sleep, and perception are understood. A disturbing personal account that still affects her life today, especially considering that her family has a history of witches.You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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I Grew Up Haunted
May 2800:55:42Tap to summarizeTonight’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 boards, and experiencing terrifying dreams, one person began to question whether she was more than haunted… perhaps even a doorway for spirits themselves. You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Edwin Covarrubias and the Scary FM team.Get in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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Every House Was Haunted: A San Antonio Family Mystery
May 2100:33:27Tap to summarizeIn 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 mysterious man wearing a top hat. Everywhere they lived, from newly built homes to eerie trailers filled with porcelain dolls, strange paranormal activity seemed to follow the entire family for decades. Was something invited in… or was the family marked from the very beginning?You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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The Hauntings Kept Finding Them Again (Two Eerie Stories)
May 1400:46:56Tap to summarizeTonight’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 terrifying encounters beginning in early childhood: ghostly figures standing at the foot of her bed, crosses mysteriously disappearing, growling outside her room, violent sleep paralysis, and a towering shadow entity that seemed to follow her for years. Even after tattooing a cross onto her body appeared to stop the activity, a psychic medium later warned her that whatever was attached to her was only waiting to come back. Did it return?The second story takes us deep into the haunted canyons of Wasatch Mountains, where abandoned silver mines, forgotten pioneer graves, and moonlit hiking trails became the perfect location for unexplained encounters. Things like voices echoing through empty mining camps and shadow figures appearing in multiple homes at the exact same time are only the beginning.Looks like we got a little bit of everything in these true scary stories: shadow people, haunted locations, paranormal encounters, ghost sightings, sleep paralysis, dark entities, and unexplained wilderness horror. Tap "play" if you feel ready. Here we go.You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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Why I Don't Play With Spirits (Two Stories)
May 700:37:33Tap to summarizeIt 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 retells her experience in joining a group of friends to use the ouija board. When that didn’t work, they turned to a ghost box (a spirit communication device), and they were able to contact the other side. Unfortunately for them, the session turned hostile.In the second story, Kristy tells us about a childhood encounter in a remote house where someone, or something, was moving objects in the dark. It was until much later when Kristy and her cousins learned of the tragic reasons behind the occurrences.You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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Dreams of the Dead: Chilling Premonitions That Came True
Apr 2900:34:50Tap to summarizeFrom 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 moment on a terrace soon unfolds into a series of deeply personal experiences with disturbing visions, prophetic dreams, and a chilling encounter that may have uncovered a real crime. Are these coincidences, intuition, or something far more supernatural? You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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The Man Who Crawls Along the Floor: What I Saw on the Night Shift
Apr 2300:48:49Tap to summarizeWhat 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 in cubicles and an eerily disturbing presence that crawls across the floor. Even worse, the experiences intensify as the workplace changes locations. Even new offices bring new horrors: strange atmospheres, unexplainable shapes, and something that seems aware. This is a firsthand account of persistent, escalating paranormal activity in places meant to feel ordinary: your everyday workplace.You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.You can find Edwin on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram as @edwincovEditing and sound design by Sarah Vorhees Wendel from VW SoundGet in touch to share your story through TrueScaryStory.com
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