Spooky Story Time
Episodes
The Garden Gate
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some doors are meant to stay closed, and some gates open themselves. In this creeping, woodland‑rooted horror story, a quiet cottage on the edge of...
I'm Still Here
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What starts as a quiet evening becomes a slow, suffocating descent into dread when an African Grey parrot begins speaking in a voice no living person ...
The Old Well
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some wells don’t just hold water. In this chilling spooky story, a teenage girl spends a sweltering summer at her Great‑Aunt Martha’s isolated ...
White Van Man
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Routine is supposed to make life feel safe - the school run, the familiar streets, the predictable rhythm of weekday mornings. But for one exhausted y...
The Organist
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A tired veterinary intern seeks quiet in an old Norman church, and finds a presence that never stopped rehearsing when a late‑night visit to St. Jud...
The Return of the Tide
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some encounters don’t fade with time - they wait, like a tide pulling itself back toward shore. In this chilling spooky story, a former cannery work...
Claire
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some memories feel sacred, warm, and comforting. For me, it was the Summer at the lake house tucked deep in the pines, where a rickety dock creaked be...
My Raggedy Ann
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A childhood doll becomes the center of a decades‑long haunting in this unsettling first‑person story about memory, fear, and the things that follo...
The Night the Lights Went Out
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A childhood ritual becomes a lifelong fear when a summer blackout in a creaking Massachusetts Victorian reveals a staircase that shouldn’t exist. ...
Crayons
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A quiet babysitting shift turns into a night of escalating dread when four‑year‑old Sam begins drawing a figure he calls the Tall Man - a faceless...
The Scariest... Horror for Women
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From pregnancy and childbirth to stalkers and scary real life situations, women have a lot of things to be scared about. All. The. Time. Women: we fe...
The Scariest... Spooky Stories About Kids
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From creepy dolls to haunted houses, this extra spooky compilation brings you some of our best horror stories about kids and children. The Music Box ...
Shopping Mall Lock-In
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most people think getting locked in a mall overnight would be inconvenient, maybe even funny. But when the lights die section by section, the escalato...
The Guest of the Cold
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On the first night of winter in Oakhaven, you’re supposed to bolt the door, draw the blinds, and ignore every sound that comes from outside. It’s ...
Echoes of Windrush
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I joined a simple heritage walk to learn more about my neighborhood. Then the street shifted beneath my feet, the air changed, and I found myself wal...
Black-Eyed Children
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I used to think the Black‑Eyed Children were just an old internet myth, until two kids knocked on my basement door at 2:14 AM and asked to be invite...
The Waltz of the Forgotten Hearts
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
My grandmother always said the Winter Gardens weren’t haunted - they were remembered. And the day she told me about the waltz she danced with someon...
Starlings
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I used to think I was just anxious, until the shelving unit collapsed. Since then, I’ve been remembering things that haven’t happened yet. I’m ...
The Doppelgänger: The Other Me
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I was on my usual Tuesday commute when a woman slipped through the closing tube doors—wearing my coat, my ring, my face. She didn’t look surprised...
The Surgery: The Man Who Finished the Job
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I woke up from what was supposed to be routine gallbladder surgery and saw a tall figure sitting in the visitor’s chair; too still, too silent, and ...
The Elevator: The Voice That Knew Too Much
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I stepped into an old mall elevator for a quick ride to the third floor. Five minutes later, the lights died, the emergency phone crackled to life, an...
The Attic: The Thing That Learned My Name
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I was fifteen when something in the attic above my bed started dragging itself toward me every night, and by the time I found the carvings in the bea...
Sweet Dreams: The Man in the Corner
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I signed up for a paid sleep study because I was exhausted and broke. By the seventh night, the researchers weren’t asking if I saw the man in the c...
Lights in the Sky: The Night the Road Went Silent
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I was driving home on a foggy Sunday night when a formation of orange‑red lights began pacing my car along the A303. Silent, precise, and moving in ...
The Perpetual Glow
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I thought I knew every inch of Black Peak, until a lantern‑bright glow appeared in the fog and began moving toward me, like it had been waiting. Th...
The Tall Man
11 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I thought sleep deprivation was making me see things... until my baby started smiling at something pacing in the nursery, and toys began coming back w...
The Empty Stall
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I heard someone sobbing in the stall next to mine in the campus bathroom. When security opened the door, the stall was empty. Locked, silent, and impo...
The Driver Who Knew Everything
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I got into a ride‑share after my car broke down and the driver called me by my full name - my private middle name - and then told me he’d been wai...
My Last New Year: The Toast that Changed My Life
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A stranger at a crowded bar raised a crystal flute and toasted me with three words... “to your last New Year,” then vanished. That toast has been...
We Are Happy: My Uninvited Guest
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I came home one evening to find my keys on the kitchen counter and my slippers arranged like a message. By the time I hid a camera, the footage showed...
Belfry's Bell: The Salted Hand’s Toll
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Windward is a coastal village where the sea keeps a terrible bargain. A single, monstrous bell toll at 3 a.m. names the next soul to be claimed by an...
The Man in the Red Suit: A Christmas Horror
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Havenwood’s quaint December charm hides a ritual that chills the town to its bones. Each Christmas Eve, a reclusive resident dons an immaculate sca...
The December Deliveries: Twelve Years of Christmas Cards
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I never thought a greeting card could ruin my life, but for twelve Decembers it has. Every year a new card arrives—first a glittery Santa, then a ph...
The Yellow House: Confronting a Nightmare
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A twenty‑year nightmare becomes disturbingly real when I return to my childhood street to confront the source of decades of sleep‑paralysing dream...
The Outside Lock: A Flat Share Mystery
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turn off the lights for tonight's chilling tale of shared living gone impossibly wrong. In The Outside Lock, a new tenant moves into a perfect Victori...
EchoLink: A Conversation with the Dead
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, a grieving sibling downloads a viral app as a desperate distraction and receives a reply that should be impossible. What begins as c...
The Last Train Home: A Midnight Journey Into the Unknown
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this chilling episode of Spooky Story Time, you are invited aboard a late‑night train where routine commutes dissolve into something far more sin...
The Music Box: The Melody That Played Itself
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turn off the lights for tonight's unsettling tale of childhood terror in an old house. In The Music Box, a ten-year-old moves into a house where their...
Nana Jo's Thanksgiving : The Guest Who Never Leaves
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 famil...
Last Vacancy: The Motel Room Stuck in 1621
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 avail...
The Baby Monitor: Whispers from the Bedroom
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
My Mirror Image: A Haunted Inheritance
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 subtl...
2.17am: The Man on the Driveway
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 nigh...
His Last Watch: The Lighthouse Keeper's Journal
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 det...
Remote User: The Smart Lock That Didn't Listen
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ac...
Mr. Silas: The Neighbor Who Never Saw Daylight
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
My Parents' House: Chapter III - The Unbroken Glass
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 pa...
My Parents' House: Chapter II - The Ouija Board
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ner...
My Parents House: Chapter I - The Friday Night Visitor
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
A Three-Part Halloween Special, Beginning October 26th
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A trilogy to die for. This Halloween. . Chapter I - 26th October Chapter II - 29th October Chapter III - 31st October . Patreon Followers gain ...
My Freshman Year: The Spirit in Northwood Hall
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A student moves into Northwood Hall, the oldest dorm on campus, expecting the typical freshman experience. Instead, they encounter whispers at the edg...
The Climb: A Haunting on the Hogsback
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
A Miniature Haunting: The Dollhouse with Secrets
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A determined eight-year-old finally persuades their parents to buy an elegant Victorian dollhouse from an antique shop. But the carefully arranged min...
The Necklace: A Curse from the Woods
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 exc...
The Eyewall Witness: Something Watches from the Hurricane's Heart
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A seasoned Lowcountry resident prepares to weather Hurricane Hecate like any other storm - until the air pressure drops unnaturally, shadows move on t...
The Birth: A Newborn in Dark Company
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Fish Called Sparkle: Something in the Wall
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
The Thing That Wore My Brother's Face: A Shapeshifter in the Family
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A weekend fishing trip to an isolated Arizona cabin becomes a nightmare when something begins stalking the brothers through the night. But the real h...
Hide and Seek: My Journey Into The Hollow
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A nine-year-old's summer visit to her Uncle's countryside home takes a terrifying turn when a simple game leads into The Hollow - a patch of forest wh...
Lily's House: The Ouija Board That Opened the Door
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two teenage best friends discover an antique Ouija board in a dusty attic and make contact with a lonely spirit named Lily, but what begins as innocen...
The Moor Lights: My Close Encounter at Dartmoor
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turn off the lights for tonight's otherworldly tale of mystery on the moors, when a landscape photographer's dawn shoot on Dartmoor becomes an encount...
The Man Under the Lamp: A Midnight Game Gone Wrong
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A university student decides to try a seemingly harmless midnight dare on a quiet residential street - stand under a streetlamp, ask "what do you see ...
What's Left Behind: My Doctor Nightmare
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A routine visit to my doctor became the beginning of a psychological nightmare that blurs the line between care and obsession. When professional atten...
My Long Walk Home: Trapped in the Street that Never Ends
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What should be a routine ten-minute journey from pub to flat becomes a nightmarish loop through the same stretch of road, where familiar landmarks rep...
The Pull of Deep Water: What Lurks Beneath the Quarry
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DISCLAIMER: This episode contains references to drowning, which some listeners may find distressing. -------- Two cousins decide to swim in an aban...
Back to School: The Students Who Never Left
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DISCLAIMER: This episode contains references to suicide and abuse, which some listeners may find distressing. -------- Two seventeen-year-old friend...
The China Dolls: Silent Watchers
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A seven-year-old receives what should be a cherished gift - a beautiful porcelain doll. But when well-meaning relatives mistake terror for passion, th...
Whispers in White: A Childhood Ghost Encounter
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An eight-year-old discovers their old family home harbors a mysterious presence - a woman in white who haunts the hallways with floral perfume and mid...
Wrong Turn: The Ghost Town That Still Haunts Me
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I used to think I knew better than my satnav, until the time I took a wrong turn and drove into the most terrifying experience of my life. Maybe it w...
What Grows in the Dark: The Horror in my Garden
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some gardens attract more than just butterflies. This is the story of a little cottage on Elmwood Lane, where my sanctuary became a stalking ground fo...
Cabin 7: The Summer Camp from Hell
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some summer camps hold more than just memories—they hold secrets that should never be disturbed. This is my true story of Camp Wildwood, where Cabin...
Close Call with the Circle: My Escape from a Dangerous Cult
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The thing about cults is they don't look like cults at first. They look like hope, community, and belonging. I didn't realize I was being recruited......
Unexplainable: Was I Abducted by Aliens
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The thing about unexplained phenomena is they start small, like a radio tuned slightly off frequency. I didn't realize how much my life was changing.....
Last Call at Harper's: True Paranormal Bar Story - Haunted Jukebox, Shadow Figures & Ghostly Mirror
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some dive bars hold more than just memories—they hold spirits that never left. This is the true story of Harper's, a downtown bar where the paranorm...
The New Girl: When Your Friend Steals Your Life
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the most terrifying predators aren't monsters—they're people who want to become you. This is my true story about Melissa, the new girl who...
The House I Grew Up In: Whispers, Shadows, and the Figure in My Doorway
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some childhood homes hold more than just memories—they hold secrets that follow you long after you've moved away. This is my true story of growing u...
The Fall That Changed Everything: My Rock Climbing Near-Death Experience
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I don't want any details of this story changed or names tweaked. It's my truth and it's the moment that changed my life. One second I was reaching fo...
Night Shift at the City Morgue: Why I Quit My Job with the Dead
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You want to know why I quit working at the city morgue? This story will mess with your head for weeks. I thought working the night shift at the morgu...
A Bump in the Night: Stalked by Shadows in the Midnight Hour
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The nightmares started three days ago. Now something is hunting in the storm-lashed streets, and it knows exactly where to find me. In this spine-chi...
Tommy's Ghost Encounters: A Child's Paranormal Experience
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your toddler starts describing people who aren't there? This spine-chilling true story follows my son Tommy, who began seeing terrif...
My Real Stalker Horror Story: When Home Becomes a Prison of Fear
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The thing about stalking is it creeps up on you slowly, like a shadow growing longer each day. I didn't realize what was happening to me... until it w...
The Haunted Miller House: What We Found in the Forbidden Attic
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes places are off-limits for a reason. The old Miller house on the edge of town was one of those places—abandoned, decaying, and wrapped in d...
House Fire Survival Horror: My True Story of Escaping Death by Flames
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's your worst fear? A house fire? Being burnt alive? What would you do if you were faced with that nightmare—would you freeze, or would you do w...
My First Apartment Ghost: Sadie's Haunting Experience with an Unwanted Roommate
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moving into your first apartment is supposed to be exciting—a milestone of independence, freedom, and new beginnings. But what happens when you disc...
TICKING: The Story About the Mysterious Pocket Watch
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A mysterious old man left me with a pocket watch. He disappeared, but the watch kept ticking. Exactly why, or why me, I'll never know, but this is my ...
THE SPACE BETWEEN: The Story About A Haunted Forest
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever lost minutes, hours, or even days, and had no idea how it happened? You blink, and time seems to have disappeared? It happened to me onc...
SYCAMORE STREET: The Story About Our Haunted House
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we headed for Sycamore Street, we thought it was the start of new life. A fresh start. But the nightmare had only just begun... — Beth’s Sp...
GOODNIGHT, MR. LANGLEY: The Story About My Time as a Care Home Nurse
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Care homes are creepy. Especially when they have an empty abandoned floor. So if you want to keep the scary stuff away, always say goodnight to Mr. La...
THE FISHERMAN'S STRANGE CATCH: The Story About a Sea Monster
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You spend enough time on the water, you start to think you’ve seen it all. But nothing - and I mean nothing - prepared me for this night. This was...
ST. AINSLEY'S: The Story About My Creepy Boarding School
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
St. Ainsley's is not your average boarding school. Things happen there. Things I can't explain. — Beth’s Spooky Story Time is best enjoyed alone...
CHEATING DEATH: The Story About the Time I Should Have Died
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DISCLAIMER: this episode contains material which some listeners may find distressing. What does it feel like to die? Have you ever had a near death e...
3.33: The Story About the Midnight Man
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard of The Midnight Man? I have... — Beth’s Spooky Story Time is best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories have been suggeste...
MY ROOMMATE TIM: The Story About My Brush With the Occult
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Personal space is hard when you have housemates. There are rules; there's a code. Things were going well with my roommate Tim - at first he seemed li...
CELLS: The Story About My Encounter with a Serial Killer
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prison can be a scary place, even at the best of times. My experience was next level, and it's all because of one inmate. I'll never fully understand ...
THE GIFT: The Story About My Family Blessing... and Curse
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The women in my family have a gift. At least, I thought it was a gift, but then I spoke to them... — Beth’s Spooky Story Time is best enjoyed a...
MAN BY THE ROAD: The Story About a Ghostly Roadside Dweller
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I was always warned never to pick up a hitchhiker, and I never took that advice seriously, until the night I saw the man by the road. — Beth’s S...
THE FACE IN THE GLASS: The Story About a Cabin in the Woods
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been to a place that just felt... off? This story is about a cabin in the woods, and the one and only night I spent there with friends....
Beth's Spooky Story Time Trailer
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From creepy ghost stories to true tales, these are the perfect scary bedtime stories for grown ups. Fall asleep to creepy tales narrated by Beth, with...