True Scary Story
Episodes
The Beating Heart in the Closet: Stories From My Grandmother's House
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, we hear about eerie childhood memories inside James' grandmother’s house in Corpus Christi, Texas. There, he experienced p...
Alone on the Ridge: A Midnight Mystery in Washington’s Backcountry
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 2008, a hunter scouting for an upcoming elk season deep in the Blue Mountains of Washington planned nothing more than a quiet night alone in the wi...
The Demon in the Hallway: 30 Years of Paranormal Encounters
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ima...
The Voice That Called My Name: A True Story of Grief and Ghosts
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Dead Silence in the Woods: A Terrifying Encounter
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Peekaboo Man: Who is Watching You Right Now?
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Hallway Thing: Decades of Unexplained Activity
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 wi...
On Those Nights, Something Was Watching: Red Eyes & Shadows
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Marked From Birth: Stories of a Generational Haunting
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 follo...
Haunted Campgrounds: What Lurks in the Dark Woods? [Plus Replying to Comments]
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 g...
The Curse in the Flowerpot: A Dark Childhood Discovery
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
The Boy in the Dream: A Story of a Shared Nightmare
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 i...
Dark Reflections: The True Story of a Haunted Mirror
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A true scary story about Karina's home being affected by an object left behind by previous owners: a haunted mirror. After witnessing strange occurren...
Haunted in Mumbai: Our Family's Ghost Stories
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 any...
Safe Secrets: A Haunting in San Antonio
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 the...
Dead End Apartments (Extended Version)
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, h...
Unexpected Guests: A Haunting at an Old Oregon Hotel
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Days I’ll Never Forget: A Collection of Haunting Memories
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Sleepover: There Was a Ghost Among Us
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 sle...
The Scream on the Radio: An Event That Haunted Me for Life
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 year...
Between Realms: The True Story of a Family Haunting
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's true scary story, Kay shares a lifetime of chilling encounters passed down through generations. Her experiences range from haunted childhoo...
The Wallwalkers: Memories of a Childhood Nightmare
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Wa...
Whispers in the Trailer: Growing Up Haunted in the Rio Grande Valley
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In these creepy stories, Alan and Vicente Lopez recount a lifetime of unsettling, firsthand paranormal experiences from childhood, mostly centered in ...
Two True Paranormal Experiences: Ghost at the Table and The Call from Room 206
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two true scary stories where two storytellers share experiences that begin in the most ordinary of settings; a family dinner at home and a night shift...
The Doctor’s House: A True Story of a Haunted Home
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some houses are keepers of the dead. Samantha's was one of them. Built in 1903 by a doctor who saw patients in the very room they used as their comput...
The Man With the Red Eyes: The Story of a Family Haunting
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It began with knocks and shadow figures in a military barracks, but it didn’t end there. From a grandmother who uncovered buried witchcraft, to chil...
I'll Be Back: A Nightmare You Can't Escape
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Two Terrifying Tales: The Watcher and The White Figure
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 r...
Melable: The True Story of a Demonic Haunting
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Renovations
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During a simple house repair, Eric encounters something that follows him into another home, connecting people and places through a series of strange a...
The Last Hug
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
Two Chilling Stories: Woman in the Window & The Boy Upstairs
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ou...
Occupied: Life With Uninvited Guests
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lifetime of eerie encounters unfolds through haunted homes, a motel with a chilling secret, and an unexpected faerie roommate. Kay recounts her brus...
A Haunting at Black Star Canyon
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todd takes us through his decades-long journey of chilling and unexplained experiences, from eerie hikes in haunted forests, watching a recorded summo...
The Little Clown by the Window
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this unsettling account from childhood, the Alexis recalls her first chilling brush with the unknown inside her grandmother’s townhouse. A seemin...
Two True Hauntings: The Old Farmhouse & Get Out Now
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first true scary story from Paul, a family moves into a century-old farmhouse and begins experiencing unsettling, unexplained phenomena. As the...
Haunted by History: True Tales from Indonesia
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah shares an eerie retelling of two supernatural encounters experienced by her family in Indonesia, one from their father’s side and one from the...
Haunted Nights in Berlin
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, while studying abroad at Humboldt University, Carmen moved into a Berlin apartment built over a bombed-out ruin, and immediately knew somethi...
Dead End Apartments
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, ee...
The Things That Followed Us
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From childhood through adulthood, Becca recounts a lifetime of chilling experiences that defy logic and follow her across states and homes. Her experi...
Even as a Child, I Knew
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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—whi...
Four Dark Figures: Hauntings in the Midwest
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From a childhood marked by horrifying sleep paralysis, to encounters with ghostly apparitions and unexplained phenomena in historically haunted locati...
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 — t...
A Presence in Every Room
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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—unti...
The Ghost Child of the Apartment Complex
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
There's a Mimic in the House
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 n...
It Came Up the Basement Stairs (And Other Hauntings)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From childhood to college, each story unfolds with eerie detail — spirits, haunted places, strange feelings, and unexplained happenings that connect...
The Smiling Man From the Woods
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After their great-grandmother’s passing, a family moves into her secluded home on 180 acres of overgrown land. While exploring the property, two bro...
The Man in the Green Hat: A Lifetime of Hauntings
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lifetime of eerie encounters unfolds in this chilling true story. From mysterious voices to terrifying sleep paralysis and ghostly figures, one man’...
Farmhouse Nightmares
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A childhood memory from foster care still lingers—an experience so unsettling it has stayed with Liz for years. A night she will never forget. A fee...
The Mistake of Never Saying Goodbye
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if something latched onto you… and followed you from house to house? From childhood into your teenage years, unexplained encounters and eerie p...
Roommates
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A group of young roommates excitedly move into a house near campus, but their time there is cut short by a series of unsettling events. At first, it’...
We Opened a Door We Couldn’t Close
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A family begins experiencing eerie disturbances after a relative with a fascination for the occult moves out. Shadows creep along the walls, disembodi...
A Warning From My Mother
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For one person, the unexplained has always been a part of life—whether he wanted it to be or not. His mother always warned him about it. Growing up ...
Haunted Reflections: Three Chilling Paranormal Encounters
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"It Came From the Mirror"In our first creepy account, Diana tells us about her family's experiences living on a property in Mexico that used to be a c...
If I Die Before I Wake
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kaitlin reflects on her childhood growing up in a house filled with eerie occurrences—phantom figures, strange whispers, and chilling encounters tha...
Demon in the Barn
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two friends stumble upon the paranormal while exploring an abandoned farmhouse in Northern California, forever altering their understanding of the sup...
Unwelcome Visitor
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you unknowingly open the door to something dark? Years after moving into a remote home filled with unexplained activity, one event r...
Our Home on Cursed Grounds
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A family home in Dallas, Texas, holds a sinister history of unexplained events spanning generations. From chilling encounters with shadowy figures and...
The Man in the Top Hat
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A family recounts their chilling encounters with spirits, shadowy figures, and an oppressive dark presence that followed them across multiple homes. W...
The Man on the Moon
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if your child's night terrors were more than just nightmares? In 2013, a mother’s quiet life turned into a series of chilling encounters that w...
The Witch Book
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, Veronica and her family moved into what seemed like the perfect home in a fancy gated community in San Antonio, Texas. But soon, strange thin...
Baby Monitor
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shaun and her young family moves into their dream home, only to uncover an escalating series of unexplainable and chilling events. From cryptic voices...
Something Evil Lurks in My Grandmother’s House
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For as long as Cassidy can remember, her grandmother's house has been a place of unshakable fear. In this chilling true story, she recount decades of ...
The Curse of the Nightly Visitors
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A chilling story of a South African family plagued by supernatural visitations and an ominous pattern of death. After moving into a house with a tragi...
A Journey of Faith and Fear
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Witness the chilling firsthand accounts of John, a man whose life has been marked by faith and spiritual warfare. From harrowing demonic manifestation...
Voices in the Night
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, a family discovers a haunting presence in their home—a spirit that grows increasingly active, revealing her tragic history and unexplained ...
The Shadows Are Watching You
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From strange visions and eerie dreams to unexplained appearances in the dead of night, this dark presence lingers — watching, waiting. Is it simply ...
The Haunted Piano: A Final Message from Beyond
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Kaelyn, host of Heart Starts Pounding, as she recounts her haunting childhood experience with a mysterious piano that seemed to come to life on i...
A Townhouse Terror: The Night I Faced the Unseen
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abigail's seemingly quiet life in an old Alberta townhouse takes a terrifying turn one night when she encounters something otherworldly. In a home ful...
I Curse You: A Family's Paranormal Nightmare (ft. Jim Harold)
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jim from Jim Harold's Campfire shares John's unsettling story of a curse that seems to plague his family after his father fires an unusual worker. As ...
Chased by Spirits: My Family's Paranormal Encounters
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A family’s life is marked by unexplainable paranormal experiences, beginning in a tiny Utah town and stretching across multiple states. From shadowy...
Haunted Attraction: Ghosts in Small-Town Pennsylvania
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true paranormal account, Donovan Snyder shares his lifelong journey with the supernatural, beginning at a haunted attraction in Pennsylvania a...
Close Your Windows: The Hauntings Lurking in Our Property
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The chilling story of a family living on land with a dark history is shared by Esperanza. From mysterious figures in white to the terrifying screams e...
Haunting Memories from a Colonial House in Rural Colombia
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we dive into Gabby’s eerie childhood memories of living in a haunted colonial house in rural Colombia. From the mysterious figure in blac...
Childhood Terror: The Haunting That Tormented Our Family
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true horror story, Steven Castillo shares his deeply unsettling experiences with the paranormal, beginning from his early childhood in Downey,...
The Ghost in the Nightgown: A Mother's Paranormal Nightmares
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chilling episode of True Scary Story, Fatima recounts her encounters with the paranormal, which intensified during her pregnancy and after the...
Don’t Look Out Toward the Fields: A Paranormal Encounter
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, we hear the unsettling experiences of Ayden, who encountered strange occurrences at his aunt and uncle's house. As these eer...
True Hauntings: Growing Up With the Unknown
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a small town near Victorville, California, experience a true horror story filled with eerie encounters and paranormal activity. We will explore Mel...
Ghosts of the Beach House: A Family's Encounter With the Paranormal
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A family vacation at a beach house in Topsail Island, NC, turns into a nightmarish experience for a college student. What begins as an unsettling nigh...
Real-Life Nightmare: Life Inside a Haunted House
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ariel grew up in a house where nightmares and reality were one and the same. Doors would slam shut without reason, and an eerie chill filled the air. ...
Teeth: The Horrors of Living With a Mimic
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Aaron tells us about her experience at what was supposed to be a temporary apartment that turned into a living nightmare. Om...
Summer Nightmares and Why I Never Whistle Outside
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Dulce tells us about the creepy stories her family has passed down over the years. Imagine hearing about strange and eerie e...
Grandma's Evil Intentions (Extended Cut)
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Adriana shares the horrors of having her grandmother practice witchcraft in their own home. It didn't take long for the fami...
Rental House of Horrors
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Sage tells us about her experience with her family arriving at a haunted AirBnB. To this day, she still wonders who or what ...
Encounter at the Haunted Highway
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this scary story, we hear directly from Kayleen, who may have witnessed an actual haunting in a place that was already known for its lore and trage...
Message Through the Board
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mollie shares her terrifying experience as she attempts to communicate with an entity through a Ouija board, giving her a name that only she knew... a...
A Bad Feeling
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Tara tells us about messages that her and her family appeared to be receiving from the other side. One of those gut feelings...
There's a Creature Around the House
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this True Scary Story, Geniva and her mom, Linda, tell us about the horror experiences in the place where they lived. It scared them so much, that ...
Somebody Is Watching You
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Griselda tells us about her experiences that started when she was only a child. Ever since her first paranormal event, she h...
Guardian Angels Everywhere
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Alisha tells us about her son who has had experiences even as a five-month baby, with people who have passed on. Entities sh...
The Ghosts at Grandma's House
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Denita shares her experiences that have followed her since childhood. Upon the death of her grandmother, different entities ...
The Thing at the Top of the Stairs
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Shawn tells us about his experiences seeing entities manifesting at night. At first, he suspected it was attached to his fam...
The Convent
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Being able to live in Ireland was a dream come true for Martina, even if that meant staying at a convent that was hundreds of years old. But during he...
Never Play The Spirit of the Glass
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A true scary story where Michael tells us about his family's experiences living in a home dealing with the consequences of opening up a line of commun...
Encounters at the Family Home
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Allison tells us about her ghostly experiences while growing up at her family's house. The reason for these apparitions, som...
Bad Intentions
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Margarita tells us about her experiences with a family member that was known to practice witchcraft as she discovers that ba...
The White Face
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Kristian tells us about his experiences growing up and witnessing recurring paranormal entities. Who, or what, is following ...
That Man in My Dreams
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Caitlin tells us about a terrifying entity that keeps reappearing in her dreams to this day. An entity that has also manifes...
There's Something in the Closet
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this true scary story, Juanita tells us about her experiences living in a home with a secret that was held in order to protect her. The sounds, the...