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In rural Texas, police respond to unexplained silent 911 calls and discover a mother long dead, seated in a child’s shrine frozen in time. What follows is a disturbing story of grief, isolation, occult symbolism, and the possibility that something created in desperation refused to be left behind, leaving investigators unsure whether they uncovered a tragic death, a psychological collapse, or somet...

A small shape in the dark. A weight on the chest. A presence blamed for sickness, scandal, and death, and feared as something that can be sent by human hands. In this episode, we trace the tokoloshe through Southern African belief, its protective rituals, and the chilling moments where folklore bleeds into real-world violence and courtroom history. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON...

A small shape in the dark. A weight on the chest. A presence blamed for sickness, scandal, and death, and feared as something that can be sent by human hands. In this episode, we trace the tokoloshe through Southern African belief, its protective rituals, and the chilling moments where folklore bleeds into real-world violence and courtroom history. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON...

In 1948, 17-year-old Mary Jane Reed was murdered on a lover’s lane in rural Illinois — and she never truly left. Decades later, her ghost still lingers in the Roadhouse where she danced her last, stirring jukeboxes, scents, and shadows in a desperate cry for justice. The SONG The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on F...

A spectral car veers off the A3 in Surrey, witnessed by drivers, yet no wreck is found until dawn reveals a body hidden for months. Was it a tragic coincidence, or did the dead summon the living with a ghostly replay? The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://www.dailymail.c...

During the Cold War, rumours of a black limousine prowling Eastern Bloc streets chilled generations. From satanic kidnappers to cursed machines, the legend of the Black Volga became a terrifying mirror of life under authoritarian governance. Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://culture.pl/en/a...

When an elderly woman discovered a frail, inhuman baby near a Russian cemetery, it sparked one of the strangest alien mysteries in history. Was Alyoshenka a deformed child, a mutant from a nuclear past or a visitor not of this world? Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://forums.forteana.org htt...

Would you wager your safety for a year of luck? The Man in the Fields ritual dares players to do exactly that by opening their doors to something sinister. In this episode, we walk you through the harrowing step-by-step ritual that has taken root across creepy pasta forums, ritual wikis, and Reddit confessionals. What begins as a terrifying game of "shut every door before midnight" becomes a night...

A chilling ritual dares you to summon something into your home and survive until 3:33 AM. In this episode, we walk candle-in-hand through the rules of the Midnight Game, a modern creepy pasta with roots in alleged ancient punishment rites. But the terror doesn’t end with lore. Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSI...

On frozen backroads from Ohio to Michigan and Connecticut, stories persist of small, feral figures with grotesquely swollen heads stalking the tree line. From Dr. Crow’s abused “patients” on Wisner Road to asylum escapees along Connecticut’s infamous “Dracula Drive,” the Melon Heads legend blends real medical conditions, social cruelty, and spooky eyewitness accounts into one of America’s most uns...

On a stormy night, a girl reaches down for the comforting lick of her dog under the bed—only to discover at dawn that her pet is dead in the bathroom and the words “HUMANS CAN LICK, TOO” are written in blood. In this episode, we unravel the infamous “Licked Hand” urban legend, its variations and origins, and the real-world intruder cases that make the story feel disturbingly possible. The BOOK BY...

From backward feet to eerie whistling in the jungle, the duende is Latin America’s most elusive trickster spirit. These chilling encounters explore what happens when you laugh at legends… and the legends laugh back. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://en.wikipedia.org/...

From flying skinless witches to rooftop salt rituals, Colombian folklore paints a terrifying portrait of the bruja. This episode explores real legends, eerie encounters, and the chilling cultural memory that still haunts towns like La Jagua. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research:...

Across the lakes and rivers of Zimbabwe there are legends of the Njuzu, mysterious water spirits said to dwell beneath the surface, capable of both blessing and destruction. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mermaids-problem-for-water-m...

High above the Bedfordshire countryside stands the crumbling shell of St Mary’s. A medieval church twisted by time, ritual, and whispers of evil. In 1963, villagers discovered the defiled remains of a woman exhumed from her grave, arranged in the nave for a black mass. What followed was a decades-long saga of satanic panic, grave desecration, phantom monks, and chilling apparitions. The BOOK BY US...

This episode contains references to death, psychological distress, and human remains. Listener discretion is advised. Isolated a mile off the Oregon coast, Terrible Tilly was never meant to survive. From its first fatal survey to a hundred years of wrecks, ruined minds, and sealed urns, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse has drawn more than storms. Some say its light never really went out — that something...

This episode contains detailed references to violence, murder, and the deaths of both adults and children, as well as mentions of human and animal harm. While not graphic, the subject matter may be deeply distressing to some listeners. Discretion is advised. Turnbull Canyon in Whittier, California, is one of the most feared stretches of land in the state. A place where history, homicide, and haunt...

This episode contains references to the violent death of a parent by a child, suicide, and themes of Satanism and mental distress. While the content is not graphic, it may be disturbing to some listeners. Discretion is strongly advised. In Jefferson Township, New Jersey, a 14-year-old altar boy killed his mother and took his own life in what some believed was a Satanic ritual. Was it mental illnes...

This episode contains references to the sudden deaths of children under mysterious circumstances. While not graphic, the content may be distressing to some listeners. Discretion is advised. In 1899, in the Yorkshire town of Sowerby Bridge, two young sisters, Amy and Alice Kirby, died just hours apart after mysteriously bursting into flames in separate homes. Their identical, unexplained fates spar...

This episode contains references to adult themes including death and local legends of violence. Listener discretion is advised. Dyer Lane, a remote backroad in Sacramento County, has long been the focus of disturbing tales, from stories of a murdered coven and shadowy cults to the infamous ghost police car and phantom handprints. Combining verified criminal history with decades of first-hand accou...

This episode contains references to mental illness, self‑harm, substance abuse, and death. Listener discretion is advised. June and Jennifer Gibbons spoke to no one but each other, until one twin calmly declared she would die so the other could live. This is the chilling true story of the Silent Twins, their creepy bond, and the death that stunned even Broadmoor Hospital. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE S...

Years before her infamous murder in 1969, actress Sharon Tate had a terrifying nightmare in a Benedict Canyon house - a vision many believe predicted the horror to come.  The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://www.cielodrive.com/archive/did-sharon-tate-have-a-premoni...

When two hikers stumbled upon a leathery corpse melting from a glacier in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, they didn’t know they had uncovered Europe’s oldest natural mummy or that their find would spark the legend of a deadly curse. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://iceman....

CONTAINS MATURE THEMES - LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED In 1972, 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma vanished from Springfield, New Jersey. Six weeks later, her decomposed body was found atop a rocky cliff known locally as “The Devil’s Teeth.” Talk of occult rituals and Satanic cults spread quickly, fuelled by media speculation and strange reports from the scene. But decades later, a very different pict...

Something new stirs in the dark... This weekend, The Whispering Woods unveils After Dark , our most haunting tales yet. New Episodes every Saturday and Sunday. High above the woods of eastern Louisville stands the Pope Lick Trestle, an active railway bridge with a terrifying reputation. For decades, locals have whispered about the Pope Lick Monster - a half-man, half-goat creature said to hypnotiz...