Mercury

Spooky Story Time

Fiction EN ↓ 112 episodes

Turn off the lights... if you dare. From paranormal horror to haunting ghost stories and creepy true crime, Beth's Spooky Story Time is the scary podcast where your worst fears come alive. Perfect for adults looking for a terrifying wind-down, this is your new favourite horror fix. Host Beth reads original short tales of haunted houses, uncanny neighbors, and terrifyingly real moments, with immersive narration, subtle sound design, and twist endings that stick. Perfect for bedtime horror, late‑night listening, and anyone who loves paranormal fiction and gothic atmosphere. Each short, intense e...

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Mercury

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Jun 10, 2026

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Episodes

The Last Train Home: A Midnight Journey Into the Unknown 03.12.2025

On this chilling episode of Spooky Story Time, you are invited aboard a late‑night train where routine commutes dissolve into something far more sinister. An exhausted passenger awakens to find themselves surrounded by eerily silent travelers, a conductor who speaks in robotic monotone, and a landscape outside the window that feels less like Kent and more like a void. What begins as a missed stop...

The Music Box: The Melody That Played Itself 30.11.2025

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 grandmother's antique music box sits gathering dust. The seven-note melody is eerie enough, but when the box begins playing on its own with the key wound down, things take a darker turn. Incomplete phrases, random sequences, and then one October nig...

Nana Jo's Thanksgiving : The Guest Who Never Leaves 26.11.2025

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, unex...

Last Vacancy: The Motel Room Stuck in 1621 23.11.2025

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...

The Baby Monitor: Whispers from the Bedroom 19.11.2025

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 t...

My Mirror Image: A Haunted Inheritance 16.11.2025

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 a...

2.17am: The Man on the Driveway 12.11.2025

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 tres...

His Last Watch: The Lighthouse Keeper's Journal 09.11.2025

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,...

Remote User: The Smart Lock That Didn't Listen 05.11.2025

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...

Mr. Silas: The Neighbor Who Never Saw Daylight 02.11.2025

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...

My Parents' House: Chapter III - The Unbroken Glass 31.10.2025

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 be...

My Parents' House: Chapter II - The Ouija Board 29.10.2025

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 t...

My Parents House: Chapter I - The Friday Night Visitor 26.10.2025

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. T...

A Three-Part Halloween Special, Beginning October 26th 22.10.2025

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 s...

My Freshman Year: The Spirit in Northwood Hall 22.10.2025

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 ha...

The Climb: A Haunting on the Hogsback 19.10.2025

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 t...

A Miniature Haunting: The Dollhouse with Secrets 15.10.2025

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 alo...

The Necklace: A Curse from the Woods 12.10.2025

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 cu...

The Eyewall Witness: Something Watches from the Hurricane's Heart 08.10.2025

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 chill...

The Birth: A Newborn in Dark Company 05.10.2025

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...

Fish Called Sparkle: Something in the Wall 01.10.2025

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 sto...

The Thing That Wore My Brother's Face: A Shapeshifter in the Family 28.09.2025

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 te...

Hide and Seek: My Journey Into The Hollow 24.09.2025

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 where time seems to stop and reality bends. What begins as innocent play between cousins becomes a nightmare of unnatural silence, fleeting shadows, and the growing certainty that something is watching from between the trees. A chilling story about the...

Lily's House: The Ouija Board That Opened the Door 21.09.2025

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 innocent curiosity quickly becomes a nightmare when their "harmless game" releases something that refuses to stay silent. A chilling story about the consequences of dabbling with forces beyond our understanding and the generational trauma that follows. Perf...

The Moor Lights: My Close Encounter at Dartmoor 17.09.2025

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 encounter with the impossible. What begins as a simple photography expedition transforms into a night of missing time, unexplainable phenomena, and visions that defy human comprehension. When the familiar landscape reveals hidden valleys and structures that...

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