You Can't Unhear

In this episode, we explore one of South Korea's most controversial criminal cases. In 2024, a woman died after participating in a ritual conducted by her own aunt, a practicing Korean shaman who claimed she was attempting to remove an evil spirit. What followed shocked the nation. Prosecutors initially treated the case as murder, resulting in a life sentence, but an appeal court later ruled t...

In this episode, we explore the terrifying South African urban legend of Pinky Pinky , a mysterious creature said to stalk school bathrooms and prey on young girls. Known for its pink hair, black eyes, unnatural appearance, and overwhelming sense of dread, Pinky Pinky became one of the most feared folklore figures in South Africa during the 1990s. We examine chilling eyewitness accounts, reports o...

In this episode, we examine the shocking murder of beloved British teacher Ann Maguire , who was killed inside her classroom at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, England , in 2014. For more than 40 years, Ann dedicated her life to teaching and mentoring generations of students. But hidden behind the appearance of an intelligent and well-behaved teenager, Will Cornick had spent years develo...

In this episode of You Can't Unhear , we explore the chilling true story behind The Amityville Horror , one of the most famous haunted house cases in history. It begins with the 1974 DeFeo family murders , when Ronald "Butch" DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family inside their home at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York . But the mystery didn't end there. Just ove...

In this episode, we examine the tragic and controversial case of Dr. Momita Debnath , a 31-year-old medical resident who was found murdered inside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, India , after completing a grueling 36-hour shift. What initially appeared to be a routine hospital tragedy quickly became one of the most shocking criminal investigations in recent Indian history. As auto...

You're alone in an elevator. The doors slide shut. You press a button. Fourth floor. Then second. Then sixth. Then second again. Then tenth. Then fifth. Then the elevator stops. The doors begin to open. And someone is waiting outside. A woman. Standing perfectly still. She steps inside. According to thousands of people online, she is NOT from this world...

In this episode of You Can't Unhear, we explore the heartbreaking true crime case of Nurul Nadirah Abdullah, better known as Dirang, a 4-year-old Malaysian girl who disappeared after leaving home to buy instant noodles from a nearby convenience store. What began as an ordinary afternoon in Johor Bahru quickly turned into one of Malaysia's most shocking child abduction and murder cases. As...

Tonight is a special episode. One hundred episodes ago, I uploaded a story hoping maybe a few people would listen. Somehow... we're still here. So for episode one hundred... I wanted to cover one of the most infamous supernatural rituals ever shared online. A ritual that begins in a bathtub. And ends with something following you through the rest of your life. This is the story of The Bath Game...

This is the case of Yupi, an Indonesian woman who disappeared for nearly two years after entering a relationship with a man who called himself Yuda. While her family believed she had chosen to cut contact, the reality was far more disturbing. Trapped, isolated, and subjected to years of abuse, Yupi was moved between boarding houses while her captor controlled her phone, finances, and communication...

One morning... people arrive at your village. Not soldiers. Not invaders. Priests. Officials. Messengers from the most powerful empire in South America. And they've come for you. Your parents don't cry. They don't hide you. They don't run. Instead... they celebrate. Because being chosen is considered the greatest honor imaginable. You will travel across mountains. Across deserts. A...

You're nineteen years old. You're sitting in front of your computer. Scrolling through the news. Just another ordinary day. Then a headline catches your attention. A murder. In a town you've recently visited. A town where your mother lives. You call the police. Just to be safe. The officer on the other end asks your name. Pauses. Then says something you'll never forget. "I'...

It's 3:30 in the morning. You wake up before your alarm. You walk into the room. Three chairs wait for you. The left chair is called the Queen. The right chair is called the Fool. And according to the ritual... those names exist for a reason. And somewhere online... thousands of strangers have left behind the same warning. Do not look into the mirrors. Do not let the candle go out. And whateve...

Imagine you're sixteen years old. You fall in love for the first time. The kind of love that feels bigger than your family. The kind of love that whispers: "It's us against the world." Now imagine the world you're fighting against is your own father. And one night... after more than seventy stab wounds... you pull out your phone. Press record. And say: "Welcome back to our...

Turn off the lights. Close the door. Stand in your corner. And whatever you do... don't look behind you. There are four corners in the room. The counting begins. One. Two. Three. You walk to the next corner. Facing the wall. Following the rules. Then the signals begin. One knock. One clap. One footstep. One touch. Four players. Four signals. Exactly as expected. Until one night... someone hear...

Imagine growing up without school. Your entire world is one house. One family. And when you're born into that world... you don't know anything is wrong. Because to you... this is normal. For decades... an entire family lived hidden from society in Australia. When authorities finally entered their property... they found children who could barely speak. Adults who didn't understand basic...

Someone lights a candle. Someone else places a doll made from a coconut shell in the center of the room. A pen is attached to its hand. And then someone begins to chant. "Jelangkung jelangsat..." "There's a party here..." "A small party..." At first... nothing happens. Then suddenly... the doll feels heavier. As if someone else is holding it too. The pen begins to move....

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night. Outside your tent, the wind screams across an empty mountain. The temperature is nearly negative forty degrees. Cold enough to kill you in minutes. Then suddenly, something happens. Something so terrifying that nine experienced hikers cut their way OUT of their own tent. From the inside. Not through the zipper. Not carefully. They sliced through the fa...

In Japan, there's a saying: "When it comes to the dead, everything is reversed." There's an old story in Japan. A couple is driving home late one summer night after a festival. Enjoying the drive home. Then they see a young boy standing alone on the roadside. Wearing a yukata. The woman tells her boyfriend: "Stop the car. He might need help." But instead of slowing down, th...

Day after day... the smell grows stronger. Always strongest near one apartment. Apartment 113. ... Inside that apartment... a man keeps insisting everything is fine. His wife has gone back to Indonesia. He's just cooking soup. ... By the time police finally enter the apartment... they would discover one of the most horrifying crime scenes Australia had seen in years. Inside the kitchen... a la...

In 1973, the world watched The Exorcist. A film so disturbing that some audience members fainted in theaters. Others ran out screaming. Churches condemned it. Critics praised it. And despite all the controversy... it became one of the most successful horror films ever made, The Exorcist. But what frightened audiences most, wasn't the spinning heads. Or the green vomit. It was a single sentence...

Imagine you're four years old. You don't go to school. You don't have friends. To the government, you don't exist. To the world, you've never been there. On a hot summer morning in New York City... police made a discovery that would haunt investigators for decades. A little girl. No older than four years old. Found alone. Discarded. Hidden away from the world. And what happened...

Imagine waking up at exactly 3:00 in the morning. Not because of a nightmare. Not because of a noise. You just... wake up. Then you hear it. A woman crying. Not normal crying. Not someone arguing outside. Not a neighbor. This sounds different. Broken. Like someone is mourning something they lost a very long time ago. At first it sounds distant. Far away. Maybe a few streets over. Then it gets clos...

Imagine it's the middle of winter. And all you can think about is getting home. Something warm to eat. A hot shower. A good night's sleep. As you walk through the streets of Nanjing... your eyes catch something near the sidewalk. A plastic bag. You pick it up. Open it. And inside... you find meat. It feels like luck. So you take it home. Hours later... while washing the meat beneath runnin...

Imagine you're walking beside a lake. A quiet lake. The kind hidden deep inside a forest. The water is perfectly still. And floating near the shore... you see a flower. A water lily. Beautiful. Almost glowing. You step closer. You kneel down. Stretch out your hand. Your fingertips touch the water. And suddenly... something moves beneath the surface. Then you realize... the face looking back is...

You're posting a joke online. Just a random joke. The kind of thing you've posted hundreds of times before. Your friends laugh. A few people leave comments. Then you put your phone away and go to sleep. The next morning... you board a bus. And by the following day... people are sharing that same post across the internet. Not because it's funny. But because it suddenly feels like a warn...