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As a child growing up in the Philippines, the Dannah lived directly across from a school that locals believed had once been a graveyard. Stories of strange occurrences at the school were common, but didn't consider being a believer in ghosts until one night when the events began.
After changing the sleeping position, a white figure was seen sitting at the foot of the bed. 
Years later, after moving to Canada, the unexplained experiences apparently weren't over.
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For this family, the story began with a curse.
In 1999, a woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, became so sick that her family feared she might die. During the ordeal, she saw her deceased father and believed he was calling her to follow him. And now, more than twenty years later, another terrifying episode started bringing strange visions, shadows, unexplained sounds, and an experience her daughter says changed everything she believed about the supernatural.
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In these true scary stories, we hear from Jasmine and a strange scene that was later proven to be true after a series of strange coincidences. In the second scary story, Amanda tells us about the paranormal happenings in her life, things like premonitions, visions, and even physical objects moving. The third comes in from Juan, who tells us about a song (Tiptoe Through the Tulips) that seems to keep finding it's way back to scare a group of cousins.
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When she was eleven years old, she traveled to Georgia with her family to visit her great uncle, who was dying from advanced dementia. During a family prayer at his bedside, she opened her eyes and saw something she still can't explain: a massive, dark figure leaning over him.
The figure seemed to notice her.
What happened next stayed with her for years, especially after her great uncle died shortly after the family returned home. Was it a shadow person, a spiritual presence, something connected to death, or simply something her young mind couldn't understand?
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After losing her older brother in a tragic car accident, a young woman struggled with overwhelming guilt and grief for years. Then one unforgettable dream finally gave her the peace she'd been searching for. Nearly two decades later, as her mother battled terminal cancer, she experienced another unexplained visitation that seemed to warn her of what was coming. Were these simply dreams born from grief, or messages from loved ones? This is a deeply emotional true story of loss, family, hope, and the mysteries that continue long after death.
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A quiet afternoon of homework turns unsettling when a towering human figure appears behind a sheet separating a dining room from the hallway. Gabrielle assumes it's a family member playing a prank, but the figure disappears without footsteps, doors opening, or any obvious explanation. Then, years later, a four-year-old begins screaming at something invisible in the kitchen and describes it as being the same height as the doorway. 
After two family members passed away inside a home in Edinburg, Texas, one family began experiencing strange events they still can't explain. It included night terrors and a child screaming at s...

Entities that you thought were watching out for you might not be what they seem.
In this scary story, Corey updates us from our last episode called Checking Up On Me (https://truescarystory.com/episode/checking-up-on-me) with a terrifying realization: something appears to be following him. A series of unfortunate events, some of them tragic, seem to be tied to something that he cannot explain. The events are continuing to this day.
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A mysterious beam of white light appears in broad daylight when a seven-year-old child is home alone. Years later, that unexplained moment becomes only the first chapter in a lifetime filled with shadow figures, haunted homes, disappearing objects, electronic voice phenomena, and a terrifying experience involving an abandoned doll that led to a desperate attempt at an exorcism. Could these events all be connected, or is it simply a lifetime of impossible coincidences?

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Many people believe Ouija boards can open doors to something unseen. But what if simply bringing home an image of one was enough? Tonight's true paranormal encounter follows a listener whose already haunted home erupted with frightening activity after one strange purchase at a local market.
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Some families inherit eye color or personality traits. Others believe they inherit something far more mysterious.
In this true story, a listener recounts decades of unexplained experiences beginning in southern Italy and continuing after moving to the United States. We start off with footsteps in an empty house and dreams that seemed to predict death, moving to the story of a daughter who claims to see spirits and encounters with an unsettling shadow figure, this is a deeply personal account of a family convinced the paranormal runs in their bloodline.
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What if paranormal activity followed you everywhere you went? 
In this true scary story, a woman shares a lifetime of ghost encounters that began in childhood after losing her twin before birth. Experiences involving shadowy figures and unexplained voices to haunted houses, prophetic dreams, and objects moving on their own actually spanned decades and followed through multiple homes. Whether you believe in spirits or not, this unsettling account will leave you questioning what may exist just beyond our understanding.
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An abandoned house, a historic morgue, and footsteps coming from inside a building that appeared completely sealed. Today, we'll hear about a group of friends that explore a forgotten property in Rancho Cucamonga, California, only to encounter strange noises, violent banging from within the house, and an eerie feeling that followed them long after they left. Was it a trespasser, an animal, or something far darker?
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Could paranormal activity follow someone from place to place? In this chilling listener submission, years of unexplained events unfold across childhood homes, rural properties, and an unsettling brick house with a disturbing history involving séances and mysterious symbols.
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This unsettling true story follows Chris, whose move to Los Angeles spiraled into years of confusion, hospital visits, harassment, and bizarre episodes of lost control after meeting roommates connected to a local tragedy. Is the explanation within in psychology, coincidence, or something beyond understanding?
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In rural New Mexico, during a quiet walk beneath a full moon, both the storyteller and her husband witnessed something impossible: shadowy figures, an overwhelming sense of dread, and a pale creature unlike anything either had ever seen. Was it folklore brought to life, a demonic presence, or something science has yet to explain?
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A late-night visit to the isolated Dode Church in Kent was supposed to be nothing more than a family adventure. Instead, it was the start of years filled with strange sightings, recurring dreams, unexplained noises, and eerie events witnessed by multiple members of the same family. Did something follow them home? Listen to it and then tell me what you think.
In our second story, Maxine tells us about when her family rented an old Ontario farmhouse where the previous owner had died, but they never expected years of unexplained activity. Stuff like footsteps echoing through empty hallways, whispered...

From the age of seven, one listener began waking to strangers standing beside the bed, desperately trying to communicate. It all began at a small Kansas apartment, but they eventually ended up in an 1880 home filled with unexplained footsteps, terrifying encounters, paranormal investigations, and a spirit that may have tried to protect the family from something much darker. The hauntings haven't stopped.
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In this true scary story, Mariah, a listener from Utah, recounts decades of chilling paranormal encounters experienced by multiple generations of one family. We'll hear about a mysterious presence in a nursery that coincided with a tragic death as well as transparent figures, impossible handprints, and something crawling across a bed in the dead of night. Can a family's history can become permanently tied to the unexplained?
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Shadow people. Hollow white eyes. Sudden paralysis. A listener recounts years of recurring nighttime encounters that blur the line between medical phenomenon and paranormal attack. As the experiences grow darker and more physical, one question remains: was this only sleep paralysis… or something far worse waiting beside his bed?
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In this scary story, Zack tells us about paranormal activity began following him everywhere he went. It started as small disturbances, but eventually became impossible to ignore: floating objects, shaking doorknobs, unexplained scratches, shadow figures, and encounters with voices mimicking dead relatives. But one terrifying night changed everything when something inhuman crawled into his bedroom pretending to be his grandparents. This is a deeply unsettling true story of spiritual attachment and years of unexplained paranormal encounters.
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In the late 2000s, a family living in a newly built Texas neighborhood became close with the neighbors next door. Everything felt normal until a Ouija board entered the picture. Chris was just being curious, but it caused unexplained phenomena that affected multiple homes and didn't really end.
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A childhood memory from Phoenix, Arizona describes a night in a mirror-filled bedroom where a young girl wakes up to something emerging from a reflection. What she saw challenges how mirrors, sleep, and perception are understood. A disturbing personal account that still affects her life today, especially considering that her family has a history of witches.
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Tonight’s terrifying account begins with childhood night terrors and evolves into something much more disturbing. After years of seeing the same shadow figure, playing with Ouija boards, and experiencing terrifying dreams, one person began to question whether she was more than haunted… perhaps even a doorway for spirits themselves. 
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In this true scary story, James, a listener from San Antonio shares a terrifying multi-generational haunting that began in the early 1950s after his grandmother encountered a mysterious man wearing a top hat. Everywhere they lived, from newly built homes to eerie trailers filled with porcelain dolls, strange paranormal activity seemed to follow the entire family for decades. Was something invited in… or was the family marked from the very beginning?
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Tonight’s episode features two unsettling true paranormal stories from people who spent years hoping the activity in their lives would finally stop. Kaylee begins describing terrifying encounters beginning in early childhood: ghostly figures standing at the foot of her bed, crosses mysteriously disappearing, growling outside her room, violent sleep paralysis, and a towering shadow entity that seemed to follow her for years. Even after tattooing a cross onto her body appeared to stop the activity, a psychic medium later warned her that whatever was attached to her was only waiting to come back. Did it return?
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It was replying to them with undeniable accuracy. There was a ghost with them in the room… or maybe something worse.
In these true scary stories, we’ll hear from Vanessa who retells her experience in joining a group of friends to use the ouija board. When that didn’t work, they turned to a ghost box (a spirit communication device), and they were able to contact the other side. Unfortunately for them, the session turned hostile.
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From a haunted childhood home in India to a quiet cemetery in Canada, Nitika recounts a lifetime of unsettling encounters that defy explanation. It all starts with a strange moment on a terrace soon unfolds into a series of deeply personal experiences with disturbing visions, prophetic dreams, and a chilling encounter that may have uncovered a real crime. Are these coincidences, intuition, or something far more supernatural? 
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What starts as a routine overnight shift in a downtown Oakland call center slowly turns into a series of chilling, unexplained encounters. We hear about shadowy figures lurking in cubicles and an eerily disturbing presence that crawls across the floor. Even worse, the experiences intensify as the workplace changes locations. Even new offices bring new horrors: strange atmospheres, unexplainable shapes, and something that seems aware. This is a firsthand account of persistent, escalating paranormal activity in places meant to feel ordinary: your everyday workplace.You can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.<...

In these true scary stories, two storytellers recount deeply unsettling experiences that followed them from childhood into adulthood. Breanna tells us about a ghostly family frozen in time and a presence that lurks in the shadows of a shared home. Rowan then joins us to tell us about a house that seems to replay moments from beyond reality itself. These experiences are far more disturbing than either expected.



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Two chilling firsthand accounts explore what happens when something unseen keeps showing up over and over. In Chelsea’s story, a series of escalating disturbances follow her across multiple homes. The strange thing is that they seem to be always tied to one relationship, and always ending the same terrifying way. In our second story, Rebecca recalls a childhood experience in her grandmother’s house, where a simple search for a missing adult turns into a moment that her family will never forget. How do you explain what happened?
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Two deeply unsettling firsthand accounts unfold. In the first, Cailynn recounts years of encounters with shadow figures tied to a dark presence that seems to follow her family across multiple homes and generations. In the second, Pablo shares a single, unforgettable night when his young son woke in absolute terror, fixated on something standing in their doorway that no one else could see. Together, these stories explore the terrifying unknown, the instincts that take over in moments of fear, and the unsettling idea that some presences don’t need to be seen to be real.
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On a quiet August night, an unexplained voice echoes through a home... seemingly real. By morning, tragedy strikes with shocking news that changes everything. As grief unfolds, strange dreams and lingering questions behind loss, but also something beyond it. This is a story about friendship, sudden death, and the haunting possibility that some connections don’t end when life does.
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In this true scary story, we hear about eerie childhood memories inside James' grandmother’s house in Corpus Christi, Texas. There, he experienced paranormal encounters that seemed to follow him into adulthood. Tonight, he shares a lifetime of unexplained experiences. Strange noises in dark hallways, religious statues turning overnight, shadow figures, and an object brought back from Iraq that may have carried something with it. Was it a haunting tied to a place… or something far more personal?
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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 wilderness. But after falling asleep on a remote ridge, he woke to a pounding, unexplained headache and struggled to catch his breath. As he tried to figure out what was happening to his body, an eerie whooping call began echoing through the darkness, coming from a large animal that seemed to be challenging him.
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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 imagination until it followed her across state lines, through new houses, and into adulthood. From shadow figures and whispered voices to a terrifying shared encounter in an Amish home… and then from violent energy inside her brother’s room to a presence that seemed to want her at Cameron Park’s infamous Witches Castle… the experiences continued spanning nearly 30 years. 
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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 follow her from childhood into adulthood. It began with her name being called when no one was there. Later came footsteps on the porch, invisible hands tugging at her feet, and a ceiling fan that moved on its own.
But the most powerful encounters didn’t happen until after tragedy struck her family in 2019. What followed were moments so vivid, so emotional, that she still wonders if it was a dr...

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. It was there where one man believed he understood the woods of West Virginia. He had the directions and knew the trails. But during one late-night hike back to his car, the forest changed. The insects stopped making noise, and suddenly he heard a large creature chasing after him.
Was it a predator? A legend? Or something far older that still lingers in those mountains?
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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 bedroom window to years of shadow figures, unseen hands, and voices coming from empty rooms, this episode follows one listener’s lifelong relationship with the unexplained. As an adult, the activity intensifies, focused around a single presence that peers from doorways and vanishes when noticed.
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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 with them. Strange sounds, unseen movement, animals refusing to enter certain spaces… all leading to one moment that still makes their heart race years later. 
What happened in the middle of an ordinary afternoon shattered every rational explanation and left behind physical proof that something in the house can act with intent.
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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 far too young to understand what they were seeing. The first begins with a single night, a terrifying sound, and glowing red eyes watching from outside a bedroom window, an experience two sisters would not speak about for years. The second unfolds across decades inside a quiet house on the east side of Toledo, Ohio, where a shadowy presence seems tied to one specific room… and one family.
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