True Scary Stories

The Neighbor Who Never Left

A handwritten note with seven chilling words was found in a mailbox the morning she moved out, revealing a terrifying truth: her new townhouse was never truly hers. What kind of stalker leaves a message like "The cops leave, but I don't"?

In this episode, we revisit a disturbing case from Southern Illinois in 2021, where a young woman's attempt to start fresh in a new home quickly turned into a nightmare of constant surveillance and escalating fear. Discover the unsettling details that reveal how long she was being watched.

Location: Southern Illinois
Year: 2021
Victim Age: 27
Object Found: Stone
Note Content: "The cops leave, but I don't."

- A small, folded note was found in a mailbox on the day she moved out.
- The note contained seven words, indicating a targeted and persistent threat.
- A flat stone, the size of a paperback novel, was deliberately wedged under a patio gate.
- The stone disabled a spring-loaded latch designed for automatic locking.
- Two nights later, a door handle moved deliberately, followed by a man's shadow appearing on the blinds.

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OBOMEDIA presents real horror stories  a scary story podcast for the late night hours.
Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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The Lagoon Silhouettes: They Knew Where You Hid the Key

Four motionless silhouettes stood on a dock, watching a house full of teenagers on Long Beach Island whose family was away. Years later, on another island, a young man saw a boat that shouldn't exist and a person guarding it. How did they know exactly where the spare key was hidden?

In this episode, we revisit a chilling summer night on Long Beach Island where six teenagers were watched by four mysterious figures, and the unsettling events that unfolded years later on a different island. This story explores the unnerving details that defy coincidence and leave a lasting question about what truly happened.

Person: Charles
Location: Long Beach Island, New Jersey
Event: Unexplained intrusion
Status: Unsolved
Detail: Spare key location known

- Six teenagers were at a house on Long Beach Island while the family was in Florida.
- Four silhouettes were seen standing motionless on a dock across a narrow lagoon, watching the house.
- After being noticed, the four figures made "four consecutive, deliberate splashes" into the water.
- Soft, deliberate footsteps were heard on the upper floor of the house after the teenagers hid.
- The intruders entered through an upper deck sliding door that was accidentally left unlocked.

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OBOMEDIA presents real horror stories  a scary story podcast for the late night hours.
Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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The Man Who Knew Your Real Name

A stranger walks into a restaurant, says your name, and offers to take you to a first date that was never a first date. What happens when a carefully planned encounter turns into a chilling game of cat and mouse, leaving you questioning everything you thought you knew?

In this episode, we uncover the unsettling story of Jake, who found himself targeted by an unknown individual after a seemingly innocent online dating exchange. Explore the details of a meticulously orchestrated plan that left Jake changing his phone number and fearing for his safety.

Person: Jake
Event: A planned first date that never happened
Location: A restaurant in the city
Status: Unexplained harassment
Topic: Online dating deception

- Jake waited 30 minutes for a date with Rachel, who had no reservation.
- A man in his mid-forties with an unkempt beard approached Jake directly.
- The man knew Jake's real name, not the one used on the dating app.
- He claimed to be Rachel's brother and offered to take Jake to her place "a few blocks away."
- Jake received an instant message from Rachel's profile asking, "Why didn't you come?" after he left.

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OBOMEDIA presents real horror stories  a scary story podcast for the late night hours.
Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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The Hands on the Doorframe: They Left Prints

A nineteen-year-old alone in his apartment saw two hands gripping his bedroom doorframe at 2 AM. They vanished, but the next morning, fingerprints remained-photographed evidence of an impossible encounter. What happened in that small apartment that night?

In this episode, we delve into a chilling account of a night where a rational young man encountered something he couldn't explain. We explore the details of the apartment, the events leading up to the sighting, and the lingering question of how physical evidence could exist from an unseen presence.

Person: A nineteen-year-old commuter student
Time: 2 AM
Location: A first apartment
Evidence: Fingerprints on a doorframe
Object: A phone flashlight

- A nineteen-year-old saw two hands gripping his bedroom doorframe.
- The hands were at chest height, fingers curled around the wood, knuckles pale.
- The apartment was small, and the front door was audible from the bedroom.
- The next morning, fingerprints were found in the exact positions where the hands had been.
- The bedroom door was open during the entire incident.

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Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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The Lake Woman: Three Minutes Underwater

Two brothers fishing in an isolated lake witness something rise from the water, then disappear for nearly three minutes. When it resurfaces, it's five times closer, having crossed the lake's width without a single ripple. What impossible entity was watching them from below?

In this episode, we recount a chilling encounter at a remote lake, where a seemingly ordinary fishing trip turns into a terrifying ordeal. Hear the details that defy rational explanation and leave you questioning what truly lurks beneath the surface.

Event: Encounter with a mysterious figure
Location: Unnamed, inaccessible lake
Witnesses: Two brothers
Observation: Figure submerged for nearly three minutes
Anomaly: Traveled a significant distance underwater without surface disturbance

- Two brothers, experienced fishermen, visited a remote, unnamed lake.
- A figure rose from the water 200 feet away, then submerged for almost three minutes.
- The figure reappeared five times closer, having crossed most of the lake's width.
- No wake or surface movement was observed during the underwater transit.
- The figure, a young woman, was smiling and claimed to be "swimming."

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Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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Montauk's Dry Boy and the Siren's Regret

A fifteen-year-old boy is pulled unconscious from the Atlantic, coughing up seawater, yet his clothes are completely dry. His parents blame a single beer, but the boy carries a secret of what truly happened on the treacherous Montauk rocks. What impossible encounter left him with salt water in his lungs and dry fabric on his skin?

In this episode, we delve into the chilling account of a summer ritual gone wrong at the tip of Long Island, New York. We explore the boy's decision to keep silent for years and the details of his encounter with two mysterious women after a fall that should have ended very differently.

Person: A fifteen-year-old boy
Location: Montauk, Long Island, New York
Event: Encounter on slippery rocks
Detail: Clothes completely dry after being pulled from the ocean
Status: Unconscious, then conscious with two women

- A fifteen-year-old boy was found on Montauk rocks, clothes completely dry, coughing up seawater.
- He had consumed one beer approximately twenty minutes before venturing onto the slippery rock formation.
- After falling and hitting his head, he awoke to find himself far from shore with two unknown women.
- One woman had sepia-dark skin, curly brown hair, old gold eyes, and black wings.
- The second woman was blonde with a gaze like marble trapped underwater.

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Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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The Butterfly Necklace: She Sent a Child to Find It

A six-year-old boy, freezing under a porch on a 40-degree night, was saved by an impossible warmth and a voice that knew his name. What drove him there, and who was the mysterious woman who offered comfort and a strange request?

In this episode, we delve into the chilling story of Alex, a child sent to find something beneath a porch where his mother's bones were later discovered. Explore the inexplicable events that led to a six-year-old's survival and the shocking revelation that followed.

Person: Alex
Age: Six years old
Temperature: Approximately forty degrees Fahrenheit
Object: Butterfly necklace
Location: Beneath a porch

- Alex was six months old when his mother, Lily, vanished.
- The property was rural, with soft, dark soil beneath the porch.
- Alex was alone under the porch with a single thin blanket.
- A mysterious voice spoke to Alex, asking if he was cold.
- Alex experienced inexplicable warmth despite the freezing conditions.

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OBOMEDIA presents real horror stories  a scary story podcast for the late night hours.
Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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The Cockatoo's Bloody Secret Witness

On Christmas Eve, Kevin Butler was found brutally murdered in his home, bound and stabbed, with no signs of forced entry. But the most chilling detail was his pet cockatoo, Bird, found dead with a stab wound and a beak covered in blood that wasn't Kevin's. What did this silent witness see, and whose blood was it?

In this episode, we delve into the shocking murder of Kevin Butler and the unexpected role his pet cockatoo played in the investigation. Discover how a unique piece of evidence, delayed for seven months, ultimately unraveled a detective's prime suspect and revealed a truth no one anticipated.

Case: Kevin Butler Murder
Date: December 24, 2001
Location: Pleasant Grove, Dallas
Victim: Kevin Butler, 48
Witness: Bird, a white-crested cockatoo

- Kevin Butler was found bound at the wrists and ankles with electrical cord.
- He sustained multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen, blunt force injuries, and a cut throat.
- Bird, the cockatoo, was found with one leg missing, both wings broken, and a stab wound in her back.
- Bird's beak and claws were covered in blood that belonged neither to her nor to Kevin.
- DNA samples were collected from four points, including Bird's beak and claws, but results were delayed for seven months.

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OBOMEDIA presents real horror stories  a scary story podcast for the late night hours.
Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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Her Eyes Were White. Then She Barked

A five-year-old girl, whose sleep had always been clean and quiet, suddenly wakes up crying, whispering about "the tall dog." Days later, her eyes turn white, and she bites three children at school. What could cause such an irreversible change in a child?

In this episode, we delve into the chilling account of a father's year-long struggle after his wife's death, when an unexplainable presence begins to terrorize his daughter. Discover the subtle, terrifying signs that escalate from a mysterious mark on the floor to a child's complete transformation.

Person: Father
Child: Heather, five years old
Family Status: Wife died fourteen months earlier from a brain tumor
First Incident: Heather crying at 3 AM, whispering "The tall dog"
Second Incident: Heather biting three children at school

- The father found a narrow strip of grime on the hardwood floor leading to Heather's room.
- Heather woke crying at exactly three in the morning on the second night.
- The school director reported Heather had bitten three children, unprovoked.
- A teacher had to physically pull Heather away from a boy whose forearm was bleeding.
- Heather was found staring at the floor with the fixed, unblinking attention of a dog.

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OBOMEDIA presents real horror stories  a scary story podcast for the late night hours.
Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

Press play on our late night horror stories and late night scary stories, from storytime horror to a full horror stories compilation or scary stories compilation  real scary stories, scary stories based on true events, and dark stories to keep the lights on.

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