True Scary Stories

Close Your Eyes: The Basement Rule

He found a rule in a pitch-black basement, surrounded by machetes and bear traps, with something dead three feet away. The rule: keep your eyes open and you'll see nothing; close them, and you'll see everything. What impossible truth did he uncover when he finally shut his eyes?

In this episode, we delve into a chilling account from a teenager's search for genuine fear, far from jump scares, leading him to an abandoned farmhouse at the edge of an Ohio forest. Discover the terrifying secret hidden within its basement, where a simple rule defied all logic.

Person: Hans
Location: Midwest Ohio
Setting: Abandoned farmhouse
Discovery: A rule about seeing in the dark
Object: Bear traps

- The rule was discovered in a basement filled with hanging machetes and rusted bear traps.
- The narrator, 13, moved to a suburb in Midwest Ohio from near the Appalachian Mountains.
- The abandoned farmhouse was located one to two miles into a dark, tangled Ohio forest.
- The basement floor had a gap 3-4 feet wide, dropping into a 100-foot spillway to a gorge river.
- Hans, a German kid, was one of three friends who accompanied the narrator to the house.

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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 Four Seconds Nobody Saw

A security camera captured a man standing behind Terry Schultz for exactly four seconds before a door opened, a man who should not have been there. Nobody was watching the monitor that night, and this crucial footage went unnoticed until it was too late. What happened when someone decided everyone in that room would answer for a past injustice?

In this episode, we delve into the methodical events of a night where a film producer's condo became a sealed trap. We explore the intruder's meticulous planning, the guests' unwitting roles, and the chilling transformation of a luxury building into a scene of retribution.

Person: Carmine Montell
Location: Carmine Montell's building
Event: Industry gathering
Weapon: Spring-loaded knife
Tool: Battery-powered screwdriver

- A security camera recorded four seconds of an unknown man behind Terry Schultz.
- The intruder used a fake online identity to befriend Terry Schultz and gather details.
- Every external door in the condo was screwed shut, and all blinds were closed.
- Nine people were still alive inside the condo after the initial attack.
- The motive was uncredited work on a film adaptation and a threatening email from legal counsel.

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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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They Drank From The Well. Only One Child Returned

A wedding videographer, trained to observe and stay behind the camera, receives an email offering $8,000 to document a secluded religious community. His son was born with unprecedented deformities, and this mysterious offer arrives during his family's darkest hour. What secret did this isolated community hold, and why did they specifically seek him out?

In this episode, we delve into the unsettling story of Dowhy, a man desperate for a solution to his son's condition, who accepts a job that leads him to a remote settlement in West Virginia. He encounters a leader who issues a chilling warning about a well, and a congregation of people with visible physical differences, all of whom arrived within the last month.

Person: Dowhy
Location: One hour from Pleasantview, West Virginia
Event: Documentation of a religious community
Payment: $8,000
Status: Unexplained healing

- Dowhy's son, Alan, was born with unprecedented deformities despite healthy prenatal results.
- The mysterious email offered $8,000 for documentation, with $4,000 paid in advance.
- The community consisted of approximately thirty people, all with visible physical differences, none having been there longer than a month.
- Pastor Madison warned Dowhy to "stay away from the well" upon his arrival.
- A deformed calf, similar to Alan's condition, was presented and then inexplicably "healed" during a service.

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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 Buried Roller Coaster with Four Ways to Die

Five people went underground inside an abandoned amusement park and never came back up. The one who survived has spent years being told to say nothing about the roller coaster buried beneath Adventure Valley, which does not appear on any blueprint. It has four buttons on its control panel, each a different color, and each color is a different way to die. What secrets were buried with the park?

In this episode, we uncover the chilling story of Adventure Valley Amusement Park, which operated for about fifteen years before closing in 1989. We delve into the mysterious financial discrepancies, the ambitious plan to reopen the park, and the terrifying discovery of a hidden track that led to an unimaginable fate.

Case: Adventure Valley Amusement Park
Location: Valley Park Drive South, exit nineteen
Opened: Early nineteen seventies
Closed: Nineteen eighty-nine
Owner: Abel Bissette
Discovery: Secondary lever labeled "Track B"

- Five people went underground and never returned.
- A hidden roller coaster track was discovered, not on any official documents.
- The control panel had four buttons, each representing a different way to die.
- Financial records showed half of the park's revenue disappeared under "county services."
- The train car dropped into a precisely square hole in the ground, leading to darkness.

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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 Challenger Deep: They Heard a Voice

A U.S. government recording, never acknowledged, captures a calm, feminine voice speaking perfect English from the deepest Atlantic. It gave coordinates, a date, and then said in Latin: "my blood for you." Two men followed those coordinates and never returned, leaving behind a chilling mystery of the deep ocean.

In this episode, we delve into the account of a journalist who uncovered this story from Jack Brady, a former Navy sailor and rescue diver. Brady, who worked for a clandestine government unit, revealed details of a terrifying dive in 1982 where he encountered a decomposed body with black, purposeful eyes that opened underwater.

Person: Jack Brady
Location: South of the Falkland Islands, Bahamas
Date: July 13, 1982
Event: Underwater encounter
Organization: Ocean Studies Unit (OSU)

- A voice from the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean gave coordinates and a date, ending with "my blood for you" in Latin.
- Jack Brady, a 71-year-old former Navy diver, worked for the unacknowledged Ocean Studies Unit for nearly four decades.
- In 1982, Brady responded to a body recovery call off Andros Island, finding a corpse with feet in concrete at 23 meters depth.
- Despite advanced decomposition, the body's eyes opened, completely black, and its mouth moved deliberately.
- The journalist who published Brady's story under a false name noted a profound shift in the air when Brady began his account.

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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 Grins: My Friend Returned, Unaged, Glazed White

A child found wandering a highway, bald and coated in a white glaze, spoke only one name: Trevor. Twenty years earlier, Trevor had vanished at age seven, yet the boy found was unaged, his body unchanged. What happened to Trevor, and why did he return only to die with a chilling warning?

In this episode, we uncover the unsettling story of Trevor's disappearance and reappearance, beginning on a rural farm twenty years ago. We explore the strange events surrounding a mysterious house that only children could see, and the terrifying entities known as "The Grins."

Person: Trevor
Event: Child abduction
Location: Rural farm
Status: Unaged, returned, died
Time: Twenty years later

- A seven-year-old boy vanished from a farm and reappeared two decades later, physically unaged.
- The returned boy was bald and covered in a hardened white glaze.
- He spoke only one name, belonging to a man who recognized his voice despite the twenty-year gap.
- A mysterious three-story house, dark green with yellow shutters, appeared and disappeared, visible only to children.
- Terrifying entities with large white eyes and wide, flat smiles, known as "The Grins," were seen at the house.

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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 Attic's Thirteenth: It Left Notes

An old man spent his life destroying every trace of two months he spent at Byron House, a building that had burned down sixty years before he wrote a final warning letter. This letter, addressed to a man named James, begins with the chilling instruction: "Do not read this." What terrifying secret did he witness in an asylum that officially had no remaining evidence, no crime scene, and no body?

In this episode, we uncover the unsettling account of a young medical student's rotation at Byron House, a private mental asylum in northern England. Despite official records, something unseen and unexplained resided in the attic, leaving behind cryptic notes. What was the "thirteenth patient" that no one spoke of, and what did the practitioner see when he disobeyed the strict instruction not to look through the attic door's slot?

Person: The practitioner
Location: Byron House, Barton, northern England
Period: Early 1950s
Status: Burned down 60 years prior to letter
Topic: Paranormal asylum events

- The old man destroyed all records of his time at Byron House, except for one final letter.
- Byron House was a three-story Victorian stone building, originally a home for the elderly.
- Dr. Samuel Monroe reopened it as a private mental asylum with twelve patients.
- The practitioner, a medical student, arrived in December for a two-month rotation.
- A locked attic door had a slot at the bottom, and specific instructions were given for delivering a meal tray: "do not put your eye to the gap."

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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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Hello: The Site That Saw You Back

A self-taught hacker stumbled upon a philosophical riddle chain that led him to a mysterious website. What he typed into the prompt wasn't a question, but an admission, and something on the other side already knew he was coming. What did he truly encounter on the site, and what saw him back?

In this episode, we delve into the chilling account of a man who accessed a nameless website, discovering hidden content and a video that changed everything. Explore the strange events that followed, including mysterious visitors and an unsettling text message.

Case: The Nameless Site
Person: Self-taught hacker
Location: Paris catacombs, Classified space station Kronos 1
Status: Ongoing surveillance
Event: Encounter with a mysterious website

- A man typed "What also seeks me" into a prompt and gained access to a site with an unknown writing system.
- An agent named Ben stated that 80% of the site's content was fabricated, designed to mislead.
- The remaining 20% included a video from the Paris catacombs showing four human skulls fused into a moving torso.
- It also contained a live transmission from a space probe beyond the Kuiper Belt, received by Kronos 1.
- A grainy video on the site showed a figure turning its head towards the camera, with the caption "Hello" appearing.

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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 Perfume: You Walked a Mile Asleep

In this episode, we delve into the bizarre experience of a seventeen-year-old boy in a small Florida beach town who stumbled upon a mysterious music stream called Relax FM in the summer of 2016. What happened when the channel seemed to find him back?

Person: Tony (Anthony)
Age: 17
Location: Florida beach town
Event: Woke up on courthouse steps
Date: Summer 2016

- Tony last remembered being on a church roof, one mile away, listening to music.
- He discovered a live stream called Relax FM on YouTube, playing lo-fi hip-hop.
- The viewer count for Relax FM dropped from 230 to 1, then to 0, with Tony as the sole viewer.
- The channel, Relax FM, only appeared in search results when Tony was logged into his personal account.
- His mother smelled an unfamiliar woman's perfume on his clothes after the incident.

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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 Salesman Who Knew Your Father

An ordinary Tuesday evening turns into a chilling encounter when a mysterious salesman, Mr. Black, arrives at a man's door, selling an encyclopedia of "remarkable lives." Every electronic device in the house dies, and the Ring doorbell camera records nothing but an empty porch. What impossible truth does this salesman reveal about the man's past, and what happens when he opens the unmarked book?

In this episode, we delve into the unsettling arrival of a salesman who seems to know more than he should. From the inexplicable failure of a security camera to the transfer of a strange warmth, this story explores the thin veil between the mundane and the truly bizarre.

Person: Mr. Black
Item: Encyclopedia of remarkable lives
Location: Kansas City
Event: Ivan Robson's execution
Date: September 15, 1932

- The salesman, Mr. Black, was dressed in a tweed suit and carried a leather briefcase.
- Every electronic device in the house went dark the moment Mr. Black crossed the threshold.
- The Ring doorbell camera recorded no image of Mr. Black, only an empty porch.
- The book had a reddish-brown leather cover with no title or author, and yellowed pages.
- The man found himself inside a memory of Charles Robinson, a 32-year-old locksmith in Kansas City.

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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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