Scary | A Paranormal Podcast

Scary | A Paranormal Podcast

Real-Life Paranormal Stories 110 - Split

Scary | A Paranormal Podcast features true paranormal stories submitted by listeners from around the world.

Each week, I narrate personal accounts of ghost encounters, haunted houses, and unexplained events, shared by people who lived through them.

These are not fictional stories. They’re real experiences that left a lasting impression.

You’ll also hear occasional episodes exploring well-known hauntings and eerie paranormal cases, always told in the same calm, immersive style.

If you’re drawn to the unknown or just love hearing chilling stories from real people, this podcast is for you.

Follow now and step into the world of true paranormal storytelling.

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Episode's summary

The narrator recounts a 1992 paranormal encounter where she and her friend Kelly, both 17, accepted a ride from a charming man met at a bar. The situation turns terrifying when they arrive at his house and descend into a basement, where the man begins exhibiting erratic, cult-like behavior and refuses to let them leave. While being held against their will by an unstable man whose behavior fluctuated between calm and violent, a mysterious figure appears at the top of the stairs. The narrator and Kelly manage to escape and find help, though the man later denies any wrongdoing.

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Highlights

He was completely fine as long as he was the one asking the questions.

00:10:02 · The narrator notes the first sign of the man's strange and controlling conversational pattern during the car ride.

I couldn't hear most of what he was saying but I remember him saying I already told you and then there was silence And then he said something like, they're fine.

00:14:20 · The narrator describes a creepy moment where the man appears to be talking to someone unseen in the kitchen.

at one point he stood up and he sort of danced with the music for a few seconds and then stopped and then he hit the wall with his fist really hard

00:18:38 · The man's behavior escalates from strange monologues to physical aggression and volatility.

And when he found us that nobody would ever see the both of us ever again.

00:23:17 · The man issues a terrifying threat to the narrator and Kelly regarding their safety if they attempt to leave.

I honestly believe that the knocks on the door and the man we saw at the top of the stairs was this guy's father who was helping us to get out of this house

00:27:54 · The narrator shares their paranormal theory regarding the identity of the mysterious figure who aided their escape.

Episodes

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The narrator recounts a 1992 paranormal encounter where she and her friend Kelly, both 17, accepted a ride from a charming man met at a bar. The situation turns terrifying when they arrive at his house and descend into a basement, where the man begins exhibiting erratic, cult-like behavior and refuses to let them leave. While being held against their will by an unstable man whose behavior fluctuated between calm and violent, a mysterious figure appears at the top of the stairs. The narrator and Kelly manage to escape and find help, though the man later denies any wrongdoing.

04 Oct 2026
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Rewind: 3 For 3

This exclusive Patreon episode of Scary features three distinct listener-submitted paranormal accounts. The first narrative details a series of childhood encounters involving a deceased relative, including unexplained communications and sensory manifestations like the scent of aftershave and snowmobile fumes. The second account describes an escalating haunting in a friend's home that eventually follows the narrator to their own house, characterized by moving objects, a shadowy figure with goat-like horns, and a physical attack. The final story recounts a long-term experience involving mysterious dancing lights and terrifying, raspy breathing sounds that persisted from childhood into adulthood. The episode explores themes of unexplained phenomena, the limits of rational explanation, and the lasting impact of supernatural encounters on the witnesses.

30 Aug 2026
108-

Rewind: The Calls

This episode explores a series of unsettling events involving Gary Sudbrink, beginning with a mysterious doppelgänger sighting in 1992 and progressing to strange, targeted phone calls in February 1993. During an unannounced trip to New York, Gary experienced unexplained helicopter sightings and intrusive strangers, culminating in late-night calls from a robotic voice that seemed to know his private travel details. The investigation delves into the cryptic nature of these calls, which referenced cosmic phenomena and private information. The narrator explores various theories regarding the source of the calls, ranging from extraterrestrial communication and government interference to technical anomalies where the signal appeared to originate from within Gary's own home.

24 Aug 2026
107-

Accommodation

This episode features two paranormal encounters. The first is a personal account from 2023 involving a stay at a holiday cottage in Groudl Glen, Isle of Man, where the narrator experienced being dragged from bed, mysterious loud noises, and the sensation of a large animal moving through the room. The second story, shared by Luke, describes an overnight shift at an old hotel in Sheffield in 2010. While working alone in the closed building, the narrator witnessed a television suddenly turn on at full volume and an empty lift operating between floors without any passengers.

09 Aug 2026
106-

Thrice

The host shares several paranormal encounters, beginning with a mysterious orange light appearing in a North Dakota basement bar and an encounter with a floating, non-human shape in Gloucestershire. The episode also explores experiences from a shared house in Devon, where objects moved on their own, and concludes with accounts of unexplained loud noises in an empty home.

28 Jul 2026

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