Horror Story: True Paranormal Mysteries and Hauntings

On should have been a regular sunny day, harvesters in the small town of Woolpit, England, made a strange discovery. In a pit made to trap wolves that would attack their livestock, they found two children: a young boy and his older sister. They would've been considered ordinary children if it weren't for one odd detail: their skin was a bright green color. They also didn't seem to be able to speak English or any other known language.Fortunately, one of them started learning the language and was finally able to explain where they came from. But the more the town started finding out about these children, the more the mystery grew. You can find Edwin social media as @edwincovHave an idea you want to send? Send me an email or DM! [email protected] can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.Get in touch on HorrorStory.com

This is a lesser-known, short eerie legend of Ketell, as found on Chronicon Anglicanum by Radulphi de Coggeshall. You might recognize the chronicle's name because it's the same one where the story of the Green Children of Woolpit appears.In this story, an innocent teenager that works the fields has an encounter with small demons that are planning to scare everybody in town. He soon realizes that he's the only one that can see demons and decides to keep the secret for himself. This story reached Radulphi's ears and he documented in the book as a true account. But how terrifying is it to be able to see these evil spirits?Find Edwin on social media as @edwincov or more stories at HorrorStory.com

They say that if you suddenly jolt awake at 3am, the devil was just by your side. But is there more to it? Known as the "Devil's Hour" or "Witching Hour", this time of the night has some eerie reasons to be feared. We'll hear tales about how the catholic church officially categorized you as a witch if you were at between 3 and 4 in the morning and verifiable explanations with actual cases where evil and 3 AM went hand in hand.You can find Edwin social media as @edwincovHave an idea you want to send? Send me an email or DM! [email protected] can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.Get in touch on HorrorStory.com

When the Spanish arrived in what they called "The New World," they documented the life of the indigenous people, new plants, and animals. They would report this back to their own governments. But along those handwritten documents, there were stories of dark, sinister entities that would roam at night. Tales that had been passed down by the natives, of things that could only be described as demons roaming the earth.Find Edwin as @edwincovHave an idea? HorrorStory.com or email me at [email protected] FM

For generations, Utah has been known as a place of faith, pioneers, and the search for a promised land. But beneath that history lies something far stranger.In this episode, I explore the eerie connection between early Mormon beliefs, frontier supernatural traditions, and some of Utah's most persistent ghost stories. From the Purple Lady of Salt Lake City to the haunted halls of the Great Saltair, these chilling accounts reveal a state where many believe the veil between the living and the dead has always been unusually thin.Are Utah's ghosts simply legends, or are they echoes of a spiritual worldview that never went away?You can find Edwin social media as @edwincovHave an idea you want to send? Send me an email or DM! [email protected] can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.Get in touch on HorrorStory.com

They say that Shepherdstown is one of the most haunted towns in the United States. Things seem to linger long after they happened, but here's the interesting part: they may not belong to the dead. In this episode, we examine terrifying encounters, interactive hauntings, and the bizarre events around Shepherdstown, all through the lens of parapsychology. The deeper we go, the more unsettling the truth becomes: some hauntings may need the living to exist.You can find Edwin social media as @edwincovHave an idea you want to send? Send me an email or DM! [email protected] can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.Get in touch on HorrorStory.com

A failed musician disappears… and returns months later as a master. This is the legend of Robert Johnson, the man said to have made a deal with the devil. Stories of haunted crossroads rituals and ghostly recordings that sound like more than one man playing, all surrounded Robert's life. Together, we'll explore the origins of the myth and the tragic reality behind it. Was it supernatural, or simply the cost of genius?You can find Edwin social media as @edwincovHave an idea you want to send? Send me an email or DM! [email protected] can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.Get in touch on HorrorStory.com

On a quiet night in 1996, a routine stop to pay an internet bill turned into one of the most infamous paranormal encounters in modern history. Two children. Coal-black eyes. And a single chilling demand: let us in. Tonight, we uncover the origin of the Black Eyed Kids.In the spring of that year, journalist Brian Bethel experienced something that would spark one of the internet’s most enduring urban legends. After sharing his story online, others began coming forward with eerily similar accounts. Pale faces, monotone voices, completely black eyes, and an unsettling need for permission to enter.In this episode, we explore the original encounter, the wave of reports that followed, and the disturbing lore surrounding what have come to be known as the Black Eyed Kids.Are they demons? Extradimensional beings? Or something even stranger?Want more free scary shows that I make? Search for them here! https://scary.fm Find Edwin on social media as @edwincov and get more of these episodes at HorrorStory.comAdditional resources: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/drbkw952rt92x7iuesclu/AKd7QJL612TZkqFhArXxpqU?rlkey=lt0f0a9jcg9dl98p6zjfqx2hi&st=j1pkknai&dl=0

In the hills outside Philadelphia lies Duffy’s Cut, a stretch of railroad haunted by whispers, strange lights, and a century-old secret. What began as a ghost story passed down through generations slowly revealed a hidden chapter of American history involving immigrant laborers, fear-driven violence, and a truth deliberately buried. This episode explores how folklore, science, and persistence converged to give voice to the forgotten dead and asks whether the spirits were ever really silent.You can find Edwin social media as @edwincovHave an idea you want to send? Send me an email or DM! [email protected] can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.Get in touch on HorrorStory.com

There is horror in the fields. When ranchers in Oregon stumble upon their most valuable bulls mysteriously mutilated, fear spreads across the community. No blood. No tracks. No answers. What they uncover connects to decades of eerie cases across the American West, and theories that reach far beyond the pastures. Cults? Aliens? Or something much worse?Join our free newsletter to get more stories: https://bio.scary.fmYou can find Edwin social media as @edwincovGet in touch on HorrorStory.com

In the remote Šumava mountains of the Czech Republic, legends of giants, strange lights, and translucent beings are whispered through a mix of folklore and extraterrestrial mystery. From a prehistoric “Giant’s Castle” with glowing bones to Cold War–era UFO sightings ignored by radar, the region has long been a hotspot of unexplained phenomena. Some claim aliens refuel on its uranium-rich peaks, while others whisper of forest spirits luring wanderers away. Šumava remains one of Europe’s most unsettling landscapes of high strangeness, and today, we'll find out why.You can find Edwin social media as @edwincovYou can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.

In 1987, a family purchased a set of second-hand bunk beds for their young daughters. Almost immediately after they started being used, their children started reporting a strange apparition, visions, and objects moving on their own. Can objects be haunted? And if so, are there more true accounts that can prove it to us? In this episode, we explore the Tallman Bunkbeds Haunting, as well as mention the Hexham Heads Mystery, and the Haunted Dybbuk Box.Here's the story of the bunk beds on Unsolved Mysteries: https://youtu.be/aSJqmSfT62cYou can find Edwin social media as @edwincovHave an idea you want to send? Send me an email or DM! [email protected] can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.Get in touch on HorrorStory.com

In the shadow of Cold War paranoia, a secret Soviet experiment aims to push the limits of human endurance by keeping test subjects awake for an extended period using a mysterious gas. As the days stretch on, the experiment spirals beyond scientific control, revealing unsettling truths about the human mind, the nature of sleep, and the darkness that lies within us all. This is The Russian Sleep Experiment, a creepypasta story that gained traction and still unnerves us over a decade later.You can find Edwin social media as @edwincovHave an idea you want to send? Send me an email or DM! [email protected] can get these ad-free through ScaryPlus.com free for 14 days, then 4.99 per month. Cancel anytime.Get in touch on HorrorStory.com