Listen "S17 Ep75: The Best of Scary Stories, Vol. 1"
Episode Synopsis
Three of our favorite scary stories from Halloween specials of our past.
🎤Radio Story: The Thing by Thomas McKean
When Thomas was a kid, he and a friend saw a shadowy oblong shape following them on a beach. Years later, he feels chained to his bed in the middle of the night when the same figure, then two more hover over him.
keywords: Paranormal encounter, Shadow figure,Beach sighting,Sleep paralysis,Night terrors,Childhood mystery,UFO-like entity,Supernatural experience
🎤Radio Story: Your Health and Your Soul by Erika Steigerwald
As a psychiatric nurse, it’s out of Erika’s wheelhouse to accept that a patient is possessed by a demon, and yet… the series of inexplicable and terrifying phenomena she experienced with one patient made her a believer.
keywords: Possession phenomenon,Haunted patient,Paranormal psychiatry,Demonic influence,Psychological horror,Supernatural events,Spiritual awakening,Mental health, spirits
🎤Radio Story: The Man in the Top Hat by Alan Weber
Alan and his little brother saw a growling man in a top hat one night in their bedroom. Alan's brother was so haunted by the figure that he stabbed himself, and later at church, was hurled toward the altar against his volition.
keywords: Haunted figure,Top hat ghost,Nighttime apparition,Childhood trauma,Psychic disturbance,Spiritual haunting,Nightmares and visions,Supernatural horror
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