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The Whispering Woods Paranormal PodcastDo you like to get scared to death by real life ghost stories?The Whispering Woods is a podcast devoted to the darker side of life. Join us every Sunday as we discuss and share true, scary stories of the paranormal from ancient folklore to modern hauntings. Using immersive audio, The Whispering Woods transports listeners to another time, or even realm. Join us as we explore the unimaginable and terrifying, relaying tales of the supernatural from poltergeists to cryptids, The Hat Man to skinwalkers.Visit our website www.thewhisperingwoodspodcast.com Contact us at [email protected] Hosted o...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Sarah roots folklore, witness accounts and internet horror in the families, neighborhoods and local memories that keep frightening stories alive.
Sarah turns reports of apparitions and strange creatures into patient, scene-led narration, then steps outside the story to react in a warmer conversational register.
Apartment 4B stays sealed for decades, which is exactly the kind of warning you hope gets ignored.
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Plain storytelling and a few unnerving details do most of the work here.
Day 12 of 12 Days of Festive Frights keeps its chill grounded in small, ordinary details: a locked apartment door after 12:30 a.m., a rural school track lit by a candle, a cough in the dark, and something moving across a field on its hind legs.
A quiet ghost story that lets the atmosphere do the work.
The episode treats English ghost lore as lived local memory, not costume drama. Burton Agnes Hall and Tunstead Farm stay grounded in place, with shutters, hearthlight, creaking floors, and parish testimony doing most of the work.
A winter ghost story that lets snow, silence, and unease do the work.
This episode leans hard on winter: Green Hill, a missing man, and a dark shape at the treeline that never quite settles into certainty. The cold and the isolation do most of the work, and that is where the story feels strongest.
Five listener stories move from ordinary settings into uneasy encounters.
Five listener stories carry the episode, and the best part is how each one begins in an ordinary place before tipping into something harder to pin down. The sibling sighting lands especially well, with the kind of calm, shared certainty that lingers years later.
A sealed room and long-held warnings turn an old building into a steady source of dread.
This episode uses an old building and a sealed room to drive its unease, with Sarah circling 4B through odd sounds, cold spots, and warnings that have been passed around for years.
Folklore-driven paranormal storytelling that turns ordinary places into something quietly watchful.
This episode puts pukwudgies at the center of the story, and the best moments are the ones that let the oddness creep out of forest lore and into places that feel too familiar, like suburban backyards and bedrooms.
Sarah turns a flooded road, a pair of driveway visitors, and a piglike figure into a quietly unsettling listen.
Sarah keeps these three spooky stories moving at a steady clip, and the calmness makes the creepier parts land harder. The first one on the flooded road in the Irish countryside sets the tone, then the house that had been quiet for years shifts under two unexpected visitors, and…
A Cold War warning tale that turns a black limousine into a map of fear.
This episode treats the Black Vulgar legend as a Cold War warning story. It follows the black limousine, the secret-police rumors, the organ-thief variants, and the question of time to show how the myth soaked up local fears.
This episode features five spooky Reddit stories, starting with a personal account of encountering a shadow figure in a living room after a dream.
This episode explores the real historical case of Peter Plogojowitz, a peasant whose death in 1725 led to a series of mysterious village deaths that sparked vampire folklore.
This episode of the Whispering Woods podcast explores the creepy urban legend of the Umbrella Man, featuring storytelling by hosts Sarah and Toby.
This episode explores the history of Eastern State Penitentiary, America's first penitentiary designed for criminal reform through strict isolation, and touches on its paranormal aspects.
This episode explores the mysterious events of October 13, 1917, in Fatima, Portugal, where thousands witnessed a supernatural phenomenon involving the sun.
This episode features a casual, rambling introduction where the hosts discuss their cheese-filled Saturday before transitioning into sharing scary true stories from Reddit and listeners.
This episode explores lesser-known time slip stories in Liverpool, starting with a woman's eerie experience of suddenly finding herself transported to a Victorian-era street.
This episode recounts the anticipation and gathering of thousands of people, including skeptics and journalists, at Fatima on October 13, 1917, awaiting a promised public miracle from the Lady of Fatima.
This episode shares a chilling story about a teenager's encounter with a Pukwudgie, a mythical creature from folklore, in the woods of North Carolina.
This episode explores the mysterious alien encounter of Carl Higdon with a being called Ausso One, based on a listener request and research into this spooky true story.
This episode explores the Durango demonic possession case, a true paranormal story discussed by hosts Sarah and Toby on the Whispering Woods podcast.
This episode explores the mysterious disappearances in the Bennington Triangle area of Vermont, focusing on a 1950 case where a young boy vanished without a trace.
This episode explores the origin story of Baba Vanga, a blind Balkan woman who gained prophetic visions after a childhood storm accident.
This episode shares two scary Reddit stories, starting with a tale about a tutor in Thailand who encounters four students after their bus crashes, featuring a mysterious figure with black eyes.
This episode explores terrifying night creatures from Afghan folklore, including demons and witches that haunt the darkness in local legends.
This episode tells the true paranormal story of a man in Indonesia who can generate fire and healing energy through concentration, witnessed by Western documentarians.
This episode tells the historical vampire story of Arnold Paole in a 1731 Serbian village, where villagers believe he stalks them from beyond the grave.
A man encounters a mysterious, bear-like creature with glowing yellow eyes while walking through the Mulberry holler in Kentucky on a moonless night.
This episode features the hosts Sarah and Roger sharing real listener-submitted paranormal horror stories from Reddit, including tales about entities, magicians, masks, and heads.
This episode features a listener's personal story about experiencing phantom sightings linked to ADHD, shared as part of a collection of true scary paranormal tales.
This episode explores the bizarre 1850 haunting of the Phelps Mansion in Stratford, Connecticut, involving Reverend Elikim Phelps and the dawn of American spiritualism.
This episode shares a Reddit story about an unexplainable experience at a pier where the narrator sees familiar people who later appear in photos posted online, creating a mysterious and eerie situation.
This episode tells the true horror story of Meaford Mary, a ghost haunting the area near Georgian Bay, Ontario, which transitioned from farmland to a military training centre.
This episode features a Reddit story about an apartment maintenance man dealing with unexplained banging noises and potential hauntings in a building for elderly and mentally ill tenants.
This episode recounts the 1685 werewolf panic in Ansbach, Bavaria, where a giant wolf terrorized the town by killing livestock and abducting children.
This episode recounts the mysterious 1934 Zaragoza goblin case, where residents of a Spanish apartment building reported strange voices and supernatural occurrences.
This episode explores paranormal ghost stories related to border patrol agents, focusing on the mysterious death of an agent near the Altay Reservoir Dam in 1995.
This episode features a collection of scary true horror stories from Reddit and other sources, including tales titled 'The Accident', 'The Face', and 'The Blender'.
This episode explores the mysterious case of Olivia Mabel, involving silent 911 calls, grief rituals, and thoughtform theory in a dark farmhouse setting.
This episode features a collection of true scary Reddit stories, starting with a personal account of living in a haunted house with unexplained noises, shadows, and eerie occurrences.
The host shares a personal story about experiencing sleep paralysis and encountering a black figure after moving into a new apartment, challenging her scientific skepticism.
This episode explores the creepy folklore of Plat-Eyes and Boo Hags from the Lowcountry region of Georgia and South Carolina, focusing on stories rooted in Gullah Geechee culture.
This episode explores two mysterious Edinburgh stories: the discovery of seventeen miniature coffins on Arthur's Seat in 1836 and the enigmatic underground tunnels of Gilmerton Cove.
This episode narrates the eerie tale of the Blue Men of the Minch, supernatural sea creatures haunting the waters between Scotland's northwest coast and the Outer Hebrides, as experienced by the crew of the Lady Isla in 1857.
This episode explores the Hmong people and the terrifying legend of the Dab Sog, a true scary story from cultural folklore.
This episode explores the tokolosh, a creature from Southern African folklore, examining its evolution from a mischievous trickster to a symbol linked to sexual violence and social issues in modern contexts.
This episode introduces the Tokoloshe, a dwarf-like water spirit from Zulu and Nguni folklore, exploring its origins and characteristics as a night terror in Southern Africa.
This episode explores the folklore of gremlins as hidden saboteurs during World War II, blending historical wartime stories with supernatural elements.
The host shares three true scary Reddit stories: a teenager encounters a bloated, one-armed stranger in a flooded Irish road; a couple experiences haunted drum sounds and moving furniture in their new home; and a childhood imaginary friend with pig-like features appears during trauma and vanishes after discovery.
The episode delves into the Black Vulgar urban legend from Cold War Eastern Europe, exploring how a mysterious black car symbolized fears of government oppression, kidnapping, and supernatural evil.
This episode features scary Reddit stories focused on 'Glitch in the Matrix' experiences, with the host sharing personal anecdotes and inviting listener submissions.
This episode features two snowy paranormal stories: first, a worker at Green Hill State Park discovers a century-old agreement with monstrous creatures that hunt in winter, leading to a colleague's disappearance and a terrifying confrontation.
A narrator shares a terrifying story about a sealed apartment in his building that, when opened after 20 years, reveals a void showing the heat death of the universe.
This episode explores three classic English ghost stories about screaming skulls: at Burton Agnes Hall, where Anne Griffith's skull haunts the house until returned; at Tunstead Farm, where Dickie's skull acts as a protective guardian; and at Bettiscombe Manor, where an African servant's skull causes violent disturbances if removed.
The episode explores true paranormal stories of phantom car crashes on UK highways, focusing on the 2002 A3 mystery where witnesses reported a crash that had actually occurred five months earlier, leading to the discovery of a hidden wreck and skeletal remains.
This episode explores the folklore and modern encounters with Pukwudgies, small, malevolent creatures from New England indigenous legends.
This episode tells the tragic story of Mary Jane Reed, a young woman murdered in 1948 in Oregon, Illinois, whose unsolved case leads to hauntings at the local roadhouse.
The episode tells the story of Tamara Prosferina, an elderly woman in Russia who discovers a small, alien-like creature during a storm and cares for it as her child.
Host Sarah shares five true scary Reddit stories, including a doppelgänger mimicking a mother, a demonic entity haunting the woods, a spirit in an ancestral home, a near-death experience on psychedelics, and poltergeist activity in a farmhouse.
This episode features four spooky paranormal stories: a couple hears a mysterious voice in their apartment, a hiker encounters eerie music in the woods, a witness sees a deer-like creature running on two legs, and a family discovers a disappearing hole in their backyard.
This episode explores the mysterious Hill of Crosses in Lithuania, where countless crosses have been placed for centuries, blending paranormal folklore with eerie atmosphere.
A podcast sharing true, scary paranormal stories from ancient folklore to modern hauntings, using immersive audio.
This episode introduces real-life paranormal experiences and includes an ad for Range Rover Sport and Acast advertising.
A missing six-year-old girl in a national park is found after 48 hours, claiming she wasn't alone, leading into a discussion of paranormal encounters.
A podcast sharing true, scary paranormal stories from folklore to modern hauntings, with immersive audio.
This episode begins with an ad for Acast and ResMed, promoting podcast advertising and sleep assessment, before presumably transitioning into the main content of sharing real-life ghost and paranormal stories.
Host Sarah shares real-life ghost and paranormal stories from Reddit and listeners, starting with a tale of a haunted house in rural Ireland.
This episode features advertisements for Range Rover and Acast, not the show's typical paranormal content.
This episode features advertisements for WaterAid, Back Market, and Walt Disney World, but the show is about sharing true paranormal stories and folklore.
A podcast sharing true, scary stories of the paranormal, from ancient folklore to modern hauntings.