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The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories

True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories

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

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20:14

12 Days of Festive Frights | Day 2 | Scary Paranormal...

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2025/12/26

Welcome to Day 2 of 12 Days of Festive Frights and Merry Christmas if you celebrate!In today's episode we share 3 spooky stories. So grab your blanket, and let's get stuck in.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our

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25:15

12 Days of Festive Frights | Day 1 | Scary Paranormal...

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2025/12/25

Welcome to Day 1 of 12 Days of Festive Frights and Merry Christmas if you celebrate!In today's episode we share 1 long spooky story. So grab your blanket, and let's get stuck in.Special thanks to CosmicOrphan2020 for allowing us to share your story.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our

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20:14

Classic Ghost Stories : THE BLACK DOG OF NEWGATE |...

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2025/12/23

Have an amazing Christmas everyone, if you celebrate, and thank you so much for all of your support!! In the winter of 1596, famine and desperation turn London’s Newgate Prison into a place of cannibalism and despair. What follows is a chilling legend of a spectral black dog that stalks the guilty through cells, streets, and snow-covered alleys, raising the question of whether the monster was supernatural, or born from human cruelty itself.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK

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30:17

WHAT HUNTS IN THE SNOW | Paranormal Creatures, Winter...

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2025/12/22

As winter closes in, the landscape changes. Roads disappear, sound is swallowed, and distance becomes impossible to judge. Snow does not just cover the world. It erases it.In this episode, we share three unsettling accounts set against whiteout conditions and prolonged snowfall. The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our

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25:28

AFTER DARK | Melon Heads in the Winter Woods : Urban...

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2025/12/21

On frozen backroads from Ohio to Michigan and Connecticut, stories persist of small, feral figures with grotesquely swollen heads stalking the tree line. From Dr. Crow’s abused “patients” on Wisner Road to asylum escapees along Connecticut’s infamous “Dracula Drive,” the Melon Heads legend blends real medical conditions, social cruelty, and spooky eyewitness accounts into one of America’s most unsettling modern monster tales.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us

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23:30

AFTER DARK | The Licked Hand : “Humans Can Lick Too”...

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2025/12/20

On a stormy night, a girl reaches down for the comforting lick of her dog under the bed—only to discover at dawn that her pet is dead in the bathroom and the words “HUMANS CAN LICK, TOO” are written in blood. In this episode, we unravel the infamous “Licked Hand” urban legend, its variations and origins, and the real-world intruder cases that make the story feel disturbingly possible.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on

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25:23

PHANTOM CRIES IN THE WOODS | Disembodied Baby Wails,...

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2025/12/18

A baby’s cry in the dead of night can stir the soul, or freeze the blood. These spooky accounts reveal how a sound meant to summon comfort becomes the call of something far darker.BY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our

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22:57

True Scary Reddit Stories | Figurine, Baby Watcher,...

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2025/12/17

In today's episode we share 4 spooky Reddit stories. Special thanks to cattorii, Alternative-Ad-1924 and Anon for allowing us to share your stories!The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our

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22:20

Classic Ghost Stories : THE LANTERN MAN OF BOSTON...

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2025/12/16

In the mist-shrouded marshes of the Lincolnshire Fens, ghostly lights roam the night and not all of them are friendly. When a spectral flame pursues two travellers near the Boston Stump, ancient warnings about the Lantern Man flare back to terrifying life.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch

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32:10

THE MYLING | Restless Child Spirits of Scandinavian...

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2025/12/15

In the dark forests and lonely farms of Scandinavia, the wailing of a child means something far worse than sorrow. It’s the cry of a myling, the restless ghost of an abandoned soul. Born from tragedy and buried in shame, these vengeful spirits haunt the living until they’re named, baptized… or avenged.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch

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26:57

AFTER DARK | Mischief in the Shadows : Duende Lore...

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2025/12/14

From backward feet to eerie whistling in the jungle, the duende is Latin America’s most elusive trickster spirit. These chilling encounters explore what happens when you laugh at legends… and the legends laugh back.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duende_(mythology)https://culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.cohttps://losdesconocidos.comSarah xx"Spacial Winds,"

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28:04

AFTER DARK | Colombian Witches : Shape-Shifters, Salt...

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2025/12/13

From flying skinless witches to rooftop salt rituals, Colombian folklore paints a terrifying portrait of the bruja. This episode explores real legends, eerie encounters, and the chilling cultural memory that still haunts towns like La Jagua.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:Sources include Colombian oral folklore, traditional beliefs, and cultural journalism. Referenced material

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23:54

THE CHENOO OF THE FROZEN NORTH | Cannibal Ice Giants,...

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2025/12/11

In the snowbound forests of the Northeast, Wabanaki legends tell of the Chenoo: once-human souls twisted into cannibal giants with hearts of ice. This episode follows their origins and eerie modern encounters that suggest something still howls in the winter dark.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our

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23:25

True Scary Reddit Stories | Classmate, Oppression, ...

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2025/12/10

In today's episode we share 4 spooky Reddit stories. Special thanks to Excellent_Opinion673 for allowing us to share your story!The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our

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25:26

Classic Ghost Stories : THE BUNGAY BLACK DOG | Demon...

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2025/12/09

A violent storm struck Suffolk on 4 August 1577 and with it the legendary Black Shuck burst into St Mary's Church, Bungay and later Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, slaughtering parishioners and leaving scorch-marks on church doors forever dubbed “the devil’s fingerprints.” This tale of thunder, fire, and a spectral hound haunts East Anglian folklore. A ghost dog that still prowls lonely lanes when lightning splits the sky.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our

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32:55

THE WENDIGO | Hunger in the Winter Woods, True...

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2025/12/08

More than a monster, the Wendigo represents the terror of winter and the danger of losing yourself to greed and desperation. From folklore to first-hand accounts, we follow the creature that has haunted the northern wilderness for centuries.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch

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34:30

AFTER DARK | Njuzu: Spirits of the Deep – Folklore,...

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2025/12/07

Across the lakes and rivers of Zimbabwe there are legends of the Njuzu, mysterious water spirits said to dwell beneath the surface, capable of both blessing and destruction.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our

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33:16

AFTER DARK | The Ruined Church on the Hill:...

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2025/12/06

High above the Bedfordshire countryside stands the crumbling shell of St Mary’s. A medieval church twisted by time, ritual, and whispers of evil. In 1963, villagers discovered the defiled remains of a woman exhumed from her grave, arranged in the nave for a black mass. What followed was a decades-long saga of satanic panic, grave desecration, phantom monks, and chilling apparitions. The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on

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17:12

FROM THE VAULT : Krampus & Yule | Scary Christmas...

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2025/12/05

KRAMPUS & YULEIn central European folklore, Krampus is a Christmas devil who visits on the eve of St Nicholas Day, to punish naughty children.He's also known to drag an unfortunate few back to hell with him in a basket carried upon his back.Some children are merely whipped with birch tree branches known as switches whilst others serve as supper to St Nicholas' rather unconventional companion.The name Krampus may have evolved from the German word Krampen which means claw and this half goat, half

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KRAMPUS & THE GOATMAN | Real-Life Encounters, Creepy...

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2025/12/04

In today's episode we share 2 creepy Krampus stories.The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEStories:https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9y966a/my_real_encounter_with_krampus_as_a_young_boy/https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/rngf9v/there_are_things_worse_than_the_krampus/Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again

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