Scary Stories
Scary Stories

Scary Stories- Creepy Tales

August 20, 2026

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A Reddit user describes living in a "super haunted house" for nearly ten years, where the ghost eventually took the form of a girl from The Ring or The Grudge—a deliberate choice, the user believes, because the ghost knew those movies terrified them. Another user recounts a night walk through a college forest, where a white, formless figure appeared twice, once at a bridge and again near the tree line, vanishing under sunlight the next day. A third story traces a family's decline after moving into a home in 2000 or 2001, marked by a ghostly red-haired man, a phantom cat, and a pervasive tension that seemed to fuel constant arguments and depression. These are the core narratives of this episode of Scary Stories, a collection of reader-submitted creepy tales that explore how hauntings manifest, escalate, and sometimes adapt to their victims.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (01:00) **Ghost Takes the Form of Your Greatest Fear** - A listener describes living in a haunted house for nearly a decade, where a ghost would mimic terrifying forms to scare her.
  • 2 (03:08) **Encounter with a Formless Figure in the Woods** - A college student with insomnia recounts a terrifying night walk through a forest where he saw a white, formless figure.
  • 3 (07:15) **The Haunted House with the Ghost Cat** - A listener describes moving into a home as a child where a ghostly cat and a red-haired man tormented the family for years.
  • 4 (12:29) **A Rapidly Approaching Sound in a Dark Trailer** - A teen making nachos in the dark hears a loud, fast running sound behind him, but finds nothing there.

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Show Notes

A collection of 4 creepy tales



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