Scary | A Paranormal Podcast

Scary | A Paranormal Podcast

Real-Life Paranormal Stories 111 - Magnet

Scary | A Paranormal Podcast features true paranormal stories submitted by listeners from around the world.

Each week, I narrate personal accounts of ghost encounters, haunted houses, and unexplained events, shared by people who lived through them.

These are not fictional stories. They’re real experiences that left a lasting impression.

You’ll also hear occasional episodes exploring well-known hauntings and eerie paranormal cases, always told in the same calm, immersive style.

If you’re drawn to the unknown or just love hearing chilling stories from real people, this podcast is for you.

Follow now and step into the world of true paranormal storytelling.

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Episode's summary

The narrator recounts a lifetime of paranormal experiences, beginning with a haunted childhood home in England and moving through various residences. The episode details a profound experience of a potential time slip in a Yorkshire market town and intense supernatural activity encountered while living in Sweden. In Sweden, the narrator describes seeing shadowy figures and her partner witnessing a tall, hat-wearing entity. The journey concludes with stories about rescue dogs, specifically noting a mysterious behavior from their dog Sophie involving a photo of their previous dog, Gertie.

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Highlights

My two siblings admitted that they'd experienced the same things as me and couldn't wait to leave that house. And then the bombshell was that my parents admitted that they also experienced the same things, but they didn't want us to be scared, so they told us it was our imagination.

00:04:06 · The narrator discovers that their family members had all witnessed the same paranormal activity during their childhood.

I looked down and I saw that my clothing was different to the clothing that I had put on me that day. I had this white dress on and I was a young girl about eight years old.

00:08:23 · The narrator describes a sudden, inexplicable shift in their physical appearance and surroundings during a potential time slip.

both of us saw the shadow of a head and the upper part of a body peer around the doorframe as if someone was looking into the room and then pulled back.

00:19:43 · The narrator describes a specific moment when she and her partner witnessed a shadowy figure in their rental home.

And there in front of him was this figure. This solid bowl shape. Which is about seven foot in height.

00:21:45 · The narrator recounts her partner's terrifying encounter with a large, solid entity while he was alone in the kitchen.

Sophie got up off the sofa which she often did to stretch her legs but she walked to the bottom of the stairs and looked up and then she started to wag her tail And she turned around and walked straight over to Gertie's picture and put her nose right up against it.

00:24:43 · The narrator describes a strange, seemingly spiritual moment involving their dog Sophie and a photograph of their deceased dog Gertie.

Episodes

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Magnet

The narrator recounts a lifetime of paranormal experiences, beginning with a haunted childhood home in England and moving through various residences. The episode details a profound experience of a potential time slip in a Yorkshire market town and intense supernatural activity encountered while living in Sweden. In Sweden, the narrator describes seeing shadowy figures and her partner witnessing a tall, hat-wearing entity. The journey concludes with stories about rescue dogs, specifically noting a mysterious behavior from their dog Sophie involving a photo of their previous dog, Gertie.

11 Oct 2026
110-

Split

The narrator recounts a 1992 paranormal encounter where she and her friend Kelly, both 17, accepted a ride from a charming man met at a bar. The situation turns terrifying when they arrive at his house and descend into a basement, where the man begins exhibiting erratic, cult-like behavior and refuses to let them leave. While being held against their will by an unstable man whose behavior fluctuated between calm and violent, a mysterious figure appears at the top of the stairs. The narrator and Kelly manage to escape and find help, though the man later denies any wrongdoing.

04 Oct 2026
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Rewind: 3 For 3

This exclusive Patreon episode of Scary features three distinct listener-submitted paranormal accounts. The first narrative details a series of childhood encounters involving a deceased relative, including unexplained communications and sensory manifestations like the scent of aftershave and snowmobile fumes. The second account describes an escalating haunting in a friend's home that eventually follows the narrator to their own house, characterized by moving objects, a shadowy figure with goat-like horns, and a physical attack. The final story recounts a long-term experience involving mysterious dancing lights and terrifying, raspy breathing sounds that persisted from childhood into adulthood. The episode explores themes of unexplained phenomena, the limits of rational explanation, and the lasting impact of supernatural encounters on the witnesses.

30 Aug 2026
108-

Rewind: The Calls

This episode explores a series of unsettling events involving Gary Sudbrink, beginning with a mysterious doppelgänger sighting in 1992 and progressing to strange, targeted phone calls in February 1993. During an unannounced trip to New York, Gary experienced unexplained helicopter sightings and intrusive strangers, culminating in late-night calls from a robotic voice that seemed to know his private travel details. The investigation delves into the cryptic nature of these calls, which referenced cosmic phenomena and private information. The narrator explores various theories regarding the source of the calls, ranging from extraterrestrial communication and government interference to technical anomalies where the signal appeared to originate from within Gary's own home.

24 Aug 2026
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Accommodation

This episode features two paranormal encounters. The first is a personal account from 2023 involving a stay at a holiday cottage in Groudl Glen, Isle of Man, where the narrator experienced being dragged from bed, mysterious loud noises, and the sensation of a large animal moving through the room. The second story, shared by Luke, describes an overnight shift at an old hotel in Sheffield in 2010. While working alone in the closed building, the narrator witnessed a television suddenly turn on at full volume and an empty lift operating between floors without any passengers.

09 Aug 2026

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