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Scary Tellings explores unsolved mysteries, historical crimes, and unexplained events. Each episode presents the facts in a conversational style, letting you draw your own conclusions. New stories weekly.

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Yuki encounters a mirror that speaks first

Yuki's late-night security check reveals a mirror where reflections move half a second late and her double appears in places she isn't.

Yuki Encounters a Mirror That Speaks First

Toll booth worker hears her own voice repeat from beneath the counter

A toll booth worker hears her own voice repeating from beneath the counter with a delay, then it says something she never spoke.

Terrifying Voice Beneath the Toll Counter

The expensive version is not always the better buy

Child finds $5,800 from D.B. Cooper hijacking by Columbia River in 1980

In 1980, a child found $5,800 from the 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking beside the Columbia River. The FBI closed the case in 2016 without identifying him.

D.B. Cooper’s Ransom Money Found by Columbia River

The Mary Celeste mystery: a ship found adrift with no crew aboard

The Mary Celeste was found abandoned at sea with cargo intact. Captain Briggs, his family, and crew vanished, leaving behind an enduring mystery.

The Mary Celeste Mystery Explained

You’re Calling These Body Tools by the Wrong Name

Empty apartment knocked three times every night before Dimitri left for work

Dimitri heard knocking from the empty apartment next door every night. When he opened the wall, he found a chair facing his bed and a calendar.

Creepy Neighbor Watches Dimitri Every Night

Storage units echo worker's voice seconds before she speaks

A storage facility worker hears her own voice echoing from locked units, speaking words she hasn't said yet.

Storage Unit Plays Faye’s Future Words

Woman appears in rest stop photos spanning years with hand over mouth

A man discovers the same mysterious woman in rest stop photos taken years apart, always with her hand over her mouth, before a terrifying encounter.

Woman Appears in Photos Years Apart

Dead father's voice warns son from beneath frozen lake

A man ice fishing hears his dead father's voice warning him from beneath the ice, then sees proof that makes him question everything.

Dead Father’s Voice Beneath the Ice

Security footage shows worker never approached the frozen pool

A maintenance worker investigating sounds at a frozen pool discovers disturbing footage showing he never went near the water at all.

Security Footage Reveals He Never Went Near Pool

Which Oral Care Product Did You Buy?

Bedroom wall reveals photos from tomorrow

Neighbors find mysterious photographs in their shared bedroom wall, including images dated in the future that show them in danger.

Bedroom Wall Reveals Photos From Tomorrow

Ferry worker trapped on deck by backward footprints and stolen voice

A ferry worker encounters backward footprints and hears his own voice on the radio while trapped alone on the lowest deck.

Terrence Trapped by Unseen Ferry Presence

Invisible footprints follow Kofi into his truck

Kofi encounters invisible footprints at a rest stop that follow him to his truck, leading to a terrifying night standing in the snow.

Invisible Footprints Follow Kofi Into His Truck

Growing doorway measures Gideon overnight

A house sitter watches a pantry door grow from 30 to 96 inches as neighboring homes transform and something begins measuring him.

Growing Doorway Measures Gideon Overnight

Dead caller rings a call center after midnight

A call center worker receives a call from a woman who died during their conversation the previous day, triggering a terrifying sequence of events.

Dead Caller Rings a Call Center After Midnight

More Isn't Always Better for Your Body

Five Sauter children vanished in 1945 house fire

Five Sauter children vanished after a 1945 Christmas Eve house fire in West Virginia. No remains were found and the case remains unresolved.

Five Sauter Children Vanished in 1945 House Fire

Jury apologized to Roscoe Arbuckle after three trials in 1921

Roscoe Arbuckle was acquitted and received a jury apology after three trials in 1921, but the scandal led to stricter Hollywood moral rules.

Roscoe Arbuckle’s 1921 Acquittal and Jury Apology

Goosebumps, Shivers, Scabs, and Sutures Explained

Toll booth worker encounters older version of himself in mysterious car

A toll booth worker on Route 41 encounters a mysterious driver who turns out to be an older version of himself, trapped in an endless shift.

Toll Booth Driver Meets His Future Ghost

Doorbell rings after being disconnected while house-sitting

A house-sitter disconnects a ringing doorbell, but the sound moves through the house and spreads to neighboring homes with no one at the door.

Doorbell Rings Inside an Empty House

Ferry photo reveals a man wearing her face

A ferry worker discovers old camera images of a wet stranger. Years later, the same man appears behind her wearing her face.

Ferry Photo Reveals a Man Wearing Her Face

Hospital garage radio predicts tomorrow's weather 11 hours early

A hospital garage radio starts predicting tomorrow's weather early, then forecasts increasingly personal and unsettling events for the night shift workers.

Hospital Garage Radio Predicts Tomorrow's Weather

The forecast warned her not to open the door

A radio broadcast predicted Petra's every move at a roadside motel and warned her not to open her door after 1:10 AM.

The Forecast Warned Her Not to Open the Door

Same Look, Different Protection

Hinterkaifeck killer stayed after murders

At the 1922 Hinterkaifeck murders in Bavaria, someone continued feeding animals and tending the farm after killing all six victims.

Hinterkaifeck Killer Stayed After Murders

Hinterkaifeck murders: footprints led in but never led out

The 1922 Hinterkaifeck murders left six dead and footprints that led to the farm but never left. Someone stayed to care for the animals.

Hinterkaifeck Murders Killer Vanished Without a Trace

Absorption vs digestion: not the same thing

Ferry worker confesses to lighthouse murders as water rises around him

A ferry worker trapped underwater confesses to using a lighthouse to wreck ships and discovers photographs of an unnatural pact.

Trapped Beneath Ferry as Lighthouse Watches

Ferry keeper vanishes as shrinking door traps him with phantom drivers

A ferry nightkeeper counts foghorn blasts tied to rescues, then watches a watertight door shrink as phantom drivers appear in empty cars.

Powerless Ferry Arrives With Keeper Missing

Footprints appeared from nowhere at a locked ice fishing hut

Marisol found someone in her locked ice hut wearing Denny's coat, with mysterious tracks starting in the middle of an empty field.

Something Came Into the Locked Ice Hut

Which One Do You Actually Own?

Babysitter receives calls from sleeping child's phone inside the house

A babysitter receives mysterious calls from a sleeping child's phone while it sits charging upstairs, leading to a frightening discovery.

Babysitter Answers a Sleeping Child’s Phone

Doctor vanished from locked cabin on Great Lakes steamer in 1910

Oscar Olsen vanished from a locked cabin on the Pier Marquette 18 steamer, leaving blood but no body or explanation.

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