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Terrifying & True | The Beast of Bray Road: Wisconsin’s Real-Life Werewolf Legend
May 18, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Beast of Bray Road: Wisconsin’s Real-Life Wer…

The Beast of Bray Road is one of America’s most chilling modern cryptid legends — a terrifying true story of werewolf sightings, dogman encounters, rural folklore, eyewitness reports, and haunted highway horror from Elkhorn, ...

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Terrifying & True | Setagaya Family Murders: Japan’s Most Chilling Unsolved True Crime Case
May 11, 2026

Terrifying & True | Setagaya Family Murders: Japan’s Most Chilling Un…

The Setagaya Family Murders remain one of Japan’s most disturbing and baffling unsolved true crime cases : a brutal family killing, an overwhelming amount of forensic evidence, and a killer who somehow vanished anyway. On Dec...

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Terrifying & True | The Fox Sisters Haunting: Behind Spiritualism’s Most Famous Ghost Hoax
May 4, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Fox Sisters Haunting: Behind Spiritualism’s M…

The Fox Sisters , Hydesville , and the birth of modern Spiritualism began with something terrifyingly simple: a knock in the dark. In 1848 Hydesville, New York , two young sisters, Maggie and Kate Fox , claimed they could com...

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Terrifying & True | Black Shuck: The Demon Dog of East Anglia and the Deadly Storm of 1577
April 20, 2026

Terrifying & True | Black Shuck: The Demon Dog of East Anglia and the…

What really happened when a monstrous black dog with burning eyes was said to crash through two churches during a violent storm in East Anglia in 1577 ? In this episode of Terrifying & True , we dig into the chilling legend o...

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Terrifying & True | The Lead Masks Case: Brazil’s Unsolved UFO Death Mystery
April 13, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Lead Masks Case: Brazil’s Unsolved UFO Death …

The Lead Masks Case is one of the strangest unsolved mysteries in true crime history: two Brazilian electronics technicians , found dead on a hillside in Niterói, Brazil , wearing homemade lead eye masks , with a cryptic note...

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Terrifying & True | Anneliese Michel Exorcism True Story: Demonic Possession Claims and the Shocking Death Behind the Horror
April 6, 2026

Terrifying & True | Anneliese Michel Exorcism True Story: Demonic Pos…

The Anneliese Michel exorcism remains one of the most disturbing and controversial cases in modern religious history—a story of alleged demonic possession , failed medical treatment, Catholic ritual, and a young woman whose d...

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Terrifying & True | Deer Woman Legend Explained: Indigenous Folklore and the Dark Warning Behind the Myth
March 23, 2026

Terrifying & True | Deer Woman Legend Explained: Indigenous Folklore …

The Deer Woman is one of the most haunting figures in Indigenous folklore and modern paranormal legend —a beautiful woman with deer hooves who appears at the edge of the woods, the roadside, the party, or the dark place where...

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Terrifying & True | The Real Men in Black: UFO Witness Threats, Government Conspiracy, and Paranormal Cases
March 16, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Real Men in Black: UFO Witness Threats, Gover…

What are the Men in Black really — secret government agents, UFO cover-up operatives, paranormal enforcers, or something even stranger? In this episode of Terrifying & True , we dig into the chilling history of the real Men i...

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Terrifying & True | Castlerock Double Murder (1991): Staged as a Suicide Pact
March 9, 2026

Terrifying & True | Castlerock Double Murder (1991): Staged as a Suic…

A locked garage behind a quiet holiday cottage. A car filling with exhaust. And two bodies posed to tell a simple story: a suicide pact between two “betrayed” spouses. On May 19, 1991 , in Castlerock, Northern Ireland , Lesle...

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Terrifying & True | Bonnie Hood Murder at Camp Nelson Lodge (1990): The California Double Jeopardy Case
March 2, 2026

Terrifying & True | Bonnie Hood Murder at Camp Nelson Lodge (1990): T…

A remote mountain lodge in the Sierra Nevada . A busy wedding weekend. And a violent break-in after midnight that leaves one woman dead and a key witness barely alive. On August 19, 1990 , in Camp Nelson, California , Bonnie ...

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Terrifying & True | Stanley Hotel: The Shining Origin and America’s Most Haunted Hotel
Feb. 16, 2026

Terrifying & True | Stanley Hotel: The Shining Origin and America’s M…

The Stanley Hotel isn’t just a famous haunted hotel in Estes Park, Colorado —it’s a place where real disaster and pop-culture horror fused into one unstoppable legend. Tonight, we trace the true story that begins with a storm...

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Terrifying & True | The Lost Franklin Expedition: Arctic Horror and the Northwest Passage Mystery
Feb. 9, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Lost Franklin Expedition: Arctic Horror and t…

In 1845 , Sir John Franklin and 129 men sailed into the Arctic chasing the Northwest Passage —and vanished into a white maze of ice, darkness, and slow collapse. This episode follows the chilling, evidence-anchored timeline o...

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Terrifying & True | The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake: Arctic Mystery and UFO Folklore
Feb. 2, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake: Arctic My…

A remote Arctic camp . Tents standing open in the wind . A half-finished mitten , needle still threaded—like someone stood up mid-stitch and never returned. The legend of Angikuni Lake is one of the most chilling “vanishing v...

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Terrifying & True | The Caretos de Entrudo – Portugal’s Carnival Demons
Jan. 19, 2026

Terrifying & True | The Caretos de Entrudo – Portugal’s Carnival Demo…

Portugal folklore turns feral in the mountain village of Podence , where the only warning is the clatter of cowbells ricocheting off stone walls. Then the Caretos burst from the dark—men (and now women and kids, too) swallowe...

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Terrifying & True | Alfred Packer: The Colorado Cannibal’s 1874 Murder Trial
Jan. 12, 2026

Terrifying & True | Alfred Packer: The Colorado Cannibal’s 1874 Murde…

A blizzard. A vanished trail. The San Juan Mountains in the winter of 1874. Six men leave safety behind— and only one walks back into town. This is the infamous Alfred (Alferd) Packer story: the “Colorado Cannibal” case that ...

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Terrifying & True | 1993 Hamar-Daban Mystery: Siberia’s “Dyatlov Pass” Tragedy
Jan. 5, 2026

Terrifying & True | 1993 Hamar-Daban Mystery: Siberia’s “Dyatlov Pass…

Dive into chilling stories and eerie folklore with this terrifying true mystery from Siberia...A true crime / survival mystery in August 1993 , seven hikers entered the Hamar-Daban Mountains of Buryatia (near Lake Baikal) —an...

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Terrifying & True | Santa’s Stolen Bones: The Medieval Relic Heist of St. Nicholas
Dec. 22, 2025

Terrifying & True | Santa’s Stolen Bones: The Medieval Relic Heist of…

Dive into Christmas true crime , Santa Claus history , and holiday folklore with the real medieval relic heist that helped shape the legend of Santa . In 1087 , sailors from Bari, Italy break into the tomb of St. Nicholas in ...

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Terrifying & True | Père Fouettard: The French Krampus and the Dark Side of Christmas
Dec. 15, 2025

Terrifying & True | Père Fouettard: The French Krampus and the Dark S…

When most people think of Christmas , they picture cozy lights, warm cocoa, and jolly Saint Nick. But in parts of France and Belgium , children grew up with a much darker figure stalking the snowy streets: Père Fouettard, the...

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Terrifying & True | Frau Perchta, the Christmas Witch: Alpine Folklore and Chilling Christmas Horror
Dec. 8, 2025

Terrifying & True | Frau Perchta, the Christmas Witch: Alpine Folklor…

Terrifying & True returns with dark Christmas horror rooted in real Alpine folklore and chilling winter horror stories . Long before cozy Hallmark snowfalls, families in the high Alps spent the Twelve Nights of Christmas fear...

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Terrifying & True | Dangers of a Victorian Christmas: Fires, Poisons, and Deadly Traditions
Dec. 1, 2025

Terrifying & True | Dangers of a Victorian Christmas: Fires, Poisons,…

A Victorian Christmas looks cozy on greeting cards—glowing candle-lit trees , shimmering tinsel, children gathered around the fire. But behind the snow-globe charm was a season of deadly house fires, toxic decorations, poison...

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Terrifying & True | Thanksgiving in a Haunted Wilderness: the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and the First Feast
Nov. 17, 2025

Terrifying & True | Thanksgiving in a Haunted Wilderness: the Pilgrim…

Every November we hear the cozy legend of the First Thanksgiving —Pilgrims, turkey, and a peaceful feast in the New World. But the real story behind Thanksgiving is much darker. Long before it became a holiday, the land aroun...

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Terrifying & True | Dark Realities of the First Thanksgiving: Survival, Plague, and a Fragile Peace
Nov. 10, 2025

Terrifying & True | Dark Realities of the First Thanksgiving: Surviva…

The First Thanksgiving wasn’t a cheerful myth—it was born from starvation, epidemic, and uneasy diplomacybetween the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620–1621. In this Terrifying & True deep-dive, we peel back comfo...

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Terrifying & True | Donner Party Cannibalism: Gruesome Story Survival
Nov. 3, 2025

Terrifying & True | Donner Party Cannibalism: Gruesome Story Survival

The true story of the Donner Party—cannibalism and survival in the Sierra Nevada. In winter 1846–1847 , nearly 90 pioneers were snowbound at Truckee/Donner Lake after betting on the Hastings Cutoff and losing critical weeks i...

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Terrifying & True | Ed & Lorraine Warren: The Truth Behind Amityville, Annabelle & The Conjuring
Oct. 20, 2025

Terrifying & True | Ed & Lorraine Warren: The Truth Behind Amityville…

When the Halloween season rolls in, few names cast a darker shadow than Ed and Lorraine Warren —the real-life ghost hunters behind The Conjuring , Amityville Horror , and Annabelle . Their stories have fueled decades of scary...

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