Creepy Stories for Sleep

About Creepy Stories for Sleep

What if the last story you hear before sleep follows you into the dark? Creepy Stories for Sleep brings unsettling horror into the quietest part of your night. Each story is built to hold your attention while the world around you grows still. We create a place where you can settle into eerie storytelling without losing the tension that keeps you listening. As you stay with us, familiar settings begin to feel less predictable and each unexplained detail gives the darkness a little more weight. We publish new episodes daily so you can return whenever you want another disturbing story before sleep. That steady rhythm keeps fresh fear close by and gives you something new to uncover each time the lights go out. Some stories end when the final sentence is spoken. Others leave one thought behind that becomes harder to ignore once everything is quiet, and with us you may discover which kind stays with you after you close your eyes.

Publisher

Creator at Obomedia

Category

fiction · fiction · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jul 2026

Latest episode

1 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

140 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Nov 2026

   The Hood Cairn: Eight Stones Found Dry on Frosted Jeep Hood

   The Hood Cairn: Eight Stones Found Dry on Frosted Jeep Hood A centered stack of eight native sandstone stones, fourteen inches high and dry on the undersides while everything else wore October frost, sat on the hood of a gray Jeep at 5:40 AM - and the owner never returned. How did a precisely balanced cairn, equidistant from both fenders and matching no known regional style, appear overnight on a vehicle in an empty trailhead with no eyewitnesses? In this episode, we follow the recorded timeline from the Alderman Creek trailhead register to the first search-and-rescue response, laying out the physical details and the discrepancies that made the cairn inexplicable. What do the measurements, the Jeep's last GPS point, and the missing hiker's routine call pattern tell us about that morning? Person: John Weber Date: October 7-8, 2019 Location: Alderman Creek trailhead, Varro County Status: Jeep found with cairn; owner missing then returned with no memory of cairn Event: GPS recorder final log at 11:46 AM, two miles north of Pryor Bench - Cairn composition: eight native sandstone stones stacked with a wide flat base and decreasing diameters, topped by a capstone. - Cairn dimensions: stack measured fourteen inches high and placed dead center on the hood, equidistant from both fenders. - Discovery time: Lauren Carlson photographed the cairn at 5:40 AM and called the non-emergency line at 5:51 AM. - Trailhead register entry: John signed in at 7:22 AM on October 7, listed destination Pryor Bench via East Fork and wrote "return same day." - GPS/data recorder: John's field instrument logged its final entry at 11:46 AM on Monday, placing him two miles north of Pryor Bench. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

2. 

   31 Oct 2026

   The Boot on the Granite: How He Walked Away Without a Shoe

   The Boot on the Granite: How He Walked Away Without a Shoe The sight was ordinary and impossible: a single dry leather boot, right foot, laces tied, sitting on an otherwise dew-soaked granite shelf-found at 6:40 a.m. on September 14, 2019-while the man who owned it had been missing for two days. How could search teams walk past that boot in the dark and later find the owner alive with an explanation that still left the coordinator unsettled? In this episode, we follow the timeline from a routine hike signed at 9:17 a.m. to a choice to investigate a thin column of smoke that pulled a precise, experienced hiker off his route. We trace the terrain, the search decisions made by the county SAR coordinator, and the unanswered question that stayed with the rescuers: what really happened between the granite shelves and Briar Basin? Person: Larry Petersen Date: September 12-14, 2019 Location: Whetstone Basin trail / granite shelves above 6,000 feet Status: Found alive after two days missing Coordinator: Ruth Stein - The boot was discovered by Patricia Mills on September 14, 2019 at 6:40 a.m., dry on wet granite. - Larry Petersen signed the trail register at 9:17 a.m, on September 12, 2019 declaring Larkspur Lake as his destination. - Larry was 55 years old, a retired civil engineer, with 30 years of backcountry hiking experience. - The search was formally launched at 11:00 a.m. on September 13 after Frank Dubois reported Larry’s truck remained at the trailhead. - Two cadaver-detection dogs (a Belgian Malinois and a black Labrador) searched the Larkspur Lake inlet and found no trace of Larry. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

3. 

   30 Oct 2026

   He Walked Eleven Miles In The Dark - Boot Tied, Rock Clutched

   He Walked Eleven Miles In The Dark - Boot Tied, Rock Clutched Cold, precise details refuse simple answers: a twenty-three-year-old hiker found alive with a core temperature of 89.4°F, one boot still laced and tied in a square knot, and a pale rock clutched in his hand - eleven miles from the summit by any mapped trail. How did someone with a functional headlamp and years of wilderness experience end up where no route explains and with evidence that makes little geographic sense? In this episode, we lay out the timeline, the physical scene, and the statements in the official search-and-rescue record to show what is known and what remains without a calculable probability. Follow the account from the last confirmed summit signature through the sudden weather change and the baffling details at Tenmile Drainage that force the central question: what happened in the dark? Person: Harvey Peterson Date: August 4, 2019 (call at 7:48 AM) Location: Tenmile Drainage, central Oregon Status: Alive on discovery; core temperature 89.4°F Item: Black Diamond Spot headlamp (rated 200 hours) - Peterson signed the summit register at Saddleback Peak at 2:47 PM. - The summit is approximately 7,200 feet; trail distance to Tenmile Drainage gate is 11.3 miles. - Temperature dropped 18°F in under an hour around 6:00 PM with wind and fog onset. - Peterson was found 600 yards past the locked service gate on a gravel maintenance path. - One boot was on his right foot while the other boot stood upright on the road with laces tied in a square knot. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

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