Real Scary Stories

About Real Scary Stories

Have you ever noticed something impossible for only a second, then spent the rest of the night trying to convince yourself you imagined it? The detail seems too small to matter, yet it stays with you because part of it refuses to make sense. Horror Mysteries: Weird Creepy Stories explores those unsettling moments when reality feels slightly wrong and the explanation never fully arrives. Each episode follows disturbing encounters, unexplained events and eerie experiences that grow more uncomfortable the longer you think about them. Instead of relying on spectacle, the stories stay close to believable fear, strange coincidences and questions that resist easy answers. If one moment from your past still feels impossible to explain, what if it was never ordinary at all?

Publisher

Creator at Obomedia

Category

fiction · fiction · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jul 2026

Latest episode

9 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

140 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Jul 2026

   The Résumé on the Bathroom Floor: How a Job Paper Destroyed a Life

   The Résumé on the Bathroom Floor: How a Job Paper Destroyed a Life A job résumé left on the tile of a stranger’s bathroom became the single object that tied a home invasion to a woman with no prior record - and now the prosecution seeks twenty years. What happens when a discarded piece of paper turns an ordinary life into a case that threatens to take away a mother’s future? In this episode, we tell the story of Missy, a thirty-six-year-old first-time offender whose life unraveled after an armed home invasion, and follow the details that connect addiction, family, and a misplaced résumé to the legal fight over a possible two-decade sentence. Which detail in the record shifts this from a tragic mistake to a life-altering verdict? Person: Missy Age: 36 Charges: armed home invasion, kidnapping, assault, assault with a firearm Sentence requested by prosecution: 20 years Dependents: three children (ages include a 15-year-old son, a nonverbal 4-year-old son, and an infant daughter) - The résumé was left on the bathroom floor of the victim’s home on the morning of the crime. - The victim, an elderly woman, did not return to her house for weeks after being bound and held at gunpoint. - Missy had no prior nights in jail until approximately one year before the interview. - Missy’s attorney initially estimated a realistic sentence of two to two-and-a-half years, with a worst realistic outcome of ten years. - A 75-year-old man deposits $150 into Missy’s commissary account each week. 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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   9 Jul 2026

   The Yogurt Cup and the Artery: Inside Sacramento's Vampire killings

   The Yogurt Cup and the Artery: Inside Sacramento's Vampire killings Cold detail at a kitchen counter-an overturned chair, a plain yogurt cup rimmed with bloody lip prints-became the clue that nothing about these murders was rational. Four-inch segments of a major artery removed and taken, borrowed kitchen knives left in plain sight, and a bathtub stained as if someone had sat in it: what kind of belief could make those acts make sense? In this episode, we lay out the crime scenes, the timeline, and the way investigators shifted from ordinary explanations to a profile of an offender operating by a fractured internal logic. What did the evidence - the yogurt cup, the missing artery, and the bathtub bloodline - tell agents about the mind behind the killings? Location: Sacramento, California Date: January 23, 1978 Person: Terry Wallen Person: Daniel Meredith Person: Evelyn Miroth - A plain yogurt cup with bloody lip prints was found on the kitchen counter at Terry Wallen’s scene. - A four-inch segment of a major artery was removed from Terry Wallen’s body and taken from the scene. - Three victims (Terry Wallen; Daniel Meredith; Evelyn Miroth and her son Jason) were killed within days and less than a mile of the first scene. - The attacker used knives taken from the victims’ own kitchens and left the blades behind at each scene. - Blood on the bathtub walls and waterline at the Miroth home indicated someone had been in the water after the killings. 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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   9 Jul 2026

   She Served Lemonade - Poisoned a Family and Never Confessed

   She Served Lemonade - Poisoned a Family and Never Confessed Sweet hospitality masked invisible arsenic: four people closest to a popular Macon restaurant owner died between 1952 and 1958, each death certified by a doctor, and the poison left no taste or smell. Who was the woman who mixed lethal doses into lemonade and never admitted it? In this episode, we tell the story of Anjette Lyles and the sequence of deaths, the insurance payouts, and the witnesses who tried to stop her. Listen to how small doses slipped into juices and buttermilk, why segregation kept accusations silent, and what finally brought the case to the sheriff. Person: Anjette Lyles Location: Macon, Georgia Period: 1952-1958 Case: Four deaths (husband, second husband, mother-in-law, nine-year-old daughter) Amount: Close to $50,000 in life insurance across four policies - Ben Lyles died January 25, 1952 at age 34 with official cause listed as encephalitis. - Anjette borrowed $12,000 to buy back the restaurant three years after Ben's death. - Joe Neil "Buddy" Gabbert married Anjette June 24, 1955 and died in November 1955 after wrist surgery. - Julia Lyles died September 29, 1957 after being given buttermilk prepared by Anjette. - Marsha Lyles, age nine (three months shy of ten), died April 5, 1958 after drinking lemonade brought by her mother and experiencing hallucinations. 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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