The Spare Key - Stripped

You think you know the people you love. After all, they know your favourite tea, your bedtime routines, and the little habits you never mention to anyone else. But then strange things begin happening inside your home. As a frightening truth emerges, you realise the greatest danger isn't a stranger breaking into your house. It's someone who was never invited in because they were already there. In this chilling tale of obsession, surveillance and the terrifying vulnerability of being watched, you'll discover why some keys unlock far more than doors. Not for kids. Listener discretion advised. . This episode is a stripped edit - no SFX, just ambient music and dialogue to help you drift off into your nightmares. A full edit will be with you shortly. Do you like? . Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You tell yourself it's only paperwork. A signature here. A changed date there. Nothing worth losing sleep over. When a powerful funeral director offers you a promotion that could save your family from poverty, saying no feels impossible. But every favour draws you deeper into a world of disturbed graves, hidden secrets and questions that should never be asked of the dead. As Día de los Muertos approaches in Oaxaca, a series of increasingly disturbing assignments leads you towards a ritual buried beneath an old funeral home. In this haunting tale of guilt, greed and the things we can never truly bury, you'll learn that some ghosts don't need to haunt houses. They haunt consciences. Not for kids. Listener discretion advised. . This episode is a stripped edit - no SFX, just ambient music and dialogue to help you drift off into your nightmares. A full edit will be with you shortly. Do you like? . Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You stay behind. Just fifteen more minutes, you tell yourself. One final edit, one last paragraph, and then you'll leave the university library. But when midnight passes and the building falls silent, you realise you may not be alone... What follows is a chilling encounter with something that doesn't merely watch. It studies. It learns. And it follows. In this unnerving tale of obsession, imitation, and the terror of being mirrored, you'll discover why some things are far more frightening than being alone. Not for kids - listener discretion advised. ------------ Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You think you know what happens while you sleep. You think the night is quiet, uneventful, yours. But when I began recording my sleep to check for snoring, I uncovered something far worse than restless nights. In this chilling tale of intrusion, imitation, and the dangers of being known too well, you’ll discover why some questions should never be answered in the dark. Not for kids - listener discretion advised. ------------ Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're baaack! Brand new Spooky Stories arrive from Wednesday 21st October, with new episodes weekly. And coming soon: Extra Spooky Story Time, featuring longer, scarier episodes every fortnight, exclusively for our Patreon supporters. Support the show now: https://www.patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Don't forget to follow, rate and review the show... before it's too late. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From creepy attics to real life experiences, brace yourself for a collection of the spookiest stories about haunted houses. 00:18 - Goodnight, Mr. Langley 08:10 - The House I Grew Up In 15:20 - Lily's House 23:06 - The Attic 29:49 - My Parents' House: Chapter I Not for kids - listener discretion advised. ------------ Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this super spooky compilation, we're tied together your five most listened to Spooky Stories from our first 100 episodes. 00:18 - St. Ainsley's 10:19 - What's Left Behind 18:40 - 3.33 27:01 - The Face in the Glass 35:28 - His Last Watch Not for kids - listener discretion advised. ------------ Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some houses collect dust. Others collect you. In this claustrophobic, antiquarian horror story, an estate liquidator is hired to catalogue the belongings of a reclusive hoarder, only to discover that the house has already begun cataloguing him. For listeners who love antique horror, cursed objects, haunted houses, and stories where the past refuses to stay boxed up, this episode delivers a suffocating, object‑driven dread that lingers long after the final clink. Not for kids - listener discretion advised. ------------ Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some deliveries nourish you. Others claim you. In this creeping suburban horror story, a couple’s new home becomes the drop‑off point for groceries they never ordered, tailored with unnerving precision to their cravings, their memories, and eventually, their future. As the deliveries escalate, the couple spirals into a debate - stalker or ghost? Surveillance or haunting? But the truth feels like something in between: a presence that knows their habits, their hunger, their future. A presence tending to them like livestock. For listeners who love suburban dread, uncanny domesticity, and stories where generosity becomes possession, this episode delivers a slow, suffocating horror that lingers long after the last delivery. Not for kids - listener discretion advised. ------------ Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quiet cottage on the edge of town should be a sanctuary, but in this slow‑creeping, water‑logged haunting, the guest room becomes a place where something unseen lies down to sleep. She lives alone in a spacious old cottage, the kind with heavy oak furniture and a guest room no one ever uses. But one morning, the perfectly made bed bears a deep, unmistakable indentation. She smooths it out. Locks the door. Vacuums the carpet into flawless lines. Tapes the frame to catch any movement. The next morning, the tape is intact. The carpet is pristine. But the bed is occupied again. And this time, wet footprints - small, bare, and impossibly crisp - lead from the mattress to the closet door. For listeners who love water hauntings, domestic dread, and stories where the past seeps through the floorboards, this episode delivers a chilling, atmospheric ghost story that lingers like damp air long after the final line. Not for kids - listener discretion advised. ------------ Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [email protected] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices