Scary Stories for the Soul

Isabel Cortes
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Scary Stories for the Soul is a podcast of scary stories based on real life hauntings, folklore, and the people who have been touched by the supernatural, demonic, and down right creepy.

  1. FEB 22

    Episode 97: My Soul, for the Music - The Robert Johnson Story

    Would you give anything to reach your goals? Achieve your musical dreams? Have your desires of fame and talent granted? Would you give up your soul, for the music? Some say that Robert Johnson, famed Blues musician, did just - trading his soul to the Devil to become the greatest Blues musician in history.

    23 min

  2. FEB 8

    Episode 96: The Codex Gigas A.K.A The Devil’s Bible

    The Codex Gigas is a religious manuscript written by a 13th century monk that has been so famously dubbed “The Devil’s Bible.” Why? Because it contains a 20-inch tall illustrated portrait of Lucifer that might have been drawn by the Devil himself.

    13 min

  3. JAN 29

    Episode 95: The Devil’s Footprint

    The Frauenkirche is a Gothic Catholic Church located in Munich, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany. Although architecturally it is quite beautiful, the mysterious black footprint that forever mars one of the church's tiles is what attracts visitors - a mark known as The Devil’s Footprint.

    12 min

  4. 12/25/2025

    Episode 94: Ye’ Olde Spooky Christmas

    Merry Christmas! This year, for our Christmas episode, let’s talk about some not so well known Christmas and Yule folklore and figured- the ones that bring a little spookiness to the Christmas and Yule season. The Ukrainian Christmas Spiders The Yule Cat And Frau Perchta, the Winter Witch Goddess

    22 min

  5. 12/14/2025

    SPECIAL RE-RELEASE Episode 93: Sleep Paralysis (with additional original horror story)

    “Sleep paralysis” is defined as episodes of paralysis that occur while someone is awake, or in the middle of falling asleep. Little is known about what causes sleep paralysis. Many psychotherapists believe that the hallucinations experienced during these paralytic episodes are the reason behind most supposed paranormal events. But what if these episodes aren’t the reason for paranormal events, but a window of time where the paranormal is more likely to happen? A window of time where we are most vulnerable?

    27 min

  6. 11/09/2025

    Episode 92: Las Caras de Belmez/ The Faces of Belmez

    Have you ever heard of Pareidolia? It is a psychological phenomena that occurs in humans where we think we see faces in different objects. We are desperate to find the familiar in unfamiliar, and sometimes dangerous circumstances. How many times have you thought that you saw eyes staring at you from your closet just for your brain to be playing tricks on you? But what if something was there? Let me introduce to you a famous case that has divided the supernatural community for decades - Las Caras de Belmez.

    16 min

  7. 10/31/2025

    Happy Halloween! Episode 91: The Four Door Experiment

    Every exorcism and possession case is unique in its own right, but one thing that can always be agreed on is that the possessed individual always suffers. These people are never willing participants in the attacking of their souls. But what if they were? What if someone welcomed the possession? That is what our special Halloween original story is about. Scary Stories for the Soul Presents: The Four Door Experiment

    29 min

  8. 10/26/2025

    HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Episode 90: The Possession of "Roland Doe," the boy who inspired “The Exorcist”

    Sitting in the Bel-Nor neighborhood of St.Louis, Missouri is a house with a dark history. Its brick exterior and white shutters makes it just as average and innocuous as the homes that surround it, but this was once the home of Roland Doe - the boy who would go on to inspire William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel “The Exorcist,”and subsequently William Friedkin’s film of the same name.

    22 min
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Scary Stories for the Soul is a podcast of scary stories based on real life hauntings, folklore, and the people who have been touched by the supernatural, demonic, and down right creepy.

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  • Creator
    Isabel Cortes
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    104
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Isabel Cortes
  • Show Website
    Scary Stories for the Soul