World Horror

World Horror

Terrifying horror stories from around the world — urban legends, paranormal encounters, and tales that will keep you up at night. New nightmares every week. Listener discretion advised.

  1. Oct 17

    The Smiling Man: The Dance in the Dark

    He was walking home past midnight when he saw it, a man dancing in the empty street with a smile too wide for his face. Then the dancer turned and followed. This is the internet's most chilling encounter.

    The Smiling Man: The Dance in the Dark

  2. Oct 17

    The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich: The Pilot Who Vanished

    "It is not an aircraft." Those were among the last words of a young pilot who vanished over Bass Strait in 1978, narrating a strange encounter live on the radio. No wreckage was ever found. This is aviation's eeriest mystery.

    The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich: The Pilot Who Vanished

  3. Oct 17

    The Franklin Expedition: Vanished in the Ice

    Two ships, 129 men, the best technology of 1845, swallowed by Arctic ice and silence. They marched south dragging lifeboats and never came home. This is the greatest mystery of polar exploration.

    The Franklin Expedition: Vanished in the Ice

  4. Oct 17

    The Tomb of Tamerlane: The Curse of Gur-e-Amir

    The inscription warned that disturbing the tomb would unleash an invader more terrible than the conqueror. Soviet archaeologists opened it anyway. Three days later, Nazi Germany invaded. This is the curse of Tamerlane.

    The Tomb of Tamerlane: The Curse of Gur-e-Amir

  5. Oct 17

    The Muramasa Blades: Japan's Cursed Swords

    Forged by a master smith, these blades were said to thirst for blood and drive their wielders to frenzy. Three generations of the Tokugawa fell to them. This is the legend of Japan's demonic swords.

    The Muramasa Blades: Japan's Cursed Swords

  6. Oct 17

    The Anguished Man: The Painting That Screams

    It hung in an attic for twenty-five years, painted in the artist's own blood. Now its owners hear crying in the night and swear the screaming face moves. This is the story of the world's most haunted painting.

  7. Oct 17

    The Sluagh: The Host of the Unforgiven Dead

    They fly the night sky like a flock of starved birds, the wicked dead that heaven refused. The Sluagh hunt the souls of the dying, and only prayer and vigilance can hold them back. This is Scotland's most dreaded host.

    The Sluagh: The Host of the Unforgiven Dead

  8. Oct 17

    The Kumiho: Korea's Nine-Tailed Terror

    She walks as a woman of impossible beauty, but behind her sweep nine tails of smoke. The kumiho is Korea's most feared fox spirit, a thousand-year-old predator that devours the hearts of men. This is her story.

    The Kumiho: Korea's Nine-Tailed Terror
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Terrifying horror stories from around the world — urban legends, paranormal encounters, and tales that will keep you up at night. New nightmares every week. Listener discretion advised.

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  • Creator
    World Horror
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    392
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright World Horror
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