True Nightmare Stories

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Can you feel that chill down your spine? Welcome to Horror Sleep Stories, where the line between dreams and nightmares blurs. We bring you spine-chilling tales, unsettling encounters, and true paranormal experiences designed to haunt your imagination long after the lights go out. Prepare for an immersive journey into the unknown, exploring everything from terrifying urban legends to unexplained phenomena. Horror Sleep Stories offers a unique blend of atmospheric storytelling and unsettling narratives perfect for those who crave the thrill of the supernatural. Each episode crafts a world of suspense, focusing on ghost stories, creepy pasta, and real-life spooky encounters that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This isn't just about scares; it's about the psychological dread that lingers, making you question what lurks in the shadows. New episodes are published daily, every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8:00 AM. Tune in for a consistent dose of dread, perfect for late-night listening or setting a spooky mood any time. Our format is designed for captivating listening, drawing you into each eerie narrative with vivid detail and suspenseful pacing. This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the paranormal, seeking truly scary stories, or those who enjoy a good fright before bed. If you love exploring the dark side of human experience and the mysteries beyond our comprehension, you've found your new obsession. Subscribe to Horror Sleep Stories now and let the nightmares begin.

  1. 22h ago

    He Touched a Shoulder - Died for Trying to Stop a Fight

    He Touched a Shoulder - Died for Trying to Stop a Fight The cold was minus sixteen Celsius and a forty-four-year-old steelworker touched a stranger's shoulder to break up an argument - and forty-four minutes later he was dead on a stretcher. A man with twenty years of marriage, two sons, and a steady job was beaten so severely that his wife performed CPR on him in a hallway while no one else seemed to notice; who were the three men at the adjacent pool table and what happened in that narrow, poorly lit corridor? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from a Friday night at O'Grady's pub through the first hours of the police response, following the timeline from ten-thirty p.m. to Art Rosenthal's death at eleven-fourteen p.m., and we ask how what began as a single touch led to a fatal assault. Person: Arthur Rosenthal Date: January 14, 2005 Location: O'Grady's pub, 592 Upper James Street, Hamilton Status: Deceased, declared at 11:14 p.m. Suspect: Cairo Sparks, age 23, from Kitchener-Waterloo - Temperature outside the bar: negative sixteen degrees Celsius on the night of the incident. - Time window from when Art went to the bathroom to death: approximately forty-four minutes. - Time of death: 11:14 p.m. on January 14, 2005. - Physical evidence collected from suspect: a set of metal grilles recovered after officers tasered Cairo Sparks. - Age and affiliation of the man picked up near the scene: Cairo Sparks, 23, documented member of a gang called The Kings. 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.

    He Touched a Shoulder - Died for Trying to Stop a Fight

  2. 1d ago

    He Smiled at Court: The Love Scam That Nearly Killed Her

    He Smiled at Court: The Love Scam That Nearly Killed Her A woman sat alone in her car with the engine running, contemplating pressing the accelerator after a man she met online told her he loved her and took everything she had. The scam used a pilot's uniform, rehearsed stories, rented flats and routed finances through victims' accounts - and left some paying £250 a month; how did a smile in court become the end of the story? In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the first chat room contact in 2001 through repeated deceptions, showing how the con unfolded across relationships and bank accounts, and why a courtroom moment mattered so much to the survivors. What exactly happened in that courtroom, and why did it not stop him? Person: Nick Gage Person: Stella Driscoll Person: Katie Bourne Event: Convicted in Maidstone, October 2002 Amount lost: £17,000 - Stella paid the rent for nearly a year while Gage lived in a rented flat in Kent with her name on the lease. - Stella lost £17,000 before a friend reported the fraud to police. - In October 2002 a Maidstone court found Gage guilty of one count of obtaining property by deception and two counts of using a false instrument. - Gage received a two-year community rehabilitation order rather than a custodial sentence. - Sally Rainsford, a former landlady, had already lost £3,500 to Gage before warning Katie. 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.

    He Smiled at Court: The Love Scam That Nearly Killed Her

  3. 2d ago

    The Night Seven Planes Should Have Fallen - How They Almost Succeeded

    The Night Seven Planes Should Have Fallen - How They Almost Succeeded A single internet café search in Walthamstow nearly set a synchronized window for seven transatlantic flights to be destroyed, risking roughly two thousand lives over open ocean. What stopped the plot was ordinary-looking shopping - and a discarded carrier bag - but how such everyday items became the linchpin of mass murder is the question that drives this episode. In this episode, we follow the surveillance and intelligence that tracked a small network in 2006 and reveal the moment ordinary behavior became evidence of an aviation plot; could a bottle bought at a corner shop really be the world’s most dangerous bomb? Date: August 6, 2006 Person: Ahmed Ali Khan Location: Walthamstow, east London Operation: Operation Overt Controller: Rashid Rauf - Ahmed Ali Khan, age 25, logged flight schedules for seven transatlantic routes from an internet café on August 6, 2006. - Investigators estimated the target window could have killed roughly 2,000 people if all seven planes were downed simultaneously. - Operation Overt began in early 2006 with 28 surveillance teams and 8-14 officers per shift monitoring suspects. - Surveillance found a discarded carrier bag in Lloyd Park containing hollowed-out batteries linked to bomb construction. - Codified communication included the message "the bat and the bottles are ready, only need the juice now," indicating final assembly using hydrogen peroxide-based materials. 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.

    The Night Seven Planes Should Have Fallen - How They Almost Succeeded

  4. 3d ago

    She Faked Dying - How Six Men Gave Her £250,000

    She Faked Dying - How Six Men Gave Her £250,000 She told a different man she was dying and within weeks they handed over hundreds or tens of thousands of pounds; across two years six victims lost a total of £250,000 while she kept inventing stories and identities. What made ordinary people hand over their lives to a woman who seemed plain, vulnerable and in a hurry? In this episode, we follow the timeline of Emma Go Lightly’s deceptions, from her first online marriage to multiple simultaneous identities, and ask why so many men waited months or never reported the betrayals. How did small, believable details-pills, fake ceremonies, a ringing “PA”-become enough to convince them she was real? Person: Emma Go Lightly Date of arrest: January 2006 Birth year: 1984 Total taken: £250,000 Duration of fraud: two years - Married Chris Williams seven months after meeting him online in May 2004. - Chris Williams spent £17,000 on the marriage and aftermath; a £12,000 cheque she gave him bounced. - Spent £5,000 on Andrew Norris’s card within a single month. - Charged approximately £88,000 to Stephen Bell’s credit card over less than a year. - Posed as "Dr Taylor Go Lightly" at Nuffield Hospital, while the hospital confirmed no record of her on staff. 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.

    She Faked Dying - How Six Men Gave Her £250,000

  5. 4d ago

    She Baked Cookies While Burying Them: Inside 1426 F Street

    She Baked Cookies While Burying Them: Inside 1426 F Street The backyard of 1426 F Street hid seven bodies beneath neat mounds of fresh soil while the housekeeper baked cookies for officers and collected tenants' Social Security checks. This episode follows the discovery that began November 11, 1988 - but how could a woman trusted by social workers conceal multiple murders in plain sight? In this episode, we tell how a welfare check led detectives into a Victorian rooming house with a historic landmark status, the moment a detective unearthed a human femur, and the questions about decades of abuse and forgery that followed. Could the house’s ordinary appearance and Dorothea Puente’s careful routines have masked a calculated pattern of killings? Address: 1426 F Street Date: November 11, 1988 Person: Dorothea Puente Victims recovered: 7 bodies Earlier conviction: forging tenants' benefit checks (released 1985) - The first bone recovered was a human femur pulled from the backyard by Detective John Cabrera. - Seven bodies were recovered from the garden after three days of excavation following the November 11, 1988 discovery. - Dorothea Puente had been released from the California Women's Institution at Chowchilla in 1985 and returned to run the boarding house. - Everson Gilmouth, aged 77, was the first confirmed victim found outside the property, his body discovered in a handmade wooden box along the Sacramento River. - Ruth Monroe, aged 61, died in April 1982 and had been ruled a suicide before later scrutiny linked her to Puente. 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.

    She Baked Cookies While Burying Them: Inside 1426 F Street

  6. 5d ago

    He Drank Blood at Twelve - Krakow's Bayonet-Boy of Terror

    He Drank Blood at Twelve - Krakow's Bayonet-Boy of Terror Beneath Krakow's ancient stones, a string of silent, precise attacks left women wounded and dead, and the city sewing metal plates into coats. A boy who drank slaughterhouse blood at twelve wore a German bayonet at seventeen - who was this boy and why did he choose his victims? In this episode, we tell the story of the attacks that began in late September 1964 in Krakow, the background of Carol Kot, the changes to daily life in the city, and the forensic observations that hinted at a practiced hand; can a seemingly ordinary seventeen-year-old hold such calculated violence? Person: Carol Kot Date of birth: 18 December 1946 Location: Krakow, Poland Period: September 1964 Witness account: "a young boy, today." - He drank a cup of slaughterhouse blood at age 12 in front of slaughterhouse workers. - The first attack on 21 September 1964 struck Helena, age 48, between the shoulder blades while she stood in a church. - Francesca, age 78, was struck two days later as she entered an apartment building and suffered a spinal wound that left her unable to walk properly. - Maria, age 86, was attacked eight days after the first incident, suffered a fatal wound near a convent, and told a nun "a young boy, today" before dying. - By 1964 women in Krakow sewed metal balls and iron plates into the backs of their coats to protect against rear attacks. 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.

    He Drank Blood at Twelve - Krakow's Bayonet-Boy of Terror

  7. 6d ago

    He Heard the Dead - Then Stole Their Lives

    He Heard the Dead - Then Stole Their Lives The car parked by the canal bore the plate PSYCHIC, and the man who drove it told grieving widows he could hear their dead husbands - then rewrote their wills and emptied their accounts. How did one charismatic reader turn bedside comfort into legal control and cash theft from the very people he claimed to help? In this episode, we follow the timeline of Paul Williams from his cottage beside a Staffordshire canal to the Tolbert Hotel readings and into the hospital room where he presented himself as a son. We trace the cases of Irene Hixson and Gerard Rowley and ask how social trust, a forged war story, and legal access combined to take what had been left for funerals and homes. Person: Paul Williams Location: Staffordshire, English West Midlands Date: 1997-2003 Case: Irene Hixson and Gerard (Gerald) Rowley Event: Will signed 12 February 1999; Irene Hixson died 22 December 2000 - Paul Williams was 39 years old in 1997 and lived in a lock keeper's cottage beside a canal with a car plate reading PSYCHIC. - Irene Hixson signed a will at Williams's personal solicitor’s office on 12 February 1999 leaving the greater part of her estate to Paul Williams. - Irene Hixson died on 22 December 2000, approximately two years after first attending Williams’s sessions. - Gerard Rowley, aged 82 and nearly blind from cataracts, had £6,500 saved in the Tipton Building Society earmarked for his funeral. - Williams added his name as joint holder on Rowley’s bank account, withdrew £2,900 in cash, and forged three cheques totaling £3,591, emptying the account. 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.

    He Heard the Dead - Then Stole Their Lives

  8. Sep 12

    The Mother Who Smiled: Confessions Behind the Hospital Door

    The Mother Who Smiled: Confessions Behind the Hospital Door A red car crawled into McKenzie-Willamette Hospital on May 19, 1983, carrying a mother who laughed and three children each shot - one dead, two gravely wounded. Forensic evidence in the vehicle and Christie's courtroom testimony would contradict Diane Downs's "stranger" story; how did her carefully wrapped wound and the blood patterns point to a different truth? In this episode, we recount the timeline from Old Mohawk Road to the hospital and through the trial, laying out the physical evidence, witness reactions, and Diane Downs's history that framed motive and opportunity - and we return to the question that haunted the case: did Diane act alone or was someone else involved? Person: Diane Downs Date: May 19, 1983 Location: McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, Springfield, Oregon Victims: Cheryl (7, deceased), Christie (8, survived with stroke), Danny (3, survived) Sentence: Life in prison plus fifty years - Diane Downs was 27 on the night of the shootings and drove a red Nissan with Arizona plates into the hospital at about ten miles per hour. - First responders found Diane's left-arm gunshot wound already wrapped in a pre-made bandage taken from the trunk. - Forensic examiner Jim Pex documented a bloodstain on the passenger door edge running from outside inward and micro-droplets one to two millimeters across consistent with a close-range shot from inside the vehicle. - Christie, age eight, testified at trial: "My mom did it," and described the sequence, positions, and the gun used. - On June 17, 1984, a jury convicted Diane of Cheryl's murder and the attempted murder of Christie and Danny; she was sentenced ten days before giving birth to a daughter placed for adoption. 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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Can you feel that chill down your spine? Welcome to Horror Sleep Stories, where the line between dreams and nightmares blurs. We bring you spine-chilling tales, unsettling encounters, and true paranormal experiences designed to haunt your imagination long after the lights go out. Prepare for an immersive journey into the unknown, exploring everything from terrifying urban legends to unexplained phenomena. Horror Sleep Stories offers a unique blend of atmospheric storytelling and unsettling narratives perfect for those who crave the thrill of the supernatural. Each episode crafts a world of suspense, focusing on ghost stories, creepy pasta, and real-life spooky encounters that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This isn't just about scares; it's about the psychological dread that lingers, making you question what lurks in the shadows. New episodes are published daily, every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8:00 AM. Tune in for a consistent dose of dread, perfect for late-night listening or setting a spooky mood any time. Our format is designed for captivating listening, drawing you into each eerie narrative with vivid detail and suspenseful pacing. This podcast is for anyone fascinated by the paranormal, seeking truly scary stories, or those who enjoy a good fright before bed. If you love exploring the dark side of human experience and the mysteries beyond our comprehension, you've found your new obsession. Subscribe to Horror Sleep Stories now and let the nightmares begin.

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  • Creator
    Creator at Obomedia
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    84
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators
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