Frightful

Frightful

Ready for something frightful? Host Peter Laws covers dark stories that will make you want to sleep with the light on. If you have a Morbid curiosity with an obsession to having no sleep then this dark topic podcast will be your go to. No stories are too scary for Frightful junkies.

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April 21, 2024 36 mins

When her new patient develops a malevolent voice, a private nurse is thrust into a harrowing paranormal mystery.

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Imagine stepping into a place where the veil between our world and the paranormal is at its thinnest. Ground where the echoes of unholy rituals and desecrations linger in the air. That's what we’ll find in the abandoned British church that became a magnet for Black magic in the 1960s. But the tale doesn't end there. Tonight, we delve deeper into the shadows to uncover the terrifying paranormal activity that haunts this curs...

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In 1963, Clophill, England, hit the headlines for a shocking grave desecration that would spread fears of black magic throughout the country. Join me for this in-depth documentary on the true and scary mystery of animal mutilation, necromancy and wandering ghosts.

In part 1, we two boys make a macabre discovery in an old ruined church , which lead to a satanic panic.

In Part 2, we'll explore the paranormal history of the church, ...

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A woman encounters a hideous spectre who committed suicide in the attic room of her pub, The Fox on the Hill, in Camberwell, London. Say goodbye to sleep with more true scary stories and mysteries with Fortean Times columnist and one of the BBC's Uncanny 'experts', Rev Peter Laws.

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Join me for the second in a three-part series exploring chilling tales of hauntings following suicides by hanging. Tonight, a woman encounters a lingering, weeping entity in a cinema. We also include an extra case about a family's tragic mass suicide in India. These stories will send shivers down your spine. Don't forget to subscribe for more spooky content, but please bear in mind that these particular episodes contain det...

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Suicide Spirits (Case 1): The Rocking Chair

In this special three-part video series on Frighful, we dive into the terrifying and disturbing world of suicide spirits, beginning with the tragic tale of the haunted rocking chair. Get ready for a chilling ghost story that will send shivers down your spine and make you think twice about the afterlife. Are you brave enough to hear about this truly scary and creepy true haunting? Listen no...

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October 1972: Hawaiian police were called out to a house where three women had experienced some distressing paranormal activity. Yet what happened next, in full view of the police no less, was horrific.

I’m Peter Laws, and tonight I present… The Phantom Strangler: Police Witness a BONE-CHILLING Paranormal Encounter in Hawaii.

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Police discover the mutilated and tortured bodies of two young brothers and their mother. To their horror, they learn that the killers are not strangers. Far from it…they are the 54-year-old father and the 17-year-old daughter who fully believed that the rest of their family were demonically possessed. And that torture and death were the only ways to set them free.

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A couple is forced to leave their home in 1995 after a series of terrifying paranormal incidents... Could these incidents really have been caused by attending a theater show led by a psychic medium?

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The apparent demonic possession of Don Decker – otherwise known as the Pennsylvania Rain Man – is a chilling and bizarre paranormal case. It was so unsettling, that some people began to believe they were literally witnessing the work of the Devil himself.

What’s more, these events were witnessed and corroborated by multiple people, including a prison warden and four police officers. Brace yourself for a fascinating yet scary account...

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As wild as it sounds, there are multiple claims from eyewitnesses of grotesque, monstrous-looking creatures, possibly from other worlds wreaking havoc in this one. Creatures that are so disturbing that encounters with them could even be fatal.

The unsettling encounters we will examine feature creatures whose descriptions are, perhaps bizarrely, akin to the Gremlins from the Hollywood movie of the same name. And not only in...
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    The Hinterkaifeck Farm murders are truly frightful and remain unexplained over 100 years after they occurred. As well as the brutal slaying of six people, there were hints of paranormal activity taking place. These unsettling events unfolded in early 1922 at the Hinterkaifeck Farm located in the alpine woods of the German state of Bavaria just outside the town of Groben.

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    December 3, 2023 21 mins
    In 1974, two couples had just graduated from college. George and Tina Martell along with Rick and Anna Delapena were about to start new jobs, but finances were tight…so they decided to pool their money and move into a house together.

    The home they found was creaky and old, but it was spacious. What’s more, it came with furniture…including a painting hanging over the fireplace, of a woman by that same fireplace. Surely, thi...
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    November 19, 2023 21 mins
    In 1974, two couples had just graduated from college. George and Tina Martell along with Rick and Anna Delapena were about to start new jobs, but finances were tight…so they decided to pool their money and move into a house together.

    The home they found was creaky and old, but it was spacious. What’s more, it came with furniture…including a painting hanging over the fireplace, of a woman by that same fireplace. Surely, thi...
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    October 22, 2023 86 mins
    ...1 eerie corn maze...
    ...9 haunting figures...
    ...9 spine-tingling tales...
    ...Will YOU find your way out? This holiday season, step into a labyrinth of shadows and suspense with Shane Waters as your guide. In this chilling collaboration, you'll encounter the hosts of 9 acclaimed true crime podcasts, each offering a dark tale and a life lesson to send shivers down your spine. This is not just a special episode; it...
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    Last time on Frightful, I took you into the Australian Wilderness, a colossal, yet barely populated area which can be both beautiful and terrifying. We have already encountered a series of human horrors…from cruel killers to babies snatched by animals.

    But tonight, we head back out into the darkness for one more trip…only this time, the threat may well be harder to understand or define…because there are supernatural myste...
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    The Outback is an absolutely vast area of Australia, spanning 5.6 million km squared. It covers about 70% of the content of Australia, it would take up half of the United States if placed on top. It’s mostly flat, and covered with soil that is highly infertile and it’s filled with kangaroos, dingos (Australian wild dogs).

    Despite it’s size, there are barely any people. In fact, less than 5% of the Australian population li...
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    In December 1952, Peter and Dorothy McEwan left London and moved to the shores of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. To help run the estate they hired another couple to help run the house. Yet on the very first night, their new housekeeper complains of strange footsteps in her room.

    It will be only the first stage in a night of terror…as the two couples must uncover the terrifying mystery of The House of the Crawling Wo...
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    In December 1952, Peter and Dorothy McEwan left London and moved to the shores of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. To help run the estate they hired another couple to help run the house. Yet on the very first night, their new housekeeper complains of strange footsteps in her room.

    It will be only the first stage in a night of terror…as the two couples must uncover the terrifying mystery of The House of the Crawling Wo...
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    July 30, 2023 26 mins
    Is there anything more Frightful than a serial killer stalking your neighbourhood, picking victims at random, abducting, assaulting, mutilating and killing them. What about four killers, doing exactly that…but working together…as a team.

    This is one of the most disturbing true crime cases I’ve ever covered for this podcast, and yet it doesn’t seem particularly well known.

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