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The Scarecast

Michael Crutchfield

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A nighttime story with a happy ending is what we were used to as kids, but as we grow older, we realize the world is not such a happy place after all. MaddMike, a popular horror story narrator that originated on YouTube, started a podcast, The Scarecast, to tackle the real horrific experiences of people all across the world. From crazy encounters meeting people on Craigslist, creepy pizza deliveries in the middle of nowhere, to individuals encountering evil spirits that follow them wherever ...
 
Do you ever wonder what lurks in the shadows of the world around you? Have you ever come across strange and unexplainable events that just seem too unnatural to be coincidental? In this podcast, Sam Wilder and Addy Love seek to unravel and expose some of the most unnerving stories experienced by the everyday Redditor - because the wildest things happen even to the most average of people. Listen in every day as we cover topics that are sure to make you question the reality of the world around ...
 
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While working in a home where a murder took place, OP and his coworkers started hearing and experiencing some strange things, like broken furniture, but upon investigation, they found nothing. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Go to HelloFresh.com/redditex…
 
OP heard a strange whisper that just didn’t seem to go away while trying to sleep. She sat up to see if it was coming from her sleeping parents, but it wasn’t. Then her boyfriend called saying he had received two facetime calls from OP, but the only problem was that OP never actually called him. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit M…
 
OP, their dog, and their friend find themselves driving down a dirt road when they come across a guy standing off the side of the road smiling. He seemed nice enough at first, but something about him just seemed off. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Go to…
 
On 6 October 1995, 15-year-old Nicole van den Hurk disappeared on her way to work in Eindhoven, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. On 22 November, her body was found in the woods between the towns of Mierlo and Lierop. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/po…
 
Jordyn Walker started getting a toothache and an unstoppable runny nose. For most parents and teenagers, such symptoms would seem like an inconvenience more than anything else, but for Walker and her family, it was cause for significant alarm because of a scary stint that happened in the hospital a year before that had begun in much the same way. S…
 
An unsolved murder involving a goose without feet, a paranormal story of a boss coming to see his employee when he died to make sure he finished the job, and a paranormal account involving an imaginary friend. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Go to HelloF…
 
A random couple approached OP and her friends to ask about how to pay for the skating rink. Given that the kiosk was so obviously in the open, this felt unnecessary and a bit off. The lady started complimenting them, and more and more the pair started to seem sus. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mo…
 
“I see something out of the corner of my eye that my brain instinctively told me to look at. I’m in full view of the window, lights still off, and I get closer to see a tall, dark, hooded figure standing just one yard away.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/p…
 
“We had to walk by this old building, so I don’t know why it gave me the willies walking by, but it felt like it had eyes on you.” OP made fun of their friend at first for being so frightened about the building, but what he told OP later shook them. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and …
 
When given a new sword, the Samurai would go and test it on random innocent victims to make sure it worked. A woman was found pushing her baby on a swing, who had been dead for 2 days from hypothermia and dehydration. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Go t…
 
OP was doing construction on a house with his coworkers, and after leaving the attic, they heard some strange noises coming from up there. After they closed everything off, they went outside, but there seemed to still be someone in there. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mi…
 
Story #1: "The Man of the Woods" written by Ryan Major Story #2: "The Mirror" written by Ryan Major (follow him on Twitter @rcmajorwriting) Story #3: "The Graveyard" written by Darkly Gathers *** Follow @thescarecast on TikTok and Instagram Go Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@scarecast Contact me through email: mike@thescar…
 
OP’s mom went to the appliance store and noticed a man in her peripheral vision following her close by. She at first thought it was another person in a hurry to get into the store, but as she went through the store, she noticed the man hanging around her nearby and whatever area of the store she went to, the man followed. Submit your stories: popme…
 
This episode is about OP’s creepy uncle who used all kinds of weird technology to spy on anyone he could, including OP and OP’s family. \ Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Go to HelloFresh.com/redditexplains60 and use code redditexplains60 for 60% off plus…
 
One year after a woman went missing, her remains were found near an old dam. The police arrested and convicted a suspect, but even the victim’s family fought for his innocence. Decades later the police exhumed her grave for reinvestigation only to find her remains missing. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great de…
 
OP got off a train and a tall skinny man got off from the car behind her. She felt he was following her, so she hurried and started tying her shoe, but the man stopped and asked her “Are you smart?” OP wasn’t sure what his intentions were, so she just decided to play dumb. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great de…
 
On August 6th, 1975, 17 year old Laurel Jean Mitchell vanished after leaving her job at the Cokesbury Inn, a small restaurant in North Webster, Indiana. The following morning, Mitchell’s body was discovered 15 miles away by a fisherman. On February 6th, 2023, an arrest was finally made in her case. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visi…
 
“On our way out of the park a very dirty man, probably in his 30s, came out of the woods and made it a point to stare at me with the most empty of expressions that I have ever seen. The man followed me with his eyes and head and continued to stare at me until I couldn’t see him anymore.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobi…
 
OP got invited by a fellow co-ed at the university she attended to go to a bonfire in the wilderness. Things at the bonfire seemed normal at first, until things sort of changed and started to just seem off. There was no music playing, the conversation stopped between all the people there, and OP suddenly found herself alone and the guy she came wit…
 
OP had an ornate mirror in her house, which for some reason she always thought the mirror just gave off weird vibes. She brought this up to her family and realized that every member of the family thought the exact same thing, but no one had ever made this known to one another. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for grea…
 
In February 2010, the McStay family, a family of 4, seemingly vanished from their home abruptly. The bodies of each family member were found 3 years later in shallow graves in the California desert. The culprit was arrested one year later. We talk about other solved mysteries such as The Bloop, The Windsor Hum, Polybius, Dan Rather, The case of Adr…
 
"Creepy Crawly" written by Ryan Major (follow him on Twitter @rcmajorwriting) *** Follow @thescarecast on TikTok and Instagram Go Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@scarecast Contact me through email: mike@thescarecast.com for any story requests, concerns, or advertising inquiries. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.…
 
13-year-old Rachel Marie Mellon Skemp disappeared while staying home sick with her stepfather on January 31, 1996. She has never been found and authorities suspect foul play. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Visit hellofresh.com/redditexplains65 and promo…
 
We continue reading about these experiences this guy has had behind his home of some unknown entity existing behind his home that keeps interrupting the everyday life of his family. Animals seem to be scared of it, including his 3 dogs, and the hairs on the back of his head always stand up when he goes out there, but still no sight of what it is… U…
 
OP went outside and the usual noisy sounds that the various critters make at night were nonexistent/silent. They noticed something moving in the woods and it was coming toward them, which they at first thought was a rabbit, until a rock the size of a cantaloupe came hurling out of the woods and landed in some shrubs next to them. Submit your storie…
 
100% believe Joe Jackson drugged Michael Jackson with puberty blockers to prolong his cancer. Also another full blown conspiracy about Michael Jackson which you’ll have to decide yourself if you believe. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Visit hellofresh.c…
 
We tell 2 more stories about some really odd disappearance cases and the strangeness surrounding what happened to these individuals. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Visit hellofresh.com/redditexplains65 and promo code redditexplains65 for 65% off plus fr…
 
When someone disappears mysteriously, those left behind are often shocked and confused. Particularly baffling are disappearances where it appears as though the missing person suddenly vanished while in the midst of their daily activities. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mi…
 
"Jim The Cart" written by Ryan Major (follow him on Twitter @rcmajorwriting) *** Note: Hey everyone, if you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review my podcast... I noticed some less than favorable reviews lately... which I will take accountability for... would love some love on there, thanks! *** Follow @thescarecast on TikTok and Instagram Go…
 
"Tag!" written by Ryan Major (follow him on Twitter @rcmajorwriting) *** Note: Hey everyone, I really hope you enjoyed this spooky bedtime story. If you all could please rate and review my podcast, that would be greatly appreciated. I also want to say that I have been absent primarily due to my day job. I work as a public accountant, and unfortunat…
 
OP was staying with her brother during the pandemic when there was a knock at the door. The brother answered, talked to the stranger briefly, then got angry at OP for not telling him she had a boyfriend, and a really old one at that. But OP did not have a boyfriend and had no idea who he was talking to on the other side. Submit your stories: popmed…
 
A panhandler named Wendel followed OP through every city, convinced that they were dating. When OP went to stay with her brother, he came to “rescue” her. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Visit hellofresh.com/redditexplains65 and promo code redditexplains…
 
Christopher Tompkins was working as part of a survey crew in a wooded area near the county line road off of Warm Springs Road in Harris County, Georgia on January 25, 2002. He was accompanied by 3 co-workers, all of whom were 50 feet apart. One of the co-workers looked away for a moment and by the time he glanced in that direction again, Tompkins h…
 
OP was just chillin at home with their family when they suddenly heard a bang at the door. OP’s dad answered the door and it was their neighbor, who was screaming that they lived in his house and needed to give it back to him immediately. Confused, the father just slammed the door in the neighbor’s face, which only made him more angry. Submit your …
 
Today we talk about Amber Hagerman, a girl that was killed 27 years ago on January 13, 1996 and whose killer was never caught. This is the story behind Amber Alerts. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Visit hellofresh.com/redditexplains65 and promo code red…
 
Today we read a very real, very creepy story about a woman who was stalked and followed by 3 men while inside a Target. We hope you can listen to this story and learn from it, and make sure you’re safe out there. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Visit hel…
 
“The dogs have finally calmed down and I’m still just trying to get some shut eye when I hear this second sound. It was the most unnatural sound that I have ever heard in my life. This one sounded like a mix of every horror monster all in one.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devic…
 
OP drives through a location in East Texas and experiences something super strange. Afterward, the location is found nowhere on Google maps and there is no evidence that they even went where they went. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop Visit hellofresh.com…
 
OP and her husband start experiencing some strange, paranormal things in their home. They learn that a couple that used to live there would get the cops called on them all the time in the past for domestic disturbances. The husband later took his own life. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile pla…
 
OP and their friend were talking while driving in their car and out of nowhere they spun out and began to scream while the car behind them honked. They were headed right for a gully when suddenly they were back, driving straight on the road like normal again. Neither of them could explain what was going on. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail…
 
OP was starting to fall asleep when they heard a woman start to repeat the word “No” over and over again. The lady kept saying this word, louder and louder, until she was screaming it. Nobody really reacted or did anything, until OP’s brother jumped up and tried to help. That’s when they realized there was a struggle happening with a tall man on th…
 
2022 update on this case: Marilyn Bergeron told her friends and family that something bad had happened to her, but she refused to say what it was. When asked if she’d been assaulted or witnessed a crime, she said “No, something worse.” and then vanished. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans…
 
“I was collecting firewood in a big tangle of downed trees, brush, and bramble. I could faintly hear the falls off to my left when out of nowhere I hear the most unearthly scream or roar I’ve ever heard. It stopped me dead in my tracks, and I was frozen.” Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plan…
 
In May 2008, a 13 year old Aarushi Talwar was found murdered in her own bedroom in India. The police launched a manhunt for the prime suspect, a 45 year old Hemraj, a live-in domestic help employed by her family, and one day later, Hemraj’s partially decomposed body was found in the terrace of the same home. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmai…
 
OP’s cat was inside the house, but suddenly appeared outside while they were hanging out near the door. After going inside, OP’s cat was on the couch asleep, and there was no sign of her having been outside moments before. Submit your stories: popmediaagency@gmail.com Visit Mint Mobile for great deals on mobile plans and devices: mintmobile.com/pop…
 
Story #1: The List written by u/firesidechats451 Story #2: My name is Death, and I feel severely misunderstood written by u/HotelEntropy Story #3: How To Live Nine Lives written by u/Sprattus_Sprattus *** Stay Connected: follow @thescarecast on TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat for updates and more content! Contact me through email: mike@thescarecast…
 
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