Unlock Your Dark Side: Start Here with 5 Chilling Episodes of Disturbed: True Horror Stories

So, you’re a horror fan. You think you’ve heard it all. Binged the big ‘casts (do we call them that yet?) and are thirsty for more. You’ve got two requirements: it’s gotta be real and it’s gotta be disturbing. Killer Podcasts has just the ticket.

Disturbed: True Horror Stories is a unique entry in the true crime genre. This podcast scours the Internet for chilling and unsettling written stories and gives them new life on every episode. If you’ve ever experienced reading a passage from a book then hearing it on an audiobook, you know how illuminating the story becomes.

Perhaps most compelling of all, each half-hour episode features three to five tales read by a different narrator. Every entry is a singular, terrifying encounter.

All right, so you’re in, but you don’t know where to start. Good thing you continued reading. Below are the Top 5 Most Popular Episodes of Disturbed by listener downloads. You can listen right here or hop over to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1. Episode 178: I Can’t Explain It: Each story in this episode touches on the thin veil between our world and the unknown, reminding us of the mysteries that lurk just out of sight. There’s an eerie encounter while taking a shortcut through cornfields. The ghost in a haunted apartment is more fascinating than frightening. A coterie of friendly ghosts is disrupted by an unwelcome and malevolent newcomer. A troubling interaction with a well-dressed man in a busy urban park gets weirder and weirder.

2. Episode 179: The Look in Their Eyes: An imaginary friend becomes dangerously influential. A night-shift janitor dreads visiting the 6th floor and its sinister presence. A teenager’s new house is plagued by ghosts. A normal camping trip turns into a night of terror. The Ouija board at a neighbor’s house is more chilling than expected.

3. Episode 180: Home is Where the Haunt Is: A house in Ohio has been a hotspot for paranormal activity since the mid-1970s. An ancient ghost in a renovated cotton mill with an ancient ghost is stuck in his routine. A former brothel-turned-apartment building gives paranormal hints to its storied past. A young child who’s home alone realizes those footsteps are not his parents. There’s a harrowing description of sleep paralysis and the blurred line between sleep and wakefulness.

4. Episode 181: Alone in the Woods: Each of these stories not only entertains but also invites us to ponder the deeper, often darker aspects of human experience and the unknown. Explore an unsettling humming in the woods, the truth behind a seemingly dreamt memory, and a fun night at a rec center with unexplained blackouts.

5. Episode 177: There Was Nothing I Could Do: An unpredictable stranger follows a couple into their apartment building. The paranormal presence in a new apartment won’t go without a fight. A baffling event might be explained by a glitch in reality and the possibility of being stuck in a time loop.

Producer's Pick:

When given this list, our producer agreed but wanted to throw out their favorites as well. True fans will also check out: Episode 170: Stranger Danger, Episode 182: Graveyard Shift, Episode 171: Why Is This Happening, Episode 179: The Look In Their Eyes, and Episode 175: I Can Feel A Presence.

That’s just the tip of the insomniac iceberg. Want more? Dive in on Disturbed’s website, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. and be sure to subscribe wherever you consume podcasts.