EP23 - 5 TRUE Scary Stories | Disneyland, Ouija Board Sessions, and Strangers on AOL Messenger

In this episode, we're diving into five scary true stories submitted by listeners and pulled straight from Reddit — covering a haunted restaurant, a chilling mimic encounter, a bone-chilling Disneyland night shift, an Ouija board session gone wrong, and a disturbing AOL Instant Messenger story that serves as a serious cautionary tale.

Story 1 (0:00) – A restaurant "haunted" joke turns real when a closing shift employee hears footsteps upstairs, finds every door locked, and watches a heavy patio door slam shut on its own — with no one else in the building.

Story 2 (5:30) – A family experiences years of eerie mimicry from something copying voices, cat sounds, and family members, until one night in the shower, a figure that looks exactly like her husband appears in the doorway... except he's asleep in bed.

Story 3 (11:47) – A Disneyland California Adventure custodian working the Hyperion Theater after hours watches a figure sprint across the upper balcony toward an elevator — only for the doors to open completely empty, with no other way down.

Story 4 (16:13) – A group of South Jersey ghost hunters uses a glow-in-the-dark Ouija board in a cemetery, and things escalate fast: a spelled-out warning, dropping temperatures in July, a spinning board with no hands on it, and a crushing weight that convinces one member he needs to leave immediately.

Story 5 (26:10) – A true and important cautionary tale from 2002: a girl's AOL Instant Messenger connection with a total stranger nearly leads to an in-person meeting, until a friend's mother steps in just in time.

Sources:

Story 1 – Reddit u/motherofxmen, r/Ghoststories - LINK

Story 2 – Reddit u/ghostgirl324, r/Paranormal - LINK

Story 3 – Instagram submission by u/beejayfourtwenty

Story 4 – Reddit u/sorryistoleyourbike, r/Paranormal - LINK

Story 5 – Reddit r/LetsNotMeet, "AOL was popular when I was 13" (deleted user) - LINK