The Terror Cellar - Real Paranormal Stories
by True Stories, Supernatural, Ghost Stories
GET ANDY'S DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ' MELODY BOY' HERE www,andycrofts.com The Terror Cellar – Your new favourite podcast! The Terror Cellar is the fast rising paranormal podcast for true ghost stories, supernatural encounters, and real life hauntings. Hosted by Andy Crofts, whose grounded, natural style makes even the strangest encounters feel all too real, each episode explores listener submitted ghost stories, and true paranormal events that defy explanation. Already a favorite in the world of true paranormal podcasts, The Terror Cellar is a chilling archive of the unexplained. 🕯️ Got a terrifying encounter of your own? Submit it now, and you might just hear it on a future episode. Subscribe, listen, and enter the shadows, because once you’re inside The Terror Cellar, there’s no going back. 👁️🗨️👻
Episodes
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#170 DAY 31 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Something Was Upstairs
Halloween, 1982. Five teenagers break into an abandoned barn in rural Northumberland to try a Ouija board, expecting nothing more than a few laughs and a spooky night. But when the planchette begins moving on its own, a terrifying bang comes from upstairs. What they discover when they return...
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#169 DAY 30 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 What is Paranormal Activity?
What actually counts as paranormal activity? From apparitions and shadow figures to poltergeists, haunted objects, mysterious voices and crisis apparitions, we explore the strange experiences that have fascinated and frightened people for generations. A deep dive into the world of the…
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#167 DAY 28 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Voice In The Kitchen
When a single mother and her teenage daughter move into a flat inside an old Victorian house, strange sounds soon disturb their new home. But one afternoon, while the daughter is alone reading in her bedroom, she hears her mum come home. There’s just one problem: her mum is still out shopping…
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#168 DAY 29 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Hereditary Film Review
For Day 29 of 31 Nights of Fright!, I’m exploring Hereditary (2018), Ari Aster’s deeply unsettling supernatural horror film. A family tragedy leads to disturbing secrets, strange manifestations and a terrifying journey into occult mysteries, inherited trauma and the possibility of demonic...
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#166 DAY 27 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Grandad was waving at me
A man arrives at his grandfather’s house and sees him smiling and waving from an upstairs window. But when he goes inside, the house is empty. The next day, he learns the truth: his grandfather had died more than 24 hours earlier. A deeply unsettling ghost story about a final goodbye, a familiar...
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#165 DAY 26 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 15 Halloween Facts
🎃 15 CREEPY HALLOWEEN FACTS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW Halloween is about much more than pumpkins, fancy dress and horror films. Behind this spooky celebration lies a fascinating history filled with ancient traditions, strange superstitions, ghostly folklore and some genuinely dark events. In this...
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#164 DAY 25 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Light Beneath The Cellar Door
A locked cellar. A strange light appearing beneath the door. And something that seems to be watching from the darkness below. In this unsettling fictional listener submission for The Terror Cellar, an insurance assessor staying in St. John’s, Newfoundland, begins experiencing unexplained…
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#163 DAY 24 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Get Out Film Review
For Day 14 of 31 Nights of Fright!, I’m revisiting Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017) — a modern horror classic where a weekend meeting the parents turns into a deeply unsettling nightmare. From Daniel Kaluuya’s unforgettable performance to the terrifying mystery of the Sunken Place, we explore...
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#162 DAY 23 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Why is 3am so scary?
Why is 3am known as the witching hour? From ghostly apparitions and unexplained footsteps to sleep paralysis, shadow figures and terrifying paranormal encounters, we explore the sinister folklore surrounding the Devil’s Hour. Discover why so many people associate 3am with true ghost stories,...
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#161 DAY 19 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Man Who Never Clocked Out
A locked room. A mysterious man in a rain-soaked brown coat. And a mail sack that keeps appearing where it shouldn’t. For Day 17 of The Terror Cellar, discover an unsettling imaginary listener-submitted ghost story set in a Cork sorting office in the 1990s, where one night-shift worker begins...
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#160 DAY 18 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Conversation with Priest, Father Jonathan Munn
(APOLOGIES FOR ANY ISSUES WITH SOUND) What happens when a priest explores the mysteries of ghosts, spirits and the paranormal? In this fascinating episode of The Terror Cellar, we discuss faith, the afterlife, unexplained experiences and whether there’s more to the supernatural than meets the…
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#159 DAY 17 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Highwayman Inn: Devon's Haunted Pub
Step inside Devon's eerie Highwayman Inn, a centuries-old coaching inn famous for its strange interiors and ghostly legends. Meet Samuel, the cavalier in green who reportedly walks through walls, discover the story of the mysterious child who spoke to him, and explore the sea captain said to…
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#158 DAY 16 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Birmingham's Haunted Theatres
For Day 16 of 31 Nights of Fright, we step behind the curtain at Birmingham’s haunted theatres. Discover the ghost stories of the Alexandra Theatre, including the spirit of former manager Leon Salberg and the mysterious Grey Lady, before heading to Birmingham Hippodrome to explore the chilling…
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#157 DAY 15 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Pluckley: The Village of the Dead
For Day 15 of 31 Nights of Fright, we’re heading to Pluckley in Kent, famously known as England’s most haunted village. From the chilling legend of the Screaming Man of the Clay Pit to the mysterious Red Lady, the White Lady, the Hanging Schoolmaster and tales of a phantom coach racing through…
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#156 DAY 14 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 A Scary Ghost Story with friend Ellie
Andy has his friend Ellie on the show to talk about her personal experience. Thank you for listening. Please help us out by subscribing, rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ the show and leaving a review. 👻 GET ANDY'S DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ' MELODY BOY' HERE www,andycrofts.com 🕯️Got a terrifying encounter of your own?…
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#155 DAY 13 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Carrie (1976) Film Review
What if the girl everyone laughed at possessed a power nobody could control? 🔥 For Day 13, we’re revisiting Brian De Palma’s legendary supernatural horror film Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. From telekinesis and psychic abilities to religious fanaticism, school bullying and the...
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#154 DAY 12 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Shapes in the Stalls
An empty theatre, unexplained applause and a figure that vanishes from a locked box. In this fictional listener submission for The Terror Cellar, a lighting technician working at the famous Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires experiences a series of disturbing paranormal encounters. From eerie…
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#153 DAY 11 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Chamber of Horrors
Discover the dark history of Madame Tussaud in this chilling episode of The Terror Cellar. Surviving the French Revolution, she became famous for recreating the faces of the dead, connecting her story to the horrors of the guillotine and the disturbing history of death masks. But what happens…
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#152 DAY 10 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Old Woman on the Landing
A young mother is left alone with her two small children while her husband works in America. Both children begin describing the same strange visitor: a little old woman who appears on the landing, on the stairs and once in the garden. At first, their mother puts it down to childhood imagination....
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#151 DAY 9 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Haunting Film Review (1963)
Is Hill House really haunted, or is something far more sinister at work? 👻 In this classic supernatural horror film, director Robert Wise takes us inside one of cinema’s most terrifying haunted houses. Join me as I explore the ghostly noises, unexplained phenomena, psychic abilities and chilling...
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#150 DAY 8 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 East London Ghost Story
A demolition worker in East London begins hearing a quiet male voice coming from beneath an old Victorian house. At first it sounds like an ordinary noise from the building, but then the voice becomes clearer, and another worker hears it too. The Cellar Voice is a slow-burning paranormal story...
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#149 DAY 7 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Ghosts of Northamptonshire
For Day 7 of 31 Nights of Fright, The Terror Cellar enters the haunted world of Northamptonshire, from the phantom armies of the Battle of Naseby and the ghostly figures of Delapré Abbey, to Mary Queen of Scots at the Talbot Hotel in Oundle, the dead navvies of Blisworth Tunnel, phantom monks,...
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#148 DAY 6 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Last Delivery
A postal worker on the night shift at a Midlands sorting depot begins noticing fleeting figures, unexplained movement, sudden headaches and waves of nausea in one particular part of the building. Other workers quietly report similar experiences, but nobody ever sees enough to be certain. This...
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#147 DAY 5 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Light Beyond the Altar
A maintenance worker begins seeing a pale, transparent old woman inside an isolated Yorkshire church, always briefly, always disappearing around the next corner. Then a strange pale light begins appearing beside the altar. A deeply unsettling fictional ghost story for The Terror Cellar. Thank you...
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#146 DAY 4 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Lighthouse Keepers
In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from a remote Scottish island, leaving behind a deserted lighthouse and a mystery that has endured for more than a century. Explore the chilling true story of the Flannan Isles disappearance, the official investigation, the evidence left behind...
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#145 DAY 3 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Man in the Workshop
A man living alone in a remote Derbyshire cottage begins experiencing disturbing events, from unexplained damage and strange noises to an increasingly hostile presence in his workshop. As the activity escalates, he becomes convinced that whatever haunts the property wants him out. A dark,...
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#144 DAY 2 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 Obsession Film Review
A dark and gripping film review of Obsession, exploring its themes of desire, manipulation, jealousy and psychological obsession. We take a closer look at the story, performances, atmosphere and disturbing twists to see what makes this thriller so compelling, and whether it’s worth watching.…
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#143 DAY 1 - 31 NIGHTS OF FRIGHT! 🎃 The Girl in the Doorway
What would you do if you woke at 3 a.m. to find your daughter standing silently in your bedroom doorway, only to discover she was fast asleep in her own bed? Tonight, we begin 31 Nights of Fright with a chilling listener submitted story of unexplained sightings, strange footsteps and unsettling...
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#142 The Pollock Twins: The Chilling Reincarnation Story That Still Has No Explanation
Do you believe in reincarnation? Here is the incredible true story of the Pollock twins, one of the most fascinating alleged reincarnation cases ever documented. In 1957, sisters Joanna and Jacqueline Pollock were tragically killed in Hexham, England. Just 17 months later, their mother gave birth...
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#141 Don't Look Up! - A Ghost Story
A school caretaker begins hearing an old assembly bell ringing after dark, seeing children who shouldn’t be there and finding objects connected to pupils who died decades earlier. This chilling fictional ghost story slowly reveals why one warning was repeated for years: don’t look up when the…
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#140 The Room Nobody Used - A Paranormal Account
A receptionist working late in a quiet Bristol solicitor’s office begins hearing a typewriter in an empty room and receiving mysterious telephone calls from a ghostly woman. As strange messages appear and the past comes back to life, she discovers a terrifying haunted office with a dark secret. A...
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#139 Signal Box 17 - A Listeners True Paranormal Story
In 1974, railway signalman Alan McBride began experiencing unexplained events during night shifts at an old Scottish signal box. A railway signal changed by itself, a telephone rang on a dead line, an old pocket watch kept appearing, and a mysterious figure was seen beside the tracks at exactly...
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#138 The Voice in the Spare Room - A True paranormal story
(Apologies for some phone iinterference as I was at my mums and had interference) A terrifying true ghost story about a woman living in 1980s Cheltenham who begins hearing familiar voices calling from an empty spare room. But when the voices start mimicking her family, and eventually herself, she...
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#137 Room 314: A True Ghost Story from a Haunted Hotel
A chilling true ghost story from a haunted hotel, where unexplained footsteps, a mysterious voice and the ghostly presence of a long-dead guest leave one traveller questioning what really happened in Room 314. A terrifying paranormal encounter involving a haunted corridor, unexplained phenomena…
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#136 The Shuffling Below | A True Paranormal Encounter From Germany
A mother thought she had found the perfect home in Germany, but strange things soon began to unfold. It started with mysterious shuffling sounds in the cellar, unexplained footsteps on the landing every night, and unsettling shadows disappearing around corners. As the terrifying paranormal…
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#135 Classic Film Review: Sinister (2012) Explained & Reviewed
This week on The Terror Cellar, I take a spoiler-free look at Sinister (2012), exploring Ethan Hawke’s performance, the terrifying Super 8 films, the mythology of Bughuul, the supernatural themes, and why many consider it one of the scariest horror films ever made. Thank you for listening. Please...
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#134 Clapham Wood: Britain’s Most Haunted Forest? | True Paranormal Stories
In this episode of The Terror Cellar, we investigate the chilling mysteries of Clapham Wood, West Sussex. From reported ghost sightings and paranormal encounters to unexplained deaths, UFO sightings, the infamous Witch Tree, missing dogs, and alleged occult activity, we separate documented facts...
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#133 The Haunting of Chaeronea - An Ancient Ghost Story (First Century AD)
A deep dive into one of history’s earliest recorded hauntings, told by Plutarch in the first century AD. We explore the disturbing events in Roman era Chaeronea, where a violent killing and an abandoned bathhouse led to rumours of strange voices echoing through the night. Thank you for listening....
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#132 The Girl On The Stairs - A True Paranormal tale
In this chilling listener submission, a family shares their terrifying experiences living at 10 Skelton Walk. From a ghostly monk seen walking the landing to a Victorian girl sitting on the stairs, moving objects and unexplained activity, this true paranormal story will leave you questioning what...
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#131 Ghost Footsteps, A Haunted Pool, and The Eastover Mansion Mystery / The Ghost that didn't want us there
Two incredible true listener stories of paranormal encounters.The first describes a home where strange activity built up over 30 years, objects moving on their own, shadow figures, voices, and a presence known as “the man with the white.” A house where something always felt like it didn’t want…
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#130 The House That Watched Us: A True Paranormal Story
gA young family moves into an old house looking for a fresh start, but strange events soon begin to unfold. Objects move, unexplained footsteps echo through the halls, and a small child appears to be communicating with something nobody else can see. Was it an imaginary friend, a guardian spirit…
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#129 The Locked Door - A True Paranormal Story
A veteran decorator thought he’d seen every kind of house London had to offer… until one job in a forgotten Victorian mansion changed everything. Strange footsteps. Whispered voices. A locked room nobody was allowed to enter. And one terrifying moment that still haunts him 40 years later…...
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#128 Classic Film Review: Fire in the Sky
UFO files are being released, governments are openly discussing unexplained aerial phenomena, and suddenly films like Fire in the Sky don’t feel quite so fictional anymore… 👽🛸In this episode, we dive deep into alien encounters, Travis Walton, government disclosures, military sightings, and why...
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#127 The week I was Haunted - True paranormal experience
PRE ORDER ANDY'S ALBUM 'MELODY BOY' HERE https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/products/andy-crofts-melody-boy In this episode. A true ghost story from 1980s England. A real paranormal encounter, haunted house, unseen forces, and a week I’ll never forget. Was it fear… or something truly supernatural?...
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#126 The Black Moth - True paranormal experience
Pre-order Andys single 'BLUE' on Ltd edition transparent blue vinyl (Available June). Don't miss out as going fast! Get the 7" Record here Listen on Spotify A true paranormal experience involving a haunted mirror, a shadow figure, and a shared dream that defies logic. What starts as a quiet night...
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#125 Hospital Ghost Story + Bonus
Pre-order Andys single 'BLUE' on Ltd edition transparent blue vinyl (Available June). Don't miss out as going fast! Get yours here In this episode, I share a realistic hospital ghost story based on night shift experiences as a nurse. From unexplained call bells and footsteps in empty corridors to...
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#124 Ghost in my house
After his grandad died, a man moves into the old family house and begins noticing strange occurrences, cupboards opening on their own, a piano playing in the night, and a faint voice calling from the cellar. A chilling true ghost story about family, loss, and the unknown. Thank you for listening....
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#123 The Black Mass - A True Ghost Story
A completely ordinary life in a quiet flat took a disturbing turn when the smell of smoke began appearing with no source. Then came the missing camera footage, footsteps heard by a guest when no one else was there, and finally a terrifying encounter with a dark smoke like presence. A slow burn,...
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#122 Classic Film Review: The Changeling (1980)
Today we have a classic film review of The Changeling. A slow burn haunted house horror starring George C. Scott that blends psychological terror, mystery, and one of the most unsettling ghost stories in classic cinema. Discover why this atmospheric supernatural film is still considered one of…
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♱ Resurrection Wednesday: Patty Pie and the Pointy Shoes
Resurrection Wednesdays are when we unseal the Terror Cellar Vault and breathe life back into the stories that refuse to stay buried. Each week, a classic episode rises from the darkness, remembered, and ready to haunt you all over again. Some tales fade with time. These ones linger… waiting for...
About this show
GET ANDY'S DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ' MELODY BOY' HERE
www,andycrofts.com
The Terror Cellar – Your new favourite podcast!
The Terror Cellar is the fast rising paranormal podcast for true ghost stories, supernatural encounters, and real life hauntings. Hosted by Andy Crofts, whose grounded, natural style makes even the strangest encounters feel all too real, each episode explores listener submitted ghost stories, and true paranormal events that defy explanation.
Already a favorite in the world of true paranormal podcasts, The Terror Cellar is a chilling archive of the unexplained.
🕯️ Got a terrifying encounter of your own? Submit it now, and you might just hear it on a future episode.
Subscribe, listen, and enter the shadows, because once you’re inside The Terror Cellar, there’s no going back. 👁️🗨️👻
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True Stories, Supernatural, Ghost Stories