https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fearful--6820278enTrue CrimeCopyright Ben Gibsonhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d85dc8c5e89a09c4258467505bbe5152.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/fearful--6820278Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:43:05 +0000Ben GibsonBen Gibsonwickedandgrimpodcast@gmail.comWelcome to "Fearful", the podcast that takes you on a thrilling journey through the world of mysteries, paranormal phenomena, and all things terrifying. We will explore eerie tales of haunted places, unsolved crimes, inexplicable events, and...falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-risk-selfie-girl--68980267fc11ccb3-236e-4cec-8157-2c0705cdcfdfWed, 05 Nov 2025 15:59:53 +0000Ben GibsonIn the age of viral validation, some moments are captured at the cost of everything. Xenia Ignatyeva, a 17 year old with a camera and a fearless streak, climbed a railway bridge in pursuit of one unforgettable selfie, and never came back down alive....930false59fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bell-island-hag--68980278d907e48b-d0be-466e-9b9b-ebdd33d1e0b1Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Ben GibsonOn a fog drenched island off Newfoundland’s coast, a woman’s voice still drifts through the night, whispering, “No one came to help me.” Locals call her the Bell Island Hag, a ghost said to crawl from the swamps and mines, freezing victims in their...1474false58fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-van-meter-monster-cryptid--68980268ce1208dd-2fe9-4c66-bd6d-9344e52e48b7Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:29:09 +0000Ben GibsonIn the fall of 1903, the small town of Van Meter, Iowa, was gripped by fear as a winged creature with glowing light pouring from its forehead terrorized the community for five consecutive nights. Witnesses described a beast that defied nature as...1070false57fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hexham-heads-haunted-objects--689802691d678846-e9c4-4d47-8cde-33e40267d894Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:18:21 +0000Ben GibsonIn 1971, two boys digging in their garden in Hexham, England, unearthed a pair of crudely carved stone heads that were small, unsettling, and unlike anything they'd seen before. What followed was a wave of bizarre poltergeist activity, werewolf like...1048false56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2003-great-white-shark-incident--6898028457783ae6-9055-421d-804f-c5ef4db7198dWed, 09 Jul 2025 16:33:40 +0000Ben GibsonIn 2003, researchers tracking a nine foot great white shark off the coast of Bremer Bay, Australia made a chilling discovery when the shark’s tracking device washed ashore without the shark. The data revealed a sudden deep dive to 1,900 feet and a...881false55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/willows-weep-the-most-haunted-house-in-america--68980271d4cbdf52-87de-472e-a466-fb2f4a510bfbWed, 02 Jul 2025 22:22:08 +0000Ben GibsonTucked away in the quiet town of Cayuga, Indiana, stands a house that has earned a reputation darker than its peeling walls reveal. Known as Willows Weep, it has been called the most haunted and possibly the most evil house in North America. Its...1045false54fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-duende-cyptid--6898027564880ca6-54d0-4485-b360-c3f4f3466bccWed, 25 Jun 2025 17:20:40 +0000Ben GibsonHidden in the shadows of global folklore, the Duende is a small, humanlike creature often described as no taller than two feet, covered in wild hair, sometimes bearded, and frequently seen wearing a wide-brimmed red or gold hat. Though its appearance...1016false53fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-little-albert-experiment--68980272071b5ac0-2299-485b-8add-7d887134f45bThu, 19 Jun 2025 19:16:43 +0000Ben GibsonIn 1920, a baby was given something no child should ever receive, fear, delivered by design. What began as a scientific curiosity would become one of the most disturbing experiments in psychological history. This is the story of how one man taught a...1110false52fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/houska-castle-the-gateway-to-hell--68980283865b07ca-ffbb-4424-b8b5-ff13035820bcWed, 11 Jun 2025 18:53:14 +0000Ben GibsonDeep in the forests of the Czech Republic stands Houska Castle, a brooding stone fortress with no defensive purpose, no strategic location, and no clear reason for existing. Beneath its crumbling chapel lies a pit so dark and deep that no bottom has...1454false51fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cicada-3301-mystery--68980273cb2908a6-b461-4e75-9574-8b73d418999dWed, 04 Jun 2025 17:31:33 +0000Ben GibsonIn 2012, a mysterious entity calling itself Cicada 3301 launched a series of cryptographic puzzles that spanned the internet, the dark web, and even physical locations across the globe. The puzzles, which focused on steganography, cryptography, and...1287false50fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-worlds-saddest-photograph-of-omayra-sanchez--68980293b749d879-a861-4d54-87e3-1d0130575e6cWed, 28 May 2025 18:10:45 +0000Ben GibsonThirteen-year-old Omayra Sánchez spent sixty hours trapped in rising, filthy water. Her legs were pinned by rubble, her voice calm, her death slow and public. When the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted on November 13, 1985, it triggered a mudflow that...1315false49fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-max-headroom-incident--68980281c19f47f3-b839-45d4-8023-4dc793213b3cWed, 21 May 2025 18:38:43 +0000Ben GibsonOn a quiet Sunday night in 1987, Chicago’s airwaves were suddenly hijacked by a masked figure who spoke in static and riddles. Two major TV stations were overtaken without warning, their signals replaced by a distorted parody of Max Headroom and a...1214false47fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/canadas-most-haunted-doll-mandy-the-doll--68980304db0f6471-a7de-4434-be74-3901c2bbbe51Wed, 14 May 2025 16:17:51 +0000Ben GibsonTucked away in the Quesnel District Museum in British Columbia sits Mandy, a nearly 100 year old porcelain doll believed by many to be one of Canada’s most haunted objects. Donated in 1991 under unsettling circumstances, Mandy has since been at the...1178false46fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-falcon-lake-incident--689802827d58aaa9-92d6-4577-8d10-ebabf31e7cc8Wed, 07 May 2025 19:53:40 +0000Ben GibsonThe Falcon Lake Incident is one of Canada’s most well-documented and mysterious UFO encounters, occurring on May 20, 1967, near Falcon Lake in Manitoba. Amateur geologist Stefan Michalak claimed he encountered two flying saucers, one of which landed...1819false45fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-legend-of-the-ss-ourang-medan--6898029061a8488d-807d-4885-ab25-566f98cb3e3eWed, 23 Apr 2025 17:54:11 +0000Ben GibsonBeneath a sunless sky in the restless waters of the Strait of Malacca, the ghost ship SS Ourang Medan drifted silently, its crew frozen in death with expressions twisted in unspeakable terror. No distress signal could explain the horror. Just a final,...1017false44fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-michigan-dogman-crypid--68980289f0f4b5c5-a5fb-4e9e-9bb7-0711d00afb58Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:04:25 +0000Ben GibsonFirst reported in 1887, the Michigan Dogman is said to be a seven foot tall creature with the body of a man and the head of a dog, haunting the forests and backroads of northern Michigan. Witnesses across generations have described glowing eyes,...1080false43fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scotland-s-infamous-cannibal-sawney-bean--68980291faaa7ad5-8b8d-4c5c-81e6-c6651d473ec0Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:04:03 +0000Ben GibsonDeep within the coastal caves of Scotland, Alexander Sawney Bean is said to have led a clan of over forty people who survived for decades by ambushing travelers and feasting on their flesh. The Bean family allegedly murdered and cannibalized more than...1239false42fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-radium-girls--6898031533210aa3-d248-4384-94b7-f94a5c4d5e82Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:03:46 +0000Ben GibsonIn the early 20th century, young women working in watch factories were told to paint luminous numbers using radium based paint, often licking their brushes to keep the tips fine. Unaware of the danger, they ingested and absorbed deadly doses of...963false41fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-death-cahir-of-thomas-busby--6898029238a00b89-cd24-40ad-90b1-dd8805f1afebThu, 17 Apr 2025 18:02:47 +0000Ben GibsonIn 1702, convicted murderer Thomas Busby was hanged for killing his father in law, but not before cursing the chair he once sat in at a local inn, declaring death to anyone who dared sit in it. Over the centuries, the so called Busby Stoop Chair...1020false40fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kentucky-meat-shower--689802767fde4aad-20b1-494c-8f50-1d78e509f19bThu, 17 Apr 2025 18:02:32 +0000Ben GibsonOn a clear March morning in 1876, chunks of raw meat rained from the sky over Bath County, Kentucky, startling locals and covering the Crouch family farm in what appeared to be beef, lamb, or even human flesh. Scientists analyzed the samples,...1035false39fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cpr-annie-death-mask--689802790fc5d372-5450-4860-935e-6a0d873a3893Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:02:12 +0000Ben GibsonIn the late 1800s, the lifeless body of a young woman was pulled from the Seine River in Paris, her identity never discovered, but her peaceful expression so hauntingly beautiful that a pathologist made a death mask of her face. Decades later, that...991false38fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cursed-crying-boy-painting--68980285466fb1d3-4e7e-45af-955e-ff931b151aa1Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:01:51 +0000Ben GibsonIn the 1980s, a series of mysterious fires swept across England, leaving homes and businesses in ruins, yet inexplicably, one item often remained untouched: a mass produced painting of a tearful child known as "The Crying Boy". As reports of these...904false37fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-grizzly-man-timothy-treadwell--689803163d6a5dbd-aeca-4e42-acc6-dca0dadf56e9Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:01:33 +0000Ben GibsonFor thirteen summers, Timothy Treadwell ventured into Alaska's Katmai National Park, living among grizzly bears for years in a quest to protect them, believing he had gained their trust as he filmed hundreds of hours of himself standing only feet away...1081false36fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reddit-lamp-story--6898032121fdecd4-80b7-4f9f-aaa3-84e40bc1c7b3Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:01:10 +0000Ben GibsonIt started with a head injury and a sudden, perfect life that felt too good to question. Then he noticed the lamp familiar, but wrong. Its warped presence cracked open the illusion around him. He lived for years in that life, with a wife and children...1073false35fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-of-200-demons-the-ammons-haunting--68980286e7750fe8-cb38-44af-aa90-7ed89489c4a8Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:00:52 +0000Ben GibsonIn 2011, a quiet home in Gary, Indiana became ground zero for one of the most chilling and well, documented cases of alleged demonic possession in modern American history. A mother and her three children claimed to be tormented by over 200 demons,...1750false34fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/octavia-hatcher-buried-alive--68980307Fearful is a podcast produced by Media Forge Studios, and releases a new episode here every Wednesday.
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Both Walters and a woman named Julia Anderson claimed him as their son. But who... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.]]>1355false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/george-parrot-the-man-who-became-a-pair-of-shoes--68980370 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.]]>6539625d18e0ae001120124aWed, 25 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0000Ben GibsonGeorge Parrott, infamously known as Big Nose George, was a notorious cattle rustler, highwayman, and outlaw in the late 19th-century American Wild West. He seemed to fear on one as he robbed who ever, when ever. Eventually his action would catch up... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.]]>904false9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/attack-of-the-dead-men--68980340 Hosted on Acast. 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As they were young they seemed to have a very close knowledge of things from past lives, things they should never have been able to know.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.]]>877false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/polybius--68980352 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.]]>647b6444c1e93b0011aca5a1Sat, 03 Jun 2023 16:03:13 +0000Ben GibsonIn the shadowy corners of the gaming world, a sinister tale haunts the minds of those who dare to dig deeper. Enter the twisted realm of Polybius, an enigmatic urban legend that emerges from the depths of the 1980s arcades. Whispers of mind-altering... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.]]>860false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/candace-newmaker-deadly-therapy--68980334 Hosted on Acast. 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