Mom, I'm Scared
Join hosts Rachael and Becca, a mother-daughter duo bonded by their love of all things scary. On Mom, I’m Scared, they bring the real-life dynamic of a mom and daughter to the mic—sharing spooky, strange, and mysterious stories that make you want to sleep with the lights…
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30. Grinning Man & Indrid Cold (opens the original)
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This week, Becca dives into the bizarre stories of The Grinning Man and the mysterious Indrid Cold. It begins in 1966, when two young boys in New Jersey reported seeing a strange man standing near a fence. He was unusually tall, dressed in a shiny green suit, and wore an enormous grin that never seemed to leave his face. Their encounter would become one of the most famous sightings of the figure now known as the Grinning Man. Then, we head to West Virginia, where salesman Woodrow “Woody” Derenbe
29. Ladies in White (opens the original)
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This week, Mom and Becca are diving into something that seems to be in every haunted place… ladies in white. For generations, stories of mysterious women dressed entirely in white have appeared in ghost lore around the world. Different women, different tragedies, different places — but somehow, the same ghostly figure keeps appearing. Becca takes us across the Atlantic to Kinsale, Ireland, to tell the tragic story behind the White Lady of Kinsale, whose spirit is said to haunt the historic Charl
28. Point Pinos Lighthouse (opens the original)
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This week, Mom takes us to the California coast to tell the story of Point Pinos Lighthouse — the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast. Standing in Pacific Grove since the 1850s, the lighthouse has spent generations guiding ships through the dark waters of Monterey Bay. But with that much history comes plenty of stories about those who may have never left. Mom dives into the history of the lighthouse, the people who once called it home, and the strange activity visitors and
27. Travis Walton Abduction (opens the original)
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This week, Becca is bringing aliens back to the podcast with one of the most famous alleged abduction stories of all time — Travis Walton . In 1975, Travis was working on a logging crew in the forests of Arizona when he and six coworkers spotted a strange light in the woods. Travis got out of the truck to investigate, approached the mysterious craft, and according to his coworkers, was struck by a beam of light before they fled in fear. When they returned, Travis was gone. For five days, authori
26. Final Curtain Call (opens the original)
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This week, we’re taking our seats in two historic theaters where some say the final curtain never fell. Mom takes us to Tombstone, Arizona , and the legendary Bird Cage Theatre . Once one of the wildest places in the Old West, the Bird Cage saw gambling, drinking, performances, violence, and death—and today, many believe some of its former patrons and performers never left. Then, Becca heads to Broadway in Los Angeles to explore the Palace Theatre . Once a glamorous vaudeville theater that welco
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