The Old Well

Some wells don’t just hold water. In this chilling spooky story, a teenage girl spends a sweltering summer at her Great‑Aunt Martha’s isolated Valley home, where the air feels thick enough to drown in and the locals whisper about an ancient fieldstone well known only as The Sieve. Natalie is bored enough to ignore every instinct telling her to stay away from the ring of dead oaks behind the garden. When she slides the well’s rotting wooden lid open, the darkness inside feels alive. Dropping a quartz stone should have produced a splash. Instead, she unlocks something much darker. For listeners who love folklore‑rooted horror, rural dread, and stories where the earth itself feels sentient, this episode delivers a slow, suffocating terror that follows you long after you leave the woods. Not for kids - listener discretion advised. ------------ Beth's Spooky Story Time is your new favourite horror podcast, best enjoyed alone with headphones. All stories are suggested or submitted by listeners. Have you had a spooky experience? Email your story to [e-mail] now. For ad-free content, Spooky Chat Time, and extra perks, support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bethsspookystorytime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices