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The Smiling Twin and the Burned House A man slit his own throat on camera at 6:15 PM, and the footage still existed the next morning, but the house did not. Whatever happened inside that building on the Fourth had no official record, only five surveillance cameras and a group of men who watched everything unfold in real time. What impossible detail, captured just before everything fell apart, could explain the horror? In this episode, we delve into the unsettling events that transpired in a suburban home, starting with Cal, a man down on his luck, renting a basement room that felt profoundly wrong. We explore the strange occurrences, the hidden cameras, and the inexplicable behavior of the family upstairs, leading to a terrifying climax on the Fourth. Person: Cal Event: Man slits his own throat on camera Location: Suburban house Date: The Fourth Status: House burned down - Cal paid sixty dollars a week in cash to sleep in a stranger's basement. - The family's only rule was to stay in the basement unless someone came for him. - Cal heard children's laughter from upstairs between three and five in the morning. - Five surveillance cameras with audio were placed in the house. - The mother returned at 12:05 PM and did not turn a single page of her book for ninety-two minutes. Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA. Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: OBOMEDIA presents real horror stories a scary story podcast for the late night hours. Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies. Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news. Press play on our late night horror stories and late night scary stories, from storytime horror to a full horror stories compilation or scary stories compilation real scary stories, scary stories based on true events, and dark stories to keep the lights on. © 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network, who owns and is solely responsible for this content. All rights reserved. Reproduction or commercial use without the creator's written permission is prohibited. Business: [redacted].