Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and Creepypastas
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| The Finishing School | 13 May 2026 | 00:46:25 | |
John Reders awakens handcuffed to a school desk alongside a room full of terrified strangers, with no memory of how he got there or why. But confusion quickly gives way to horror when a routine “tornado drill” becomes a deadly survival test, forcing the captives to fight their way through a grotesque underground institution where every classroom activity carries lethal consequences. Guided by emotionless children and a disturbingly cheerful walrus mascot, the survivors are marched through twisted versions of recess, gym class, art projects, and music lessons, each one designed to punish weakness and reward obedience. As the body count rises and the true purpose of the school begins to emerge, John realizes this nightmare may not simply be about survival—it may be about judgment. A brutal and relentlessly imaginative descent into psychological terror, “The Finishing School” blends dystopian horror, deadly games, and nightmarish institutional cruelty into a chilling tale where graduation comes at an unimaginable cost. FEATURED STORY: "The Finishing School " by Kyle Harrison Performed and produced by Drew Blood 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| What Lies Beneath | 12 May 2026 | 00:11:09 | |
After miners uncover a mysterious barricade deep underground, Professor Greg Darwin is called in to investigate strange symbols and growing rumors of creatures lurking beneath the tunnels. But when the excavation team becomes trapped inside an ancient cave system, the stories quickly prove terrifyingly real. Hunted through darkness by savage one-eyed predators while deadly traps close in around them, the survivors must navigate a labyrinth designed to keep something imprisoned below the earth. A tense and action-packed tale of subterranean horror and survival, this story explores the terrifying consequences of uncovering what was meant to remain buried forever. FEATURED STORY:“What Lies Beneath” by an anonymous author Performed and produced by Kellie Fitzgerald 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Beginning with the Ears | 11 May 2026 | 00:03:56 | |
Unable to provide for his starving family, Abdu eagerly accepts an offer of shelter and food from an elderly woman who claims to be his cousin. But after overhearing the woman reveal sinister intentions in the barn, Abdu’s wife becomes convinced they are living under the roof of something monstrous. As Abdu refuses to believe her warnings, the family is forced to choose between trust and survival. A chilling folktale of desperation, denial, and grim consequence, this story delivers a dark lesson about the price of refusing to listen. FEATURED STORY: "Beginning with the Ears" by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz Performed and produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| The Thing in the Window | 11 May 2026 | 00:03:52 | |
When a strange, featureless figure begins appearing outside his window night after night, a terrified narrator initially assumes it’s some kind of cruel prank. But as the entity continues watching him with impossible persistence, he realizes the thing outside isn’t human—and may not even be confined by the glass separating them. As the creature’s hidden features begin pushing through its skin and the window itself starts to crack, the narrator discovers that some horrors don’t stay where they’re supposed to. FEATURED STORY: "The Thing in the Window" by an anonymous author Performed and produced by Jordan Antle 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Man-Eater | 11 May 2026 | 00:14:48 | |
Exhausted by the overwhelming burden of maintaining his enormous farm, Richard Mayes believes his troubles are finally easing when a plague begins thinning his livestock. But after his wife becomes pregnant, a horrifying new problem emerges as the unborn child develops an insatiable hunger that only grows more monstrous with time. As their son consumes more and more of the farm—and eventually everything around him—Richard realizes too late that the creature he helped raise may never stop feeding. A grim and unsettling tale of greed, denial, and unstoppable appetite, this story transforms a simple family tragedy into a terrifying nightmare. FEATURED STORY: "Man-Eater" by Craig Groshek Performed and produced by Jonathan Jones 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| The Thing | 08 May 2026 | 00:03:52 | |
While spending a summer night near a lonely cornfield, two boys encounter a horrifying figure lurking in the darkness—something that appears neither fully human nor entirely dead. After the creature attacks Trevor, a mysterious infection begins spreading through his body, leaving doctors helpless as his condition steadily worsens. As fear and disbelief give way to horror, Will realizes that whatever they saw that night may have passed something far more terrifying than a simple disease. A bleak and deeply unsettling story of transformation and dread, this tale lingers long after its chilling final image. FEATURED STORY: "The Thing" by an anonymous author Performed and produced by Jonathan Jones 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| The Staring Doll | 08 May 2026 | 00:02:04 | |
Heather’s afternoon visit to her friend Jenny’s house takes a disturbing turn when a doll in the next room seems to fix its gaze on them, no matter how many times they try to shut it away. As doors open on their own and the doll refuses to stay where it’s placed, the unease builds into something far more sinister. A simple childhood object becomes the center of a growing nightmare, leaving Heather to question whether they were ever truly alone. FEATURED STORY: "The Staring Doll" by Jack Stryker Performed by Luke Fischer Produced by Moon Raven 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| The Cabin in the Woods | 08 May 2026 | 00:01:29 | |
Lost in the depths of a sprawling forest, a weary hunter seeks shelter for the night in an abandoned cabin hidden among the trees. Inside, he discovers the walls covered with unsettling portraits whose hateful expressions seem fixed directly on him, filling the cramped room with an overwhelming sense of dread. But when morning arrives, the hunter learns that what he saw during the night was far more terrifying than paintings on a wall. A short but unforgettable tale of isolation and creeping terror, this story proves that sometimes the things watching us are much closer than we realize. FEATURED STORY: "The Cabin in the Woods" by an anonymous author Performed and produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| The House on the Lake | 18 May 2026 | 00:06:23 | |
Deep beside a lonely lake sits an old house burdened by a terrible secret—one whispered through generations but never fully told. For young Arthur Pale, the nightmare begins on his very first night there, when a voice from beneath his bed warns him that something monstrous is waiting in the darkness. Though Arthur desperately pleads for his father to believe him, his fears are dismissed as childish imagination, leaving the boy alone to face the growing horror hidden within the house. As the nights pass and the warnings become more sinister, the line between nightmare and reality begins to vanish, leading to a tragedy that will haunt the decaying home long after its occupants are gone. Written in the style of a dark cautionary fairy tale, “The House on the Lake” is a chilling story of disbelief, regret, and the terrible cost of ignoring the fears of a child. FEATURED STORY: "The House on the Lake" by Mark Newton Performed by Edward Bennett 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Death and the Two Friends | 18 May 2026 | 00:04:30 | |
Deep in a lonely cabin north of Charleston, two lifelong friends struggle through a bitter season of illness and exhaustion. Aaron Dinkins, weak and fever-ridden, spends his nights begging for death to take him and end his suffering, while his healthy companion George Heyward slowly grows resentful of the endless complaints. But one restless night, frustration turns to cruelty when George dares his sick friend to call for Death himself. What begins as a moment of angry mockery soon draws the attention of something ancient, listening, and all too willing to answer. Steeped in Southern folklore and dark irony, “Death and the Two Friends” is a haunting cautionary tale about bitterness, fate, and the dangerous power of words spoken in anger. FEATURED STORY: "Death and the Two Friends" by Robert D. San Souci Performed by Christina Cross (feat. Craig Groshek) Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| I Told You to Smile | 18 May 2026 | 00:04:33 | |
What begins as a strange late-night knocking at the door quickly spirals into a waking nightmare when a terrified narrator discovers the word “smile” written repeatedly across his bedroom window in the dead of winter. After police dismiss the incident as stress-induced paranoia, he sets up a camera in his bedroom hoping to prove that something is inside the house with him. What the footage captures is far worse than he could have imagined: a pale, emaciated figure crawling out from beneath his bed in the middle of the night, silently watching him sleep with a grotesque grin stretched across its face. And by the time the recording ends, one horrifying truth becomes impossible to ignore—the thing never actually left. FEATURED STORY: "I Told You to Smile" by Robert Cherry Performed by Sky Fortinski Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| The White Wolf | 11 May 2026 | 00:05:02 | |
After suffering a horrifying nightmare about a giant white wolf killing her while her parents are away, Celia becomes terrified when she realizes the events of the dream are beginning to unfold exactly as she saw them. Alone in the house and unable to shake the growing sense of dread, she soon discovers that something has broken in—and it’s hunting her. A fast-paced and deeply unsettling tale of fear and inevitability, this story explores the terrifying possibility that some nightmares are warnings rather than imagination. FEATURED STORY: "The White Wolf" by S.E. Schlosser Performed and produced by Jonathan Jones 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Fear of Hue | 20 May 2026 | 00:02:32 | |
Every night, she returns. A pale girl standing silently beside the bed, watching from the darkness with cold, unblinking eyes. The narrator has lived with her presence for so long that terror has become routine—an endless cycle of sleepless dread, icy breath, and the certainty that something is waiting just beyond the edge of the light. But the ghost is bound by one simple rule: she cannot survive brightness. Each sunrise forces her back into the shadows, turning every night into a desperate battle between fear and dawn. As darkness closes in and the line between nightmare and reality begins to blur, the narrator is left trapped in a haunting existence where sleep itself has become a prison. FEATURED STORY: “Fear of Hue” by Nicola Torch Performed by Daniel Radcliffe Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: Rumble • YouTube | |||
| Tad O'Cain and the Corpse | 20 May 2026 | 00:10:42 | |
Tad O’Cain has spent his life drinking, gambling, and wasting the fortune his wealthy father worked so hard to build. Furious after being pressured to settle down and marry, Tad storms out into the night and drunkenly declares he’d rather dance with a dead man than give up his reckless life. Moments later, deep beside a lonely chapel and graveyard shrouded in fog, something hears him. Surrounded by strange black creatures and cursed with a rotting corpse clinging to his back, Tad is forced into a terrifying race against the coming dawn, carrying the dead through abandoned churches and haunted graveyards where restless spirits refuse to let him pass. As the night grows darker and more desperate, Tad realizes that some promises are heard by things far older—and far crueler—than he ever imagined. FEATURED STORY:“Tad O'Cain and the Corpse” by Richard and Judy Dockrey-Young Performed by Steven Long Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Father McSweeney | 20 May 2026 | 00:05:40 | |
Father McSweeny was a devoted priest who spent his life faithfully serving the town where he was born, yet despite his kindness and dedication, the people around him could never shake the strange unease they felt in his presence. When a mysterious illness slowly wastes him away, the town mourns his passing and gathers for a solemn funeral in the hills outside town. But as the mourners make their way home after the burial, they encounter something impossible walking alone along the dark country road—a figure with Father McSweeny’s face, pale skin, and a horrifying expression that seems stripped of all humanity. What follows leaves the entire town questioning whether the beloved priest they buried was truly the man they believed him to be… or whether something far darker had always been hiding beneath the surface. FEATURED STORY: “Father McSweeney” by an anonymous author Performed and produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| The Mirror | 20 May 2026 | 00:06:54 | |
After her father leaves for war, a young girl is entrusted with a strange responsibility hidden beneath their home: a magical mirror that must be cleaned every day to keep the demon trapped inside from escaping. Before leaving, her father warns her never to stare too long into the glass, explaining that the mirror does not simply reflect appearances—it reflects the cruel power of words and perception. At first, the girl sees a radiant and beautiful version of herself within the mirror’s surface. But after enduring relentless mockery and insults from the other girls in the village, she begins returning to the basement again and again, searching the mirror for reassurance. With each passing day, the reflection changes in subtle, horrifying ways, twisting beauty into ugliness until the girl can no longer recognize herself—or escape what the mirror has become. FEATURED STORY:“The Mirror” by Kayla Anderson Performed and produced by Jonathan Jones 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Eugene | 20 May 2026 | 00:10:23 | |
A once-respected artist insists he is not insane, even as terrifying nightmares and waking hallucinations continue to torment him night after night. Desperate to explain what happened, he recounts the evening that changed his life forever: a simple favor for a neighbor that left him alone with her frail, deeply unsettling grandfather, Eugene. From the moment they meet, something about the old man fills the artist with an overwhelming sense of hatred and unease, igniting violent thoughts he can barely control. As the night spirals into bloodshed and madness, the artist becomes trapped inside a horrifying experience that defies reason, memory, and reality itself. Haunted by what he saw—and by the impossible image of Eugene’s unblinking stare—he’s left questioning whether he committed an unspeakable crime… or encountered something far more terrifying FEATURED STORY: “Eugene” by Charles Swain Performed and produced by Kellie Fitzgerald 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Pass It On | 20 May 2026 | 00:09:00 | |
Everyone has seen those chain messages online. Share this picture. Repost this warning. Pass it along or something terrible will happen. Most people laugh them off. After all, nothing ever happens if you ignore them… right? But when a seemingly harmless black-and-white photograph of two young twin girls begins circulating online, the rules are suddenly reversed. According to the story, sharing the image is the only thing that guarantees your death. Ignoring it, however, may be even worse. What begins as an unsettling nightmare soon spirals into an inescapable descent where sleep itself becomes something to fear, and the smiling girl in the photograph starts appearing far beyond the edges of dreams. As the line between reality and nightmare begins to disappear, one terrifying question remains: how far would you go to save yourself? FEATURED STORY: “Pass It On” by Emma Froh Performed by Steven Long Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Water Puppet | 20 May 2026 | 00:12:10 | |
During a freezing walk home after a New Year’s party, a group of college students spots what appears to be a little girl standing alone on a frozen pond inside a condemned park. While everyone else hesitates, one young man ventures onto the ice to rescue her—only to discover something impossibly wrong waiting beneath the surface. What follows leaves him physically scarred, terrified of water, and haunted for years by memories he can barely force himself to relive. But just when he finally begins convincing himself the nightmare is over, a chilling encounter involving his own son suggests that whatever lurked beneath the ice may still be out there… waiting. FEATURED STORY: "Water Puppet" by an Emma Froh Performed by Keenon Brevik Production by Craig Groshek🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Cloudy with a Chance of Blood | 20 May 2026 | 02:37:26 | |
Kevin McMillan has spent years as the invisible janitor at a struggling television station, scrubbing toilets and polishing mirrors while dreaming of something better. But when the station’s drunken meteorologist suddenly disappears minutes before a live broadcast, Kevin is shoved in front of the camera with a fake mustache, a weather screen he barely understands, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reinvent himself. Overnight, the shy, obsessive custodian becomes the station’s newest on-air personality—and discovers he possesses an impossible gift for predicting the weather with terrifying accuracy. But Kevin’s sudden rise to fame comes at a horrifying cost after a grotesque creature crawls out of his bathroom drain demanding blood in exchange for its supernatural “gifts.” As the thing grows stronger and Kevin’s career skyrockets, he finds himself dragged into an increasingly surreal nightmare of body horror, delusion, murder, and warped ambition where success, sanity, and monstrosity become impossible to separate. FEATURED STORY: "Cloudy with a Chance of Blood " by Geoff Sturtevant Performed by Geoff Sturtevant Produced by Drew Blood 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| The Horrible | 20 May 2026 | 01:19:22 | |
Thirteen-year-old Madeline Rapaport is a gifted piano prodigy struggling with violent intrusive thoughts and a voice in her head that seems determined to destroy her life. During a late-summer hike near Hidden Lake, Madeline follows a rare bird deep into the woods and discovers a cave marked with ancient symbols and inhabited by something enormous lurking in the darkness. After the encounter, the torment inside her mind suddenly vanishes—but strange shadows soon begin moving through the Rapaport mansion at night, and terrifying creatures emerge from the darkness around her family. As fear and bloodshed consume the isolated estate, Madeline and her younger brother Tony are forced into a desperate fight for survival against forces tied to something ancient, hungry, and deeply evil. FEATURED STORY: "The Horrible" by Sam Morris Performed and produced by Erik Peabody 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Harold | 18 May 2026 | 00:05:26 | |
After miners uncover a mysterious barricade deep underground, Professor Greg Darwin is called in to investigate strange symbols and growing rumors of creatures lurking beneath the tunnels. But when the excavation team becomes trapped inside an ancient cave system, the stories quickly prove terrifyingly real. Hunted through darkness by savage one-eyed predators while deadly traps close in around them, the survivors must navigate a labyrinth designed to keep something imprisoned below the earth. A tense and action-packed tale of subterranean horror and survival, this story explores the terrifying consequences of uncovering what was meant to remain buried forever. FEATURED STORY: "Harold" by Alvin Schwartz Performed and produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||
| Axe Murder Hollow | 03 Jun 2026 | 00:04:56 | |
Stranded during a violent thunderstorm on a desolate stretch of back road, Susan and Ned find themselves trapped in the very place locals whisper about in fear: Axe Murder Hollow, the site of a grisly decades-old killing that supposedly left behind something far worse than a ghost story. When their car slides off the road and becomes stuck in the mud, Ned ventures out into the storm to find help, leaving Susan alone in the darkness with only the sound of rain and the growing weight of the legend hanging over her. But when strange noises begin echoing outside the car and a mysterious light appears through the downpour, Susan realizes the nightmare tied to the Hollow may be terrifyingly real. FEATURED STORY: “Axe Murder Hollow” by S.E. Schlosser Performed by Jonathan Jones Produced by Jonathan Jones 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: Rumble • YouTube | |||
| Milk Bottles | 02 Jun 2026 | 00:03:17 | |
In a quiet Alabama village, a mysterious young woman in a gray dress begins appearing at the local general store each day without speaking a word. Pale, silent, and seemingly grief-stricken, she takes a bottle of milk and disappears down the road before anyone can stop her. As whispers spread through the town, several villagers decide to follow the strange woman to uncover where she goes—and what they discover leads them to the graveyard itself. FEATURED STORY: “Milk Bottles” by Maria Leach Performed by Craig Groshek Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: Rumble • YouTube | |||
| Open 24 Hours | 02 Jun 2026 | 00:12:49 | |
Every night, she returns. A pale girl standing silently beside the bed, watching from the darkness with cold, unblinking eyes. The narrator has lived with her presence for so long that terror has become routine—an endless cycle of sleepless dread, icy breath, and the certainty that something is waiting just beyond the edge of the light. But the ghost is bound by one simple rule: she cannot survive brightness. Each sunrise forces her back into the shadows, turning every night into a desperate battle between fear and dawn. As darkness closes in and the line between nightmare and reality begins to blur, the narrator is left trapped in a haunting existence where sleep itself has become a prison. FEATURED STORY: “Open 24 Hours” by Daniel Cohen Performed by Barnabas Deimos Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Scary Stories Told in the Dark | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Horror Hill | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Drew Blood's Dark Tales | Spotify • Apple Podcasts Fear From the Heartland | Spotify • Apple Podcasts 🎬 Other Places to Watch: | |||