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Every writer has a muse.

An idea that appears from nowhere.

A character who seems to write themselves.

A scene that pours onto the page so effortlessly that, when you read it back, you almost wonder if you actually wrote it at all.

For horror author Martin, that's just part of the process.

At least… it was.

Struggling to find the motivation behind the killer in his latest novel, Martin receives a message from an unknown account promising him a little inspiration.

Attached is a video.

A woman.

A killer.

And a murder that looks far too real to be fiction.

The stranger only has one question for him:

Do you understand yet?

As Martin searches for answers, the line between the monster on his page and the monster behind the screen begins to disappear.

Because maybe inspiration doesn't always come from within.

Maybe sometimes…

…it wants out.

Welcome to S3E30: Do You Understand Yet?

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⚠️ Content Warning: Graphic violence, gore, murder, sexual references, strong language, psychological horror, and disturbing themes.

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It started with a cough.

Then the bleeding.

Then the screaming.

Maverick, Dean, Sarah, and Milly find themselves trapped inside a department store while something tears through the city at an impossible speed. The first warnings say to avoid bodily fluids. The next tell everyone to shut off their ventilation.

Then the authorities realize the truth.

It's airborne.

But infection isn't the worst part.

As the sickness progresses, the infected begin to hear something. To feel something. A pull toward one another that grows stronger as death approaches.

They aren't hunting.

They aren't angry.

They're scared.

And they don't want to die alone.

By the time the world understands what is happening, containment is no longer an option.

Twelve hours: the infection has already spread unnoticed.

Fourteen hours: half the population is sick.

Twenty hours: the world grows silent.

Welcome to S3E29: 20 Hours.

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⚠️ Content Warning: Graphic violence, gore, illness/body horror, strong language, death, and apocalyptic themes.

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S3E28: The Last Customer

The night shift was supposed to be quiet.

A few exhausted travelers. Burnt coffee. Fluorescent lights humming above an empty gas station on Highway 61.

Then Jerry closed the blinds.

He had only one warning for the new cashier:

If the man in the gray overcoat comes inside, do not speak to him. Do not look directly at him. Most importantly… do not acknowledge that he is there.

But rules have a way of sounding ridiculous until the moment they are broken.

When the last customer arrives carrying exact change, a bottle of water, and a box of matches, time begins slipping out of place. Minutes disappear. The highway falls silent. And the cashier discovers that some things cannot enter your life until you give them permission.

Unfortunately, a single word is all the invitation this customer needs.

The Nightmare Trials Podcast presents: “The Last Customer.”

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Content Warning: Strong language, psychological horror, time distortion, and disturbing themes.

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The battle has begun... and not every monster wears the face you expect.

With Simon gravely weakened and Vega finally unleashed, old rivalries erupt into a confrontation that has been building across countless cycles. Ancient truths are laid bare, loyalties are tested, and one impossible choice threatens to unravel everything the Oteev have fought to protect.

As Aubrey watches the people she loves fall one by one, she is forced to confront a devastating realization: sometimes doing the right thing isn't enough... sometimes it creates something far worse.

The Veil stands on the edge of collapse, a forgotten prison awaits its next occupant, and an ancient hunger begins to awaken once more.

Some choices echo across realities.

Some mistakes consume worlds.

And when death finally comes...

...it never comes alone.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains graphic violence, gore, disturbing themes, strong language, and psychological horror. Listener discretion is advised.

The Nightmare Trials Podcast is an original horror anthology featuring standalone nightmares, interconnected cosmic horror, and the continuing Oteev storyline.

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S3E26: The Caretaker

Bryce thought moving into a cheap apartment would be a fresh start.

A new city. A new home. A chance to leave the ghosts of his past behind.

But when children begin laughing in the halls late at night... when tiny footsteps race just beyond his walls... and an impossible voice asks him to play one more game... Bryce discovers that some places never truly let go of the people who once called them home.

As he digs deeper into the building's forgotten history, an unimaginable tragedy begins to reveal itself, one that has remained hidden behind freshly painted walls and fading memories for decades.

Some hauntings are born from rage.

Others...

From loneliness.

In this episode of The Nightmare Trials, grief, loss, and innocence collide in a haunting tale that asks a simple question...

What if the dead weren't trying to scare us... but simply didn't want to be alone anymore?

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There are monsters hiding in the dark. And then there are the monsters who walk among us. Tonight, you’ll meet Kalin... a man with a twisted moral code and blood permanently staining his hands. He isn't a hero. He doesn't believe in justice. He doesn't care about redemption. But there is one line he refuses to let anyone cross.

When children become the victims of those who should have protected them, Kalin delivers a sentence no courtroom ever could.

Because if you've harmed a child...

He's already looking for you.

This marks the introduction of one of the darkest recurring characters in The Nightmare Trials Universe. Kalin's story is only beginning.

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Some places beneath the ocean were never meant to be found.

Champion free diver Julie is determined to break her personal record, but what begins as one final descent quickly spirals into something impossible. Time stretches. The sea floor shifts. And an ancient presence stirs in the darkness below.

When Julie and her coach, Cedrick, fail to return, Josh and Molly set out to find them. Instead, they discover an abandoned boat, strange mucus coating the deck, and a dive buoy leading into waters that should not exist.

As they descend in search of their friends, they uncover a horrifying truth: there are things living beneath the waves that humanity has never documented... and they are moving closer to shore.

How deep is too deep?

Tonight, take a breath... because you may not get another.

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The war isn't over.

In the aftermath of their desperate escape, Aubrey and Lilith race against time to save Simon, but bringing him back may have unleashed something far worse.

As old wounds reopen and impossible truths are finally revealed, the past between Simon and the mysterious Vega comes crashing into the present. Friendships are mourned, loyalties begin to crack, and the cost of survival becomes clearer than ever before.

Some enemies are created by hatred.

Others are born from jealousy...

...and they've been waiting through countless cycles for revenge.

The Oteev storyline continues in the first chapter of this two-part event.

⚠️ Listener discretion is advised. This episode contains graphic horror, disturbing imagery, violence, gore, and mature themes.

• Simon fights for his life after the events of the previous Oteev chapter.
• Aubrey is forced to question everything she believes.
• Earl's sacrifice leaves a hole no one expected.
• The truth behind Simon and Vega is finally revealed.
• An old enemy discovers that death isn't always permanent.

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Some things protect us in ways we never fully understand.

When a grieving man reflects on the quiet life he shared with his beloved dog, Buddy, he begins to uncover a terrifying truth about the sleepless nights of his past. For years, something lurked in the darkness... watching... waiting... feeding on fear.

But it never came close.

Not while Buddy was there.

After tragedy strikes and his faithful companion passes, the silence inside the house becomes unbearable. The familiar sounds of paws on hardwood vanish... replaced by something else. Something ancient. Something patient.

And now that the guardian is gone... it finally has room.

As sleep deprivation fractures reality, the line between grief, hallucination, and nightmare begins to collapse. The entity grows bolder each night, mimicking voices, twisting memories, and using love itself as bait.

But some bonds don’t break with death.

Some promises outlast flesh.

And some good boys never stop protecting the people they love.

Tonight’s trial is about grief, devotion, and the terrifying things that wait for us in the dark… hoping we’ll be alone.

So tell me something…

When the darkness finally comes for you…

Who stays?

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Show Notes — S3E21: Extra Hidden Transmissions

Something slipped through the signal. Tonight’s broadcast is… different. In this special transmission, six hidden recordings are pulled from beyond the standard Nightmare Trials feed. You’ll get a taste of what lurks behind the curtain with three episodes from the Interdimensional Radio Station and three transmissions from THEM.

The Interdimensional Radio Station offers strange broadcasts recovered from frequencies that were never meant to be heard… eerie advertisements, unsettling reports, and fragmented messages from realities adjacent to our own.

Meanwhile, THEM goes deeper. Much deeper. These transmissions expose disturbing truths, cryptic warnings, and horrifying encounters with entities that may already know you’re listening. Consider this a preview. A glimpse into the dark corners reserved for those willing to tune in just a little longer. But be warned… Some signals don’t stop once the episode ends. Want full access?

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This research file follows Devon, a teenager still grieving the loss of his father one year after his death. Despite the addiction, the violence, and the damage left behind, Devon chooses to remember the man his father tried to be rather than the monster others claimed he was.

But grief has a way of twisting people.

What begins as a quiet visit to a cemetery quickly spirals into something impossible when Devon discovers signs that someone has disturbed his father’s grave. Strange symbols. Blood. A grotesque stitched offering left atop the headstone. And beneath it all… evidence that something may have clawed its way back out.

At home, Devon is forced to confront a horrifying truth. His mother has done the unthinkable in an attempt to reclaim the life she believed was stolen from her. But what returns is not redemption. It is not forgiveness.

And it is not truly his father.

As the dead begin to rise and the consequences spread beyond a single household, Devon realizes that some debts cannot be repaid… only collected.

In this file, grief becomes obsession, love becomes possession, and the desperate attempt to rebuild a broken family tears the world apart.

Some people should stay buried.

And some debts should never be collected.

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A strange tape appears with a simple warning attached to it:

Do not play it backwards.

What begins as curiosity quickly spirals into something far more sinister as reality bends, memories fracture, and a voice from the future desperately tries to stop an inevitable chain of events. But some choices may have already been made… long before the tape was ever found.

As the recording unfolds, one man discovers he may not be listening to the tape at all.

The tape may be listening to him.

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This research file continues after the catastrophic events surrounding Cognivar and the unraveling of Merrick’s fractured reality.

Lost within shifting identities, collapsing memories, and fabricated worlds, Merrick finds himself slipping further away from what little humanity he has left. Strange figures emerge from the cracks in his mind. Familiar voices return from places that should no longer exist. And something ancient continues digging deeper into the vessel it now inhabits.

As realities distort and consciousness fractures, an unexpected presence reaches out from the darkness. A ghost from Merrick’s past. A remnant he believed long dead.

But some things do not stay buried.

Inside the chaos of collapsing mental prisons, a battle for control begins. Not just over a body… but over the very concept of identity itself.

In this file, memories become weapons, fractured minds become battlegrounds, and the line between salvation and surrender begins to disappear.

Some doors are opened willingly.

Others are forced apart from the inside.

And sometimes… stepping into the light means letting something else take your place.

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Something begins with a cut. No memory of how it got there. No pain. No healing.

Just… presence. In this research file, we follow a series of journal entries documenting a man’s steady descent into something far worse than illness. As days pass and the moon shifts overhead, his body begins to change… adapt… respond to something growing beneath his skin. What starts as confusion turns into realization. And realization… turns into acceptance. This is not a story about infection. This is a story about incubation. And by the time the truth reveals itself…it’s already too late.

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S3E16: Afterlife

A man dies… but something goes wrong. Death falters. The process breaks. And instead of moving on, he remains aware, conscious, and trapped within a space that was never meant to hold him.

Xavier witnesses the aftermath of his own death, forced to confront the devastation he left behind. But this is no simple haunting. Time fractures and moments stretch. Doors appear where they shouldn’t, offering escape… or something far worse.

As he drifts between grief and memory, Xavier begins to encounter entities that thrive in the spaces between life and death. Some offer guidance. Others feed.

And the longer he stays… the more attention he draws.

Because this place isn’t empty.

And it doesn’t forget.

Will Xavier find peace… or will he be forced to relive the moment that ended everything?

Strap in tight… the trials are about to begin.

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S3E15: Ellie

This research file documents a fracture. Not in the world, but in a mother’s mind.

Something is wrong in this home.

A child who remembers things she should not. A voice that feels too calm. Too knowing. Ellie says things that do not make sense. Things that feel rehearsed. Repeated. Like she has lived this before.

And her mother can feel it.

What begins as unease slowly spirals into obsession. Every word Ellie speaks feels like a warning. Every look feels like a test. Reality starts to slip as memory and perception blur together, leaving one question that refuses to go away.

What is Ellie?

As the night stretches on, fear begins to take shape. Love starts to bend under the weight of doubt. And the line between protecting a child and surviving her becomes harder to see.

Because some children are not what they seem.

And some truths do not reveal themselves until it is far too late.

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In a reality where control is disguised as safety and freedom is quietly stripped away, Merrick finds himself face to face with something… new.

Not a god of old.

Not a creature born from chaos.

But something far more familiar… and far more dangerous.

As influence spreads and authority tightens its grip, a new entity emerges, one that doesn’t seek worship… only obedience.

Meanwhile, the lines between power, identity, and control begin to blur as forces beyond comprehension continue to move their pieces into place.

Because in a world where everything is watched…

Nothing is truly your own.

⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode contains graphic violence, disturbing themes, and intense psychological horror. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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“I Drive for CERBER is a supernatural horror comic series created by Shaun Barbour of InstInked Comics. It follows Jim, a driver for a ride-share service that doesn’t just pick up people… it picks up everything else. From cryptids and urban legends to things that should never exist, every passenger has a story—but not all of them are alive to tell it.

Issues #1 and #2 are available now, with Issue #3 currently in production and an upcoming Kickstarter campaign on the horizon. You can grab the books, along with other horror titles like Belial and the Hollowed Universe novels The Treatment and The Hollowing, at www.instinkedcomics.com.

Follow Shaun’s work on TikTok @instinked and on Facebook under Shaun Barbour to stay updated on new releases, behind-the-scenes content, and the upcoming Kickstarter.

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Some calls… you can’t hang up from.

What starts as a simple attempt to resolve an unknown charge quickly spirals into something far more disturbing. As Daniel waits on hold, reality begins to fracture, and the line between customer and product starts to blur.

And once you’re connected…

You may never disconnect.

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S3E11: Everyone Dies Tonight

This research file presents a contained incident. A single night. A single location. No escape.

What begins as a celebration quickly unravels into something far more sinister as a familiar place becomes the stage for unimaginable violence. Beneath the surface of routine conversations, old wounds linger. Trauma festers. And something long buried begins to rise.

As the night unfolds, a presence emerges. Methodical. Relentless. Personal.

One by one, those within reach are pulled into a nightmare that feels both random and deliberate. But this is not chaos. This is not chance.

This is something far more intimate. Memories blur with reality. Truth fractures under pressure. And the line between victim and perpetrator begins to dissolve in ways that cannot be undone.

In this file, the past is not something that stays behind you.

It waits.

It grows.

And eventually… it comes back.

Everyone has a breaking point.

Tonight… it is reached.

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This research file forces a decision no one should ever have to make.

As the situation surrounding Simon reaches a critical breaking point, Aubrey finds herself pulled into a confrontation with a force long buried but far from forgotten. The Vega has returned… not in body, but in consciousness. And with it comes manipulation, cruelty, and a test designed to break even the strongest will. Trapped within a constructed reality, Aubrey is given an impossible choice. Sacrifice one… or lose everything. With Earl and Mr. Fields caught in the balance, the illusion of control begins to shatter. Words become weapons. Promises become traps. And time itself becomes the enemy as Simon’s life hangs by a thread.

In this file, loyalty is tested, sacrifice becomes inevitable, and the cost of hesitation is laid bare. Some choices define who we are. Others haunt us long after they are made.

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S3E9: Body Ads

This research file follows Daniel, a man given a second chance at life after waking from cryogenic suspension decades later than anyone intended. Once promised a cure for a terminal illness, he returns to a world that is medically advanced, economically efficient, and morally hollow. What begins as a miracle quickly sours into something grotesque. Guided through this new society by Dr. Corvex Finnegan, Daniel is introduced to a culture where the human body has become prime real estate. Flesh is bought, sold, branded, harvested, and repurposed in the name of profit. Advertising is no longer something people see. It is something they wear. Something they carve away. Something they become. As Daniel struggles to understand the nightmare he has awakened into, one truth becomes impossible to ignore. In a world driven by sponsorship and consumer hunger, untouched skin may be the most valuable commodity of all. In this file, survival, exploitation, and corporate horror collide in a vision of the future where the body is no longer sacred. It is inventory.

Some people sell their image.

Others are sold piece by piece.

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S3E8: Son of Hermes

This research file follows the horrifying legacy of Hermes, a brilliant doctor driven by grief, ambition, and a desperate promise to repair what had been broken. What begins as experimental neuroscience and the hope of healing damaged minds slowly mutates into something far more sinister.

Behind sealed doors and hidden laboratories, children are altered, lives are erased, and science is bent toward a purpose no human was meant to serve. At the center of it all stands Roman, an architect of manipulation whose plans reach far beyond medicine, morality, or mercy.

But every creation carries consequence.

From the wreckage of these experiments rises something new, something born of pain, loss, and impossible transformation. No longer fully human, yet carrying the memory of the man who tried to save him, this being becomes the living embodiment of a father’s failure and a world’s coming terror.

In this file, grief becomes innovation, innovation becomes monstrosity, and the line between salvation and annihilation is erased entirely.

Some children inherit their father’s name.

Others inherit his unfinished work.

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S3E7: Family Ties – Part 2

The Calvetti story continues.

In the aftermath of the events set into motion in Family Ties – Part 1, tensions inside the Calvetti family reach a breaking point. Old grudges surface, long-buried secrets claw their way into the light, and the line between family loyalty and supernatural obligation begins to fracture.

As the search for answers leads deeper into the underbelly of their world, a relic of Seamus’s gold resurfaces, drawing the family into a confrontation that was never meant to happen. What begins as a simple meeting quickly unravels into betrayal, bloodshed, and the return of a presence that should have remained buried.

But the greatest revelation lies within the family itself.

Truths about the Calvetti bloodline come to light, truths that reshape everything they believed about their past, their enemies, and even one another. What once seemed like curses may have always been part of a far larger design.

Some battles are fought with weapons.

Others are fought with blood.

And the Calvetti family is about to learn just how deep those ties truly run.

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S3E6: Family Ties – Part 1

In this latest research file, we turn our attention to a family bound not only by blood… but by obligation.

This is no ordinary crime syndicate. Beneath the tailored suits, coded language, and whispered meetings lies a lineage steeped in dealings with the unnatural. For generations, this mob family has operated in the shadows, handling matters the rest of the world refuses to acknowledge.

Their newest job appears simple at first: track down and contain a Leprechaun whose mischief carries far darker consequences than folklore would suggest.

But nothing is ever simple.

When blood is spilled upon hollowed ground, something ancient stirs. An old beast, buried deep beneath soil long cursed, rises once more. It is not summoned by ritual… but by violence. And once awakened, it does not distinguish between friend or foe.

As tensions rise within the family and loyalties are tested, one truth becomes clear:

Some ties bind.

Others drag you straight into the earth.

This is only the beginning.

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S3E5: What We Fear

This research file continues the events set in motion during The Knife’s Edge, deepening the first movement of the unfolding Oteev storyline.

When the record begins, Earl, Mr. Fields, and Aubrey are each discovered in places they should never be, living lives that stand in direct opposition to everything they once were. Familiar identities feel distant. Choices feel rewritten. Even memory itself seems uncertain.

The question is no longer what has happened… but what is real. Is this transformation the natural consequence of forces already unleashed? Or is something supernatural at work, an unseen hand shaping reality in the wake of the Vega’s release?

As fear tightens its grip, truth becomes harder to recognize, and the boundary between self and illusion begins to erode. What remains may not be who they were…

and may not be who they choose to become.

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S3E4: Zombie, A Love Story

This research file follows Julian and Erin, two people already strained beneath the weight of a world that never seemed built for them. Money is scarce, hope is thinner, and survival feels like a daily negotiation. Then comes the worst day of Julian’s life… and with it, an opportunity. What begins as desperation slowly transforms into stability, as the couple finds unexpected income and a fragile sense of control in a life that had offered them none. For a brief moment, it almost feels as though things might finally improve. And then the world ends.

As the apocalypse tears through their city, Julian and Erin are forced onto the road in a final attempt to reach safety. Hunger, fear, and the dead closing in from every direction turn survival into something brutal and uncertain. Love becomes their last refuge and their greatest vulnerability.

In this file, devotion is tested against extinction, leaving one final question: Can love endure the end of the world… or is tragedy the only thing truly eternal?

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S3E3: Love Eternal

Our next research file introduces us to Randy, a love-sick outcast whose world changes the moment a new girl arrives in class. What begins as innocent fascination quickly turns into something deeper, and before long, the two find themselves bound together as valentines.

But love, as we know, rarely exists without consequence.

A night in the woods with friends, a few drinks passed around, and the illusion of safety begins to crack. As the hours stretch on, it becomes clear that they are not alone. One by one, the group is hunted, picked apart by a presence that has been watching far longer than anyone realizes.

In this file, obsession, devotion, and terror collide. We explore how love can be eternal… and how it can also be weaponized.

So, join me as we open the Love Eternal file, and uncover what happens when affection refuses to let go.

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A new division emerges from the shadows…

In this special introductory episode, we are officially introduced to The VEIL Team. A covert investigative unit tasked with tracking down threats that exist beyond the public eye. Agents Saunders and Blaylen take center stage as they pursue a grotesque and dangerous entity known only as Wilbur Porcine, the Pig Man 🐖

As the hunt unfolds, lines blur between myth and reality, and it becomes clear that some monsters don’t stay buried. This episode marks the beginning of The VEIL Podcast spinoff, expanding the Nightmare Trials universe and uncovering what operates behind the curtain of normalcy.

Trust the process.

Fear the truth.

The VEIL has been lifted… just a little. 👁️‍🗨️

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Like, subscribe, and share to help spread the nightmare. New horrors await…

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🩸 S3E1: The Knife’s Edge

Description:

Season 3 begins exactly where everything fell apart.

In the aftermath of the Season 2 finale, someone’s life hangs in the balance. The air is thick with consequence, and the silence before action feels heavier than the act itself. As the dust settles, a new threat steps forward, patient, watching, and far more dangerous than expected.

With no time to recover and no room for hesitation, Aubrey is forced into an impossible decision. Save a friend… or risk something far worse.

There is no right answer.

Only the one she chooses.

About This Episode:

The Knife’s Edge launches Season 3 with immediate tension and emotional weight, pushing the story forward without mercy. This episode explores loyalty, sacrifice, and the brutal reality that survival often demands loss.

The line between hero and monster narrows.

And Aubrey stands right on it.

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Hello Everyone!

Today I have something special for you... a look into The Nightmare Trials Podcast's newest addition/story line. A spinoff if you will. I am excited to announce the creation of the VEIL Team! Our favorites, Agent Saunders and Blaylen will be working to uncover who the Pig Man is and how to stop him from his horrors committed. And as a special offering to you all, this update will have scene 1 of the first episode. Enjoy and love y'all.

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As we are on a bit of a hiatus, I didn't want to leave you high and dry. So here is a blast from the past and one of my favorite episodes. Careful what you Wish for!

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Thank you to everyone who made Season 2 an amazing event! There is more to come but I will be taking a few months off to write and record. Stay spooky, stay cool, and Love Y'all!

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S2E62: Existentialism

Season 2 Finale

Description:

Everything has led to this.

The final moves are set in motion as Merrick completes the last step of his three-part ascent, securing another god and pushing himself beyond the threshold of return. Power stacks upon power, but identity fractures under the weight of divinity.

Aubrey and Simon stand in opposition, not as saviors, but as witnesses to what Merrick has become and what he is willing to sacrifice to finish his work. Ideology clashes with inevitability, and no one leaves this confrontation unchanged.

About This Episode:

Existentialism serves as the Season 2 Finale, closing the cycle of Merrick’s rise.

Heavy with philosophical dread, cosmic consequence, and irreversible choice.

The end is not explosive.

It is unavoidable.

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🩸 S2E61: The Hole — by C.P. Bearden

About This Episode:

The Hole is a tightly wound psychological horror short written by C.P. Bearden, exploring fixation, dread, and the quiet terror of inevitability. Minimalist and unsettling, this episode lingers long after it ends, like the feeling that something unseen is still watching.

If you’re drawn to stories that burrow under your skin and refuse to let go, this one leaves a mark.

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🎄🩸 A Holiday Horror Special

All cheer. No mercy.

Description:

This holiday season, Merrick returns.

What were once four separate Christmas nightmares have been stitched together into a single, uninterrupted descent into festive horror. Bells ring. Snow falls. And Merrick reminds the world that not all traditions are meant to bring comfort.

From twisted acts of “generosity” to cruel lessons wrapped in tinsel and blood, this special delivers the full collection of Merrick’s holiday atrocities, unchanged, unfiltered, and far more horrifying when experienced all at once.

Christmas isn’t cancelled.

It’s corrupted.

About This Episode:

A Holiday Horror Special combines the previously released Merrick Christmas episodes into one complete feature-length experience. Designed for both returning listeners and first-time victims, this episode showcases Merrick at his most theatrical, sadistic, and disturbingly joyful.

Perfect for late nights, cold weather, and listeners who like their holidays dark.

⚠️ Warning:

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🩸 S2E60: A Tussle With Vanity

Power demands admiration. Gods demand worship.

Description:

The endgame continues. In the wake of To Capture a God, the fractures widen. Merrick pushes forward with his next objective, Vanity. But capturing a god obsessed with self-perception is not a battle of strength… it’s a battle of reflection, deception, and control. Every step closer risks losing what little of himself remains.

Elsewhere, Aubrey is drawn deeper into forbidden history as she’s told the origin of Lilith, a story of betrayal, hunger, and transformation. What began as survival became obsession.

About This Episode:

A Tussle With Vanity serves as Part 2 of the three-part Season 2 finale, peeling back the layers of godhood and revealing the cost of becoming something more than human. This episode balances mythic revelation with escalating dread as the path toward the finale narrows.

Some gods are taken by force.

Others must be understood first.

Featured Author:

This episode is inspired by the chilling, atmospheric writing of C.P. Bearden.

Check out his novel The Soil is Calling here:

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🩸 S2E59: To Capture a God

The beginning of the end.

Description:

The pieces are finally moving into place.

As Season 2 reaches its breaking point, five paths converge, each one vital, each one dangerous. Merrick grapples with the growing presence of the god Fame, a celestial force gnawing at his identity from the inside. Control is slipping, and something divine is learning how to wear human skin.

Elsewhere, Simon prepares Aubrey for an encounter that will change everything. Meanwhile, Agent Blaylen and Callahan discuss the Dreamwalker, a being whose influence stretches across sleep, memory, and fate itself.

This is not the end.

This is the alignment.

About This Episode:

To Capture a God marks the opening movement of the Season 2 finale, weaving together multiple perspectives into a single, escalating narrative. This episode deepens the mythos, fractures alliances, and sets the stage for a confrontation that will decide the fate of gods and monsters alike.

⚠️ Warning:

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❄️ S2E58: The Changing

When the world freezes, survival isn’t measured in miles... only minutes.

Description:

The world didn’t end in fire. It ended in cold.

In this post-apocalyptic chillscape, a creeping sheet of sentient ice, known only as The Changing, has consumed the West and is slowly devouring its way across the United States. Entire towns vanish overnight. Highways turn to frozen tombs. And the cold… comes with a hidden secret.

Blue is alone with only a CB radio, a warm fire, and the distant voice of his friend Parsnip. When Parsnip calls with some unsettling news, Blue sets out into the deadly frost. But the deeper he travels, the more of The Changing is revealed.

About This Episode:

The Changing is a slow-burn survival horror set in a world reclaimed by ice. It blends atmospheric dread, isolation, and creeping existential panic as Blue races through a dying landscape to save the last voice he has left.

In this world, warmth is hope.

And hope is running out.

⚠️ Warning:

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🩸 S2E57: Necro

When the dead want revenge, they don’t always come for your body... sometimes, they come for your mind.

Description:

Roger has always been in control.

A meticulous predator.

A monster who believed no one could touch him.

But after taking something he should have left, Roger finds himself stalked by an entity older, darker, and far more sadistic than he is. It doesn’t want justice. It doesn’t want peace. It wants him to break. Roger’s life twists into hallucinations, his past victims making themselves known. But that is impossible... right?

About This Episode:

Necro is a psychological descent into the unraveling mind of a serial killer who finally meets something worse than himself. This episode blends existential terror, reality distortion, and supernatural vengeance as Roger is forced to confront a force that refuses to let him die… until it’s done with him.

He spent years playing with victims.

Now something is playing with him.

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🩸 S2E56: Going Live – Part II

An escalating Oteev nightmare, where the livestream becomes a ritual.

Description:

The moment Dare hit “Go Live,” something ancient was watching.

Now Merrick stands before him... amused, violent, and ready to use Dare as fuel for his newest obsession. His goal? To summon and merge with a celestial demon known only as Fame, a creature born from worship, attention, and the hunger of the digital masses.

Aubrey and Mr. Fields push through the collapsing reality to reach Dare before Merrick completes the summoning. But the walls between dimensions are thinning…

And Fame is already pushing through.

About This Episode:

Going Live – Part II deepens the Oteev mythos with a brutal collision of cosmic horror and digital culture.

The stakes rise as Aubrey and Mr. Fields confront the consequences of attention-driven chaos and the horrifying truth behind what Merrick is becoming.

A ritual disguised as content.

A demon disguised as a god.

A livestream disguised as entertainment.

Everything is watching.

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🩸 S2E55: Going Live – Part 1

An Oteev storyline tie-in following the aftermath of The Void.

Description:

After the collapse of the Void, cracks in reality still remain and something hungry presses against the edges.

When a reckless YouTuber known as Dare accepts a challenge to explore the home of The Chylds, he unknowingly steps into a dimensional fault line that should have stayed sealed forever.

To prevent a catastrophic breach, Simon sends Aubrey into a fragile reality to stop Dare’s livestream before he awakens what sleeps beneath the floorboards. But Aubrey quickly realizes this isn’t just another mission… something in the Void wants out.

About This Episode:

Going Live – Part 1 is a fast, visceral blend of cosmic horror, digital-age dread, and Oteev mythology.

This episode explores the terrifying consequences of attention, influence, and what happens when an online stunt becomes a ritual.

What begins as a livestream becomes a countdown — and every viewer is a witness.

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🩸 S2E54: We Apologize for the Delay - by Viggy Parr Hampton ✈️🔥

From the author of The Rotting Room, A Cold Night for Alligators, and Much Too Vulgar

Description:

Tammy comes to consciousness standing in line to board a plan. Odd as that may seem, things just keep getting stranger. She is hounded by ghosts from her past, the familiar faces she hoped to never see again.

Caught in an endless loop of check-ins, holding patterns, and terminal despair, Tammy must face the haunting truth of why she’s stuck in this infernal layover.

Welcome aboard, and fasten your seat belts, because we’re going straight down.

About This Episode:

We Apologize for the Delay is a surreal descent into madness and memory — where Hell takes the shape of an airport terminal and every delay feels like an eternity.

Written by Viggy Parr Hampton, this episode blends dark humor, psychological horror, and cosmic dread into one turbulent ride you’ll never forget.

⚠️ Warning:

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S2E53: DaVinci 🕵️‍♂️🩸

When a string of brutal murders shocks the city, Detective Wright is assigned to the case that has left even seasoned investigators shaken. The evidence is haunting. The details, impossible. With nowhere else to turn, Wright begins to review a series of interrogation tapes—hours of questioning with the prime suspect, a man named Jim.

But as he listens deeper into the recordings, strange details begin to emerge. The lines between past and present blur, and the familiar crackle of the tape hides something much darker. Each playback pulls Wright further into a psychological labyrinth where truth, obsession, and guilt intertwine.

Some cases are better left unsolved… and some voices should never be heard again. 🎙️🕯️

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S2E52: Hide and Seek — Part 2 🌲🩸

The hunt continues.

After the horrors that unfolded at the secluded hunting lodge, Rich finds himself alone and on the run. His partner Steve is gone, or rather, changed, transformed into something inhuman… something ancient.

Now, deep in the dark woods, Rich prepares for the ultimate nightmare: to be hunted by an old vampire whose hunger knows no mercy. As dawn inches closer, the lines between predator and prey begin to blur, and Rich must face the chilling truth, the game of Hide and Seek was never meant to end.

Survival isn’t guaranteed. But the blood calling through the trees ensures the hunt will never stop. 🦇🔥

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S2E51: Hide and Seek — Part 1 🪜🕯️

For Rich and Steve, it was supposed to be just another day on the job. Two gutter cleaners heading out to a secluded hunting lodge deep in the woods. But when they arrive, something feels wrong. The roof is littered with dead animals, the air hums with flies, and the silence that follows feels far too heavy to ignore.

What started as a routine cleanup becomes a desperate game of survival against something ancient, unseen, and merciless.

The woods have eyes. And the hunt has already begun. 🌲🩸

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S2E50: The Zyper Tapes 🎙️🕰️

When Dr. Richard Atwell sits down to interview Sebastian Zyper a patient whose crimes defy logic and whose words fracture reality, the line between science and the supernatural begins to blur. What starts as a simple psychological evaluation descends into a nightmare of existential horror, and something far older than madness itself.

The Zyper Tapes is a descent into the mind of a killer and the man who dared to understand him. This episode blends psychological horror, metaphysical tension, and reality distortion into a single, unnerving experience. Each tape unravels more than truth. It unravels the listener. 🔊🩸

Themes:

• Psychological Horror 🧠
• Time Distortion & Paranoia ⏳
• The Cost of Understanding Evil 😈
• Madness, Memory, and Identity 🌀

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S2E49: Health Risk 🚂🩺

A long night. A packed train. A doctor just trying to get home. But when passengers begin falling ill with a mysterious sickness, the journey quickly turns into a nightmare. Panic spreads faster than the infection itself, and survival becomes a race against time.

As the train barrels through the darkness, questions arise that no science can answer. What started as a routine trip soon becomes something far more sinister... something that threatens not just those aboard, but everything beyond the tracks. 🦠💀

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S2E48: Bones 🦴🌑

For most, bones are silent remains of the past. But for her, they whisper secrets only she can hear. Gifted with otherworldly insight, a forensic anthropologist finds herself drawn into a chilling case where the dead refuse to stay silent.

Every fragment, every fracture, tells a story. As she pieces together the truth, shadows lengthen, and the line between her gift and her curse begins to blur. Step into a tale where the past has teeth, and it’s ready to bite. 🩸👁️

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S2E47: Rideshare 🚗🌒

Charlie thought driving for a ride share app would be an easy way to make extra cash. But from the moment he picks up his first passenger, the night takes a strange turn. Each ride brings unsettling encounters cryptic conversations, shifting shadows, and an unease that grows with every mile.

As the clock ticks toward dawn, reality blurs and the road ahead twists into something far darker than a simple night behind the wheel. Buckle up for a journey where every detour hides a secret and nothing is as it seems. 🌌😱

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Disclaimer: This episode uses AI-assisted voice transformation. 🤖

Listener Advisory: Contains content that may be disturbing or graphic for audiences under 18. ⚠️

⚠️ Warning:

This episode contains intense horror themes, emotional distress, violence, and high-stakes psychological tension. Listener discretion is advised.

🎧 Listen to more episodes, Bonus Content, and Additional Storylines of The Nightmare Trials Universe:

Patreon (Exclusive Content): https://www.patreon.com/thenightmaretrails

📖 Check out C.P. Bearden’s new book: The Soil is Calling

A dark and haunting read you won’t want to miss.

Link to Book: https://www.amazon.com/Soil-Calling-C-P-Bearden/dp/1962739945

🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer:

Some voices in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools. The acting of the voicing was done either by me or by a team member.

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