For the haunted, any calm explanation of a supernatural phenomenon is a comforting one, no matter where it comes from. But it is never more important than in that very moment to remain watchful and mistrusting. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)…

A man thrust onto the streets must navigate their disturbing sights and sounds, all the while living under the threat of a monster moving relentlessly through their shadows. Music by David Temyik (“Afterlife” and “Mystic Dark Background”), Getty…

Two tales of Knifepoint Horror, and two radio plays. 1. thrifting (00:38) 2. radio play: “Report on an Unidentified Space Station,” adapted from the short story by J.G. Ballard (8:39) 3. west (25:54) 4. radio play: “The Cleaver” (44:45) The…

A boy growing up in post-Depression Kansas learns there are no truly innocuous objects as long as the human imagination can infuse them with fearsome properties. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), “Shadowlands 1: Horizon” and “Shadowlands 4:…

Built as a place of solace for those who could no longer fully fend for themselves, the house should never have been disturbed or even noticed. But then one summer night, unfamiliar footsteps approached. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com),…

A conflict in memory between two brothers leads to a return to a place where childhood may have been hiding something too ghastly to retain in the mind. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). “Past the Edge” and “Mourning Song” licensed under…

These 10 stories were originally produced as video monologues for YouTube over the course of a year as a slight change of pace. Some have been partially re-recorded. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By…

Here’s a horror tale told through a different format. In a mysterious, undefined era, a desperate foot journey traverses a winter wilderness that promises a lonely death–perhaps a natural one, but likely not. With Kalem Murray, Teddy Ray Bullard,…

The next time you take a long country drive, look to your left and right as the scenery rolls by, the forgotten places where no footsteps tread for weeks, months, maybe years at a time. How long would it be before anyone noticed that such a place had…

He was a teenager who suddenly had no place to sleep, no money, and no options. The world had quickly become a very scary place … and then shelter appeared much too conveniently. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative…

In the space of minutes, a travel writer venturing alone in remote waters goes from a state of enviable tranquility to blinding terror. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License…

Somewhere near your house it stands, one of those decaying places that people always whisper about as they pass by. For every day you age, it seems to age three. But it may well live beyond you, silently daring you each night at dusk to enter, coldly…

There exists in this life a very real, horrifying phenomenon that science cannot yet extinguish. It strikes a surprising number of people, and none of us are safe. And if it comes for you, it will come at the most vulnerable moment you will ever know….

It seemed like such a simple deal, but it felt wrong from the very beginning–and led to a glimpse of a horror which, for those with even a little experience peering into the shadows, need not be named. Watch Jordan Hale’s film adaptation: Artist …

A comfortable suburban existence begins to fracture with a single sound. You may have heard it sometime yourself, but those who have surely possess no need for stories like these to haunt them. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed…

A tale made specifically for the campfire–a simple tale of the woods, long-buried secrets, and letting chances to escape terror slip agonizingly away. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License…

Some places are so remote that just to explore them is an invitation to the phantoms that know we’re alone. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/…

A man attempting to solve a strange gap in his memory meets a man claiming to offer an answer–one too frightening for mere mortals to grasp. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License…

Very few people had ever even heard of the Poldrict House, let alone investigated it. Surely the lack of fascination within the paranormal community was justified… Art by Grey Allison,    

A cruel game of psychological brinksmanship among thieves breaks the sanity of its most dangerous competitor. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/