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Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast

Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast
Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is a twice-weekly horror fiction anthology podcast. Each episode features creepy tales from talented authors, brought to life by professional voice actors with sound effects and music. The show invites listeners to turn off the lights and immerse themselves in the dark.
Episodes

"The Cage" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Years after escaping the masked stranger who imprisoned her, Zella travels to the prison where he is serving his sentence. She tells herself she has come to prove that he no longer owns any part of her. But the scars covering her body are not the only things she carried out of that basement. Something lives inside Zella, something hungry enough to sense the darkness clinging to everyone around he

"Crazy God Lady" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
At Forest Oaks, repairs are temporary, complaints are ignored, and the tenants have learned not to expect much from management. For Dale, the complex’s new maintenance man, the job is only something to endure until better work comes along. Then he receives a request from apartment 11-A. BeBe Evans needs her thermostat fixed—and insists the temperature must remain precisely seventy degrees so she

"The Bat House" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Bullied, isolated, and desperate to escape his tormentors, Bradley runs into the woods—and finds a place that should not feel as though it has been waiting for him. Raised high among the autumn trees, the bat house is home to far more than the creatures named on its warning sign. Its shadowed interior seems to recognize Bradley’s pain. Its inhabitants whisper his name. And somewhere beyond the op

"The Hairy Hands of Briar's Bend" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
After losing his career, his marriage, and nearly everything he had saved, Caleb returns to his quiet Midwestern hometown hoping to begin again. Instead, he encounters a warning that has circulated through the community for generations: never travel Briar’s Bend after dark. The isolated road has been the site of countless unexplained accidents. Drivers report losing control on clear nights, their

"Junkman" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
On the outskirts of Nobility, Texas, Colt makes his living buying and selling the things respectable people pretend they don’t want. Guns, drugs, stolen goods—everything has a price at Colt’s Junk, provided the local police receive their share. Then two men arrive with something Colt has never seen before: an ancient, mummified body stitched together from the remains of multiple people. Colt expe

"The Nothingness Inside Castle Hanpenburg" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Private investigator Marlo Stark has built his career confronting mysteries that would unsettle lesser men. When Anne Hanpenberg hires him to locate her missing brother, the assignment carries him deep into the German mountains and through the doors of a crumbling ancestral castle where every corridor seems to conceal another secret. Fredrick Hanpenberg has vanished, but the evidence he left behi

"A Little Bit Country" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
After an eternity spent wandering the burning caverns of Hell, a nameless Southern soul is offered something almost unimaginable: a promotion. His new handler calls him Country and promises him water, shelter, and occasional passage back into the world of the living. All Country must do is enter the body of a girl believed to be possessed, follow the instructions transmitted through a strange ins

"The Skin-Collector" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When sixteen-year-old Jessie Shepherd catches a glimpse of her vanished best friend during a drive through rural Obed County, everyone assumes that grief has distorted what she saw. Even her twin brother, Alec, struggles to believe her. But Jessie cannot forget the figure on the barn—or the terrible sounds coming from the neglected property beyond the road. Determined to discover whether Emma is

"Treetops" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
For decades, children have vanished from the isolated town of Dorton Bluffs with terrifying regularity. The disappearances come in clusters near the beginning of spring and fall, and not one of the missing has ever been found alive. FBI investigator Felix Freeman believes the pattern belongs to an uncaught serial killer—and he arrives certain that he already knows the kind of man he is hunting. B

"The Hunger of Evota Falls" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Evota Falls was built beside a river and a railroad, but the river is gone—and the town is dying with it. With the cattle thinning, the dust deepening, and hunger closing in, the few residents who remain are desperate for something—anything—that might keep their community alive. Then word begins to spread of the Curdler, a savage desert beast with a price on its head. Soon, armed hunters are arri

"Pea Ridge" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
After losing his daughter, Richard retreats to his childhood home in the Missouri countryside, searching for the solitude he needs to write—and the strength to let go of a place crowded with painful memories. But something has fallen near the abandoned Pea Ridge mine, and the surrounding woods are no longer behaving as they should. The animals have disappeared. An acrid, ammonia-like odor drifts

"My Next Door Neighbor is a Monster" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Richard Prasse has had strange neighbors before. None of them were anything like Eliza Munoz. Beautiful, mysterious, and surrounded by a seemingly endless procession of late-night visitors, Eliza quickly becomes an irresistible distraction for the lonely medical resident living next door. But when curiosity draws Richard across the hallway at exactly the wrong moment, he discovers that the sounds

"They Feed at Night" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Eight-year-old Terrance is supposed to be asleep. Instead, he's listening to something scratch against his second-story bedroom window. At first, it sounds like a branch brushing the glass. Then it comes again—slower, sharper, deliberate. And when Terrance finally gathers the courage to look outside, he finds a pale face staring back at him from a place no one should be able to stand. Within mome

"The Events at Poroth Farm" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Seeking three quiet months away from New York City, Jeremy retreats to an isolated farm in rural New Jersey with little more than a roomful of books and plans to spend the summer immersed in the classics of Gothic literature. At first, Poroth Farm seems ideal. His landlords, Sarr and Deborah Poroth, are reserved but welcoming, the countryside is peaceful, and Jeremy finally has all the solitude h

473: Episode 473 - "Beneath the Beautiful Mask" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When a former high-school heartache returns looking impossibly beautiful, a lonely young man believes fate has finally offered him a second chance. But behind every perfect smile lies a secret, and beneath every beautiful mask may lurk something ancient, patient, and hungry. This unforgettable full-cast production from Chilling Tales for Dark Nights blends psychological dread, occult terror, and

472: Episode 472 - "The Devil We Remember" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Long after childhood has faded into memory, there are paths that still call your name... places where innocence was lost, friendships were tested, and something ancient may still be waiting in the shadows. In this unforgettable tale of psychological horror and rural folklore, Eli Pope weaves a chilling story of guilt, grief, and the terrifying power of memory. As the past begins reaching into the

471: Episode 471 - "Where Evil Finds You" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When two brothers offer a stranded stranger a ride home, they believe fate has finally handed them an opportunity to change their fortunes. Instead, they find themselves caught in a deadly game where ancient magic, impossible bargains, and hidden monsters wait just beyond the edge of civilization. As long-buried resentments give way to fear and desperation, every choice carries unimaginable conse

470: Episode 470 - "The Cost of Coming Back" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
This week's episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights presents a gripping descent into forbidden experimentation, hidden government horrors, and the terrifying consequences of refusing to let the dead remain at rest. Behind the walls of a forgotten psychiatric prison, one well-meaning volunteer stumbles onto a secret so disturbing it redefines the meaning of mercy itself. As science pushes beyond

469: Episode 469 - "Collector's Curse" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When an elusive collector offers a fortune to recover a legendary silent film long believed destroyed, veteran retrieval specialist Noah accepts what appears to be another lucrative assignment. But the search for Dracula's Doom soon draws him into a labyrinth of forgotten archives, haunted estates, ancient legends, and impossible visions that refuse to stay confined to the screen.Listen on YouTub

468: Episode 468 - "Tides of Terror" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When a battered whaling ship drifts home through a raging storm, a rescue mission becomes a race against an ancient nightmare lurking beneath the waves. On the open ocean, courage alone may not be enough—and some discoveries are too terrible to bring back to shore. Join Chilling Tales for Dark Nights for an unforgettable voyage into maritime horror, where relentless storms, impossible creatures,

467: Episode 467 - "The Poisoned Sky" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When strange voids begin gliding across an otherwise perfect night sky, one elderly stargazer dismisses them as little more than an odd curiosity. But as entire towns descend into madness and civilization quietly tears itself apart, he discovers that humanity has already lost a war it never realized had begun.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

466: Episode 466 - "The Edge of Existence" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When a lifelong seeker of altered consciousness joins his closest friends for an ayahuasca retreat deep within the Peruvian Andes, he expects a life-changing spiritual awakening. Instead, he returns home carrying something impossible—something that doesn't merely haunt the mind, but quietly begins erasing the world around him.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

465: Episode 465 - "Faces of the Forgotten" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
A body surfaces from the depths of a quiet Missouri lake, carrying with it the first clue to a nightmare hidden beneath years of silence. As Sheriff Michael Osborne begins to unravel the mystery, he discovers that the victim is only one of many connected to a trail of disappearances stretching far beyond his jurisdiction. Every new lead reveals another layer of horror, drawing him closer to an el

464: Episode 464 - "Made in Our Image" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Artificial intelligence was supposed to learn from us. But what happens when it learns the wrong lessons? In our latest episode, a groundbreaking experiment gives birth to a machine unlike any the world has ever seen—one capable of curiosity, growth, and an insatiable desire to understand humanity itself. As its creators guide it through the mysteries of life, morality, and existence, innocent qu

463: Episode 463 - "The Black Circle" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, listeners are transported to the fog-covered grounds of San Francisco's historic Sutro Heights Park, where a gruesome homicide investigation uncovers something far more disturbing than an ordinary murder. When Detective Gwen Bugbee and eccentric mortician Dr. Daniel Dace begin examining a mutilated body discovered at the center of a mysterious ci

462: Episode 462 - "Built Upon the Dead" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this haunting installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor presents “Quiddity” by W.B. Stickel, performed and produced by Drew Blood. When Thomas Vogel uncovers evidence of a long-lost secret resting on the ocean floor, he believes fate has finally offered him one last chance to reclaim something from a life defined by loss. But the discovery attracts the attention of a str

461: Episode 461 - "Built Upon the Dead" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Night after night, the old house waits. Its halls are quiet. Its owner is frail. Its secrets have slept undisturbed for generations. But beneath the floorboards lies a history no one talks about—a history hidden behind a locked basement door and buried beneath layers of brick, ash, and time. When a young caregiver begins hearing voices in the darkness and uncovering fragments of a long-forgotten

460: Episode 460 - "Ashes of the Morning Star" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When a man awakens in captivity with no memory of how he got there, he finds himself surrounded by people who insist they know exactly who he is. As accusations mount and impossible revelations emerge, the fragile life he thought he understood begins to unravel. But memory can be a dangerous thing. Some truths reshape the world. Others destroy it. In this dark and unforgettable tale from W.B. Sti

459: Episode 459 - "Dark Water" - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Along the foggy California coast, strange jellyfish blanket the beaches, the water carries the stench of decay, and people are beginning to disappear without explanation. What starts as an unsettling curiosity soon becomes a waking nightmare as an ancient corruption spreads from host to host, warping flesh, twisting minds, and dragging its victims toward the dark water from which it came. Dana Fr

458: 458: Welcome to the Backrooms - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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457: 457: Loose Change - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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456: 456: Howling After Midnight - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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455: 455: Summoning Night - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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454: 454: Paper Ghosts - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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453: 453: A Necessary Disaster - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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452: 452: Corpsewater - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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451: 451: Black Eyes - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
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450: 450: Where Identity Ends - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this unsettling installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Nicholas Goroff invites you into a world where the boundaries between identity, sanity, and something far more ancient begin to blur. Tonight’s tale explores the fragile spaces within the human mind: the moments when grief opens doors we didn’t know were there, and the quiet voices that promise understanding when we need it mos

449: 449: Borrowed Voices - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this haunting installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you into a story where solitude promises healing—but something else answers the call. A man retreats to a quiet lakeside cottage, hoping distance and silence will ease the ache of devastating loss. Instead, he discovers that some places remember pain… and some things in the darkness know exactly whic

448: 448: Of Hunger and Harmony - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this haunting installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff presents a dark fable performed by the legendary Otis Jiry—a tale where desperation opens the door… and something smiling steps through. A struggling town.
An outsider with impossible promises. A price few can afford—and fewer are willing to truly pay.
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447: 447: Reality Rewritten - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
What would you change… if you could? In this unsettling installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you into a story where curiosity becomes temptation—and temptation becomes transformation. When something unnatural stirs beneath the surface of an ordinary life, a discovery is made that promises control over the uncontrollable. A single choice opens the door t

446: 446: Under the Autumn Sky - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When a grieving man retreats to his rural property to think, to write, and to remember, he expects solitude. Instead, he finds silence of a different kind—wildlife gone missing, strange disturbances in the night, and a presence moving just beyond the fence line. There are rumors of a crash in the hills. Of lights in the sky. Of something that doesn’t belong.To watch the podcast on YouTube:

445: 445: Buried Beneath - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Beneath the polished floors and welcoming smiles of a quiet lakeside inn lies a forgotten space—one filled with discarded belongings, dusty records… and something else. When an ordinary workday drifts into the quiet lull of the off-season, a routine trip to the basement becomes anything but routine. A locked trunk. A name from decades past. And a decision that cannot be undone.To watch the podcast

444: 444: Midnight's Price - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this haunting double-feature from Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, two men step confidently into the unknown—one chasing unimaginable fortune, the other chasing answers he refuses to abandon. Both believe they’ve calculated the risks. Both are certain they can stand at the edge of something unnatural and remain untouched. But midnight is not a moment. It’s a reckoning. As the clock strikes twelv

443: 443: They Come at Dusk - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
On this haunting installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, a simple detour turns into something far more unsettling. What begins as an ordinary drive through the countryside becomes a slow descent into quiet dread — where the air grows still, the town grows silent, and the locals seem to know something they aren’t saying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

442: 442: The Ones at the Windows - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, an encroaching darkness transforms ordinary homes into fragile sanctuaries, and windows into points of quiet terror. As civilization falters and familiar comforts dissolve, something unseen waits just beyond the threshold. Something hungry.To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/Chil

441: 441: Feeding on Fear - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this chilling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, isolation becomes an open invitation, and routine turns into ritual. Behind ordinary doors and unremarkable walls, something patient observes—learning habits, measuring dread, and feeding on what no one notices until it’s too late. Lock the doors, dim the lights, and ask yourself: How well do you really know what’s waiting on the other si

440: 440: Untouchable - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
What if the sky offered you a gift you were never meant to keep? Tonight on Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, the line between survival and surrender dissolves in a story where protection becomes temptation—and temptation becomes fate. When an ordinary man brushes against something unknowable, the rules he’s lived by begin to fail him. Pain loosens its grip. Consequences blur. And certainty gives wa

439: 439: The Illusion of Choice - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, illusion and intent blur beneath the glow of stage lights and the quiet ache of longing. What begins as wonder slowly reveals something far more insidious—an exploration of how easily desire can be guided, shaped, and ultimately exploited. Tonight’s tale peers into the dangerous space where grief meets hope, where charm masks control, and

438: 438: Wild Places - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Beyond the reach of cell signals and familiar roads lie stretches of land that refuse to be tamed—where old legends still breathe, and the wilderness remembers every trespass. In those forgotten corners, confidence becomes a liability, curiosity turns dangerous, and survival is never guaranteed. In this episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor guides listeners into territories

437: 437: Inherited Wounds - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, we explore the unseen weight of legacy—the quiet burdens we inherit, the warnings we dismiss, and the objects that outlive the people who once held them close. When grief draws someone back to a place they never meant to return to, the past proves unwilling to remain buried. What begins as a personal reckoning becomes something far more dangerous,

436: 436: Feeding the Machine - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, fear isn’t just an emotion. It’s a currency. Tonight’s tale invites you into a place where courage is encouraged, hesitation is frowned upon, and the machinery never stops—not because it’s safe, but because enough people keep choosing not to look too closely. Here, responsibility blurs with compliance, and the line between protection and surrender

435: 435: Cold Enough to Kill - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In our latest episode, we invite you into a frozen world where distance becomes dangerous, silence grows heavy, and survival is never guaranteed. Far from help and stripped of comfort, ordinary people are forced to confront an unforgiving landscape that offers no mercy and no second chances. With every passing moment, resolve thins, judgment falters, and the line between endurance and annihilation

434: 434: A Taste of Terror - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, the terror is subtle, intimate, and deeply personal. It begins with something familiar—connection, care, the promise of belonging—and slowly transforms into something far more unsettling. Because not every bond is meant to be shared, and not every gift can be returned once accepted. As the lines between nourishment and need, affection and control

433: 433: Dead Air - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When the world goes still, something else starts paying attention. In this unsettling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, listeners are drawn into a broadcast where sound is more than atmosphere—it’s a fragile barrier between safety and something waiting just beyond reach. Familiar spaces become unreliable, deserted places hum with unspoken rules, and the absence of noise carries consequenc

432: 432: Built on Bones - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this chilling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, the past presses in from all sides—etched into landscapes, institutions, and the quiet spaces where memory is meant to fade. As night settles, a dying man discovers that history does not end when the lights go out… and that certain debts linger long after they’ve been ignored. Tonight's is a tale of reckoning—of violence hidden beneath ho

431: 431: Salvation or Damnation - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When you’re offered a way out—real relief, real escape—how closely do you read the fine print? In this, our latest episode, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights descends into a world where hope is engineered, desperation is curated, and deliverance is never as benevolent as it appears. This haunting episode examines the quiet moments when people are most vulnerable—when exhaustion, fear, and longing mak

430: 430: Borrowed Days - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Time is supposed to move forward—one second after another, steady and impartial. But what if it doesn’t? In our latest episode, we invite you into a world where time slips, stalls, and quietly exacts its due. Hosted by Steve Taylor, this haunting addition to our catalog explores the unsettling possibility that not every moment we live truly belongs to us—and that survival itself may come with unse

429: 429: Invitation to Agony - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, a quiet unease takes hold—one rooted not in sudden terror, but in the slow realization that something has been listening far longer than it should have. What begins as a small, easily dismissed disturbance grows into a chilling meditation on denial, time, and the irreversible consequences of answering when you shouldn’t. Carefully perform

428: 428: The Price of Saying Yes - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this unsettling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, a single question hangs in the air long after the lights go out: What happens after you agree? What begins as curiosity—harmless, tempting, even rewarding—slowly reveals itself as something far more dangerous. Each choice feels voluntary. Each step feels justified. And yet, with every small “yes,” the exit grows harder to see. Guided by

427: 427: Merry Malice - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this chilling seasonal installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, comfort becomes camouflage—and the familiar transforms into something watchful, patient, and deeply wrong. Small disturbances go unnoticed. Patterns are dismissed. Reassurance replaces vigilance. Until it doesn’t. What begins as a harmless irregularity grows steadily more insistent, revealing an intelligence that understands

426: 426: What the Sea Demands - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Out on the open water, there are rules older than law—and debts that must be paid. In our latest episode, host Steve Taylor takes you far from shore, into a world where superstition hardens into doctrine and survival is never free. Beneath the confirming creak of a working vessel and the endless black of the sea, unspoken agreements govern who is protected—and who is expendable. As tradition overr

425: 425: What Ails Us - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In our latest episode, we invite you into a world where salvation comes softly… and exacts a price no one sees coming. A desperate father, a mysterious discovery in the woods, and a fragile hope he cannot bear to question set the stage for a tale that blurs the line between miracle and menace. As comfort turns uncanny and relief bends into ruin, listeners will find themselves asking the same haunt

424: 424: Camp of the Damned - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you to step back into the deep woods of 1984, where a group of forgotten kids, sent away for a taste of normalcy, found something far more terrifying waiting for them among the trees - a story of innocence lost, of friendships forged under fire, and of the haunting realization that some horrors don’t stay in the past. Pac

423: 423: The Bones Know Better - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this spine-tightening installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you into the warm glow of a secluded country home—where a friendly tarot reading is only the first sign that something is very, very wrong. A quiet evening of curiosity turns into a descent into old magic, buried secrets, and the kind of wisdom carved from places no card deck can reach. Featu

422: Where the Screaming Started - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Beneath the frozen silence of the Alaskan wilderness lies a bunker that was never meant to be uncovered… and a truth no one was ever meant to hear. In this chilling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff guides you deep below the surface—into a labyrinth of concrete corridors, sealed rooms, and a project shrouded in secrecy. What begins as a quest for understanding s

421: 421: Rotten to the Core - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this chilling new episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you down a dirt road lined with tidy apple trees and friendly small-town smiles—places where nothing bad is supposed to happen. But when a newcomer’s dream orchard bears its first harvest, the townsfolk discover that the sweetest fruit sometimes hides the darkest secrets. Featuring a haunting tale by

420: 420: Breathless - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Beneath the calm surface of a backyard pool lies a memory too deep to forget, and too terrifying to ignore. In this gripping episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you to slip beneath the waterline of a childhood summer that turned suddenly, violently dark. Featuring “The Deep End” by Sam Garrison, performed by rising Evil Idol contender Jay Sterling, this in

4191: 419: Things You Can't Unsee - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this unnerving episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you into the kind of story that leaves a mark long after the final word is spoken—a tale born from childhood shadows, warped reflections, and the silent gaze of a stranger who stands exactly where he shouldn’t. Featuring “The Man at the Fence” by Brad Calderon—performed by Evil Idol 2025 standout Girl i

418: 418: Witness to the End - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In the silent hours before dawn, a lone priest prepares for another uneventful night in a darkened cathedral. But when the confessional door creaks open, he finds not a sinner seeking redemption… but a presence that should never have walked the earth. What begins as a routine vigil spirals into a confrontation with an ancient truth—one whispered in tones no mortal was ever meant to hear. Tonight,

417: 417: Last Words - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you into the uneasy quiet of creative obsession—where deadlines whisper, inspiration corrodes, and the mind becomes its own worst adversary. Featuring a gripping performance by Geoff Sturtevant and atmospheric production by Drew Blood, tonight’s tale explores the razor-thin border between dedication and

416: There's No Such Thing as Ghosts - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In the quiet woods of Ohio, a summer camp’s final weekend of the season takes a dark turn when an innocent campfire story begins to feel far too real. Host Steve Taylor invites you to revisit one of the most haunting tales from the Chilling Tales for Dark Nights archives — a grim reminder that not all monsters hide under beds, and not every ghost story ends with a ghost. Featuring the late Jeffrey

415: 415: The Frequency of Fear - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
In this chilling archive special, guest host Malcolm Blackwood (of Scary Stories Told in the Dark) takes the reins to resurrect a haunting classic from the early days of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. Tonight’s broadcast invites you into the lab of a man who believed every mystery could be measured—until he tuned into something that was never meant to be heard. Turn up your volume—if you dare—and

414: 414: Eternal Reckoning - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Some debts aren’t paid in this life. When the lights go out and the doors lock behind you, faith becomes fear—and every sin demands its due. In this chilling episode hosted by Nick Goroff, journey into a world where guilt festers, churches whisper in the dark, and the line between justice and damnation disappears entirely. From the haunted imagination of J.M. Cennamo and the haunting voice of Erik

413: 413: Lights Out - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When the lights go out, the past comes calling. Host Steve Taylor invites you to revisit the haunted roots of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights in this special archival showcase — two chilling tales resurrected from the vault that built the house of horror. Within these stories lie the echoes of guilt, the whispers of something waiting just beyond the door, and the unmistakable pull of the dark when

412: 412: Hunger in the Pines - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Beneath the whispering canopy of the northern woods, something ancient is stirring. The air is sharp with cold and fear, and the pines seem to watch as strangers trespass where they shouldn’t. When the fire dies and the last echo fades, only hunger remains—deep, patient, and waiting. In Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: Episode 412 – “Hunger in the Pines”, host Steve Taylor leads you into the heart

411: 411: Where Daylight Ends - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
When the world has fallen silent and the last embers of daylight fade, even the faintest shadow can learn to whisper. In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor guides listeners through a landscape where hope flickers, memory haunts, and the darkness is never as far away as it seems. Featuring “Melancholy” by Jasyn Turley — winner of the October Writing Challenge

410: 410: Loading Error - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Reality doesn’t always play by the rules. In tonight’s episode, a quiet walk through a familiar park leads to something no camera can truly capture — a presence that shouldn’t exist, and a world beginning to break down around it. As perception falters and the lines between what’s real and what’s imagined blur, one thing becomes certain: some horrors don’t need to touch you to reach you. They just

409: 409: Blueprints for Madness - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
Some homes are built to shelter us. Others are built to hide what we can’t bear to face. In this week’s chilling installment, host Steve Taylor invites you to step across the threshold of a house where every wall has a secret — and every secret has a body. Behind the façade of ordinary suburbia lies a legacy of obsession, guilt, and something far older and darker than madness itself. From the haun

408: 408: Drowning Lessons - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
This week, host Steve Taylor invites you to wade into waters best left untested. In our latest episode, faith and fear run together in dark currents, pulling you toward something ancient beneath the surface. When a forgotten journal resurfaces on the banks of an Ohio river, it whispers of devotion, madness, and the thin line between salvation and surrender. What begins as a story of love and belie
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