A Scary Home Companion

A Scary Home Companion

Drinking whiskey in the kitchen and telling scary stories around the fire. Music and mayhem, fearful fiction and furious fact, tall tales and terrible truths. A Scary Home Companion is a sinister variety show, featuring original stories and original music

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April 26, 2025 44 mins

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Two nerve-grinding tales of suspense and horror, set in everyone's favorite place -- the dentist's office! Celebrate oral healthcare with stories of ominous orthodonture and dental damnation!

Co-written by Brett Jarboe

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New forms of life that were never meant to be. Drugs that open doorways to the other side. And a Juggalo who winds up at the mercy of a cult. This just scratches the surface of the darkness this story has to offer, Join us, and come down below...

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March 31, 2025 42 mins

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A black ops strike team prowls the darkest shadows of America. They are hunting Breach Sites, those soft spots where a door to hell has once been opened. They seek to close them all, permanently. The ghastly cultists have other ideas. Action and suspense abound, and god help the wicked.

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Drug-addled agents of chaos, the acolytes of the otherworldly serial killer Mr. Westbound, have Junior Washington on the run. He is weak, wounded, and weary, but he can't slow down, or he wont' survive. 

Written by Brett Jarboe

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The FTRA are the boogeymen of the hobo community, drug fueled and blood-hungry anarchists riding the rails and causing mayhem at every stop. Now they have focused their attention on Junior Washington, who is caught in a mystery he is desperate to unravel... before its too late.

Written by Brett Jarboe

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February 28, 2025 41 mins

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Beaten, weakened, alone, without her wheelchair, Mona is trapped in a kill room, at the mercy of a deranged lunatic with an axe to grind. She has to find a way to outwit him, as he watches her die slowly. A nerve grinding psychological thriller with a payoff that you will never forget, 

Guest voicework provided by Courtney Kelly as Mona, and Barrett Daniel as Ginger. 

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February 19, 2025 42 mins

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An ex-soldier turned drunken bodyguard. A black hat coder with a dark past. A Youtube goof tricked into becoming a suicide bomber. One shocking moment in time told through three perspectives, at once.  Suspense, action, and blood chilling thrills. 

guest voice:  Barrett Daniel

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Junior Washington, a rail riding hobo at the tender age of 17, has never had to solve a mystery before, especially not such a brutal and vicious murder. He has run afoul of a conspiracy, a serial killer, and a drug fueled cult of maniacs... except, he doesn't know that quite yet. 

Written by Brett Jarboe

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Between the throw down with the wild hog, discovering a hobo church in the wild, and performing an amateur autopsy, Junior Washing is having one hell of a week. And it's only going to get worse from here. Jump on the train and come for a wild ride through the dark alleys of gothic Americana. 

Written by Brett Jarboe

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January 19, 2025 79 mins

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A dark and bloody crime noir thriller -- Merle Vaughn is on the verge of a whole new life when fate intervenes. His wife is murdered, his money and drugs taken. All he has left is Katie, is infant daughter... and REVENGE. Meanwhile, the two most dangerous killers in the country are dead set on hunting him down. It's Take Your Daughter To Work Day, on the path of rage. This is THICKER THAN WATER

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A savage green-eyed killer is riding the rails, leaving a trail  of mangled hobo corpses in his wake. Young traveler Junior Washington has been tasked with an important by the high council of hobos, but has no idea how much danger he is about to face.

Written by Brett Jarboe

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December 30, 2024 36 mins

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The Gunnymen are a secretive group that profits from human hunts. Now a splinter cell has emerged, a ghastly branch of these wicked men, who seek not to kill for profit -- but for fun. Among them there is one man who realizes he is out of his depth. He might be a bad man, but he is surrounded by pure evil.

HUGE thanks our guest voice, Mr Alex Crider Evans, a long time performer and collaborator who might hav...

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December 18, 2024 45 mins

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After a gruesome showdown with some thugs, Junior Washington rides the rails in search of escape. His destination? A carnival in the heart of Iowa, where he will meet with the Secret Society of Hobos, and begin a long, bloody journey. 

The episode was written by Bret Jarboe

The amazing music come from: 
Universfield – Joyful carnival trumpet
Beat the Devils Tattoo LIVE
Lobo Loco – Funny d...

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The epic saga of Mad Dog Blood comes to close, as the twin psychopath cousins arrive at the promised land -- a massive, sweeping estate that serves as the heart of the empire run by the descendants of Jack the Ripper. But will Kassi and Emily agree to join the family, regardless of the cost?

Guest starring -- 
Savannah Hensley as Emily
Violet Hensley as Zee
Evangeline Hensley as Kassi
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Mad Dog Blood continues, as the genius level psychopaths Kassi and Emily are welcomed into an extended family of serial killers that dates back to Jack the Ripper. Are they being groomed as heirs, or are they just lambs to the slaughter?

Guest starring -- 
Savannah Hensley as Emily
Violet Hensley as Zee
Evangeline Hensley as Kassi
and Kelly Kaufmann as Gramma Wendy 

Music by:
SRO – Creepy D...

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November 14, 2024 55 mins

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Exorcists from different religions around the world gather, to share knowledge and learn secrets. At this seminar. a retired priest will open their eyes to a new kind of evil, one that preys on us all. 

Music by:
The Tudor Consort – Palestrina
Alex Mason – The Conjuring, Paranormal, and Against Ghost
Lowtone Music – The Real Groove
and Chelsea Oxendine, who composed and performed the lullaby

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November 4, 2024 45 mins

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A secret group of consensual cannibals have discovered the Holy Grail for their kind, and are having a calm, peaceful auction to sell the delicious treasure buried long ago by Ed Gein. But the night has surprises in store for them, and an extensive menu. 

Music:
Death valley by Lobo Loco
Cannibal Cod by Desfontane
Garden of Alamut and Psychadelic Supper Part 1-4 by Hopalong Horus Heinsenberg 

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A collection of fun-sized tales of terror just in time for Halloween. Haunted nightmares plague people even while they are awake, forcing them to make horrible choices, and commit unspeakable acts.  Is it supernatural, or is it the horrors of the mind? Settle down, turn of the lights, and join me for a good scare. 

Music this episode: 

BEWARE THE BUTCHER by adam henry garcia
Enigmatic Needle, Foul Breath, ...

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October 14, 2024 30 mins

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An apocalyptic storm and raging flood leave a troubled man trapped in a remote farmhouse. When a cemetery washes out and the corpses pour into his yard, his fragile sanity starts to crumble, and old secrets emerge. 

Special appearance by the incomparable Dan Jopling.

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October 3, 2024 38 mins

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What if someone you barely knew told you that you should run for your life? What would you do? In a small town, a humble tobacconist meets an odd new customer... who gives him a puzzling and grim warning. Is it a joke, or are unimaginable horrors coming?

Music by:
ascetic – cult of ruins
river cult – shadow out of time
j surak – gates open
El Wud – heterotopy
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