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
Episodes
Junior Washington is on the verge of death, and wandering through a part of rural Kentucky that verges on Purgatory. Meanwhile, an accursed box car is spreading evil through the South. The forces of evil are amassing, and the forces of good are at loose ends.
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Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a savage tale of revenge, and fam...
Music, mayhem, and wall to wall monsters that will make your skin crawl. The strike team hits a long abandoned science facility, and find that the local wildlife have evolved in repulsive and deadly ways. Where else can you find a horrifying mutant deer battling an insane Juggalo? No where but ASHC!
The direct sequel to Death Finds a Way, and The War on Terror, and The Science of Violence.
Guest appearance by Mary Anne ...
The strike team starts with a haunted prison, before moving to the killing floor of the Hand Collector. That all pales in comparison to Brisco, Kansas, the heart of America, and the heart of monster country. The team encounters profane creatures that will change them forever.
The direct sequel to Death Finds a Way, and The War on Terror.
Guest appearance by Mary Anne Simpson
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The secret FBI task forced called the Untouchables are on the tail of a brutal serial killer riding the rails, and leaving mangled bodies. The closer they get, the closer to hell and damnation they become. WARNING: this one gets intense.
Written by Brett Jarboe
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Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a savage tale of re...
The decades- long rivalry between the FBI and Deep Red Ops hits a boiling point, over the case a hobo serial killer leaving a path of carnage through the rail yards. DRO Special Agent Donna Latour has everything under control... except for the wildcard called the Untouchables
Written by Brett Jarboe
After this, I encourage you to listen to
Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of ...
Archivist and field reporter Mary Anne Simpson sheds light on the secret war waged by J Edgar Hoover, the FBI, and "The Untouchables" against the American Hobo. She also unearths a prison interview from the early 80 about black blotter acid, and the notorious Kansas City Throw Rug incident.
Written by Brett Jarboe
Starring Jamie Lee Hensley and Dan Jopling
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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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Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a savage tale of revenge, and family. I will be releasing the ...
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...
Annotations provided by Official Show Archivist Mary Anne Simpson.
After this, I encourage you to listen to
Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours o...
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.
Annotations provided by Official Show Archivist Mary Anne Simpson.
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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
After this, I encourage you to listen to
Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a savage tale of revenge, and family. I wil...
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
After this, I encourage you to listen to
Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of...
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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Thicker...
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
After this, I encourage you to listen to
Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a savage tale...
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
After this, I encourage you to listen to
Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 ...
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
After this, I encourage you to listen to
Thicker Than Water, a new audio nov...
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
Want to l...
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
After this, I encourage you to listen to
Thicker Than Water, a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodn...
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...
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...
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
and Cour...
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