After Dark | Scary Horror Stories

After Dark | Scary Horror Stories

Welcome to After Dark™, a horror podcast telling the most terrifying stories... after dark. Each episode is filled with tales of terror, mystery, and the supernatural, designed to keep you on edge long after sunset. So turn off the lights, settle in, and prepare for a scary story after dark. * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This podcast contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. COPYRIGHT WARNING: The use of any affiliated audio of these episodes is not allowed, as it is a direct violation of copyright law and will result in legal action. Copyright © 2025 After Dark #horrorstories #scarystories #afterdark #horror #horrorpodcast

Episodes

I Was Posted to an Abandoned Lunar Research Base—But It’s Not Empty | Part 1

July 21, 2025 • 24 mins
Alone on the moon, Commander Harper Stone begins to unravel—haunted by ghostly crewmates, a forbidden love, and the terrible truth buried beneath the lunar soil. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. L...
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A Witch by Any Other Name Would Still Burn as Sweet

July 18, 2025 • 34 mins
They tortured me for names I didn’t have—until the real witch arrived and turned their inquisition into a blood-soaked reckoning. Author: Jake Bible * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.  ...
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My Brother Went Missing at Summer Camp in 1988—Last Week, He Came Back

July 14, 2025 • 40 mins
Decades after surviving a legendary summer camp massacre, the so-called ‘Final Girl’ takes her story on the road—until a familiar shadow from the past begins following her from town to town. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These ...
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We're All a Little Mad in the End

July 8, 2025 • 43 mins
Trapped in a crumbling asylum after the world ends, a deranged doctor clings to routine and sanity—until desperate survivors arrive, and his darkest instincts take over. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT inten...
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"Mommy, I Think Something's Wrong With Me" | Part 2

July 3, 2025 • 34 mins
After her daughter stumbles into her bedroom with skin peeling off in strips and blood filling her slippers, a mother realizes the terrifying sickness devouring her child is spreading—and no one is coming to help. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years ...
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"Mommy, I Think Something's Wrong With Me" | Part 1

June 30, 2025 • 40 mins
After her daughter stumbles into her bedroom with skin peeling off in strips and blood filling her slippers, a mother realizes the terrifying sickness devouring her child is spreading—and no one is coming to help. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years ...
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The Goddess, the Dog, and the Damned

June 24, 2025 • 47 mins
A deadbeat dad, unknowingly killed in a car crash with his family, must race a sarcastic goddess in a muscle car through the afterlife’s Crossroads—where the winner decides their eternal fate. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. Thes...
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The War is Over

June 12, 2025 • 42 mins
As a jubilant mob celebrates the fall of a brutal regime, the general’s wife flees with her children—only to face the vengeance of a city that remembers every atrocity she once ignored. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These s...
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There's A House In My Neighborhood That Wasn't Here Yesterday

June 7, 2025 • 49 mins
Three sharp-tongued seniors uncover a mysterious gingerbread house in their Arizona retirement community—only to discover it offers youth, power, and beauty… for a blood-soaked price. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories...
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The Emergency Alert System Played A Message That Wasn't For Us

May 20, 2025 • 40 mins
As emergency alerts flood the nation and a White House broadcast ends in blood, two women wrestle with paranoia, supernatural theories, and a chilling message commanding one unthinkable act: kill the one you love most. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 y...
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3 Sci-Fi Horror Stories

May 9, 2025 • 48 mins
Step into a nightmarish future where technology turns against us, alien terrors lurk in the void, and humanity’s darkest fears are no longer fiction—they're just the beginning. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories ar...
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My Silent Protector Leaves Behind a Trail of Bodies

May 1, 2025 • 43 mins
Bound to a monstrous guardian born from tragedy, a girl struggles to survive high school and her own unraveling sanity, as the creature lurking at her side answers every threat with unstoppable, bloody violence. Author: Jude Irons * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of...
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A Child Led Me Into the Moor. What I Found Should Not Exist.

April 18, 2025 • 46 mins
A country vet follows the trail of a mysterious predator into the Yorkshire moors—only to discover that something ancient, hungry, and heartbreakingly deceptive has awakened in the bog. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories a...
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Frozen Chains

April 4, 2025 • 51 mins
A forgotten spirit, trapped in the ruins of her own murder and consumed by a cold hunger for warmth, struggles to recall her past and resist harming the living—until a long-lost descendant offers her the chance at peace and redemption. Author: Jude Irons * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adu...
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The Hunter, The Vampire, and the Girl

March 28, 2025 • 35 mins
In the shadowed alleys of a sultry southern city, a devoted young woman lures strangers to feed the ancient vampire she loves—until a relentless hunter arrives, and their dark romance spirals into a tragic descent of blood, betrayal, and burning daylight. Author: James Tully * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of viole...
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Let's Talk About Death

March 21, 2025 • 79 mins
A death doula answering a call in historic London discovers her client is not just dying—but preparing to be reborn, through a ritual of ancient blood magic that puts her unborn child at the center of a monstrous bargain for immortality. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended f...
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The End is Nigh

March 17, 2025 • 57 mins
When a cynical therapist begins to unravel after a disturbing patient warns her of an impending apocalypse, she must question her sanity, reality, and the terrifying possibility that his delusions might be the truth. Author: Jude Irons * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age...
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Slasher vs. Mafia | Yara's Story (Part 2)

March 14, 2025 • 66 mins
A young woman raised in a world of brutal crime enlists the help of a deranged butcher—who happens to be the city’s most feared serial killer—to wage a bloody war against her own family, but as their violent crusade escalates, the line between revenge and obsession begins to blur. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, an...
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Slasher vs. Mafia | Yara's Story (Part 1)

March 10, 2025 • 84 mins
A young woman raised in a world of brutal crime enlists the help of a deranged butcher—who happens to be the city’s most feared serial killer—to wage a bloody war against her own family, but as their violent crusade escalates, the line between revenge and obsession begins to blur. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, an...
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Grandma's House

March 7, 2025 • 50 mins
A young woman returns to her estranged grandmother's decaying home, only to discover that something far more sinister than neglect has taken root within its walls. Author: Jude Irons * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for childre...
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