Sleep Tight Frights
Sleep Tight Frights is a spine-tingling horror podcast for brave kids who love eerie tales and ghostly twists. Each episode delivers a new original story designed to thrill, chill, and keep you wide-eyed—even after lights out.
Episodes
On this episode of Sleep Tight Frights, recorded right here on the beaches of Mexico, we follow a child who gets lost during a sudden coastal storm. When an iguana with a faintly glowing tail appears on the trail, it seems like the perfect guide back to safety. But as the rain falls harder and something enormous moves behind the dunes, the child begins to wonder what the iguana is really guiding them away from.
A ...
On this episode of Sleep Tight Frights, we follow the dangerous path of one forbidden candle. What begins as a small flicker in a quiet house grows into a dark fairytale about rules that sound simple, warnings that were never just stories, and the thin line between comfort and catastrophe.
As the light bends and the shadows shift, something begins to answer the flame’s call, moving in the space where the ceil...
When three siblings paddle their kayak to a small island just beyond the campground, they expect driftwood, tide pools, and maybe an old cave to explore. What they do not expect is the strange feeling that the island is waiting for them. Locals call it Ledger Island, a place where some say the past still keeps its own count.
A discovery on the beach pulls the children deeper into the island, and soon they beg...
Tonight’s story is about time and the cold quiet hidden between one second and the next. Some things wait there. Some things listen. And some things answer.
When Finn finds a strange whistle at center ice, one blow freezes the world around him. It feels like a secret at first, until something inside the stillness begins to follow him home.
Three calls unlock the truth.
And time is thin on the rin...
This Halloween, the truth comes with roots.
Every ten years, the pumpkins of Old Harrow Field grow faces, and the vines begin to whisper again. The townspeople call it the Pact—a promise between the living and the land to speak their truths before dawn. But when the field wakes early, the whispers sound a little too much like names.
Join us for a special Halloween episode of Sleep Tight Frights, wher...
Halloween night always has its own kind of heartbeat, doesn’t it? The air hums, lanterns glow, and every shadow feels alive.
When three friends wander into a glowing bubble tea shop that wasn’t there yesterday, they find more than sugar and tapioca. The “Midnight Boba” is said to be the richest tea in town—served only to those who find the shop by chance. But when the pearls inside their drinks begin to blink...
On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this story was written to honor the teachings and strength carried in ribbon skirts. The Skirt That Carried a Shadow is a haunting yet hopeful tale about Ren, a Métis girl who learns that a ribbon skirt passed down from her kokum carries more than fabric—it carries memory.
When the silver ribbon stitched into the hem turns black, Ren begins to dream of a girl ...
The Witch Who Lives in the Wind
In the town of Dryridge, the wind never rests. It claws at shutters, scratches at glass, and whispers just beyond hearing. Everyone knows the rule: never whistle after sunset. But when twelve-year-old Jessa tests the warning, the wind answers back. What begins as a single note becomes a storm of feathers, scratches, and whispers that know her name. Guided by her Grandpa's old storie...
Some things buried in the garden should stay forgotten.
Ruby thought she was only saying goodbye when she placed her dog’s collar beneath the old maple tree. But when the seasons turned, the ground began to stir. Scratches at the window, pawprints on the sill, and a low, lonely howl told her something had grown in the dark.
What rises from the soil isn’t just a creature—it’s a memory that refuses to ...
When school starts up again, most kids worry about new teachers, tricky lockers, or where to sit at lunch. But what if the scariest part of class is who’s sitting in the back row?
Evelyn notices something no one else seems to see — a classmate who’s always there but never called on, never written down, and never remembered the next day. As she digs deeper, she learns that forgetting can be more dangerous than...
The Lost Cabin
Far off the trail, hidden where the forest grows thick and quiet, there’s a cabin no one remembers building. To some it looks safe, to others it feels wrong—but everyone agrees it doesn’t belong.
In tonight’s episode of Sleep Tight Frights, Ever Gray shares a chilling tale about curiosity, echoes in the dark, and the dangers of stepping through a door that was never meant to be opened....
Dean didn’t ask for attention. He just painted shoes in his garage—quietly, carefully, like they were listening.
But the shoes started remembering things.
Things no one told them.
Things no one should know.
This haunting tale explores the strange connection between creation and consequence—where art doesn’t just reflect who we are… it chooses who we become.
Inspired by the custom cr...
Some places whisper louder than they speak.
When Elizabeth Wren finds an old book lying open in the forgotten back corner of Graypine Library, it seems like just a strange accident. But the name written inside—Melanie Ainsley—leads her down a path of cold spots, sealed archives, and a family mystery buried beneath the floorboards.
As lights flicker and whispers grow bolder, Elizabeth begins to suspec...
Statues carved from stone endure the years.
Those born of memory outlast the truth.
And those formed in ash…
remember everything.
When Lily stumbles upon a forgotten garden hidden behind an ivy-choked wall, she discovers statues so lifelike they seem to breathe—and at the center, a sleeping dragon whose warmth never fades. As days pass, Lily finds comfort in the stillness of the place… but stillne...
Some fields grow crops.
Some grow flowers.
And some—grow quiet.
When Nevaeh’s family returns to hay an overgrown field they’d long left untouched, it seems like just another summer chore. But the rows don’t line up right. The wind smells wrong. And something ancient is breathing just beneath the grass.
As the rows shift behind her, Nevaeh finds herself trapped in a maze that remembers. A name...
Winning feels hollow.
Losing feels wrong.
This game never stops—it rewrites who you are.
In tonight’s story, a kid discovers a mysterious game on their device—one with no instructions, no reviews, and no way to quit. The final level loads first. The boss is already waiting. And every move the player makes?
It already knows.
Press play… if you dare.
But remember: some bosses don’t...
Tyler thought the fog was just weather.
Until he played the last hole.
During a fog-soaked golf tournament at Clearwater Pines, Tyler stumbles into a decades-old mystery. A vanished player. A cursed green. And a ghostly figure still searching for his final shot. As Tyler’s name creeps closer to the scorecard’s edge, he must finish a game that was never meant to end—or become part of the course forever.
It looks like a toy.
It feels like comfort.
But what if your favorite plush was something else entirely?
In this haunting tale, Saydie meets a creature born from our own imagination—a Cradlemare.
It doesn’t bite. It doesn’t chase.
It watches.
And waits.
And if you touch it in a dream…
It might wake up in your place.
A Sleep Tight Frights original creature story.
This i...
During a family river trip, Éli finds a canoe that shouldn’t be there—one that doesn’t float forward. As strange dreams and old stories surface, he and his sister Maëlle must decide whether to follow the current… or listen to what the water remembers.
Some canoes aren’t meant to be paddled alone.
Some stories paddle back.
Inspired by an Aesop Fable and ...
Something’s buzzing beneath the surface of today’s tale—literally. When Olivia’s class visits the Victoria Bug Zoo, the tanks aren’t the only things crawling with life. A strange caretaker. A hidden candy. And a change that starts from the inside out.
If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you eat the wrong thing on a field trip… this story’s for you.
Listen closely. Something might be listening b...
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