The Scary Stories Podcast
are you afraid of the dark? maybe you should be... join us for Scary Stories Around the Fire, featuring your favorite urban legends and classic tales, plus world premieres and new adaptations. If you love Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or Tales for the Midnight Hour, you're in for a spooky good time.
Episodes
July 5, 2025 • 12 mins
After an encounter with a monster in the woods, an old hermit thinks his troubles are over. But as night falls and the wind howls through the cabin walls, something comes scratching at his door... looking for its tail.
This haunting retelling of the Appalachian folktale Tailypo brings fresh chills to the classic story of guilt, greed, and the monstrous consequences of taking what isn’t yours.
Perfect for lovers of dark folklore, ghos...
This haunting retelling of the Appalachian folktale Tailypo brings fresh chills to the classic story of guilt, greed, and the monstrous consequences of taking what isn’t yours.
Perfect for lovers of dark folklore, ghos...
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June 12, 2025 • 22 mins
In a small village, residents gather for their annual lottery. But what seems like a harmless tradition carries a dark and disturbing conclusion. Prepare yourself for one of the most unsettling and unforgettable short stories in American literature.
Experience the chilling brilliance of Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" like never before in this audio drama adaptation. Originally published in The New Yorker in 1948, this haunting tale...
Experience the chilling brilliance of Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" like never before in this audio drama adaptation. Originally published in The New Yorker in 1948, this haunting tale...
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June 10, 2025 • 15 mins
Some dolls aren’t meant to be played with…
In tonight’s unnerving tale, The Dollhouse, a kind-hearted girl tries to befriend the school weirdo by inviting her over to see her miniature collection. But when her new “friend” reveals she has a dollhouse of her own — one that’s unlike anything she’s ever seen — things take a twisted turn. What starts as an innocent gesture ends in a chilling discovery: some people don’t want to be frie...
In tonight’s unnerving tale, The Dollhouse, a kind-hearted girl tries to befriend the school weirdo by inviting her over to see her miniature collection. But when her new “friend” reveals she has a dollhouse of her own — one that’s unlike anything she’s ever seen — things take a twisted turn. What starts as an innocent gesture ends in a chilling discovery: some people don’t want to be frie...
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June 7, 2025 • 32 mins
Welcome to a chilling tour through three terrifying haunted houses, where ghosts whisper in the walls and secrets linger long after the lights go out...
👻 "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf A lyrical, haunting glimpse into a ghostly couple’s search for something long lost within the walls of their former home.
👻 "The Ghost of Jerry Bundler" by W.W. Jacobs A chilling night in an old inn turns deadly when a ghost story becomes all t...
👻 "A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf A lyrical, haunting glimpse into a ghostly couple’s search for something long lost within the walls of their former home.
👻 "The Ghost of Jerry Bundler" by W.W. Jacobs A chilling night in an old inn turns deadly when a ghost story becomes all t...
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June 1, 2025 • 59 mins
Fairy tales weren't always meant to be sweet. In this darkly twisted collection, magic comes with a price—and not everyone lives happily ever after.
✨ Stories Include: 🩸 RUMPELSTILTSKIN – When a cursed name burns through skin and bone, spinning gold is just the beginning of the nightmare.
💃 DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) – A girl sneaks away to dance with a stranger… only to find she’s stepped into somet...
✨ Stories Include: 🩸 RUMPELSTILTSKIN – When a cursed name burns through skin and bone, spinning gold is just the beginning of the nightmare.
💃 DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) – A girl sneaks away to dance with a stranger… only to find she’s stepped into somet...
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May 29, 2025 • 14 mins
Tonight’s story comes wrapped in bandages... and secrets.
In “Mummy’s Little Helper," a seemingly harmless favor turns into something much darker. When a girl agrees to help her friend investigate the strange noises that she hears at night, she finds herself in the middle of something ancient - and deadly.
🎧 Plug in your headphones…
🛏️ Hide under the covers…
💀 And whatever you do… don’t go in the basement.
🕯️ Vintage 90s horror nost...
In “Mummy’s Little Helper," a seemingly harmless favor turns into something much darker. When a girl agrees to help her friend investigate the strange noises that she hears at night, she finds herself in the middle of something ancient - and deadly.
🎧 Plug in your headphones…
🛏️ Hide under the covers…
💀 And whatever you do… don’t go in the basement.
🕯️ Vintage 90s horror nost...
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May 25, 2025 • 18 mins
In this chilling double feature, we bring you two of The Scariest Stories You’ve Ever Heard, with terrifying tales rooted in folklore and urban legends.
🚂 THE HEADLESS BRAKEMAN tells of a ghostly figure doomed to walk the railway tracks at night, lantern in hand, forever searching for the head he lost in a tragic accident.
🐺 THE DOG MAN follows a city worker sent to check on a reclusive man living beyond the edge of town— alone ex...
🚂 THE HEADLESS BRAKEMAN tells of a ghostly figure doomed to walk the railway tracks at night, lantern in hand, forever searching for the head he lost in a tragic accident.
🐺 THE DOG MAN follows a city worker sent to check on a reclusive man living beyond the edge of town— alone ex...
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May 22, 2025 • 17 mins
Tonight… Terri Lynne Hudson narrates two of Edgar Allan Poe’s most chilling creations.
🎨 In The Oval Portrait, a painter’s obsession blurs the line between art, life...and death.
💀 Then, in The Masque of the Red Death, an eccentric prince hosts a masquerade ball behind a great stone wall that keeps them safe from the deadly plague. But some things cannot be kept out forever.
🕯️ Dim the lights.
🎧 Put on your headphones.
💀 And prep...
🎨 In The Oval Portrait, a painter’s obsession blurs the line between art, life...and death.
💀 Then, in The Masque of the Red Death, an eccentric prince hosts a masquerade ball behind a great stone wall that keeps them safe from the deadly plague. But some things cannot be kept out forever.
🕯️ Dim the lights.
🎧 Put on your headphones.
💀 And prep...
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May 1, 2025 • 13 mins
After being sent to live with his cold and controlling cousin, a boy finds his only refuge in the long-forgotten garden shed. Hidden from her watchful eye, he keeps two secret pets. One of them is soft and harmless. The other is Vashtar. As the aunt’s cruelty grows, so does the boy’s devotion. And Vashtar is always listening.
A modern suburban horror fable in the tradition of Saki, THE SECRET SHED explores the quiet violence of cont...
A modern suburban horror fable in the tradition of Saki, THE SECRET SHED explores the quiet violence of cont...
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April 30, 2025 • 20 mins
Get ready for two unforgettable horror tales where betrayal, guilt, and revenge reach from beyond the grave.
The Night He Came Back: When a cunning father secretly manipulates his daughter into breaking up with her boyfriend, tragedy strikes before she can make things right. But some loves are too strong to be stopped by death—and when night falls, the truth comes clawing its way back.
The Hand: In a cruel prank gone wrong, a group o...
The Night He Came Back: When a cunning father secretly manipulates his daughter into breaking up with her boyfriend, tragedy strikes before she can make things right. But some loves are too strong to be stopped by death—and when night falls, the truth comes clawing its way back.
The Hand: In a cruel prank gone wrong, a group o...
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April 27, 2025 • 61 mins
Your favorite classic fairy tales have been stripped down to their darkest, bloodiest roots in this chilling horror anthology that reimagines folklore and fables with brutal twists, grotesque events, and psychological terror. Inside this nightmarish collection:
Lucy Clifford's THE NEW MOTHER: When two children push the limits of disobedience, they summon something far worse than an angry parent—a monstrous figure whose arrival chang...
Lucy Clifford's THE NEW MOTHER: When two children push the limits of disobedience, they summon something far worse than an angry parent—a monstrous figure whose arrival chang...
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April 18, 2025 • 15 mins
In a crumbling seaside village where the wind wails like a mourning mother and the sea swallows all secrets, a poor fisherman snags a monstrous, golden-eyed flounder on his hook.
When the fish proclaims itself as a cursed prince, the man sets it free and returns home. His wife—bitter and half-mad from years of poverty—demands that he return and get something in exchange for sparing the fish. A bigger home. A kingdom. A god’s throne...
When the fish proclaims itself as a cursed prince, the man sets it free and returns home. His wife—bitter and half-mad from years of poverty—demands that he return and get something in exchange for sparing the fish. A bigger home. A kingdom. A god’s throne...
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April 12, 2025 • 14 mins
Step into the terrifying gothic world of MASTER OF TERROR Edgar Allan Poe!
Terri Lynne Hudson delivers a chilling performance as she brings the twisted mind of our narrator to life, who cunningly entices his unsuspecting victim into the shadowy catacombs with the lure of a rare and exquisite vintage wine.
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Terri Lynne Hudson delivers a chilling performance as she brings the twisted mind of our narrator to life, who cunningly entices his unsuspecting victim into the shadowy catacombs with the lure of a rare and exquisite vintage wine.
Subscribe on YouTube for the latest spooky premieres: youtube.com/@scarystoriespod
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April 10, 2025 • 17 mins
Stolen from the fairy realm as an infant by a rogue witch, Rumpelstiltskin is a twisted creature unraveling under an ancient curse. When he comes upon a young woman locked away in a tower, he offers to help her...for a price.
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April 4, 2025 • 22 mins
Discover the unsettling brilliance of Shirley Jackson’s “The Summer People”, a chilling short story that turns the charm of a peaceful lakeside vacation into a slow-burning nightmare. When the Allisons—an older couple—decide to extend their summer stay beyond Labor Day, they find the locals growing strangely cold… and possibly dangerous. Jackson twists ordinary moments with creeping dread, crafting a psychological horror tale that ...
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April 1, 2025 • 29 mins
Our latest spine-chilling collection is guaranteed to give you goosebumps!
In "The Attic Door," a young woman is sent to stay with her eccentric aunt in a vast, mysterious home. As she uncovers the secrets of her late uncle’s eerie experiments in his private lab, she begins to question what lurks behind the locked door and what dangers await. Meanwhile, in "The Fortune Teller," a man becomes obsessed with his own death after a myst...
In "The Attic Door," a young woman is sent to stay with her eccentric aunt in a vast, mysterious home. As she uncovers the secrets of her late uncle’s eerie experiments in his private lab, she begins to question what lurks behind the locked door and what dangers await. Meanwhile, in "The Fortune Teller," a man becomes obsessed with his own death after a myst...
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March 27, 2025 • 74 mins
These aren’t the bedtime stories you grew up with!
In this chilling collection of reimagined fairy tales, beloved characters face horrors far worse than you've heard before.
Snow White and the Wicked Witch: The Evil Queen’s obsession with beauty leads her down a dark path as she seeks to consume Snow White’s heart to steal her youth and allure. But when Snow White survives, the Queen will stop at nothing to destroy her and reclaim h...
In this chilling collection of reimagined fairy tales, beloved characters face horrors far worse than you've heard before.
Snow White and the Wicked Witch: The Evil Queen’s obsession with beauty leads her down a dark path as she seeks to consume Snow White’s heart to steal her youth and allure. But when Snow White survives, the Queen will stop at nothing to destroy her and reclaim h...
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March 24, 2025 • 27 mins
In this chilling gothic horror tale, a woman returns to the quiet countryside to care for her elderly parents, only to find herself trapped in an eerie and unsettling mystery. Every night, a figure appears in the yard—silent, still, and watching. As the haunting presence grows stronger, the strange occurrences inside the once peaceful home become more terrifying that she could ever imagine. In this dark, atmospheric tale, reality a...
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March 21, 2025 • 48 mins
Eager to reclaim her fading youth, a jealous queen commands a huntsman to carve out Snow White’s heart so she may consume it. But the queen does not realize the truth— Snow White was born of dark winter magic, and the forest itself will rise to protect her. A twisted tale of witchcraft and vengeance, "Snow White and the Wicked Witch" proves that not all curses can be broken, and no beating heart can withstand the wraths of winter.
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March 2, 2025 • 29 mins
Welcome to the mystifying world of M.R. James, the original master of supernatural horror.
"Whistle and I’ll Come to You" is a chilling tale of a skeptical professor who discovers an ancient whistle buried near a Templar ruin—only to awaken something that should have remained undisturbed.
Artfully told by narrator Terri Lynne Hudson, this classic tale is overflowing with creeping dread and impeccable atmosphere - perfect for fans of ...
"Whistle and I’ll Come to You" is a chilling tale of a skeptical professor who discovers an ancient whistle buried near a Templar ruin—only to awaken something that should have remained undisturbed.
Artfully told by narrator Terri Lynne Hudson, this classic tale is overflowing with creeping dread and impeccable atmosphere - perfect for fans of ...
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