Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: A Horror Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast

Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: A Horror Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast

Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is a horror fiction anthology podcast, with each weekly episode featuring several creepy tales from talented authors, brought to life by professional voice actors, and accompanied by SFX and music. For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy.

Episodes

July 16, 2025 54 mins
When memory is woven with grief, even the softest thread can cut deep. In this unsettling new episode, a summer getaway opens a door to something quietly persistent—something that doesn’t stay buried. Join host Steve Taylor as he guides you into a story of quiet dread, lingering hands, and unfinished business. From acclaimed horror author Ambrose Ibsen comes a tale that blurs the line between comfort and curse, where the warmest me...
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What if the world around you—its streets, its skyline, even the people you pass—was nothing more than a thin skin stretched over something else? In tonight’s harrowing descent into digital terror and metaphysical unease, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights invites you to peer behind the veneer of reality. When the code begins to fracture and familiar places twist into uncanny imitations of themselves, one woman finds herself caught betw...
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When the ocean calls, some dives go deeper than expected. In this haunting descent into the unknown, reality frays at the edges, silence swells with menace, and the sea reveals something it was never meant to share. Tonight’s tale takes you far beyond pressure gauges and oxygen lines—into a place where depth is measured in disappearances, and surfacing might not bring you back whole. Join host Steve Taylor and a cast of chilling vo...
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In this emotionally charged episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you to confront the most terrifying vanishing act of all—the erasure of self. Tonight’s story doesn’t lurk in the shadows or drip with blood. It aches. It lingers. It asks: What if the price of healing is everything that made you who you are? Crafted by CTFDN founder Craig Groshek and brought chillingly to life by Otis Jiry and a powerh...
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Licensed to help. Trained to heal. But what if the person you trust most… is the one who breaks you? In this chilling installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, a desperate soul seeks solace behind the polished doors of a celebrated therapist’s office—only to discover that not every diploma on the wall guarantees safety. What begins as a quest for healing spirals into a nightmarish journey where the boundaries between therapy a...
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When the doors close and the night shift begins, who’s really keeping watch? In this unnerving new episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor beckons you past the flickering lights of a shuttered shopping mall, into a world where silence isn’t empty—and routine is anything but safe. Featuring the return of acclaimed narrator Dr. Creepen, “Security Breach” is a descent into fluorescent purgatory, where identity fra...
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What would you risk to protect the one person you can’t live without? When the rules are written in blood and the game only ends when someone dies, the only way out… is through. In this gripping tale of moonlit danger and urban dread, one woman finds herself hunted through a snow-covered city—trapped in a ritual older than law, pursued by predators who walk in human skin. But she’s not running alone. Featuring a performance by Oliv...
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Some jobs come with a uniform. Others come with a warning. In this nightmarish episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you into the dark corridors of duty, silence, and the consequences of breaking rhythm. What begins as a simple task unravels into something far more ancient—an encounter with forces that don’t knock... they wait. With a performance by the legendary Otis Jiry and spine-chilling support f...
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What if your fate could be forecast—not by fortune or faith, but by footage? In this unsettling installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you into a world where the future isn’t guessed—it’s assigned. One man holds the key to revelations best left unseen... and tonight, he’s about to press play. With rich performances, shadowy twists, and a story that peers deep into the gears of mortality, this episo...
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Beneath the surface of quiet streets and rain-slicked curbs, something ancient stirs. It doesn’t knock. It doesn’t speak. But when the storm drains overflow and puddles stretch like mirrors, it remembers who gave first… and who owes. In this unforgettable descent into creeping dread, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights founder Craig Groshek delivers a story that will make you think twice before glancing into standing water—or lending ki...
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When the rain begins to fall, it carries more than water from the sky. In tonight’s unnerving descent into terror, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights invites you to face what might be lurking above the clouds—waiting for an invitation to slip inside. This episode delivers a slow-building nightmare where unease grows drop by drop, pulling you into a world where instinct turns against you, and escape may not be an option. Performed by th...
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Something’s out there—and it looks just like you. In this chilling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you on a journey into the uncanny, where trust becomes a gamble and identity is anything but certain. When familiar faces begin acting strange, and memories can’t be relied on, the line between truth and imitation starts to blur. Featuring a gripping performance by Nick Goroff and an ensemble cast,...
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In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, silence becomes a battleground—and your own body is no longer your own. When the last thing you can trust is the sound coming from your own mouth, what’s left to hold on to? Join host Steve Taylor and returning narrator SomberReads for a descent into creeping horror where identity frays, language turns traitor, and the quiet harbors something far more sinister than any scr...
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We’ve all heard the creaks in the night—the soft clicks in the walls we tell ourselves are just the house settling. But what if they aren’t? What if something else is listening? Watching? Waiting? In this haunting installment, host Steve Taylor guides you through a tale where childhood tragedy leaves a mark too deep to bury, and the line between memory and monster begins to blur. From one of horror’s most unsettling voices comes a ...
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Some monsters don’t break down your door… they wait for you to open it. In this unnervingly intimate episode, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights invites you to confront a fear older than any lock and far closer than you think. It’s a story of thresholds—both literal and psychological—where the line between safety and danger is drawn not in blood, but in trust. Featuring a haunting new tale from acclaimed storyteller Jay of Horror on th...
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What if death wasn’t the end? What if it was only the beginning… again? In this harrowing episode, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights invites you to step into a nightmare that resets with every scream. A relentless stalker. A home that offers no sanctuary. And a survivor who remembers every agonizing moment, even after the blood dries. With haunting narration by Geoff Sturtevant and a tale penned by one of horror’s rising voices, this ...
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In this unforgettable episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, we invite you into a world where survival depends on obedience—and disobedience invites something far worse than death. One man finds himself trapped in a waking nightmare, bound to a set of rules he doesn’t remember agreeing to… and stalked by a presence that always seems to know when he’s about to slip. Performed by the master of modern horror narration, Jay of Horr...
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In the hushed corridors of a secluded estate, the walls don't just display art—they remember. Tonight, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights invites you to enter a private gallery unlike any other, where beauty is curated, identity is fluid, and every performance is more than skin deep. What begins as an opportunity becomes an obsession. Applause becomes ritual. And the eyes watching from the frames? They're waiting for you. To watch ...
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They say it’s just a story. A game. A simple dare whispered in the dark. But what happens when they're wrong? In this haunting episode, a new legend emerges from flickering candlelight and the forgotten corners of a haunted attraction—where memory and myth collide. When the past refuses to stay buried, the line between truth and tale blurs… and the real game begins again. Featuring a chilling performance by Katie Otten and the eeri...
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Some memories are carved in stone. Others are left by the roadside—battered by wind, weather, and time. But not everything left behind stays silent… and not every monument honors the dead. In this chilling installment, grief lingers like fog, guilt grows like weeds, and the line between tribute and torment blurs beyond recognition. When the past refuses to stay buried, the living may find themselves standing at their own memorial… ...
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