Scared To Death

In this thirtieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to the tropical jungle of Vietnam's Annamese mountains. On a dark, rainy night in January of 1968, PsyWar Detachment Six - a six-man team and part of the US military’s shadowy MACV-SOG Command - was conducting black operations meant to terrify and break the spirits of the Viet Cong. But in the end, no one will be scared more than the s...

We are in a bit of a remote, wooded double feature today for Dan's tales. The first of two stories is composed out of what may have been a hermit’s final diary entries, as a man living alone in a remote cabin writes of something terrorizing him.   Then we hear the legend of the Dungarvon Whooper, a folklore coming from an old logging camp in New Brunswick, Canada. Then Lynze gives us a life long but seemingly harmless attachment. O...

We start with a very upsetting story of an imaginary friend in Council Bluffs, Iowa that Dan does an amazing job of bringing to life. Then, in his second tale of the week Dan takes us to Tujunga Canyon for a very bizarre UFO encounter. Lynze offers us a haunted house double feature this week with both of her tales providing spoopy encounters at home! 

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In this twenty-ninth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we meet Ryan Castillo, who, on a long late-night drive through the desert from Los Angeles, California to Tonopah, Nevada, hits one hitchhiker, and picks up another... 

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For the first of two tales, Dan takes us to the old mining city of Ballarat , Australia, to explore reports of hauntings from the 19th century, and some even stranger reports of some ghost hoaxers. Such an entertaining story! Then,  a supposedly true modern encounter tale of someone who might give you something new to worry about. When you think of deceased relatives and other spirits always being near and watching over you, do you...

Dan starts this week with a very bizarre story. It's hard to even explain but we are off to Finland to review a tale about a sculpture garden. Then we head to Saudi Arabia to explore the lore around Bride of the Red Sea. Lynze really goes for it this week with five stories! They are short and quite varied. Her first two deal with family members sticking around after their deaths in very small, kind but still eery ways. Then, becaus...

In this twenty-eighth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to 1989 and explore, along with the pawn shop owner who bought the camera that contained it, a tape of some chilling home video footage of two film students investigating an urban legend set inside a local abandoned insane asylum.

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Dan offers three stories this week. The first is of Scotland’s Redcap, a monstrous and murderous little goblin of a creature with lore going back to the 14th century. Next, we’ll head to Serbia and talk about the horror lore behind the strange rock formations of Devil's Town. And finally, we’ll explore the lore surrounding what might be early America’s most famous haunting, the Wizard Clip. Lynze also has three stories this week, s...

Dan's first of two stories takes us to India. He relays the story of a man who shares the story of his grandmother's paranormal affliction. Then, Dan shares almost 250 years of history and the haunted lore that surrounds Lompoc  California’s La Purísima Spanish Mission. Lynze brings us two tales, both of which have elements we have yet to hear about before! We go to Florida, to The Devil's Armchair in her first story. A new creatur...

In this twenty-seventh installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to 1988 once more, and to the town of Deacon's Point, to find out if local high school student Chance Watkins and homicide detective Rob Shoemaker are able to stop a satanic cult from killing more teen girls and bringing a powerful demon into the world that could possibly kill millions.

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Dan's first of two stories is centered around a school nurse who claims her encounter literally ended her career. It’s very intense, and not fun to think that what she claims to have witnessed could be real.  For his second story, Dan will share the haunted lore of South Carolina’s Oakwood Cemetery,  and an encounter that took place there. Lynze gives us two spoopy tales and one heart-warming story of confirmation. Her first story ...

The first tale this week is the disturbing story of an exorcism that took place in a small town in Australia in 1993. It is upsetting on so many levels. Then Dan shares the lore and modern encounters surrounding the abandoned Manteno  State Hospital south of Chicago. Real life horror, and paranormal horror. Lynze shares one of the best and strangest ouija board fan tales ever! Then she wraps up the episode with what she calls her f...

In this twenty-sixth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head back to 1988 and to the town of Deacon's Point, where two teenage boys, Chance Watkins and Lincoln Clay, rent an underground horror movie called Moloch's Pact from their local video store, and it changes their lives forever...

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Dan's first story today is the retelling of the moments that led to one young woman becoming a firm believer in the paranormal. She sees something… experiences something… that she just can’t deny.  Then, we’ll explore the lore behind a curse associated with New Hampshire and Maine’s Saco River. Lynze brings three fan stories. The first is an intense reminder to steer clear of ouija boards. Then, a creepy but not too creepy telling ...

Hi Creeps and Peepers! Today we wanted to share a bonus episode with you from the RUN, FOOL! Podcast from our friends at Ballen Studios. We hope you love it! 

Every week on RUN, FOOL!, you’ll hear a terrifying tale from the mind of Rodney Barnes. If you love monsters, demons, vampires, and the occult (which we know you do), you’re going to love how these stories make you question what’s real. 

In this episode, two college roommates e...

Dan shares a tale around a young man thinking he’s being haunted by something in his phone. It's a sad tale, it's a creepy tale. Then, his second story covers some of the lore that surrounds California’s Lost Lake. What spirits and also creatures might be hiding in and around its water? Lynze shares three fan submissions this week. The first two come from one fan and potentially show what we can access if we are open. Then, in her ...

In this twenty-fifth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to Bodie, California! Twenty-seven years after confronting the Beast of Bodie, former sheriff Ezra Calhoun has a new monster to fight. The Dark Watcher. A strange and ferocious man-like entity appearing on the ridge of one of the hills above town, and butchering locals. 

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Dan's first of two stories today is not sexy, despite being about a succubus. It's strange and upsetting.  His second story was once featured on  the original Unsolved Mysteries. It’s the tale of a young woman, Grace Brown, putting her trust in the wrong man over a century ago.  And it seems, in death, she still hasn’t been able to move past how her life so tragically and abruptly ended. Then, Lynze takes us to Australia! It's real...

Dan's first of two stories takes us to London where two flatmates hung up a free mirror and very quickly regretted it. Then a heavily documented poltergeist story, coming from Indianapolis, Indiana back in 1962. Lynze brings us a tale from a patient in the ICU and her brush with something paranormal. And then we head to El Salvador, maybe for the first time on this show, to explore that culture and their beliefs about skinwalkers. 

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