We begin this week with an especially terrifying creature from Indonesia known as the Pontianak . Dan will share the lore of the Pontianak and then a handful of supposed modern encounters with this vengeful, angry, female, vampiric spirit. Next, Dan shares Ontario, Canada’s Baldoon Mystery. A good ol’ fashioned poltergeist story with a very strange twist from the 19th century. For stories three and four, Lynze brings us a ouija board double whammy, unintentionally. Her first story is one we can ...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 303
In this thirty-fourth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to Bristol County, Massachusetts once more, over sixteen years after Brad Collins made his blood pact with the undead witch, Marina Harts. Fame and fortune are his. But now... the final toll for what he's been given is almost due. Will he be able to double-cross Marina and save his daughter's life? For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com Su...
Jun 20, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 34
This first story of Dan's was mined from a Ghost Stories subreddit full of nothing but supposedly true paranormal encounters. The poster claims to have seen his fair share of all the gruesome horrors mankind has to offer during his time in the service but nothing he ever witnessed as a soldier ever terrified him quite as much as the inexplicable thing he saw in Okinawa. Then we explore the lore that surrounds Edmonton, Canada’s supposedly haunted Firkins House, where the ghost of a child, a haun...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 302
Dan kicks off this week with a strange story of a young student who is trapped inside a glass doored vestibule. Then, a very upsetting possessed doll story wraps up his half of the show. Lynze provides three tales this week. To start, a haunted house in Malta! Then, a rather upsetting doppleganger story. Lastly, a tale of treading on the land of witches. Monthly Patreon Donation: Stay tuned for June's donation! Send stories to [email protected] Send everything else to info@scaredt...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 301
In this thirty-third installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to Bristol County, Massachusetts, where struggling horror author Brad Collins has completed his new book, Burn the Witch, and it appears as if it will catapult him to fame and fortune. But at what cost? Is he really capable of paying the full toll? And if not, will Marina allow him to renege on their blood pact? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to e...
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 33
Dan showers us with four tales for the 300th episode today! The first story revolves around real world tragedy in Virginia intersecting with the supernatural. Then, a mysterious death in Australia. This is followed by a third story about a disturbing legend in Africa that might be much more than modern folklore. Lastly, claims of an alien abduction bring us to Maine. Lynze rounds out this week with one tale about a couple of teens exploring an abandoned house and then takes us on a very peculiar...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 300
We begin this week in Pennsylvania with a story that involves a woman who starts to believe that something in her new house is coming for her family and trying to take it from her. Then, Dan takes us to Brazil to explore one of the more disturbing legends ever. The legend of Bárbara of the Pleasures. But Bárbara’s story, is not so pleasurable. When her looks began to fade, did an aging woman in the early 19th century, once heralded as a legendary beauty, do the unthinkable to regain her youthful...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 299
Dan's first of two tales covers the lore and supposed paranormal encounters associated with Dublin, Ireland’s St. Michan’s Church and the dead bodies that reside in the crypts beneath it. Then, we’ll venture over Lake Pleasant, New York, and learn about some rumored murders associated with one of the town’s founding fathers and the hauntings associated with those deaths. Lynze offers us three different tales this week. Her first is sad and sweet, a tale of a life taken to soon but possibly still...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 298
In this thirty-second installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to Bristol County, Massachusetts, where struggling horror author Brad Collins's desperation for another hit book leads him to experiment with the occult. When he realizes that his words - if they even are his words - have tragic real life consequences, will he stop writing? Or will he still finish Burn the Witch? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to e...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 32
A man in his 40s has a recollection of a very strange incident from his childhood but only recalls it after his brother passes away. Listen as Dan unfolds this creepy childhood tale. Then we visit a poltergeist case from Columbus, Ohio that made national headlines back in 1984. The story of Tina Resch and the so-called Columbus Poltergeist. After Dan's stories, Lynze gives us a little bit lighter scares but are super fun and fascinating. First, the Hat Man and how one might manifest him. Then, s...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 297
We start this week in Brownwood, Texas where a murder tragic murder may have added additional paranormal energy to a property already rumored to be haunted. Then, is a spirit sending emails from the great beyond? A short and very strange confirmation-type tale that really makes you wonder what’s possible. Lastly, we head to Los Angeles to explore the reportedly haunted Sowden House, where some think Elizabeth Short, aka the Black Dahlia, may have been murdered. And that her killer may haunt this...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 296
In this thirty-first installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to Upstate New York's Woodhull Mountain, where Gabe and Hassan see a very strangely placed house on the side of the hill while out on a hike. When Gabe enters the house, he leaves behind our world, and enters a space outside of it - a dark and mysterious space dedicated mostly... to pain. This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect ...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 31
Dan's first of two tales is a modern encounter story set in Sauk Centre, Minnesota’s Palmer Hotel. Lynze, of course, was excited when she heard "sock" center! The second story shares the haunted history of Kansas City, Missouri’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Does the ghost of an early church leader still haunt its grounds? Then Lynze comes to us with three stories. Her first reminds us of how creepy kids toys can be. Then, an ongoing family situation with a family has one person asking what she ...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 295
Supposedly true tales this week from Dan include a story about an elderly widow living alone in the early 1980s and her visitors. Then, we’ll bounce around the world to a number of so-called “phantom islands.” Can an island discovered by numerous explorers inexplicably just disappear? And, if so, what does that mean? Then, Lynze brings us three tales in a death sandwich of stories, if you will. Her first is sweet and sad and gives us hope for a connection to our deceased loved ones. Then, a home...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 294
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 soldiers themselves... This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We ...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 30
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. Or is it? What's happening to this person? Lastly, what Dan says is ...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 293
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! LIVE EXPERIENCES: If you'd like to see us perform live this year, visit badmagicproductions.com for our annual summer camp or crimewaveatsea.com/sc...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 292
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... This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you like this episode, please let us know wherever you rate and review podcasts. Thanks so...
Apr 04, 2025•59 min•Ep. 29
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 ever wonder how much of your life they actually see? Lynze offers...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 291
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, because it's March, she offers us a little Leprechaun tale. Then, we he...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 290
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. This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you like this epis...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 28
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, so fun! She starts with a story from Louisiana, exploring the spac...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 289
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 creature, an ashy-white-burnt-skin-golden-eyed thing... is the subject of...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 288
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. This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effec...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 27
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 takes out to the woods where a bunch of kids party with the unknown...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 287
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 favorite UFO story to date! Monthly Donation: As animal lovers, we ...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 286
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... This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you like this episode, ...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 26
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 of ghost that has seemed to linger in the same machine shop for th...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 285
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 explore a cursed chapel rumored to house a stairway to hell, only ...
Feb 15, 2025•34 min0
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 final story, a very peculiar story that might be an alien story a...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 284
