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

Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com
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.
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434: A Taste of Terror - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

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Dec 31, 202559 minEp. 434

433: Dead Air - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

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Dec 29, 202548 minEp. 433

432: Built on Bones - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

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Dec 24, 202532 minEp. 432

431: Salvation or Damnation - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

When you’re offered a way out—real relief, real escape—how closely do you read the fine print? In this, our latest episode, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights descends into a world where hope is engineered, desperation is curated, and deliverance is never as benevolent as it appears. This haunting episode examines the quiet moments when people are most vulnerable—when exhaustion, fear, and longing make even the impossible sound reasonable. It asks a chilling question that lingers long after the fina...

Dec 22, 202532 minEp. 431

430: Borrowed Days - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Time is supposed to move forward—one second after another, steady and impartial. But what if it doesn’t? In our latest episode, we invite you into a world where time slips, stalls, and quietly exacts its due. Hosted by Steve Taylor, this haunting addition to our catalog explores the unsettling possibility that not every moment we live truly belongs to us—and that survival itself may come with unseen terms. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit....

Dec 17, 202544 minEp. 430

429: Invitation to Agony - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, a quiet unease takes hold—one rooted not in sudden terror, but in the slow realization that something has been listening far longer than it should have. What begins as a small, easily dismissed disturbance grows into a chilling meditation on denial, time, and the irreversible consequences of answering when you shouldn’t. Carefully performed by voices competing in the Evil Idol 2025 Voice Acting Competition, Invitation to Agony is a slow...

Dec 15, 202546 minEp. 429

428: The Price of Saying Yes - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this unsettling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, a single question hangs in the air long after the lights go out: What happens after you agree? What begins as curiosity—harmless, tempting, even rewarding—slowly reveals itself as something far more dangerous. Each choice feels voluntary. Each step feels justified. And yet, with every small “yes,” the exit grows harder to see. Guided by host Steve Taylor, this episode explores the terrifying psychology of escalation, manipulation, and...

Dec 10, 202528 minEp. 428

427: Merry Malice - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this chilling seasonal installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, comfort becomes camouflage—and the familiar transforms into something watchful, patient, and deeply wrong. Small disturbances go unnoticed. Patterns are dismissed. Reassurance replaces vigilance. Until it doesn’t. What begins as a harmless irregularity grows steadily more insistent, revealing an intelligence that understands timing, proximity, and consequence. Each moment brings it closer. Each choice narrows the margin for...

Dec 08, 202532 minEp. 427

426: What the Sea Demands - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Out on the open water, there are rules older than law—and debts that must be paid. In our latest episode, host Steve Taylor takes you far from shore, into a world where superstition hardens into doctrine and survival is never free. Beneath the confirming creak of a working vessel and the endless black of the sea, unspoken agreements govern who is protected—and who is expendable. As tradition overrides conscience and fear becomes communal truth, listeners are pulled into a chilling meditation on ...

Dec 03, 202532 minEp. 426

425: What Ails Us - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In our latest episode, we invite you into a world where salvation comes softly… and exacts a price no one sees coming. A desperate father, a mysterious discovery in the woods, and a fragile hope he cannot bear to question set the stage for a tale that blurs the line between miracle and menace. As comfort turns uncanny and relief bends into ruin, listeners will find themselves asking the same haunting question as the characters within: What would you risk to save the one you love? To watch the po...

Dec 01, 20251 hr 28 minEp. 425

424: Camp of the Damned - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you to step back into the deep woods of 1984, where a group of forgotten kids, sent away for a taste of normalcy, found something far more terrifying waiting for them among the trees - a story of innocence lost, of friendships forged under fire, and of the haunting realization that some horrors don’t stay in the past. Pack a flashlight, stay with the group, and whatever you do… don’t wander off the trail. This is one tr...

Nov 26, 202549 minEp. 424

423: The Bones Know Better - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this spine-tightening installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you into the warm glow of a secluded country home—where a friendly tarot reading is only the first sign that something is very, very wrong. A quiet evening of curiosity turns into a descent into old magic, buried secrets, and the kind of wisdom carved from places no card deck can reach. Featuring an unforgettable performance by Evil Idol 2025 contender Lillianne Hickle and a tale from risin...

Nov 24, 202540 minEp. 423

422: Where the Screaming Started - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Beneath the frozen silence of the Alaskan wilderness lies a bunker that was never meant to be uncovered… and a truth no one was ever meant to hear. In this chilling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff guides you deep below the surface—into a labyrinth of concrete corridors, sealed rooms, and a project shrouded in secrecy. What begins as a quest for understanding soon unravels into a confrontation with something far older, far darker, and far less willing to be c...

Nov 19, 202553 min

421: Rotten to the Core - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this chilling new episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you down a dirt road lined with tidy apple trees and friendly small-town smiles—places where nothing bad is supposed to happen. But when a newcomer’s dream orchard bears its first harvest, the townsfolk discover that the sweetest fruit sometimes hides the darkest secrets. Featuring a haunting tale by Micah Edwards and brought to life by Evil Idol standout Sophie Hartle, “Rotten to the Core” peels b...

Nov 17, 202539 minEp. 421

420: Breathless - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Beneath the calm surface of a backyard pool lies a memory too deep to forget, and too terrifying to ignore. In this gripping episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you to slip beneath the waterline of a childhood summer that turned suddenly, violently dark. Featuring “The Deep End” by Sam Garrison, performed by rising Evil Idol contender Jay Sterling, this installment explores the fragile boundary between play and peril… and the moment an innocent ritual be...

Nov 12, 202541 minEp. 420

419: Things You Can't Unsee - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this unnerving episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you into the kind of story that leaves a mark long after the final word is spoken—a tale born from childhood shadows, warped reflections, and the silent gaze of a stranger who stands exactly where he shouldn’t. Featuring “The Man at the Fence” by Brad Calderon—performed by Evil Idol 2025 standout Girl in the Dark—this episode explores the fragile boundary between what we remember and what we wish we d...

Nov 10, 202542 minEp. 4191

418: Witness to the End - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In the silent hours before dawn, a lone priest prepares for another uneventful night in a darkened cathedral. But when the confessional door creaks open, he finds not a sinner seeking redemption… but a presence that should never have walked the earth. What begins as a routine vigil spirals into a confrontation with an ancient truth—one whispered in tones no mortal was ever meant to hear. Tonight, a visitor steps out of legend and into the shadows of the church… carrying a confession that could u...

Nov 05, 202536 minEp. 418

417: Last Words - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, guest host Nicholas Goroff invites you into the uneasy quiet of creative obsession—where deadlines whisper, inspiration corrodes, and the mind becomes its own worst adversary. Featuring a gripping performance by Geoff Sturtevant and atmospheric production by Drew Blood, tonight’s tale explores the razor-thin border between dedication and disaster… and what happens when that line begins to disappear. Sink into a story where every choice ...

Nov 03, 202546 minEp. 417

416: There's No Such Thing as Ghosts - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In the quiet woods of Ohio, a summer camp’s final weekend of the season takes a dark turn when an innocent campfire story begins to feel far too real. Host Steve Taylor invites you to revisit one of the most haunting tales from the Chilling Tales for Dark Nights archives — a grim reminder that not all monsters hide under beds, and not every ghost story ends with a ghost. Featuring the late Jeffrey Ebright’s unforgettable classic “Home,” performed by Otis Jiry, Mr. Creepypasta, and Rebecca Peason...

Oct 30, 202538 min

415: The Frequency of Fear - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this chilling archive special, guest host Malcolm Blackwood (of Scary Stories Told in the Dark) takes the reins to resurrect a haunting classic from the early days of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. Tonight’s broadcast invites you into the lab of a man who believed every mystery could be measured—until he tuned into something that was never meant to be heard. Turn up your volume—if you dare—and experience a story where curiosity cuts deeper than fear, and the echoes of discovery refuse to fad...

Oct 28, 20251 hr 13 minEp. 415

414: Eternal Reckoning - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Some debts aren’t paid in this life. When the lights go out and the doors lock behind you, faith becomes fear—and every sin demands its due. In this chilling episode hosted by Nick Goroff, journey into a world where guilt festers, churches whisper in the dark, and the line between justice and damnation disappears entirely. From the haunted imagination of J.M. Cennamo and the haunting voice of Erik Peabody comes a tale that asks: what if the only place left to confess… is already waiting for you?...

Oct 23, 202543 minEp. 414

413: Lights Out - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

When the lights go out, the past comes calling. Host Steve Taylor invites you to revisit the haunted roots of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights in this special archival showcase — two chilling tales resurrected from the vault that built the house of horror. Within these stories lie the echoes of guilt, the whispers of something waiting just beyond the door, and the unmistakable pull of the dark when curiosity goes too far. Turn back the clock, pour yourself something strong, and remember: the darkn...

Oct 21, 202545 minEp. 413

412: Hunger in the Pines - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Beneath the whispering canopy of the northern woods, something ancient is stirring. The air is sharp with cold and fear, and the pines seem to watch as strangers trespass where they shouldn’t. When the fire dies and the last echo fades, only hunger remains—deep, patient, and waiting. In Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: Episode 412 – “Hunger in the Pines”, host Steve Taylor leads you into the heart of the wilderness, where madness wears many faces and the line between man and monster blurs beneath...

Oct 16, 202546 minEp. 412

411: Where Daylight Ends - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

When the world has fallen silent and the last embers of daylight fade, even the faintest shadow can learn to whisper. In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor guides listeners through a landscape where hope flickers, memory haunts, and the darkness is never as far away as it seems. Featuring “Melancholy” by Jasyn Turley — winner of the October Writing Challenge — this broadcast plunges into the ruins of a civilization where the mind becomes its own battlefiel...

Oct 13, 202538 minEp. 411

410: Loading Error - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Reality doesn’t always play by the rules. In tonight’s episode, a quiet walk through a familiar park leads to something no camera can truly capture — a presence that shouldn’t exist, and a world beginning to break down around it. As perception falters and the lines between what’s real and what’s imagined blur, one thing becomes certain: some horrors don’t need to touch you to reach you. They just need to be seen. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/...

Oct 08, 202545 minEp. 410

409: Blueprints for Madness - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Some homes are built to shelter us. Others are built to hide what we can’t bear to face. In this week’s chilling installment, host Steve Taylor invites you to step across the threshold of a house where every wall has a secret — and every secret has a body. Behind the façade of ordinary suburbia lies a legacy of obsession, guilt, and something far older and darker than madness itself. From the haunted imagination of Quincy Lee, “The Children in My House’s Walls” unearths the blueprints of inherit...

Oct 07, 20251 hr 17 minEp. 409

408: Drowning Lessons - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

This week, host Steve Taylor invites you to wade into waters best left untested. In our latest episode, faith and fear run together in dark currents, pulling you toward something ancient beneath the surface. When a forgotten journal resurfaces on the banks of an Ohio river, it whispers of devotion, madness, and the thin line between salvation and surrender. What begins as a story of love and belief soon becomes a chilling meditation on how easily faith can drag us under. To watch the podcast on ...

Oct 02, 202551 minEp. 408

407: Evil Idol Resurrection (Dark Cures) - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this latest episode, we invite you to the chilling finale of our Evil Idol Resurrection series with Episode 407: “Dark Cures.” In this haunting installment, two unforgettable performances from the 2020 Evil Idol competition resurface, each exploring the terrible cost of salvation. From whispered bedtime tales that conceal unspeakable truths to a desperate act of devotion that opens the door to something far worse, these stories remind us that not every cure brings healing. Sometimes, it bring...

Oct 01, 202543 minEp. 407

406: Evil Idol Resurrection (Love Letters from Hell) - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

In this episode, the fourth entry in Chilling Tales for Dark Nights’ chilling five-part series, host Steve Taylor resurrects one of the most unforgettable performances from the Evil Idol archives. A tale of family, memory, and the unearthly threads that bind us long after death takes center stage, delivered with haunting power by a finalist whose voice has lingered with listeners for years. Step into the dark and discover why this performance still echoes through our community—a reminder that so...

Oct 01, 202537 minEp. 406

405: Evil Idol Resurrection (Bargains with the Fallen) - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Step inside a world where chance encounters can unravel everything you thought you knew about good and evil. In this chilling installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor resurrects one of the most unforgettable performances from the Evil Idol archives—a story whispered about for years, and one that continues to haunt listeners to this day. What begins as a late-night meeting spirals into a conversation that bends faith, philosophy, and fear into something far more sinister. ...

Oct 01, 202547 minEp. 405
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