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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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•2 hr 30 min
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
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
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 min
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
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. This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 5 min
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, we promise. What kind of horrors and creatures are hiding in the b...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 16 min
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. Thank you for continuing to send in your stories, Creeps and Peep...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 29 min
The first story today is an anonymous modern encounter centering around a college freshmen having a problem with her roommate, a problem that really escalates. Then, the second story is all about Georgia’s St. Simons Island and an alleged encounter with the island’s most infamous ghost. Then we have another college dorm story with a different twist. Lastly, a creepy shared experience between two sisters with an entity who lives in the deep end of the pool. Thank you for continuing to send in you...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 12 min
n this twenty-fourth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we explore the tale of a man who has recently gotten into a car accident with his wife and two daughters. And now he can't accept that they seem to have all survived. Is he merely losing his mind as he starts to question whether or not his wife and daughters are truly still alive? Or is something else, something supernatural, at play here? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening wi...
Jan 17, 2025•51 min
This week begins with the anonymous claim of a man who believes he encountered something evil … something not human… while out delivering pizzas late on a Friday night. Did something order a meal to be delivered to them, and was that meal supposed to have been the person bringing the pizza instead of the pizza? Then, Dan covers the infamous Moberly-Jourdain Incident. Back in 1901, did two noted academics, Charlotte Ann Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain, slip over a hundred years out of their own time...
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025! Dan starts us with a very, very strange story set in Brazil in 1966 that sure reeks of an alien abduction. Then, we explore what seems to be an intensely haunted inn in Ashland, Massachusetts’: Stone’s Public House. Lynze brings us a classic-ish Hat Man tale followed up by a very peculiar hitchhiker story! Enjoy this start to 2025, friends! Thank you for continuing to send in your stories, Creeps and Peepers! Please keep doing so!! Send them to mystory@scaredtode...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 12 min
In this twenty-third installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we reconnect with Brent, Lori, Cam, and Rosie Collins, as they resume their journey south to Whitebird, Idaho, after escaping from The Ark, the doomsday compound near Plummer built by a psychopath. In a new satellite radio transmission, they discover who caused the Red Plague pandemic and why. They also make it to Whitebird. But what will be there waiting for them? This episode was scored by Logan Keith....
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Dan offers an old story from the small town of Glenluce, Scotland, where a family was tormented by the Devil himself in the late 17th century. After that, we head to Baltimore, Maryland to examine a poltergeist case from 1960. Were Edgar Jones, his wife, son-in-law, daughter, and grandson terrorized by a poltergeist? Lynze will take us on an emotional roller coaster this week! Her haunted house story leaves us asking, once again, about where mental health and the paranormal intersect. Then, a st...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Hi Creeps and Peepers! Today we have a little extra content for you! We're bringing you an episode of Bedtime Stories, a show from our friends over at Ballen Studios. On Bedtime Stories you’ll hear creepy tales about some of our favorite things like supernatural encounters, unsolved mysteries, and (of course) cryptids. This episode features two tales about bizarre and chilling places . The first is about an abandoned hospital in Russia that became the site of many unexplained deaths. The second ...
Dec 31, 2024•34 min
Looking for the perfect , last minute holiday gift? How about gifting Patreon to yourself or your loved one! Use the link below! https://www.patreon.com/scaredtodeathpodcast/gift Dan gives us two fun tales this week! The first will require you to look up a paranormal video from a reality TV show. Make sure you do! Then, Dan brings our holiday tradition back with a tale from Algernon Blackwood Lynze gives the gift of three stories this week. She starts with a lighter tale that poses a paranormal ...
Dec 25, 2024•1 hr 21 min
In this twenty-second installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we continue following Brent, Lori, Cam, and Rosie Collins, as they try to survive the apocalyptic Red Plague by making it to Brent's stepdad and mother's ranch near Whitebird, Idaho. Will an unexpected detour into the doomsday compound of the insane zealot who wrecked their SUV before saving them from some Red Eyes destroy their chances? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening wit...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Looking for the perfect holiday gift? How about gifting Patreon to yourself or your loved one! Use the link below! https://www.patreon.com/scaredtodeathpodcast/gift Dan and Lynze dazzle this week with a total of six tales! Dan shares with us a set of creepy tales from Helltown in Ohio. Then we travel to Ireland to explore banshee lore. We move to Lynze's stories, which include a truck driver experiencing something trying to gain his attention, two very different types of premonition tales and fi...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Dan shares a historical tale that is it's own kind of horror before sharing the paranormal connections to the SS Valencia and its tragic demise. Then, we are off to Mississippi for a telling of another historical haunting at the McRaven House. Lynze takes us to Texas where something lurks in the backyard of a sweet family. And finally, an uninvited passenger goes for a spoopy drive. Bad Magic Holiday Merch: The 2024 Holiday Collection!Take a good look at fan favorite, Ezra Calhoun from The Beast...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 24 min
In this twenty-first installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to Couer d'Alene, Idaho, where Brent and Lori Collins, and their children, Cam and Rosie, are attempting to make it to Brent's stepdad and mother's remote ranch near Whitebird, Idaho, to survive a new and apocalyptic pandemic known as the Red Plague. A deadly new pathogen is turning people into murderous conspiratorial monsters. Can they survive the journey and weather the deadly storm? This epis...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Dan has two very different tales this week. His first story shares a dark history of a woman who killed many, many people including her own children. Despite being gone from this earth for an incredibly long period of time, is it possible she still has more killing to do? Then we head to Mexico City where we explore a possible demonic possession that went incredibly wrong for someone who was only trying to help. Lynze's first story this week seems pretty straightforward but a few special details...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Dan's stories at not Thanksgiving related, but one does center around a family get together: a funeral. But first, a story based in the haunted lore that surrounds Pennsylvania’s currently abandoned Cresson Sanatorium. We'll hear the history of the sanatorium, paranormal lore, and a really creepy modern encounter claim. Then his second story revolves around a disturbing incident at a funeral. Lynze has two non-thanksgiving tales as well. We start out with a tale about lost time. This phenomena i...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Dan's first story is weird. We had a hard time tracking it and understanding it so if you have trouble too - don’t worry. We’ll talk afterwards and clear up any confusion. Then, we’ll visit what sure seems to be a powerfully and malevolently haunted former seminary room in Maynooth in County Kildare, Ireland. A haunting that reads like the basis for a really good horror movie. Then, Lynze shares an interesting haunted apartment story where a family lives in two separate apartments in the same bu...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 11 min
