Dan comes with his usual two stories this week. One bigger one, and then a little one. We’ve done a fair amount of haunted asylum stories here over the years, but few with as detailed of a backstory as today’s. We will start by learning about Henry Cotton - a truly mad doctor who worked at the New Jersey State Hospital at Trenton, now The Trenton Psychiatric Hospital. The we will explore if his ghost now haunts the abandoned portions of this facility. Then, Dan dives into the creepy legend of a ...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 24 min
In this tenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... it's time for a bedtime story. The monster in Lily's closet is all too real. Will her grandfather or mother save her from it before it's too late? 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! For Merch and everything else...
Jun 21, 2024•52 min
Dan takes us to Ireland to explore the strange and sad lore of the Celtic Púca followed by a story from the US about Octagn Lynze has three tales this week! Her first one touches on Nordic folklore, a place we don't often explore here but when we do, we love it. Then, in her second story, she has a bizarre story that will leave all parents feeling a bit rattled. She wraps up the show with her third and final tale, about a possible lingering energy in a home. A fun little grouping of tales! Patre...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Dan shares a most wild story of creepy Adobe Flash curse being passed around the internet. Then, Dan shares what is possibly a more disturbing tale from Bergen Norway of a Death Valley that holds much lore. Lynze has her standard two tales this week. Her first one is not that scary as you listen but then you see the picture take by the folks exploring this abandoned building and you will freak out. Then, in her last tale of the show, a fan tale surrounding a legend seems to have lasting affects ...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 21 min
In this ninth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we pick up where episode eight left off for our first sequel. In this episode, Tom travels to Vermont in an attempt to locate and save his daughter Katie from the demon he helped bring into the world... This episode is 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 re...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Dan gives us three awesome stories this week! We explore tales from a current day exorcist! It's fascinating! Then we travel to Georgia to hear about a cursed object. Lastly, Dan shares the tale of Majorie Kemp, a woman who was either possessed or suffering with severe mental health. Lynze has a great first home haunting tale that has a surprise twist at the end. And finally, she shares a very, very creepy dopplegänger story! Patreon Monthly Donation: Stay tuned! Thank you for continuing to send...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Dan's first story is a modern encounter story that fits into the Rules of Appalachia Lore. There are a bunch of stories that floated around on TikTok and Reddit the last few years regarding what kinds of strange creatures might be in the woods of Appalachia. His second has to do with aa Baltimore, Maryland legend. Today’s story it that of a teenage girl who met some sort of tragic end, and whose ghost now seems to be seeking revenge on the living. Lynze has two truly epic tales this week. Her fi...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Dan gives us two incredible tales this week. His first brings to life one of Dan's biggest fears: Clowns. Could you handle a night in a haunted, clown themed motel? Then, we are off to Washington DC for a throwback sighting of a dueling ghost. Then, Lynze wonder if this podcast the problem for one home that seems to be experiencing some kind of haunting? Did we do this?! Then, for Lynze's final story, a person has a scary moment while housesitting. Patreon Monthly Donation: This month we have la...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 19 min
In this eighth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we travel to the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, where a successful writer begins to be tormented by something terrible he accidentally stumbled upon on-line... This episode is 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....
May 17, 2024•52 min
Today, Dan will take you to a haunted little lighthouse island in Maine to explore sightings of spirits and the tragedies that might have led to them. Then, we’ll go to Mineral Wells, Texas where we’ll explore two haunted buildings - an old hotel, and an old bordello. And THEN, we’ll keep heading West, and land in Tombstone, Arizona. A town famous for it’s Wild West days, and a town full of several haunted locations that have reportedly been haunted SINCE those days. Lynze also has three awesome...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Dan's first story first revolves around Black Aggie - the name of a statue that sat for years in a Maryland cemetery and attracted a number of paranormal claims, many of which were featured in various articles in the Baltimore press. Then we explore some Cherokee Folklore. The story of the Yunwi Tsunsdi aka…. the “ Little People. ” Most of the stories come from the area of Hickory Nut Gorge, North Carolina. A haunted house trifecta from Lynze this week is sure to please! Her first two tales are ...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 12 min
In this seventh installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we travel to Savannah, Georgia, where a young couple on vacation check into a very unusual hotel, The 1780. Will they ever check out? This episode is 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. For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, hea...
May 03, 2024•50 min
Dan has two excellent scares this week. The first comes from friend of one of our staff. It is CREEPY. What starts off looking like a bad case of sleep paralysis or nightmares ends up being a very real case of an encounter with a pair of disturbing entities. Then we have a ghost story from the American Civil War era. Despite taking place over 150 years ago, it was well documented by some local newspapers. It’s a very odd story that is sad and scary. Lynze has three stories this week! She shares ...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Dan shares the story of the disappearance of the Grimes sisters. What makes this story suitable to be told here are a bunch of witnesses seeing these girls, after they vanished, in places they just could not be. Then we go to the Anderson Municipal Business Center in 2009. We hear details of what was supposedly seen and heard, plus an anonymous encounter story. Lynze has a more traditional haunted house story to start her half of the show. Her second story is WILD. It is the telling of an exorci...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 23 min
In this sixth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we travel to the Oregon coast, where a young family sees their dream turn into a nightmare when they move into a new and very troubled home, long possessed by a powerful demon... This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you like this episode, please let us know wherever you rate and review podcasts. Have a great wee...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Dan will feature only one tale this week but it's a big one! Really immersive. We’re heading to a haunted strip club in West Virginia! Before we get there, we’ll share a bit of lore from some other haunted strip clubs too! Then, we have a tricky ghost hanging out in the Cottonwood Cemetery. This is a fun tale told by Lynze. Lastly, a woman has been seeing and feeling the same two spirits her entire life. Just when she thought they were gone, she thought wrong. Summer Camp 2025: The time has come...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Dan has a tale in Alabama and centers around a ghost that has been spotted by numerous truckers - and some other drivers as well - at night along Highway 5. Then we head to Pune, India to explore the story of the Pune Poltergeist. Lynze has a bizarre haunted house tale that might also include a mimic? You decide. Then we go to Mexico for a funny tale of a new little creature called a duende followed by a much heavier, much darker tale. Summer Camp 2025: The time has come!!! Tickets for Wet Hot B...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 12 min
In this fifth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we travel to Pazin, Croatia, where five American college students who have been studying abroad in Florence, Italy, are staying at The Villa of Moonlight for a long weekend. And their time in Pazin, does not go according to plan... This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you like this episode, please let us know wh...
Apr 05, 2024•42 min
Dan has tale that takes us to Buffalo, New York where we learn about the Mount Massive Asylum and a terrible sorority hazing gone sideways. Next, we go to Guadalajara to hear stories and lore surrounding the Santa Paula Cemetery. Lynze has a palate cleanser story to kick of her side of the show. It's a really beautiful, tear jerker of a tale. Then we visit Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for four encounters with different entities that seem to be hanging around. Summer Camp 2025: The time...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 8 min
A history tale and a spoopy tale all rolled into Dan's first story of this weeks show. Come to Tasmania with us and explore a truly haunting location. Then, we are off to São Paulo for a bit more history and another heart aching story filled with mystery and scary moments. Lynze offers us three tales this week! She kicks off with a strange sighting of something unknown while housesitting. Then childhood nightmares take a turn when they are confirmed to be much more not once but twice. Wrapping i...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Dan kicks off the show with a real head scratcher. Was a man take by aliens of was he just a man who drank himself into mental illness and then left his family? You be the judge. We go to Cleveland, Ohio for a fun history lesson and then many small stories of the spirits that may still live in Franklin Castle. Then Lynze gives us a different kind of tale that explores Celtic folklore. A young couple is out enjoying a winter hike when they encounter a woman who is just not quite right. Was it a f...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Hello Creeps and Peepers! In this fourth piece of horror fiction written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we meet a strange child's doll, Sam, found by a young boy, Jack, when he and his sister and mother moved into a new home following the death of Jack's father. Sam looks like she comes from another world, and she does, and her world is full of nothing but evil... This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noise...
Mar 15, 2024•55 min
The first story this week is about a long haul trucker who had quite the night out on the road alone in the middle of heavily forested area on the East Coast. He saw something, a couple somethings, maybe. The creepiness lingers on this one. The the second story is set in the little unincorporated community of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, located just outside of Terre Haute. A small Roman Catholic liberal arts college, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is supposedly haunted by the spirit of a faceless...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Dan has two fantastic stories this week. The first is about a bunch of sporadic reports to police and media, beginning in the early 1990s, about people claiming to be social workers and attempting to abduct children from their parents. This topic might not SEEM paranormal, but just wait for it. The second tale is set in small town America, posted by someone who has chosen to remain anonymous and it revolves around a haunted laundromat. Lynze Dazzles us with two awesome fan submitted horror stori...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Hello Creeps and Peepers! Here is the third piece of horror fiction written and narrated by Dan Cummins. The tale of a mysterious beast that's been brutally killing men for decades in the former gold rush town of Bodie, California. In 1915, a new sheriff, Ezra Calhoun, seeks to finally solve the mystery and set up a showdown with a mystical creature... This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you ...
Mar 01, 2024•49 min
Dan kicks off the show with a strange tale from Russia. A water dwelling, creepy creature that no one seems to know what it is. We join him at Lake Labynkyr. Is it just folklore? Or are some kind of leftover dinosaurs or something else living in this lake? Real-life sea serpents? Then, we go back to Wildwood, Missouri’s Zombie Road. While we once shared stories from Zombie Road several years ago - today’s encounters are all new. Or at least, new for us to share. Lynze has a Peeper friendly tale ...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Dan has a murder-mystery-nightmare double header this week. I have a murder mystery double feature. The story of a woman harassed by a psychopath, both before AND after her death, was she not harassed by a psychopath, but something else? The second story is another report of a young woman being murdered under strange circumstances regarding her possible killer, and allegations of a haunting that has followed her death. Then Lynze has three tales this week! Her first involves a creepy visitor to ...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Hello Creeps and Peepers! Here is the second offering in a new series for Scared to Death fans! One short piece of horror fiction written and narrated by Dan Cummins. The tale of a man trying to figure out what lies beneath his couch... something that keeps announcing its presence night after night, at 1:17 a.m. This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you like this episode, please let us know whe...
Feb 16, 2024•33 min
Happy Valentine's Day, Creeps and Peepers! Dan's first story is set in the beautiful Micronesia. We’ll visit one person’s claim of what happened to them while doing some scuba diving amongst the WW2 wreckage of Chuuk Lagoon, a supposedly very haunted underwater graveyard. After that, we head to Ohio, to the little town of Bellaire, Ohio, where the supposedly very haunted Bellaire House stands. Did a mining disaster and more lead to the home today being possibly infested with numerous entities? T...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Dan has two tales that have an unintentional North America indigenous peoples theme for today’s show. The first is the story of the Santa Fe’s De Vargas Street House, a story that surrounds one of the very one oldest houses in all of America. Then, for his second story we hear the lore of Spearfinger. Lynze has her usual two stories, both revolving around phones. Her first one is a somewhat comical confirmation tale and her second is creepy, creepy, creepy! Patreon Monthly Donation: More news on...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 13 min
