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
In this twentieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head back to New Orleans, returning to where the Unknown Caller continues to torment and hunt. We pick up with NOPD Detective Blaine McGrath, who the Unknown Caller reached out to following Naomi Howard's death. And a character from a previous episode heads to NOLA to try and help end this Unknown Caller's reign of terror... This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones t...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Dan dazzles this week with two bizarre mysteries: one that really leaves you scratching your head. A man makes a dinner reservation with WHO? Then, Dan takes us to Canada to look for a missing village. Lynze has a giant, twisty ouija board tale that will take you back to your childhood sleepovers and awaken all of your fears. Bad Magic Giving Tree: WHAT: THE 6TH ANNUAL BAD MAGIC GIVING TREE! WHEN: GIFT CARD DONATIONS - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST thru THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST ASSISTANCE SIGN UP -MONDAY,...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Today, we’re going to visit a little corner of the world I am shocked we haven’t stumbled upon yet: Alcatraz Island . Next up, Dan takes us to Split Rock Quarry for some more history and hauntings! Then, Lynze gives us a good old traditional haunted house! The show wraps up with a funny but terrifying new monster, The Tickle Lady! WHAT: THE 6TH ANNUAL BAD MAGIC GIVING TREE! WHEN: GIFT CARD DONATIONS - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST thru THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST ASSISTANCE SIGN UP -MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH at ...
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 36 min
In this nineteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to New Orleans, where a man is found in dead in his home that he had boarded up in the final days of his life. He'd also smashed his phones and TV and posted sticky notes all over the walls, many of them centered on being tormented by something that was calling him on the phone. And then the phone of one of the paramedics declaring the man dead starts to ring. An unknown caller. The first of many, ...
Nov 01, 2024•59 min
https://www.moment.co/scaredtodeath Did you miss the live show? No worries! You still watch the replay! Dan has two big, fat, juicy horror stories to get you ready for Halloween! First off, we head to England for an alleged multigenerational haunting. Then, we head to Florida for one of the most bizarre tales we have ever shared. Lynze brings us two stories as well, both of which involve possible time slips. WHAT: THE 6TH ANNUAL BAD MAGIC GIVING TREE! WHEN: GIFT CARD DONATIONS - MONDAY, OCTOBER ...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 29 min
moment.co/scaredtodeath LAST CALL! LIVE SHOW THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24TH! GET YOUR TICKETS! Today, we visit what might very well be the most important haunted house in modern human history and maybe even the origin story of ouija boards in Dan's first story. A fun, historical haunt. Then, we are off to Warren Air Force Base, the oldest continuously active military installation within the Air Force for a second story. Then Lynze has a tale that takes to Boy Scouts Camp and a disembodied voice cal...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 25 min
In this eighteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to San Francisco, where a monster from Hmong horror lore, the Night Hag known as Dab Tsog, shows the young members of one Hmong family how it is anything but harmless superstition. 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 ...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 10 min
https://www.moment.co/scaredtodeath We are so excited to share with you that again, this October, we will be doing a global live stream show! This year, we are coming to you from New Orleans! Tickets are on sale now!! This is an amazing episode full of so, so many scares! Can you handle it? The first two tales that Dan has this week start with a classic story, The Stanley Hotel. IYKYK. Then, a very disturbing tale surrounding a young girl needing her mama in the middle of the night. Who is reach...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 26 min
moment.co/scaredtodeath We are so excited to share with you that again, this October, we will be doing a global live stream show! This year, we are coming to you from New Orleans! Tickets are on sale now!! https://www.dictionary.com/e/haunting-hooks-2024/ We are also so excited to share with you that we are partnering with Dictionary.com for their 4th annual Haunted Hooks Writing Contest: Scary Monsters Addition. The contest begins 10/1 and ends 10/13 with the winner being announced on 10/31! Cl...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 22 min
In this seventeenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to the 1970s, where a woman finds a diary in an old homestead cabin that has been in her family's possession since the late 1860s. The author of the diary has obviously long been dead. But is she still somehow writing new entries from the other side? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If ...
Oct 04, 2024•53 min
moment.co/scaredtodeath We are so excited to share with you that again, this October, we will be doing a global live stream show! This year, we are coming to you from New Orleans! Tickets are on sale now!! https://www.dictionary.com/e/haunting-hooks-2024/ We are also so excited to share with you that we are partnering with Dictionary.com for their 4th annual Haunted Hooks Writing Contest: Scary Monsters Addition. The contest begins 10/1 and ends 10/13 with the winner being announced on 10/31! Cl...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 38 min
moment.co/scaredtodeath We are so excited to share with you that again, this October, we will be doing a global live stream show! This year, we are coming to you from New Orleans! Tickets are on sale now!! https://www.dictionary.com/e/haunting-hooks-2024/ We are also so excited to share with you that we are partnering with Dictionary.com for their 4th annual Haunted Hooks Writing Contest: Scary Monsters Addition. The contest begins 10/1 and ends 10/13 with the winner being announced on 10/31! Cl...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 28 min
In this sixteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... Doug Byrne stumbles into a strange little antique shop in downtown Santa Monica called Relics & Curiosities, where he purchases The Wishing Box as a birthday gift for his wife, Olivia. And he quickly learns that the box truly does grant wishes. But those wishes come at a terrible price... This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the ...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Four very different and very interesting tales this week! Dan kicks us off with a story somewhere in west Texas that centers around some Black Eyed Children. MAYBE. If not BEK, than what? Then, a second story that is set in two different locations in South Carolina, that both claim to be haunted, and both share the same name: The Rose Hill Plantation. Lynze has two very unique tales this week. Her first explores vulture culture briefly and lost time and space amongst friends. What kind of chaos ...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Thanks to our fans who listen on iHeart! We are so grateful for the extra love from them! Dan kicks off this weeks show with a doozy! Neither are normal when it comes to subject matter. No ghosts today. No demons. No shadow people or even cryptids. Both have an extraterrestrial spin to them. The first deals with a woman in the late 1960s encountering something horrifying and seemingly not of this world. It’s a very strange story. Then, a series of encounters with UFOS, and possibly extraterrestr...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 24 min
In this fifteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... Claudia Nelson's life is changed forever by a shooting star that lands on her property outside of the fictional town of Dillon. What cosmic horror does the cursed meteorite bring? And what Hell will it unleash on Claudia and the other residents of her small, remote town? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background ...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Dan's first story revolves around a Realtor trying and failing to sell a property that seems to clearly have something supernaturally wrong with it. Then is off to Eastern Canada, between Montreal and Toronto. Two young men head out to go camping and see more than they bargained for. One of them swears off camping forever as a result! Lynze crushes this week with two tales! Her first is a classic haunted New Orleans hotel story. What could be more spoopy that that? Then, a ouija board tale like ...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Dan starts with an alleged anonymous modern encounter involving a man hearing a girl’s voice as a child - a voice asking him to wake up, and a voice that keeps asking this for many, many years - well into adulthood. And then finally, something very strange happens that leaves him feeling certain that this voice did not just belong. Then, a tale that is about the mysterious and troubling disappearance of a young man who disappeared in the Idaho wilderness, not far from where Dan grew up, back in ...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 18 min
We are off to Dering Wood for our first creepy tale this week! Dan has a bizarre tale for us all. Then he takes us to Lake Shawnee to explore the old grounds of an abandoned amusement parl. Lynze discovers a new cryptid- the Fresno Nightcrawler! Yikes! Then we travel south to the swamps and bayous of Louisiana for a strange little story. Lastly, a small palate cleanser of psychic proportions! Street Team 2024: September 16th at 12 noon PT is when the stickers go live on our website- BADMAGICPROD...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 27 min
