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•2 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•2 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•2 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
In this fourteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we hear meet Clifford Herman aka The Devil's Butcher. What happened to the teenager at a Christian summer camp in upstate New York in 1987? And how will the massacre he was responsible for affect the lives of five college students who decide to visit the allegedly haunted grounds of the old summer camp today? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the f...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Dan's first tale he is telling is about an anonymous woman allegedly encountering something terrifying in a stairwell. Then, in his second storey, we learn about an allegedly cursed painting, The Crying Boy, produced by Italian artist Giovanni Bragolin. This painting was mass produced, and an alarming number of homes where prints of this painting have been displayed have burned down over the years. Yet the print itself almost never burns with them. Coincidence? Let's dig in. Lynze has some aweso...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Dan has one really big tale that is beyond captivating and unsettling. It's hard to say more without ruining the story. Then, Lynze brings us three stories this week. Her first is a about a possible encounter with a BEK, kind of. Less of a child and more of an adult. Maybe. Then, did a young boy see the infamous Hat Man or was it someone else? Lastly, fearing things that come out from under our bed is a classic horror trope. But what if you DID see something under your bed??!! BOOK #5: We are do...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 28 min
In this thirteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we hear the story of a woman, Tanya, being stalked by a deranged man named Burke Newman. And when Tanya hears that Burke has died, she's relieved that a decade of torment is finally over. But is it? 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 a...
Aug 02, 2024•55 min
Dan crushes this week with one giant tale out of Alaska and a smaller tale from Spain! His first story will take you on a road trip to the northern tip of Alaska, up in the Arctic Circle where life is hard, sparse, and maybe more diverse than we currently know of with certainty? Did some young friends run across a murderous monster of some sort? Then to Spain we go! Is the House of Seven Chimneys in Madrid Spain haunted by the ghosts of two people connected to a possible early and unsolved murde...
Jul 31, 2024•2 hr 33 min
Dan shares two stories. The first one is a big one. We’ll visit the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. Did an infamous murder committed there in 1965 lead to the hotel gaining a reputation for being particularly haunted? The history at the top of this tale is awesome! Then, we’ll travel across the pond to Leeds, England and look into a claim that either a monster or someone who was just monstrous moved into a row house right after its tenants moved out in the 1940s, and began harassing the neig...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min
In this twelfth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we meet Duane Spickelmire. Maybe not the coolest guy you'll ever meet, but, certainly not someone who deserves the terrible brand of at-home care Nurse Lucy is giving him... 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 s...
Jul 19, 2024•46 min
Dan had two killer tales to share this week! He starts with a supposed encounter with what might be the creepiest kind of man: a paranormal pedophile. Then, in his second story, Dan really gets Lynze worked up when he shares the story of the Jamison Family Disappearance. Lynze shares three strange tales. Her first is a classic ouija board tale. Then she shares the story of two brothers who piss off a recently deceased man. Lastly, she takes us to Cambodia for the tale of an Ahp! BOOK #5: We are ...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Dan has one big tale for us this week. A story based in fictional internet horror lore, but the person who posted it CLAIMS that this lore has come to life somehow. The strange liminal world of the Backrooms. We’ve talked about the concept of the multiverse and/or parallel dimensions several times. Could the creepy world of the Backrooms be next to ours? Can you end up there? Can you end up stuck there? Then Lynze has two spoopy tales that are a bit more heady. Her first will ask you to examine ...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 15 min
In this eleventh installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we check back in with Saymun, the monstrous, killer doll, and Jack Stevenson. Will Jack's new friend, Lizzie Chavez, be able to close this horrific chapter in the young boy's life and put an end to Saymun's destructive madness? 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 ...
Jul 05, 2024•46 min
Dan brings us a creepy doll double feature today! The first tale, is a story of a little brother terrorized by his older sister’s doll, first by her pranking him with it, and then later, the doll seems to take the pranking on as its own. The next doll revolves around the creepy Swiss legend of the Sennentuntschi. Can a carved wooden doll come to life? Can it get jealous? And - most disturbingly - can it skin you alive? Lynze starts of her side of the show with a classic GTFO haunted house tale. ...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 21 min
