Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series
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▶ WebplayerScary Stories Told in the Dark is a horror fiction podcast, spun off from Chilling Tales for Dark Nights and its popular YouTube channel of the same name. The show stars voice actor Malcolm Blackwood as both host and narrator, and features the hand-picked work of hundreds of talented authors. Sleep well, listeners… if you can.
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Sep 29, 2026 · 37:42
A university logo, a few Halloween decorations, and a generous cash prize make Fright Club look like an easy challenge. For one skeptical student and his friend Jesse, a…
Sep 23, 2026 · 46:49
DreamShare promises the ultimate escape: a world built from imagination, where friends can share impossible adventures, abandoned dreams can become reality, and the limits of…
Sep 15, 2026 · 20:26
After losing his career, his marriage, and nearly everything he had saved, Caleb returns to his quiet Midwestern hometown hoping to begin again. Instead, he encounters a warning…
Sep 1, 2026 · 37:06
Richard Prasse has had strange neighbors before. None of them were anything like Eliza Munoz. Beautiful, mysterious, and surrounded by a seemingly endless procession of…
Aug 31, 2026 · 53:31
Eight-year-old Terrance is supposed to be asleep. Instead, he's listening to something scratch against his second-story bedroom window. At first, it sounds like a branch brushing…
Aug 10, 2026 · 45:46
This week, Scary Stories Told in the Dark presents an unforgettable tale of obsession, grief, and the lingering footprints left behind by monsters who hide behind friendly smiles…
Aug 9, 2026 · 56:07
Death is supposed to be the end. At least... that's what we've always believed. But deep in the forgotten corners of America, hidden beyond the maps and untouched by time, there…
Aug 1, 2026 · 38:07
There are places we instinctively know not to go. The woods beyond the old fence. The forgotten chamber sealed beneath centuries of dust. The distant glow that beckons from the…
Mar 30, 2026 · 51:01
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Mar 23, 2026 · 24:01
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Mar 16, 2026 · 17:52
To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the…
Mar 9, 2026 · 56:31
To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the…
Mar 2, 2026 · 31:02
In this chilling installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, Malcolm Blackwood invites listeners into a night of psychological horror where the most terrifying things are not…
Feb 22, 2026 · 34:08
In this chilling installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you into a tale where love refuses to accept loss… and where a single…
Feb 15, 2026 · 46:55
A new season begins… and this time, the danger doesn’t hide in graveyards or abandoned houses. It waits in fluorescent hallways. In tidy institutions. In the quiet rules no one…
Feb 8, 2026 · 34:54
The harvest season is nearly over. The lanterns are lit. And some visitors don’t wait for October to knock. On a quiet farmhouse porch, beneath the fading glow of autumn skies,…
Feb 1, 2026 · 51:58
Curiosity has always been humanity’s sharpest tool. And its most dangerous. In this chilling installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, host Malcolm Blackwood invites…
Jan 26, 2026 · 51:40
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, familiar pleasures become dangerous invitations—and the line between reward and punishment quietly dissolves. What begins as…
Jan 19, 2026 · 51:07
In this chilling episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, the past beckons with the promise of closure and the comfort of familiarity. A return to somewhere once called home…
Jan 12, 2026 · 42:01
In this chilling episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, familiar faces begin to fracture, and the comfort of home becomes a dangerous illusion. What starts as an act of…
Jan 5, 2026 · 43:28
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, horror doesn’t announce itself with screams or shadows. It hums quietly beneath fluorescent lights. It hides behind counters,…
Dec 28, 2025 · 33:25
What if happiness wasn’t something you had to earn? What if it found you instead? In the quiet shadow of the Colorado mountains, a chance encounter offers something too tempting…
Dec 21, 2025 · 41:03
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, certainty erodes one quiet moment at a time. Familiar rituals begin to feel unreliable. Trust frays. And the line between…
Dec 14, 2025 · 26:07
In our latest episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we invite you into a world where progress outpaces wisdom and nature responds in ways humanity never anticipated. What…
Dec 7, 2025 · 56:35
Beneath a dying sky, humanity waits for an answer. In “Unforgiving Gods,” Scary Stories Told in the Dark delivers a singular journey into cosmic horror—one that strips away…
Nov 30, 2025 · 1:04:05
In our latest episode, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you into four unnerving tales linked by a single, chilling truth: boundaries hold for only so long. A basement experiment…
Nov 23, 2025 · 1:18:42
In this chilling collection of four darkly seductive tales, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you to step behind the mirror—into a world where vanity becomes a trap, elegance hides…
Nov 16, 2025 · 1:10:35
In this unforgettable installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you into a world where memory falters, reality bends, and the past refuses to…
Nov 9, 2025 · 1:04:52
In this chilling collection of four atmospheric tales, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you into a world where monsters aren’t always born—they’re built. Sometimes through love.…
Nov 2, 2025 · 59:45
In this chilling journey into the places where distance deceives and the familiar betrays, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you to travel the roads best left untraveled. Within…
Oct 27, 2025 · 1:16:16
Step beyond the veil, where faith falters, reason bends, and the familiar turns strange. In this haunting collection of four chilling tales, Scary Stories Told in the Dark host…
Oct 20, 2025 · 1:15:49
Some hungers can’t be fed—only endured. In this haunting anthology from acclaimed author Dana Noraas, four tales reveal what happens when need becomes obsession, and comfort…
Oct 13, 2025 · 1:13:13
In this chilling collection, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you to peer beneath the surface, where forgotten things stir in silence and the line between curiosity and doom grows…
Oct 5, 2025 · 1:17:37
In this chilling new episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you to step past the glow of the campfire and into the places where fear breathes…
Sep 28, 2025 · 1:06:04
Not all hauntings come from the dead. In “Ghosts of the Living,” host Malcolm Blackwood invites you into Keith McDuffee’s shadowed world, where the past refuses to rest and…
Sep 21, 2025 · 1:04:47
Step into the latest installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, where the line between what we know and what we fear unravels thread by thread. Host Malcolm Blackwood guides…
Sep 15, 2025 · 54:08
Scary Stories Told in the Dark returns with “Portraits of Madness,” a nightmarish descent into the fragile line between comfort and terror. In this special installment, every…
Sep 11, 2025 · 1:07:48
In this haunting new episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, Malcolm Blackwood guides you through four unforgettable tales by J.G. Martin. From windswept coasts to lonely…
Sep 1, 2025 · 1:14:27
In the quiet comfort of suburbia, where porches glow and curtains close, the real nightmares begin. In this season premiere of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, host Malcolm…
Aug 24, 2025 · 1:56:38
In the season finale of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood invite you into a world where hunger takes many shapes—and none of them are easily…
Aug 18, 2025 · 1:21:50
In our latest episode, five journeys into the forbidden open doors that should have stayed shut. A quiet city park hides something that glides just out of sight. A rotting house…
Aug 11, 2025 · 1:17:28
There are places you’re told not to go. The space under the bed. The room at the end of the hall. The shadows between gravestones. The still water at midnight. The line between…
Aug 5, 2025 · 2:16:46
What would you give to escape pain? To reclaim what you lost? To rise above your station? In this chilling collection of tales, the price of survival isn’t measured in…
Jul 28, 2025 · 2:44:05
Step through a tear in time and enter a realm where the strange is sacred, the forgotten festers, and reality unravels at the edges. In our latest episode, five haunting tales,…
Jul 21, 2025 · 2:05:19
They say the void is empty—but what if it’s full of want? In this unnerving installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, hosts Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood guide you through…
Jul 14, 2025 · 2:12:29
Storms are coming—from the sky, from the past, and from the stars above. In this feature-length descent into terror, Scary Stories Told in the Dark presents five haunting stories…
Jul 7, 2025 · 1:52:58
Every gift has its price, every gesture its consequence. In this chilling anthology of five original tales, Scary Stories Told in the Dark invites you to witness what happens…
Jun 30, 2025 · 1:11:49
What happens when the fabric of reality begins to fray—and no one notices? In this haunting episode, hosts Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood guide you through five sinister stories…
Jun 23, 2025 · 2:05:55
Some beliefs illuminate. Others consume. In this unnerving anthology of five original tales, devotion turns dangerous, rituals go awry, and conviction becomes the sharpest blade…
Jun 16, 2025 · 2:21:58
Step carefully—tonight, the veil between worlds is thinner than you think. In this special feature episode, five chilling tales from author Ross Tyson invite you to peer through…
Jun 8, 2025 · 2:12:04
In this chilling collection of tales by Ambrose Ibsen, language becomes a gateway to terror, grief opens doors that should remain closed, and past encounters return in ways both…
Jun 2, 2025 · 2:36:52
In this chilling installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, hosts Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood invite you to explore the strange deliveries, forgotten places, and…
May 25, 2025 · 2:45:35
Some things were meant to stay buried. Some things… refuse. In this chilling new episode, Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood invite you to step into a world where the dead linger,…
May 18, 2025 · 1:49:05
When memories stir, the dead awaken... Some places vanish without a trace. Some houses whisper secrets from the walls. Some footsteps lead into the snow—and never come back.…
May 12, 2025 · 1:38:46
When the walls whisper, will you dare to listen? In this haunting installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, hosts Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood guide you through an…
May 5, 2025 · 1:37:23
They say the walls have ears—but what if they also have memories? In this chilling collection of tales, step beyond the threshold into spaces that shouldn't exist, where silence…
Apr 27, 2025 · 2:03:34
Step beyond the fragile border where light falters—and discover what stirs when no one else is watching. In this chilling collection, grief bends reality, reflections rebel,…
Apr 20, 2025 · 2:17:20
In this haunting new chapter of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, hosts Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood invite you to a place where the clocks have stopped—but the terror never…
Apr 14, 2025 · 2:17:13
Not every horror comes with footsteps. Some appear only when you’re alone. Some speak in voices you almost recognize. And some… are already inside the room. In this chilling…
Apr 7, 2025 · 2:36:12
In this chilling episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, five travelers cross unseen thresholds—into places that shouldn’t exist, and truths that shouldn’t be spoken. A locked…
Apr 1, 2025 · 1:37:33
Some doors are locked for a reason. Join Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood for a descent into the unseen corners of our world—places boarded up, forgotten, or whispered about in…
Mar 23, 2025 · 1:51:20
You clicked “I Agree” — but did you read the fine print? In this unnerving installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, hosts Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood invite you to…
Mar 17, 2025 · 2:35:47
A forgotten relic, a long-lost manuscript, a simple discovery beneath the soil—each carries a history that was never truly laid to rest. In tonight’s episode, Otis Jiry and…
Mar 10, 2025 · 2:14:09
Some rules are meant to be followed. Others exist for reasons you’ll never fully understand. But one thing is certain—ignoring them comes at a cost. In this chilling episode of…
Mar 3, 2025 · 2:03:57
When the past refuses to stay buried, when the sky itself betrays the laws of nature, when the line between legend and reality blurs beyond recognition—some truths are too…
Feb 24, 2025 · 2:24:48
Shadows aren’t just a play of light and darkness—they are forces of their own, lurking in the unseen corners of our world. In this haunting episode, Scary Stories Told in the…
Feb 17, 2025 · 2:49:13
"Once upon a time..."—a phrase that promises wonder, adventure, and happily-ever-afters. But what if the stories you thought you knew were only half the truth? In this chilling…
Feb 10, 2025 · 2:15:01
Some structures are meant to stand the test of time. Others refuse to be forgotten. In this chilling episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood…
Feb 3, 2025 · 1:42:57
Some things are meant to stay hidden. Tonight, join master storyteller Otis Jiry and his eerie companion Malcolm Blackwood as they unearth chilling tales of secrets buried…
Jan 27, 2025 · 2:05:12
Step into the unknown with Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood as they unravel tales that blur the boundaries between our world and the mysteries that lie beyond. In this…
Jan 22, 2025 · 1:34:37
What does it take to endure the impossible? To escape the inescapable? To uncover the truth when every shadow seems to hold a secret? In tonight’s chilling episode, Otis Jiry and…
Jan 15, 2025 · 1:45:38
Step into the shadows where reality and nightmare collide. In this bone-chilling episode, Otis Jiry invites you on a journey through five haunting tales that unravel the ordinary…
Jan 6, 2025 · 1:56:19
Step into the abyss with Scary Stories Told in the Dark, Season 16, Episode 15. Hosted by Otis Jiry and his enigmatic neighbor Malcolm Blackwood, this episode delves into tales…
Dec 30, 2024 · 1:21:35
As winter’s chill settles in, so do the shadows that creep beneath the snow. In this frostbitten installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood…
Dec 23, 2024 · 1:46:30
In this festive yet chilling episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, Otis Jiry and Malcolm Blackwood deliver five spine-tingling tales that intertwine the warmth of holiday…
Dec 16, 2024 · 1:51:16
Step into the shadowed corners of the unknown with Otis Jiry and his enigmatic neighbor, Malcolm Blackwood, as they unveil four harrowing tales of terror. From hidden ruins and…
Dec 8, 2024 · 1:44:50
Featured Authors: Nicky Exposito, Craig Groshek, and Finn McCool. Upon finding a book of folklore, Otis and Malcolm trade stories about how legends come to be. In the first, a…
Dec 2, 2024 · 1:53:42
Featured Authors: Michael Yowell, Tobias Wade, and Craig Groshek. Camping is a good time to talk about anything and everything, and so it is that Otis and Malcolm have decided to…
Nov 25, 2024 · 1:28:46
Featured Authors: N.M. Brown, Craig Groshek, and Nick Carlson. Enjoy a nice, pleasant evening with friends and a good, delicious round of stories. In the first, a simple wish…
Nov 18, 2024 · 2:15:44
Featured Authors: Nick Carlson, Hyde Price, and Craig Groshek. Think that new product is going to be exactly to fix all your problems? Sorry to disappoint you, but you here are…
Nov 12, 2024 · 2:04:48
Featured Authors: Finn McCool, Craig Groshek, and Mark Leney. What lies in store in the future? Come and see with three tales from Otis and Malcolm about worlds that don't seem…
Nov 3, 2024 · 2:15:24
Featured Authors: Craig Groshek, N.M Brown, and Lucretia Vastea. In tonight's episode, Malcolm's purchase of a new car sets off a series of tales regarding automotive…
Oct 27, 2024 · 1:53:07
Featured Authors: P.D. Williams, Craig Groshek, and Kyle Harrison. An autumn storm is brewing, and so Otis and Malcolm share some 'friendly' porchside stories with each other. In…
Oct 20, 2024 · 2:03:29
Featured Authors: N.M. Brown, Craig Groshek, and Kyle Harrison. Can't wait until Halloween? Neither can Otis and Malcolm, who are serving up a couple of Halloween-themed tales to…
Oct 13, 2024 · 2:25:58
Featured Authors: James Colton, Dale Thompson, CTFDN Creator Craig Groshek. The rain is pouring down and the neighbors are having a discussion about things that frighten…
Oct 6, 2024 · 2:27:51
Featured Authors: Kyle Harrison, Dale Thompson, and CTFDN Creator Craig Groshek. Our two neighbors get together to play some tabletop games and swap stories, and for this evening…
Sep 29, 2024 · 1:42:33
Featured Authors: CTFDN Founder Craig Groshek, Mike Mann, and Seth Paul. Take a moment to sit back and relax with a cool glass of lemonade, a warm summer breeze, and miles away…
Sep 22, 2024 · 1:09:36
Featured Authors: Dale Thompson and Micah Edwards. Robots, security systems, AI, angry toasters...beware your electronics, because they might just be looking for the right chance…
Sep 15, 2024 · 1:06:45
Featured Authors: Hyde Price. It's that time of year, when bells ring, classes start, and things more ghoulish than late homework begin stalking the premises. In the first story,…
Sep 8, 2024 · 1:08:58
Featured Authors: Kyle Harrison and Dale Thompson. What horrors lurk behind that computer or phone screen of yours? Sometimes, the scariest thing you can imagine is only an…
Sep 1, 2024 · 1:03:28
Featured Authors: Kyle Harrison, Hailey Henson, and John See. Keep an eye on those closest to you...are they really who they say they are? In these three stories, we have a…
Aug 25, 2024 · 1:13:20
Featured Authors: Kyle Harrison and Dale Thompson. Sit back and relax with some tales of stories about some decidedly unholy shenanigans. In the first, a reporter uncovers a…
Aug 18, 2024 · 1:19:55
Featured Authors: Dale Thompson and Hyde Price. When there's plenty of real estate above ground, the dead will walk the earth. Listen to these two tales of dead coming among us.…
Aug 11, 2024 · 1:16:54
Featured Authors: Finn McCool and Dale Thompson. Everyone wants to dabble in things they shouldn't...and then wonder why everything went wrong. In the first tale, a government…
Aug 4, 2024 · 1:16:54
Featured Authors: Ron Riekki and Finn McCool. Kids are cute, huggable, fun-loving...and behind those smiles, could be oh so dangerous. In this episode, be very concerned about…
Jul 28, 2024 · 1:00:34
Featured Authors: Kyle Harrison and Ron Riekki. The endless corridors hide many deadly secrets...how long will it take before they find you? Explore with two stories this week,…
Jul 21, 2024 · 54:23
Featured Author: Kyle Harrison and Hailey Henson. Settle in with a few tales to undo your nerves. The first tale reveals the truth behind the disappearance of a Soviet Cold War…
Jul 14, 2024 · 1:11:56
Featured Author: Nicky Exposito. A round of drinks for everyone! Say, what's that greenish tinge in it? Surely nothing, although everyone seems to be turning a distinct tinge of…
Jul 7, 2024 · 1:07:01
Featured Author: Nick Carlson. They say they're just trying to make people better for the coming future, but mixing people and electronics never seems to turn out quite the way…
Jun 30, 2024 · 57:27
Featured Authors: Brian Martinez and Warrin Piece. The horrors and mythology of the Asian continent come to life. In the first tale, a young woman finds herself pursued by an old…
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