After Midnight Tales

Recounts the harrowing experience of Marcus Halt, a crane operator working on a remote tower construction. Struggling with his relationship with his daughter, Marcus describes how a routine night turns into a nightmare when an aggressive, antlered creature attacks the site, killing his crew and igniting a massive fire. Trapped 140 meters up, he identifies the entity as a Wendigo through a book his...

Recounts a man’s unsettling experience returning to his family home after his mother’s death. He reflects on a childhood spent alongside the memory of his deceased twin brother, Jamie, whose presence was meticulously preserved through an untouched nursery and strict parental rituals. Over time, these rituals escalated into paranormal phenomena, including objects moving on their own, unexplained co...

Recounts the terrifying experience of a bird watcher searching for a rare thrush near a canal. While venturing into the deeper woods, the narrator encounters a police officer friend, Gareth, who is posting missing person notices, hinting at a disturbing pattern of local disappearances. Following the bird’s unusual calls, the narrator discovers a secluded, decrepit shed. Inside, they uncover a horr...

Recounts a demolition contractor’s terrifying experience while clearing out an abandoned state hospital. Hired to quickly demolish the facility for a hefty bonus, he discovers a mysteriously sealed-off room in the sub-basement that threatens to delay the project. Despite warnings and the departure of a coworker after strange occurrences, he secretly enters the room, finding an untouched padded cel...

Describes the harrowing experience of a night security guard working at a dilapidated storage facility. Central to the horror is Unit 103, a mysterious unit paid for in cash, strictly off-limits, and seemingly older than the building itself. Driven by curiosity, the guard breaks into the unit, inadvertently disrupting the facility’s delicate containment. Following this, other units begin opening o...

Weaves together several unsettling supernatural horror narratives that push their protagonists beyond the limits of sanity. The first story follows a young man who uncovers the bloody truth behind why his grandfather is locked in a room every night, leading to a violent confrontation with something no longer human. Another account describes a town’s eerie blackout ritual, where candles are lit to...

Recounts a disturbing horror narrative in which the narrator traces a series of violent, unexplained suicides in his small town back to a local barbecue where guests ate contaminated venison. The incidents begin with a neighbor’s sudden self-destruction, followed by a teacher whose expressionless behavior mirrors the same eerie pattern. As the deaths multiply, the narrator realizes that all of the...

Recounts a chilling story about three childhood friends who return to their abandoned summer camp, Camp Grinlow, hoping to relive the memories of their youth. The narrator, along with Max and Annie, explores the decayed grounds and decides to play an old game they once loved, “Statu and Songs.” What begins as a nostalgic moment turns into a nightmare when the game awakens a supernatural force—a wh...

Presents three separate yet thematically linked horror narratives, each centered on a disturbing, supernatural presence. 1. The CWD-Infected Deer Horror A wildlife biologist documents the terrifying aftermath of encountering a deer carcass infected with Chronic Wasting Disease. The animal appears to reanimate unnaturally, leading the narrator to uncover a grotesque fungal, flesh-like nest thriving...

A tense and terrifying situation involving a night security guard in a hidden research facility. During his routine rounds, he begins receiving emergency alerts that contain deeply personal details from his past—details meant to pressure, guilt, and control him. The messages call him by name, Richard James Somerfield, and give precise warnings about his exact position, forcing him to move through...

Describes a first-person account of someone who decides to revisit the kind of scary stories they used to enjoy. They quickly grow frustrated with the predictable, repetitive material they find online and start searching through older, forgotten corners of the internet. In one of these hidden places, they come across a disturbing story titled "Don't read this if you like sleeping." That story intr...

Recounts the horrifying experiences of a dentist after introducing new, cheaply sourced dental materials into his practice. Initially, he struggles with a persistent toothache, but the situation quickly escalates when he notices that a young patient’s tooth is failing in an unusual way. Soon, a long-time patient’s filling reveals that the inside of the tooth has been mysteriously hollowed out, as...

Recounts the experiences of a county worker tasked with removing old hiking trail signs. What begins as a routine job quickly turns terrifying when he encounters supernatural occurrences: signs inexplicably reappear, strange footprints appear along the trails, and unsettling warnings are broadcast over his radio. The situation escalates when he discovers a macabre totem pole built from old signs,...

Recounts the experiences of a land surveyor who discovers a mysterious, fully operational elevator in the middle of an empty field. Curiosity leads him to descend, only to find a series of strange and increasingly dangerous subterranean environments, including an abandoned corporate office, a 1990s suburban house, a makeshift hospital, a flooded shopping mall, and a shadowy underground forest. Wit...

Recounts a supernatural experience during a town-wide power outage. The community observes a peculiar tradition: residents light candles for "them," an unnamed, feared presence in the nearby woods. The narrator discovers their grandmother incapacitated and seemingly taken by these entities. To save her, the narrator ventures into the forest with a single candle, learning that the lights are meant...

Weaves together multiple narratives of procedural and subtle supernatural horror, where survival depends on following precise rules or rituals. Stories include a teacher burdened by a whispering weight in a playground game, victims stalked by the Counting Man, and an apartment where sentient wallpaper hides a clawed entity that drags people through walls. Other horrors involve a floating house tha...

The story follows Ethan, who learns from authorities that the body of his previously unknown sister, Sarah, has been found—a sibling his family had deliberately hidden. Investigating his past, he returns to his childhood home to discover that all evidence of Sarah was systematically destroyed by his father, who had even filed and retracted a missing person report. The mystery escalates into supern...

A professional nature sound recorder recounts a terrifying experience that began when he captured an unexplained auditory anomaly during an overnight session in the wilderness. The anomaly featured a precise 63-second stretch of complete silence, followed by bizarre twisting and grinding sounds defying explanation. After accidentally uploading the raw audio online, listeners reported horrific dist...