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Send us Fan Mail This week’s story is, “I Accidentally Summoned Stan Instead of Satan,” by Blair Daniels. This episode could also be titled, “Be careful of what you wish for, and really watch your spelling.”   In our story, some young girls learn the hard way that summoning Satan may not be the best way to spend a girl’s weekend.  Humans have wanted to speak to specters from the beyond for centuri...

Send us Fan Mail  To celebrate the coming of the creepy season, we have two stories for you.  When the Dead Return , by August Derleth and Sleepers , by Percy B. Prior. Both stories are about the dead returning to the living and causing everything from minor annoyances to outright terror. While I was researching the topic, “Returning from the Dead,” I came across an interesting article about the L...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode our story, “Good Dog,” by R. J. Meldrum features a special good and loyal guardian. Unfortunately for some, his bite is much worse than his bark. Down through the centuries who or what have humans turned to for protection? What supernatural creatures guard our places of worship? Places of danger? Bring us luck?  We'll take a look. Music Fesliyan Studios: &quot...

Send us Fan Mail I have a premonition that this episode is going to be about…premonitions. Our story, “The Hunch,” by Gene Lyle III, concerns a gentleman experiencing a very bad feeling about the future. As it turns out, his hunch is correct. Where do premonitions come from? We'll look into some possibilities...  Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," "The Lovers" Audio...

Send us Fan Mail Our story this week, “I Deliver Letters to the Dead,” by Blair Daniels and has to do with your friendly, neighborhood mailman. He doesn’t ring twice but does deliver letters that result in deadly consequences. I tried to find some haunted letters and ghostly mail deliverers, but without luck. I did, however, run across some haunted post offices. Join us! Music Fesliyan Studios: &q...

Send us Fan Mail This week’s episode has serious tunnel vision. Our story, “The Long Tunnel,” by Michael Squid, tells the tale of the exploration of an old tunnel, the length of which is tragically miscalculated. If you are like me, tunnels are tantalizing. Is the exit a door to another world? Are there ghosts hiding in its curves and dark parts? Evidently, the answer is, yes. There are plenty of...

Send us Fan Mail Want to play a game? A scary game? In our story, "The Scariest Board Game," by Blair Daniels, three young ladies play a game that has no passes and only serious consequences.  What scary games are circulating right now? What's the newest frightening fad? Join us and find out. Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," "Scary Music" Audio Jungle: &q...

Send us Fan Mail Our story for this episode is “The Album,” by Amelia Reynolds Long. We all enjoy looking at photos. We might see family members we love or ourselves in a new light. In our story three men come across an old photo album. The contents of its pages contain something much more deadly than just images. Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," Audio Jungle: "Halloween Wal...

Send us Fan Mail Our story for this episode is, "Mummy,” by Kelsey Percival Kitchel. In the story, a man collects what he thinks are valuable skeletal artifacts. Unfortunately, the skeletal artifacts have other ideas about where they should be. Our story is set in South America, so we'll also take a look at Mesoamerican burial practices. Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories,"...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that The United States is the leading consumer of corn worldwide? In 2023/2024, the U.S. consumed about 12 billion bushels of corn. This is good news for farmers, but not such great news for a man who buys some corn from a roadside vender. “Corn,” by K. A. Opperman, is a story about fertilizer…a very peculiar kind of fertilizer. We'll also look at fertilizers bot...

Send us Fan Mail Human beings have the capacity to do many incredible things, but physically are not well built. We fall apart with age, can’t reproduce the broken parts, and are highly susceptible to disease. Even tortoises and parrots live longer than us. However, that hasn’t stopped scientists from trying to find ways to fix those problems. Unfortunately, as in our story, “Heading Home,” by Ram...

Send us Fan Mail What does our future hold? That question has been asked by humans for a millennium. Ancient cultures, and modern ones, too, have often used dreams, animal sightings and more as symbols that foretell the future. In our story, “Backward Man,” by Caleb Taylor, a young man has seen a strange, horrific individual his whole life. And, whenever he sees it, someone dies. We'll also l...

Send us Fan Mail Ever played the game, "Statues?" In our story, "The Statue," by James Causey, an arogant and greedy business man plays a very deadly game of "Statues" and ends up frozen forever. We'll also look at some at some haunted cemetery statues around the U.S. Join us! Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," "Dark Ambient Soundscape"...

Send us Fan Mail Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," "Song of the Siren" Audio Jungle: "Halloween Waltzes" Dean Martin: "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" Gary Jules: "Mad World" Our episode this week is all about Zombies. We have two stories for you: “My Zombie Life,” by Lance Dale, and “My So-Called Life as a Zombie,” by Sung J. Woo. Both s...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we explore the power of figure magic. In our story, "Skelf," by John Forth, a stick doll made by a woman as a child, turns deadly. We'll also take a look at sympathetic magic and the use of dolls for good and evil. Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," "Song of the Siren" Audio Jungle: "Halloween Waltzes" Narration: R...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we present two short stories by horror writer, Blair Daniels. In our first story, “The Painting My Husband Keeps,” a young wife does not like a painting her husband insists on displaying in their home. As we discover, her dislike of the painting is fueled by more than artistic preference. Our second story, “Thou Shalt Not Steal,” is about a young mother who regrets...

Send us Fan Mail Our story for this episode is “Dummy,” by Simon MacCulloch. The story is about a ventriloquist and his dummy who have come to the end of their act. And, when I say end, I mean that literally. We'll also take a look at ventriloquist dummies and their history ( shudder-they completely creep me out). Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," "Sad Meme" Audio J...

Send us Fan Mail Our story for this episode is “The Gray Lady,” by Flavia Richardson. With a title like that, can you guess what the story is about? If you guessed a ghost, you are spot on. The story concerns a haunted apartment building and the need for ghostly justice. We have looked into haunted hotels, but what about haunted apartment buildings?  We'll look at some intriguing stories from...

Send us Fan Mail Our story for this episode, “Something Nasty,” by William F. Nolan is about a mean Uncle and his niece’s revenge. That revenge is very much like Voodoo. I have to be honest. Voodoo scares me a little. I guess I’ve seen too many movies in which folks get “Zombie-ized” or have spiders crawl out of their face. So as background to the story, and perhaps to way lay my fears, we"ll...

Send us Fan Mail Ahhh…nothing like a lovely evening listening to frog song, unless you happen to anger the Frogfather. Then as in our story, “Frogfather,” by Manly Wade Wellman, you’ll find yourself in dire straits. We will take a look at some of the amazing facts about our little hoppy friends, plus a look at how they are used as symbols. Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," Audio J...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is extremely grave. Yes, it’s all about burial and embalming. Our story, “Clawed Sod,” by Christian A. Larsen involves a body that won’t stay completely buried and causes trouble for the cemetery grounds man. We'll also look into burial practices and how a body is prepared for burial, Egyptian style and modern day. Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories,&quo...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we feature another story by August Derleth, “The Glory Hand.”   A Hand of Glory (or Glory Hand)  is the dried and pickled hand of a hanged man, often specified as being the left ( Latin : sinister ) hand, or, if the person was hanged for murder, the hand that "did the deed."  And, just in case you don't have one of those hanging around the house, We...

Send us Fan Mail Our story, “The Japanese Tea Set,” by Francis J. O’Neill, is a wonderful ghost story. We will touch on Japanese beliefs of the supernatural, and learn how to serve the Japanese Tea Ceremony. Get the water boiling and join us! Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," Audio Jungle: "Halloween Waltzes" Hideo Osaka Ensemble: "Sakura" Chikatoyo Tsujimoto:...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is all about ants. Our story, “Ants,” by Chet Williamson, will make you think twice about stepping on them. We'll also take a look at the biology and behavior of our little six-legged friends, which in itself is rather terrifying. Music Fesliyan Studios: "Ghost Stories," Audio Jungle: "Halloween Waltzes" Little Groove: "Ants" Narrati...

Send us Fan Mail  Were you afraid of monsters when you were a kid? Maybe it was an under-the-bed monster, or the closet monster.  In this episode's story, “The Monster,” by William Quincy Bell, the question is not that there is a monster, but who really is the monster. We'll also take a look at bogeymen from around the world. It seems monsters have been scaring kids in every country for...