CARMAN'S CRYPT

Send us a text When marine biologist Dr. Lysander Kovac secures funding for humanity's deepest ocean dive, his research team descends 35,000 feet into an unexplored trench where no human has ever ventured. Dr. Thessaly Campos an extremophile specialist haunted by her obsession with life's limits, joins veteran submarine pilot Caspian Webb and xenoarchaeologist Dr. Octavia Rodriguez on wh...

Send us a text When you're mountain biking through Bella Vista's world-renowned trail system, the last thing you expect to find in your Instagram photos is an uninvited guest. But for a group of local teens, that's exactly what happened when a mysterious figure on a vintage bicycle started appearing in their trail shots – always in the background, always getting closer.   What start...

Send us a text When pets start disappearing from a quiet suburban neighborhood, parents grow worried and police launch investigations—but no one suspects the polite, well-mannered teenager who always seems so helpful and concerned. Mason Hart has perfected the art of blending in, studying human emotions like a subject to be mastered rather than felt. But when his carefully constructed world of sec...

Send us a text When nineteen-year-old Michael accepts his uncle's invitation to spend the summer fixing up the family's remote Adirondack cabin, he thinks he's getting a break from college stress and a chance to reconnect with nature. What he doesn't know is why the picturesque lakefront property has been sitting empty for nearly a decade. Lake Miraloma appears perfect in every...

Send us a text Welcome back to Carman's Crypt, where nightmares come to life and terror knows no bounds. While your host Carman Carrion takes a well-deserved break from crafting new horrors, we're unlocking the vault to bring you the five most spine-tingling, sleep-stealing stories that have captivated our listeners since we first opened these cursed doors. Tonight's collection feat...

Send us a text In the isolated town of Harrowmaw, young Eli Thorpe has always been curious about the town's most celebrated tradition—the annual Bonecage Fair. But when the dying Father Marsh begins telling a different version of the Fair's origin story, Eli discovers that some traditions hide darker truths. As the Fair approaches and strange things begin happening to the chosen "sp...

Send us a text When Morgan inherits his late aunt's rural farmhouse, he reluctantly returns to the place where a childhood prank went terribly wrong twenty years ago. Upon arrival, he discovers his aunt had been keeping a terrible secret - one that now becomes his responsibility. As darkness falls on the abandoned property, Morgan must confront the horrifying consequences of what he and his c...

Send us a text For twenty-seven years, Martin Graves has been the most trusted employee at Oakridge Funeral Home. Meticulous. Dependable. Invisible. But when new employee Lisa Roper notices that jewelry keeps disappearing from the bodies, she uncovers a secret that will chill you to the bone. In this spine-tingling episode of Carman's Crypt, discover what "Reliable Martin" has been...

Send us a text When Mrs. Eleanor Hawkins rents her upstairs Victorian apartment to the mysterious Mr. James Bennett, she can't shake the feeling that something isn't right. Though he claims his wife will be joining him soon, three weeks pass without a single sighting of Mrs. Bennett. Strange sounds echo through the night—footsteps too light to be his, muffled sobbing, and whispers that s...

Send us a text In tonight's bone-chilling tale, meet Mara Rhodes, a reclusive literary researcher whose lifelong companions have been books rather than people. When she discovers a mysterious leather-bound volume with blank pages at Blackwell's Antiquarian Books, her scholarly curiosity is piqued by its enigmatic nature. But as night falls in her book-lined apartment, something ancient b...

Send us a text After returning from a research expedition in the Costa Rican cloud forest, entomologist Amy notices a strange, itchy bump on her arm that seems to have a life of its own. What begins as a minor irritation soon becomes a terrifying battle for survival as she discovers something has followed her home—something ancient, hungry, and impossible to escape once it's made itself comfo...

Send us a text When Elaine moves into her new home, she discovers the dilapidated shed in her backyard houses something ancient and hungry that knows her name—and it's digging its way closer with every passing night.   #WhatLivesBeneath #TheShedWatches #HomeHorror #CarmansUnderground #ThingsInTheWalls #TrapdoorTerror https://x.com/CarmanCarrion https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ https:/...

Send us a text They say flying is the safest way to travel, but what happens when you've pushed your luck too far?   For Michael Donovan, his 98th flight becomes a terrifying encounter with the mathematics of fate. When a mysterious stranger appears in an empty seat beside him, Michael learns that probability isn't just a number—it's an entity that notices when you've tempted i...

Send us a text They say there's a bridge where lovers once met, their secret signal floating on the midnight air: Weet-woo-weet. For over a century, locals have warned: if you hear that haunting three-note whistle on Wicker Creek Road, don't answer back. Don't even look. Just keep walking. When Elizabeth returns to her grandmother's farm after her death, she discovers the chill...

Send us a text On a stormy Easter weekend, Thelma Winters finds herself in a desperate situation when a notorious escaped killer dressed in an Easter Bunny costume targets her isolated country home. With her young son Sean upstairs and no way to call for help, Thelma must protect her family from the intruder's sinister intentions. As thunder crashes and lightning illuminates the darkness, wha...

Send us a text Veteran hospice nurse Ellie Kain has developed a peculiar expertise over her twenty-seven years of service. Beyond her compassionate bedside manner and precise clinical knowledge lies an unsettling pattern she's noticed—one involving silent corvids that gather near her patients in their final hours. When accountant Marty Dean discovers crows mysteriously congregating around his...

Send us a text Some pets aren't meant to be kept. Jacob has never been good at keeping things alive. But when he brings home a rare "bottom-dwelling sucker fish" from a mysterious pet store, he's determined to break that pattern. He names it Ralph. At first, the large-eyed plecostomus seems like the perfect low-maintenance pet, methodically cleaning Jacob's aquarium with i...

Send us a text  In this chilling thriller, a voyeur who has spent decades secretly observing families through hidden cameras meets his match in James and Jude Johnson. As he monitors their every move from his surveillance hub, he doesn't realize that his "perfect subjects" are aware of his presence—and harboring a terrifying secret of their own. When the watcher becomes the watched,...

Send us a text  "The Late Shift" is a horror story about Shayleen, an 18-year-old who, after being kicked out of her home, takes a job at Burger Barn. Working the night shift provides her with stability and basic necessities while she lives out of her car and finishes high school. The narrative follows her experience working alone on the closing shift and hints at a mysterious, dangerous...

Send us a text When rising social media influencer Bree Montgomery helps an aspiring content creator at VidCon, she has no idea she's about to become entangled in something far darker than likes and follows. As her stalker's obsession intensifies and crosses the boundary between life and death, Bree discovers that some followers don't stop pursuing you... even after they're gon...

Send us a text Ever wondered what happens when the supernatural collides with the everyday heroism of a loyal pet? Prepare yourself as Carmen Carrion leads you through the eerie happenings in Oak Grove Cemetery, where an ordinary Belgian Malinois named Scout faces a sinister new reality. A toxic spill awakens ancient horrors beneath the earth, and Scout's supernatural instincts kick into high...

Send us a text Something's wrong at Lake Carson. Lifelong fisherman JJ Jenkins knows these waters better than anyone---every depth, every hole, every secret spot where the big cats feed. But this morning, something's different. The water's thicker. The fish aren't biting right. And that old pharmaceutical plant on the north shore is casting shadows longer and darker than it sho...

Send us a text "Evolution" - In a technologically advanced 2075, Anya belongs to a small group of survivors whose bodies have been changed by medical interventions from decades past. As she notices disturbing changes in herself and seeks out others like her, she discovers dark truths about humanity's attempts to control its own evolution. This atmospheric science fiction horror stor...

Send us a text In a sleepy town where progress moves a little slower, Landon Mitchell thinks he's found the perfect job - night security guard at Marshall's Department Store. No customers, no managers, just him and eight hours of blissful solitude among the store's peculiar collection of vintage mannequins. But there's a reason the position keeps opening up, and Landon's a...

Send us a text When a former crime reporter moves to the suburbs seeking a quiet life, their investigative instincts kick in as the mysterious Miller family moves in next door. What starts as odd behavior and unsettling encounters gradually reveal a darker truth lurking beneath the peaceful facade of suburban life. As the narrator digs deeper into their new neighbors' strange activities, they...