Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast

In today's episode of Horror Hill, a middle-aged traveler’s routine stop at a Sunoco gas station becomes a grotesque struggle for survival when he discovers that the silent occupant of a neighboring restroom stall is anything but human. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

Tonight on Horror Hill, a mortician's extraordinary bond with the departed is shattered when something sinister hijacks his carefully curated farewell songs, while a weary traveler discovers that the quickest route home may lead far beyond the borders of the living world. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

This week on Horror Hill, a man pushed to his breaking point discovers an impossible refuge—a place where fear, stress, and responsibility simply cease to exist. But every escape demands a price, and the deeper he retreats from the life waiting beyond the horizon, the more something ancient begins to take notice. As the boundary between reality and nightmare steadily erodes, he'll be forced to con...

When freelance videographer Craig accepts an offer to film a commercial for a promising new Tex-Mex restaurant, everything about the opportunity feels right. The owner is charismatic, the food is unforgettable, and the business seems destined for success. But after one complimentary lunch, Craig begins suffering from terrifying nightmares that refuse to fade with daylight. As strange visions blur...

In this chilling installment of Horror Hill, author RedBadAndy delivers a slow-burning supernatural nightmare filled with creeping dread, urban legends, and the terrifying realization that some destinations cannot be avoided forever. After a grueling shift at the hospital, Sylvia Brooks wants nothing more than a quiet evening at home. Instead, a routine elevator ride opens the door to an impossibl...

 Host Erik Peabody introduces listeners to H.P. Lovecraft's 1923 novella The Lurking Fear , a tale that exemplifies the author's gift for blending atmospheric dread with cosmic horror. Drawn to Tempest Mountain after reports of mysterious killings and disappearances, an unnamed narrator becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind local legends surrounding the abandoned Martense estate. His i...

This week on Horror Hill, Jordan Eilbert’s “Restoration, Part 2” plunges listeners into a terrifying world of fallen powers, shattered faith, and supernatural war — where the cost of victory may be greater than any mortal can bear. When restoration expert Fred Macaione accepted a lucrative late-night cleanup job inside an ancient marble structure, he thought he was dealing with little more than ol...

When restoration expert Fred takes on a high-paying job at an abandoned mansion, he expects another difficult cleanup — not a descent into something ancient and terrifying. The sprawling structure is covered in centuries-old bloodstains stretching across marble floors, walls, and towering statues of angels. Stranger still are the impossible spaces hidden within the mansion and the unsettling figur...

In the explosive Season 14 finale of Horror Hill, host Erik Peabody presents “The Horrible” by Sam Morris—a sprawling nightmare of psychological torment, ancient evil, and unimaginable transformation. What begins as a late-summer outing among friends quickly descends into a waking hell as strange voices, disturbing compulsions, and a monstrous presence begin to infect everyone they touch. As fear...

In this haunting episode of Horror Hill, Erik Peabody presents a groundbreaking tale of cosmic horror from 1923 that still feels disturbingly modern today. Deep in the Canadian wilderness, a doomed expedition encounters strange markings burned into stone by an impossible cold—signs that something ancient, alien, and utterly unknowable has crossed into our reality. As fear spreads through the isola...

In our latest episode, what begins as a harmless evening of childhood fun slowly twists into a nightmare that defies explanation. Beneath the laughter and late-night stories, something is watching, waiting—blending in just well enough to go unnoticed. Until it doesn’t. From acclaimed author J.R. Hamantaschen comes a deeply unsettling tale of identity and danger hidden in plain sight. Listen on You...

When Kim’s estranged mother dies, the last thing Melissa expects is for their life together to be overtaken by the past Kim tried so hard to leave behind. Joshua is only a child, newly orphaned and clearly damaged by a strange upbringing. Melissa wants to be patient. She wants to support the woman she loves. But Joshua’s arrival brings more than grief into their home. He brings cloth masks with pa...

In this chilling installment of Horror Hill, Erik Peabody invites listeners into a world of polished success, private ambition, and appetites that hide behind perfect smiles. When a rising life coach is summoned to the home of an elite and deeply intimidating client, what begins as a career-making opportunity soon takes on an increasingly uneasy tone, suggesting that some people don’t seek guidanc...

Tonight on Horror Hill, Erik Peabody invites listeners into the unsettling world of Ryan G. Peacock’s “Spacegirl,” a dark coming-of-age nightmare about cruelty, isolation, and the strange power that can hide behind a quiet face. In a school where mockery comes easy and kindness always seems to arrive too late, one outcast girl drifts at the edge of everyone else’s lives, watching, drawing, and end...

In the latest episode of Horror Hill, Erik Peabody returns with two more unsettling tales from Ambrose Ibsen’s What Gathers at Dusk, drawing listeners into lonely places where the familiar begins to warp and the human form becomes something far less trustworthy. From a forgotten retreat swallowed by the wilderness to a remote stretch of country where silence itself feels watchful, these stories tr...

In this unsettling installment of Horror Hill, Erik Peabody brings you two haunting tales from Ambrose Ibsen’s What Gathers at Dusk — stories bound by a shared dread of things that do not belong, yet draw terribly near. A long-awaited return opens the door to unease no family could prepare for, while a weary traveler discovers that loneliness on the open road may be far from solitude. As familiar...

Tonight on Horror Hill, host Erik Peabody invites you into a story where the darkest horrors aren’t born of ghosts or monsters—but of people. Of influence. Of ideas planted deep enough to take root. When a troubled youth is sent to a remote camp promising “reform,” he finds something far more insidious lurking beneath its surface. What begins as a fight for survival soon becomes a descent into som...

Tonight on Horror Hill, host Erik Peabody returns with the stunning conclusion to J.G. Martin’s sweeping cosmic saga. What began as a mysterious crash in the New Mexico wilderness soon spirals into revelations that stretch across centuries, civilizations, and the very edges of the universe itself. As buried memories resurface and long-hidden truths come to light, one man finds himself standing at...

In the dead of night, a mysterious craft crashes into the forests of New Mexico, carving a scar across the landscape and drawing the attention of the people who deal with things the world isn’t supposed to know about. Among them is Isaiah Mitchell—a man who has spent his career investigating the impossible. But for Isaiah, this mission is different, because the place where the object fell is not u...

In this unsettling episode of Horror Hill, host Erik Peabody presents a darkly decadent tale from Ambrose Ibsen—one that begins with ambition and appetite, and ends somewhere far more disturbing. When a struggling chef with dreams of greatness crosses paths with a seasoned mushroom hunter guarding his best-kept secrets, an unexpected discovery promises to change everything. Darkly atmospheric and...

Ghosts. Secret manuals. A war you never knew was happening. In this wildly inventive episode of Horror Hill, host Erik Peabody presents a tale that flips the supernatural rulebook on its head. What begins as an offbeat confession about an unusual pastime quickly spirals into something much larger — a hidden world where the dead are trained, unseen battles rage in city streets, and the line between...

What if life came with an undo button? For Irving Gibson, a man worn thin by disappointment and convinced the world has it out for him, a single impossible moment changes everything. One mistake. One desperate wish. And suddenly, reality itself becomes… negotiable. From author Ian Dean comes a dark, razor-edged tale about control, corruption, and the hidden cost of rewriting your own mistakes. Hos...

In this episode of Horror Hill, psychological unease seeps in through the cracks of the everyday. What begins as ordinary companionship curdles into something unsettling, as unseen forces—both external and deeply personal—begin to assert themselves. Boundaries blur. Tensions surface. And the sense of safety people take for granted proves far more fragile than it appears. To watch the podcast on Yo...

Some friendships are formed in classrooms. Others begin in playgrounds… And a few are born at the edge of the woods, where no one is watching. In this unsettling episode of Horror Hill, childhood memories resurface with a quiet, creeping menace. A chance encounter leads to questions that feel harmless at first—until they aren’t. Beneath familiar places and forgotten paths, something waits patientl...

Winter has a way of stripping things down to the bone. In this episode of Horror Hill, host Erik Peabody invites you into the season he calls "deep hurting," that long stretch of cold where the days blur together, the body falters, and the mind drifts toward thoughts it usually keeps buried. Featuring a bleak and deeply unsettling tale from J.R. Hamantaschen, this episode lingers in the spaces bet...