Anthology of Horror

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Surviving the Line Oct 23, 2025

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Tonight’s story imagines a terrifying afterlife for those who fail to live morally: a slow, relentless reckoning where consequence becomes architecture and regret is its climate. Woundlicker’s tale unfolds as a grim parable—no cheap judgment, just a steady, bone-deep logic that shows how small compromises and cruelties can harden into an eternity you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. Kayvan Shai’s narration brings a hardened clarity to the piece, making the moral weight feel immediate and unavoidable rather than preachy.

Credits:

Narration by Kayvan Shai.

Story by woundlicker.

Produced and edited by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis) and Mickie Eberz.

Original music by Empress.
Closing track: The Devil Made Me Do It by Empress.

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Thalassophobia Oct 22, 2025

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A salty, claustrophobic ride set against the open water: this story leans into the ocean’s ability to feel both endless and intimately threatening. Woundlicker’s piece unspools as a series of escalating discoveries—small, uncanny details that accumulate until the sea itself starts to feel like an active, knowing presence. Expect tight pacing, sudden jolts, and an atmosphere that turns wide horizons into something dangerously narrow.

Elle Green’s debut narration gives the episode a clear, confident center; her delivery keeps the tension taut and the imagery immediate without overplaying the shock. Musically, the episode is underscored by original work that leans into low textures and slow-building swells, so listen for how the score punctuates the moments that matter.

Credits:

Narration by Elle Green.

Produced and edited by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis)

Production support from Mickie Eberz.

Story by Woundlicker.

Original music by Empress, with additional contributions from Ivan Khilko (Drugs of Faith).

Closing track: The Devil Made Me Do It by Empress.

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Knightly Visitations Oct 21, 2025

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Tonight’s episode is hosted by Nikki Knightly — model and spiritualist — who shares a set of frightening, personal stories and experiences drawn from her own life. The episode blends first-hand anecdotes with reflections on the spiritual and the uncanny, offering listeners a direct, intimate take on encounters that unsettled her and stuck with her afterward.

Credits:

Guest host Nikki Knightly.

Produced by Mickie Eberz and Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: The Devil Made Me Do It by Empress.

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Marked For Death Oct 20, 2025

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Tonight’s episode — Marked for Death by Jay Darkmoore — follows a man on a fog-heavy night in the Irish countryside who runs headfirst into far more than he bargained for. The story leans into isolation and atmosphere: low visibility, old roads, and the way a landscape can feel suddenly hostile when you’re the only moving thing in it. Expect a tight, mood-driven piece where small choices and strange moments stack up into something with real teeth; it’s less about sensational set pieces and more about how a single night can tilt a life into a different, darker register.

Production credits:

Guest host & story by Jay Darkmoore.

Produced by Mickie Eberz and Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

Edited by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Pouring Down on You by Empress.

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Halloween, a History Oct 19, 2025

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Tonight’s episode features Kate — research assistant, resident whiz kid, and making her podcast debut — walking listeners through the history of Halloween from ancient rites to modern traditions. Kate traces the festival’s roots, how rituals and beliefs shifted across eras, and how those old practices morphed into the costumes, customs, and commercial rituals we know today. Clear, informative, and packed with context, this episode gives a tidy, fact-rich run-through that helps explain why Halloween feels the way it does.

Credits: Produced by Spring Heeled Jack and Mickie Eberz.

Written and narrated by Kate.

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Pouring Down on You by Empress.

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The Witches House Oct 18, 2025

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Leon Cowles, a Portland resident, recounts a hike through Forest Park that turns from ordinary to quietly menacing. At the Witches House—an infamous local gathering spot—he finds signs of recent occult activity: arranged offerings, scorched earth, and symbols carved into bark. The discovery unsettles him, but it’s what comes later that tightens the knot: while moving through the trees he becomes aware of something large moving just out of sight, circling him without revealing itself. The story hangs on atmosphere and escalating dread—the ordinary sounds of the trail become threatening, landmarks feel wrong, and the presence in the woods never fully appears, leaving a sustained sense of being watched and narrowly unmoored.

Credits:

Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

Story/first-person account by Leon Cowles.

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Pouring Down on You by Empress.

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The Girl in My Mirror Oct 17, 2025

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Tonight’s episode follows a young woman frayed by work and sleeplessness who begins to see a girl in her new mirror — a presence that may be a spirit, a hallucination, or the product of a taxed mind. The story keeps the question unsettled, letting the ambiguity do the work.

Credits:

Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

Story by Emily Thurtithrea.

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing song is Pouring Down on You by Empress

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Humanities 210 Oct 16, 2025

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Tonight’s episode follows a college trip to Ireland that unravels in ways nobody expected—maps go wrong, plans fracture, and what was supposed to be a weekend of drink and dares turns into a tightening, uncanny sequence of missteps. The story leans on atmosphere and escalating dread: small mistakes compound, local strangers matter more than they should, and the group discovers that sometimes the landscape keeps a grudge. It’s a lean, suspenseful piece about travel, hubris, and the ways a single wrong turn can change everything.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Pouring Down on You by Empress.

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The Cost of Membership Oct 15, 2025

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A first-person confession about joining a hedonistic cult in the 1980s and the long, ugly cost of membership—how youthful thrills calcify into obligation and shame. Stark, guilty, and quietly corrosive.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

Story credit: Morning Owl.

Closing track: The Devil Made Me Do It by Empress.

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The Blind Date Oct 14, 2025

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The Blind Date mines the small, modern humiliations of dating until they snap into something far darker. What begins as social awkwardness and nervous politeness quickly tightens into claustrophobic tension: polite conversation, forced smiles, and the brittle rituals people use to hide panic become the setting for an escalating, unnerving collapse. The story is sharp and unsparing—it gets under the skin by showing how ordinary unease can turn dangerous when masks come off and intentions aren’t what they seem.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Story by Eoghan Ferguson.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: The Devil Made Me Do It by Empress.

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