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The Cult of Vantablack Oct 13, 2025

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Tonight’s episode follows a cult that forms around a metal band, turning fandom into ritual and concerts into ceremonies. The story tracks how admiration hardens into devotion, how music becomes a language for something darker, and how crowd fervor can mask real danger until it’s too late. It’s a focused, unsettling look at obsession, groupthink, and the ways charisma and noise can fuse into something that demands more than applause.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

Story by Christopher Maxin.

All original music written and performed by Empress.

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

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The Pond Oct 12, 2025

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Two boys wander deep into the American woods and find more than they bargained for. This is a taut, suspenseful piece that builds slowly from ordinary summer mischief into something older and colder; the forest doesn’t shout, it tightens, and the dread arrives by degrees. The writing is precise and economical—moments stack until the world those boys know feels fragile and easily broken—so listen with the lights low and let the quiet work on you.

Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Verse 1 by Empress.

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Mirrored Oct 11, 2025

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This one’s about mirrors, and yeah — the exact thing that’s always made my asshole pucker up. Expect cold reflections, things that look back when you don’t want them to, and a slow, nasty little itch that won’t quit. No spoilers here — just bring the lights down and don’t trust what you see.

New episodes drop every night at midnight through October. Want your name in the raffle? Premium subscribers are entered automatically — the winner is drawn from the premium email list, so double-check your signup if you want in the hat. If you’ve got a first-hand story you want read on air, use the texting link in the episode description; messages are anonymous to us (we only see the city) and we only pull and reply to them live on the show.

Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Ghost Town by Empress.

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The Twitch Stream Oct 10, 2025

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Tonight’s episode, The Twitch Stream, follows a streamer while they’re live on camera when something terrible unfolds in real time. The story compresses modern digital intimacy and public performance into a tight, unnerving sequence: chat scrolls, viewers multiply, the boundary between private disaster and public spectacle collapses, and the feed becomes both witness and jury. It’s a piece about how quickly curiosity turns to complicity, how a small human moment can explode under the glare of an audience, and how the internet magnifies every fracture until it’s impossible to look away.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Story by Connor Phillips.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Silver Dollar by Empress.

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You Asked Me My Name Oct 09, 2025

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Episode Summary — You Asked Me for My Name (James Wang King)

A taut, disquieting piece that turns a simple question into a slow unravelling of identity and trust. The story presses close, trading spectacle for a persistent anxiety that hangs between words and details, leaving the listener with an image that won’t let go.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis).

Story by James Wang King.

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Boulder by Empress.

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The Witch of Arlena Falls Oct 08, 2025

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The Witch of Arlena Falls by S.C. Young — Night Eight of the Halloween special. New episodes drop every night at midnight; premium subscribers get the archive and are automatically entered in the raffle (link in the show notes). Want your story read on air? Send it via the texting link in the episode description — messages are anonymous to us (we only see the city).

Produced by Mickie Eberz. Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). Original music by Empress. Closing track: an Empress cover of “Hollywise,” originally written by Blacktop Manhatten.

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Appalachia Oct 07, 2025

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Appalachia by H. Dalby lands hard and without apology. This is not a slow-burn mood piece; it’s visceral, jagged, and indebted to the slasher tradition in the way it stages violence as both sudden and inevitable. The tale moves through small-town corridors and backroads where ordinary objects and familiar spaces become instruments of menace. Scenes snap into place with the merciless economy of a knife cut—brief, precise, and lingering in memory. The dread here is physical: the crunch of footsteps on gravel, the metallic taste of panic in the mouth, the grotesque choreography of pursuit and escape. It reads like a nightmare filmed on 16mm, all harsh angles and unforgiving light, and it leaves the listener with the same cold residue a good slasher leaves on the skin.

What makes the story effective is Dalby’s refusal to sentimentalize the violence. The gore isn’t indulgent spectacle; it’s a functional element of a world where danger is mundane and cruelty wears everyday clothes. The characters are given just enough detail to make their fates matter, then the narrative tightens and advances without wasting sympathy. Listeners who expect catharsis will find none; instead there’s the grinding truth of vulnerability exposed and the stubborn, ugly logic that sometimes governs small communities when something feral wakes up among them.

A few production notes and reminders: the music for tonight’s episode is original and written and performed by Empress— their score undercuts and amplifies the horror in all the right places, and their work ethic on this run has been outstanding. Production and episode logistics were handled by Mickie Eberz, who keeps the whole project moving. The raffle is ongoing; the winner will be drawn from the email list of premium subscribers, so double-check your signup if you want your name in the hat. Premium also gives access to the archive of older episodes. There’s a texting service (link in the episode description) where listeners can send short messages for possible on-air reads; important to note, we cannot see who sends those messages or respond to them off-air — messages are only pulled and responded to live.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz. Story by H. Dalby. All original music written and performed by Empress.

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I was Kidnapped by my Doppelgänger Oct 06, 2025

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Tonight’s episode delivered a tight, unnerving ride: I Was Kidnapped by My Doppelgänger, courtesy of our friend Woundlicker. The piece asks a simple, destabilizing question about identity and agency and then spends its short run time turning that question inside out. The pacing kept the tension taut—no frills, no padding—so the uncanny work its slow, precise erosion on the listener. It’s the kind of story that leaves you replaying small moments in your head long after the episode ends.

On the production side, this one was clean and deliberate. The narration leaned into restraint rather than melodrama, letting the story’s weirdness do the heavy lifting while the delivery kept the listener hooked. Empress provided the musical backbone—subtle cues where needed, an unsettling undercurrent that never shouted but always suggested the wrongness behind the surface. Mickie Eberz held the whole thing together in the edit, so it reads and sounds like the finished product you expect.

If you liked tonight, a couple quick ways to help: rate and review the show, share the episode with someone who likes being kept up past their bedtime, and consider subscribing to Premium for the archive and the raffle. The winner for the raffle is pulled from the premium email list, so if you want your name in the hat make sure your subscription is registered correctly.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz. Narrated by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). Story by Woundlicker. All original music written and performed by Empress.
Closing song: The Moor by Empress.

Thanks for listening — we’ll be back tomorrow at midnight with another episode.

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With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfsbane Seeds Oct 05, 2025

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Tonight’s episode centers on With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfsbane Seeds by Seanan McGuire, delivered straight from my throat to your headphones. This installment keeps the pace tight and the tone intimate — less theatrical scare, more the slow, personal kind of unease that settles in your chest and won’t leave until the lights are back on. It’s the sort of story that thrives in a small room with a single lamp, and tonight we let it breathe without dressing it up.

On the production side: the music tonight is all original, written and performed by Empress — I keep saying it because it’s true: their output and professionalism on this run has been flat-out impressive. Mickie Eberz produced the episode and stitched everything together so this whole madness sounds like an actual show instead of me shouting into a mic. I narrate as Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis), and as always the goal was to serve the story cleanly and keep the listening experience tight.

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Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz. Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). Story by Seanan McGuire. All original music written and performed by Empress. Thanks for listening — check back tomorrow at midnight for the next episode.

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The Haunted Trailer Oct 04, 2025

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Tonight’s episode drifts in on a slow, steady wind: The Haunted Trailer, a lean, precise story by Robert Arthur that refuses to do anything flashy. It’s not about rattling chains or sudden shrieks so much as the patient, corrosive way a place can keep score. The trailer in this tale collects the small offenses of living—old arguments, unpaid debts, the way neighbors glance away—and over time those tiny things accrete into something that behaves like memory and then like malice. The horror here is domestic and stubborn; it sneaks through the floorboards and lingers in the pattern of a cracked windowpane. Listen close and the ordinary noises start to sound like evidence.

I read it tonight with the kind of low, tired attention the story asks for: not because it needs to be shouted at you, but because the pressure works better that way. The story finds its power in accumulation—details piled on details until the house (or trailer, in this case) becomes not merely setting but actor. It’s a reminder that the places we live in are not neutral, that architecture keeps grudges, and that sometimes what haunts you is simply what you left unfinished.

Musically, this episode is underpinned by the new sound of the run: Empress, who signed on at the end of the summer and have already shaped the way these nights feel. Their compositions here are spare where they need to be spare, and insistent where the story tightens its grip. Producer Mickie Eberz is responsible for patching all of this together—booking, editing, and turning my chaos into something that sounds like a finished show. If you enjoyed tonight’s mood, tip your hat to Mickie and to Empress; they’re the reason this series sounds like anything at all.

A reminder: the Halloween special is running every night at midnight for the month—at least thirty-one episodes. We’re also running a raffle; the winner will be drawn from the email list of premium subscribers. If you want your name in the hat, sign up for premium and make sure your subscription registered correctly (and if you’re having trouble on Spotify, check the sign-up email for alternate listening instructions).

Credits for tonight: produced by Mickie Eberz; narrated by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis); story by Robert Arthur; all original music written and performed by Empress. Closing track for this episode is If I Were Dead by Empress.

Thanks for listening. Turn the lights down, give the track a listen, and we’ll meet back here tomorrow at midnight for the next story. Stay spooky.

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