Knifepoint Horror

throat Jul 10, 2025

A young man’s strange natural gift evolves to wield a disturbing influence.

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The Vincents Jun 25, 2025

In this story originally written for the Halloween 2024 episode of Kevin Lane’s Spill Your Guts podcast to accompany a few Knifepoint Horror tales interpreted by other actors, a man of science relates an encounter with a mysterious desert legend.

Written and narrated by Soren Narnia.

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snatchers Jun 09, 2025

A story of desperate men, bad decisions, terrible timing, and unexpected faces in the dark.

Additional narration by Charlotte Kulak.

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Paranormal Appraisal 151 May 23, 2025

Originally heard on the Alexandria Archives podcast, this is the final recording of a man whose chosen profession finally bit back hard. With Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast.

All stories on Knifepoint Horror are written by Soren Narnia.

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deep May 09, 2025

In this ghost story of the Southern Gothic, a new landowner is rapidly submerged in a relative's murky past.

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huntress Apr 28, 2025

Originally heard as ‘Q & A With a Vampire Killer’ on the Alexandria Archives podcast, this is a former college student’s reflection on an unusual glimpse into a dangerous world.

All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written by Soren Narnia.

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postmarks Apr 13, 2025

Ask people in the Cleveland area about The Ron Tanglethorn Show and you might get a few nods here and there. Never the most popular late-night offering on the AM band, it's remembered by diehards mostly for the rather unusual way it signed off the air for good.

All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written by Soren Narnia.

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stranglehold Mar 07, 2025

A youthful lark across the states takes a man into the heart of an awful anomaly.

All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written, produced, and edited by Soren Narnia, who can also be heard narrating or acting on the podcasts 'The Ghosts on This Road', 'Sibling Horror', 'SessionsX,' 'Let's Not Meet,' 'Campfire Radio Theater,' 'Tag Till We're Dead,' 'Garden of Terrible Blooms,' and others.

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Carried by Beasts Feb 07, 2025

Opening statements in what would come to be considered one of the strangest trials in the history of New York state.

Jessica Holt-Ivers: Emma Fradd

All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written, produced, and edited by Soren Narnia.

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rory Jan 05, 2025

When two colleagues in crime come together again after years apart, one reveals a looming threat more awful than incarceration… or even capital punishment.

All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written by Soren Narnia, who can also be heard narrating or acting on the podcasts 'The Ghosts on This Road', 'Sibling Horror', 'SessionsX,' 'Let's Not Meet,' 'Campfire Radio Theater,' 'Tag Till We're Dead,' and others.

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here Oct 16, 2024

A dark October country road, a driver, a hitchhiker... and a strange, strange story told across cold, lonely miles.

All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written by Soren Narnia, who can also be heard narrating or acting on the podcasts 'The Ghosts on This Road', 'Sibling Horror', 'SessionsX,' 'Let's Not Meet,' 'Campfire Radio Theater,' 'Tag Till We're Dead,' and others.

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harbingers Sep 25, 2024

An educator's watch of the winter skies sets him in anxious motion to shelter the innocent.

Music: “Cicada Killer” by idokay, “The Heir” by Emmanuel Jacob, “Meeting the Goddess” by Kyle Preston. All rights reserved. Interview with Ila Patton, Galax, Virginia, from the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/009), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written by Soren Narnia, who can also be heard narrating or acting on the podcasts 'The Ghosts on This Road', 'Sibling Horror', 'SessionsX,' 'Let's Not Meet,' 'Campfire Radio Theater,' 'Tag Till We're Dead,' and others.

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A Quick Quintet of Terror Aug 27, 2024

Five shorter tales… and just a smidgen more.

Prologue: Purcell the Creator, Part 1

1. novelty

2. screen-share

3. sleeperette

4. jarprechaun

5. tempt

Epilogue: Purcell the Creator, Part 2

All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written by Soren Narnia, who can also be heard narrating or acting on the podcasts 'The Ghosts on This Road', 'Sibling Horror', 'SessionsX,' 'Let's Not Meet,' 'Campfire Radio Theater,' 'Tag Till We're Dead,' and others.

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majesty Jul 27, 2024

The 19th-century reign of the mysterious Buth Sugo was detailed only in this one ugly, bloody, regrettable record.

Music by Dave Lahn, and also by Emma Fradd of the Sibling Horror Podcast

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crannies Jun 21, 2024

Many people who hear things behind their walls suspect their house is haunted, but can’t prove it. Maybe they’re failing to ask one very simple question: How did those walls even come to be?

Additional narration by Charlotte Kulak

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doggo May 24, 2024

There’s always a small element of worry that comes when you leave a stranger to watch your property, children, or pets. Even if you’re fully trusting, here comes that gnawing sense that you yourself may have created a problem, because you didn’t quite bring yourself to tell the sitter... everything.

Thea Lapp is played by Mig Windows.

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Soren can also be heard narrating or acting on the podcasts 'The Ghosts on This Road', 'Sibling Horror', 'SessionsX,' 'Let's Not Meet,' 'Campfire Radio Theater,' 'Tag Till We're Dead,' and others.

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steps Apr 12, 2024

Always go very, very slowly through your radio dial, especially late at night. You never quite know when a faint signal will offer something a little unexpected.

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summoners Mar 08, 2024

All the user reviews of the real-life bar at the center of this story are exactly what you’d expect for a well-liked local business. But then, such reviews are not the medium to express everything that one might feel or sense when the hour grows late, and the lights get low.

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sabbatical Feb 05, 2024

A snowy walk reveals the beginnings of a mystery that grows weirder with each passing hour.

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detour Jan 05, 2024

For the dead of winter, an old-fashioned ghost story set in a hot and humid place.

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Devils Everywhere You Turn Oct 13, 2023

On the hurting streets of Claysmith, Connecticut, a hideous comedy of errors engulfs the innocent and guilty alike.

The cast (in order of appearance)

Barb Solomon: Linda Wojtowick

Sheriff Pat Solomon: Richard Werner

Mitzi from the Detention Center: Beth Abdallah

Sharon, Kev’s S.O.: Mig Windows

Glen, creative writer: C.S.W.

Mr. Lersch, pharma exec: Wilson James Randall

Donny from the woodshop: Brian Lillie

Cy Dunker: Soren Narnia

Shay, pharma tech: Amy Paonessa

Faith, online dater: Charlotte Kulak

Eric from Parts Procurement: Paul Fergus

Interrogator Menkie: Teddy Ray Bullard

Charles from Property Crimes: Dana Bolton

Franklin from App Development: Corey N.

Murray from App Integration: Conner Roslan

Mary from Junction Bay: TheFinalGirly

Sergeant Greenaway, Recruitment Division: Hugh Pierce

Bev, Old Wooden City Tour Guide: Caity Roberts

Esme from New Haven: Lee Van Der Voo

Perry from Stamford: Jeremy Fershleiser

Judge Clowder: Karen Smith

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chains Sep 25, 2023

It seemed like a simpler time, and the problems faced by the people in that small rural town seemed simpler too... or maybe it was a dreadful blindness that just made it appear that way.

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sideswipe Aug 24, 2023

There's usually a moment as you drive alone late at night on a long, desolate country road when you succumb to a brief bleak thought of all that can happen to you out there. Maybe you become nervous about your sudden total dependence on your machine to get you safely back to the world of light. And maybe your surroundings start to seem genuinely scary. This is a story for those who start feeling these things the very first second that road begins to curve out of sight.

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endgame Jun 11, 2023

For sale by Baltimore County: 3 BR, 2 BA single family dwelling on 1/3rd acre in residential section of Seven Bells. Demolition arrangements offered by county at no cost to buyer. Strict confidentiality agreement must be signed by all interested parties before property is viewed or terms discussed.

The streaming voices, in order: Frank Schumpert, Amy Paonessa, Richard Werner, and Corey N.

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rink May 19, 2023

In a suspiciously quiet and unspoiled setting, three friends are beckoned by the liberation found within their darkest impulses.

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bots Apr 10, 2023

The story of Joel and Sammie, a young couple suddenly divided by something terrifying—and then bonded more strongly against a bizarre and inscrutable enemy.

With the voices of Caity Roberts of the Darkest Corners podcast and Robert Cantelmo.

Music: “Peaceful Meadow,” “Sci-Fi Communication,” and “Robot Factory” by Emma Fradd of the Sibling Horror podcast, “Come Back Home” and “Cloud - Strings Version” by Ardie Son, “A Town Called Dismal” by Josh McCausland, “Passing Hours” by Jupiter Sands, “Lightless Voids” by Kyle Preston, and “Journey” by Sid Acharya, all rights reserved.

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Late Checkout Mar 17, 2023

In the world of short-term rentals, the personalities bound to the transaction sometimes briefly clash. Ninety-nine percent of the time, there’s not enough there for anything to seriously ignite. The one percent is called 418 Ulmus Street.

Sadie: Currer Hathaway

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hole Jan 17, 2023

Things were already tense inside a house in the middle of nowhere, and then at the wrong moment, there was a casual glimpse out the living room window.

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gifters Dec 06, 2022

As a small town struggles to defend itself against cruel interlopers, the hour of vengeance draws ever closer.

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colony Nov 07, 2022

Year by year, step by quiet step, a well-intentioned collective of great minds evolves into something to be feared.

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A Compendium for Halloween Oct 01, 2022

Eight very different stories for the season.

1. hitcher

2. Is It That Time Again?

3. prodigal

4. panophobe

5. legalese

6. contestants

7. A Bitter Pill

8. blueberries

'Is It That Time Again?' features Emma Fradd of the Sibling Horror podcast and Beth Abdallah of the Twelve Chimes It's Midnight podcast. Watch the video adaptation on Soren Narnia’s YouTube channel.

'A Bitter Pill' features Currer Hathaway (www.currerhathaway.com) and Beth Abdallah.

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For Halloween, Nichole Hamilton has done a reading of the Knifepoint Horror story 'trail' on her podcast Light & Shadow: https://www.lightandshadowpod.com/podcast/halloween-party-2

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cleanse Aug 21, 2022

There are reliable narrators, there are unreliable narrators… and then there are outliers like the one heard here. 'Clearly guilty of murder, he somehow remains committed to his narrative,' one journalist wrote of him. 'I wasn't sure whether to look at him with a strange kind of awe, or simply run screaming and never look back.'

Additional narration by Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast.

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D.N.K. Jul 15, 2022

A filmmaker recalls the details of his darkest project: the people who endured it, the illusions he lost to it, and the horrific force that set it all in motion.

With:

Donald Kokoschka – John Jorgenson

Noah DiLeo – Corey N. (Rust Belt Gothic podcast)

Mayor - Beth Abdallah (Twelves Chimes It’s Midnight podcast and Odd Salon)

Bill Savoy – Teddy Ray Bullard

Mary Neary – Linda Wojtowick (The Ghosts on This Road podcast)

Lisa Whitelaw – Mig Windows (migwindows.com)

Officer Ekins – Dana Bolton (The Night Terrors podcast)

French Translator - Isabelle Humbert

Ernestine Souza – Naomi Azran

English Translator – Emma Fradd (Sibling Horror podcast)

Audio mastering by Les Lentz Audio-Video

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pride Apr 22, 2022

Many is the band that wishes they could have a second chance at what turned out to be their final performance—maybe they could have brought more energy to that night, or savored it just a little more... and then there’s the terrible but unforgettable case of the celebrated rock group Waters Blue and Permanent (2003-2022).

"Salve Regina - Violin & Piano" by Patrick Ussher, "El Faro" by When the Tide Breaks Free, "Fount" by Homely, "Everything" by The Days

Audio mastering: Les Lentz

Special thanks to Sharon Yablon of the Garden of Terrible Blooms podcast for being my location advisor on this one.

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The Smoke Child Feb 06, 2022

No one in attendance at the talk on that December night in New England, 2021, really knew what they would hear from the presenter, though they certainly knew his name. And while no video exists of his methodical dissection of the past, the audio recording alone seems more than enough. With additional narration by Robert Cantelmo, and Beth Abdallah of the Twelve Chimes It’s Midnight podcast.

Audio mastering: Les Lentz

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surveillance Dec 06, 2021

The tomb would soon sit unnoticed, perhaps forever, in the wild grass of the lonely cemetery. But on its first night of occupancy, one man would keep a careful watch over it. Just in case.

Wilhoit McCrail: Hugh Pierce

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attraction Oct 01, 2021

You are invited to a place in the mountains where one man decided that no matter what the date, it will always, always be Halloween night.

(And after 'attraction,' keep listening to experience the very... well, ROUND terror of a campfire tale called 'sugary' - 39:40)

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I Was Called Anwen Sep 24, 2021

A documentarian’s celebrity puff piece takes a dark turn when her subject reveals the story of a friend’s haunting.

The documentarian Patricia Close : Mig Windows, www.migwindows.com

Audio mastering: Les Lentz

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prisoner Jul 09, 2021

There is a curious fact about the tiny railway station mentioned by the teller of this story that he would never know: Almost sixty years before the events he describes, the station was partially demolished in the night by someone or something unknown, and had to be rebuilt from the ground up. Unknown, yes, but there were indeed whispers--from the older folk mostly, people long dead by the time the weary and hungry narrator appeared in the mountains utterly by chance.

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A Convergence in Wintertime May 10, 2021

Someday, when you find yourself alone in a place like the one where this story occurred, take note of what happens to your footprints as the minutes tick by. As one of the narrators claims, the wind shifts things around fast--and it’s as if no trace of you ever existed.

The cast:

Anson, the seeker – Ebenezer Alasi, https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/ebenezerfunshoalasi

Eva, the penitent – Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast, thebloodlust.net

Lydia – Currer Hathaway, currerhathaway.com

James Del Norr – Reginald Baskerville, www.backstage.com/u/reginald-baskerville/

Monica – Linda Wojtowick, The Ghosts on This Road podcast

Tom - Soren Narnia

Audio Mastering: Les Lentz

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digs Feb 15, 2021

What’s the shortest time you’ve ever lived somewhere before you left in frustration? What was the problem—bad neighbors, leaks, noise problems, lousy plumbing? Something worse?

Something mystifying?

The trashman: Benjamin Gilmour

Audio mastering by Les Lentz

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vacancy Dec 03, 2020

Within every grandiose scheme, there lies the seed of possible disaster. Some of these disasters are loud, chaotic, and violent ... but sometimes they only sound like the wind sighing through haunted ruins.

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thresholds Oct 16, 2020

For Halloween, a tale of two people dwelling among the monsters who own the night.

Music: 'Altered Communications' by Emanuele Errante, and by Emma Fradd of the Sibling Horror podcast.

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occupiers Oct 03, 2020

The letters and diaries of several 19th century soldiers allude to “the terrible Demon of Moscow” that once haunted the city’s streets. One witness alone told the entire story of the ghostly force most still believe was not truly of this world.

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excursion Aug 07, 2020

'What about the forest where this terrible thing happened?' people sometimes ask when they hear the story of the small town that became so precariously balanced between true evil and unexpected hope. 'Is it still there?' The answer is yes... the forest is still there.

Sergeant Maura: Catherine Saraceno

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drop-ins Jul 08, 2020

Each nighttime visitor to the tiny house in the country was more unwelcome than the one before ... but the fourth was truly unimaginable.

Music by Emma Fradd of the Sibling Horror podcast.

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compulsion Jun 07, 2020

Conflicting feelings about a banished relative lead to a visit a long time in coming … but each step toward her house reveals more warning signs.

The detectives: 1. Hugh Pierce and 2. Reginald Baskerville

Music by Federico Nardella, “Il Riflesso Opaco," all rights reserved. Federico’s works are available on Bandcamp at https://cremisi.bandcamp.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cremisi.music/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgTQOsXJe6FqlzBoH7jOk7g/featured

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Twelve Tiny Cabins Apr 10, 2020

A college professor has a mysterious story to tell to a prized student, but his timing and motive are no less cryptic.

With Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast, Linda Wojtowick, Elena Vega, and Cal Butera.

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The Lockbox Dec 21, 2019

For the people in a small town in upstate New York, what happened was just another sordid true crime story. But they would never know just how frightening and surreal things became in its aftermath, or what one woman chose to endure in the name of compassion.

Music: Bob Pokrzywa, from the album 'A Wounded and Prostrate Foe,' all rights reserved. https://bobpokrzywa.bandcamp.com/album/a-wounded-and-prostrate-foe -and- Anthony Brown, 'Evolving Ambient Soundscape,' Getty Music. All rights reserved.

Cast (in order of appearance):

Scholar: Eric Dantley

Ellen Hershbergen: Linda Wojtowick

Narrator: Jamie Molina

Pontiac resident: Julie Medina

Father Dorr: Les Lentz

Denise Minotka: Amy Newman

Detective: Corey Landis

Radio broadcaster: Maureen Rivers

Nan Carlos: Currer Hathaway

Private investigator: Stuart Arnheim

Social worker: Effi T. Mothgil

Grace Beck: Catherine Saraceno

Prosecutor: Cal Butera

Police officer: Ebenezer Alasi

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Three for Halloween Oct 03, 2019

The featured story of this brief trilogy imagines that perhaps, Earth's final confrontation between good and evil will take place so quietly you'll be able to hear a caterpillar crawl through the blood-soaked grass. Before this tale comes an appetizer ... and afterward, a little dessert.

1. dusk

2. extremity

3. project

Additional narration by Linda Wojtowick.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Ice Demon" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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laborer Aug 02, 2019

Nothing that has four walls and a roof can be eliminated as a possible breeding ground for the supernatural -- nothing.

Music: "Dream" by Jahzzar, SoundExpress, Getty Music.

"Mourning Song" and "Past the Edge" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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transit Jun 03, 2019

Memories of three weird occurrences that cannot be explained merge for their living witness into a common theme.

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The Copper Cup Apr 08, 2019

A man who insists on the existence of a relative no one else has ever seen delves dangerously into the swirling fog of his own youthful perceptions. Radio host played by Currer Hathaway.

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elements Oct 24, 2018

A man blinded by infatuation learns the object of his desire has intentions to become something from which he may have already missed his chance to escape.

Additional narration by Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast.

MUSIC: Lee Rosevere, from '10 Minute Meditations,' licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere AND by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com. 'Mesmerize,' 'Mystic Dark Background,' and 'The Dread' licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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circles Jul 25, 2018

Maybe your own town holds one: a folk tale, discredited and in many ways absurd, that nevertheless will not die. Here is a glimpse into one such tale ... and the rare destructive force it happened to carry with it.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), "Virtutes Instrumenti" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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impound Jun 11, 2018

A man in trouble, wanting only an escape from a crisis, stumbles across a mystery which leads to another... and yet another, demanding a return to a dangerous place and time.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), "Shadowlands 1: Horizon" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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The Crack Mar 29, 2018

Another tale of lands touched by both enigmatic beauty and dormant, uncategorizable cruelty.

The narrator: Justy Gee

The poem reader: Jes Echo

Gail Greenlove: Amy Paonessa, The Bloodlust podcast

The truck driver: Cal Butera

Michael Spinell: Soren Narnia

Nadia Oliver: Susan Wallace

Ronald Garr: Brian Lillie

Poetry by Mia LeBemay

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) “Concentration” and “Smoother Move” licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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family Jan 24, 2018

For the haunted, any calm explanation of a supernatural phenomenon is a comforting one, no matter where it comes from. But it is never more important than in that very moment to remain watchful and mistrusting.

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moonkeeper Nov 12, 2017

A man thrust onto the streets must navigate their disturbing sights and sounds, all the while living under the threat of a monster moving relentlessly through their shadows.

Music by David Temyik ("Afterlife" and "Mystic Dark Background"), Getty Music.

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Three More for Halloween Oct 13, 2017

Three tales of Knifepoint Horror.

1. thrifting

2. west

3. The Cleaver

John Graham: Jason Hill

Suzanne: Ariel Alexa Sullivan

Gillian: Amy Paonessa (of The Bloodlust podcast)

Father Walls: Teddy Ray Bullard

Therapist: Kalem Murray

Diane Fora: Susan Wallace

Mr. Loring: Brian Lillie

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Tempting Secrets" and "Gymnopedie No. 2" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This episode (originally called 'Four for Halloween') previously contained a radio play called 'Report on an Unidentified Station,' based on the short story by J.G. Ballard. This piece is now available on YouTube (@SorenNarnia).

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tarp Aug 16, 2017

A boy growing up in post-Depression Kansas learns there are no truly innocuous objects as long as the human imagination can infuse them with fearsome properties.

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mother Jun 29, 2017

Built as a place of solace for those who could no longer fully fend for themselves, the house should never have been disturbed or even noticed. But then one summer night, unfamiliar footsteps approached.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional music by Anonymous

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attic May 17, 2017

A conflict in memory between two brothers leads to a return to a place where childhood may have been hiding something too ghastly to retain in the mind.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). "Past the Edge" and "Mourning Song" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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A Quick Decalogy of Terror Apr 04, 2017

These 10 stories were originally produced as video monologues for YouTube over the course of a year as a slight change of pace, and now mostly exist only in audio form.

1. boardwalk

2. forest

3. highway

4. cellar

5. hiker

6. car

7. doppelganger

8. graffiti

9. hometown

10. photographs

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Let No One Walk Beside Her Dec 10, 2016

In a mysterious, undefined era, a desperate foot journey traverses a winter wilderness that promises a lonely death--perhaps a natural one, but likely not.

With Kalem Murray, Teddy Ray Bullard, Melinda Kordich, and Jason Hill.

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fields Jan 22, 2016

The next time you take a long country drive, look to your left and right as the scenery rolls by, the forgotten places where no footsteps tread for weeks, months, maybe years at a time. How long would it be before anyone noticed that such a place had become shelter for something unspeakable?

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guest Oct 29, 2015

He was a teenager who suddenly had no place to sleep, no money, and no options. The world had quickly become a very scary place ... and then shelter appeared much too conveniently.

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chasm Sep 11, 2015

In the space of minutes, a travel writer venturing alone in remote waters goes from a state of enviable tranquility to blinding terror.

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landmark Jul 19, 2015

Somewhere near your house it stands, one of those decaying places that people always whisper about as they pass by. For every day you age, it seems to age three. But it may well live beyond you, silently daring you each night at dusk to enter, coldly confident you'll always be too afraid.

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sleep Jun 01, 2015

There exists in this life a very real, horrifying phenomenon that science cannot yet extinguish. It strikes a surprising number of people, and none of us are safe. And if it comes for you, it will come at the most vulnerable moment you will ever know.

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bargain Apr 03, 2015

It seemed like such a simple deal, but it felt wrong from the very beginning--and led to a glimpse of a horror which, for those with even a little experience peering into the shadows, need not be named.

Watch Jordan Hale's film adaptation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUyWJpc39Pc

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staircase Feb 12, 2015

A comfortable suburban existence begins to fracture with a single sound. You may have heard it sometime yourself, but those who have surely possess no need for stories like these to haunt them.

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This story has been adapted for film several times:

Neighborhood Watch

The Thing From the Hallway

A Noise That Carries

Staircase

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legend Jan 01, 2015

A tale made specifically for the campfire--a simple tale of the woods, long-buried secrets, and letting chances to escape terror slip agonizingly away.

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lake Dec 05, 2014

Some places are so remote that just to explore them is an invitation to the phantoms that know we're alone.

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vision Oct 17, 2014

A man attempting to solve a strange gap in his memory meets a man claiming to offer an answer--one too frightening for mere mortals to grasp.

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presence Mar 19, 2014

Very few people had ever even heard of the Poldrict House, let alone investigated it. Surely the lack of fascination within the paranormal community was justified...

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retaliation Jan 21, 2014

A cruel game of psychological brinksmanship among thieves breaks the sanity of its most dangerous competitor.

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proof Jan 11, 2014

The unexpected phone call's origin raised many questions, but for a man anxious to discover real evidence of mysterious forces at work all around us, there was little question a journey was to be made.

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A Second Quick Trilogy of Terror Oct 08, 2013

Another three tales roughly and tersely told.

1. bells

2. lighthouse

3. army

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Check out Jason Hill's narration of the third story of the group here.

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A Quick Trilogy of Terror Jun 21, 2013

Here are three stories that don't quite fit into the mold of those previously offered.

1. mountains

2. castle

3. solitude

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..... Many people have been thoroughly creeped out by the show's avatar--what IS that thing looking at us? Well, we finally have an answer, provided by 11-year-old Ethien Duckett. His story below is entitled "Ratbat." Talk about economy of storytelling!

One cold rainy night I saw a rat I picked it up with no idea what to do with it. As I came home a bat flew into a net beside my door. I grabbed it and took them both inside. Thinking what to do with them was hard, then I thought about the sewer. I quickly threw them in the toilet. Then a beam of light came out of my toilet. I then realized something was going to happen just then a portal from another dimension threw a potion down the toilet and transformed them both into a ratbat. You wouldn’t like to meet a ratbat. They are hideous, monstrous things that shouldn’t exist. They look like a slice of moldy bread with teeth, the strange thing is that they have no wings to fly with. Sadly they have no feet so they can’t run, but they can teleport. If a rat bat gets on you stop, drop and roll, or else your hair will get turned into a mop with a stick on top. Ratbat likes to laugh at people with mops on their head. Ratbat laughs “Rahhhaa” each and every time he sees a mop-head. I was trying to catch that ratbat in the net, then he teleported on the mayor’s hair and turned it into a mop. The mayor was freaking out and pulled out a ray gun, blasting everything except ratbat. Everyone’s mop hair was on fire it was total mayhem. Just then ratbat made a black-hole and everyone was put in a parallel jail dimension. While some tried to shout I decided to use my mop stick to make a ladder and climb out. Ratbat was sleeping safe and sound. I took a stick of my ladder and whacked it with my stick. Oh no it was a decoy the real one was behind me, I pulled out a laser gun and attached it to my stick right as he teleported I shot the portal and trapped him inside the portal forever. The EnD--->???

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sisters Feb 24, 2012

The secluded castle, once rumored to harbor evil, had been redeemed by the influence of piety and innocence until something came through the forest to return it to true darkness.

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undead Jan 17, 2012

A brief history of a brilliant creator slowly becomes a tale of shadows, footsteps, and terror when an awful irony reaches out to him with cold, lifeless hands.

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outcast Dec 04, 2011

Whether high school student Garrett Markish was truly evil or under the influence of forces he could not overcome did not matter to those who fell before his seething wrath.

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sounds Oct 30, 2011

Two fugitives desperate to escape both the police and the elements become aware of a far greater horror lying between them and safety.

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visitation Sep 23, 2011

A knock at the door in the dead of night begins a mystery involving a gruesome crime and a vengeance that can only come in the beyond.

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rebirth Aug 16, 2011

A nighttime expedition to a sleepy town uncovers the truth behind seemingly groundless rumors.

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An alternative narration by Jason Hill is here.

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desert - from the files of Savid Doud Jan 02, 2011

Read by Neil Donnelly. In a previous episode, 'house', the psychic researcher Aramis Churchton makes reference to the notes his colleague Savid Doud has made concerning cases for potential investigation. Here is one of Doud's original audio recordings, recovered after his death, describing such a case of paranormal phenomena.

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cabin - from the files of Savid Doud Jan 02, 2011

Read by Neil Donnelly. In a previous episode, 'house', the psychic researcher Aramis Churchton makes reference to the notes his colleague Savid Doud has made concerning cases for potential investigation. Here is one of Doud's original audio recordings, recovered after his death, describing such a case of paranormal phenomena.

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house Dec 30, 2010

Read by Dennis Smith. On a dark winter's night, a seeker of ghosts attuned to the strange energy within a remote haunted house underestimates its inhabitants' power to destroy.

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possession Dec 26, 2010

A man's slow descent into depression and addiction opens up a world of once-hidden terrors, the worst of which awaits in a malevolent ghost's plan to devour his weakened soul.

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tunnel Dec 22, 2010

Read by Logan Masterson. Nine seconds was all it took to scar a subway rider for life when the flickering subterranean lights showed him the unimaginable.

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return Dec 17, 2010

Read by Markham Anderson. The inability of two troubled teens to extricate themselves from the influence of a practitioner of witchcraft costs them everything as adults.

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plague Dec 12, 2010

Read by Mike Harris. Few considered the strange substance which spread through a small city to be anything more than a nuisance until the truth brought bloody horror to the entire world.

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rehearsal Dec 09, 2010

Read by Brian d'Eon. One of the most famous political assassinations in history may have been cryptically--and gruesomely--foretold.

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school Dec 05, 2010

A damaged man recalls his time at Seacrist Elementary, the unlikely site of a hideous paranormal outbreak which still haunts him two decades later.

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trail Dec 02, 2010

Read by Markham Anderson. A courteous stranger offers three friends looking for a Halloween hayride into the woods something deeper and darker.

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eyes Nov 29, 2010

Read by Mark Nelson. An invitation to a seance leads a Congressman to face the wrath of a tortured spirit bent on making him suffer for a past betrayal.

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cult Nov 25, 2010

A cult's act of human sacrifice and resurrection reaches across the twentieth century to leave its imprint on a modern day murder.

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corpse Nov 25, 2010

Read by Mike Vendetti. The corpse of a remorseless killer refuses to decay, breaking the sanity of a dangerous man who becomes obsessed with it.

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town Nov 23, 2010

Read by Dennis Smith. An unwitting videographer is drawn into a mysterious researcher's day-long journey through a small place on the brink of total possession.

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