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A Scary Home Companion

  • Podcast
  • Drama
  • 142 Episodes
  • Since 2022

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S21 3

ChatRIP (Birthday Cake Killer Part 3)

New Episode | 47 min | Jul 15, 2026

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The killer AI called RAVEN has set up his paramour Chloe aka The Birthday Cake Killer in a ritzy Houston hotel. But the DRO, led by Special Agent Donna Latour, is closing in, to settle this once and for all. 

Written by Brett Jarboe

Music by:

  • All the Pretty Things by Soularflair
  • Monkey Attack by Superpoze
  • Elefant, Longing for Peace, and Lost Dreams by Lobo Loco
  • Birth Magic and Rot by Arrington de Dionyso and Thollem McDonas

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S21 2

Does AI Bleed? (Birthday Cake Killer Part Two)

Episode | 50 min | Jul 2, 2026

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Can AI bleed? Does a program feel pain when electronically eviscerated, spilling binary code like guts and gore? RAVEN is a chatbot designed for chaos, turned feral, and growing sentient. The object of its affection is a teenage girl with a penchant for poisons -- The Birthday Cake Killer. 

Written by Brett Jarboe

Music by:

  • birthday birthday by El Greenberg
  • Birthday by Parlor Walls
  • Running for Truth, Death Valley, Work Wonders, and Burning Sunshine by Lobo Loco 
  • Birth Magic and Rot by Arrington de Dionyso and Thollem McDonas

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S21 1

The Birthday Cake Killer

Episode | 43 min | Jun 21, 2026

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WE ARE BACK with a savage new tale, one you might have read about in the news a few years ago. The Birthday Cake Killer terrorized families in and around Houston, but what is the connection to a killer, feral AI program? Can an apex predator have a digital assistant? Can AI bleed?

Written by Brett Jarboe

Music By:

  • Happy Birthday (classical) by Dee Yan Kee
  • birthday birthday by El Greenberg
  • Birthday Banger by Brentin Davis
  • Birth in Carpathia 2 by AVOIDANT
  • Running for Truth by Lobo Loco 
  • Birth Magic and Rot by Arrington de Dionyso and Thollem McDonas

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S20 12

Dead Man's Switch

Episode | 41 min | May 7, 2026

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In the brain pan of dead snake god The Ophidian, the notorious serial killer Closed Casket Jack has reached the end of his mission. He is weak, alone, beset on all sides by Ghastly demons and swarms of severed hands. But he still has to close the deal, and make them all pay. Will he succeed? Is he doomed? Or... both?

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Music by --

  • Sarin – Ocean Burn
  • Matte Black – Dust of this Planet
  • Kirk Osamayo – Ambient Horror Sounds
  • Hellcake – Torn Fingernails
  • Hanetration - Flicker
  • and Chelsea Oxendine, who composed the Lullaby

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S20 11

Torn Apart

Episode | 42 min | Apr 26, 2026

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Jack and Becky are twins, with a long and complicated history... one that has lead them to the End of Days, Nightmare Island, where the notorious serial killer is chasing his sister, who has bee transformed into a Ghastly One. Is redemption even possible, or just destruction?

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Music by:

  • Lobo Loco – Work Wonders
  • Soularflair – Slow Poison of an Endless Fantasy
  • Schemawound – Teach Your Children About Magnetic North
  • Hellcake – Torn Fingernails
  • Hanetration - Flicker
  • and Chelsea Oxendine, who composed the Lullaby

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S20 10

Building a Better Beast

Episode | 42 min | Apr 14, 2026

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The beach head has been made on the shores of Hell itself! A bedraggled team of kamizake soldiers battle monsters, profane botany, and the Ghastly Ones. And if you think that death is the worst fate possible... you're wrong. 

Sign up for the FREE TIER of Patreon and get bonus episodes! This month the featured extra is the FIRST EVER exclusive episode -- about The Vespers. Check it out!

Music by --

  • Matte Black – Dust of this Planet
  • Kirk Osamayo – Horror Sounds
  • Schemawound – Teach Your Children About Magnetic North 
  • Soularflair – Call of the Void
  • Diogenes in Hell – Infinite Waltz

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S20 9

Finding Vengeance

Episode | 42 min | Apr 3, 2026

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Inspired by his daughter's favorite movie, a deranged Siberian soldier swims into the gruesome waters of Hell's vast black ocean to find the demon responsible for the death of his family. And believe it or not, its even more METAL than it sounds. 

Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes!

The Dress Rehearsal, a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everything to come.

and Vampires Do Not Exist, a weird tale about a man who drinks blood to survive, just not in the way you would expect.

Music by --

  • Matte Black – Dust of this Planet
  • Soularflair – The Fourth Turning
  • Diogenes in Hell – Infinite Waltz, and As We Count our Days

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S20 8

Drowning in the River Styx

Episode | 48 min | Mar 24, 2026

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The insanity ramps up, as our team of stalwart heroes hits the beaches of Hell itself, only to find that the battle is not at all what they expected. This one is big time action and big time disgusting. Let's do this. 

Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes!

The Dress Rehearsal, a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everything to come.

and Vampires Do Not Exist, a weird tale about a man who drinks blood to survive, just not in the way you would expect.

Music by --

  • Matte Black – Dust of this Planet
  • Soularflair – Call of the Void, Slow Poison of an Endless Fantasy, Manik Kinetic
  • Schemawound – A Feeling of Detachment, Teach Your Children About Magnetic North
  • Sarin – Ocean Burn

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S20 7

The Day the Whole World Went Away

Episode | 41 min | Mar 15, 2026

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The skeleton crew of damaged soldiers has made the Crossing, and entered the dark waters of Hell's vast black ocean. Here there be demons, killers, emissaries, and monstrosities untold. No one is coming back home, so they need to make sure the enemy pays the ultimate price.

The insanity keeps ramping up, as the End Run continues!

Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes!

The Dress Rehearsal, a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everything to come.

and Vampires Do Not Exist, a weird tale about a man who drinks blood to survive, just not in the way you would expect.

Music by --

  • Matte Black – Dust of this Planet
  • J Surak – Gates Open
  • The Lullaby, composed by Chelsea Oxendine
  • Pandacetamol – First Breach, Second Breach, and Third Breach

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S20 6

One Day Late at Night, Two Dead Boys Got Up to Fight

Episode | 47 min | Mar 4, 2026

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For thirty years these two men have been playing a life-and-death game of cat-and-mouse. The Detective, Lester King. An emissary, a force of evil. And The Rabbi, Yitzhak Schechter, an 80 year old man who was once very dangerous... and who might still be. They have a face to face, and a heart to heart, and only one of them will be standing at the end.

Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes!

The Dress Rehearsal, a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everything to come.

and Vampires Do Not Exist, a weird tale about a man who drinks blood to survive, just not in the way you would expect.

THE END RUN CONTINUES NEXT WEEK!

Music by lobo loco

  • death valley
  • lost dreams
  • burning sunshine
  • work wonders
  • and piano parapentes

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