Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: A Horror Anthology and Scary S...

What would you risk to protect the one person you can’t live without? When the rules are written in blood and the game only ends when someone dies, the only way out… is through. In this gripping tale of moonlit danger and urban dread, one woman finds herself hunted through a snow-covered city—trapped in a ritual older than law, pursued by predators who walk in human skin. But she’s not running alone. Featuring a performance by Olivia Steele and penned by acclaimed author Cesly1987, this full-length episode blends gritty survival horror with mythic undertones and sharp psychological stakes. "Marked for Midnight" is a feral, fast-paced descent into the shadows—where every choice could be your last. Lock your doors. Load your weapon. And don’t look back. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some jobs come with a uniform. Others come with a warning. In this nightmarish episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you into the dark corridors of duty, silence, and the consequences of breaking rhythm. What begins as a simple task unravels into something far more ancient—an encounter with forces that don’t knock... they wait. With a performance by the legendary Otis Jiry and spine-chilling support from Kevin Barbare and Olivia Steele, this episode explores the terrifying cost of opening the wrong door—or failing to hold it shut. Keep your eyes open. Keep your voice steady. And whatever you do… don’t stop reading. Get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box at https://www.factormeals.com/chilling50off and use code CHILLING50OFF To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if your fate could be forecast—not by fortune or faith, but by footage? In this unsettling installment of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you into a world where the future isn’t guessed—it’s assigned. One man holds the key to revelations best left unseen... and tonight, he’s about to press play. With rich performances, shadowy twists, and a story that peers deep into the gears of mortality, this episode delivers a haunting meditation on control, choice, and the terrifying allure of certainty. You may think you want to know how it ends—but once you see it, there’s no turning back. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beneath the surface of quiet streets and rain-slicked curbs, something ancient stirs. It doesn’t knock. It doesn’t speak. But when the storm drains overflow and puddles stretch like mirrors, it remembers who gave first… and who owes. In this unforgettable descent into creeping dread, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights founder Craig Groshek delivers a story that will make you think twice before glancing into standing water—or lending kindness to something you don’t understand. With haunting performances by Christopher Drape and Olivia Steele, and guided by the voice of host Steve Taylor, Down the Drain invites you to a place where memory festers, mercy carries a price, and once the thirst begins… it never truly ends. Lock the doors. Avoid the storm. And whatever you do—don’t offer it a drink. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the rain begins to fall, it carries more than water from the sky. In tonight’s unnerving descent into terror, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights invites you to face what might be lurking above the clouds—waiting for an invitation to slip inside. This episode delivers a slow-building nightmare where unease grows drop by drop, pulling you into a world where instinct turns against you, and escape may not be an option. Performed by the haunting voice of SomberReads, Swallowing the Sky will leave you questioning every storm that darkens your horizon. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Something’s out there—and it looks just like you. In this chilling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, host Steve Taylor invites you on a journey into the uncanny, where trust becomes a gamble and identity is anything but certain. When familiar faces begin acting strange, and memories can’t be relied on, the line between truth and imitation starts to blur. Featuring a gripping performance by Nick Goroff and an ensemble cast, this story will leave you questioning who—or what—is standing beside you. Lock your doors. Memorize a few facts about yourself. And whatever you do… don’t open the door until you’re sure. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this haunting episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, silence becomes a battleground—and your own body is no longer your own. When the last thing you can trust is the sound coming from your own mouth, what’s left to hold on to? Join host Steve Taylor and returning narrator SomberReads for a descent into creeping horror where identity frays, language turns traitor, and the quiet harbors something far more sinister than any scream. From acclaimed horror writer D.D. Wikman, this tale of internal invasion and unraveling sanity will leave you questioning the next words that leave your lips. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve all heard the creaks in the night—the soft clicks in the walls we tell ourselves are just the house settling. But what if they aren’t? What if something else is listening? Watching? Waiting? In this haunting installment, host Steve Taylor guides you through a tale where childhood tragedy leaves a mark too deep to bury, and the line between memory and monster begins to blur. From one of horror’s most unsettling voices comes a story that will leave you questioning what really lives behind the walls—and what it wants from you. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some monsters don’t break down your door… they wait for you to open it. In this unnervingly intimate episode, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights invites you to confront a fear older than any lock and far closer than you think. It’s a story of thresholds—both literal and psychological—where the line between safety and danger is drawn not in blood, but in trust. Featuring a haunting new tale from acclaimed storyteller Jay of Horror on the Rocks, this episode peels back centuries of folklore to reveal a terror that’s evolved—but never gone away. It doesn’t need to force its way in. It just needs you to say yes. "Invitation Only" by Jay of Horror on the Rocks – When a soft knock echoes through a quiet evening, what begins as a moment of kindness spirals into a meditation on memory, grief, and the invisible dangers we welcome without thinking. Drawing from centuries of vampire lore and modern fears of digital intimacy, this story reimagines the oldest monsters through the lens of trust, consent, and the subtle choices that open doors we were never meant to unlock. Both timeless and disturbingly current, this chilling tale asks a single, devastating question: Would you have done the same? To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What if death wasn’t the end? What if it was only the beginning… again? In this harrowing episode, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights invites you to step into a nightmare that resets with every scream. A relentless stalker. A home that offers no sanctuary. And a survivor who remembers every agonizing moment, even after the blood dries. With haunting narration by Geoff Sturtevant and a tale penned by one of horror’s rising voices, this episode explores the thin line between persistence and madness—between hope and horror. Not everyone breaks the cycle. Some are broken by it. Perhaps you ought to ask yourself… how many times could you die trying? To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices