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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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