414. Dark Reddit Holidays
Released on 12/13/2025
Holiday themed scary allegedly true stories from Reddit (wait till you hear how many people have actually seen Santa)
https://www.reddit.com/r/MrNightmare/comments/7k9qzj/my_scary_christmas_story_true/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/2loa38/i_saw_santa/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/5jrgrs/i_also_have_seen_santa/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/mjy6nw/a_gift_from_beyond_the_grave/
https://twitter.com/clawztrophobia/status/1378824818095689732/photo/1
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413. True Horror XXXIII
Released on 12/06/2025
Terrifying stories sent in by listeners (and I also threw in a couple of my own this time)
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TW: loss of a pet
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412. Horsemen
Released on 12/01/2025
Horsemen written by Z.S. Orchid
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TW: child death, rape, suicide, stalking, gore
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411. You Will Be Mine
Released on 11/21/2025
YOU WILL Be Mine written by Anna Uusitalo
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Pistooli, laukaus sisällä / Pistol, shot, echoing gunshot, interior by YleArkisto | License: Attribution 4.0
TW: gun shot, stalking
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410. Ghost Ships
Released on 11/08/2025
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?” -Gordon Lightfoot “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
Join me on a voyage to talk about ghost ships....
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409. True Horror XXXII
Released on 10/31/2025
Terrifying stories sent in by listeners
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Bonus: Perplexing Stories
Released on 10/29/2025
To ring in 150 EPISODES, Kaydra invites some friends to the show to read some of their favorite spooky stories from the internet. Happy Halloween!
This episode was produced and edited by Kaydra Brannan, the host of Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast. https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/
Show Notes:
Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast https://www.perplexitymysterypodcast.com/
Believing the Bizarre https://believingthebizarre.com/
Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/ParanormalEncounters/s/pSiiHaLfSw
Lets Get Haunted: letsgethaunted.com
Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackwoodsCreepy/comments/esx890/my_first_time_backpacking/
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Drinking the Koolaid https://www.dtkpod.com/
Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/s/ecZb8zhu6R
Live, Laugh, Larceny https://www.livelaughlarceny.com/
Music: Experia / Brain Hurts from the Memories / Courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Serial Napper https://serialnapper.com/
Story: https://www.wattpad.com/594413960-short-horror-stories-look-at-me
Scare You To Sleep https://www.scareyoutosleep.com/
Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/ke896c/i_died_last_night_but_im_still_here/
Lets Not Meet https://letsnotmeetpodcast.com/
Truly Twisted, Twisted & Uncorked Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6Pvr5mpNCgvToOehPV8xEE
https://www.twistedanduncorked.com/
Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/8kh2WHUxet
Scared All The Time Podcast https://scaredallthetimepodcast.com/
Story:
http://web.archive.org/web/19981203004349/http:/www.ghosts.org/stories/tales/evil-kids.html
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408. Araceli: Chapter III
Released on 10/25/2025
Araceli: Chapter 3 written by Shelby Novak
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"Long Note Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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TW: time travel
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407. The Body Snatcher
Released on 10/17/2025
'I heard your name; I feared it might be you; I wished to know if, after all, there were a God; I know now that there is none. Begone!'
The Body Snatcher written by Robert Louis Stevenson
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"Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"This House" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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406. Dark Reddit Halloween
Released on 10/11/2025
Terrifying stories from the website Reddit.com, all happening on or around Halloween
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/jsvktz/because_he_is_standing_right_behind_youhaunting/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/j5uqdf/i_grew_up_in_a_haunted_house/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/n7shy6/one_of_my_creepiest_unexplained_thing_ever/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1h4dlox/vanishing_man_in_bar/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/q6m28s/what_was_the_worst_experience_youve_had_during/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/12ff3g/since_its_halloween_police_officers_of_reddit/
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TW: mention of a dead baby, but it’s during a description of a nightmare
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