After Dark Horror Stories

They went into the woods to hunt zombies… not become prey. When a routine trip turns into a nightmare after a devastating accident, one hunter is left helpless as something far worse than the slow, shambling dead begins to close in. Fast. Hungry. Feral. And this time—there’s no escape. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast #horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A stranger showed up bleeding on her porch, begging for help… but the moment she used her security system to search for the missing “dog,” she realized she’d just helped something far worse find its next victim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A pregnant tow truck driver hauling a blood-soaked wreck through the dead of night realizes too late that something from the crash didn’t stay behind—and it’s trying to lead her somewhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After twenty years hunting the cult that turned her childhood into a nightmare, Charlotte finally finds them—but the ritual they’re preparing will unleash something far worse than revenge. To stop the end of the world, she’ll have to face the monster they made… and the brother it’s wearing. Author: J.G. Martin * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast #horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After twenty years hunting the cult that turned her childhood into a nightmare, Charlotte finally finds them—but the ritual they’re preparing will unleash something far worse than revenge. To stop the end of the world, she’ll have to face the monster they made… and the brother it’s wearing. Author: J.G. Martin * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast #horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hired to babysit a stolen painting in a rundown motel, a desperate woman soon realizes the skulls in the artwork aren’t just art—they’re a countdown to when the Collector arrives to claim his next one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a dark, empty motorway, one distracted glance at a ringing phone turns an ordinary drive home into a nightmare that refuses to stay in the rear-view mirror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At a secret bar hidden inside abandoned train cars in an Alaskan national park, a midnight drink becomes a guided tour through humanity’s buried massacres. By sunrise, the mountain’s hunger awakens—and one innocent visitor is no longer innocent at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A woman who looks normal in the mirror starts realizing that every stranger sees a different face—and with each passing day, even her own reflection can’t agree on who she is. * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #creepypasta #scarystories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raised in an isolated doomsday cult and sealed inside a bunker for the apocalypse, a terrified sibling slowly realizes the end of the world isn’t coming from above—but whispering up through the pipes, wearing the face of a child. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast #horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When police swarm a cluttered Yorkshire flat and accuse her hapless son of being a notorious serial killer, a sharp-tongued old cat lady bristles at the mistake. As the investigation tightens and an election looms, she begins to consider just how far a devoted mother might go to set things right. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast #horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A blind woman escaping prison by rope and trust discovers that the deep West Virginia woods measure freedom in blood, not steps, and something ancient is counting her every breath. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast #horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A terrifying vision of her own murder comes true step by step, forcing a grieving girl to stop the night from repeating—or die in it. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast #horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When a weekend role-playing game at a remote camp turns into a waking nightmare, a young woman must outwit a delusional game runner who believes he’s a knight—and who’s willing to kill in order to claim her as his bride. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A family’s fresh start in their dream home unravels into terror when their young son befriends something sinister hiding inside a locked trunk in the basement. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A down-and-out drifter awakens to a mysterious voice that promises to fix his life—but its idea of “help” may be far more unsettling than he imagines. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to this story from Jasper's perspective on Dr. NoSleep here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sqi0dJoIudYWq430DXRH5?si=c541cba23b0a4f38 Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to this story from Jasper's perspective on Dr. NoSleep here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sqi0dJoIudYWq430DXRH5?si=c541cba23b0a4f38 Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to this story from Jasper's perspective on Dr. NoSleep here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sqi0dJoIudYWq430DXRH5?si=c541cba23b0a4f38 Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Years after her crown has faded, a former beauty queen prepares a final performance for an audience that demands more than just her smile. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A honeymoon in paradise turns into a nightmare when a dead woman’s face begins appearing in new photos on the couple’s digital frame—photos that seem to reveal her murder, frame by frame. Author: Jake Bible * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A devoted husband struggles to care for his pregnant wife as her body transforms into something monstrous, drawing him into a government conspiracy and an otherworldly fate he can no longer escape. Author: Jake Bible * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A devoted husband struggles to care for his pregnant wife as her body transforms into something monstrous, drawing him into a government conspiracy and an otherworldly fate he can no longer escape. Author: Jake Bible * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a world driven mad by an unspeakable revelation, three survivors cling to fragile routines in their decaying apartment complex, each night haunted by the screams, silence, and shadows that press in from the darkness outside. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three girls stumble upon a hidden cemetery where every grave bears a name they know—and a death date yet to come. Author: Jake Bible * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Locked in an asylum for a fire she swears she didn’t start, Laura Gunshen stops taking the little yellow pills—and the memories, screams, and truth begin to burn their way back. * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alone on the moon, Commander Harper Stone begins to unravel—haunted by ghostly crewmates, a forbidden love, and the terrible truth buried beneath the lunar soil. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alone on the moon, Commander Harper Stone begins to unravel—haunted by ghostly crewmates, a forbidden love, and the terrible truth buried beneath the lunar soil. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They tortured me for names I didn’t have—until the real witch arrived and turned their inquisition into a blood-soaked reckoning. Author: Jake Bible * * * CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decades after surviving a legendary summer camp massacre, the so-called ‘Final Girl’ takes her story on the road—until a familiar shadow from the past begins following her from town to town. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trapped in a crumbling asylum after the world ends, a deranged doctor clings to routine and sanity—until desperate survivors arrive, and his darkest instincts take over. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After her daughter stumbles into her bedroom with skin peeling off in strips and blood filling her slippers, a mother realizes the terrifying sickness devouring her child is spreading—and no one is coming to help. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After her daughter stumbles into her bedroom with skin peeling off in strips and blood filling her slippers, a mother realizes the terrifying sickness devouring her child is spreading—and no one is coming to help. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deadbeat dad, unknowingly killed in a car crash with his family, must race a sarcastic goddess in a muscle car through the afterlife’s Crossroads—where the winner decides their eternal fate. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a jubilant mob celebrates the fall of a brutal regime, the general’s wife flees with her children—only to face the vengeance of a city that remembers every atrocity she once ignored. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three sharp-tongued seniors uncover a mysterious gingerbread house in their Arizona retirement community—only to discover it offers youth, power, and beauty… for a blood-soaked price. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As emergency alerts flood the nation and a White House broadcast ends in blood, two women wrestle with paranoia, supernatural theories, and a chilling message commanding one unthinkable act: kill the one you love most. Author: Jake Bible * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Step into a nightmarish future where technology turns against us, alien terrors lurk in the void, and humanity’s darkest fears are no longer fiction—they're just the beginning. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bound to a monstrous guardian born from tragedy, a girl struggles to survive high school and her own unraveling sanity, as the creature lurking at her side answers every threat with unstoppable, bloody violence. Author: Jude Irons * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A country vet follows the trail of a mysterious predator into the Yorkshire moors—only to discover that something ancient, hungry, and heartbreakingly deceptive has awakened in the bog. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A forgotten spirit, trapped in the ruins of her own murder and consumed by a cold hunger for warmth, struggles to recall her past and resist harming the living—until a long-lost descendant offers her the chance at peace and redemption. Author: Jude Irons * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the shadowed alleys of a sultry southern city, a devoted young woman lures strangers to feed the ancient vampire she loves—until a relentless hunter arrives, and their dark romance spirals into a tragic descent of blood, betrayal, and burning daylight. Author: James Tully * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A death doula answering a call in historic London discovers her client is not just dying—but preparing to be reborn, through a ritual of ancient blood magic that puts her unborn child at the center of a monstrous bargain for immortality. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When a cynical therapist begins to unravel after a disturbing patient warns her of an impending apocalypse, she must question her sanity, reality, and the terrifying possibility that his delusions might be the truth. Author: Jude Irons * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A young woman raised in a world of brutal crime enlists the help of a deranged butcher—who happens to be the city’s most feared serial killer—to wage a bloody war against her own family, but as their violent crusade escalates, the line between revenge and obsession begins to blur. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A young woman raised in a world of brutal crime enlists the help of a deranged butcher—who happens to be the city’s most feared serial killer—to wage a bloody war against her own family, but as their violent crusade escalates, the line between revenge and obsession begins to blur. Author: Dave Kavanaugh * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 18. Listener discretion is advised. #afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices