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Fear From the Heartland: A Horror Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast

Fear From the Heartland: A Horror Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast

Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71 · Audioboom

132 episodesEN

Show overview

Fear From the Heartland: A Horror Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 132 episodes, alongside 3 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 7th season.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 55 min and 1h 13m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Fiction show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 16 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 52 episodes published. Published by Audioboom.

Episodes
132
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
1h 4m
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

While the stories may not all take place in the heartland, I am delivering them to you from the heartland. My intention is to strike fear and confusion into the mind, soul and yes...the heart. Fear From the Heartland! Hosted by Paul J. McSorley. For advertising opportunities please email: [email protected] We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy

Latest Episodes

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"The Halloween Funeral" - Fear From the Heartland

Oct 28, 202648 min

"Drip" - Fear From the Heartland

Oct 21, 202619 min

"Their Souls Speak Through Fire" (feat. Danielle Hewitt) - Fear From the Heartland

Oct 20, 202622 min

"Before the Zero" (feat. Justine Anastasia) - Fear From the Heartland

Oct 19, 202637 min

"A Storm Does This Way Come" - Fear From the Heartland

Oct 12, 202654 min

S7 Ep9: S7E09 - "Multiplicity" - Fear From The Heartland

Oct 8, 202658 min

"The Cage" - Fear From the Heartland

Sep 19, 202659 min

S7 Ep8: S7E08 - "Blood of the Nephilim" - Fear From The Heartland

Sep 3, 20261h 15m

"Pea Ridge" - Fear From the Heartland

Sep 2, 20262h 10m

S7 Ep7: S7E07 - "Beyond Bigfoot" - Fear From The Heartland

Aug 6, 20261h 6m

S7 Ep6: S7E06 - "Where Legends Begin" - Fear From The Heartland

Jul 2, 20261h 17m

S7 Ep5: S7E05 - "The Shaman's Revenge" - Fear From The Heartland

May 7, 202655 min

S7 Ep 4S7E04: Sulphur and Shadow - Fear From The Heartland

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Beyond the wasteland, beyond the last safe road, a mountain waits with its mouth open. Drawn onward by secrets, old wounds, and forces they barely understand, two men descend into a place of firelit stone, blind horrors, and ancient judgment. What they find below is not merely hidden history, but something living, watchful, and hungry. This episode promises a savage journey into darkness where every step forward feels fated—and every answer comes at a cost. 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 2, 20261h 4m

S7 Ep 3S7E03: The World After Us - Fear From The Heartland

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When the world begins to unravel, it isn’t always monsters or plagues that bring humanity to its knees. Sometimes, it’s the choices we make for love. In this chilling episode, two unforgettable tales explore what happens when devotion, betrayal, and desperation collide with the end of everything we thought we knew. In one story, a fractured couple struggling to hold their marriage together must navigate a landscape where survival itself is uncertain—and where the promise they made to each other may carry a terrible cost. In another, an illicit romance spirals into something far darker, as a personal betrayal triggers consequences that could reshape the fate of the entire world. As loyalties are tested and impossible decisions loom, these stories ask a haunting question: when civilization collapses and the future hangs by a thread, what are we truly willing to sacrifice for the people we love? 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 20261h 15m

S7 Ep 2S7E02: After Forgiveness Fails - Fear From The Heartland

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In this chilling episode, humanity clings to survival in the shadow of a catastrophe that refused to stay buried. Safe havens come with conditions. Miracles arrive with strings attached. And the line between protector and predator grows thinner with every passing day. As civilization flickers in the ruins, listeners are invited into a world where salvation wears a reassuring smile, science promises second chances, and hope may be the most dangerous temptation of all. What does it mean to be human when memory can be erased, bodies rebuilt, and the future engineered by unseen hands? Darkly philosophical, quietly devastating, and steeped in moral unease, this episode asks a single, unsettling question: If something offers to save us—should we ever stop to ask why? 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, 20261h 14m

S7 Ep 1S7E01: Luring the Living - Fear From The Heartland

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This season-opening episode of Fear From the Heartland plunges listeners into a brutal, myth-soaked world crafted in the mind of author Hank Belbin, where forgotten gods leave monuments instead of mercy, where guidance may be a trap, and where simply enduring can mark you for something far worse than death. As the journey presses westward into hostile territory shaped by violence, decay, and unseen intelligence, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: Some places don’t want you to leave. 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 8, 20261h 7m

S6 Ep 12S6E12: When the Curtain Falls - Fear From The Heartland

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Before the headlines. Before the panic. Before the questions no one could answer— There was the night everything went wrong. This episode follows the eerie disappearance of a rising New York star and the unseen forces that converge around him: a volatile family bound by blood, a relentless pursuer with a long memory, and a performance that was never meant for human eyes. As the truth unravels, it becomes clear that the real story was never about fame… but about what was lurking under it. 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 4, 20251h 11m

S6 Ep 11S6E11: Raised in Ruin - Fear From The Heartland

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In the blistered ruins of a world that has forgotten mercy, one man’s defiance becomes a spark in the kingdom of the damned. Across the desert wastes of Zimitra, faith is measured in blood, and the gods wear the faces of their victims. When a fallen assassin awakens beneath the knife of his captors, he is offered a single, unholy bargain—freedom, in exchange for a sin greater than any he has yet committed. From the mind of Hank Belbin comes a brutal, myth-soaked tale of vengeance and survival in a world where flesh is currency, faith is slavery, and salvation may be the cruelest illusion of all. 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 20251h 16m

S6 Ep 10S6E10: Apprentice to Evil - Fear From The Heartland

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In this chilling episode of Fear From the Heartland, the line between guardian and monster blurs, and innocence collides with the demands of blood and shadow. When old pacts tremble and dark legacies fall into new hands, survival means choosing between loyalty and damnation. Enter a world where contracts bind deeper than family, where every smile may hide a fanged snarl, and where even the most fragile soul can become the sharpest weapon. Step inside—if you dare—and witness horror not merely inherited, but unleashed. 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 20251h 19m

S6 Ep 9S6E09: Inherited Horror - Fear From The Heartland

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When the lights go out and the world drifts into sleep, some secrets refuse to stay buried. In this haunting episode, we explore the thin veil between devotion and destruction, love and obsession, safety and terror. Two lives, worlds apart, are bound by the monsters that rise from within—and by the chilling truth that sometimes the greatest danger isn’t out there in the dark…it’s waiting at home. 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 4, 20251h 9m
Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71