Show overview
Joe Townsel's Dreadtime Stories has published 7 episodes during 2025. That works out to roughly 7 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 56 min and 1h 1m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Fiction show.
There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 6 months ago. Published by Joe Townsel.
From the publisher
Welcome fellow followers of the macabre! Enjoy dark and bizarre tales to fuel your nightmares and darken your dreams. Joe Townsel reads from his own twisted library, available at joetownsel.com. Sit back, relax, and enjoy his delightfully disturbing Dreadtime Stories. Stay frightened, my friends!Full video episodes of Joe Townsel's Dreadtime Stories can be viewed on his YouTube Channel here > youtube.com/@joetownsel. A production of The Dark and Bizarre Works of Joe Townsel, and John Webber of Webber Internet Thingy.
Latest Episodes
S2 Ep 1Phases
Is it possible for someone with the ability to fast forward through unpleasant and unbearable portions of her life to still endure longing and regret? Young Alicia loses her mother and her innocence at a tragically young age. She knows of no other way to escape ... at least for a few precious moments ... than to simply skip over the horrors that plague her into adulthood. But who will pay the ultimate price, both physically and emotionally?A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.Featured in the collection, "Anticipation".
S1 Ep 6Things That Go Bump in the Day
Spooky noises, creaking floorboards, soft tortured moans, These are the sounds that frighten small children, and give their parents pause as well. But are the noises only tricks of the mind, or is there something sinister lurking in the shadows? Are they more or less terrifying when things go bump in the day?A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.Featured in the collection, "Horror Springs Eternal".
S1 Ep 5The Way to a Man's Heart
If one's fulfillment of the soul cannot be satisfied within the confines of humanity, now those needs can be met beyond the mortal, beyond the organic. One suitor is the man of a lonely woman's dreams, proving that even the soul can be only skin deep. I Love the Body Electric.A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.Book One in the novel, "Mate to Order".
S1 Ep 4Another Day, Another Horror
Wendell Skaggs is a harried, frazzled and burnt-out temp worker. He is about to endure the longest workday of his life, on the assignment from Hell. The alluring and somewhat sinister boss lady just may be from the same place.A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.Featured in the collection, "Anticipation".
S1 Ep 3Graduation Day
Is Commencement truly an ending, or a beginning, One new high school graduate desperately seeks freedom from the trappings of the small village of Havensburg. He is determined to escape by any means necessary. Graduation is a beginning ... of something sinister.A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.Featured in the collection, "Anticipation".
S1 Ep 2Take a Picture
Take a picture, it will last longer, when a woman finds herself pursued and terrorized by a savage trucker, in the most isolated of deserts. But she has a very special, rare and deadly device at her disposal. Who is the hunger, and who it the prey?A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.Featured in the collection, "Fury Duty".
S1 Ep 1Family Unit
The dreams of a happy marriage and a family of his own are slipping through Reggie's fingers. Will he convince the lovely but self-absorbed Veronica before it's too late. A shocking physical transformation will provide the answer ... and the means to take what he so desperately desires.A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.Featured in the collection, "Horror Springs Eternal".