Just Chills - Short Scary Stories

A scary story by E F Benson. A man is followed every night but he can't see anyone. He can only hear the steps. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A house that only a young woman can see. An old lady that only she can speak to. A chilling horror story by Amyas Northcote. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Two tales of revenge by Robert Barr - Purification and An Alpine Divorce.Trigger warning: Suicide referencesIf you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A short scary story with the lesson: If a stranger invites you to tea with their wife, don't accept. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A young man accepts a well paid job that seems very easy. Almost too easy. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

The prequel to the classic scary story Dracula by Bram Stoker. An Englishman's journey to Transylvania takes an unexpected, terrifying turn. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A professor staying at a Danish inn realises that the room number 13 appears and then disappears. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

When you're lost at night in an unfamiliar town, don't sleep at the nearest inn! If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Til death do us part. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A creepy horror story by H G Wells. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Stranded at a remote inn, a man realises quickly that something sinister is lurking in his room. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

What's in the box? What's in the box! If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A man visits an old friend that he hasn't heard from in 10 years. He settles into his room for the night. What is behind the bolted door in the corner? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A ship is attacked by a huge sea serpent. A huge, hungry, sea serpent. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A weary traveller out of money, food and hope knocks on a farm door. The old man inside is very welcoming. Perhaps he shouldn't stay.... If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Based on an El Salvadorian folk tale, a man goes to extraordinary lengths to marry his sweetheart. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.You can find out more about Melinda and her work here: https://www.melindabrasher.com

One of Charles Dicken's earliest stories. A young doctor waits for his first client. When she arrives, shrouded in black, the case unfolds unlike anything he ever expected. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Every room is booked. What is a schoolmaster on vacation to do at this time of night? Stay in someone else's room. They won't be back tonight... Warning: this story mentions suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you know is having these thoughts, please seek help immediately.

What happened when the man who tried to kill Kay escaped from the mental hospital? A scary tale from the author of the Lady Vanishes, Ethel Lina White. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A man takes his chances and rents a room that is said to be haunted. He is certain that he will break the curse. Wait. What's this dagger doing there? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next one.

How do you solve a problem like blackmail? Well, I can think of one way. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next one.

What lurks in those snowy mountains? Is it human? Is it looking for a mate? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next one.

What happens with an old lady helps the wrong young man and let's him through her front door. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next one.

A chilling tale of revenge from Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next episode.

A ghost story about pride, missed opportunities and a tap, tap, tapping beyond the wall. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next episode.

A house can be haunted. But can an engine? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next episode.

Four friends enter the Toll House. How many will leave - alive? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next episode.

Cited as the inspiration for Coraline by Neil Gaiman. A weird tale of two children and how far they will go to be told a secret. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next episode.

If you see a shadow of a woman moving across the moors at night. Don't follow it. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app so you don't miss the next episode.

Don't go in the water! Octopus like creatures attack the coast of an English town. They have a taste for human flesh. Gobble. Gobble. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A doll delivers a ghostly message to a doll doctor. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

That shape is not a trick of the light. And it's getting closer.... If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Who or what is Carnivorine? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A ghost story from the author of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Are twins connected even in death? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

The classic scary story by Edgar Allan Poe. A rebroadcast because we're taking a teeny break over the long weekend. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Don't talk to strangers. And definitely don't accept drinks from them! If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Why does he always wear a high collar? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Some things are best left well enough alone. A creepy tale by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Rebecca wants to take her niece home with her. But the stepmother stands in the way. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

From the writer of Little Women, one of the first mummy stories. What lies in the tomb, should stay in the tomb. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

All is fair in love and war. A creepy (no pun intended!) by Edith Nesbit.For Women's History Month, we are featuring classic tales from some female writers that you may never have heard of. Or you might now know they wrote horror stories. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

No good deed goes unpunished. A creepy tale by Dora Sigerson Shorter. For Women's History Month, we are featuring classic tales from some female writers that you may never have heard of.If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.Warning: story includes injury to a child.

When the music plays, all must dance! A creepy tale by Jessie Douglas Kerruish. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.This March, we are featuring short scary stories by women in horror. Some you might have heard of, most you have not.

A woman watches drama unfold between her fellow travellers on a train. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

Another short scary story by E F Benson. A vacation turns terrifying in a house that harbours dark secrets. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A man remembers his first day as a pizza boy many summers ago. What was Mr Guthrie's Familiar? A story by Glenn Dungan. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.Find Glenn Dungan here: whereisglennnow.com

A different type of horror. What happens when you start to lose everything but don't know why? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

A betrothed couple are parted by distance but will they be parted by Death? If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.

From the author of Frankenstein, a gothic tale of a doomed romance. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app.