Show overview
Scary Stories Told in the Dark: A Horror Anthology Series has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 474 episodes, alongside 8 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 590 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 19th season.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h and 1h 22m — 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 2 months ago, with 13 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2020, with 83 episodes published. Published by Audioboom.
From the publisher
A multiple story, horror-themed audio storytelling podcast, spun-off from Chilling Tales for Dark Nights and its popular YouTube channel of the same name. The show features master storyteller Malcolm Blackwood and the work of dozens of independent and previously-published contributing authors. Find this and our other great programs at: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com. We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 For advertising opportunities please email [email protected] Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
Latest Episodes
View all 474 episodesS19 Ep 7S19E07 - "Sideshow Sins" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
ETo 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 6S19E06 - "When the Bell Tolls" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
ETo 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 5S19E05 - "Beware the Moon" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
ETo 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 4S19E04 - "Past the Last Exit" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
ETo 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 3S19E03 - "A Study in Guilt" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this chilling installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, Malcolm Blackwood invites listeners into a night of psychological horror where the most terrifying things are not monsters lurking in the dark, but the choices people make when grief, rage, and temptation press in from all sides. Featuring Mak Ralston’s “All Hands Are Red,” this episode descends into a world of contradiction, private pain, and quiet moral collapse, where justice and vengeance begin to resemble one another in all the worst ways. Darkly intimate, unnerving, and steeped in dread, this is a tale for anyone who’s ever wondered what it really takes to push an ordinary person past the point of no return. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 2S19E02 - "Undoing Death" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this chilling installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you into a tale where love refuses to accept loss… and where a single miscalculation could mean the difference between reunion and ruin. When tragedy strikes, one desperate soul begins searching for answers beyond the limits of science—and discovers that some doors don’t simply open. They require instructions. Precision. Timing. And the willingness to follow through, no matter the cost. If you were given the chance to undo the unthinkable to bring back someone or something you loved… would you be able to resist? 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 1S19E01 - "Nameless Games" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EA new season begins… and this time, the danger doesn’t hide in graveyards or abandoned houses. It waits in fluorescent hallways. In tidy institutions. In the quiet rules no one questions. In our latest episode, we open with a story that lingers long after the lights go out: a tale of silence, survival, and the subtle cruelty that can pass for harmless play. When being unnoticed becomes a defense mechanism, and obedience becomes a habit, something begins to learn from it. Something patient. Something practiced. Because sometimes the most dangerous thing you can be… is easy to forget. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 24S18E24 - "Lies in Lantern Light" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EThe harvest season is nearly over. The lanterns are lit. And some visitors don’t wait for October to knock. On a quiet farmhouse porch, beneath the fading glow of autumn skies, grief lingers longer than the falling leaves. The crops have withered. The land is tired. And a man left alone with his memories begins to wonder whether the dark holds answers… or something far worse. This week, Scary Stories Told in the Dark closes Season 18 with a story that proves the most dangerous horrors aren’t the ones that chase you in the night. They’re the ones that convince you to open the door. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 23S18E23 - "Experiments with Teeth" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
ECuriosity has always been humanity’s sharpest tool. And its most dangerous. In this chilling installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, host Malcolm Blackwood invites listeners to explore the fragile boundary between affection and obsession… between improvement and interference. What begins as admiration for something small and familiar gradually becomes something far more unsettling—an experiment not born of cruelty, but of conviction. Tonight’s tale examines the quiet confidence of a mind certain it knows better than nature. It asks what happens when science moves faster than wisdom, when devotion clouds judgment, and when progress begins to reshape what was never meant to be redesigned. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 22S18E22 - "Just Desserts" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, familiar pleasures become dangerous invitations—and the line between reward and punishment quietly dissolves. What begins as routine drifts into something far more unsettling, where reassurance masks intent and kindness hides its teeth. This is a story about offers that come too easily, about places that feel safe until they aren’t, and about the terrible cost of noticing what you were never meant to see. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 21S18E21 - "Built to Be Forgotten" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this chilling episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, the past beckons with the promise of closure and the comfort of familiarity. A return to somewhere once called home feels like a chance to finally understand what was lost, what was forgotten, and what might still be waiting. Tonight’s story explores the quiet terror of buried memories, sealed spaces, and the unsettling realization that some structures are designed not for living—but for containment. When reassurance replaces warning, and nostalgia dulls suspicion, the most dangerous truths can feel almost welcoming. Because the most effective prisons don’t look like cages. They look like answers. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 20S18E20 - "After the Mask Slips" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this chilling episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, familiar faces begin to fracture, and the comfort of home becomes a dangerous illusion. What starts as an act of love—returning to be with family in a time of loss—slowly twists into something far more unsettling, as subtle wrongness gives way to quiet dread. Tonight’s story explores the fragile boundary between trust and survival, asking how well we truly know the people we believe we’re safest with. Sometimes the most terrifying moment comes... after the mask slips. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 19S18E19 - "The Hidden Cost of Horror" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, horror doesn’t announce itself with screams or shadows. It hums quietly beneath fluorescent lights. It hides behind counters, inside policies, and within systems that promise order and safety—while quietly demanding a price. Our latest edition explores what happens when violence becomes procedural and morality is reduced to numbers. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 18S18E18 - "The Promise of Salvation" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EWhat if happiness wasn’t something you had to earn? What if it found you instead? In the quiet shadow of the Colorado mountains, a chance encounter offers something too tempting to ignore — a path away from regret, away from loneliness, away from the weight you’ve been carrying longer than you realize. No struggle. No sacrifice. Just relief. But some invitations don’t demand anything upfront. They simply wait for you to want them badly enough. In this unsettling episode written by father and son duo Jonah Groshek and Craig Groshek, host Malcolm Blackwood guides listeners into a landscape where comfort masks something ancient, and the promise of salvation hums just beneath the surface — patient, persuasive, and impossibly hard to refuse. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 17S18E17 - "We Were Not Alone" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, certainty erodes one quiet moment at a time. Familiar rituals begin to feel unreliable. Trust frays. And the line between hunter and hunted grows dangerously thin. The terror doesn’t arrive all at once—it settles in slowly, as the realization dawns that you were never alone to begin with. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 16S18E16 - "Fertile Ground" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn our latest episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we invite you into a world where progress outpaces wisdom and nature responds in ways humanity never anticipated. What begins with optimism and innovation slowly curdles into quiet terror, as familiar surroundings become hostile and the line between safety and surrender erodes. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 15S18E15 - "Unforgiving Gods" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EBeneath a dying sky, humanity waits for an answer. In “Unforgiving Gods,” Scary Stories Told in the Dark delivers a singular journey into cosmic horror—one that strips away comfort, certainty, and the illusion that the universe is listening with compassion. This episode explores a world where the rules of reality no longer hold, where faith offers no shelter, and where something vast and ancient watches from above with neither mercy nor malice—only intent. Told through stark, intimate narration, this tale confronts the terrifying possibility that some truths were never meant to be uncovered… and that some forces do not punish those who reach for them. They simply respond. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 14S18E14 - "Something on the Other Side" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn our latest episode, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you into four unnerving tales linked by a single, chilling truth: boundaries hold for only so long. A basement experiment reveals a presence that answers back. A remote clan guards its lives more literally than most. A grieving young man dares to claim a future never meant for him. And beneath a quiet suburban home, a hidden space begins to listen… then respond. These are stories about thresholds—physical, spiritual, and psychological—and the dread that comes when something unseen decides to cross them. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 13S18E13 - "Beauty Bites" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this chilling collection of four darkly seductive tales, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you to step behind the mirror—into a world where vanity becomes a trap, elegance hides a pulse, and the pursuit of perfection opens doors best left closed. A girl desperate to belong follows her friends somewhere she shouldn’t. A bride-to-be falls for a dress that loves her a little too much. A newlywed brings home a bouquet whose roots reach deeper than soil. And a young woman slips into a garment that promises a flawless silhouette… at a terrible cost. Alluring, atmospheric, and quietly devastating, Beauty Bites explores the dangerous hunger lurking beneath the surface of the things we admire most. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S18 Ep 12S18E12 - "Where the Lost Come Looking" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
EIn this unforgettable installment of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, host Malcolm Blackwood invites you into a world where memory falters, reality bends, and the past refuses to stay buried. Four chilling tales await—each bound by the haunting truth that what slips from our grasp may not be gone at all… and sometimes, it wants to find its way back. Step into a ruined town where magic demands payment in pieces of the self. Wander a fog-soaked cemetery patrolled by a caretaker with one foot in another realm. Cross a field where the very air hums with secrets better left unremembered. And finally, follow the ripples of a drowning that never ended—because some debts don’t die with the body. 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! http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast 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: http://bit.ly/ScaryStoriesPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices