Scary Stories Told in the Dark: A Horror Anthology Series

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three spine-chilling tales from author Soren Narnia, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about mysterious music, headless horrors, and educational atrocities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three spine-chilling tales from authors Dan Weatherer, William Dalphin, and Matt Dymerski, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about illicit intentions, cryptic containers, and malevolent myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three spine-chilling tales from authors N.M. Brown, Brandon Wills, Joshua L. Hood, and Jeremiah Huffman, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about grotesque growth, outdoor oddities, curious cryptids, and inhuman horrors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three spine-chilling tales from authors Nick Carlson, S.R. Underschultz, and M.M. Kelley, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about nightmarish nature, brutal births, and terrifying towns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors Matt Dymerski, Christopher Maxim, Christopher Bloodworth, and Aric Sundquist, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about oppressive evils, conniving cults, gruesome games, and alarming attractions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from author Matt Dymerski, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry. Matt is an award-winning Ohio-based author of horror and science fiction who has been entertaining readers for over a decade, and was the winner of Reddit NoSleep‘s “Best Multi-Part Story of 2012” for his Asylum series, as well as the forum’s “Best Story of 2017” and “Story of the Month” in January 2018. In tonight’s program, we're confident you’ll see why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors August Derleth, James Causey, John J. Wallace, and Alice-Mary Schnirring, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, a hand-picked collection pulled from the pages of the January 1943 edition of the iconic American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine, Weird Tales – the very same publication that gave writers such as H.P Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith their starts, and which inspired generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors Seth Paul, Kyle Harrison, and Michael Squid, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about unfortunate families, suspect students, and risky rituals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors Kevin David Anderson, Byron Dunbar, Dan Weatherer, and Wentz Hesselman, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about cryptic confessions, bedtime terrors, eerie illnesses, and unbelievable effigies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors Dan Weatherer, Seth Paul, The Odd Cat Lady, and Meagan J. Meehan, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about sinister sheds, malevolent machinery, creepy kids, and insidious offers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors E.K. Kelly, Wentz Hesselman, Christopher Maxim, and Henry Kuttner, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about haunting humanoids, paranormal personalities, creepy crimes, and abnormal abodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three classic horror stories from authors Dr. Douglas Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, and M.R. James, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about cursed corpses, dastardly doctors, and awful artifacts – drawn from the depths of some of history’s most macabre minds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Elias Witherow, Sam Marduk, Emerry, and Andrew Harmon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about weird weather, Antarctic anomalies, untimely ends, and haunted hotels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors Meagan J. Meehan, Drew Stepek, Blair Daniels, Kevin Thomas, and Dylan Sindelar, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about eerie enchantments, creepy cabins, awful animals, locomotive legends, and forest fiends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Christopher Maxim, Irving Crane, Kyle Harrison, and Hugh Lu, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about ruinous rituals, diabolical disabilities, residual repercussions, and small-town terrors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from author Christopher Maxim, Ryan Peacock, Kyle Harrison, and Dan Weatherer, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about evil eateries, fearsome felines, villainous vehicles, and paranormal portents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from author Christopher Maxim, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about astral instructions, creepy canines, eerie elevators, and dangerous desires. Today, we’re asking for your help, if you’re able to offer it, on behalf of tonight’s talented featured author. Regrettably, Chris has been hard-hit both financially and physically by the coronavirus pandemic. He suffers from a high-risk health condition that’s left him immuno-compromised and quarantined indefinitely. Coupled with serious issues collecting unemployment, Chris has found it difficult to make ends meet, let alone afford the treatment he needs to improve his health. So, we'd like to ask you a simple favor: if you’re able to help in any way, whether by donating to him directly, or by purchasing his books on Amazon.com, it would mean a lot to all of us. We’ve set up an author profile for Chris on our website, at https://www.SimplyScaryPodcast.com/maxim. On that page, you’ll find links to Chris’s Amazon page, as well as an assortment of his featured books. You’ll also find a donation link that will allow you to show your appreciation for his bone-chilling fiction by contributing a few dollars to him directly. Just look for the donation link us his social media links, at the top of the page. You can also use the page to contact Chris, if you’d like to ask about other ways to help. From Chris and everyone on our team, thank you for your support of indie horror and of our talented writers in their time of need. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In tonight’s episode, dedicated to the very talented Christopher Maxim, I’ll be performing four stories for you, all of them from Chris’s catalog of fearsome fiction – about unexpected entrances, villainous voices, creepy cults, and sinister secrets. Today, we’re asking for your help, if you’re able to offer it, on behalf of tonight’s talented featured author. Regrettably, Chris has been hard-hit both financially and physically by the coronavirus pandemic. He suffers from a high-risk health condition that’s left him immuno-compromised and quarantined indefinitely. Coupled with serious issues collecting unemployment, Chris has found it difficult to make ends meet, let alone afford the treatment he needs to improve his health. So, we'd like to ask you a simple favor: if you’re able to help in any way, whether by donating to him directly, or by purchasing his books on Amazon.com, it would mean a lot to all of us. We’ve set up an author profile for Chris on our website, at https://www.SimplyScaryPodcast.com/maxim. On that page, you’ll find links to Chris’s Amazon page, as well as an assortment of his featured books. You’ll also find a donation link that will allow you to show your appreciation for his bone-chilling fiction by contributing a few dollars to him directly. Just look for the donation link us his social media links, at the top of the page. You can also use the page to contact Chris, if you’d like to ask about other ways to help. From Chris and everyone on our team, thank you for your support of indie horror and of our talented writers in their time of need. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Lucretia Vastea. WordDogger, Ryan Brennaman, and Seth Paul, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about spectral spaces, undead antagonists, forest fiends, and nefarious nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special 3+ hour-long episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three terrifying tales from author Rebecca Klingel (a.k.a. C.K. Walker), about dastardly disappearances, criminal comeuppance, and cryptic calls – and including Rebecca’s feature-length epic, Borrasca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors C. Franklin Miller, Elwin J. Owens, Estil Critchie, and C.M. Eddy, Jr., performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, hand-picked from the pages of the December 1924 edition of the American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine Weird Tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you six terrifying tales from authors William Dalphin, Michael Paige, Seth Paul, and W.C. Morrow, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about Halloween night horrors, phantasmal flames, dreadful discoveries, upstairs entities, disturbing disappearances, and righteous revenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors WordDogger, Meagan J. Meehan, Jordan B., and T.J. Lea, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about sinister swamps, cursed conceptions, eerie intruders, and unsettling origins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Kenneth Kohl, Gareth Shore, Michael Whitehouse, and Kris Mallory, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about irresponsible experiments, ruinous regrets, sinister strolls, and oceanic atrocities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Benjamin James, Jay Corvus, Luis Bermudez, Sean Tivenan, and Erik Peabody, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about terrifying testaments, devilish disappearances, selfish saviors, caustic companions, and horrific hosts. Each of this episode’s tales were written by competitors in 2019’s Evil Idol voice acting competition, hosted by our friends at Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. The competition, now in its 3rd round, began in October, and features 50 contestants vying for this year’s championship crown, with 90 stellar performances to enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Michael Paige, Ryan Peacock, and Lakk, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about sinful stalkers, vampiric vengeance, and sinister spirits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Seth Paul, N.M. Brown, James Colton, and Simon Simonian, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about nightmarish nature, costly curses, mysterious maulings, and hunters of humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you seven terrifying tales from authors Kevin David Anderson, H.K. Reyes, Nick Botic, William Dalphin, Felix Blackwell, Robert Ahern, and David Feuling, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about fiendish folklore and so much more! All of the tales in tonight’s episode were originally planned to be included in Chilling Tales for Dark Nights’ trilogy of horror anthologies, produced in homage to the iconic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book series. However, a decision was recently made to produce longer stories for those books, meaning that many of the excellent short stories are now able to be made available to you here, on this very program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Jacob Senstad, Jon Thomas, Kyle Harrison, and Christine Morgan, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about aquatic atrocities, sinister sounds, lurid legends, and malevolent mythologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors Romeo Poole, Anthony D. Keogh, Denis Francis Hannigan, Thomas B. Sherman, and Henry W. Whitehill, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, hand-picked from the pages of the December 1924 edition of the American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine Weird Tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors Seth Paul, Nicholas I. Loyd, David Feuling, N.M. Brown, and The Vesper's Bell, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about vicious vermin, spellbound books, desert-residing demons, unnatural exchanges, and paranormal apothecaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Michael Paige, N.M. Brown, Devin Langan, and Stanley B. Webb, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about delicious deception, repairs gone wrong, wintry wrecks, and treacherous torrents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors Chris Bertman, N.M. Brown, Brandon Wills, CreepyCarbs, and Shannon Higdon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about suspicious scents, ritual resuscitation, ravenous revenants, paranormal playmates, and perilous pets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors James Colton, Brian Martinez, Jacob A. Martz, and Thomas Anthony Lay, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about malevolent museums, horrific homes, nightmarish neighbors, and evil elementals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you an epic classic horror tale, from the master of the macabre, H.P. Lovecraft, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about a physician who believes death isn’t the end, but just the beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four extraordinarily terrifying tales from authors N. Christ, Joshua L. Hood, B.T. Joy, and SpookFox, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about extraterrestrial transmissions, alien entertainment, insidious institutions, and imminent extinction – all of them themed around the idea that there’s got to be more than mankind living in this universe of ours, and that not all of that life may be benevolent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors PerfectCircle35 and Michael Whitehouse, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about fiendish “friends” and bedside beasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors StarlessandBibleBlack, Zyon Johnson, Christopher Maxim, and Sasha Brokov, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about nocturnal nightmares, evil experiments, unusual attics, and dangerous dates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors Max Rosa and L. Chan performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about paranormal perceptions and diabolical doorways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from Shannon Higdon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about doomsday from a distance and suicidal assistance. Also, a warning to our more sensitive listeners: tonight’s episode contains content of a particularly violent and emotionally jarring nature, and its stories with particularly sensitive subjects and situations, which some of you may find traumatizing, or which may trigger stress and anxiety. If you are predisposed to panic attacks or suffer from PTSD, please be prepared. Thank you for your understanding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark (http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/category/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/) , we bring you two terrifying tales from authors K.E. Moore and Matt Dymerski, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry (http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/performers/otis-jiry/) , about fearsome formations and mental maladies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from Rick Pyle, Simon Nagel, Tyler King Lee, and Adam Bolander, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about deals with devils, eerie elevators, malevolent morticians, and supernatural stalkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark (http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/category/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/) , we bring you two terrifying tales from authors CardboardPizzas and Christopher Maxim, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry (http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/performers/otis-jiry/) , about creepy clairvoyance and paranormal pets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from Evan Spry, Alex Taylor, and two anonymous authors, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about vicious voices, deadly decisions, ruinous replications, and small town terrors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors Rebecca Klingel (C.K. Walker) and Andrew Harmon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about wintry wrongdoings and altered animals. Sign up to our mailing list to be entered to win monthly giveaways and custom stories, plus access to EXCLUSIVE subscriber-only narrations and inside updates: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/otis/ See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/bonus-episode-006 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Joseph Payne Brennan, Maya Ellert, Nick Botic, and Dan Weatherer, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about evil antiques, malevolent motels, documents danger, and occult attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors Aaron Shotwell and Brian Russell, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about ancient artifacts and chilling challenges. Sign up to our mailing list to be entered to win monthly giveaways and custom stories, plus access to EXCLUSIVE subscriber-only narrations and inside updates: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/otis/ See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/bonus-episode-005 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Rhoads Brazos, Jason Parent, Patrick Meegan, and Rebecca Fung, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about dangerous doors, suspicious strangers, damnable dreams, and spiritual sacrifices. All of tonight’s tales are featured in the horror anthology, Daylight Dims: Volume Two (https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/daylightdims2/) , and are featured here with the kind permission of their authors. The sequel to the original Daylight Dims, Volume 2 features thirteen stories that cross the genres of surreal, dark fantasy, and heart-pounding dread – guaranteed to twist your perception of horror. From the common, comfortable tropes, to the more taboo, these handpicked tales have a literary aspect designed to showcase what true horror can be. If you’d like to support the authors and editors behind tonight’s frightening fiction, click here to pick up your copy today (https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/daylightdims2/) , or learn more about the books in the series at DaylightDims.com (https://www.daylightdims.com) . Sign up to our mailing list to be entered to win monthly giveaways and custom stories, plus access to EXCLUSIVE subscriber-only narrations and inside updates: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/otis/ See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/s5e06 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors Nihilist and CreepyCarbs, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about wicked walks and conniving counselors. Sign up to our mailing list to be entered to win monthly giveaways and custom stories, plus access to EXCLUSIVE subscriber-only narrations and inside updates: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/otis/ See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/bonus-episode-004 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Soren Narnia, Michael “ShadowSwimmer77” Landry, Cosmas McCoy, and Andrew Harmon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about soul-rending rituals, disturbing disappearances, evil exhibits, and insidious investigations. Sign up to our mailing list to be entered to win monthly giveaways and custom stories, plus access to EXCLUSIVE subscriber-only narrations and inside updates: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/otis/ See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/s5e05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices