Unexplained Encounters
Monsters, Mysteries and Unexplained Events
Eeriecast Network
Show overview
Unexplained Encounters has been publishing since 2016, and across the 10 years since has built a catalogue of 588 episodes. That works out to roughly 890 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 37 min and 1h 31m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2017, with 120 episodes published. Published by Eeriecast Network.
From the publisher
(Formerly the Darkness Prevails Podcast) Host Darkness Prevails brings you Unexplained Encounters, a podcast where everyday folk share their most terrifying and unexplained experiences. From mysterious creatures seen in national forests to supernatural events disrupting peoples' lives, prepare to explore the unexplained. These stories might sound bizarre, but it's up to you to decide which to believe. Submit your story to Unexplained Encounters at darkstories.org
Latest Episodes
View all 588 episodesDogman KILLED My Dog During a Hunting Trip
Eater
Never Answer the Voices in the Woods of APPALACHIA
Something in the Mountains TOOK My Baby
Moving to the Middle of Nowhere was the WORST MISTAKE I'VE EVER MADE
If You See THIS on the Appalachian Trail RUN
I Found What Killed All the Cows on my Uncle's Ranch
Three stories this week featuring a near death encounter with an alleged werewolf in the Ozarks as well as a vile attack on a ranch. Catch more scary story narrations by me on my other show, Tales from the Break Room - https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Ultimate Wendigo Compilation
Several hours of wendigo stories, sightings, and encounters to keep you a little less hungry for more (for now). For more scary story narrations from me, listen to my other podcast Tales from the Break Room - https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Something in New Mexico is HUNTING PEOPLE
College students discover the most disturbing creature in the New Mexico desert, but soon it finds its way to their campsite... Hear more of my narrations on my other show, Tales from the Break Room: https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It Wears Human Skin
A national park ranger reveals some extremely disturbing events surrounding what appear to be hyper realistic but fake human bodies. Listen to more of my narrations over at https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DON'T RESPOND if the Lake Calls Your Name
When a couple moves to a quiet lake at a rural home, they at first believe it to be their dream come true. But something lives in the water. Something that has its dark eyes set on one of them. For more scary narrations from me, go to https://youtube.com/darknessprevails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
577 | The Ozark Mountains Have Rules - Obey Them or DIE
One man's grandparents had a very specific set of rules every night at their place in the Missouri Ozarks. What happens when the rules are ignored? Something is hungry, and it's been waiting for just this moment. Listen to more stories from this podcast at https://youtube.com/darknessprevails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
576 | If You Listen to This in the Appalachian Mountains, You Will Regret It (COMPILATION)
Almost 5 hours of terrifying Appalachian Trail and Appalachian Mountains horror stories to keep you awake almost all night. Get more scary stories on my other show, Tales from the Break Room: https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
575 | If It Rains While You're Hiking in Olympic National Park, EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY
A group of friends go hiking in the famously rainy Olympic National Park. Instead of a good time, they stumble upon a living horror straight from indigenous legend. It changes their lives forever. Subscribe on youtube https://youtube.com/darknessprevails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
574 | It Wakes Up Every 17 Years (DON'T GO NEAR THE TREELINE)
When Brood IV of the cicadas awoke in Missouri in the summer of 1998, something awoke with them. And it changed the lives of 5 friends forever. Listen to me on night watchers to get to know me: https://www.youtube.com/@nightwatcherspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
573 | What Happens When a Skinwalker Breaks into a Zoo
Two Zookeepers experience the most disturbing night of their lives as something that is neither human nor animal arrives one stormy night. Catch me on my other podcasts: https://eeriecast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Why Wildlife Control Won't Enter the San Rafael Swell
A former predator control officer is hired by two desperate ranch owners because something is killing their cattle. And it seems *very* good at killing in particular. Find more of my narrations: https://www.eeriecast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Something in the Appalachian Mountains TOOK My Brother
A man visits his brother in the Appalachian Mountains to go hunting and catch up. But they soon discover they are not alone out there - And whatever is stalking them wants in the house. Join me on the night watchers podcast: https://pod.link/1824012256 Hear more scary narrations from me on my Tales from the Break Room podcast: https://pod.link/1621075170 Music by LXZURAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When the Woods Go Silent, You Have 10 Minutes Left
A forest worker recalls the most harrowing and disturbing encounters of his life with regret and trauma. Because he learned a rule, and why the woods sometimes go very, very silent. Please rate and review us to help us reach new scary story enjoyers like you. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Absolute SCARIEST Stories of 2025
Happy New Year everyone! Stay safe out there, and stay creepy <3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices