In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors The Dead Canary, EldritchVulpine, Micah Rodney, and Cameron Suey, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about devilish deals, lurking legends, revenge-seeking revenants, and island abominations....
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors CatShapedVoid, Devin Hoover, Ken Lewis, Peter Oldale, and Richard A. Moore, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about vicious visions, interdimensional oddities, otherworldly infants, dastardly demons,...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide tonight through the twisted worlds and disturbed imaginations of several amazing authors, as their tales are told by talented voice actors Erica Garraffa, Jordan Lester, and Otis Jiry. Tonight’s tales concern everything from...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide tonight through the twisted worlds and disturbed imaginations of several amazing authors, as their tales are told by talented voice actors Joe Walz, Barry Bowman, Zorayda, and Jason Hill. Tonight’s tales concern everything...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we’ll be your guide tonight through the twisted worlds and disturbed imaginations of 5 amazing authors, as their tales are told by talented voice actors Lucas Webley, Olivia Steele, and Deanna Cagle. Tonight’s tales deal with everything...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we’ll be your guide tonight through the twisted worlds and disturbed imaginations of 5 amazing authors, as their tales are told by talented voice actors Lucas Webley, Olivia Steele, and Deanna Cagle. Tonight’s tales deal with everything...
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Jacob Beach, Josh M. Parker, Spyda Barnes, and InfernalNightmare333, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about nefarious numbers, villainous visitors, macabre melodies, and paranormal predators....
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we’ll be your guide tonight through the twisted worlds and disturbed imaginations of several amazing authors, featuring performances from five hand-picked Evil Idol 2018 contestants, who made a big splash with our judging panel and audience in...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide tonight through the twisted worlds and disturbed imagination of author H.K. Reyes, and invite you to explore one man’s race against time to inform the world about an insidious global conspiracy that is...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide tonight through the twisted worlds and disturbed imagination of authors Kevin David Anderson, The Dark Scholar, Emeryy, and Alicia Sarazin, in which we invite you to explore the purpose of paranormal premonitions, which...
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales by authors Ahriannah Victoria, Harlan Guthrie, Todd Martin, and Ghost_Eye_Tree, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about horrific headaches, paranormal pranks, uninvited guests, and faceless fears. ...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide through the twisted worlds and disturbed imagination of authors Jim Harberson, Increase Mather, and Martin Hrehor, about the dark side of the Internet and the all-too-real dangers of revenge gone viral, a family's discovery -...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide through the twisted worlds and disturbed imagination of authors Jackson Laughlin, Wynne F. Winters, Zamil Akhtar, and Pen_Phantom13, with tales concerning bad news, messages from beyond the grave, sinister secrets, the not-so-delusion last words...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we'll be your guide through the twisted worlds and disturbed imagination of author Jake Tri. In honor of our production of the audio edition of Jake’s chilling collection, Nightmare Soup II: The Second Helping, performed by the...
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we bring you four terrifying tales, from authors P. Oxford, Meagan J. Meehan, Phil Zona, and Patrick Zac, concerning unsavory smells, unusual pets, suspicious spouses, and sins that cannot be concealed....
In this episode of The Simply Scary Podcast, we bring you four terrifying tales, from authors Tobias Wade, Michael Squid, Pen_Phantom13, and Phoenext85, concerning scorned lovers, broadcast glitches, unwelcome visitors, and unsettling secrets beneath our feet....
This episode we will bring you the stories of author Peter Lalush. This North Carolina native is not only an author and musician, but a filmmaker as well, steeped in the lore of the notoriously haunted region. Lalush draws his inspiration from that very same...
Tonight’s episode is our third in a series of episodes dedicated to one terrifying author and the fear that they can create. We will be highlighting The Simply Scary Podcast’s staff editor/author, Charlie Davenport, for our feast of fright. His stories will tickle the corners...
Meagan Meehan is our author for this episode, and it is her birthday, so the Simply Scary Podcast crew of malevolent miscreants have a special delivery for her special day. They will attempt to extract the most fearsome stories she has stored in her terrifying...
This episode will see the first in a series of episodes dedicated to one terrifying author and the fear that they can create. For this evening’s event, we have compiled a collection of stories from the works of Manchester-based author, Gareth Shore. For you, this...
In our continuing effort to spotlight up and coming authors, this episode is dedicated to works introducing you to the frightening worlds of author Cosmas McCoy. His work has been featured in print as part of the anthology “What World Is This?: And Other Stories”....
This shows offering brings together the essence of all definitions of the word passion. More importantly, passion as defined by the state or capacity of being acted on by external agents or forces. Let us see how these forces touch our waking world to transform...
In the world of concrete facts and hard evidence, we are constantly on the lookout for those who would use the art of distraction to keep our attention on the left hand, so we won’t notice what the right hand is doing. This is not...
We dedicate this presentation to the work of author Wil Dalphin. Not since Stephen King’s “Night Shift” have we seen a short story anthology with as much bite as this Indiana native’s generous compilation of 35 harrowing nightmares in his book, “Don’t Look Away”, soon...
We come together once again to traverse the deep dungeons of our story vault and we have compiled for you a collection of frightening stories that would be right at home on a Hollywood horror stage as well as on the casting couches of the...
In this episode, we share with you how scarring certain coming-of-age experiences can be, tapping into the hidden horrors of adolescent anxiety, which promises to shatter your own dear recollections. In doing so, the mirrors of your mind's eyes shall become a portal to...
Collectively etched into our psyche is the fear of the comet and doom from above, while the shadowy reflections of our mind wonder if the world we inhabit is as real as our five senses lead us to believe. Our guilty consciences secretly fear judgment...
In this episode we have assembled this convocation to undergo an expedition of haunting proportions, for we are summoning and being summoned. Prophetic perception taps into a realm that drips with malignant spirits and death is everywhere. Our tales promise to besiege you with consternation,...
They say that sometimes the most frightening things are those that you cannot see. And from our horrifying experiences, you’ve become very familiar with how effective unsettling sounds can be. You know how a deep rumbling unsettles your tummy and your soul; how an almost...
We want to thank you for making the first season of The Simply Scary Podcast so very successful, and we hope the beginning of our second season will unsettle you just as well. We are scheduled to premiere Season 2 on January 11th, 2017. Until...
As the stockings are hung, the Hanukkah candles are lit, and as we practice the seven principles of Kwanzaa, we all try to be a little less impatient and more forgiving at this time of year. Even those who do not celebrate ritual December holidays...
Prepare yourself to experience a world where wrong is right. Where the twisted perception of those descending into cognizant chaos strikes out at the realm of the rational with oblivious ecstasy. Delusion drives their single-mindedness. They can be so driven that they’ll overcome any obstacle...
We have come to be comfortable in the world we see around us, but often we take for granted the realm of logic we occupy. That is why a reality of the impossible can be so utterly disturbing to us. Whether perceived as bland or...
The dark brings out the most interesting characters, doesn’t it? For example, imagine that you’re taking a walk in the woods on a cool moonlit evening, when you happen to stumble upon a stranger there amongst the tree’s creaking limbs. He seems harmless enough …a...
When we think of what it means to be imprisoned, we imagine the tangible: stone walls, iron bars...
This episode is dedicated to a writer and performer named Emma Froh, known to many online as CreepMissPasta. She was a friend of and contributor to the show for years before leaving this earth as the result of a car accident on icy roads on...
The world of film and fiction would attempt to convince us that our first meeting with extraterrestrial beings will be a cerebral, enlightening experience. They assure us that we have much to learn from each other and that it will be an encounter between conscious,...
When we think of horror, we may imagine the immediate dangers of things such as being stalked by a malicious predator, getting lost with no hope of return, and painfully tragic accidents and injuries, or perhaps some other life-threatening situation. But what of the people...
In our tirelessly terrifying efforts to bring you brand new fear fodder, The Simply Scary Podcast sometimes devotes our episodes to the works of single authors that are haunted by dark, foreboding vision. The only way to purge them from their minds? Why, by trying...
Join us as we venture into the darkest reaches of our concrete and steel society. Many people have found interesting surprises hidden for generations in old buildings. From benign discoveries of money and odd renovations from previous owners, to more malevolent discoveries of hidden corpses...
A dark time is upon us as winter’s breath prepares to blow in the Northern Hemisphere and we will soon be reaching the point where the cold will spoil all that is beautiful. Though the outdoors is becoming more foreboding with each shortening day and...
Here at Simply Scary, we are true animal lovers. No, really, we are. We have pet dogs, cats, fish, and even some of the more exotic sorts of pets like snakes, chameleons… and interns. All of them are so close to us that they’re practically...
As of the release of this episode, we’re in the home stretch of the 2016 American Presidential election cycle. Many of us are beginning to get a sense of relief that this embarrassing national circus is coming to an end. Either way, roughly half to...
Halloween Season has come and gone, leaving only the faint scent of chocolate and bloody nightmares hanging in the air. Fortunately, we know exactly what to snack on during that special hangover from Halloween. Since there’s nothing but Thanksgiving and Christmas ahead of us, in...
We know that the next Poe, Mary Shelley, or Stephen King is just waiting to be given a chance to break out of obscurity. With great pride, this fourth installment of our program - and our three featured stories - are devoted to the work...
In this third installment of our program we’ll be hearing from three finalists for our Evil Idol competition. We’ve listened to hundreds of performances in our hunt for the best, and now we have to find the very best from an elite selection. You’ll realize...
In this second installment of our program we meet beings who exist on the edges of our reality. Beings many of us unconsciously believe in, with all our hearts, at the darkest times. They pass through us constantly and while we won’t know it, we’ll...
As nostalgic as many of us get for our childhood, memory can be a frustratingly unreliable thing. It can lose the most precious moments and information from our formative years… Inexplicably, when we really need it for a conversation with an old friend, our memories...