Good day! There are many horror podcasts out there including NoSleep, Drabblecast, Pseudopod and the Monster Club (Old Time Radio site), but I have a special place in my heart for Chilling Tales For Dark Nights as it opened my weirdly little mouse ears to the joys of audio internet horror. I can pretend I’m tuning into the radio in the time of vintage, ready to be thrilled and chilled.
The stories aren’t always to my taste – we all have our own unique tastes don’t we, my little bottles of sauce – but there are enough I liked to share with you my favourites.
This is a translation from a Japanese story and I think it has all the right levels of spooky weirdness. It may get a little ‘explainy’ at the end but, for me, that’s part of the charm of some of these internet stories:
This one is very creepy with a nice twist at the end:
Some of the best stories have an image that stays with you. I think this is one of those:
Here’s a classic Twilight Zone-esque ‘be careful what you wish for’ story:
This one has a nice gothic feel to it:
The little voice in this is quite cute. I like the story too:
I like abandoned town stories. Here is one of those: