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Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark

Join our crew as we evaluate a curation of bizarre and troubling stories from Dan McDowell’s eclectic Midnight Snacks collection. You’ll want to binge these after dark for extra chill factor.

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00:05:23

Frontiers

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

Nine-year-old Jason and his father, Jerry, visit Frontier Land, a Wild West theme park in Wichita, Kansas. Jason, obsessed with locomotives and the Wild West, finally convinces his grieving father to take the trip. A strange encounter with a ride operator and an unmarked building lead to a bewildering and profound, life-altering experience for Jason.

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00:06:06

The Order

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

Uncover the secrets lurking beneath a seemingly normal suburban life. Thirteen years after a gruesome murder, the dark history of The Order of the Falcon resurfaces. Follow Jeff Jenkins as strange midnight visitors and his cat's peculiar behavior shatter his carefully constructed routine. This gripping tale of hidden identities, family feuds, and a deadly secret society reveals that the past is always close behind. #nightmarefuel #midnightsnacks #scarystories #offbeatcreepy

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00:05:42

Rooftop Nightmare!

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

Tim Maldonado takes a job at the Desperado Hotel’s Rooftop Restaurant despite his crippling fear of heights. His role is to maintain order at the 617-foot high-rise restaurant. However, the hotel owner, Rudy Roberts, and the unconventional chef harbor secrets that make Tim question the restaurant's strict rules and his own safety. Tim must decide whether to enforce the rules or uncover the truth before his nightmares come true.

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00:05:51

ELEVEN: The Yankee Cobbler Curse

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

Danny Wilkinson moves his insurance business to a new office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, an old Masonic building. He struggles to settle in, finding the office unwelcoming and obsessing over the mysterious recurrence of the number 11 in its architecture. This fixation on eleven leads to strange discoveries and unsettling encounters that hint at the building's dark and unusual past.#nightmarefuel #midnightsnacks #scarystories #offbeatcreepy

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00:05:55

Speech Therapy

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

After a year of failed traditional therapy, Laura takes her son, Bobby, to an alternative speech therapist, B. Higgins. It only gets stranger from there.#nightmarefuel #midnightsnacks #scarystories #offbeatcreepy

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00:05:33

Unit 27 and the Purple Ooze

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

Follow Mike Lumpkin, general manager of a Northern New Hampshire self-storage facility, as he prepares to evict a delinquent tenant from unit 27. This simple task leads Mike to confront the facility's disturbing history, which involves a family curse, strange hallucinations, and the haunting legacy of a past tragedy. Discover the secrets buried beneath unit 27.#nightmarefuel #midnightsnacks #scarystories #offbeatcreepy

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00:05:33

Grounded

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

Worn out by his career, Pete Sabarsky's world unravels when his past at a coffee company manifests as vivid, dark visions tied to the beverage. Driven by haunting guilt and a strange new ability, he starts confronting the hidden truths of his employees and strangers. Discover how far one man will go to feel truly grounded.

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00:06:45

Terrific Thursday at Taco Town

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

In 1996, a Taco Town store’s night shift is interrupted by a bizarre drive-through visitor and a sudden power outage. Employees Terry, Gabe, and Willie are left alone and locked inside to deal with the strange situation. Fear and paranoia mount until a familiar voice starts banging on the back door. Find out what happens when they decide to open it!#nightmarefuel #midnightsnacks #scarystories #offbeatcreepy

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00:05:36

The Local Pharmacy

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/23

Welcome to the story of Hopkins Pharmacy in Hondo, Texas. It’s a place where locals place great trust in their homegrown pharmacist. But years of stress lead Jesse Hopkins to make a questionable choice to help his wife, Trina, which sets off a chain of reckless actions. Discover how this family business becomes entangled in a small-town scandal and betrayal of trust…

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00:05:14

MISTER ELECTRIC

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

Herb Wilks buys a MR ELECTRIC, a dubious gadget, hoping to impress his unhappy wife, Jennifer, and fix their home. Herb is anxious about the $499 purchase and the high-pressure sales pitch. The device, programmed to be "proactive" in electrical repairs, starts making unauthorized, yet technically "correct," adjustments throughout the night. #nightmarefuel #midnightsnacks #scarystories #offbeatcreepy

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00:05:39

Laid to Rest

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

Morticians Steve Harris and Abel Nixon are friendly funeral home rivals who meet for coffee to share industry secrets. Their routine is shattered when a strange, recurring diamond branding appears on several corpses. As the unsettling mystery deepens and their personal lives become entangled, they must uncover the terrifying truth behind what it means to be laid to rest

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00:06:30

Poisoned in Paradise

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

For single lawyer Ed Wiley, life in Bar Harbor, Maine, is a dream. But his recent triumph over a resort company, the BHBRC, may have put a target on his back. As Ed delves into a local family mystery, the pursuit of truth could become his unexpected nightmare.

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00:05:43

America of Tomorrow—Minnesota Gothic

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

A former reality TV contestant, fueled by bitterness and a desire for success, finds herself entangled in a shocking scandal and the desperate need to reclaim the spotlight. After a short-lived run on a political competition show, she hatches an intricate plan for revenge.

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00:05:20

Mister Perfect

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

"Mister Perfect" Jacob Lieber is the ultimate "stand-up" guy, but 38-year-old Addie Deager is determined to expose his flaws. As she stages scenarios to "crack" him, a secret past, and deadly intentions are revealed. Discover the shocking truth behind Jacob's perfection and Addie's obsessive pursuit.

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00:05:08

Your Cup of Tea

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

In the cutthroat Special Services division at Corley Hines, employees face assignments with "strangely illegal and intrusive nature". Manager Bob expects risk-takers, but one employee, Stu, finds a task "just not my cup of tea". Unbeknownst to Bob, an artificial shield protects him from the consequences of his extreme management. The lines between company loyalty and self-preservation blur. Tune in for a tale of toxic office politics and dangerous secrets.

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00:05:16

The Anxiety Artist

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

Tom Lester, a man plagued by anxiety, finds refuge in his imagination, which often overrides reality. After losing his seemingly ordinary job, he receives an epiphany for his next "project". Lester channels his anxieties into creating "characters" in his mobile home, using a growing collection of peculiar items. His struggles with the real world, his past, and an unusual passion begin to converge.

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00:05:23

Rennzenstein

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

Step into the eerie holiday season in Biloxi, Mississippi, where Bill Helpson's meticulous tree selection at Uncle Abe’s Christmas Tree Lot leads to unnerving discoveries. Strange trees and disturbing dreams hint at a sinister secret. Uncover the mystery of "Rennzenstein" and the fireproof immortality it grants to certain Douglas firs, all leading to unexplained calamity. #nightmarefuel #midnightsnacks #scarystories #offbeatcreepy

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00:05:20

The Glow

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

A man notices a glow in his right hand, and it only continues to brighten. Unable to find an explanation online or in science books, he retraces his steps, considering everything from car battery changes to a cell phone crack. Join the quest as he drives back to the convenience store near Highway 90 to uncover the mysterious source.

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00:04:58

The Drifter

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

Jay Brokaw, an impulsive drifter, lives off the grid in an abandoned RV. His transient life takes a terrifying turn when the RV's owners, an unkempt old man and his spry wife, catch him trespassing.

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00:07:22

Reality Bites!

Midnight Snacks: Stories to Binge After Dark ·

2025/10/22

After 48 years of bickering, Stoney and Jeannie's routine in their quiet Ohio home is upended when Stoney finds a shocking surprise in his shed. Their mysterious, watchful neighbor adds to the escalating tension as their lives take an unexpected and perilous turn.

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