The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and Creepypastas - Podcasts

00:43:23

The Skin-Collector

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/09/06

When sixteen-year-old Jessie Shepherd catches a glimpse of her vanished best friend during a drive through rural Obed County, everyone assumes that grief has distorted what she saw. Even her twin brother, Alec, struggles to believe her. But Jessie cannot forget the figure on the barn—or the terrible sounds coming from the neglected property beyond the road. Determined to discover whether Emma is still alive, the twins venture into the fog surrounding the barn. What they find there will force them to

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00:21:45

Treetops

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/09/05

For decades, children have vanished from the isolated town of Dorton Bluffs with terrifying regularity. The disappearances come in clusters near the beginning of spring and fall, and not one of the missing has ever been found alive. FBI investigator Felix Freeman believes the pattern belongs to an uncaught serial killer—and he arrives certain that he already knows the kind of man he is hunting. But the residents of Dorton Bluffs insist there is no killer. The children simply ran away, they claim,

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00:21:53

The Hunger of Evota Falls

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/09/03

After losing his daughter, Richard retreats to his childhood home in the Missouri countryside, searching for the solitude he needs to write—and the strength to let go of a place crowded with painful memories. But something has fallen near the abandoned Pea Ridge mine, and the surrounding woods are no longer behaving as they should. The animals have disappeared. An acrid, ammonia-like odor drifts between the trees. Something powerful enough to tear through sheet metal is circling Richard’s house—and

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02:10:25

Pea Ridge

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/09/02

After losing his daughter, Richard retreats to his childhood home in the Missouri countryside, searching for the solitude he needs to write—and the strength to let go of a place crowded with painful memories. But something has fallen near the abandoned Pea Ridge mine, and the surrounding woods are no longer behaving as they should. The animals have disappeared. An acrid, ammonia-like odor drifts between the trees. Something powerful enough to tear through sheet metal is circling Richard’s house—and

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00:37:06

My Next Door Neighbor is a Monster

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/09/01

Richard Prasse has had strange neighbors before. None of them were anything like Eliza Munoz. Beautiful, mysterious, and surrounded by a seemingly endless procession of late-night visitors, Eliza quickly becomes an irresistible distraction for the lonely medical resident living next door. But when curiosity draws Richard across the hallway at exactly the wrong moment, he discovers that the sounds coming from Eliza's apartment aren't evidence of an unusually active love life. They're

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00:53:31

They Feed at Night

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/08/31

Eight-year-old Terrance is supposed to be asleep. Instead, he's listening to something scratch against his second-story bedroom window. At first, it sounds like a branch brushing the glass. Then it comes again—slower, sharper, deliberate. And when Terrance finally gathers the courage to look outside, he finds a pale face staring back at him from a place no one should be able to stand. Within moments, an ordinary night in a quiet suburban home becomes a desperate fight for survival as Terrance

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02:06:01

The Events at Poroth Farm

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/08/26

Seeking three quiet months away from New York City, Jeremy retreats to an isolated farm in rural New Jersey with little more than a roomful of books and plans to spend the summer immersed in the classics of Gothic literature. At first, Poroth Farm seems ideal. His landlords, Sarr and Deborah Poroth, are reserved but welcoming, the countryside is peaceful, and Jeremy finally has all the solitude he could want. Then the natural rhythms of the farm begin to falter. Something strange moves through the

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00:07:02

News From the Front

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/06/29

Alone in a creaking countryside home during the height of the First World War, a young woman spends her nights terrified for her husband fighting overseas in the trenches of France. So when she hears someone unlocking the front door late one stormy night and heavy boots climbing the stairs, fear quickly gives way to overwhelming relief: her husband Paul has somehow returned home alive. But as the days pass, subtle details about his behavior begin to feel deeply wrong. He refuses food, scarcely

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00:08:32

Summer's Mask

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/06/29

What begins as a carefree summer camping trip quickly takes a sinister turn when four friends discover a strange wooden box hidden deep within a silent forest clearing. Inside rests a smooth white mask—old, beautiful, and unsettling enough to make one member of the group beg the others not to touch it. But curiosity wins out, and the moment the mask is placed on someone’s face, something in the woods begins to change. As night falls over the campsite, the once-relaxing trip gives way to growing

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00:13:05

The Soul Game

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2026/06/29

When eleven-year-old Jesse befriends a strange new transfer student named Stan, his mother initially assumes it’s nothing more than another awkward childhood friendship. But within days, Jesse begins acting increasingly disturbed—speaking in hushed tones about “The Church of Stan,” waking up screaming in the middle of the night, and becoming terrified of a mysterious game he refuses to explain. As paranoia and exhaustion consume both mother and son, unsettling rules begin to emerge involving

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00:06:27

The Tapping Next Door

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2026/06/29

For years, the noises coming from the apartment next door were little more than an annoyance—scraping furniture, muffled voices, and the occasional burst of violent banging through the bedroom wall. Strange, yes, but easy enough to ignore in a crowded city apartment building. Then one night, a new sound begins: soft, deliberate tapping from the other side of the wall, always spaced several minutes apart, almost as if someone is waiting for a response. What starts as an irritating interruption slowly

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00:07:51

The Man Who Ate Newborns

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2026/06/29

Trapped at the bottom of a ravine after a failed kidnapping, a badly injured man clings to life while cradling something tiny and writhing in his hands. As he drifts between agony, starvation, and delirium, he recounts the obsessive love affair that destroyed his life—a fixation on a woman named Eve that slowly curdled into jealousy, desperation, and madness after she married another man and started a family of her own. Alone in the wreckage of his shattered car with no hope of rescue and his body

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00:03:57

Curfew

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/06/29

In a quiet village where every resident obeys an unspoken rule, the streets fall empty each night before eleven o’clock sharp. Doors are locked, windows barred, and families huddle silently indoors waiting for the sound they fear most: the ringing of the ancient bell tower at the center of town. For generations, villagers have believed that anyone caught outside when the bell tolls will meet a terrible fate. Most are too frightened to question the legend. But when a skeptical outsider named Jacob

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00:08:48

The Thing That Stalks the Fields

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2026/06/28

Life on an isolated farm takes a disturbing turn when the hay bales scattered around the property begin moving on their own, shifting a little farther each night for no apparent reason. At first, the strange phenomenon seems like the work of pranksters. But when a gruesome act of violence follows an attempt to interfere, the farmer realizes someone—or something—is sending a message. As sleepless nights give way to terrifying discoveries in the darkness beyond the fields, an immense presence emerges

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00:03:05

I'm Coming Up the Stairs

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/06/28

Ever since hearing a handful of frightening stories, young Tillie has become terrified of bedtime. At first, everyone dismisses her fears as childish imagination—until she begins hearing a strange whisper in the darkness each night. Soft. Calm. Patient. The voice tells her exactly where it is, drawing closer step by step as the nights pass. No one believes her growing terror, and with each evening the unseen presence inches nearer to her bedroom door. What begins as a simple fear of the dark slowly

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00:04:56

Axe Murder Hollow

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/06/03

Stranded during a violent thunderstorm on a desolate stretch of back road, Susan and Ned find themselves trapped in the very place locals whisper about in fear: Axe Murder Hollow, the site of a grisly decades-old killing that supposedly left behind something far worse than a ghost story. When their car slides off the road and becomes stuck in the mud, Ned ventures out into the storm to find help, leaving Susan alone in the darkness with only the sound of rain and the growing weight of the legend

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00:03:17

Milk Bottles

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2026/06/02

In a quiet Alabama village, a mysterious young woman in a gray dress begins appearing at the local general store each day without speaking a word. Pale, silent, and seemingly grief-stricken, she takes a bottle of milk and disappears down the road before anyone can stop her. As whispers spread through the town, several villagers decide to follow the strange woman to uncover where she goes—and what they discover leads them to the graveyard itself. FEATURED STORY:“Milk Bottles” by Maria LeachPerformed

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00:12:49

Open 24 Hours

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/06/02

Every night, she returns. A pale girl standing silently beside the bed, watching from the darkness with cold, unblinking eyes. The narrator has lived with her presence for so long that terror has become routine—an endless cycle of sleepless dread, icy breath, and the certainty that something is waiting just beyond the edge of the light. But the ghost is bound by one simple rule: she cannot survive brightness. Each sunrise forces her back into the shadows, turning every night into a desperate battle

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00:02:32

Fear of Hue

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/05/20

Every night, she returns. A pale girl standing silently beside the bed, watching from the darkness with cold, unblinking eyes. The narrator has lived with her presence for so long that terror has become routine—an endless cycle of sleepless dread, icy breath, and the certainty that something is waiting just beyond the edge of the light. But the ghost is bound by one simple rule: she cannot survive brightness. Each sunrise forces her back into the shadows, turning every night into a desperate battle

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00:10:42

Tad O'Cain and the Corpse

The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and... ·

2026/05/20

Tad O’Cain has spent his life drinking, gambling, and wasting the fortune his wealthy father worked so hard to build. Furious after being pressured to settle down and marry, Tad storms out into the night and drunkenly declares he’d rather dance with a dead man than give up his reckless life. Moments later, deep beside a lonely chapel and graveyard shrouded in fog, something hears him. Surrounded by strange black creatures and cursed with a rotting corpse clinging to his back, Tad is forced into a

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