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PODCAST

Scared To Death

Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins

The paranormal comes to life as husband-wife duo Dan Cummins (acclaimed standup comedian and true horror fan) and Lynze Cummins (costume and wardrobe stylist for numerous film and television productions) share terrifying stories that will leave you sleeping with the lights on. Dan’s goal? To scare Lynze with creepy accounts of demonic possession, shadow people, and other eerie phenomena. And when he’s done, Lynze fights back with chilling fan-submitted tales of true horror. Together, they explore

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01:20:21

The Devil's Toy Box

Scared To Death ·

2020/12/23

"Know that - this is a dangerous ritual. To go inside the box is to risk bringing something back with you when you leave. Something that may change you forever. Going into the box may prove to you that there are absolutely worlds beyond this one - but it may also - supposedly - destroy you." Have you ever heard of The Devil's Toy Box? A truly intense and terrifying way to contact the other is the basis for Dan's first story this week. He takes us on a journey of three friends who dabble in the

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01:23:13

Backseat Driver

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2020/12/16

"Recognizing that something abnormal was happening, Steven grabbed his tablet and began filming his wife. Several priests would later watch this video and described what they witnessed as follows: “You humans have your own sense of time,” Louisa told Steven at one point in the video. “I have plenty of time. I have all the time in the world." She then shifted into a staccato whisper. “It’s your wife I want,” she said “not only her body, but her soul.” Dan's stories this week are top notch! A really

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01:17:52

Choked and Afraid

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2020/12/09

"And Jackson said, "I woke up one morning and there was a figure in the room… she was very scary…. she had a screaming face, very accusatory, she was a lady about 50 years old.”Then he added, "It was terrifying actually, a very scary image and she was at the end of the bed and she glided across the room… and disappeared into the wall.I sat in bed and thought, have I really seen that?” Dan takes us all on a journey to two places that Dan and Lynze love or dream of visiting! Kicking the show off is

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01:21:21

The Whaley House

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2020/12/02

“Excuse me, Omar,” she said. “Did you just drop off that other woman?”“What other woman?” said Omar. Kathy thought he was joking for a moment and then realized he was 100 % serious. She was so confused. She had CLEARLY seen another woman in the backseat with her. She’d looked at several times. She was only two feet away sitting there plain as day. “The woman who was sitting right beside me just a few minutes ago. Blonde hair, blue short sleeved shirt.” Omar turned the radio down. “No, ma’am,” he

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01:09:18

La Isla de las Muñecas/Island of the Dolls

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2020/11/25

"The feeling of being watched returned. It wasn’t an unusual feeling to get, out in a country road. Animals were often watching from the bushes, deer or sometimes even mountain cats… but this was different. The thing that watching him felt…. smart. Dave couldn’t explain how. It just did.Then, from inside the house, he heard a crash rang out. And then he heard something else that make his skin crawl. It didn’t sound sinister exactly, not at first. But he definitely didn’t like it… a low chanting

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01:13:12

It Feels Alive

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2020/11/18

TW: This first story is graphic in every way. "But this was different. She didn’t know who or what was responsible for these new noises that always came with a feeling of dread. Those noises weren’t the ones she was hearing now….She’d hear what sounded like someone walking… kind of. The gait wouldn’t sound quite right for a person.She’d heard an ominous, menacing, slow shuffle. And it would be accompanied by other unsettling noises - like the sound someone dragging something - scraping something -

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01:19:41

The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

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2020/11/11

"Just then on the opposite side of my room, I watched this dark, smoky, human-like form crawl up my wall, each step it took made a tsssss (like water on a frying pan sound) and smoke was coming from each hand and foot connection with my wall." This week Dan takes from England to Malaysia, such a fun show! To kick off the show, Dan shares an old but interesting tale from Raynham Hall. Did a pair of photographers catch The Brown Lady (it's a reference to her dress!) ascending the stairs? Can it really

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01:16:48

The Nightmare Man

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2020/11/04

"They continued to hear the sounds of footsteps behind them. Getting louder. Gaining on them. Their only source of hope was the soft breeze constantly flowing through from the opposite end. The cool, dry air. Finally - they reached a t-shaped intersection. Which way to turn?" In another fun week of spoopy fun, Dan shares two incredible stories. Our first story takes us to Oregon, just outside of Portland. Two friends take an adventure into a supposedly haunted mental hospital that is home to tunnels

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01:15:39

Poveglia Island Haunting

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2020/10/28

"She tried to turn to follow him but she couldn’t. She was tied down. She couldn’t move. She could see the dark layout of the tent and cast her eyes around for the unseen presence.   Then she heard it.   Coming from right above her left ear, a sound like a drill." A quote from the first of Dan's two stories this week. A supposedly haunted island off the coast of Italy, Poveglia takes us on a journey that makes us question, what CAN a spirit, a doctor no less, do to us, from the other side. A few

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01:07:55

Slit-Mouthed Woman

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2020/10/21

"He ended up taking his sword to her face. He sliced open her cheeks from the corners of her mouth to her ears, and then he asked her, “Who will think you’re beautiful now?” A quote from the first of Dan's two stories this week. This first tale takes us to Japan for a haunting story about the Slit-Mouthed Woman. Once you see her, you are almost guaranteed to die. Or are you? Is there a way to avoid being drawn in by this mysterious woman and losing your life to her? The second story takes us back to

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01:07:04

“Join Us.”

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2020/10/14

"He was in Scarlett’s room in seconds, flinging his door open before bounding down the hall and quickly popping into his daughter’s room where she was sitting up in her bed. And he immediately saw that something was sitting with her..." A quote from our first story. We head to Idaho for both tales today. First, we share some encounters a woman claims she and her family experienced shortly after moving into a Pocatello apartment. Then, we head to Pocatello High School, were security camera footage

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01:11:00

Pulled Under

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2020/10/07

"He thrashed against whatever was holding him, desperately trying to kick himself free. The woman in blue smiled and he then heard what he knew was her voice inside his head. 'Stay…. stay…'” A quote from our second story. For our first tale today, we explore the Cajun legend of the Cauchemar, a specific, demonic spiritual presence believed by some living in and around certain parts of Louisiana to harm them after it invades their dreams. And for the second story, we head to Georgia for tales to

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01:05:42

Footsteps in the Dust

Scared To Death ·

2020/09/30

“Just stay upstairs,” he thought to himself. “Whatever you are, just please stay upstairs...” A quote from today's second of two opening tales! Today's first story is another black-eyed kid encounter story. Kind of. A woman in New Hampshire has claimed to have witnessed two different black-eyed entities on two different occasions. In the next story, we explore the many ghosts of Amherstburg, Ontario. The Canadian town is full of all kinds of alleged paranormal activity and we share several

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01:14:04

The Black Door

Scared To Death ·

2020/09/23

"Chase began to walk down the hallway. His legs were heavy. He was afraid of what was behind the last door. The black door..." A quote from today's second of two opening tales! Had a great time recording the first episode of the second year of the show. We start with the mysterious disappearances of Charlie Ashmore and Ambrose Bierce. Then, we explore the dark side of hypnosis. What if you were hypnotized by someone who did not have your best interests in mind? A strange, unnerving hypnosis-related

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01:33:19

Shadows, Specters, and Strigoi: the One Year...

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2020/09/16

"People who’d known Arnold in life testified over and over that they had seen him walking through the village in the weeks following his documented death..." A quote from today's second of three opening tales! We have a big episode for you today as this week marks the one-year anniversary of the show. Thank you for making this show a success! Our first story covers the legend of Missouri's Zombie Road and includes a few alleged encounters with something terrible. Then we head to Romania and Serbia

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00:05:18

Introducing INCREDIBLE FEATS with Dan Cummins!

Scared To Death ·

2020/09/14

Hi Creeps and Peepers! I (Dan) am hosting a brand new podcast on the Parcast Network called INCREDIBLE FEATS. Every weekday on INCREDIBLE FEATS, I profile amazing achievements made by people from all over the world, diving behind the scenes to see how exactly they turned the impossible into the incredible. The episodes are totally family friendly and also snack-sized - typically coming in at around 5-6 minutes. Episodes feature everything from death-defying stunts, to unbelievable accounts of

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01:19:16

Ghost Ship

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2020/09/09

"Then, he felt the air around him get heavier and heavier until it no longer felt like air at all. It felt like water. It felt like he was drowning." A quote from today's first tale. Our first story centers on the haunted history of the RMS Queen Mary - supposedly the world's most haunted ship, currently operating as a hotel in Long Beach, California. How many spirits from its days as a transatlantic liner still haunt its labyrinth of cabins, hallways, and various decks? Our second story is all

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01:15:19

The Demon House

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2020/09/02

"She claimed to witness the boy walked backwards up a wall all the way to the ceiling…before flipping over and landing on his feet." A quote from today's second tale. Our first story is an exposition of the ritualistic murder of LeRoy Carter, Jr. in San Francisco, California, in 1981. What dark god may he have been sacrificed to? Our second story is a modern haunting classic - the Ammons house aka the House of 200 demons made infamous by Zak Bagans. Hope you like the way I tell this tale. And then

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01:02:33

Haunted Asylum

Scared To Death ·

2020/08/26

"...the steam soon revealed a message. She could just make out the finger-scrawled words… “Why did you hurt us?” A quote from today's first tale. Today we open up with two asylum-related paranormal tales. The first comes from Salem, Oregon - the long, haunted history of the facility once called “The Oregon State Hospital for the Insane,” and a recent encounter. Our second story is the urban legend of the Melon Heads. Disturbing folklore coming primarily from Ohio and Michigan. And then Lynze shares

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01:13:01

The Amityville Horror

Scared To Death ·

2020/08/19

"Kathy wakes up with red welts that have formed a trail from just above her pubic hair to just under her breast. They feel hot to the touch. It was like something had slashed and burned her..." A quote from today's second story. Our first tale is about the Shadow Man - one man's tale of a series of intense encounters that lasted for several years of his childhood. Our second story is one of my favorite paranormal events ever - the basis for the book and movie, The Amityville Horror. The story of the

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