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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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01:06:18

The Attic Family

Scared To Death ·

2020/08/12

"How many more steps until it was directly behind her? Ten? Twelve? She could now see a shadow emerging on the cracked white walls above her..."A quote from today's second story. Our first tale today is the story of former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal claiming to witness a case of demonic possession while studying at Oxford University in 1994. Our second account is of one woman's encounter with paranormal entities in the attic of her grandmother's home during her final visit to the house after it

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01:01:26

Mirrors & Monsters

Scared To Death ·

2020/08/05

"...as Angie and Jamal both screamed, their mirror images turned and walked back towards, and then into, their room..." A quote from today's second story. Both of today's tales involve mirrors. The first story is all about the Mirror Man of the Midnight Mirror Ritual. If you want to perform this ritual, you're braver than we are. The second story is about a young couple bringing home what appears to be an intensely haunted antique. And then Lynze closes out the show with two listener stories, one

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00:59:01

The Haunted Villa Montezuma

Scared To Death ·

2020/07/29

"She eventually found herself looking at a set of stairs... down to the basement, she presumed. Then she heard a voice say in her ear, “I wouldn’t go down there, if I were you.” A quote from today's second story. Both of today's tales take place in San Diego, California. The first involves the mysterious death of of Michelle von Emster. Why can't anyone definitively determine how she died? How does one's femur bone end up "whittled?" The next story takes us to San Diego's haunted Villa Montezuma

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01:08:17

Missing Time

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2020/07/22

"She quickly realized…. something was circling her and Crina. Something that moved through the woods way faster than a human could..." A quote from today's first tale. We start with a look into Hoia Baciu - Romania's most haunted forest. So many tales of strange disappearances, UFO sightings, paranormal encounters, strange episodes of missing time, and more have been so frequently reported, the forest has acquired the nickname, "The Bermuda Triangle of Romania.” For our second story, we look into

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01:25:27

Poltergeist

Scared To Death ·

2020/07/15

"Barbara said it all began with a series of scratching noises and knocking heard coming from inside the walls." A quote from today's first tale. We start with two heavily witnessed and documented stories about poltergeist activity. The first occurred in St. Catherine's Canada in 1970. The second occurred in Seaford, New York in 1958. Two homes plagued with paranormal events that numerous people witnessed, including police officers and members of the press. Two manifestations of... something... that

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01:14:48

Evil Doppelgängers

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2020/07/08

"I whipped around and saw that my mother - my REAL mother - had just walked in the house. When I turned around, the creature at the end of the hall was gone..." A quote from today's second tale. Our first story deals with numerous sightings of a black-eyed girl in the a small wooded area of England known as Cannock Chase, and the terrible true crime backstory that may be behind them. Our second group of stories all deal with doppelgängers. We touch on the mythology of the notion of a dark twin, and

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01:01:45

The Rake

Scared To Death ·

2020/07/01

"I was about to cry out in pain when I saw it. At the foot of the bed, sitting and facing away from us, was what looked like a naked man, or a large, hairless dog..." A quote from today's first tale, the story of “The Rake.” The Rake seems to be some type of cryptid allegedly lurking primarily in the Northeastern US. After going over several supposed encounters, we head to a creepy little patch of forest just southwest of Birmingham, England known as the Hagley Wood to look at an encounter two young

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01:12:45

Demoniac

Scared To Death ·

2020/06/24

"And then Jessica heard what sounded like little foot steps move across the floor heading to the corner. Even worse - she swore later she could SEE the shadowy outline of the doll, moving in the dark..." A quote from today's first story. We head to Ohio in the early 80s to tell the tale of a possibly very possessed little girl’s doll. For our next tale, we had way back to the late 18th century, just outside of Bristol England, to tell the story of the demonic possession of George Lukins aka “the

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01:09:33

"I'm Supposed to Be Here."

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2020/06/17

"She watched him continue to tap against her window with a dirty fingernail. Tap… tap… tap..." A quote from today's first horror tale. A young girl, her brothers, and mother are tormented by poltergeist activity that disappears as mysteriously as it began. In the second story, we tour the haunted past and present of Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary. And then Lynze shares some spooky listener submissions! Thank you for sending in your stories, Creeps and Peepers! Please keep doing so. Send

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01:15:11

Sleep Paralysis?

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2020/06/10

"She began to laugh her raspy laugh and then she stepped forward and seemed to move into and then through him. He could feel her dark energy invade his..." A quote from today's first story, a tale about a man who moves to restart his life in Alaska and suffers from what he first believes is nothing more than sleep paralysis but then he soon begins to suspect something paranormal. The next tale takes us to 17th century for the Loudun possessions. Massive demonic manifestation or political

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01:17:35

Demons of Dewitt Ranch

Scared To Death ·

2020/06/03

"Just as he grabbed it, he felt something right behind him. As he stood up he suddenly was nervous to shine the flashlight behind him. Was something standing in-between him and the door?"A quote from today's first story. We open on the tale of a young man given a house-sitting gig from Hell. Our second story is the curious account of the Pollock Twins. Are they reincarnations of their dead older sisters? And Lynze shares a couple of creepy listener tales. Thank you for sending in your stories,

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01:14:29

"Go To Sleep."

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2020/05/27

“Shhh,” said Jeff. And then he pushed his knife deep into Lou’s stomach. “Go to sleep. Just go to sleep.”A quote from today's second story. Sharing two pretty well known tales today in addition to some MyStory fan tales of horror. The first is the haunted life of Jean Harlow - Hollywood's original "blonde bombshell." The second is the CreepyPasta tale of Jeff the Killer - one of the most commonly requested tales we're now telling. Thank you for sending in your stories, Creeps and Peepers! Please

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01:16:57

The Death Room

Scared To Death ·

2020/05/20

"After standing in the bathroom and dripping water on the floor for a few moments, Claire went to turn the door handle and peek into her room when a chill shot down her spine as she saw the edge of a shadow creep up under the door... someone was standing on the other side..." A quote from today's first of five different supposedly true horror tales. Our first story takes us to Louisiana where a young nurse unknowingly moves into a room of recent tragedy. Our second story covers a collection of

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01:09:24

The Bell Witch

Scared To Death ·

2020/05/13

"A tap-tap-tap would sometimes be heard against a living room window. Something outside that couldn’t be seen out in the dark of the Tennessee wilderness was perhaps now looking in..." A quote from today's second of four stories - the tale of the Bell Witch. This early 19th century Tennessee story about a malicious, spiteful spirit rumored to have antagonized the Bell family and many others around them for several years is one of America's most famous paranormal horror accounts. The first story is

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01:20:21

Crescent Hotel Horrors

Scared To Death ·

2020/05/06

"...when they walked to the bathroom for a glass of water in the middle of the night, they saw two hands coming out of the bathroom mirror, grasping as though looking for something to pull them up. Hands that slipped back into the mirror and then disappeared..." A quote from today's first tale - the dark history of Eureka Springs, Arkansas's Crescent Hotel. A lot of bad things have definitely happened there - did its history lead to it being haunted? Our second story is about Virginia's Bunny Man

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01:34:53

Stalker

Scared To Death ·

2020/04/29

"...he saw the back of a figure standing at the bed, bent over the sleeping little boy. He thought it was his wife Jessica and said, 'What are you doing in here with the light off?” The dark figure didn’t answer. It didn’t turn around. It wasn’t Jessica..." A quote from today's second story. Our first tale is the Kuykendall Family Phone-Stalker Mystery. Who or what texted and called various members and friends of the Kuykendall family with information they shouldn't of known and where did they go

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01:10:57

The Murder Mansion

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2020/04/22

"And then he took his hammer, his wife’s blood dropping from it and leaving a trail, and he walked down the hallway towards his daughter Judy’s room..." A quote from today's second tale. The first is the story of a Florida teacher who in 2012, became convinced that some of her teenage students were possessed by demons, so she took them on a very ill-advised and highly illegal field trip. The second story is that of Los Feliz’s supposedly haunted murder mansion where on the night of December 6th,

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01:21:25

The Pascagoula Abductions

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2020/04/15

"They floated through the door of the ship, escorted by creatures Calvin later thought might not even be living beings..." A quote from today's first tale. In October of 1973, two men claimed to have been abducted by aliens while fishing in Mississippi. Is their tale one of the most credible abduction stories ever? Our second story is the legend of the Greenbrier Ghost. Did the ghost of a murder victim come back to help put her murderer in prison in West Virginia in 1897? Plus, creepy listener tales

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01:08:27

She Likes You

Scared To Death ·

2020/04/08

"My grandpa was almost shouting now. 'Where was she standing!?! When did this happen!?! What did you do!?! Did she see you???'" A quote from our second story. Today's first tale is the story of Bavaria's Wolfsegg Castle. Who is the White Lady and what does she want? the second story is the Japanese urban legend of "the Eight Foot Tall Woman." "Po...po...po..." You'll know what that quote means after you listen. So creepy! Lynze finishes things off with two super creepy listener-submitted tales

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01:12:30

Don't Let Them In

Scared To Death ·

2020/04/01

"Stop, you whores!” it said to the nuns who were bent over the priest. “Stop, or you sluts will be sorry.” A quote from today's second tale. In our first story, an elderly couple makes the mistake of letting in two strange "children" who show up on their remote doorstep one cold winter's night. In our second story, we examine the "exorcism of Julia," a somewhat well-known exorcism that was witnessed by Dr. Richard Gallagher, an Ivy League-educated psychiatrist who can no longer call himself a

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