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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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01:14:29

"Go To Sleep."

Scared To Death ·

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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01:22:59

Room 305

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2020/03/25

"His mouth opened and once more a dark blackness poured forth like a snake..."A quote from today's first tale. An old man had planned to die in a house his family sells and he shows back up in a terrifying way after cursing the home's new owner. In the second story, we visit Flagstaff, Arizona's Hotel Monte Vista, rumored to be one of America's most haunted hotels. Strange sightings and the hotel's sordid history provide lots of interesting scares. And then Lynze shares several of her own disturbing

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01:07:14

Satanic Carnival

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2020/03/18

"He lifted the knife and carved an upside-down cross into the unconscious man’s forehead. The man’s eyes then flipped open and he started to scream."A quote from the first of today's initial two tales. The first story involves something that sounds like an urban legend but really happened - a group of traveling carnival workers sacrifice at least one soul to Satan. Our second story is an urban legend: the Japanese legend of Teke Teke. The story of a young girl horribly disfigured who comes after

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01:20:54

Skinwalkers

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2020/03/11

"But the really awful thing—the hideous, horrible thing was that the dead guy was missing his skin..." A quote from today's second of two tales. The first story in today's episode is the 2008 mysterious disappearance of Minnesotan Brandon Swanson. Did he vanish without a trace due to an extraterrestrial encounter? Our second story is really two tales both revolving around the Navajo legend of the skinwalker. Evil medicine men that some still believe to exist in the American West. And then Lynze

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01:10:38

The Possession of Clara Germana Cele

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2020/03/04

"His face turned red, then blue, and then he sank to his knees. And Clara threw her head back and laughed..." A quote from today's second of two tales from the web. Our first account is a story about a college girl who had a very strange, creepy visitor show up at her door one night. For our second story, we head to South Africa to look at the possession and exorcisms of Clara Germana Cele. And then Lynze shares another two chill-inducing listener tales of terror! Thank you for sending in your

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01:25:49

Winchester Mystery House

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2020/02/26

"The poltergeist began to attack little Maria Jose again. She was slapped by unseen hands across the face hard enough to leave bruises..."A quote from today's first of two tales. Our first story comes from Brazil - the Jaboticabal poltergeist. What tormented an eleven-year-old girl and her family in Brazil in the mid-1960s? Or second story covers the history of one of the most famous haunted houses in America - the Winchester Mystery House. Why did Sarah continue to work on her giant San Jose home

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01:21:17

The Enfield Poltergeist

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2020/02/19

“Now!” he cried. 'Can you see me?' Annie screamed. 'Go away!' She bared her teeth and started to laugh, her chest spasming as she heaved." A quote from today's first story. Our first tale is the infamous Enfield Poltergeist. The basis for the horror blockbuster, the Conjuring 2. From 1977 to 1979, some of the most intense poltergeist activity ever witnessed by multiple people was targeted at one family living in Enfield, a northern borough of London. Our second story is a tale of one boy's repeated

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01:30:07

The Lemp Family Haunting

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2020/02/12

"...this family would find strange mounds of rocks and sand meticulously piled directly underneath the window of their infant son’s room..."A quote from today's first story. Our first tale is about the demons that haunt the Muslim world - the jinn. Specifically, the jinn of Bahla, Oman, a city listed as one of the top ten most haunted cities in the world. Our second story is the infamous tale of St Louis's Lemp family and the haunted Lemp mansion. Was the family cursed? Who still haunts their

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01:16:00

Evil Shadows

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2020/02/05

"And for the first time in Spanish history, the police witnessed paranormal activity and documented it in an official police report..." A quote from today's second story. Our first tale is the strangest possible UFO-related disappearance we've looked into thus far - the 1980 disappearance of extraterrestrial-obsessed Canadian Granger Taylor. Our second account is the supposedly true story behind the 2017 Spanish horror film, "Veronica." Did playing with a ouija board in attempt to make contact with

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01:27:02

We Made a Deal

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2020/01/29

"Philip walked back downstairs and crawled back into his bed. And then he heard someone saying his name again. Chanting it over and over. 'Philip… Philip… Philip…'" A quote from today's second tale. Our first story starts off in Beruit and ends in Washington D.C.... kind of. It takes place over thirty years that includes over ten years of the strangest phone calls I've ever heard of. Who was calling Bashir Kouchacji? Our second story is the basis for the 2009 horror movie, The Haunting in

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01:23:45

3 A.M.

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2020/01/22

"Carolyn woke up with a start to see a very tall woman in an old gray dress with her head hanging off to the side. This woman was hovering above Carolyn." A quote from today's second tale. Our first story comes from Hawaii. A disturbing 3 A.M. encounter with a woman-like entity that you will not want to remember when you're driving anywhere alone at night. Our second story is the allegedly true haunting that inspired The Conjuring. And then Lynze tells what might be our scariest fan submission true

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01:14:50

Cover the Mirrors

Scared To Death ·

2020/01/15

"In the bedroom, another investigator saw what appeared to be tiny pale fingers reach out from the inside of the closet door..." A quote from the second of today's horror tales. Our first story is another Hat Man encounter. A young girl sees the Hat Man in her grandparent's home and finds out years later she wasn't the only one to see him. Our second story is the tale of the infamous Villisca Axe Murders. Eight people were murdered with an axe in a small Iowa town, all in one night, all in the same

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