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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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01:15:57

The Cresson Creeper

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2024/11/27

Dan's stories at not Thanksgiving related, but one does center around a family get together: a funeral. But first, a story based in the haunted lore that surrounds Pennsylvania’s currently abandoned Cresson Sanatorium. We'll hear the history of the sanatorium, paranormal lore, and a really creepy modern encounter claim. Then his second story revolves around a disturbing incident at a funeral. Lynze has two non-thanksgiving tales as well. We start out with a tale about lost time. This phenomena

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01:11:22

What's Your Emergency?

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2024/11/20

Dan's first story is weird. We had a hard time tracking it and understanding it so if you have trouble too - don’t worry. We’ll talk afterwards and clear up any confusion. Then, we’ll visit what sure seems to be a powerfully and malevolently haunted former seminary room in Maynooth in County Kildare, Ireland. A haunting that reads like the basis for a really good horror movie. Then, Lynze shares an interesting haunted apartment story where a family lives in two separate apartments in the same

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01:20:14

Nightmare Fuel #20: Unknown Caller 2: Power Outage

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2024/11/15

In this twentieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head back to New Orleans, returning to where the Unknown Caller continues to torment and hunt. We pick up with NOPD Detective Blaine McGrath, who the Unknown Caller reached out to following Naomi Howard's death. And a character from a previous episode heads to NOLA to try and help end this Unknown Caller's reign of terror... This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to

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01:32:08

I'd Like to Make a Reservation

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2024/11/13

Dan dazzles this week with two bizarre mysteries: one that really leaves you scratching your head. A man makes a dinner reservation with WHO? Then, Dan takes us to Canada to look for a missing village. Lynze has a giant, twisty ouija board tale that will take you back to your childhood sleepovers and awaken all of your fears.Bad Magic Giving Tree:WHAT: THE 6TH ANNUAL BAD MAGIC GIVING TREE!WHEN: GIFT CARD DONATIONS - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST thru THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21STASSISTANCE SIGN UP -MONDAY,

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01:36:20

Alcatraz: Island Of Evil Spirits

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2024/11/06

Today, we’re going to visit a little corner of the world I am shocked we haven’t stumbled upon yet: Alcatraz Island . Next up, Dan takes us to Split Rock Quarry for some more history and hauntings! Then, Lynze gives us a good old traditional haunted house! The show wraps up with a funny but terrifying new monster, The Tickle Lady!WHAT: THE 6TH ANNUAL BAD MAGIC GIVING TREE!WHEN: GIFT CARD DONATIONS - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST thru THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21STASSISTANCE SIGN UP -MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH at 12 NOON

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00:59:10

Nightmare Fuel #19: Unknown Caller

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2024/11/01

In this nineteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to New Orleans, where a man is found in dead in his home that he had boarded up in the final days of his life. He'd also smashed his phones and TV and posted sticky notes all over the walls, many of them centered on being tormented by something that was calling him on the phone. And then the phone of one of the paramedics declaring the man dead starts to ring. An unknown caller. The first of many,

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01:29:08

You Should Have Buried Me Better

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2024/10/30

https://www.moment.co/scaredtodeathDid you miss the live show? No worries! You still watch the replay!Dan has two big, fat, juicy horror stories to get you ready for Halloween! First off, we head to England for an alleged multigenerational haunting. Then, we head to Florida for one of the most bizarre tales we have ever shared. Lynze brings us two stories as well, both of which involve possible time slips.WHAT: THE 6TH ANNUAL BAD MAGIC GIVING TREE!WHEN: GIFT CARD DONATIONS - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST

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01:25:13

Mr. Splitfoot, Can You Hear Me?

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2024/10/23

moment.co/scaredtodeathLAST CALL! LIVE SHOW THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24TH! GET YOUR TICKETS!Today, we visit what might very well be the most important haunted house in modern human history and maybe even the origin story of ouija boards in Dan's first story. A fun, historical haunt. Then, we are off to Warren Air Force Base, the oldest continuously active military installation within the Air Force for a second story. Then Lynze has a tale that takes to Boy Scouts Camp and a disembodied voice calling

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01:09:56

Nightmare Fuel #18: Sleep Paralysis

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2024/10/18

In this eighteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to San Francisco, where a monster from Hmong horror lore, the Night Hag known as Dab Tsog, shows the young members of one Hmong family how it is anything but harmless superstition.This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you like this episode, please let us know wherever you rate and review

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01:26:25

The Stanley Hotel

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2024/10/16

https://www.moment.co/scaredtodeathWe are so excited to share with you that again, this October, we will be doing a global live stream show! This year, we are coming to you from New Orleans! Tickets are on sale now!! This is an amazing episode full of so, so many scares! Can you handle it? The first two tales that Dan has this week start with a classic story, The Stanley Hotel. IYKYK. Then, a very disturbing tale surrounding a young girl needing her mama in the middle of the night. Who is reaching

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01:22:18

The Haunting Of Willington Mill

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2024/10/09

moment.co/scaredtodeathWe are so excited to share with you that again, this October, we will be doing a global live stream show! This year, we are coming to you from New Orleans! Tickets are on sale now!! https://www.dictionary.com/e/haunting-hooks-2024/We are also so excited to share with you that we are partnering with Dictionary.com for their 4th annual Haunted Hooks Writing Contest: Scary Monsters Addition. The contest begins 10/1 and ends 10/13 with the winner being announced on 10/31! Click

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00:53:01

Nightmare Fuel #17: The Dead of Winter

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2024/10/04

In this seventeenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to the 1970s, where a woman finds a diary in an old homestead cabin that has been in her family's possession since the late 1860s. The author of the diary has obviously long been dead. But is she still somehow writing new entries from the other side? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background noises! If you

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01:37:34

The Visitor

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2024/10/02

moment.co/scaredtodeathWe are so excited to share with you that again, this October, we will be doing a global live stream show! This year, we are coming to you from New Orleans! Tickets are on sale now!! https://www.dictionary.com/e/haunting-hooks-2024/We are also so excited to share with you that we are partnering with Dictionary.com for their 4th annual Haunted Hooks Writing Contest: Scary Monsters Addition. The contest begins 10/1 and ends 10/13 with the winner being announced on 10/31! Click

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01:27:54

The Emilcin Incident

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2024/09/25

moment.co/scaredtodeathWe are so excited to share with you that again, this October, we will be doing a global live stream show! This year, we are coming to you from New Orleans! Tickets are on sale now!! https://www.dictionary.com/e/haunting-hooks-2024/We are also so excited to share with you that we are partnering with Dictionary.com for their 4th annual Haunted Hooks Writing Contest: Scary Monsters Addition. The contest begins 10/1 and ends 10/13 with the winner being announced on 10/31! Click

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01:08:59

Nightmare Fuel #16: The Wishing Box

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2024/09/20

In this sixteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... Doug Byrne stumbles into a strange little antique shop in downtown Santa Monica called Relics & Curiosities, where he purchases The Wishing Box as a birthday gift for his wife, Olivia. And he quickly learns that the box truly does grant wishes. But those wishes come at a terrible price...This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the

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01:22:43

Grandma Heidi's Little Children

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2024/09/18

Four very different and very interesting tales this week! Dan kicks us off with a story somewhere in west Texas that centers around some Black Eyed Children. MAYBE. If not BEK, than what? Then, a second story that is set in two different locations in South Carolina, that both claim to be haunted, and both share the same name: The Rose Hill Plantation. Lynze has two very unique tales this week. Her first explores vulture culture briefly and lost time and space amongst friends. What kind of chaos

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01:23:35

What's Down There?

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2024/09/11

Thanks to our fans who listen on iHeart! We are so grateful for the extra love from them! Dan kicks off this weeks show with a doozy! Neither are normal when it comes to subject matter. No ghosts today. No demons. No shadow people or even cryptids. Both have an extraterrestrial spin to them. The first deals with a woman in the late 1960s encountering something horrifying and seemingly not of this world. It’s a very strange story. Then, a series of encounters with UFOS, and possibly extraterrestrial

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01:08:28

Nightmare Fuel #15: The Disruptor

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2024/09/06

In this fifteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... Claudia Nelson's life is changed forever by a shooting star that lands on her property outside of the fictional town of Dillon. What cosmic horror does the cursed meteorite bring? And what Hell will it unleash on Claudia and the other residents of her small, remote town? This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experience the full effect of all the creepy background

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01:27:06

The House On Ithaca Street

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2024/09/04

Dan's first story revolves around a Realtor trying and failing to sell a property that seems to clearly have something supernaturally wrong with it. Then is off to Eastern Canada, between Montreal and Toronto. Two young men head out to go camping and see more than they bargained for. One of them swears off camping forever as a result! Lynze crushes this week with two tales! Her first is a classic haunted New Orleans hotel story. What could be more spoopy that that? Then, a ouija board tale like

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01:17:31

It's Time to Wake Up

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2024/08/28

Dan starts with an alleged anonymous modern encounter involving a man hearing a girl’s voice as a child - a voice asking him to wake up, and a voice that keeps asking this for many, many years - well into adulthood. And then finally, something very strange happens that leaves him feeling certain that this voice did not just belong. Then, a tale that is about the mysterious and troubling disappearance of a young man who disappeared in the Idaho wilderness, not far from where Dan grew up, back in

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