Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast
by Chilling Entertainment
Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is a twice-weekly horror fiction anthology podcast, with each episode featuring creepy tales from talented authors, brought to life by professional voice actors, accompanied by sound effects and music. Turn off the lights, and turn on the dark.
"The Soul Cages" is a dark fiction story set in Perdition Ridge, a fog-shrouded coastal settlement where a young boy lives in poverty with his father among shipyard workers and fishing communities. The narrative centers on the boy's confusion and suffering: his mother is absent, his father is volatile and angry, and…
Worth it if you enjoy gothic horror with coming-of-age elements, atmospheric storytelling, and don't mind ambiguous or dark endings.
"The Abyss" is a 24-minute horror fiction episode from Chilling Tales for Dark Nights that presents a nested narrative structure. The framing story follows three friends on a fishing trip to a Finger Lake whose boat motor fails as darkness falls. Stranded a few hundred feet from shore with no phones and no help…
Worth it if you enjoy classic water-based horror, nested narratives, and atmospheric tension in bite-sized 24-minute packages.
"And Darkness Shall Reign" presents a claustrophobic horror narrative centered on an escalating supernatural crisis. The story begins with Norman and his wife Wendy witnessing a disturbing television broadcast from rural Vermont: police have surrounded an abandoned cemetery mausoleum where a doomsday cult has…
Worth it if you enjoy slow-burn supernatural horror with claustrophobic settings and don't mind familiar premises executed with competent storytelling.
"The Ballad of Mr. Budokai" is a coming-of-age horror story set in summer 1988, following twelve-year-old Charlie and his friends who target a mysterious local figure—Mr. Budokai, an elderly man known only by his distinctive appearance (bowler hat, cane, perpetual smile) and vague neighborhood rumors about his past.…
Worth it if you enjoy character-driven horror that explores social dynamics and moral ambiguity over jump scares, or if you appreciate coming-of-age narratives with darker undertones.