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Dead Air

In the silence between signals, something is listening.Dead Air is a short horror story podcast built for quick, chilling listens—each episode a complete, standalone nightmare. No ongoing plot. No returning characters. Just eerie, self-contained stories that begin… and end… in the dark.From distorted voices in the static to things that shouldn’t exist in the quiet, every episode delivers a new dose of psychological horror, unsettling tension, and lingering dread.Perfect for late nights, headphones on, lights off.New stories drop regularly.And whatever you do…don’t trust the silence.

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    Shaft 19

    Some places are sealed for a reason.When a curious hiker ventures into the abandoned and heavily restricted Shaft 19, he expects to uncover a government secret hidden deep beneath the mountain. Instead, he finds something far worse—an ancient entity capable of perfectly copying anyone it encounters.As the darkness below begins wearing familiar faces, he realizes the real danger isn't what lives in the mine...It's what might come back out.The Restricted Shaft is a chilling tale of isolation, identity, and a nightmare that refuses to stay buried. Once you enter Shaft 19, you may never truly leave.

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    The Margins

    Clara has always loved books more than people. Quiet nights, old pages, and forgotten stories were her escape from the world.But after buying a strange black book from a hidden bookstore, her peaceful obsession turns into something terrifying. The pages begin answering her. Whispering to her. Learning her secrets.At first, the voice inside the book feels comforting.Then it starts speaking out loud.As reality begins to unravel around her, Clara realizes the horrifying truth: some stories don’t want to be read…They want to be let in.

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    I Should Have Gone Back

    After a late-night walk through the woods, a young woman begins seeing a girl she thought was just a stranger. But when terrifying memories from a deadly car crash start resurfacing, she realizes the figure haunting her isn’t lost at all.Some ghosts don’t want revenge.They just want you to remember.

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    Mile marker 31

    A late-night shortcut turns into something far worse when a woman finds herself trapped on a road that shouldn’t exist.Deep in the rain-soaked woods, she keeps passing the same mile marker… the same faceless figures… the same impossible stretch of road. But the longer she drives, the more she realizes something is waiting for her in the dark — and it’s getting closer every time she looks in the mirror.Some roads don’t want to let you leave.⚠ Headphones recommended.

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    What i did in the cold

    I woke up in the snow with dirt in my mouth… and a dead body beside me.At first, I couldn’t remember my own name. I didn’t know where I was, why I was freezing, or why there was blood beneath the man lying next to me in the woods. But as pieces of my memory slowly started coming back, I realized the truth was far worse than being lost.He was my boyfriend.And somewhere in the dark parts of my mind, buried beneath fear and guilt, was the memory of what I did to him that night in the cold.As I retrace our final hours together, the forest begins to feel less empty… and the deeper I remember, the more terrified I become of myself. Because some things should stay forgotten. Some memories should stay buried.

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    The Things I Painted

    Mara has spent years losing herself in her art.But when paintings she doesn’t remember creating begin appearing inside her apartment, she starts to realize something horrifying may be painting through her.As disturbing sketches fill her notebook with impossible scenes, twisted self-portraits, and messages written in real time, Mara uncovers a terrifying truth buried beneath fractured memories and wet black paint.Some things should never be put on canvas.And some doors, once painted open… never close.

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    Level Unknown

    In tonight’s episode of Dead Air, a late-night horror game download turns into something far more dangerous when a woman discovers the game knows things it shouldn’t.What starts as a creepy indie game called Mouthless quickly spirals into a nightmare that escapes the screen and follows her into the real world. Strange messages. Knocks in the dark. A figure watching from impossible places. And the terrifying realization that the game isn’t just being played… it’s learning her.Some games stay with you after you quit.This one never lets you leave.

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    You left me there

    Some friendships never die.Emma has spent her whole life talking to Hannah — the best friend no one else can see. Everyone thinks she’s losing her mind… until her mother reveals a horrifying truth: Hannah drowned when they were seven years old.As buried memories claw their way back to the surface, Emma realizes the girl who has followed her for years isn’t imaginary.She’s waiting.And every night at 3:34 AM, Hannah comes a little closer, whispering the same terrifying words:“You should’ve died with me.”

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    The thing beneath Stillwater Lake

    Claire and Ethan escaped to a remote cabin hoping to fix their fading relationship — but deep in the isolated forests, they discover a place where the water never moves… and something beneath the surface watches from the dark.When a horrifying death unfolds right in front of them, their understanding of reality begins to crack. Voices whisper through static. Figures stand outside their windows at night. And the lake keeps calling their names.Some things in the dark aren’t hunting you to kill you.They’re hunting you to bring you back.

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    Don’t Open After 11:43

    When my mother left me alone in our old farmhouse, I thought the worst part would be the silence. Then came three slow knocks at the front door. A strange girl on the porch warned me not to let her know I’d seen her—and seconds later, I heard my mother calling my name from upstairs, even though she was hours away. What was inside that house knew who I was, and it had been waiting for me to be alone.

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    The dark thoughts

    Elias thinks something is wrong with him.He blames the exhaustion. The anxiety. The strange gaps in his thoughts and the way his reflection sometimes feels… delayed. But the truth is far worse—and far older.Because Elias is not alone.Told from the voice inside him, this episode follows the slow, quiet unraveling of a man being watched, studied, and gently reshaped from within. What begins as a whisper becomes influence… then control… as the presence learns how to think, speak, and exist through him.It doesn’t need to take over.It just needs to be accepted.In this episode of Dead Air, a demon doesn’t arrive in darkness—it unfolds in the light… and discovers that the most terrifying place to hide is inside a human mind.

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    Before Sunrise

    I got a message at 2:13 a.m. from an unknown number. It told me to forward it to someone before sunrise… or something would come for me if I didn’t.I laughed. Deleted it. Blocked the number.I thought it was nothing.But after that, things started to change. Reflections that didn’t match reality. Movement at the edge of my vision. Footsteps where no one should be.I told myself I was imagining it.Now I’m not so sure.Because whatever sent that message… didn’t stop just because I ignored it.And sunrise is getting closer.

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    Don’t Listen Twice

    A podcaster receives an anonymous audio submission with no name, no context, and only one instruction: don’t play it.It should have been ignored like most of the strange files sent in by listeners looking for attention or a scare. But something about this one feels different—too clean, too deliberate, like it was made to be heard by exactly the right person.Against better judgment, it gets played.At first, nothing unusual. Just silence. Then subtle sounds begin to surface in the recording—things that don’t belong in a file meant to be digital. And when the episode is released, the podcaster notices something unsettling: the silence that follows no longer feels empty.It feels occupied.And new recordings keep appearing in the folder that shouldn’t be accessible anymore.

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    Don't open your eyes

    It starts with a simple moment—eyes closed under running water.Then everything changes.When the world begins to distort and something unseen creeps closer, she’s forced to question what’s real… and what she might have already let in.A dark psychological horror where fear doesn’t come from the outside—but from the moment you realize it was never just you.

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    The Third Knock

    A late-night knock at the door should be easy to ignore—until it starts happening every night at exactly 2:17 AM.At first, it’s just a sound. Then a shadow. Then something far worse.As reality begins to slip, one man discovers that whatever is knocking isn’t outside his door… it’s trying to get in from somewhere much closer.And when the third knock comes, there may be no way to stop what’s already inside.

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    Dead Air

    Chanett and Jake sit down to record the very first episode of their new horror podcast. What begins as playful banter and a simple story about strange transmissions quickly turns into something neither of them can explain.The recording starts before they press play. Voices speak ahead of them. Devices begin streaming an episode that hasn’t been finished. And as listeners around the world report hearing the same signal, one terrifying truth becomes clear:They were never recording the podcast.The podcast was recording them.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

In the silence between signals, something is listening.Dead Air is a short horror story podcast built for quick, chilling listens—each episode a complete, standalone nightmare. No ongoing plot. No returning characters. Just eerie, self-contained stories that begin… and end… in the dark.From distorted voices in the static to things that shouldn’t exist in the quiet, every episode delivers a new dose of psychological horror, unsettling tension, and lingering dread.Perfect for late nights, headphones on, lights off.New stories drop regularly.And whatever you do…don’t trust the silence.

HOSTED BY

Jake And Chanett

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In the silence between signals, something is listening.Dead Air is a short horror story podcast built for quick, chilling listens—each episode a complete, standalone nightmare. No ongoing plot. No returning characters. Just eerie, self-contained stories that begin… and end… in the dark.From...

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Dead Air is created and hosted by Jake And Chanett.
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