PODCAST · fiction
Don't Fall Asleep
by The Midnight Host
In search of a SPINE-CHILLING podcast to keep you up at night? Then tune that dial to "Don't Fall Asleep"! In each episode, we'll hear short horror stories from the popular subreddit NoSleep, and maybe even some tales from published authors. From mysterious disappearances to haunted houses, our podcast will take you on a journey through the MACABRE that will leave you on the edge of your seat! So what are you waiting for? Don't fall asleep just yet - join us on our journey through the dark and twisted world of horror. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support
Episodes
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Not Tonight
Tonight, let’s play the Goodnight Game! Our protagonists are three siblings faced with the unfortunate task of cleaning their childhood home after their last living parent, their father, passed away. Among his effects they discover stacks of journals he had been keeping for decades. Within them…
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They Were Waiting
Tonight, let’s meet some “out of towners” on the road home! A tragic scenario—a young man accidentally strikes a teenager with his car on the way home. Horrible! He stops and calls paramedics; stays by the side of his young victim. Perhaps it’s the shock of it all—people sometimes react to shock…
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The Vanishing of Peter Warren
To the Midnight Host, I came across your contact information while reviewing my files. It is strange. I have the vaguest recollection of communicating with you about something previously, but I cannot recall what the subject might have encompassed. The following transcript was procured from the...
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Concerning Edmund Harrow
Tonight, let’s find out what happened to Edmund Harrow! You know that old adage: dead men tell no tales. It suggests that the best way to keep someone from telling your secrets is to see them into a grave. But what about a man who’d kill because of someone else’s secret? And what if the dead can...
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Something Came With the House
Tonight, lets take a stroll through a haunted house! It’s a classic setup; our protagonist discovers a letter in the mail one day: "your grandmother has passed, and she left everything to you!" Including an old Victorian home in Massachusetts worth a pretty penny! But when they arrive and walk...
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Watch the Birdie
Tonight, let’s find out if cameras really can CAPTURE your soul! Adrienne and her husband Michael are in a situation which will be all too familiar to parents—they’ve gone to the mall to have winter portraits done for their young son, who has decided THIS is the moment to have a meltdown. Add to...
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After Midnight
Tonight, let’s attend a reunion, and perform a ritual! 4 friends are gathering at an AirBnB, excited to finally have the chance to reconnect. As the stories and drinks flow, one of them gets a wild idea; why don’t we try the Midnight Game? With the supplies in hand and the ritual directions…
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A Mother's Love
Tonight, let’s discover the burbling horror that calls out from a further room. This story begins with a quest to rescue an innocent kitty trapped in an abandoned house. Three friends set out to break into old Ms.Macon’s house, where the meowing of a naughty kitty can be heard. But as they shimmy...
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A Little Off the Top
Tonight, let’s get our ears lowered in a classic, old-timey barbershop! Ray Miller barely recognizes the world he lives in anymore. He feels like a relic from a bygone age—the slow living of his youth has been replaced by the high speed of modernity. But there is one place that still feels like...
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Hide and Seek
Tonight, let’s play hide and seek…with a monster. Our protagonist is a young boy spending the summer with his grandparents on an old farm in Virginia. One afternoon he is playing by himself in the attic—where all things creepy happen, I might add—when a storm rolls in. When he wakes up, he…
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I Work the Graveyard Shift at a Diner in a Haunted Town. We Have Some Strange Rules.
Tonight, let’s sit down and have some coffee together! Our story opens in the small Connecticut town of Mourner’s Crossing. Behind the counter stands an older man, eyebrows knit, eyes watching a spot on the counter as he cleans it with a rag. Next to him a nervous-looking young man is holding a…
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No Good Deed
Check out Maynard's Box on Youtube: https://youtu.be/SVtAWaHRwqQ Tonight, let’s hit the road and do a few good deeds! Our protagonist is a wanderer infected with a supernatural hunger, put there by a certain Maynard. Woof—even speaking the name is bad luck. This uh… sorcerer appeared in another...
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We Kidnapped the Toy Reviewer. It was a MISTAKE
Tonight, let’s pull a home invasion Robin Hood! What do I mean? You’re right; that sounds a bit mixed up. Our protagonists are down on their luck and in need of some cash—badly. One of them stumbles across a very successful toy review channel, and out of their jealousy and sense of economic...
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Sweet Jane
Tonight, let’s go viral! Our protagonist is a writer hungry for just a taste of recognition. One day he crafts a character guaranteed to capture the imaginations of the masses and adds a bit of mystique to her, and suddenly Sweet Jane is born! It takes off beyond his wildest dreams! Ahhh, what a...
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Late Night Laundry
Tonight, let’s knock out a few pesky chores! And maybe we’ll even survive till bedtime! Our protagonist is worn out. He works hard, and there just don’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done. This is how he finds himself at his apartment complex’s laundry facility late at…
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Every Year, Something HUNTS ME On My Birthday
Tonight, let’s celebrate a birthday in true horror style! Our protagonist is a young boy whose household has a very strange ritual on his birthday. They go out into a cabin in the woods, lock him in a secure room, and only bring him out in the morning. What could possibly be going on here?! I…
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My Childhood Town Isn't on Any Map
Tonight, let’s see if we can discover an ancient curse, and get out alive! Our protagonist lives a somewhat isolated life in a small town in the UK. Life is good here though, comfortable enough with a few nice amenities and a town where everyone knows everyone else. There’s just one tiny little...
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There's Something Wrong with Ms.Wexler
Today, we’ll be checking in on a colleague of mine. She’s well-liked by her students, takes care of the needy, and truly sees the people that her students are. What an educator, right?! Well I’ve received some reports that she’s been acting rather strangely lately. This story is called: There's...
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Off Trail
Tonight, let’s do some soul searching in the woods! Our protagonist has headed off into the great outdoors after having a difficult conversation. He hopes to prove to himself that he can be assertive and capable. But as he looks around and wonders where on earth the trail got to, a voice on the...
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My Childhood Home Wants Me Back
Tonight, let’s walk among the ghosts of our childhood homes! It’s a tale as old as time: A young family snags a great deal on a spacious old house. A bedroom for both kids, and room enough for an office or two! Big back yard to play in, imaginary friends with too much skin, shuffling footsteps in...
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The OAK
Tonight, lets have a little therapy! Our protagonist is a young therapist in the first few years of their practice. They meet a new client with a problem that I’ve never read about in the DSM—they’ve stopped being a person. Well, sounds pretty treatable, right? Ha ha ha… well, wait’ll you hear...
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My School Had a Hidden Basement...
Tonight, let’s finally settle some urban legends about our school! Our protagonist and his friend Alex are curious middle schoolers, who enjoy investigating silly urban legends that circle around their old school. Haunted bathrooms, pools on the roof, you know the stuff! There’s only one problem:...
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I'm Not Dead. My Social Media Says Otherwise
Tonight, we’ll meet Dalton; a perfectly ordinary—if a little BROKE—young man living in a comfortable, small town. Until a social media notification dings in one evening that changes everything: Rest in peace, man. Gone too soon. Surely it’s a joke, or some new trend. The dead don’t keep going to...
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Gone Fishing
Tonight, let’s knock off early and put a line in the water! Ahhh yes, the classic, soothing pastime of fishing. No longer a necessity for food, now we don’t even have to catch anything! Just sit back in the shade, have a cool drink, and let the world slide by. Speaking of sliding by…did you see...
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Knock Knock...
Tonight, we’ll shelter together from the storm! Have you ever had to shelter in place during severe weather? Let me tell you, it’s frightening enough all on its own! But what if you knew that your neighbors were disappearing one by one during the storm? That someone, or something was striking…
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The Glitch
Tonight, we’ll confront a classic case of the camera capturing more than the eye! Tonight’s protagonist is newly wed to the love of his life, Hana, who is an enthusiastic amateur photographer. But when certain anomalies begin to appear in some of her pictures, it reopens old wounds from the past,...
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Loose Ends
Tonight, we’ll tie up a few loose ends! You recall our intrepid detectives Samuel and Gerard, don’t you? Undoubtedly there are some newer fans out there who haven’t heard of these two yet. Allow me to put a link on screen for our Youtube viewers! For our podcast listeners, I will include two…
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I Work in a Morgue... I THOUGHT I'd Seen Everything
🫣 Join the Don't Fall Asleep midnight newsletter for bonus stories and behind the scenes peeks → https://dont-fall-asleep.kit.com/a1cc7fe612 Tonight, I'll try my hardest to get under your skin! Wait and see... Imagine you work in a morgue, and the police have wheeled in a new cadaver. There are...
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Colors Started Bleeding... THEN THEY APPEARED
Tonight, we’ll explore the horrors of a traumatic brain injury! No, no, I’m not going to change the show into a spooky, serialized medical drama! Unless…. No no no, tonight’s story isn’t even about the brain injury! It’s about the things that Ben can see after the accident. Swirling colors, light...
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I Shouldn't Have Looked for the NYC SEWER PEOPLE
Tonight, we'll take a little stroll around the undercity! The DEEP under city. Our protagonists have started a YouTube channel that highlights spooky and abandoned places—ha! Join the club. But these two do Urban exploring—unlike yours truly. They decide to climb down into the sewers in search of…
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Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls
Tonight, we’ll take a peek behind the waterfall! Our protagonist is a Danish man on vacation in the US. He has a deep interest in waterfalls, so he and his travelling companion decide to visit one. They find an eerily empty picnic ground, and that’s just the beginning… This story is called Don’t…
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The Shift
Tonight, we’ll hear the story of a happy couple wrapped in marital bliss! Ha ha ha, yes, you know there’s more to the story than that. Our couple has the perfect, mundane life, until one of them begins misremembering key details of their relationship. His behavior seems to change too—just…
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This Job Infests Your Mind
Tonight, we’ll start a new job! And boy does it have some strange BENEFITS! Our protagonist is a young person fresh out of grad school and desperate for some cash! With debt piling up and the job market weak, they begin applying to everything they can. They finally find a job with a bafflingly...
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Good Company
Tonight, YOU are going to star in the story! Close your eyes for me, if it’s safe to do so of course. Imagine yourself behind the wheel of your car, driving down a lonely, 2 lane state road. Night is falling, and your mind is heavy from the long drive and a terrible revelation from earlier in the...
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The Last Survivor of the Coldwater Marlin
Tonight, we’ll take to the seas, and experience a very CLASSICAL type of horror! Our Protagonist is sailing aboard a fishing boat in the north Atlantic. He and his motley crew are looking forward to hauling in a great catch, and returning home. Something unexpected shows up in the nets, however,...
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Eyes On Your Littles
Tonight, we’ll take a little field trip! You know, this story hits the ground running and holds you in a vice grip until the moment it ends. For me to reveal much at all about the circumstances behind the story would rob it of some punch. So let me just say that this story is called: “Eyes on…
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The Little Black Church
Tonight, we’ll take up serpents! Well, no, not really, but we’ll wind up in a place where they just might! Our protagonist is a young man who loses his father too soon. He doesn’t have much to remember his old man by, just a handful of paintings his father did earlier in life. But one day, he...
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I Don't Shower With My Door Ajar Anymore
Tonight, we’ll have our very own PSYCHO moment! Our protagonist Jimmy is just an average man with an average life. He works a 9-5, and he pays the price. All he wants is to be left alone in his average home. Then why does he feel like he’s in the twilight zone? He always feels like someone is...
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Swarm
Link to "Jaws of Fate", our detectives' first appearance: https://youtu.be/6W9wzIxsR-E Tonight, I have our first story of the new year! Congratulations to one and all for a chilling FOUR YEARS of horror stories! That’s right, our first video premiered in late January of 2022. Much has changed...
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You Shouldn't Have
Tonight, we’ll hear another Christmas yarn from Darren Todd! I know, you’re probably a bit tired of hearing about Christmas at this point. Not to worry! This story is not really about Christmas. It’s about the lengths we’d go to for someone we love. This story is called You Shouldn't Have, and…
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The Bends
Tonight, we’ll explore an ancient shipwreck! And almost get away with it. Our protagonist is on a scuba diving trip with their husband in Greece, crossing off a bucket list item. Their instructor knows the location of an unexplored ship, where they discover many wondrous things. However—you…
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I'm a Volunteer Firefighter. This is the Call That Almost Made Me Quit.
Tonight, let’s heat things up a bit! As you may have guessed from our title, our protagonist is a volunteer firefighter. He hasn’t been at it long, and is anxiously awaiting his first big call. Well, he gets it, and much more besides! This story is called --, and was written by Steve McNelly.…
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We Woke the Evil in the Desert
Tonight, let’s take a little nature walk! Four friends venture out into the majestic beauty of Utah on a group hike. They decide to take a small detour that leads them to a breathtaking sunset view. As tensions mount among the group and hidden resentments surface, one among them notices that…
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Something in the Cornfields Took the Woman I Love
Tonight, we’ll head to Tornado alley! But surprisingly, it’s not tornadoes we have to fear, but something else lurking among the corn stalks. Ellie is a young girl growing up in the small community of Harmon, Kansas. Life in Harmon revolves around the church, but young Ellie can already tell…
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I'm a Long-Haul Trucker-- Something Runs Alongside My Truck At Night
Tonight, we’ll take a long drive down a lonely road! Our protagonist is a long haul trucker with many hours and miles under his belt. He’s seen it all, and been to every corner of the US. Until one night, as he’s driving along an otherworldly stretch of the flats in Utah, he notices that—very...
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A Missing Hiker Call Changed How I Take Night Shifts
Tonight, we’ll hear a genre that I love—park ranger stories! Carson Hale is a senior ranger in northern Arizona. Around 6:30 one night, a call comes in to locate a missing hiker along the Cottonwood Wash trail. As Carson follows the hiker’s trail by following his footprints, he finds much more…
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Halloween Haunt pt 1
Ready for part 2?! Click here and check out Justine's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQPNUoEBWM Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the Macabre! The terrifying. Tonight, I’ve got a special treat! A special HALLOWEEN treat, no less! Yes, I know; Halloween has passed us…
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They Wait in the Basement || WITCH HOUSE Part 2
PART 1: https://redcircle.com/shows/4f0477c6-7e26-4677-b47a-b0003f798687/episodes/15d85f34-44cd-42d5-b03a-89e223e09fcb Tonight, we’ll discover what happens to our dear friends from part 1 of Witch House by A.G. Hilton! Here is a quick recap: Conrad and Peter are two brothers who are running a…
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The Witch in the Old Walker House || WITCH HOUSE Part 1
Tonight, we’ll hear part 1 of a delicious 2 part Halloween story—brought to us by A.G. Hilton. Our scene opens on Halloween afternoon as a working girl, Morgan, is hurrying away from her “employer”, Conrad. As it turns out, some product has gone missing, and he believes she is the culprit. But…
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The Witch in the Hollow
Tonight, we’ll hear a classic tale featuring a back woods witch! Our story opens in the hollow between three hills, where a young woman is meeting an old crone at dusk. Talk about stereotypically spooky, right?! The old woman strikes a deal with the girl that will allow her to discover news of…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In search of a SPINE-CHILLING podcast to keep you up at night? Then tune that dial to "Don't Fall Asleep"! In each episode, we'll hear short horror stories from the popular subreddit NoSleep, and maybe even some tales from published authors. From mysterious disappearances to haunted houses, our podcast will take you on a journey through the MACABRE that will leave you on the edge of your seat! So what are you waiting for? Don't fall asleep just yet - join us on our journey through the dark and twisted world of horror. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support
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The Midnight Host
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In search of a SPINE-CHILLING podcast to keep you up at night? Then tune that dial to "Don't Fall Asleep"! In each episode, we'll hear short horror stories from the popular subreddit NoSleep, and maybe even some tales from published authors. From mysterious disappearances to haunted houses, our...
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