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Nightmare

by Nightmare

Welcome to your nightmare....A podcast full of horrors to haunt your dreams. Journey with me through chilling tales, frightening legends, and eerie folklore.Any suggestions, questions or story requests please reach out to [email protected] music - Credited to Fesliyan StudiosSound effects - Credited to Zapsplat

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Episodes

  1. Already Dead

    Some roads don’t take you home. They just keep you. It’s 11:40 PM on Halloween night along Route 2. The fog is so thick you can barely see past your own hood. When a figure appears at the edge of the tree line pointing toward an abandoned haul road, you tell yourself it's just someone needing…

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  2. Everyday Suffering

    What if the monotony of daily life isn't just a burn-out routine... but a sentence already being served? In tonight's story, one man finds that the darkest revelation isn't hitting rock bottom—it's discovering who runs the front desk at the end of the line. A slow-burn psychological horror…

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  3. The Children of Woodharrow Park

    In tonight’s episode, an ordinary walk to clear a heavy mind turns into a nightmare when a gentle tug on a jacket sleeve leads to an encounter with two eerie children in yellow raincoats. What starts as a silent plea for help quickly devolves into an inescapable horror, a phantom mark that won't...

  4. The Water Man

    Deep in the northern Michigan woods, an abandoned cabin holds a single rule: Three days of rain. Then leave. Daniel Mercer thought returning to his late grandfather's cabin would bring him peace. But as the storm sets in, the floorboards begin to whisper, and something ancient starts rising from...

  5. Tapeworm

    Tonight, we unravel two tales of quiet routines shattered by terrifying disruptions. First, a simple itch reveals a writhing, endless nightmare buried deep beneath the skin. Then, a gas station worker assigned to catch a thief on camera stumbles into an agonizing break in time itself—where some...

  6. Why you can't talk to the dead...

    In tonight's episode, we explore two chilling accounts where the lines between illusion and reality blur. First, a dive into family secrets and a psychic storefront reveals a dark, inherited truth about why the spirits stay quiet. Then, we travel to the back alleys of Paris for a deadly,...

  7. I work the night shift at a fast food place. We're not allowed to serve anyone after 4 A.M.

    Tonight we take a drive down the late-night fast-food lane—where the burgers are fresh, the oil is boiling, and the shift rules are a matter of life, death, and... consumption. We read a disturbing firsthand account from an overnight fast-food worker who details the terrifying, clockwork…

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  8. Whispering Pines Funland

    Episode Title: Whispering Pines Funland Episode Description:When a teenager mysteriously vanishes during a midnight livestream inside a long-abandoned amusement park, the police quickly write it off as a runaway case. But his older brother knows the truth. Driven by guilt and a lingering family...

  9. There's a Floor in my Apartment Building that doesn't Exist

    When the analogue dial above the elevator door comes to a dead stop between the third and fourth floors, you don't panic—you follow the rules. In this episode, we explore a story about a apartment building with a hidden, impossible space known to its residents as the "Dead Floor." There are ten...

  10. Never Play Alone

    A four-dollar estate sale find, a locked house, and a single rule every child is taught when playing with the unknown: never leave the board without saying goodbye. Tonight, host [Your Name] dives into the chilling audio log of a solo séance gone horribly wrong. What started as a skeptic's...

  11. Happy House Hill

    A good house only wants to make its family happy... no matter the cost." Perched on a modest hill at the edge of a quiet town sits a house desperate for love. When a family of three moves in, the Happy House thinks it has finally found forever. But to keep them from ever leaving, the house begins...

  12. My Roommate is into some weird Fairy shit

    Think fairies are all pixie dust and sweet smiles? Think again. In this episode of Nightmare, we dive into a haunting tale of roommate weirdness gone terribly wrong. When Stella pays her roommate $500 to grow a mysterious "fairy ring" in their living room carpet, it seems like an easy, harmless...

  13. My daughter’s imaginary friend isn’t imaginary. He’s teaching her how to draw, and I think he’s finishing his masterpiece

    When a single mother moves into a sprawling, fixer-upper Victorian with her seven-year-old daughter, Lily, she expects creaky floorboards and drafty hallways. She doesn't expect Mr. Tall—an "imaginary friend" who isn't interested in tea parties, but in architectural drafting. What starts as a...

  14. Echoes from the Subfloor

    We live under the comforting illusion that an audio recording is just a dead, frozen snapshot of the past—magnetic tape isn't supposed to have a pulse, and static shouldn't possess situational awareness. In tonight's episode of Nightmare, that boundary breaks down completely when a salvaged…

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  15. The Elevator Game

    Our first story The Elevator Game They call it a game, but it's a combination lock into the fabric of our world. Tonight, I tell the terrifying firsthand account of what happens when you follow the rules, press the buttons in a precise mathematical sequence, and cross the threshold into a place…

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  16. The Holder Series

    Tonight we're covering 2 stories of the Holder series, The Holder of Sleep and The Holder of Accuracy... I do hope you all enjoy this series as much as I do.

  17. The Reaping Bed

    What does a good father provide? For most, it’s a legacy. For some, it’s a debt settled in blood.

  18. Something gets on the bus on the way home. We all just noticed

    A long, quiet school bus ride through a forested town has one strange rule: it always stops at an abandoned house where no one ever gets on or off. Driven by curiosity, a student asks the driver about the useless stop, only to receive a chilling reply: "Someone does get on at that stop." That...

  19. The Last Route of Bus 47

    For six years, Route 47 was just a mundane midnight loop. But on a rainy night in November, a silent passenger appears in the back seat—and vanishes before the doors even open. As the weeks pass, more phantom riders fill the bus, leading to a heavy fog on January 17th where the past and present...

  20. The Cold Routine

    We grow used to the way thing are, the way they have been, and think they will always be... But what happens when things change and our reality shifts...

  21. The Whispering Wall

    We all crave silence, but what happens when that silence come with a cost? In tonight's tale we dive into what it costs for the absolution on silence and the debt we take in doing so...

  22. The Weight of the Mattress

    We were all scared of what's under that bed as kids, well tonight we discover what's waiting for us under there. Well... maybe not so much under the bed as in the bed...

  23. Mother's Day Horror

    It's Mother's Day. And what better way than to give your all.... and I do mean your all.

  24. The Patron of the Unfinished

    When a man is at his wit's end and thinks he has nothing left, an entity reaches out to ensure this doesn't happen, unless he is ready for the dire consequences...

  25. Jack the Ripper

    This is the story of Jack to Ripper. What took place in the streets of London in 1888. I do hope you all enjoy...

  26. The Night Shift Listing

    When a man answers a call to an ad for a listing, most would consider this an easy job with even easier money. But what happens when the rules written out are strange, and the strange things written down come to life...

  27. Blackwood Manor

    What do you do when you enter a haunted house, but it's too late...

  28. I work at a funeral home and we just buried the same man twice

    A story about a mortician who experiences Deja Vu, but in his case it's nothing good...

  29. My fiance went missing 6 months ago, and everyone's convinced I killed her. Last night, my doorbell camera caught her standing across the street, staring at our house from the edge of the cornfield

    They say love transcends time, but does love transcend death? Tonight we find out what happens when a husband loses his wife, whom never accepted life's restrictions, makes the decision to never let go... Til death do us part... I think not...

  30. We live in the underground because the King let his Daughter live

    A tale about the times before, when Kings and Queens ruled the land, and also about the consequences that everyone must endure, because of the choice of one...

  31. I Work at a Hotel in the Middle of Nowhere

    Tonight's story is about a creepy hotel in the middle of nowhere, where strange oddities and occurrences take place. Are the things that take place real, or just his imagination....

  32. I found a solution to dealing with the homeless problem in my Neighborhood

    How far would you go to clean up the streets in your neighborhood? Would you sell you soul? In tonight's story we learn the cost of such an endeavor.

  33. The Russian Sleep Experiment & Russian Sleep Interview

    One of the most famous CreepyPastas.... The Russian Sleep Experiment. Tonight we start with a well known story and then continue that journey, with a follow up interview with one of the Doctor's who were on site during the experiments... I do hope you all enjoy.

  34. We are the Shadows in the Corner of your Eyes

    A world where there's another plane of existence living parallel to our own. Are we truly the Apex predators? Or is there something more...

  35. My Grandfather on Death Row Confessed his Motives to Me Part 3 and 4

    Tonight we come to the conclusion of Frank and his Grandfather's story. Was his Grandfather crazy, or is there another we world which runs parallel to our own? We find this out tonight, as those 2 worlds collide.

  36. My Grandfather on Death Row Confessed his Motives to Me Part 2

    Frank went to meet his Grandfather for the first time in 10 years. Now, he's staying for the execution. What secrets will Frank find as he continues this journey into the past.

  37. My Grandfather on Death Row Confessed his Motives to Me Part 1

    Growing up, we look up to our elders, but what happens when they have done something so dark that we remove them from our lives? And what if they have a good reason for what they did to which they decide to share with you when you can finally understand...

  38. The Possession

    This is the story of how a possession occurs and the stages that unfold. Poor Elias never knew what hit him...

  39. The Devil's Deal

    A deal with the devil, sounds so intriguing. but the devil is in the detail...

  40. The Soot Born Saints

    Mystical creatures, some we have never heard of before. What happens when what we know as reality clashes with things that should not be...

  41. The Mommet

    Scarecrows fend off unwanted guests, yet they also instill fear in us. In this story, find out what happens when a scarecrow not only scares off the crows, but rips his way off of his cross and proves your nightmares are true...

  42. The Naughty List

    What happens when a blind woman opens the door for the black eyes children...

  43. The Grift of the Gilded Horm

    Everyone's heard of the story of Krampus, yet no one believes. What do you do when he actually comes to visit you on this most festive of nights...

  44. A strange man told me when I'm going to die. I'm afraid he's telling the truth

    What would you do with the knowledge of human expiration? Well, in this story, we find out if it really is a blessing... or a curse...

  45. A story to scare my son

    Now more than ever, the guidelines for internet safety are needed. So what's wrong with a little story of internet safety... or lack of.

  46. I asked my best friend to tell me the scariest thing that had ever happened to him

    We all have a past we're trying to forget or run away from, but what if you can't escape it? What if everyday is a constant reminder...

  47. The worst experience to awaken to

    We've all heard the stories of being drugged by a stranger, but what happens when the predator that drugs you isn't even human?

  48. The 3 tales of The Countdown Man

    This episode is contains 3 stories all from the skilled and talented writer of ScaryMaxx on r/nosleep. The stories are a series of events relating to the forseen death, and the Countdown Man...

  49. I encountered a creature that feeds on memories

    A person with a rare ability to see entities that most have never even heard of, but it might be an ability he might soon forget...

  50. Something evil is living on NoSleep, and it's watching you

    r/NoSleep... what else needs to be said? A site where we have uploaded our scariest times, but maybe we should have stopped while we were ahead.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to your nightmare....A podcast full of horrors to haunt your dreams. Journey with me through chilling tales, frightening legends, and eerie folklore.Any suggestions, questions or story requests please reach out to [email protected] music - Credited to Fesliyan StudiosSound effects - Credited to Zapsplat

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