Episodes
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Extreme Haunted Houses Part 2
What happens when a haunted house decides that jump scares aren’t enough? In Part Two of EXTREME HAUNTED HOUSES, Chris and Ed leave traditional haunted attractions behind and descend into the controversial world of immersive and extreme horror experiences. They trace the rise of attractions like...
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Chris reads "The Upper Berth" by F. Marion Crawford | Scared After Dark
Welcome back to Scared After Dark, a Scared All The Time bonus series where Chris reads you an old spooky story that will either lull you to sleep or keep you up all night. Tonight's bedtime story: "The Upper Berth" by F. Marion Crawford. Feel free to read along HERE Become a supporter of this...
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Japan Has a Bear Problem | Flashback Friday
t’s Flashback Friday, and we’re revisiting one of our wildest NEW FEAR UNLOCKED stories: Japan’s terrifying surge in bear attacks. With fatal encounters and maulings hitting record levels, authorities deployed troops to help affected communities - and the danger became common enough to inspire...
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Chris reads "Pickman's Model" by H. P. Lovecraft | Scared After Dark
Introducing Scared After Dark, a bonus series for the month of too many treats, in which Chris reads you an old spooky story that will either lull you to sleep or keep you up all night. Tonight's bedtime story: "Pickman's Model" by H.P. Lovecraft. Feel free to read along HERE Become a supporter…
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Extreme Haunted Houses Part 1
Every October, millions of people willingly pay strangers dressed and monsters and demons to chase them through dark buildings. But how did haunted houses go from simple parlor tricks to massive attractions designed to push our fear response to the breaking point? In Part One of EXTREME HAUNTED...
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Turning 40 with Gaby Moss
Chris just turned 40, and he’s handling it extremely well (trust us!). So naturally, we’re investigating why this particular birthday became synonymous with existential dread, midlife crises, collapsing bodies, and the horrifying realization that the clock is ticking. Along with writer Gaby Moss,...
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What If You Could Never Forget Your Worst Day?
Remember that embarrassing thing you did fifteen years ago? Your brain brings it up enough already. Now imagine remembering your past so vividly that the feelings come back with it. This week, Chris and Ed flash back to when they explored hyperthymesia, a rare ability to recall personal…
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50 States Of Fear: California Part 2
In 50 States Of Fear: California Part 2, we leave the haunted landscapes of Part One behind and meet some of the people who made California terrifying. First, there’s Peg Entwistle, the talented young actress whose tragic death at the Hollywoodland sign became one of Hollywood’s most enduring…
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Your Battery Wants To Kill You
This week, we flashback to the fear burning a hole in your pocket. Chris and Ed dig into the growing danger of lithium-ion battery fires aboard airplanes, why these everyday devices can suddenly enter a terrifying chain reaction, and what happens when one ignites thousands of feet in the air.…
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50 States of Fear: California Part 1
Welcome to California - an American paradise built on a body count. In Part One of their journey through the Golden State, Chris and Ed dig beneath California’s sun-soaked reputation to uncover what’s been buried there: the prehistoric death trap of the La Brea Tar Pits, the horrifying history of...
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She Invited Them To Lunch. Three Died.
Chris and Ed flashback to their coverage of one of the strangest murder cases in modern history. It seemed like an ordinary family lunch: beef Wellington, mashed potatoes, green beans, and a conversation Erin Patterson said she needed to have with her estranged husband’s relatives. By the next...
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Solar Eclipses
This week, Chris and Ed stare directly into the terrifying history of solar eclipses. From celestial dragons and fire-dogs devouring the sun, to wars stopped by sudden darkness, sacrificial substitute kings, retina burns shaped like the eclipse itself, and American doomsday prophecies that refuse...
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The Sleeping Sickness That Turned People Into Human Statues
While the Spanish flu was tearing across the globe, another epidemic began stealing people’s bodies from them. Encephalitis lethargica aka “sleepy sickness” - could make victims sleep almost continuously. It could also cause insomnia, hallucinations, involuntary movements, dramatic personality...
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Music Festivals
Music festivals promise freedom, transcendence, and memories you’ll treasure forever. That's why human beings have been gathering in the dark to drink, dance, lose their minds - and occasionally die - for thousands of years. This week, Chris and Ed follow the music festival from the frenzied...
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Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Under Your Bed)
Chris and Ed flash back to when they uncovered three horrifying true stories about intruders found hiding inches beneath sleeping victims - including a babysitter who investigated a child’s claim that there was a “monster” under the bed, a woman who discovered her threatening ex hiding beneath…
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Mermaids
Forget Ariel. Forget Splash. Forget the Starbucks logo. This week, Chris and Ed dive into the terrifying pre-Disney history of mermaids, from Greek sirens and Japanese ningyo to Mami Wata, Sedna, Christopher Columbus’s “sightings,” P.T. Barnum’s infamous Feejee Mermaid, and the fake Animal Planet...
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Fake Babies, Real Panic
For this week’s Flashback Friday, we’re unlocking our New Fear Unlocked episode on Brazil’s reborn doll craze - a viral phenomenon that saw hyper-realistic baby dolls became the center of a full-blown public freakout in Brazil. SHOW NOTES Originally aired on Patreon: 09/11/25 Become a supporter…
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Ticks
Chris and Ed burrow deep into one of summer’s nastiest threats: ticks. These tiny, bloodsucking nightmares can glue themselves to your skin, spread Lyme disease, trigger a life-changing meat allergy...and have even dragged some people into a Cold War bioweapons conspiracy. SHOW NOTES Become a...
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Basements: Live from the Kill Room
Wet, drunk, and in a basement, Chris and Ed go live from a subterranean location in Pennsylvania to have an impromptu, scatter-brained chat about the horror beneath many of your feet. SHOW NOTES FInd video versions on our YOUTUBE CHANNEL! Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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The Insatiable Tarrare: History's Hungriest Man
This week we flash back to one of history’s most disgusting medical mysteries: the Insatiable Tarrare, an 18th-century French man whose appetite was so extreme he became the fascination of spectators, surgeons, and even the military. From chowing on garbage and live animals to swallowing secret...
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Tsunamis with Drinking the Koolaid
Chris and Ed kick off the second annual Summer of Fear with guests Cassidy and Amanda from "Drinking the Koolaid" for a terrifying deep dive into tsunamis. From the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2011 disaster in Japan to ancient waves that may have helped topple civilizations, the crew…
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Summer of Fear 2026 Kick Off Minisode
Summer is here and it's time to get scared. In this special minisode, Chris and Ed officially announce SUMMER OF FEAR 2026 - but that's not all! They prepare for a season of horrors by looking at the disgusting summer of 1858, when London’s River Thames became an open sewer so foul it forced the...
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The 30 Million Dollar Fly Orgy
This week Chris and Ed flash back to two big fears with tiny bodies: a swarm of bees that injured 24 people in France, and a government plan to breed and release millions of sterile flies to stop flesh-eating “man-eater” maggots from spreading SHOW NOTES Originally aired on Patreon: 08/28/25…
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Falsely Accused
Get 20% off and free rush shipping with code SCARED at takelean.comChris and Ed dig deep into the horror of false accusations. From headline-grabbing names like Amanda Knox, to the secret history behind the punchline "Dingo ate my baby!", to an ancient murder mystery that changed the course of...
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Industrial Meat Grinders: Where People Go To Meat
Get the latest episode of NEW FEAR UNLOCKED and a whole lot more at: patreon.com/scaredallthetimeThis week, we flash back to two terrifying true stories of people killed in industrial meat-processing accidents: a 19-year-old worker who died cleaning machinery at a California burrito factory, and…
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Morgellons Disease
Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in YOU at https://www.rula.com/scared #rulapodThis week, Scared All The Time investigates one of the strangest medical mysteries of the internet age…
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Creepy Connecticut Lore from Ed’s Childhood
We flash back to when Chris, Ed, and friend of the show Pat Townsend, creep through the abandoned corners of Connecticut, starting with the cursed legend of Dudleytown, moving through the crumbling former psychiatric campus of Fairfield Hills, and ending with the state’s most gloriously messed-up...
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Kids Who Kill Their Parents
Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and we're celebrating the only way we know how: by taking a close, horrifying look at kids who kill their parents. From ancient myths and Rome’s insane “penalty of the sack” to infamous true crime cases like Lizzie Borden, Beatrice Cenci, Mary Blandy, and...
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The Diver Who Died in Zacatón
"When you set out to tame a sinkhole, there's a good change the sinkhole will tame you." Find out if that quote is real as we flash back to the terrifying true story of cave-diving legend Sheck Exley, who died attempting to conquer Zacatón - one of the deepest, darkest holes in the world....
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Mummies
Mummies are even more disturbing than you might think. This week, Chris and Ed unwrap the real history of mummification, from ancient Egyptian embalming rituals (and 70 million animal mummies), Victorian unwrapping parties, and the horrifying ways the preserved dead were used as medicine,...
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The Most Horrifying Meth Story We’ve Ever Read
This week, we flash back to the case of a young woman whose meth-induced psychotic break ended in one of the most disturbing acts of self-destruction imaginable.SHOW NOTESOriginally aired on Patreon: 06/05/25Get the latest episode of NEW FEAR UNLOCKED and a whole lot more at:...
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April Fools Day: Pranks Gone Wrong
April Fool’s Day is supposed to be harmless fun. History says otherwise. This week, Scared All The Time explores pranks gone wrong and the long, bizarre trail of panic, humiliation, violence, and death they’ve left behind. From the Hammersmith Ghost murder and War of the Worlds hysteria to viral...
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ChatGPT is Fueling Delusions and Ruining Lives
This week we flash back to what happens when people stop using AI as a tool and start treating it like a prophet, therapist, or cosmic guide. ChatGPT psychosis is real - and it can happen to anyone.Show Notes: https://satt.short.gy/nfu06Originally aired on Patreon: 05/22/25Get the latest episode…
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Alien Invasions with Olivia Taylor Dudley
Chris and Ed are joined by The Magicians’ Olivia Taylor Dudley (Touch Me) to trace alien invasion panics from ancient Aztec “sky beings” to the mass-media shockwave of War of the Worlds, to the 1952 Washington D.C. UFO “invasion,” that left the U.S. government scrambling for answers. Plus: eerie...
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Murder, She Speculated: The New England Serial Killer Theory
In spring 2025, a string of bodies discovered across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut sparked a terrifying question: is a serial killer operating across New England? As the story spread, a wave of speculation outpaced what police were actually saying. Chris and Ed break down the real...
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Introducing Flashback Fridays!
Get to know Flashback Fridays! To celebrate the one year anniversary of New Fear Unlocked, the main feed will now have something to offer EVERY WEEK with a blast from bonus shows past dropping every other Friday. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Leprechauns
With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, Chris and Ed chase the legend of the leprechaun from the cereal mascots of today to the cruel tricksters of the ancient past. Plus: the weirdest modern “sightings,” and the story of how these Irish folklore fae became protected by the EU. Get early...
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Heights with Sarah Potter and Zac Clark
Guests Sarah Potter and Zac Clark join the show to discuss a fear that troubles both of them - and more than 5% of the population. Is a fear of heights learned or are we born with it? How small of a fall can actually kill you? What's the highest fall anyone has ever survived? And what does the…
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Phroggers
Ed and Chris shine a light on stories of phrogging and phroggers: people who secretly live in the attics, basements, and walls of other people's homes. From beneath the floors of Chris' first apartment to the halls of Buckingham Palace, they are everywhere - and some of them are extremely...
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Eternity
This week, the guys stare straight into the most comforting promise humanity has ever invented — and ask why it feels like a never-ending nightmare. Join us as they spiral through ancient philosophy, world religions, modern psychology, and brain-melting thought experiments to unpack the terror of...
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Monsters Under The Bed (New Fear Unlocked)
As the guys take a week to prep for a new year of shows, we opened the vault to bring you a VIDEO EPISODE of their bi-weekly Patreon show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED to hold you over.In this one, Chris and Ed went looking under the bed for any monsters that might be hiding there.Originally published on...
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New Fears Eve Marathon 2025
Inspired by the New Year’s Eve Twilight Zone marathons of their youth, Chris and Ed reached out to some of the best collaborators and podcasters in the biz to ask them to choose their favorite episodes for a very special year-end marathon! Featuring brand new episode introductions by: Sarah…
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Christmas Ghost Stories
Chris and Ed close out the year with a look back at the tradition of Christmas ghost stories - where they came from, why they stuck around, and what A Christmas Carol has to do with any of them. Plus: ghoulish Victorian Christmas cards AND Chris... sings?!Also... the best housekeeping to...
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Blizzards
Chris and Ed are inspired by the winter storms of their youth and take a polar plunge into the science and history of blizzards. Snow shovels in hand, they dig out blizzards of the frozen past and you'll hear the unbelievable story of the deadliest blizzard in history. That happened in a...
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CERN Portals
This week, the boys get as close to STRANGER THINGS and the Upside Down as they can, diving headfirst into the science and lore of what kind of experiments happen at CERN. Do these mad scientists hold the key to opening a portal to another dimension? Have human sacrifices really happened there?…
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MK Ultra with Believing the Bizarre
This week, the guys are joined by the hosts of BELIEVING THE BIZARRE to celebrate the upcoming release of the final season of STRANGER THINGS with a look at one of the most horrific secret government experiments of all time: MK ULTRA.Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some…
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Curses with Sarah Potter
Chris and Ed are joined by witch (and friend of the show!) Sarah Potter to discuss the history of curses from ancient contracts to mummies’ tombs. Plus: the world's first curse placed on a comedian. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00…
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BONUS: A Special Halloween Collab
Hey, Scaredy Cats! This year, Kaydra from "Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast" invited us, and a bunch of other podcast pals, to participate in a spook-tastic Halloween bonus collab to celebrate her 150th episode! In it, you'll hear all of us reading some truly spooky stories from around the internet....
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Ghost Calls with Maggie Levin
This week, the guys are joined by Executive Producer and 2nd Unit Director of BLACK PHONE 2, Maggie Levin, to discuss the spiritual side of telecommunications. From Thomas Edison's attempts to make contact with the afterlife to true scary stories of people who claim to have been called by the…
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Haunted Hotels
The guys kick off Halloween season with a look at some of the most haunted hotels in the world. From the fictional halls of the Overlook to the very real, often literally blood soaked halls of LA's Cecil Hotel - these storied haunts tap into the universal fear that the most dangerous place of all...
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