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Leon Cowles, a Portland resident, recounts a hike through Forest Park that turns from ordinary to quietly menacing. At the Witches House—an infamous local gathering spot—he finds signs of recent occult activity: arranged offerings, scorched earth, and symbols carved into bark. The discovery unsettles him, but it’s what comes later that tightens the knot: while moving through the trees he becomes aware of something large moving just out of sight, circling him without revealing itself. The story hangs on atmosphere and escalating dread—the ordinary sounds of the trail become threatening, landmarks feel wrong, and the presence in the woods never fully appears, leaving a sustained sense of being watched and narrowly unmoored.

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Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

Story/first-person account by Leon Cowles.

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Pouring Down on You by Empress.

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Tonight’s episode follows a young woman frayed by work and sleeplessness who begins to see a girl in her new mirror — a presence that may be a spirit, a hallucination, or the product of a taxed mind. The story keeps the question unsettled, letting the ambiguity do the work.

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Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

Story by Emily Thurtithrea. 

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing song is Pouring Down on You by Empress

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Tonight’s episode follows a college trip to Ireland that unravels in ways nobody expected—maps go wrong, plans fracture, and what was supposed to be a weekend of drink and dares turns into a tightening, uncanny sequence of missteps. The story leans on atmosphere and escalating dread: small mistakes compound, local strangers matter more than they should, and the group discovers that sometimes the landscape keeps a grudge. It’s a lean, suspenseful piece about travel, hubris, and the ways a single wrong turn can change everything.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz.

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: Pouring Down on You by Empress.

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A first-person confession about joining a hedonistic cult in the 1980s and the long, ugly cost of membership—how youthful thrills calcify into obligation and shame. Stark, guilty, and quietly corrosive.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

Story credit: Morning Owl.

Closing track: The Devil Made Me Do It by Empress.

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The Blind Date mines the small, modern humiliations of dating until they snap into something far darker. What begins as social awkwardness and nervous politeness quickly tightens into claustrophobic tension: polite conversation, forced smiles, and the brittle rituals people use to hide panic become the setting for an escalating, unnerving collapse. The story is sharp and unsparing—it gets under the skin by showing how ordinary unease can turn dangerous when masks come off and intentions aren’t what they seem.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Story by Eoghan Ferguson. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

All original music written and performed by Empress.

 Closing track: The Devil Made Me Do It by Empress.

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Tonight’s episode follows a cult that forms around a metal band, turning fandom into ritual and concerts into ceremonies. The story tracks how admiration hardens into devotion, how music becomes a language for something darker, and how crowd fervor can mask real danger until it’s too late. It’s a focused, unsettling look at obsession, groupthink, and the ways charisma and noise can fuse into something that demands more than applause.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

Story by Christopher Maxin. 

All original music written and performed by Empress.

Closing track: The Devil Made Me Do It by Empress.

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Two boys wander deep into the American woods and find more than they bargained for. This is a taut, suspenseful piece that builds slowly from ordinary summer mischief into something older and colder; the forest doesn’t shout, it tightens, and the dread arrives by degrees. The writing is precise and economical—moments stack until the world those boys know feels fragile and easily broken—so listen with the lights low and let the quiet work on you.

Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

All original music written and performed by Empress. 

Closing track: Verse 1 by Empress.

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This one’s about mirrors, and yeah — the exact thing that’s always made my asshole pucker up. Expect cold reflections, things that look back when you don’t want them to, and a slow, nasty little itch that won’t quit. No spoilers here — just bring the lights down and don’t trust what you see.

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Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

All original music written and performed by Empress. 

Closing track: Ghost Town by Empress.

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Tonight’s episode, The Twitch Stream, follows a streamer while they’re live on camera when something terrible unfolds in real time. The story compresses modern digital intimacy and public performance into a tight, unnerving sequence: chat scrolls, viewers multiply, the boundary between private disaster and public spectacle collapses, and the feed becomes both witness and jury. It’s a piece about how quickly curiosity turns to complicity, how a small human moment can explode under the glare of an audience, and how the internet magnifies every fracture until it’s impossible to look away.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Story by Connor Phillips. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

All original music written and performed by Empress. 

Closing track: Silver Dollar by Empress.

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Episode Summary — You Asked Me for My Name (James Wang King)

A taut, disquieting piece that turns a simple question into a slow unravelling of identity and trust. The story presses close, trading spectacle for a persistent anxiety that hangs between words and details, leaving the listener with an image that won’t let go.

Credits: Produced by Mickie Eberz. 

Narration by Spring Heeled Jack (Anthony Landis). 

Story by James Wang King. 

All original music written and performed by Empress. 

Closing track: Boulder by Empress.

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