Don't Fall Asleep

Don't Fall Asleep

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Don't Fall Asleep episodes

  • The Man for the Job

    Tonight, we’ll dive deep into a life of crime!

    Our scene opens on a pair of headlights cutting through the night along a lonely road in the countryside. The two men inside have been sent on a very peculiar errand which involves a very peculiar delivery.
    One of the men is getting fidgety; he can sense that something isn’t right with this job, but he can’t quite put his finger on what it is…
    This story is called: The Man for the Job, and was written by A.G. Hilton.
    Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY

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    27 min
  • The Ice Machine

    Tonight, make sure you have a nice, tall drink filled to the brim with refreshing ice! You’ll need it for this story.

    Do you have any travel quirks? A particular item you must take with you, or a ritual you perform before you can get comfortable in a hotel?

    The grandfather in our story tonight has a very particular quirk—he must fill up the ice bucket in his motel room before he can sleep there. In fact, he’s so adamant about it, that one starts to wonder if there is some deeper, underlying reason for this ritual.

    Perhaps it has to do with a cold and perfumed breeze that drifts through the hallways deep into the night…


    This story is called "My Grandfather Always Filled the Ice Bucket Whenever He Stayed at a Motel. I Recently Learned Why"

    And was written by C.B. Jones

    C.B.'s book "The Rules of the Road": https://a.co/d/07N53iLD

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    39 min
  • Something is WAITING in the Holly Hills Parking Garage

    Tonight, we’ll take a drive out to the old abandoned Holly Hills mall!

    Urban explorers everywhere are drawn to abandoned malls like moths to a porch light. There’s something enchanting about seeing such a large structure frozen in time, like a snapshot of the past that you can step into.
    You might have experienced this during the pandemic—I recall that movie posters and flyers on store fronts lingered way past their expiration date—sometimes years.
    But I digress—the topic of our story tonight is in fact not the mall itself—it is the parking garage nearby! Our intrepid explorers decide to have a quick look inside before travelling on, and they discover that this garage has subterranean parking! Who could resist a quick peek into that pitch darkness? Surprisingly, the garage continues down. First 2 floors…. Then 3…. How much further can it go, and why?
    This story is called "I still don’t understand what happened to me in the Holly Hills Mall parking garage", and was written by IncidentOk9368
    Link to this story: https://shorturl.at/11Zn1

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    36 min
  • Dylan's Diary

    Tonight, we’ll hear the chilling case of a quiet young boy, and the man who stalks him!

    Our scene opens on an elementary school after classes have let out, where an anxious teacher is telling a young boy’s father that someone they didn’t recognize tried to pick up his son, Dylan.

    Those words alone should make you a little uneasy! But it gets worse—the man knew intimate details about Dylan— his birthday, the class he was in, and even his address.

    But as always, Dylan remains quiet and distant, unable-- or unwilling-- to share the link between him and the man.

    This story is called “Dylan’s Diary”, and was written by: latebutstillearly1

    Link to more from this author: https://shorturl.at/3GwbF

    Link to toss a few bucks to the author: https://ko-fi.com/latebutstillearly

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    23 min
  • He's Been Executed over a Dozen Times... He Won't Stay Dead

    Tonight, we’ll take a trip to the big house. The slammer! The greybar hotel. And not just to visit any ordinary inmate in any ordinary cell. No; this man is extraordinary, and he’s on death row.

    Setting aside the real world issues with the prison system and death row itself, imagine this: you’re coming into work the day after watching the electric chair get used on one of the most unsettling people you’ve ever seen. You’re walking down the block as usual, and it crosses your mind that today will be different, because the cell that creepy murderer used to be in is empty.
    As you pass it, your heart ices over when you hear “Good morning, sirs. You never came for me. You promised yesterday would be the end, but you never came. Why did you lie to me?”
    This story is called: There’s a death row inmate who we’ve executed over a dozen times. He won’t stay dead. and was written by nomass39
    Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/u5Lop

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    33 min
  • Maynard's Box

    Tonight, we’ll drop in on a man out for revenge.

    Our scene opens in a small motel room, as a desperate man ponders a simple box. Within lies the justice that he needs so badly, but making a deal like that with a supernatural entity is more difficult than it seems.
    This story is called Maynard's Box, and was written by A.G. Hilton.
    Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY

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    28 min
  • I Spent the Night in a Small Town Motel

    Tonight, I’m sensing an urban legend vibe in the air!

    Our scene opens as our protagonist, a young lady, is driving out to a trailhead to begin a multi-day hike during spring break. Her plan is to make the drive all in one day, stay at a motel overnight, and then begin the long trek the following day.

    Ahhh, I see the horror aficionados among you perked up when I mentioned urban legend style horror and motels. Well let’s just say that there’s a reason these rooms are so cheap, and there’s always a vacancy.


    This story is called: I spent the night in a small town and don't think I can ever go back... and was written by Moonscar_Island

    Link to more reading from this author: https://shorturl.at/LtDXv

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    20 min
  • I'm Not Sure I'm Human Anymore || Something Terrible Happened at My School Part 5

    Tonight, we’ll enjoy the last part of the “I’m a Teacher at a School for Children Who Aren’t Quite Human” series!

    On the last episode, Mr. Vermeil was exposed to something hideous that was skulking beneath the school: a beast the headmistress called “the cancer”. Despite a heroic effort, the beast escaped our of the tunnel and into the community at large. After his encounter with it, Mr. Vermeil was left quite physically changed, although a three eyed nurse was attempting to reverse the damage.
    Now, The Cancer is lose out in the world, and so is the dreaded hunter, Saladin. Faith in the integration initiative is crumbling, and the situation seems impossible. This is the 5th and final part of the series, and is called “I’m a teacher at a school for children who aren’t quite human. I’m not sure I’m human anymore, myself”, and was written by NoMass39
    Link to more reading from this author: https://shorturl.at/IHF68

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    29 min
  • There's Something in the BASEMENT || Something Terrible Happened at my School Part 4

    Tonight, we’ll check in with Mr.Vermeil and find out whether he’s good for his promise to go through hell for his students!

    In our last installment, he discovered that he had been hired at a school full of supernatural students-- as part of an initiative meant to help them integrate and function in human society. Shortly after that, he received a disturbing series of text messages, which turned out to be from an assassin! He foiled the assassin’s attempt on one of his students, but ultimately the assassin escaped.
    We rejoin the story as a school-wide lockdown has been called, and that includes our dear teacher. In order to reach the safehouse, however, he must pass through a labyrinth of concrete tunnels, and who knows what horrors are lurching through those?
    This is part 4 of the 5 part series “I'm a teacher at a school for children who aren't quite human”. It’s called “There’s Something in the Basement”, and was written by nomass39
    Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/HGa46

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    25 min
  • I Don't Think My Students Are Human || Something Terrible Happened At My School-- Parts 2 & 3

    Tonight, we’ll delve deeper into what’s going on at that freaky school!

    In episode 1, a marauder was discovered skulking around school grounds, and a team of rather lupine guards were dispatched to handle the situation. They dropped to all fours and ran like dogs into the forest. Shortly after that, there was a haunting scream, and everything returned to normal. TOO normal, if you ask Mr. Vermeil. He was told to drop the whole thing, and return to business as usual.
    Now, though, he finds himself hunted in his own home by a strange and electric force, and the mysteries of his workplace-- and the children who go there-- begin to unfurl.
    These stories are parts 2 and 3 of the 5 part series called “I'm a teacher at a school for children who aren't quite human.” And were written by nomass39
    Link to tonight's story:https://shorturl.at/ftwDM

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    45 min

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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…