Don't Fall Asleep

Don't Fall Asleep

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Don't Fall Asleep episodes

  • Something Terrible Happened at My School

    Tonight, class is in session! And not everything is as it seems.
    I know some of you may be feeling anxious about horror that takes place in school—especially given the state of affairs today, but not to worry. We may go to some dark and macabre places on this channel, but we won’t be going THAT dark.
    No, the horror here comes from not from the marauder skulking around school grounds, but from the two men in suits who show up after the alarms sound. The men who were dispatched to handle the problem, but are anything BUT normal themselves.
    This story is called “Something terrible happened at my school, but no one else seems to care.” And was written by nomass39

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    20 min
  • The Patchwork Man

    Tonight, we’ll explore a children’s game with a dark secret!

    Nestled deep among hills and evergreen trees, there rests a quiet town with a curse. Once every decade or so, a strange song reemerges among the children in the schoolyard, and in its wake-- disappearances. Surely a coincidence, right? But, hark! Can you hear the haunting melody floating on the breeze? It’s been about ten years since Jimmy Smythe disappeared, and I’m thinking there might be something to this Patchwork Man after all…
    This story is called: Does anyone remember the rhyme about the Patchwork Man? And the picture game? And was written by Quincy Lee….
    Author's catalogue of stories: https://shorturl.at/tuyY1
    Link to this story: https://shorturl.at/sBU69

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    29 min
  • The Masque of the Red Death

    Tonight, I have a real treat to share with you!

    It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories; I’ve done several here on the channel already. I find that as I get older and revisit these stories, I appreciate them more and more, and find new things that delight and impress me each time I read them! I also find I can connect to the stories themselves more easily as my experience in the world grows. Allow me to set the stage for this story: A great and terrible disease—called the Red Death-- is sweeping across a medieval land. The prince of this land has decided that, rather than give aid of any kind, he would rather call up his closest…erm, 1000 friends, and wall all of them inside a secluded abbey. No one can get in, and no one can get out. There, they plan to party and wait it out, while the disease rages outside.
    All is well; the wine is flowing, the guests are dancing and mingling at an opulent masquerade ball, until a new guest arrives, dressed horribly as a victim of the Red Death.
    This story is called “The Masque of the Red Death”, and was written by Edgar Allan Poe.

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    22 min
  • Low Tide

    Tonight, we’ll take a relaxing walk along the beach!

    Our story opens as a young man takes a pause during his run down by the ocean.

    As he decides to head back resume his routine, he meets 2 young ladies. They warn him to stay away from the water at low tide, because there have been many disappearances over the years as the tide has rolled out.

    Of course, he dismisses their warning at first. But he quickly becomes a believer, when the first hand grabs his ankle from within the mud.

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    This story is called “Low Tide”, and

    was written by JLGoodwin1990.

    Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/bvAK6

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    41 min
  • The Crematorium

    Apologies for the week delay!


    Tonight, we’ll stay true to our tagline, and have an episode of the macabre!

    Let me set the scene: deep in the heart of a prestigious New England college, we find a medical student working alone in the crematorium. Having just lost their grandfather, our student was given the job of caretaker while they’re on a leave of absence from classes. Despite what you and I might feel, the student enjoys the work there, and finds it comforting to stay busy.
    But that sense of safety is broken one night when a particularly strange cadaver arrives, and voices begin to whisper from the flames of the cremation chamber…
    This story is called “They Spoke Through the Fire”, and was written by Chomps_Lewis.
    Tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/dqSW9

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    22 min
  • The Pit

    Tonight, we find ourselves bedside, regaled with a story of the OLD days!

    Our scene opens in an assisted living facility, where our protagonists—a son and his father—sit together for a visit. All seems normal enough, until a moment of clarity comes across the father, and he tells a tale so frightening and so impossible that it can’t be true! But if there IS a kernel of truth to the yarn, then both men may find themselves the target of a malicious force undeterred by distance or time.

    This story is called “The Pit”, and was written by A.G. Hilton

    Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY

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    37 min
  • Uncle Ashford

    Tonight, we shall meet a mysterious relative who lives in the mountains of Appalachia! Or rather, we shall discover him, since he is deceased when our story opens.


    The shrewdest among you will have already guessed—Uncle Ashford! And was he a RICH uncle, I hear someone ask? Well. That depends on what “rich” means to you. Financially? Not really. Intellectually? Most certainly! But I’ll remind you that not all information is safe, and some doors of knowledge should stay closed.


    This story is called “Uncle Ashford”, and was written by A.G. Hilton

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    57 min
  • I Was Raised as a Gift to the God in the Mountains

    Tonight, we’ll head into the back country to a small but prosperous village nestled at the base of a mountain.

    Ah! So you caught that. How could such an out of the way location enjoy such success? Well as it turns out, it isn’t luck. It isn’t even hard work. It’s something much more sinister—a secret hidden between the branches with the blood and bones.

    This story is called “I was raised as a gift to the God in the mountains. Last Summer I was chosen to die”, and was written by RooMorgue


    Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/tzAGI

    Link to more of the author's work: https://shorturl.at/tvCX0

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    33 min
  • The Tell-Tale Heart ....and Other Curiosities

    Tonight, we’ll revisit a CLASSIC tale of secrets that just can’t stay buried for long!

    Earlier this year I alluded to the Tell-Tale heart after a story that dealt with the intersection of guilt and horror. I’ve come to realize that tonight’s protagonist doesn’t feel much guilt about what he’s done—it’s actually somewhat the opposite! Vexed by the eye of an old man, tonight’s protagonist (or is he the ANTAGONIST?) begins a routine of peering into his room during the witching hours, and becoming increasingly perturbed by the eye, until one evening when he can bear the wait no longer, and the unthinkable happens!
    This story is called The Tell-Tale Heart, and was written by Edgar Allen Poe…

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    31 min
  • My Father Was TERRIFIED of Piano Music || Narrated scary story

    Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying.

    Broadcasting live from the second floor of a dilapidated colonial house in the middle of nowhere, I will be your guide through the witching hours!
    Tonight, we’ll take a stroll down memory lane. A nice walk, that will bring us smack dab in the middle of a snowstorm on one of the darkest evenings of the year! Our protagonist has driven his car into a ditch, and must now seek help and a landline at a nearby farmhouse—isolated as it is. But will our intrepid young man find a welcoming, warm hearth? Or does something evil drift through the house, carried on the notes of a piano in a farther room?
    This story is called “Why My Father Was Terrified of Piano Music”, and was written by SirUlrichVonLichten...
    Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/bqPRV
    Link to more of the author's work: https://shorturl.at/qwL26

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    35 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…