Laugh while you scream

Hosts Robin Bagayoko and Scott read a short Reddit horror story, "An Innocent Trip to the Zoo," about a child who feels a strange, emotional connection with a captive ape and learns a chilling truth: "there are no more wild humans."

The episode mixes eerie storytelling with the hosts' banter—touching on zoo incidents like Harambe, childhood memories, and dark humor—then closes with their usual podcast sign-off and a call to rate and follow.

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When a global "word tax" is imposed, citizens are allotted only a daily number of words. Speaking beyond the limit brings fines and ruin, while the wealthy buy exemptions. Families silence infants and stifle speech to survive. Conversation, education, and stories decay as society grows eerily quiet. The story explores censorship, inequality, and the human cost of enforced silence.

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Hosts Robin and Scott read a chilling Reddit story about a family curse that forces members to regrow at 18 only if they kill someone outside the family before fully decaying. The protagonist, horrified after witnessing a family murder, attempts to end the cycle by sinking relatives' bodies and contemplates suicide to stop further killings.

This episode unpacks guilt, twisted traditions, and the extreme choices one makes to end generational horror.

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Hosts read and react to the Reddit horror story "Never Miss Your Quota or Else" by Dark Legends Never Die, about workers forced to wear collars that enforce deadly production and domestic quotas.

The episode mixes chilling narration with hosts' banter and commentary, ending with links to subscribe, rate, and follow the show.

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Robin Bagayoko and Scott read and react to a short Reddit horror story called "Growing Pains" by Trash_Tia on their podcast Laugh While You Scream.

The story follows an eight-year-old who suddenly experiences severe aging and pain, uncovering a chilling twist that children are used as energy farms to keep adults young. The hosts respond with confusion, humor, and commentary.

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Hosts Robin Bagayoko and Scott read Cool Saran’s tense Reddit short, "The Walk Home," and react with their usual banter.

Two people walk home under flickering streetlights until a quiet realization turns the familiar companion into something much darker — a slow, creeping stalker who’s always been there.

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Hosts Robin and Scott read a chilling Reddit story, "The C Word" by Waiting for Midmoon, about a child raised by an abusive father after their mother dies of cancer.

The narrator becomes a nurse, then uses their skills to repeatedly revive their dying father so he must relive unbearable pain — a quiet, horrifying act of revenge — while the hosts react and discuss the dark themes and tension in the tale.

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Hosts Robin and Scott read a Reddit story about a woman whose house shows signs of a haunting — a Tesla display sees a person at the door, appliances open on their own, and keys disappear from a basket. Skeptical at first, her husband refuses to believe in ghosts until a mysterious force pins him to the wall and the keys are returned.

The episode mixes spooky narration with humor and banter, covering the original poster's experience and listener reactions, ending with the hosts urging listeners to follow the podcast and leave a review.

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Hosts Robin Bagayoko and Scott read a Reddit horror short called "The Tape" by YamenTheRamenYTR — a creepy tale about an unlabeled VHS that shows the viewer's own living room and a pale, boneless creature that appears both on screen and in reality.

The episode mixes jump scares with nostalgic banter about VHS and DVDs, references to The Ring, and the hosts' reactions as the story builds to its chilling, ambiguous ending.

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Hosts Robin Bagayoko and Scott read "The Unzipping," a short Reddit horror by Three_Magpies about a viral outbreak called liberatio carnis that causes intense itching, delirium, and a gruesome peeling of the skin — a final "liberation." The story traces stages from itch to the unsettling "unzipping."

The hosts react with dark humor and pandemic comparisons, discuss the story's movie potential, and close by asking listeners to follow the podcast, rate the episode, and support the author on Reddit.

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