Otis Jiry's Scary Stories Told in the Dark: A Horror Anthology Series

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A multiple story, horror-themed audio storytelling podcast, spun-off from Chilling Tales for Dark Nights and its popular YouTube channel of the same name. The show features master storyteller Otis Jiry, and the work of dozens of independent and previously-published contributing authors. Find this and our other great programs at: https://www.simplyscarypodcast.com.
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09.24.2023

Featured Author: Brian Martinez. Fear lurks in the strangest places. In the first story, a recently adopted orphan finds secrets in not only her new home, but a strange dollhouse. In the second, a Halloween night seems like a night ...

Otis Jiry's Scary Stories Told in the Dark: A Horror Anthology Series episodes:

09.24.2023 S13E20 - "Lonely Places" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Brian Martinez. Fear lurks in the strangest places. In the first story, a recently adopted orphan finds secrets in not only her new home, but a strange dollhouse. In the second, a Halloween night seems like a night ...
09.17.2023 S13E19 - "Father Strange" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Arthur Machen. The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft provides two tales for tonight, the first of a collector of dangerous oddities, the other of dangerous collectors of oddities. Get your wireless plan for $15 a month at https://www.mintmobile.com/dark To ...
09.10.2023 S13E18 - "Unexpected Gifts" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dominic Eagle. In this feature-length tale, a security guard discovers his new job involves much more than just keeping the paintings from walking off...even if no one is carrying them. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online ...
09.03.2023 S13E17 - "A Plague Cometh" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: J. Campbell. Enjoy the poisonous taste of two delectable tales, the first of a strange new flavor sensation, the second of search for a son whose disappearance may not be so permanent. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ...
08.27.2023 S13E16 - "Creeping In" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: William Hope Hodgson. This episode-length tale involves the discovery of a strangely abandoned boat...and the horrific nature of what dwells within. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever ...
08.20.2023 S13E15 - "Death from All Sides" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dale Thompson. Our first tale is of a lost soul as told from an interesting point of view, while in our second, a tale of war turns bizarre when a strange attack leaves the survivors wondering what really ...
08.13.2023 S13E14 - "We Are Many Parts" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Micah Edwards. In the first tale, a lucky transplant has some lingering...potentially deadly...consequences. In the second, a mysterious figure counts down to what appears to be an inevitable confrontation. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy ...
08.06.2023 S13E13 - "Can You Really Hear Me?" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Heinrich von Wolfcastle. What keeps you from reaching out to others? Are you like our first tale, where an unfortunate soul's audiotape excursion leaves him unable to keep reality and unreality from merging? Or our second, where a ...
07.30.2023 S13E12 - "What I Saw" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Otis Adelbert Kline. Two early 20th Century classics courtesy of one of the original Weird Tales editors, one of a very talkative corpse, the other a tale of animalistic vengeance against a slippery suspect. To watch the podcast ...
07.23.2023 S13E11 - "In Dark Places" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: James Thurwell. Don't believe it's true just because it's on the internet...a cut-and-dry news story becomes something much more when a journalist discovers the victims may not be as dead as advertised. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ...
07.16.2023 S13E10 - "Bad Advice" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dale Thompson. Sometimes it pays not to listen to perfect strangers...or your best friend, even. Two tales, one of a woman who will do anything to defeat a curse, and of friends who make an ill-advised bet to ...
07.09.2023 S13E09 - "Bad Luck" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Finn McCool. Some people have all the luck...except for the star of tonight's tale, who finds himself well in over his head after a drunken bender leaves him in a strange town...with stranger people. To watch the podcast ...
07.02.2023 S13E08 - "Final Offer" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Brandon Wills. Two bargains struck in tonight's tales, one in which a man held against his will may be more guilty than he knows, and another regarding two strands of luck, both with consequences. To watch the podcast ...
06.25.2023 S13E07 - "Don't Go There" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dominic Eagle. Two cautionary tales of places one should take care to avoid, one a series of mysterious caverns in the Grand Canyon, another a door to a place that cannot possibly exist...in this world, at least. To ...
06.18.2023 S13E06 - "Science and Sailors" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: T.W. Grim. Two tales of told, the first one of madness and murder on the seas, the second of a chemical accident run amok, leading to dangers both from the incident and from those who would keep it ...
06.11.2023 S13E05 - "In All the Wrong Places" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Kyle Harrison. Some people go looking for trouble when they should just leave well enough alone...in the first of two stories, a caretaker discovers what happens when no good deed goes unpunished, and in the second...well when something ...
06.04.2023 S13E04 – "Painful Pints" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Finn MacCool. Drown your sorrows in this tale of a ghostly encounter, as a young man who has come home to help his family, runs into a nightly roadblock hosted by strange beings with violent intentions. To watch ...
05.28.2023 S13E03 – "Paved with Good Intentions" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Seth Paul. Tonight hosts a full-length story of a troubled former gunslinger whose attempts to straighten out runs afoul of a monstrous force that will turn neighbor against neighbor. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget ...
05.21.2023 S13E02 – "Demonic Whispers" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dale Thompson. In an episode-length story, a seeker of the strange and unusual runs afoul of three bloodthirsty monstrosities who must be stopped before they claim more innocent victims. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget ...
05.14.2023 S13E01 – "Classically Grim" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Francis Marion Crawford. Sit back for the premiere of Season 13 as Otis jumps back in time with a classically creepy tale of an unfortunate victim at the hands of a ravenous undead being. To watch the podcast ...
05.07.2023 S12E24 – "It's All Gone Wrong" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Michael "Shadowswimmer77" Landry. Season 12 ends with two heart-pounding tales of lurking evil; in the first, a disaffected rich ne'er do well tries to discover what is killing people and animals on a remote plantation, and in the ...
04.30.2023 S12E23 – "Evil Has Many Forms" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Patrick Neil Gallagher. A crazed criminal takes refuge in his escape from the law in a house that has its own form of punishment, and a young woman on the path of success is finding herself hunted by ...
04.23.2023 S12E22 – "Trapped in the Walls" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Kyle Harrison. Two tales of a world between worlds, the first of an unfortunate soul who cannot grasp where he is, and the second of one who is all too aware of the horror he is entering. To ...
04.16.2023 S12E21 – "Sinners and Scumbags" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Finn McCool. In tonight's tales, two sinners run into things even worse than themselves, one encountering a bar with an interesting clientele, the other holding a captive with secrets of her own. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ...
04.09.2023 S12E20 – "Thick as Thieves" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dale Thompson. Terror unfolds for in two tales. In the first, a house is under siege by a terrifying figure on a lawn whose presence is unmistakably unnatural, and in the second, a simple stop for gas leads ...
04.02.2023 S12E19 – "False Hopes" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Darren Todd. In this episode-length tale, a father meets up with a childhood acquaintance in the hopes that a terrifying memory from years past can solve a mystery in the present. Thanks to our sponsors! This episode is ...
03.26.2023 S12E18 – "There Are Worse Things" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Michael Botur. This feature length story follows two friends, one dying of cancer, and of a secret, forbidden technique that could allow him to cheat death...but not every consequence. Thanks to our sponsors! Get your new wireless plan ...
03.19.2023 S12E117 – "What We Are in the Dark" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Thomas O. Two tales of strange happenings this evening; in the first, a man accused of vile acts refuses to die...but what, exactly is keeping him alive? In the second, a friend's missing limb seems to be suffering ...
03.12.2023 S12E16 – "What Is That Behind Me?" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: James Colton. In the first story of the evening, awakening during a strange storm reveals a power outage, missing livestock, and a deeper mystery. In the second, an attempt to find new love finds itself at odds with ...
03.05.2023 S12E15 – "Depths of Madness" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Hank Belbin. Two tales delving into forbidden knowledge in this week's episode...in the first, a hunt for a lost tomb turns into tragedy for all...even those not involved. In the second, a haughty university student, trying to show-up ...
02.26.2023 S12E14 – "A Cold Invitation" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dale Thompson. Tonight, an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a trio of lighthouse keepers turns into a lonely month of supernatural terror. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for ...
02.19.2023 S12E13 – "Something's Off" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Jeff Provine. Two cautionary tales of small-town living, the first in which a homeowner should heed his dog's wariness of their new property, and the second as to why a turn of the century hermit is able to ...
02.12.2023 S12E12 – "Revisiting an Old Haunt" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: M. Grant Kellermeyer. In the finale to last week's episode, our initially reluctant renovator is about to discover the house has problems he cannot fix...but are more than happy to put him in his place. To watch the ...
02.05.2023 S12E11 – "Long-Dead Fears" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: M. Grant Kellermeyer. Enjoy the spooky beginnings of the first of a two-part episode, in which an attempt to renovate an ancestral home brings to life old hurts...and a few unpleasant surprises. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ...
01.29.2023 S12E10 – "Communication Kills" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Corpse Child. Be sure to listen to what people are telling you, as these two tales advise. In the first, when someone says don't eat the fruit, you don't eat the fruit. In the second, a DJ is ...
01.22.2023 S12E09 – "Noticing the Little Things" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Micah Edwards. Our two tales this evening discuss such wayward events as a lost traveler in an evertwisting wood and an unfortunate story of a lieutenant whose curse lasts to this very day. To watch the podcast on ...
01.15.2023 S12E08 – "Truths and Consequences" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Mark Towse. In two frightful tales, a shut-in learns about a very unpleasant switch in his food deliveries, and a boy trying to finish his collectible sticker collection finds it might be more dangerous than he originally thought. ...
01.08.2023 S12E07 – "Hungering for You" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dominic Eagle. Three tales of creatures waiting in the depths to strike when you least expect them. First up, an out of work husband and father finds his new security detail in a small hamlet boring, until he ...
01.01.2023 S12E06 – "What Comes Next" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Featured Author: Dale Thompson. Scream in the New Year with stories of lessons learned, the first where leaving rocks alone is a very good thing, and the second being a cautionary tale of who really has your back when you ...
12.25.2022 S12E05 – "Ghastly Greetings" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: James Thurwell and classic author E.F. Benson. Two shivery Christmas tales are here for your listening pleasure on the 25th. In the first, a journalist volunteering before Christmas at a psychiatric hospital relates the tale of one ...
12.18.2022 S12E04 – "They See You When You're Sleeping" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: Kyle Harrison. Horror takes many forms: in the first of two stories, a movie reviewer finds out his latest screener is too nasty for his tastes...but the filmmakers don't care for his poor review. In the second, ...
12.11.2022 S12E03 – "Phantasmic Justice" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: J.S. Le Fanu. Otis brings two classic tales from the past back to terrifying life. In "What Was It?" a boarding house reputed to be haunted has something more sinister than a mere phantom lurking in the ...
12.04.2022 S12E02 – "More Than a Little Taste" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: Alan McDaniels. In "The Portrait," a sleazy investment banker finds his nights beginning to get more unpleasant thanks to a 'gift' from an angry client. In "Hunger Pains," a young man is not going to like the ...
11.27.2022 S12E01 – "They'll Never Believe It" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: Dale Thompson. Season 12 begins with two frightful tales. In the first, a podcaster finds out the universe wants him to deliver a message...and if he doesn't, they'll find a way for "him" to do it regardless. ...
11.20.2022 S11E24 – "The Unlucky Ones" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: Stephanie Scissom. The eleventh season draws to a close with two tales of treachery and warnings from beyond death itself. In the first, a father relates the events form his childhood as to why he no longer ...
11.13.2022 S11E23 – "Something is Coming" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: Corpse Child. Otis brings another full length story to this episode, in which a father finds out the brutal murders in the neighborhood are being committed by those least suspected. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT ...
11.06.2022 S11E22 – "Not What I Thought" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: Stephanie Scissom. A troublemaker finds out his daredevil ways have far reaching consequences in this episode-length story. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or ...
10.30.2022 S11E21 – "Tricks" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured authors: Nicholas Gray and The Vesper's Bell. Otis presents a series of Halloween tales regarding pumpkin-related incidents, one involving teenagers and an ill-fated trip to cause trouble at a pumpkin patch and another where strange decorations crop up ...
10.23.2022 S11E20 – "Darkly Paranoid" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: Philip K. Dick. Terrorism on Mars takes an interesting turn when nobody can exactly figure out how the perpetrators are avoiding detection in the first story of the show. In the second, a crew's desperation for food ...
10.16.2022 S11E19 – "Seeing Things" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark Tonight's featured author: Dale Thompson. In our first story, what originally appears to be a perfect pair of glasses reveals more about a man's neighbors than he wished to know; in the second, a man's normal routine when he discovers ...

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