Wilhelm Presents: Frightening Tales & Other Weird Stories

Today’s episode… is written by Glenn Dungan, currently based in Brooklyn, NYC. He exists within a Venn diagram of urban design, sociology, and good stories.

When not obsessing about one of those three, he can be found at a park drinking black coffee and listening to podcasts about murder.

For more of his work, please visit his website, whereisglennnow.com.

You can also find him on substack, "WhereisGlennnow?"

and also on Instagram at...you guessed it, @whereisglennnow. 

Today’s episode… is written by Dustin Ridout, the dad of two lovely but sometimes scary kids, a Colorado area physician and a lover of horror stories on cold rainy nights.  Here's his tale he calls Tiny.

Today’s episode… is written by Rob Morton… Rob hasn’t shared much about himself other than that he claims the story he’s about to share is 100% true.

Today’s episode… is written by A.G.R., a graduate of Florida International University and a writer and author. He majored in interdisciplinary studies and had minors in philosophy and sociology, which provided him with knowledge in various areas and research skills. His interests in writing are Horror and Mysteries. A.G.R.’s other interests are video games, paranormal research, and reading. When he is not writing, he gives ghost tours and tells ghost stories. A.G.R.’s work has been featured in the literary magazine, Gods Cruel Joke.

Link to previous work: https://www.godscrueljokelit.com/agrcurtains  

Today’s episode… is written by STEPHEN MCQUIGGAN, self-proclaiming he’s the original author of the bible; he vowed never to write again after the publishers removed the dinosaurs and the spectacular alien abduction ending from the final edit.

His other, lesser-known, novels are A Pig’s View of Heaven and Trip a Dwarf.

For more dark tales visit me at frighteningtales.com

Today’s first story… is written by Eleazar Nolan. This is a tale that has been passed down through Eleazar’s family. I’m told that Eleazar has been hunting for where this story may have originated. It’s subtly similar to an old brother’s Grim tale ‘The Juniper Tree’. This version feels like a natural American folk mutation of that old European root: it shifts the bones of the story into Illinois soil, adds religious framing, and swaps the bird transformation for a chilling chant. Honestly, that’s folklore doing what it does best — adapting to place, faith, and fear. But unique enough to be something new. Wherever it did come from here it is now Written by Eleazar Nolan and told by Wilhelm… The Evil Stepmother.

Then Argentinean author David Clark takes us on a journey for A Retrieved Memory.

Today’s episode… is written by Paul O’Neill, an award-winning short story writer from Fife, Scotland. His works have been published by the No Sleep Podcast, Crystal Lake, Sinister Smile Press, Scare Street, Vanishing Point Magazine, Hell Bound Books, Grinning Skull Press, and many other publications and competitions.

Paul would love you to join his Short Story Club on Substack, where he and over 150 readers analyze the classics regularly. Link in the notes.

But now listen to Paul’s tale: On the Thirteenth Night.

https://substack.com/@pauloneill722362?utm_source=global-search

Today’s episode… is written by Steve Loiaconi a journalist and a graduate of George Mason University's MFA program.

His fiction previously appeared in Griffel, the Mystery Tribune, Mythaxis, Zooscape, and the Saturday Evening Post, as well as the anthologies Open All Night, Why Didn’t You Just Leave, and Found 2.

He lives in Washington, DC with his wife, son, and dog.

More of his work can be found at: steveloiaconi.wordpress.com.

Today’s episode… is written by Brian J. Smith, author of nine horror novels such as Dead River and Consuming Darkness! His most recent second short story collection “Strange Discovery And Other Strange Discoveries” was published in July 2024; his splatter western “Blood On The Sand” is due out this year. He resides in south eastern Ohio, drinks a lot of coffee, has too many books but continues to buy more!

If you’d like to follow Brian on social media look for him on Bluesky at: bubbywriteshorror9,

On Threads and Instagram under horrorauthor9

and on Amazon under https://www.amazon.com/author/brianjsmith.

He tells me this story was first published in Books Of Horror Vol. 2 Community Anthology released in 2020 and reprinted in his second short story collection "Strange Discovery And Other Strange Discoveries" in July of  2024.Here now is his tale Strange Discovery as presented by Wilhelm.

Today’s episode… is written by Devin Langan a full-time social worker up in the great white north of Canada where he dabbles in writing for animation, and horror as a hobby.

Today’s take is the first writing that Devin has submitted for a North American audience at  Creepypasta stories. If you'd like to reach out to Devin write him here: [email protected]