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What happens when you finally reach your life's ambition and it turns out there is a darkness protecting it... will you cross that line? and to what ends.
Performance © copyright Mark Wilhelm
Writing © copyright Gary Kilworth
A tree stands still in a remote part of a young boys farm. A cherry tree that seems to have been slowly dying since his fathers, father was a boy. But there is something about that old tree... something dark that the boy just can't seem to let go of.
Performance © copyright Mark Wilhelm
Writing © copyright Curtis K Stadtfeld
In the dark corners of the southern United States there are primal forces that will on occasion select a chosen few to have access to their gifts. Will those chosen use these gifts for good, or for more darker purposes?
Performance © copyright Mark Wilhelm
Writing © copyright Vanessa Kelly-Sibley
Two friends find out what happens when a seemingly normal trip home takes a horrific turn.
Performance © copyright Mark Wilhelm
Writing © copyright Mark Wilhelm
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Why is it that some of us can't shake the need to refrain from dangling a limb off the bed during the night... perhaps that need is there for a reason.
They say in the deep south that when the rains come down hard and God plays his drums, it may wake loved ones long since gone. And on one dark and stormy night there was a knock at the door.
Billy had made concessions to give his wife her dream pool, but what would this really cost them?
A retrospective visit to the classic tales by renowned authors. In this tale author M.R. James shares arguably his best ghost story, written in 1894.
What lengths would you go through for success in your career? This weeks story examines the dark place one might be led to in an effort to get... a head.
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Welcome to Wilhelm Presents: Frightening Tales and Other Weird Stories—a carefully curated collection of unsettling fiction, paranormal encounters, and truly strange tales from writers around the world.
Each episode explores the uncanny: stories that linger, disturb, and quietly unsettle rather than simply shock. Some are frightening. Others are strange, folkloric, or deeply weird—but all are rooted in the paranormal and the unknown.
The current season releases new episodes every Friday from May 1 through October 30, bringing you a steady procession of eerie and curious tales to carry you through the darker half of the year.
Until then, dive into more than 130 episodes from past seasons—an extensive archive of paranormal fiction, available to listen to for free.
Are you a writer of paranormal or weird fiction, and want to hear your work brought to life?
Submit your stories at FrighteningTales.com.
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These stories vary in tone and content and may include unsettling themes or triggers.
All stories are © copyrighted by their respective authors.
I have negotiated allowances to perform these tales with the blessing of those authors.
This is non-transferable, and reproductions or recreations of these stories are prohibited. All Music and FX are allowed through a subscription to EpidemicSounds.com. All Rights Reserved.
Original Theme Song: Wilhelm Presents: Frightening Tales, is copyrighted Mark Wilhelm.

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