Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series: Daily Summaries Delivered

"The Hairy Hands of Briar's Bend" - Scary Stories Told in the Dark

After losing his career, his marriage, and nearly everything he had saved, Caleb returns to his quiet Midwestern hometown hoping to begin again. Instead, he encounters a warning that has circulated through the community for generations: never travel Briar’s Bend after dark. The isolated road has been the site of countless unexplained accidents. Drivers report losing control on clear nights, their vehicles suddenly pulled toward the trees by a force they cannot see. Older residents claim the cause is something known only as the Hairy Hands. Caleb has no patience for ghost stories—until an invisible grip seizes his steering wheel. Drawn into the road’s disturbing history, Caleb discovers decades of crashes, frightened survivors, and accounts that conventional explanations cannot resolve. The closer he comes to understanding Briar’s Bend, the more dangerously personal its legend becomes.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

"My Next Door Neighbor is a Monster" - Scary Stories Told in the Dark

Richard Prasse has had strange neighbors before. None of them were anything like Eliza Munoz. Beautiful, mysterious, and surrounded by a seemingly endless procession of late-night visitors, Eliza quickly becomes an irresistible distraction for the lonely medical resident living next door. But when curiosity draws Richard across the hallway at exactly the wrong moment, he discovers that the sounds coming from Eliza's apartment aren't evidence of an unusually active love life. They're evidence of something hungry. Soon Richard finds himself trapped between attraction and terror as the woman he can't stop thinking about reveals a side of herself no human being was ever meant to see. And when another dangerous figure from Eliza's past appears, Richard realizes that his neighbor may not be the only monster in the building.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

"They Feed at Night" - Scary Stories Told in the Dark

Eight-year-old Terrance is supposed to be asleep. Instead, he's listening to something scratch against his second-story bedroom window. At first, it sounds like a branch brushing the glass. Then it comes again—slower, sharper, deliberate. And when Terrance finally gathers the courage to look outside, he finds a pale face staring back at him from a place no one should be able to stand. Within moments, an ordinary night in a quiet suburban home becomes a desperate fight for survival as Terrance and his family discover they aren't dealing with a prowler—or anything else that should exist. Pale figures are gathering outside. They are impossibly fast, terrifyingly persistent, and very, very hungry. And once they've chosen a home, locked doors may not be enough to keep them out.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

S19 Ep10: S19E10 - "The Devil's Footprints" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark

This week, Scary Stories Told in the Dark presents an unforgettable tale of obsession, grief, and the lingering footprints left behind by monsters who hide behind friendly smiles and impeccable reputations. In it, we meet a father, whose decades-long search for answers leads him into the forgotten mountains of Appalachia, every mile bringing him closer to a truth more horrifying than he ever imagined. The man he's hunting is already dead, but as we'll soon discover, evil doesn't always perish with the body that carried it.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

S19 Ep9: S19E09 - "Divine Decay" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark

Death is supposed to be the end. At least... that's what we've always believed. But deep in the forgotten corners of America, hidden beyond the maps and untouched by time, there are places where decay is worshipped, where the dead are welcomed home, and where the greatest horror isn't dying... It's being invited to become part of something eternal.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

S19 Ep8: S19E08 - "Beyond the Last Light" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark

There are places we instinctively know not to go. The woods beyond the old fence. The forgotten chamber sealed beneath centuries of dust. The distant glow that beckons from the darkness, promising wonder while concealing something far older—and infinitely more patient. In this unsettling episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, childhood curiosity collides with unspeakable terror, while a brilliant scholar uncovers a mystery so profound it threatens to erase him from history itself. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

S19E07 - "Sideshow Sins" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark

S19E06 - "When the Bell Tolls" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark