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The Restless Bones of La Noria
Ep 362 · Aug 12, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min
Dan's one and only - but much bigger than normal story - we visit an abandoned mining town in Chile's unforgiving Atacama Desert. Locals claim that on rare nights, a bell rings through the ruins and the dead quietly return to finish a day that may have never truly ended. Lynze brings us four tales this week! Peggy The Doll seems to be having long term affects on one listener who didn't properly say good-bye, as the rules go. Then, a midnight snack break is ruined by someone, or something, making…
Nightmare Fuel #62: After Midnight (Part 4)
Ep 62 · Aug 7, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min
In this sixty-second installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, you will learn so much about what the Hell is going on with Peterson's Grocery in St. Jerome. What kind of experiment is being run and how might Wes be able to stop it? But also, new parts of the mystery deepen as Maggie and Ray begin to fear more for their lives. For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new ep…
The Ghost Of Uniondale
Ep 361 · Aug 5, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
For decades, motorists traveling near the town of Uniondale have reported picking up a young woman standing alone beside the highway—only to discover she has vanished from their vehicle without explanation. Behind the famous ghost story lies the tragedy of a real woman whose final journey may still be repeating itself along a lonely stretch of road. Generations of South African children have warned one another never to enter a school bathroom alone, because something called Pinky Pinky may be wa…
The Other Voice
Ep 360 · Jul 29, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min
So many stories from Dan this week!We start with an Air Force officer who returns home from what was supposed to be a surprise visit... only to discover someone may have beat him to the punch. Someone impersonating him over the phone. Is it an alien? Then, after one of America's deadliest train disasters, a grieving family desperately waits for news from a loved one believed to be trapped somewhere in the wreckage. Then their phones start ringing. Lastly, for years, paranormal researcher D. Scot…
It Watches
Ep 359 · Jul 22, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min
Dan's first of two tales is a really in-depth and unsettling modern encounter claim revolving around a doll. As a little girl, Caroline quickly realized something was wrong with the doll in the blue dress. And the longer she had it, the more wrong it became. Then we head back almost a century to unearth an old, documented paranormal legend. During one terrifying winter in 1939, something with a scream "like a banshee" sent an entire corner of West Virginia into a frenzy, drawing hunters from acr…
Nightmare Fuel #61: After Midnight (Part 3)
Ep 61 · Jul 17, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min
In this sixty-first installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we return once again to St. Jerome, where Maggie Sambor gets enough evidence to accept that something terrible is truly happening inside of Peterson's Grocery. We also begin to understand why what is happening inside Peterson's is happening, while at the same time, the mystery around it all deepens. For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com Subscribe to Sir…
Fear and Death in the Witch’s Castle
Ep 358 · Jul 15, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
Dan has one really big story this week! We’re going to head to Austria’s Moosham Castle, a place with an exceptionally dark legacy, even for a castle. The darkest part of this legacy was forged during one of Europe's most horrifying witch hunts, when 139 innocent people, many of them orphaned and sometimes also disabled children, were tortured and executed in the shadow of a legend known as Wizard Jackl. We start with the history , then we’ll look into paranormal claims including a modern encoun…
The Abduction of Sergio Pucheta
Ep 357 · Jul 8, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min
We explore Argentina this week with Dan! First, a police officer investigating strange lights on a lonely dirt road who suddenly vanishes without a trace. Eighteen hours later he was found miles away, injured, confused, and claiming that something with glowing red eyes had taken control of his mind. Then, for years before his death, legendary Argentinian musician Luca Prodan nsisted his old San Telmo home was haunted by the sounds of dragging chains, distant screams, and unseen presences lurking…
Nightmare Fuel #60: After Midnight (Part 2)
Ep 60 · Jul 3, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
In this sixtieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we return to Peterson's Grocery in St. Jerome, where the mystery of what is happening to the local homeless population is deepening. A mystery Maggie Sambor is now finding impossible to ignore. For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free tria…
La Posada del Sol
Ep 356 · Jul 1, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
For the first of two tales from Dan, we head south. In the middle of Mexico City sits a massive abandoned hotel that was supposed to become the most luxurious destination in Latin America. Instead, it became the site of an infamous suicide, decades of dark rumors, and a mysterious shrine built for the spirit of a little girl. Then, we’ll head to Chesapeake and Virginia Beach where locals have whispered about a stretch of road known for deadly accidents, unsolved murders, ghostly apparitions, and…
The Black Forest
Ep 355 · Jun 24, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
After spending some time in Germany, Dan is inspired to tell us two creepy tales from there! We begin in the Black Forest and find out what happens when we don't listen to the rules of our wiser elders. Then we arrive at Schlosshotel, a very creepy and very haunted abandoned hotel. Then Lulu Marie brings us haunted house sandwich with a ouija board tale for the meat! It's a fun combo of things and very classic scares! LAST EVER Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp 2026: Have you heard?! We have some am…
Nightmare Fuel #59: After Midnight (Part 1)
Ep 59 · Jun 19, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
In this fifty-ninth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we head to a new town, St. Jerome, that has a very, very strange grocery store, Peterson's, where something very, very awful is happening to some of the customers. For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or…
I Got The Message
Ep 354 · Jun 17, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min
Dan gives us seven stories this week! Six of them come from Fate Magazine and one comes from Reader's Digest. It's a really fun new mix of tales! On the back half of the show, Lynze gives us three back to back to back spoopy tales! Her first has a full circle moment when a child hood entity shows itself again to a grown adult. Then, a ghostly visitor searches for his friend from the great beyond. Lastly, in an abandon house with no power, no phones lines, no signs of life, someone is calling. Li…
The Voynich Manuscript
Ep 353 · Jun 10, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
For over six hundred years, scholars, codebreakers, and cryptographers have tried to decipher the mysterious Voynich Manuscript — a real medieval book written in a language no one on Earth has been able to translate. According to one allegedly true account, the real danger may not come from trying to translate the manuscript… but from giving it enough attention for it to try and teach your mind how to read it. Then, the Dyatlov Pass Incident - which remains one of the most unsettling mysteries o…
Nightmare Fuel #58: Siren Part 2 of 2: The Truth Surfaces
Ep 58 · Jun 5, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min
In this fifty-eighth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we return to Bluewater Falls as Kate Boyko continues to be haunted by what is looking more and more like the ghost of a woman her great-grandfather murdered, who has been exacting revenge on pregnant women in her family for nearly a century. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting sir…
Yotsuya Kaidan
Ep 352 · Jun 3, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
We begin in Japan, a place full of some of the best horror lore ever! Yotsuya Kaidan is the fictional, two centuries old story of a struggling samurai so desperate to escape the trappings of poverty that he horrifically betrays the one person who truly loves him. A person who refuses to stay gone when he gets rid of her. Then we have Kisaragi Station, a story that many have long believed isn’t just a story, but a true account from 2004, when users on a Japanese message board watched in real time…
The Break In
Ep 351 · May 27, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
A man living alone who woke up to what sounded like someone trying to break into his home is in for a paranormal encounter. Then, we head to Vermont, where a quiet morning walk around a fog-covered pond turns into something unsettling. Then, two tales from the same person, separated by twenty five years makes you wonder if this is a paranormal fire warning. Lastly, one of the very best, most undeniable encounter claims we have ever had. Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp 2026: Have you heard?! We hav…
You Invited Me
Ep 350 · May 20, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
Dan has some truly incredible tales this week. We begin in Pennsylvania. After a tense argument, a man reluctantly agrees to take an evening walk with his lifelong best friend through the woods outside their small town. But the deeper they wander into the darkness, the more uncomfortable things get. Next up, a young couple renting an isolated farmhouse in rural Oregon begin experiencing vivid nightmares after moving into their new home. It becomes apparent to them both that these are far from no…
Nightmare Fuel #57: Siren Part 1 of 2: The Lady of Mirror Lake
Ep 57 · May 15, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min
In this fifty-seventh installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we head to Bluewater Falls. A wonderfully scenic mountain resort town with a dark secret involving the charming lake it surrounds. We meet Kate Boyko as she is pulled into a haunted mystery and tries to determine what has happened to numerous members of her family there for generations. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free…
The Miami Poltergeist
Ep 349 · May 13, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
Dan begins in 1967, Miami. A souvenir warehouse began witnessing impossible events. Police officers, reporters, and paranormal investigators all saw things they couldn’t explain. Many became convinced the disturbances somehow centered around a quiet nineteen-year-old Cuban refugee named Julio Vasquez. After that, we jump ahead nearly a decade and ratchet up the terror. After fleeing Cuba and settling into a cramped Little Havana apartment in the mid-1970s, one Miami family began experiencing str…
A Shared Nightmare
Ep 348 · May 6, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
We begin with a widowed mother in a quiet English spa town wakes up in the middle of the night to find herself no longer alone. She desperately wants to dismiss what happened as nothing more than a nightmare but that will quickly prove to be impossible to do. Then, a practical, no-nonsense governess is visited by something. Something that will change and appear to be very, very alive. Or at least, be very sentient despite being dead or unrecognizable as far as life as we know it. Then, a tale ab…
Nightmare Fuel #56: The Hollow Hill
Ep 56 · May 1, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
In this fifty-sixth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we meet young Sophie Bennet, who has been hired by a couple to baby sit their two children, Callum and Eilidh, for a few hours on a Wednesday night. They live outside of a small Scottish town in a home called the Blackthorn House. Behind their home is the Hollow Hill. And inside their home, things quickly spiral out of control. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-f…
Motohiro’s Ghost
Ep 347 · Apr 29, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min
We spend all of our time with Dan in Hawaii this week! We head to the Big Island today for five stories. Dan's first story is about something creepy that happened in Hilo in 1902 and 1903 primarily. It revolves around the ghost of a murdered man. Then his second is really a collection of four tales known to many who have taken ghost tours in Hilo. Lynze's tales amp up as she goes. She begins with a milder story about Stowe Bridge in Vermont. Then, a very very unsettling tale about a small piece…
He Was Really There
Ep 346 · Apr 22, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min
Five new tales of horror this week!! The first four are definitely creepy while the last one is a great confirmation tale. We begin with a story that revolves around a young boy getting the biggest basement bedroom in his family’s new house. He's excited about it until he's not. Then comes the story of a child seeing something under her bed that terrifies her. Was it just in her imagination? If so, then why decades later, did something else happens that makes her question what she saw as a kid?…
Nightmare Fuel #55: Resurrection Final Chapter: Ashes of Faith
Ep 55 · Apr 17, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min
In this fifty-fifth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we reach the Children of Abraham's day of resurrection. When Abraham is to take the body of his son, return to the land of the living, and kick off a Biblical apocalypse. Will any of those currently trapped in Belial's underground chapel survive? Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting…
The House That Never Empties
Ep 345 · Apr 15, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
Dan has some older tales for us this week. We start our journey of horror at the Ferry Plantation House where not just one but many ghosts seem to be hanging around, especially one accused witch, Grace. Then we go explore seances with Daniel Dunglas Home- was he a fraudster or were his seances real, you tell us! Lynze has four different ghosty tales this week. From catching something creepy on a sleep app to a spirit caught in a couch to the spirit of a man who insists he must come in and ending…
The Ibadan Forest of Horror
Ep 344 · Apr 8, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min
Dan considers a creepy question in his first story this week. We’ll explore the strange phenomenon of some people seeming to have known in advance exactly when they were going to die. Is that something you want to know if you had the chance? Then, we’ll head to Nigeria to look at the disturbing claims that came from a forested area just outside the big city of Ibadan. Are people still being sacrifice to something ? Lynze has two awesome stories! The first explores a local Kentucky legend, Hatche…
Nightmare Fuel #54: Resurrection Chapter Five: Father Knows Best
Ep 54 · Apr 3, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
In this fifty-fourth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, the walls are closing in on Zander as the clock ticks closer to December 6th, 1999. More of our characters storylines converge in this penultimate episode, and one of them is severely punished by the Children of Abraham in such a brutal and humiliating way... Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Scared to Death ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts…
Belmez Faces
Ep 343 · Apr 1, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
Dan starts with the story of a man, who has gotten sober in the last year, wondering if he's seeing things due to his drug use or something else. Next, we travel to Spain to learn about the Belmez Faces. Then, Lynze has two truly incredible tales to share. The first takes some attention- get your white board ready. A family curse that goes on for years takes stage in this tale. Lastly, someone is eating the leftovers, but who? You will be surprised! Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp 2026: Have you h…
The Man On The Gate
Ep 342 · Mar 25, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min
A ton of stories this week! Dan has six tales from all across the globe! A faceless man in Dublin, a possession in Mexico and more! Lynze also takes us away from the US to Japan! Enjoy this weeks smattering of tales! Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp 2026: Have you heard?! We have some amazing friends joining us at camp! Astonishing Legends and True Crime Campfire will both be bringing their shows to the live stage this summer! If you want to see them and us, get your tickets at badmagicproductions.…
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