Don't Fall Asleep

Tonight, we'll drop in on Miss B, a second grade teacher, and one of her pupils—Charlie. Charlie is a good kid with a somewhat difficult home life, but he and his mother manage to hold things together for the most part. UNTIL, that is, one week in February, when things begin to noticeably change with Charlie, and Miss B is forced to connect the dots and make a plan. But will she be quick enough to help Charlie, and is she prepared for what might be waiting for her at his house? This story is called “A Mother's Love”, and was written by BeeKeeperCamper… --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll visit an old classic that ISN'T Edgar Allen Poe! Ha ha! Let me set the scene—the deck of a schooner out on the ocean. It's full dark outside, and the water is still. No sign of the sky is visible through a thick mist which hangs just above the ship. As you gaze out into the impenetrable darkness, you hear a voice pierce through the night, but see no one. Who could be out at this hour, and why aren't they using any light? What manner of thing is this voice in the night? This story is called “The Voice in the Night”, and was written by William Hope Hodgson. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll hear a very emotional and unsettling tale! Our story follows young Tabitha, who is attempting to find a new normal after tragedy strikes her family, and they move into a new house on Hyatt street. But compounding this issue is The Man, her mother's new boyfriend whose gaze lingers on her too long and who torments her by the light of an old TV. Loneliness has taken hold, and Tabitha struggles to make friends at her new school. But there is more to the House on Hyatt than meets the eye, and only time will tell if it holds the answers to her problems, or the worst problem of all. Before we jump in, I want to let you know that this story contains references to abuse, but it is never described explicitly. This story is called “The House on Hyatt”, and was written by A.G. Hilton… Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll discover a legacy that can literally save lives! Unfortunately for our protagonist Amber, her Nana is nearing the end of her days. But before then, Nana pushes through and finishes a beautiful quilt as a gift for Amber. But when Nana begins to appear to Amber in her dreams, and new images are stitched into the quilt overnight, things quickly take a turn for the dangerous. This story is called: "The Tomorrow Quilt" and was written by Kris West Link to more from this author: https://shorturl.at/NeiVZ Link to "I've Never Told Anyone" https://a.co/d/gURwvIz --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll dive deep into a life of crime! Our scene opens on a pair of headlights cutting through the night along a lonely road in the countryside. The two men inside have been sent on a very peculiar errand which involves a very peculiar delivery. One of the men is getting fidgety; he can sense that something isn't right with this job, but he can't quite put his finger on what it is… This story is called: The Man for the Job, and was written by A.G. Hilton. Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, make sure you have a nice, tall drink filled to the brim with refreshing ice! You'll need it for this story. Do you have any travel quirks? A particular item you must take with you, or a ritual you perform before you can get comfortable in a hotel? The grandfather in our story tonight has a very particular quirk—he must fill up the ice bucket in his motel room before he can sleep there. In fact, he's so adamant about it, that one starts to wonder if there is some deeper, underlying reason for this ritual. Perhaps it has to do with a cold and perfumed breeze that drifts through the hallways deep into the night… This story is called "My Grandfather Always Filled the Ice Bucket Whenever He Stayed at a Motel. I Recently Learned Why" And was written by C.B. Jones C.B.'s book "The Rules of the Road": https://a.co/d/07N53iLD --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll take a drive out to the old abandoned Holly Hills mall! Urban explorers everywhere are drawn to abandoned malls like moths to a porch light. There's something enchanting about seeing such a large structure frozen in time, like a snapshot of the past that you can step into. You might have experienced this during the pandemic—I recall that movie posters and flyers on store fronts lingered way past their expiration date—sometimes years. But I digress—the topic of our story tonight is in fact not the mall itself—it is the parking garage nearby! Our intrepid explorers decide to have a quick look inside before travelling on, and they discover that this garage has subterranean parking! Who could resist a quick peek into that pitch darkness? Surprisingly, the garage continues down. First 2 floors…. Then 3…. How much further can it go, and why? This story is called "I still don't understand what happened to me in the Holly Hills Mall parking garage", and was written by IncidentOk9368 Link to this story: https://shorturl.at/11Zn1 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll hear the chilling case of a quiet young boy, and the man who stalks him! Our scene opens on an elementary school after classes have let out, where an anxious teacher is telling a young boy's father that someone they didn't recognize tried to pick up his son, Dylan. Those words alone should make you a little uneasy! But it gets worse—the man knew intimate details about Dylan— his birthday, the class he was in, and even his address. But as always, Dylan remains quiet and distant, unable-- or unwilling-- to share the link between him and the man. This story is called “Dylan's Diary”, and was written by: latebutstillearly1 Link to more from this author: https://shorturl.at/3GwbF Link to toss a few bucks to the author: https://ko-fi.com/latebutstillearly --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll take a trip to the big house. The slammer! The greybar hotel. And not just to visit any ordinary inmate in any ordinary cell. No; this man is extraordinary, and he's on death row. Setting aside the real world issues with the prison system and death row itself, imagine this: you're coming into work the day after watching the electric chair get used on one of the most unsettling people you've ever seen. You're walking down the block as usual, and it crosses your mind that today will be different, because the cell that creepy murderer used to be in is empty. As you pass it, your heart ices over when you hear “Good morning, sirs. You never came for me. You promised yesterday would be the end, but you never came. Why did you lie to me?” This story is called: There's a death row inmate who we've executed over a dozen times. He won't stay dead. and was written by nomass39 Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/u5Lop --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll drop in on a man out for revenge. Our scene opens in a small motel room, as a desperate man ponders a simple box. Within lies the justice that he needs so badly, but making a deal like that with a supernatural entity is more difficult than it seems. This story is called Maynard's Box, and was written by A.G. Hilton. Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, I'm sensing an urban legend vibe in the air! Our scene opens as our protagonist, a young lady, is driving out to a trailhead to begin a multi-day hike during spring break. Her plan is to make the drive all in one day, stay at a motel overnight, and then begin the long trek the following day. Ahhh, I see the horror aficionados among you perked up when I mentioned urban legend style horror and motels. Well let's just say that there's a reason these rooms are so cheap, and there's always a vacancy. This story is called: I spent the night in a small town and don't think I can ever go back... and was written by Moonscar_Island Link to more reading from this author: https://shorturl.at/LtDXv --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll enjoy the last part of the “I'm a Teacher at a School for Children Who Aren't Quite Human” series! On the last episode, Mr. Vermeil was exposed to something hideous that was skulking beneath the school: a beast the headmistress called “the cancer”. Despite a heroic effort, the beast escaped our of the tunnel and into the community at large. After his encounter with it, Mr. Vermeil was left quite physically changed, although a three eyed nurse was attempting to reverse the damage. Now, The Cancer is lose out in the world, and so is the dreaded hunter, Saladin. Faith in the integration initiative is crumbling, and the situation seems impossible. This is the 5th and final part of the series, and is called “I'm a teacher at a school for children who aren't quite human. I'm not sure I'm human anymore, myself”, and was written by NoMass39 Link to more reading from this author: https://shorturl.at/IHF68 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll check in with Mr.Vermeil and find out whether he's good for his promise to go through hell for his students! In our last installment, he discovered that he had been hired at a school full of supernatural students-- as part of an initiative meant to help them integrate and function in human society. Shortly after that, he received a disturbing series of text messages, which turned out to be from an assassin! He foiled the assassin's attempt on one of his students, but ultimately the assassin escaped. We rejoin the story as a school-wide lockdown has been called, and that includes our dear teacher. In order to reach the safehouse, however, he must pass through a labyrinth of concrete tunnels, and who knows what horrors are lurching through those? This is part 4 of the 5 part series “I'm a teacher at a school for children who aren't quite human”. It's called “There's Something in the Basement”, and was written by nomass39 Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/HGa46 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll delve deeper into what's going on at that freaky school! In episode 1, a marauder was discovered skulking around school grounds, and a team of rather lupine guards were dispatched to handle the situation. They dropped to all fours and ran like dogs into the forest. Shortly after that, there was a haunting scream, and everything returned to normal. TOO normal, if you ask Mr. Vermeil. He was told to drop the whole thing, and return to business as usual. Now, though, he finds himself hunted in his own home by a strange and electric force, and the mysteries of his workplace-- and the children who go there-- begin to unfurl. These stories are parts 2 and 3 of the 5 part series called “I'm a teacher at a school for children who aren't quite human.” And were written by nomass39 Link to tonight's story:https://shorturl.at/ftwDM --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, class is in session! And not everything is as it seems. I know some of you may be feeling anxious about horror that takes place in school—especially given the state of affairs today, but not to worry. We may go to some dark and macabre places on this channel, but we won't be going THAT dark. No, the horror here comes from not from the marauder skulking around school grounds, but from the two men in suits who show up after the alarms sound. The men who were dispatched to handle the problem, but are anything BUT normal themselves. This story is called “Something terrible happened at my school, but no one else seems to care.” And was written by nomass39 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll explore a children's game with a dark secret! Nestled deep among hills and evergreen trees, there rests a quiet town with a curse. Once every decade or so, a strange song reemerges among the children in the schoolyard, and in its wake-- disappearances. Surely a coincidence, right? But, hark! Can you hear the haunting melody floating on the breeze? It's been about ten years since Jimmy Smythe disappeared, and I'm thinking there might be something to this Patchwork Man after all… This story is called: Does anyone remember the rhyme about the Patchwork Man? And the picture game? And was written by Quincy Lee…. Author's catalogue of stories: https://shorturl.at/tuyY1 Link to this story: https://shorturl.at/sBU69 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, I have a real treat to share with you! It's no secret that I'm a fan of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories; I've done several here on the channel already. I find that as I get older and revisit these stories, I appreciate them more and more, and find new things that delight and impress me each time I read them! I also find I can connect to the stories themselves more easily as my experience in the world grows. Allow me to set the stage for this story: A great and terrible disease—called the Red Death-- is sweeping across a medieval land. The prince of this land has decided that, rather than give aid of any kind, he would rather call up his closest…erm, 1000 friends, and wall all of them inside a secluded abbey. No one can get in, and no one can get out. There, they plan to party and wait it out, while the disease rages outside. All is well; the wine is flowing, the guests are dancing and mingling at an opulent masquerade ball, until a new guest arrives, dressed horribly as a victim of the Red Death. This story is called “The Masque of the Red Death”, and was written by Edgar Allan Poe. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll take a relaxing walk along the beach! Our story opens as a young man takes a pause during his run down by the ocean. As he decides to head back resume his routine, he meets 2 young ladies. They warn him to stay away from the water at low tide, because there have been many disappearances over the years as the tide has rolled out. Of course, he dismisses their warning at first. But he quickly becomes a believer, when the first hand grabs his ankle from within the mud. --- This story is called “Low Tide”, and was written by JLGoodwin1990. Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/bvAK6 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Apologies for the week delay! Tonight, we'll stay true to our tagline, and have an episode of the macabre! Let me set the scene: deep in the heart of a prestigious New England college, we find a medical student working alone in the crematorium. Having just lost their grandfather, our student was given the job of caretaker while they're on a leave of absence from classes. Despite what you and I might feel, the student enjoys the work there, and finds it comforting to stay busy. But that sense of safety is broken one night when a particularly strange cadaver arrives, and voices begin to whisper from the flames of the cremation chamber… This story is called “They Spoke Through the Fire”, and was written by Chomps_Lewis. Tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/dqSW9 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we find ourselves bedside, regaled with a story of the OLD days! Our scene opens in an assisted living facility, where our protagonists—a son and his father—sit together for a visit. All seems normal enough, until a moment of clarity comes across the father, and he tells a tale so frightening and so impossible that it can't be true! But if there IS a kernel of truth to the yarn, then both men may find themselves the target of a malicious force undeterred by distance or time. This story is called “The Pit”, and was written by A.G. Hilton Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we shall meet a mysterious relative who lives in the mountains of Appalachia! Or rather, we shall discover him, since he is deceased when our story opens. The shrewdest among you will have already guessed—Uncle Ashford! And was he a RICH uncle, I hear someone ask? Well. That depends on what “rich” means to you. Financially? Not really. Intellectually? Most certainly! But I'll remind you that not all information is safe, and some doors of knowledge should stay closed. This story is called “Uncle Ashford”, and was written by A.G. Hilton --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll head into the back country to a small but prosperous village nestled at the base of a mountain. Ah! So you caught that. How could such an out of the way location enjoy such success? Well as it turns out, it isn't luck. It isn't even hard work. It's something much more sinister—a secret hidden between the branches with the blood and bones. This story is called “I was raised as a gift to the God in the mountains. Last Summer I was chosen to die”, and was written by RooMorgue Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/tzAGI Link to more of the author's work: https://shorturl.at/tvCX0 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll revisit a CLASSIC tale of secrets that just can't stay buried for long! Earlier this year I alluded to the Tell-Tale heart after a story that dealt with the intersection of guilt and horror. I've come to realize that tonight's protagonist doesn't feel much guilt about what he's done—it's actually somewhat the opposite! Vexed by the eye of an old man, tonight's protagonist (or is he the ANTAGONIST?) begins a routine of peering into his room during the witching hours, and becoming increasingly perturbed by the eye, until one evening when he can bear the wait no longer, and the unthinkable happens! This story is called The Tell-Tale Heart, and was written by Edgar Allen Poe… --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from the second floor of a dilapidated colonial house in the middle of nowhere, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll take a stroll down memory lane. A nice walk, that will bring us smack dab in the middle of a snowstorm on one of the darkest evenings of the year! Our protagonist has driven his car into a ditch, and must now seek help and a landline at a nearby farmhouse—isolated as it is. But will our intrepid young man find a welcoming, warm hearth? Or does something evil drift through the house, carried on the notes of a piano in a farther room? This story is called “Why My Father Was Terrified of Piano Music”, and was written by SirUlrichVonLichten... Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/bqPRV Link to more of the author's work: https://shorturl.at/qwL26 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from the center of a haunted merry-go-round, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll explore the intersection of grief and horror! What lengths would you go to if you were driven by despair and grief, and what would the consequences be? After a terrible accident resulting in the loss of his brother, our protagonist struggles under the weight of his guilt, and his home life continually deteriorates. Scary enough as is, right? Even without the supernatural. But what if I sprinkle in a mysterious tent at the outskirts of a carnival? And the pitter patter of tiny, wet feet outside your bedroom door? Ahhhh, yes! That's more like it! This story is called “Sink a Fish, Make a Wish”, and was written by SirUlrichVonLichten... Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/psT03 Link to more of the author's work: https://shorturl.at/qwL26 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from somewhere only a dowsing rod could locate, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we will bump up against the supernatural again! Or, is it pseudoscience?! Our protagonist claims to be able to locate sources of water using only dowsing rods. She has the gift of dowsing, which manifests as physical sensations when she holds dowsing rods and gets close to an underground source of water. Business is good, and her success rate is astronomical! But what does it mean if a water witch cannot sense water at all? Not far away; or faint; but completely absent. What does that say about the land she stands on? This story is called “I'm a Water Witch. I Found Something Even My Abilities Can't Explain”, and was written by Rory Solar... Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/cvLQW ‘I'm a Water Witch. I Found Something Even My Abilities Can't Explain.' is licensed for use by rory-solar, copyright 2024, all rights reserved. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from the deepest dark inside your bedroom closet, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we have somewhat of a Tell-Tale Heart situation on our hands! Have you ever seen something so shocking that the image of it feels like it's BURNED into your brain? When you close your eyes, or have a quiet moment, that thought or image forces its way unbidden into your mind? Tonight's protagonist has just such a thing happen to them after a traumatic car accident that resulted in the other driver losing his life. It's not uncommon to project your fears or trauma into the world around you, and sometimes even SEE things from your imagination. But what if…. Those things you see grow MORE tangible, and not less? What if the things you think you see in the dark, could hurt you? This story is called “Dying People Don't Smile”, and was written by Sean Marquez Moore... Link to tonight's story: https://shorturl.at/abh05 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from the edge of light around your campfire, I will be your guide through the witching hours!Tonight, we'll enjoy some more outdoor fun, as we take a jovial and jocular camping trip in the woods with 5 friends. Or is it 6? Oh I can't remember; let's not sweat the details! 5 High school chums decide to take a celebratory camping trip after graduation. Ahhh yes, the sweetness of youth on the precipice of adulthood! Their entire future, yawning ahead of them like the mouth of a great beast! Whoops. That metaphor took a dark turn. And speaking of dark turns, a desperation bordering on panic descends upon our group, as suddenly there are SIX people around the fire—was it always 6? No… which one of them doesn't belong? Which one of them is a wolf in high school graduate's clothing?This story is called “There's Only Five Of Us On This Camping Trip. We Keep Counting Six”, and was written by Musa Khattak...Check out Musa's substack here, where you can put in your email and get horror stories from Musa in your inbox periodically: https://insomniumtales.substack.com/ Musa's Reddit page: http://tinyurl.com/579cxunx Musa's subreddit: http://tinyurl.com/5a27tt7a --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from a seemingly innocuous coffee shop, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll check in on how one woman is trying to better herself in the New Year! January is the month for reflection and course corrections, and while she didn't make a formal resolution, tonight's leading lady has decided to try and become more extroverted. To get out a little and socialize! So she signs up for a 6 week class to help guide her along the way. All is well, until she gets to know a few UNUSUAL classmates. This story is called “I'm a shut-in and took a class to help me learn social skills, but now I wish I'd never signed up…”, and was written by Quincy Lee... Author's catalogue of stories: https://shorturl.at/tuyY1 Link to this story: https://shorturl.at/bpv67 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from a rickety boat floating over a bottomless depth, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll hear the story of a beautiful relationship between a grandfather and grandson, set in an old house built near the shores of a majestic lake. Each year, the pair work on a project throughout the summer, strengthening their bond and affections for one another. They plan a large project—building a dock on the lake. But before they can even begin, tragedy strikes. This story is called “The lake behind my grandpa's house is deeper than it should be”, and was written by flyingBEARfish. Link to the story in print: https://shorturl.at/jqyGO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from a shallow cave in an endless desert, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, our scene opens in the great, vast frontier of SPACE! …although not for long, as you'll see. It occurs to me that not many of our stories take place off planet. It's easier to keep you awake at night if the horror takes place close to home—in your own neighborhood or in your own bedroom. But with that said, you'll find no shortage of horror here, and never any respite from it either. This story is called “Shifting Sands”, and was written by A.G. Hilton... Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to a special episode of Christmas cheer, and levity. Broadcasting live from a dim corner of Santa's Workshop, I will be your guide as you drift off into restful slumber. Tonight, instead of keeping you awake, I thought it might be nice to completely turn this thing on its head, and read you some sweet classic short stories by a fire! You may have heard these stories before, but if you haven't, you're in for a treat! First is the The Gift of the Magi, written by O' Henry. It's a humorous tale of the sacrifices we make for those we truly love. After that, we'll hear one I discovered just this year: A Christmas Dream, written by Louisa M. Alcott. It's the story of a little girl who comes to appreciate what she has and learns the wonder of giving to others through a fantastic dream on Christmas Eve, and a special surprise the following day. Finishing the collection, we'll hear that familiar poem—A Visit from St.Nicholas, written by Clement Clarke Moore. Usually I like to reappear after the stories for a final word, but tonight you'll hear no more from me after this. After our stories, we shall hear a few hours of the sound of wind and snow outside the window, as we snuggle deeper under the blankets and sleep soundly. Before I go, I want to thank you for all your support this year—I've enjoyed reading your comments, and it's my pleasure to entertain you. If I've managed to make you smile, or better yet leave the hallway light on, just once this year… then it was all worth it. Enjoy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Tonight, we'll try our luck once more on that old desolate stretch of highway! American culture is one of the most car-dependent in the world, which means that almost every American of driving age has experienced driving on a lonely road at night. The crowding of trees on the side of the road feels looming and ominous, and you become very aware that if something happened to you out here, or if something PREYED upon you out here… it'd be far too late by the time any help arrived. This story is called: I took a drive late one night. What happened will haunt me for the rest of my life. And was written by JLGoodwin1990 Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/wxEX9 Link to the JL's other work: https://www.reddit.com/user/JLGoodwin1990/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from behind the curtain of a medium's tent, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we shall speak with the dead! Or at least, be in the room where it happens. We all know that most of the “psychic mediums” out there are nothing more than skilled cold-readers. Snake oil salesmen whose only real skill is picking up on small details and extrapolating from them. Well, our scene opens on just such a person, whose made a career and a killing on their skills as a cold reader. But their next client may make an honest medium out of them yet… This story is called "I pretend to speak to the dead for a living, this client convinced me it was time for a career change" And was written by K.H. Macfarlane Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/BJKUX Link to the K.H.'s book: https://shorturl.at/drwJO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from the darkest shadows of an ancient copse, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll meet a merchant looking to turn a particularly good profit. To that end, he has hired two men to escort him to a small village in the woods which has recently become famous for a certain product that can only be found near the village. As night begins to fall, they find a particularly unsettling road through the woods lies ahead of them… and who knows what else! This story is called “Blackwood”, and was written by A.G. Hilton... Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from the side of a country road not on any maps, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll hear the story of a man working at a logging company, who will heed his coworkers warnings a bit more closely after tonight! There are more than enough troubles one could run into while driving along a country road—wash outs, downed trees, hairpin turns, no cell service... and now...this! This story is called Something ran in front of my truck late one night. I barely escaped with my life. And was written by JLGoodwin 1990 Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/dBMU4 Link to the JL's other work: https://www.reddit.com/user/JLGoodwin1990/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from a rapidly sinking passenger ship, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll meet a maintenance worker aboard an ill-fated cruise ship, who decides that, no matter the cost, he deserves to survive the sinking of the boat. The only problem is that even if he is able to get off the sinking ship, he's still out in open ocean. Faaaar from land, floating above miles and miles of dark water and shrouded in a dense fog bank which doesn't seem to be lifting... This story is called “Down with the Ship”, and was written by A.G. Hilton... Link to "Nightside Tales", written by A.G. Hilton: https://shorturl.at/pFKRY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from an abandoned mine shaft, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll take a trip through an old mine, and we won't end up where you think we will! Our protagonist for tonight is an Arizona park ranger who loves to check out the natural desert beauty once the sun sets. But when a dust storm uncovers the opening to an old mine, our park ranger and a few associates decide to go in and check things out. That's just the beginning of the long and unpredictable evening that lies ahead. This story is called I Found an Abandoned Mine While Working As a Park Ranger, and was written by Grant Butler Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/pHI01 Link to The Heroin Heiress: https://www.amazon.com/Heroin-Heiress-Grant-Butler/dp/1949759385 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from an INsecure bunker in the back of a diner, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll go ahead and end the world! Yes, I know, I've been getting requests to go ahead and pull the plug while we're ahead for years and years. Don't get too excited, we have to start small. Our scene fades in from black over a picturesque town in the mountains. What could go wrong? Things are so slow here, that everyone in town is discussing an upcoming emergency broadcast system test like it's big news! And maybe… it's bigger news than they think. This story is called : The Emergency Broadcast Test did something to the people in my town. And was written by: u/JLGoodwin1990 Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/sAHT0 Link to the JL's other work: https://www.reddit.com/user/JLGoodwin1990/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from a leaky boat on a bottomless lake, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll have ourselves a little DOUBLE FEATURE! It's been a little while since we had one of those, hasn't it? As our scene fades in, we find ourselves in a still and quiet wood, on the banks of an ancient lake. There's something unusual about the smell carried on the wind, and the still waters seem to thrum with an ancient power, and the shoreline drops down into a dark depth which seems to have no bottom... This story is called "Don't go near the old lake. It's bottomless", and was written by Karlal Link to "Don't Go Near the Old Lake...": https://shorturl.at/pHOY5 Link to "My Best Friend's Medication...": https://shorturl.at/uzJNS --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from theater 13, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll dive back into a haunted location! Ahhhh, yes. Every year around this time. a fresh group of friends has the hankering to go somewhere they shouldn't! Maybe it's a holiday down to camp crystal lake, or their friends' house down on elm street, heh heh. This ghost hunting group of friends has in mind to visit an old Egyptian theater in Coos Bay Oregon, with a bit of a reputation of the spectral kind! Will our unlucky protagonists strike out again? Or will they be truly unlucky, and FIND what they're looking for? This story is called : We broke into the Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay to go ghost hunting. I wish we never had. And was written by: u/JLGoodwin1990 Link to the story: https://tinyurl.com/mvfpdj739 Link to the JL's other work: https://www.reddit.com/user/JLGoodwin1990/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from the top of a derelict lighthouse as a storm rolls in, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll get a bit mixed up in some family drama! Oh, don't look so glum—there'll be GHOSTS and MONSTERS of course! Ha! One fateful day, a letter arrives in the post for our protagonist, summoning him back home to the house beside the lighthouse where he grew up. But not all is well on the home front, as something has happened to his father, and he's received an omen of quite ILL portent. A storm is brewing, dear listeners. Let us follow it and see where it takes us…. This story is called “I inherited a Lighthouse in the Woods”, and was written by J.G. Martin J.G.'s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jgmartin --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

0:00 Introduction from Midnight Host 01:31 Story begins 56:45 Closing from Midnight Host Denizens of the night; welcome to another episode of the macabre-- the terrifying! Broadcasting live from inside a mansion entirely consumed by malevolence, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll revisit a classic which is experiencing some renewed interest! It is the story of a man who visits his friend, only to find both the friend and his home have fallen on... hard times, to say the least. There is a,--as of this recording-- upcoming series on Netflix based on this story and produced by Mike Flanagan, who is exceptional at adapting classics to the modern screen. But to truly understand any adaptation, we must be familiar with the source. So let us call upon the House of Usher ourselves... This story is called The Fall of the House of Usher, and was written by none other than Edgar Allan Poe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night; welcome to another episode of the macabre-- the terrifying! Broadcasting live from inside a giant doomsday clock, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll dip our toes back into the macabre, as we discover a new superpower...of sorts. Our protagonist meets someone who reveals to him the hour of his death! But that's only the beginning, as our leading man decides he'd like to have that power for himself... this story is called: A Strange Man Told Me When I'm Going to Die. I'm Afraid He's Telling the Truth. And was written by HorrorJunkie123. Our scene opens on a beautiful sunny day in the park, where two people are sitting amicably on a bench…and one of them is about to die. Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/bwGU4 Read more from HorrorJunkie here: https://www.reddit.com/user/HorrorJunkie123/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night; welcome to another episode of the macabre-- the terrifying! Broadcasting live from a spatial anomaly in the Rendlesham forest, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll enjoy a coming of age story...of sorts. Making friends can be challenging for some people, and it only get more difficult as you age. But the protagonist of tonight's story has a hard time because his family moves around so much. Imagine his delight, when he makes a wonderful new friend at school! And imagine his trepidation, as they go deeper and deeper into the woods to feed his friend's WEIRD pet. This story is called: A boy at school took me to a place in the forest where he'd been feeding a spider”, And was written by disco_dingus Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/egX02 Read more from Disco_Dingus here! https://shorturl.at/uyBGQ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night; welcome to another episode of the macabre-- the terrifying! Broadcasting live from a decommissioned tank surrounded by things that want to EAT ME, I will be your guide through the witching hours! Tonight, we'll spend some time with a lonely person keeping watch in a lonely place. My heart goes out to those people with necessary, but terrible jobs, and this one takes the cake. Close your eyes and imagine our scene—night is falling slowly over the ocean, and a soft breeze is sifting through the branches. Happy families seem to be packing up quickly at the nearby nature park, spooked by a feeling they cannot name. Through the empty hallways of a forgotten building nearby, a voice echoes. But no one else but us is around to hear it. This story is called: "I work at an abandoned military base. I know there's something they aren't telling me." And was written by Jamie Polizzi. Link to the story: https://shorturl.at/nPQ46 Read more from Jamie here! https://shorturl.at/uCQU5 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night; welcome to another episode of the macabre-- the terrifying! Broadcasting live from the 13th room on the 13th floor, I will be your guide through the witching hours. Tonight, things take a turn for the NOIR! Our scene opens, in black and white of course, as a taxi comes to a sudden stop in front of a looming hotel, the top of which reaches up toward the overcast sky. Let's linger for a time in the aged halls of this hotel, where secrets and ghosts, just can't seem to stay buried. This story is called “I Stayed in Room 313”, was written by Dean Smyth. Check out our podcast! https://tinyurl.com/Dont-fall-asleep-podcast You can find more from this author in these places: Tonight's Story: https://tinyurl.com/sfz2d5k3 Dean's YouTube channel:  @deansmy ​ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying! Broadcasting live from a lonely gas station on a lonely road, I will be your guide through the witching hours. Tonight, I can feel a cool and dreadful fog settling in over the studio. Can you feel that too? It must have something to do with tonight's story, which features a very peculiar fog, with some very peculiar DENIZENS of its own! Let us pay a visit to DUMLUCK!--that is without the B in dumb, mind you—and see what sort of horrors we can uncover. This story is called “A Pitiful Little Town”, and was written by The Vespers Bell... You can find more from this author in these places: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheVespersBell https://www.reddit.com/r/Odd_Directions https://www.reddit.com/r/TheCrypticCompendium Vesper's Books: https://tinyurl.com/The-Vespers-Bell-Books --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Denizens of the night, welcome to another episode of the macabre; the terrifying. Broadcasting live from a holler full of bloodsuckers, I will be your guide through the witching hours. Tonight, we'll follow a feckless public defender as his newest case takes an unexpected turn toward the UNDEAD!Story written by: CTMacnamara: https://tinyurl.com/mv2at7aeCheck out the author's website here: https://ctmacnamara.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

As the day went on, more information was released. Sketches of their faces were shown, and not a single person said they knew them. Their identities were a mystery to us, yet we still felt shared mourning for their deaths. It was thought to have been a freak accident after checking various cameras and questioning local residents. Nothing suspicious was found... "A Broken Clock is Right Thrice a Day" was written by NomNomNomNation. You can find the story here: https://shorturl.at/jBCJL Find other stories from the same author here: https://www.reddit.com/user/NomNomNom... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

"John Woodford, in his first moments of returning consciousness, was not aware that he was lying in his coffin...." "The Man Who Returned", was written by Edmond Hamilton --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support