S7 Ep1: S7E01 – "Embrace the Strange" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark – the opening to yet another wonderful season, full of tales to terrify – we bring you four spine-chilling tales from author Maria Cisneros Toth, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about curious crimes, awful occupations, death on your doorstep, and creepy competitors. Tonight's tales come straight from Maria's 2014 book, "Strange, Weird,...
59m Aug 10, 2020
59m
S6 Ep24: 24: S6E24 – "Over and Under" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark – the finale to our sixth season – we bring you four spine-chilling tales from author Joshua L. Hood, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about creepy cabins, fearsome forests, unusual entities, and immortal evils. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 7m Aug 06, 2020
1hr 7m
S6 Ep23: 23: S6E23 – "Age-Old Oddities" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors N.J. O'Neail, Clark Ashton Smith, Theda Kenyon, and Gertrude Macaulay Sutton, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry. This episode's hand-picked collection of stories are pulled from the pages of the September 1930 edition of the iconic American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine, Weir...
49m Aug 03, 2020
49m
S6 Ep22: 22: S6E22 – "Knifepoint Reprisal" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three spine-chilling tales from author Soren Narnia, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about mysterious music, headless horrors, and educational atrocities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
56m Aug 01, 2020
56m
S6 Ep21: 21: S6E21 – "Cut and Dried" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three spine-chilling tales from authors Dan Weatherer, William Dalphin, and Matt Dymerski, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about illicit intentions, cryptic containers, and malevolent myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 3m Jul 27, 2020
1hr 3m
S6 Ep20: 20: S6E20 – "Misanthropic Motives" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three spine-chilling tales from authors N.M. Brown, Brandon Wills, Joshua L. Hood, and Jeremiah Huffman, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about grotesque growth, outdoor oddities, curious cryptids, and inhuman horrors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
57m Jul 23, 2020
57m
S6 Ep19: 19: S6E19 – "Silenced Screams" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three spine-chilling tales from authors Nick Carlson, S.R. Underschultz, and M.M. Kelley, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about nightmarish nature, brutal births, and terrifying towns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 12m Jul 20, 2020
1hr 12m
S6 Ep18: 18: S6E18 – "The Paranormal Price" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors Matt Dymerski, Christopher Maxim, Christopher Bloodworth, and Aric Sundquist, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about oppressive evils, conniving cults, gruesome games, and alarming attractions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
59m Jul 17, 2020
59m
S6 Ep17: 17: S6E17 – "Where It All Ends" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from author Matt Dymerski, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry. Matt is an award-winning Ohio-based author of horror and science fiction who has been entertaining readers for over a decade, and was the winner of Reddit NoSleep‘s “Best Multi-Part Story of 2012” for his Asylum series, as well as the for...
1hr 4m Jul 13, 2020
1hr 4m
S6 Ep16: 16: S6E16 – "Unnatural Narratives" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors August Derleth, James Causey, John J. Wallace, and Alice-Mary Schnirring, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, a hand-picked collection pulled from the pages of the January 1943 edition of the iconic American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine, Weird Tales – the very same publicatio...
1hr 2m Jul 10, 2020
1hr 2m
S6 Ep15: 15: S6E15 – "Guides to the Grisly" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors Seth Paul, Kyle Harrison, and Michael Squid, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about unfortunate families, suspect students, and risky rituals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 2m Jul 06, 2020
1hr 2m
S6 Ep14: 14: S6E14 – "Closer to the Grave" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors Kevin David Anderson, Byron Dunbar, Dan Weatherer, and Wentz Hesselman, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about cryptic confessions, bedtime terrors, eerie illnesses, and unbelievable effigies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
44m Jul 02, 2020
44m
S6 Ep13: 13: S6E13 – "Necessarily Nefarious" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors Dan Weatherer, Seth Paul, The Odd Cat Lady, and Meagan J. Meehan, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about sinister sheds, malevolent machinery, creepy kids, and insidious offers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 3m Jun 30, 2020
1hr 3m
S6 Ep12: 12: S6E12 – "Unwelcome Advances" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four spine-chilling tales from authors E.K. Kelly, Wentz Hesselman, Christopher Maxim, and Henry Kuttner, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about haunting humanoids, paranormal personalities, creepy crimes, and abnormal abodes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
58m Jun 25, 2020
58m
S6 Ep11: 11: S6E11 – "Come Hither and Give Horror" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three classic horror stories from authors Dr. Douglas Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, and M.R. James, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about cursed corpses, dastardly doctors, and awful artifacts – drawn from the depths of some of history’s most macabre minds. Learn more about your ad cho...
1hr 38m Jun 22, 2020
1hr 38m
S6 Ep10: 10: S6E10 – "Unsuspected Evils" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Elias Witherow, Sam Marduk, Emerry, and Andrew Harmon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about weird weather, Antarctic anomalies, untimely ends, and haunted hotels.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 4m Jun 20, 2020
1hr 4m
S6 Ep9: 09: S6E09 – "Short and Shivery" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors Meagan J. Meehan, Drew Stepek, Blair Daniels, Kevin Thomas, and Dylan Sindelar, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about eerie enchantments, creepy cabins, awful animals, locomotive legends, and forest fiends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...
1hr 3m Jun 15, 2020
1hr 3m
S6 Ep8: 08: S6E08 – "Abide the Signs" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Christopher Maxim, Irving Crane, Kyle Harrison, and Hugh Lu, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about ruinous rituals, diabolical disabilities, residual repercussions, and small-town terrors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
1hr 1m Jun 12, 2020
1hr 1m
S6 Ep7: 07: S6E07 – "Hybrid Horrors" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from author Christopher Maxim, Ryan Peacock, Kyle Harrison, and Dan Weatherer, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about evil eateries, fearsome felines, villainous vehicles, and paranormal portents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 21m Jun 08, 2020
1hr 21m
S6 Ep6: 06: S6E06 – "Where the Skies End" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from author Christopher Maxim, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about astral instructions, creepy canines, eerie elevators, and dangerous desires.   Today, we’re asking for your help, if you’re able to offer it, on behalf of tonight’s talented featured author. Regrettably, Chris has been hard-hit both...
56m Jun 04, 2020
56m
S6 Ep5: 05: S6E05 – "Insidious Inversions" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In tonight’s episode, dedicated to the very talented Christopher Maxim, I’ll be performing four stories for you, all of them from Chris’s catalog of fearsome fiction – about unexpected entrances, villainous voices, creepy cults, and sinister secrets.   Today, we’re asking for your help, if you’re able to offer it, on behalf of tonight’s talented featured author. Regrettably, Chris has been hard...
1hr 12m Jun 01, 2020
1hr 12m
S6 Ep4: 04: S6E04 – "Doorways to Dread" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Lucretia Vastea. WordDogger, Ryan Brennaman, and Seth Paul, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about spectral spaces, undead antagonists, forest fiends, and nefarious nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 17m May 28, 2020
1hr 17m
S6 Ep3: 03: S6E03 – "Quietly into the Night" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this special 3+ hour-long episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you three terrifying tales from author Rebecca Klingel (a.k.a. C.K. Walker), about dastardly disappearances, criminal comeuppance, and cryptic calls – and including Rebecca’s feature-length epic, Borrasca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3hr 14m May 25, 2020
3hr 14m
S6 Ep2: 02: S6E02 – "Fear of Yesteryear" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors C. Franklin Miller, Elwin J. Owens, Estil Critchie, and C.M. Eddy, Jr., performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, hand-picked from the pages of the December 1924 edition of the American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine Weird Tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...
56m May 21, 2020
56m
S6 Ep1: 01: S6E01 – "Evidence of Evil" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you six terrifying tales from authors William Dalphin, Michael Paige, Seth Paul, and W.C. Morrow, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about Halloween night horrors, phantasmal flames, dreadful discoveries, upstairs entities, disturbing disappearances, and righteous revenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...
1hr 2m May 18, 2020
1hr 2m
S5 Ep24: 24: S5E24 – "Cryptic Conclusions" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors WordDogger, Meagan J. Meehan, Jordan B., and T.J. Lea, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about sinister swamps, cursed conceptions, eerie intruders, and unsettling origins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 1m May 14, 2020
1hr 1m
S5 Ep23: 23: S5E23 – "Watch and Burn" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Kenneth Kohl, Gareth Shore, Michael Whitehouse, and Kris Mallory, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about irresponsible experiments, ruinous regrets, sinister strolls, and oceanic atrocities.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 4m May 11, 2020
1hr 4m
S5 Ep22: 22: S5E22 – "Speak and Spell" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Benjamin James, Jay Corvus, Luis Bermudez, Sean Tivenan, and Erik Peabody, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about terrifying testaments, devilish disappearances, selfish saviors, caustic companions, and horrific hosts. Each of this episode’s tales were written by competitors in 2019’s Evi...
1hr 12m May 07, 2020
1hr 12m
S5 Ep21: 21: S5E21 – "Sweet Vengeance" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Michael Paige, Ryan Peacock, and Lakk, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about sinful stalkers, vampiric vengeance, and sinister spirits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 25m May 04, 2020
1hr 25m
S5 Ep20: 20: S5E20 – "Skin Deep" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Seth Paul, N.M. Brown, James Colton, and Simon Simonian, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about nightmarish nature, costly curses, mysterious maulings, and hunters of humans.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
48m Apr 30, 2020
48m
S5 Ep19: 19: S5E19 – "Strange and Scary Things" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you seven terrifying tales from authors Kevin David Anderson, H.K. Reyes, Nick Botic, William Dalphin, Felix Blackwell, Robert Ahern, and David Feuling, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about fiendish folklore and so much more! All of the tales in tonight’s episode were originally planned to be included in Chilling Tales for D...
1hr 1m Apr 27, 2020
1hr 1m
S5 Ep18: 18: S5E18 – "Lurking in the Lore" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Jacob Senstad, Jon Thomas, Kyle Harrison, and Christine Morgan, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about aquatic atrocities, sinister sounds, lurid legends, and malevolent mythologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
52m Apr 23, 2020
52m
S5 Ep17: 17: S5E17 – "Weird Tales" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors Romeo Poole, Anthony D. Keogh, Denis Francis Hannigan, Thomas B. Sherman, and Henry W. Whitehill, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, hand-picked from the pages of the December 1924 edition of the American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine Weird Tales. Learn more about your ad choice...
1hr 23m Apr 20, 2020
1hr 23m
S5 Ep16: 16: S5E16 – "Paranormal Pages" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors Seth Paul, Nicholas I. Loyd, David Feuling, N.M. Brown, and The Vesper's Bell, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about vicious vermin, spellbound books, desert-residing demons, unnatural exchanges, and paranormal apothecaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...
1hr 28m Apr 16, 2020
1hr 28m
S5 Ep15: 15: S5E15 – "Bait and Switch" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Michael Paige, N.M. Brown, Devin Langan, and Stanley B. Webb, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about delicious deception, repairs gone wrong, wintry wrecks, and treacherous torrents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 3m Apr 12, 2020
1hr 3m
S5 Ep14: 14: S5E14 – "Beneath the Surface" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you five terrifying tales from authors Chris Bertman, N.M. Brown, Brandon Wills, CreepyCarbs, and Shannon Higdon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about suspicious scents, ritual resuscitation, ravenous revenants, paranormal playmates, and perilous pets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
52m Apr 09, 2020
52m
S5 Ep13: 13: S5E13 – "A Dangerous Dance" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors James Colton, Brian Martinez, Jacob A. Martz, and Thomas Anthony Lay, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about malevolent museums, horrific homes, nightmarish neighbors, and evil elementals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
47m Apr 06, 2020
47m
Bonus Episode # 11 – "Doctor Death" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you an epic classic horror tale, from the master of the macabre, H.P. Lovecraft, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about a physician who believes death isn’t the end, but just the beginning.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 36m Apr 02, 2020
1hr 36m
S5 Ep12: 12: S5E12 – "Alien Intentions" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four extraordinarily terrifying tales from authors N. Christ, Joshua L. Hood, B.T. Joy, and SpookFox, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about extraterrestrial transmissions, alien entertainment, insidious institutions, and imminent extinction – all of them themed around the idea that there’s got to be more than mankind livi...
47m Mar 29, 2020
47m
Bonus Episode # 10 – "Sleep Tight" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors PerfectCircle35 and Michael Whitehouse, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about fiendish “friends” and bedside beasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2hr 9m Mar 28, 2020
2hr 9m
S5 Ep11: 11: S5E11 – "Out of Place, In Your Mind" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors StarlessandBibleBlack, Zyon Johnson, Christopher Maxim, and Sasha Brokov, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about nocturnal nightmares, evil experiments, unusual attics, and dangerous dates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 17m Mar 22, 2020
1hr 17m
Bonus Episode # 9 – "Blind Ambition" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors Max Rosa and L. Chan performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about paranormal perceptions and diabolical doorways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
55m Mar 18, 2020
55m
S5 Ep10: 10: S5E10 – "Rise and Fall" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from Shannon Higdon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about doomsday from a distance and suicidal assistance. Also, a warning to our more sensitive listeners: tonight’s episode contains content of a particularly violent and emotionally jarring nature, and its stories with particularly sensitive subject...
2hr 45m Mar 15, 2020
2hr 45m
Bonus Episode # 8 – "Stoned Unturned" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark (http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/category/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/) , we bring you two terrifying tales from authors K.E. Moore and Matt Dymerski, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry (http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/performers/otis-jiry/) , about fearsome formations and mental maladies Learn more about your ad cho...
1hr 10m Mar 11, 2020
1hr 10m
S5 Ep9: 9: S5E09 – "The Depths of Depravity" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from Rick Pyle, Simon Nagel, Tyler King Lee, and Adam Bolander, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about deals with devils, eerie elevators, malevolent morticians, and supernatural stalkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 23m Mar 08, 2020
1hr 23m
Bonus Episode # 7 – "Danger on Your Doorstep" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark (http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/category/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/) , we bring you two terrifying tales from authors CardboardPizzas and Christopher Maxim, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry (http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/performers/otis-jiry/) , about creepy clairvoyance and paranormal pets. Learn more about ...
40m Mar 04, 2020
40m
S5 Ep8: 8: S5E08 – "Follow the Fear" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from Evan Spry, Alex Taylor, and two anonymous authors, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about vicious voices, deadly decisions, ruinous replications, and small town terrors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1hr 9m Mar 01, 2020
1hr 9m
Bonus Episode # 6 – "Animal Instincts" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors Rebecca Klingel (C.K. Walker) and Andrew Harmon, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about wintry wrongdoings and altered animals. Sign up to our mailing list to be entered to win monthly giveaways and custom stories, plus access to EXCLUSIVE subscriber-only narrations and inside update...
1hr 6m Feb 26, 2020
1hr 6m
S5 Ep7: S5E07 – "Terrifying Trappings" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Joseph Payne Brennan, Maya Ellert, Nick Botic, and Dan Weatherer, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about evil antiques, malevolent motels, documents danger, and occult attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
49m Feb 23, 2020
49m
Bonus Episode # 5 – "Of Names and Numbers" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this bonus episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you two terrifying tales from authors Aaron Shotwell and Brian Russell, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about ancient artifacts and chilling challenges. Sign up to our mailing list to be entered to win monthly giveaways and custom stories, plus access to EXCLUSIVE subscriber-only narrations and inside updates: https://w...
1hr 1m Feb 19, 2020
1hr 1m