Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast

They thought they had pulled off the perfect crime. A remote house. No witnesses. No ties to the outside world. Just time, money… and a chance to disappear. But beneath the floorboards, something older waits. A hollow carved deep into the earth. A place where the lost are gathered. Where the guilty are welcomed. Where the living are broken, piece by piece, until nothing remains. Listen on YouT...

Out in the silence of the desert, there are no neighbors, traffic, or noise. So when something does break the stillness… you notice. At first, it’s just music—faint, distant, almost forgettable. But as the night deepens, the sound draws closer, pulling one man into a mystery he cannot ignore. What he discovers will challenge everything he knows about his life, his memories… and the world itself...

Beneath a pitiless New Mexico sky, a young outlaw rides into the dead man’s country and finds something far worse than the law waiting for him there. In this brutal, slow-burning descent into western horror, D.R. Wisniewski conjures a world of dust, blood, and spiritual desolation, where a charismatic monster known only as the Deacon moves through the frontier like a living omen. As violence cl...

This week on Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, Ryan Major delivers a brutal blend of science fiction and horror in “Mirage Station,” a story that begins with a forklift driver chasing a paycheck and ends at the edge of something humanity was never meant to touch. Hidden in the frozen emptiness of Wyoming, a heavily guarded logistics hub serves a client so unusual that most workers never dare ask questio...

On this haunting installment of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, Drew Blood ushers listeners into a windswept stretch of coastline where profit, pride, and old superstition collide. When a veteran fisherman sets his sights on the bountiful waters of Ash Bay, he finds himself drawn toward a place where the locals know better than to speak too loudly, question too much, or ignore the rituals that keep th...

On this week’s episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, author P.D. Williams delivers two unnerving tales of strange roads, false intentions, and the danger of assuming you know exactly what kind of world you’re walking into. First, four blues musicians set out for Clarksdale and find themselves pulled into a night that feels increasingly wrong with every mile. Then, a smug online do-gooder goes loo...

Fresh out of prison after more than two decades, Dennis Prater is handed something he never expected—a second chance. A quiet home tucked deep in the woods. A clean slate. A future he thought was long gone. But freedom doesn’t feel the way he imagined it would. The house is too perfect. The silence, too complete. And the people he meets along the way seem just a little too eager… too interested...

A quiet town in rural Ohio has built a reputation on an old legend—a creature said to roam the surrounding woods, glimpsed in the dark and whispered about in hushed tones. Most locals treat the stories like harmless folklore… the kind that makes for a good festival and a few campfire laughs. But some legends aren’t meant to be celebrated. When a winter storm rolls in and a late-night drive turn...

In this chilling installment of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, a long-forgotten discovery in the woods leads to a mystery that refuses to stay buried. What begins as an innocent exploration soon reveals something far older—and far more dangerous—lurking beneath the surface, waiting patiently in the dark. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/Chil...

In the ashes of civilization, where rusted towers scrape a bleeding sky and the law of the gun reigns supreme, there are still those who walk the boundary between life and death. They are called Waykeepers — wardens of souls in a land where demons whisper in the dark and ancient powers stir beneath the earth. Tonight, Drew Blood brings you a grimdark western fantasy of loss, vengeance, and forb...

Some miracles come with fine print. When a man’s life is violently cut short in a forgotten corner of the city, he’s offered something impossible: a second chance. But survival is never free. Somewhere in the shadows, someone is keeping records. And when the bill comes due, it won’t be paid in dollars. In this chilling tale of Faustian horror from Michael Marks, the line between healer and harv...

Some languages are dead. Some were buried. And some should never be spoken again. This Friday the 13th, Drew Blood invites you into the shadowed corridors of academia, where ambition and brilliance walk hand in hand—and where one gifted linguist uncovers something older than civilization itself. What begins as a scholarly triumph soon spirals into a quiet, creeping dread, as forgotten words beg...

What if death isn’t the end? In this haunting episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, science, obsession, and mortality converge in a story that dares to linger where no one was meant to stay. Inspired by one of the most unsettling ideas in classic horror literature, tonight’s tale explores the forbidden edge between life and death—and the terrible consequences of refusing to let go. With Drew Bloo...

In this week’s episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, a seemingly small obsession grows teeth. What begins as childhood resentment and quiet humiliation slowly sharpens into something methodical, patient, and deeply unsettling. In a world where predators wear many faces, innocence proves fragile, empathy erodes, and nature itself watches with an unblinking eye. Told with mounting dread and a creep...

Some invitations are impossible to refuse... In this harrowing episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, a seemingly simple reunion opens the door to something ancient, intimate, and profoundly wrong. What begins as discomfort slowly curdles into obsession, corruption, and a sickness that refuses to remain contained within the body—or the mind. Blending cosmic dread with visceral body horror, tonight...

When the sirens sound in Allister Valley, it’s already too late to ask questions. In this haunting episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, listeners are invited into a quiet town with a rule everyone follows—but no one fully explains. The emergency alerts don’t warn of storms or disasters. They warn you to hide. To lock the doors. To ignore the voices outside that sound exactly like the people you’...

On this episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, a frozen Wisconsin lake becomes the setting for a mystery that refuses to stay contained. What begins as a routine investigation soon drifts into far more dangerous territory, where local history, whispered warnings, and long-dismissed legends collide. Beneath the stillness of the ice, something ancient stirs—something that has been waiting patiently ...

Some families pass down heirlooms. Others pass down secrets. In this season premiere of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, a single story unfolds into a vast and unsettling nightmare—one where thought itself becomes a battleground, memory is a weapon, and unseen forces wait patiently just beyond human understanding. When a man discovers that the strange abilities he’s lived with since childhood are part ...

On a lonely stretch of backwoods road, faith and fear walk hand in hand—and not everyone makes it home. In this chilling episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, redemption comes at a cost, and belief proves far more dangerous than doubt. A man trying to get his life back on track finds himself brushing up against forces that thrive in secrecy, ritual, and righteous conviction. What begins as an ord...

Some families argue over politics. Some fight over food. Others… well, you'll see. This holiday season, Drew Blood’s Dark Tales delivers a Christmas episode steeped in bile-black humor, dysfunctional family dynamics, and the kind of creeping dread that thrives when people are packed together, drunk on nostalgia, and already halfway to violence. From cigarette-choked living rooms and long-simmer...

In this chilling new episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, vanity, desperation, and hidden menace intersect in a story that peels back the glossy surface of self-improvement to reveal something far darker beneath. When one man seeks a simple solution to his insecurities, he steps into the orbit of a charismatic “professional” whose charm is only the first layer of a far more unsettling reality. W...

On a cold Krampusnacht evening, Drew Blood invites you in for a tale that cuts deeper than grief and lingers long after the last word fades. When a devastated father runs out of money, options, and hope, a sympathetic cemetery caretaker offers him a solution no parent should ever have to consider. But the dead do not always rest easy… and sometimes the smallest compromises open the door to unfa...

A quiet night shatters when a desperate father awakens to a nightmare in his daughter’s room—an intruder with a painted grin and an impossible demand. What begins as a home invasion spirals into a hunt through forgotten history, where the legacy of a long-dead magician still casts a shadow darker than any stage curtain. In this tense and claustrophobic tale from author Jason Fischer, Drew Blood...

At the edge of the Canadian wilderness, where fog-drenched asphalt disappears into endless forest, the night shift is supposed to be silent. Uneventful. Predictable. But tonight, a lone border officer discovers that some travelers don’t arrive by road…and some questions shouldn’t be asked. In this eerie, slow-burn mystery from author Robert J. Bradshaw, a quiet outpost becomes the stage for som...

Halloween may be over, but the night isn’t done with you yet. In this chilling new episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, Drew cracks open one last piece of the season—something sharp, something rotten, something left on the doorstep long after the jack-o’-lanterns have burned out. Featuring a grim and unforgettable tale from Velox Books author Jason Fischer, this episode drags listeners back into...

From the mind of J.G. Martin comes a descent into small-town ruin, corporate secrecy, and cosmic dread. When a new research facility rises on the outskirts of a dying town, the locals are promised jobs, prosperity, and progress. What they get instead is silence… and something watching them from the dark. As alarms sound and the snow begins to fall, one man discovers that some lights aren’t mean...

This Halloween, Drew Blood’s Dark Tales invites you into the haunted corridors of recollection — where love, loss, and obsession intertwine. Tonight’s tale from award-winning author RedBadAndy, winner of the Spooky Season 2025 Writing Contest, explores what happens when a man’s grief opens a door that was never meant to be found. Step inside Precious Memories, a story that asks: if the past cou...

This week, host Drew Blood returns to guide you through a tale of quiet terror and family ties that run deeper than blood. From author K.G. Lewiscomes a chilling journey into the heart of small-town darkness—where nothing is what it seems, and some things should have stayed at the bottom of the lake. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainm...

This week on Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, we head deep into the backwoods, where the quiet rustle of leaves hides things better left undisturbed. When a friendly knock on the door turns into something far stranger, a man learns that some rural traditions aren’t meant to be carried on. From Midwestern author Jesse Pullins comes “The Deer Stand,” a chilling tale of small-town courtesy curdling into h...

When a father and son set out on one last drive together, the road ahead seems endless—until it isn’t. Beneath the hum of the tires and the shimmer of polished chrome lies something ancient, waiting, hungry. In “Highway to Hell”, author K.G. Lewis invites you into a tale of inheritance, temptation, and the kind of family tradition that never dies easy. So buckle up, friend. The tank’s full, the...

In a town where silence lingers heavier than smoke, a stranger arrives with nothing but his past and the promise of a steady hand. What he finds is a place drowning in mystery, loss, and something far more unsettling than disease. This week on Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, journey into a western nightmare from D.R. Wisniewski, where the line between duty and damnation blurs, and the dead may have mo...

In this episode of Drew Blood's Dark Tales, ordinary lives unravel in extraordinary ways, where humor twists into horror and chance encounters reveal something far more sinister lurking beneath. Each tale invites you to step closer, to laugh, to shiver, and to wonder what waits for you in the shadows of the everyday. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/Chill...

When the firelight fades and the night grows heavy, some tales refuse to stay buried. In this episode, the host invites you to gather close as he spins a story steeped in fear, family, and the dark legacies we carry. What begins as an ordinary night soon twists into a journey through dread, despair, and the kinds of horrors that linger long after the telling. To watch the podcast on YouTube:...

This week on Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, we crack open the vaults of deep space and darker secrets. From the pen of A.W. Mason comes a tale where corporate ambition collides with the unknown, and a single voice on the other end of a transmission may change everything. Part sci-fi mystery, part psychological thriller, this episode dares you to ask: when the truth finally calls, will you have the co...

In the mud and chaos of the First World War, soldiers knew the trenches held every kind of danger. But sometimes, the worst terrors aren’t the ones wearing another army’s uniform. In this week’s episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, we present Jack Finn’s chilling story “No Man’s Land.” Step into the cratered wastelands of Flanders, where a handful of weary men find themselves cut off, surrounded...

On this week’s Drew Blood Dark Tales, Drew welcomes back author Jesse Pullins with a tale torn straight from the shadows. From the pages of his collection Silent Screaming comes a story of false faces, hidden truths, and the terrible price of stepping across a stranger’s threshold. Between Drew’s wry banter, a crackling storm outside, and a package that carries more than its weight in mystery, ...

On this week’s Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, step beyond the veil of the ordinary and into a world where secrets fester in the dark, and what waits in the shadows may not be what it seems. From author J.G. Martin comes a chilling blend of cosmic dread and human fragility—a tale that asks what price we pay when monsters aren’t the ones we should fear. Settle in, friend… tonight’s story may just chang...

This week on Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, the quiet rhythm of suburban life shatters under the boots of men in black. The streets are locked down, the houses boarded up, and a strange symbol gleams wetly in the dark. Somewhere beyond the barricades, something impossibly tall is moving—its footsteps like distant thunder, its hooded face hidden from the world. In the uneasy silence between storms, ne...

A cabin in the mountains. A neighbor who shouldn’t be there. And something in the hollow that knows your name. In this chilling installment of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, journey deep into the heart of Appalachia, where the forests are older than memory and the wind carries more than just a song. What begins as a quiet mountain retreat quickly unravels into a waking nightmare, as ancient whispers,...

Extreme justice isn’t just blind—it’s personal. When the system fails and the worst among us walk free, someone out there decides to fix it—with tools far more brutal than the courts ever dared imagine. In this ferociously twisted continuation of last week’s tale, vengeance comes wrapped in latex and wire, and the reckoning is just getting started. Author Wade H. Garrett returns with Part Two o...

In this week’s episode of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, extreme-horror master Wade H. Garrett brings a story as brutal as it is darkly hilarious—a twisted tale of justice where the predators of society find themselves hunted. With Drew Blood’s trademark grit and grim humor guiding the way, "How to Catch a Predator" delivers a relentless ride through humiliation, chaos, and the kind of comeuppance th...

What do you get when a palm reader’s prophecy goes sideways, three very bad liars try to cover it up, and something from beyond refuses to stay buried? This season premiere delivers a devilishly fun descent into madness, where every solution only digs the hole deeper—and darker. With a full-cast performance, razor-sharp wit, and a house that may have plans of its own, this story blends horror, ...

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In the bleak shadows of a fractured world, duty doesn’t end when the mission is over—it only evolves. As the mysterious Albedo Administration deploys its most unflinching operatives, one seasoned enforcer is handed an unexpected task: to guide a fledgling warrior through her first trial. But beneath the surface of their assignment, hidden threats stir, alliances are tested, and survival hinges ...

This week on Drew Blood’s Dark Tales… When a battle-hardened hitman stumbles into a nightmare no bullet can solve, salvation arrives from the most unlikely of allies: a bickering Southern couple armed with nothing but attitude, holy Vaseline, and a trailer full of bad decisions. From the outrageous mind of P.D. Williams comes a horror-comedy caper soaked in grit, guts, and gasoline, where the u...

Some heights were never meant to be climbed. This week, journey beyond the edge of the known world in a tale as breathtaking as it is terrifying. When three climbers defy the warnings and set out to conquer one of Earth’s deadliest peaks, what they discover buried in the snow is not just a test of endurance—but a waking nightmare. From the mind of celebrated author Ambrose Ibsen comes a story o...

The night before Halloween has many names—Devil’s Night, Mischief Night, Cabbage Night—but one thing’s always the same: it’s when the rules bend, shadows stretch, and something stirs just beyond the safety of streetlights. In this special episode, Drew Blood invites you to tag along with two teenage pranksters out for a laugh... and stay for what they never saw coming. Featuring a wickedly clev...