Fear From the Heartland — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast

Beyond the wasteland, beyond the last safe road, a mountain waits with its mouth open. Drawn onward by secrets, old wounds, and forces they barely understand, two men descend into a place of firelit stone, blind horrors, and ancient judgment. What they find below is not merely hidden history, but something living, watchful, and hungry. This episode promises a savage journey into darkness where ...

When the world begins to unravel, it isn’t always monsters or plagues that bring humanity to its knees. Sometimes, it’s the choices we make for love. In this chilling episode, two unforgettable tales explore what happens when devotion, betrayal, and desperation collide with the end of everything we thought we knew. In one story, a fractured couple struggling to hold their marriage together must...

In this chilling episode, humanity clings to survival in the shadow of a catastrophe that refused to stay buried. Safe havens come with conditions. Miracles arrive with strings attached. And the line between protector and predator grows thinner with every passing day. As civilization flickers in the ruins, listeners are invited into a world where salvation wears a reassuring smile, science prom...

This season-opening episode of Fear From the Heartland plunges listeners into a brutal, myth-soaked world crafted in the mind of author Hank Belbin, where forgotten gods leave monuments instead of mercy, where guidance may be a trap, and where simply enduring can mark you for something far worse than death. As the journey presses westward into hostile territory shaped by violence, decay, and un...

Before the headlines. Before the panic. Before the questions no one could answer— There was the night everything went wrong. This episode follows the eerie disappearance of a rising New York star and the unseen forces that converge around him: a volatile family bound by blood, a relentless pursuer with a long memory, and a performance that was never meant for human eyes. As the truth unravels, ...

In the blistered ruins of a world that has forgotten mercy, one man’s defiance becomes a spark in the kingdom of the damned. Across the desert wastes of Zimitra, faith is measured in blood, and the gods wear the faces of their victims. When a fallen assassin awakens beneath the knife of his captors, he is offered a single, unholy bargain—freedom, in exchange for a sin greater than any he has ye...

In this chilling episode of Fear From the Heartland, the line between guardian and monster blurs, and innocence collides with the demands of blood and shadow. When old pacts tremble and dark legacies fall into new hands, survival means choosing between loyalty and damnation. Enter a world where contracts bind deeper than family, where every smile may hide a fanged snarl, and where even the most...

When the lights go out and the world drifts into sleep, some secrets refuse to stay buried. In this haunting episode, we explore the thin veil between devotion and destruction, love and obsession, safety and terror. Two lives, worlds apart, are bound by the monsters that rise from within—and by the chilling truth that sometimes the greatest danger isn’t out there in the dark…it’s waiting at hom...

In this pulse-quickening episode of Fear from the Heartland, host Paul J. McSorley invites you to peer into the shadows with three unnerving tales from master storyteller Xavier Poe Kane. Beneath the surface of everyday lives, something sinister stirs—twisted hungers, impossible missions, and long-forgotten promises that demand to be kept. Tonight’s stories bend genre and morality alike, draggi...

The lights are low. The previews are over. The film begins… In this haunting episode of FFTH, what begins as an investigation into a missing audience spirals into something far more disturbing. Inside an aging suburban theater, the shadows stretch too long, the air buzzes with forgotten memories, and the screen holds more than a story—it holds a secret. One that shouldn’t be seen. One that refu...

Some names should never be spoken. And some promises echo louder in the dark. In this haunting episode of From Folklore to the Heartland, journey into the shadowed wilds of Slavic legend and twisted fairy realms, where ancient beings still barter in blood and gold—and the price of love may be far more than you’re willing to pay. Guided by the bone-cracking footsteps of Baba Yaga herself, host P...

When the dead start walking the streets of New Orleans, only one man seems to notice something's terribly wrong—and he's just unpacked his last moving box. In a city known for its mysteries, something ancient has awakened… something that doesn't fear bullets, boundaries, or the light of day. From abandoned mausoleums to back-alley bars, whispers grow louder: of shadows with no eyes, of men who ...

Two voices. One question: Would you listen if it sounded like someone you loved? When the wind howls and the light begins to flicker, something ancient stirs just beyond the threshold. In tonight’s episode, FFTH delivers a pair of haunting tales where isolation breeds temptation, and grief becomes the perfect bait. From the cliffs of a storm-battered lighthouse to the soot-choked hearth of a wo...

War never truly ends—it just changes shape. In this episode of Fear from the Heartland, the battlefield isn’t a jungle, a desert, or a distant warzone. It’s closer. Too close. When an unstoppable force begins its quiet invasion, one man finds himself fighting a war no one else seems to see, a war where the enemy is small but merciless, methodical, and multiplying. Paul J. McSorley delivers a ch...

Step behind the curtain and into the shadows—where deception, desire, and darkness intertwine. In this chilling episode of Fear From The Heartland, host Paul J. McSorley guides you through a labyrinth of human ambition, temptation, and deadly consequences. When trust is a fragile illusion and passion masks something far more sinister, who will be left standing when the final act unfolds? With ...

Step into the fiery depths of Hell's most twisted bureaucracy in the spine-chilling and darkly humorous season opener of Fear from the Heartland. Hosted by Paul J. McSorley, this episode invites you into a world where ambition clashes with cunning, chaos battles order, and failure is met with unthinkable consequences. Follow the journey of a veteran demon as he faces a trial like no other—a ha...

Step into the past, glimpse the future, and lose yourself in the extraordinary. In this special episode of Fear From the Heartland, host Paul J. McSorley invites you to revisit two timeless tales from the show's first season, both masterfully penned by J.C. Fields. These thought-provoking stories explore the boundaries of time, reality, and the human spirit, challenging perceptions of what it m...

Welcome to the Season 5 finale!  To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHe...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 24. Just one more episode until the show goes on hiatus, but fret not- all the material will be staying up for future listening pleasure.  To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the sh...

Gregory has always wanted to be a prolific writer. He was just never able to quite find the “muse.” That is until an ancient pen forged by a god came into his possession. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 22 of Fear from the Heartland. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: h...

In tonight’s tale teenage fans of a legendary Rock 'n' Roll star plunge into a perilous quest, determined to resurrect a forbidden song, hidden even from the Prince of Darkness himself. Their journey leads them to the eerie depths of Alex Ryder's abandoned mansion, where the boundaries between rock and horror blur. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t ...

Death photography was all the rage in the early 1800’s. For many grieving families, a picture of their deceased loved one helped them to heal. But for some, the macabre items were a gateway to terror To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromT...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 19 of Paul J. McSorley's Fear From the Heartland podcast!  To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or s...

A Halloween story that is meant to stir you in a way very different from the normal ghouls and goblins one is expecting in this season of zombies and killer clowns. An unusual tale of loss and the mental acknowledgment of such. The Halloween Funeral. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listen...

Evil Idol, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights’ voice acting competition, is back for 2023! That’s right: Evil Idol: Resurrection takes place this November!   It starts Monday, November 27, with a special twist! This year, we’ve left a spot in the competition open for one of our listeners, with no prior voice acting experience, to join the fray! To claim the lucky 13th position, what you need to do ...

The Hudson River Valley of New York state near the town of Sleepy Hollow, there is a tale of the annual visit of a nocturnal horse rider who is missing his head. The dates of these visits always correspond to the occurrence of Halloween. When the appearance of the horseman turns deadly, Shorty Small does what Shorty Small always does. He chases the phantom To watch the podcast on YouTube: http...

A local legend lurking in the Delta’s murky bottoms, revived each time someone entered the soggy forest and never returned, or worse—a mutilated corpse was discovered. It’s all fun and games until someone you know disappears. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link...

Dokkaebi: A goblin finds love in the arms of a broken human, and he'll remind her how much her kind can trust humans. AND The Anniversary: It's the Williams' anniversary and Robert is out of town...on business. June has a special surprise planned for her husband, which is nothing compared to the shock he unwittingly has for her. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainm...

They say the victors write history, but that’s just the outcome of one possible timeline. Sometimes in war, as in peace, some things are better remembered, lest history repeat itself. Then again, in the far reaches of believability, some things are better left forgotten–or unspoken of. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the pod...

Prometheus colony. The first outpost on Mars. Named for the Titan that dared to steal fire from the gods. To aid humanity. To help us grow. A name that seems strangely appropriate now, knowing his ultimate fate... and ours. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ...

A ruthless gang of bandits who encounter an unknown man sitting in Black Oaks saloon and offer to escort him through the canyons. The gang then stumble into a nightmarish world where homesteaders are being murdered and the people responsible are yet to be found. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever y...

Shorty Small, is about to meet a sinister doppelganger. When he and Claire are invited to a fancy formal dinner, they meet a man full of southern charm and money. The man is tasking Shorty to find the individual who is predicting dreadful tragedies and crimes to befall New Orleans. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast...

Katarina is just your everyday run of the mill Russian serial killer trying to eke out a living as a tattoo artist. Slade plays guitar for a low level band when he's not waiting tables to keep the lights on.Add a grease monkey lover boy and a restless spirit and things are bound to go sideways. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe t...

Tonight’s tales are meant only to toy with the possibilities that powers we can’t define or understand, may in fact exist despite our attempts to ignore, define, or expunge them from our world. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHear...

When Ghan dies by tooth and claw, all his battles cease right? Ghan soon learns, the afterlife is filled with much the same, that is until he learns who the one foe he never thought of battling for peace...himself. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://b...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 7! A path of trials, enigmas, and moral dilemmas. An ordinary guy in extraordinary circumstances. Do you feel lucky today? Well, do ya, punk? To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the...

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 6!  Cruel misunderstandings and surreal slumber. Reality is not always as it appears on the surface To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be ...

We’ve enjoyed bringing you the trials and tribulations of paranormal investigator Solomon Whyte. And now the last seven stories in this collection of shorts which focus on haunting specters...and the haunting of the mind. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ht...

Tanner Tangbridge was a loser, sorry no other way to put it. So how does his destiny change for the better, seemingly overnight? Possibly, an evil Creole voodoo priest? And now for your indulgence...The Fortune Shifter by Eric Fisher. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using...

A home for the elderly is not what it seems on the surface. And it’s secrets? Well, they must remain underground. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You ca...

The cycle of life, death, and rebirth. In each life, there are new lessons for us to learn. Live enough lives and you’re going to seriously f*ck up from time to time. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the sho...

I see them now, the fairies, naiads, kobolds... and they aren't what you think. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this...

A visit to a bookstore changes a normal day into a life-changing journey. Two strangers’ past take the very same path in a separate dimension. When the two converge and the final page shared— well... let’s just see how Michael and Laura respond To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or...

“Under a cruel and oppressive tyrant, Ghan must fight, both to avenge his wife’s brutal murder, and to reclaim his people’s land...” In the Bone Pit, none are “invincible." To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like t...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 23! In the aftermath of a bloody Christmas, Drew wakes up back with the Corporation that sponsors him. They saved his cousin who was mortally wounded but both of them are essentially prisoners. Drew is working on a new formula and a plan that could change everything, but first he needs to be rid of his infuriating handler. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bi...

Tonight we are dealing with horrendous encounters of earthly demise. We meet a serial killer and the grim reaper, with a different twist on each. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/FearFromTheHeartland If you like the show, telling a friend a...

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 21.5!   Shorty Small, the intrepid hit man from Chicago, tries to go clean, after “one more” hit. His quest to leave that life behind is successful...up to a point. Ending up in The Big Easy, his “hits” are aimed at beings of another dimension. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for fre...

Solomon Whyte, the paranormal investigator, travels the countryside inquiring on the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster, a possible vampire, and the whereabouts of Arthur Pendragon. More tales from the Tainted Isle. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bi...

Some evils are worse than others. In tonight’s tale, we learn of one such individual who preys on his fellow man for a specific reason. There is no explanation for this behavior other than he is compelled to do so by forces deep within his psyche. The Soul Collector. To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free where...