Episode 232: Church Horror

Season 5, Episode 232,   Apr 03, 08:45 PM

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Church horror stories are especially terrifying because they twist a place meant to offer sanctuary, faith, and divine protection into something sinister and corrupted. The contrast between holiness and horror creates an unsettling atmosphere where the very symbols of comfort, stained glass windows, flickering candles, and solemn hymns, become eerie and menacing. There’s also the fear of the unknown, the possibility that forces beyond human understanding are at work, lurking in the shadows of sacred halls. Whether it's whispers in an empty cathedral, haunted relics, or the presence of something unholy, church horror stories prey on our deepest fears of faith turned against us.

Today’s phenomenal opening story is ‘Bloody Church’, an original work by Thomas Miller, kindly shared with me via email for the express purpose of having me exclusively narrate it here for you all.

Tonight’s next terrifying tale of Scottish forest insanity is ‘On a Hill’, by Michael Whitehouse, kindly shared with me via the Creepypasta Wiki and read here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license. 

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/On_a_Hill

Today’s third tale of the weird and macabre is ‘The Catholic Church knows the truth about Hell, but the documents are buried deep within the Vatican Secret Archive’, an original work by The Vatican Archivist, narrated here for you all with the author’s express permission: 

https://www.r-ddit.com/user/TheVaticanArchivist/

Our final tale, ‘The Parish Depths’ is an original story by Cameron Campbell, kindly shared directly with me for the express purpose of having me exclusively narrate it here for you all. 

https://www.reddit.com/user/Swelldritch