Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast

Seacrist Elementary had always suffered from an unusually high number of absences. In the autumn of 1977, people finally began to understand why. A dead man is found sitting inside a locked classroom. A missing administrator’s name appears on a crude grave marker. Fire alarms ring without cause, children report impossible encounters, and a camera captures something that could not have happened. Yet every incident is explained away, forgotten, or buried beneath the next. Eighteen years after the school closed, former student Cy Wistrom awakens from a mysterious coma with his childhood memories suddenly restored. Now he is ready to...

This week on Horror Hill, descend beneath the streets of Salem for Henry Kuttner's classic “The Salem Horror”, a tale of witchcraft, forbidden knowledge, cosmic evil, and the terrible designs concealed just beneath the surface of the ordinary. Seeking solitude in an aging Salem house, a novelist discovers a secret chamber buried behind the walls of his cellar, a forgotten room belonging to a witch whose name has haunted the city for centuries. Within its strange geometric designs, he finds something he desperately needs: silence, concentration, and inspiration unlike anything he has experienced before. As forgotten dreams, whispered legends, and...

Seeking three quiet months away from New York City, Jeremy retreats to an isolated farm in rural New Jersey with little more than a roomful of books and plans to spend the summer immersed in the classics of Gothic literature. At first, Poroth Farm seems ideal. His landlords, Sarr and Deborah Poroth, are reserved but welcoming, the countryside is peaceful, and Jeremy finally has all the solitude he could want. Then the natural rhythms of the farm begin to falter. Something strange moves through the woods. Animals behave in ways Jeremy cannot explain. Familiar creatures become suddenly unfamiliar. And...

When two brothers stumble across an unmarked book hidden among the dusty shelves of their local library, what begins as an innocent curiosity quickly becomes something neither of them can explain. The strange symbols covering its pages seem meaningless to Bill—but to his younger brother Aaron, they are beginning to make perfect sense. Soon, Aaron is experimenting... and succeeding. As impossible tricks become increasingly dangerous demonstrations, Bill watches the brother he knows disappear behind an obsession with knowledge that was never meant for him. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

Two tales. Two very different nightmares. And two reckonings waiting in the darkness. In our latest episode, we journey from the blood-soaked wilderness to the quiet corridors of grief, pairing Jack Finn’s savage tale of supernatural retribution, “The Hunters,” with Ambrose Ibsen’s melancholy ghost story of love and regret, “The Smell of Old Paper.” One story asks what happens when nature finally gets its revenge. The other asks whether the things we leave unsaid ever truly leave us.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

This week on Horror Hill, prepare for a double feature of wildly inventive horror that gleefully blurs the line between terrifying and absurd. A murdered man discovers the afterlife comes with far more responsibilities than he ever imagined, while an unimaginable catastrophe transforms humanity's darkest fears into flesh-and-blood monstrosities stalking the streets. Packed with unforgettable imagery, razor-sharp dark humor, supernatural dread, and creatures that defy all logic, these two unforgettable tales prove that horror doesn't have to play by the rules to leave you looking over your shoulder.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

When Howard Blake journeys to the isolated village of Port Humber to investigate his brother's disappearance, he expects to uncover bandits, misfortune, or tragedy—not tales of witches, spectral riders, and things that move through the forest after sunset. But every frightened face in town tells the same story, and every warning points toward a lonely stretch of coastal road no sane traveler dares follow after dark. As reason collides with legend beneath gathering storm clouds, Howard discovers that some myths endure because they're true—and that there are places where humanity is no longer the dominant force.Li...

When an old friend reaches out after years of betrayal and silence, David expects an uncomfortable reunion—not a desperate race against a nightmare that may exist only in the mind... or somewhere far darker. Beneath a quiet railway bridge, whispers beckon from unseen depths, blurring the line between madness and something that should never have been discovered. As an unforgiving storm closes in and reality begins to unravel, David is forced to confront terrifying possibilities. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

In this chilling double-feature, familiar fears take on unimaginable forms as innocent childhood nightmares collide with the unforgiving isolation of deep space. Whether hidden beneath the floorboards of an ordinary home or lurking aboard an impossibly silent station, the horrors waiting in these stories share one terrifying truth: once you discover they're real, there's no going back.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

In today's episode of Horror Hill, a middle-aged traveler’s routine stop at a Sunoco gas station becomes a grotesque struggle for survival when he discovers that the silent occupant of a neighboring restroom stall is anything but human.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

Tonight on Horror Hill, a mortician's extraordinary bond with the departed is shattered when something sinister hijacks his carefully curated farewell songs, while a weary traveler discovers that the quickest route home may lead far beyond the borders of the living world.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

This week on Horror Hill, a man pushed to his breaking point discovers an impossible refuge—a place where fear, stress, and responsibility simply cease to exist. But every escape demands a price, and the deeper he retreats from the life waiting beyond the horizon, the more something ancient begins to take notice. As the boundary between reality and nightmare steadily erodes, he'll be forced to confront a darkness that knows him better than he knows himself. Featuring "Beyond the Blackout" by Elias Witherow, this unforgettable tale weaves psychological horror, supernatural dread, and emotional realism into a chilling meditation on...

When freelance videographer Craig accepts an offer to film a commercial for a promising new Tex-Mex restaurant, everything about the opportunity feels right. The owner is charismatic, the food is unforgettable, and the business seems destined for success. But after one complimentary lunch, Craig begins suffering from terrifying nightmares that refuse to fade with daylight. As strange visions blur the line between dream and reality, disturbing connections begin to emerge between the restaurant, a missing family, and secrets hidden behind the kitchen doors. What starts as a simple advertising gig soon becomes a desperate search for answers, forcing Craig...

In this chilling installment of Horror Hill, author RedBadAndy delivers a slow-burning supernatural nightmare filled with creeping dread, urban legends, and the terrifying realization that some destinations cannot be avoided forever. After a grueling shift at the hospital, Sylvia Brooks wants nothing more than a quiet evening at home. Instead, a routine elevator ride opens the door to an impossible place—one that shouldn't exist, yet somehow keeps calling her back. As unsettling encounters spread through her apartment building and neighbors begin dying under mysterious circumstances, Sylvia finds herself trapped between reality and nightmare, pursued by a presence that se...

 Host Erik Peabody introduces listeners to H.P. Lovecraft's 1923 novella The Lurking Fear, a tale that exemplifies the author's gift for blending atmospheric dread with cosmic horror. Drawn to Tempest Mountain after reports of mysterious killings and disappearances, an unnamed narrator becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind local legends surrounding the abandoned Martense estate. His investigation leads him through violent storms, isolated mountain settlements, and the dark history of a family long believed cursed. As companions vanish and evidence mounts, he discovers that the terror haunting the region may be far older—and far more horrifying—than anyone imagi...

This week on Horror Hill, Jordan Eilbert’s “Restoration, Part 2” plunges listeners into a terrifying world of fallen powers, shattered faith, and supernatural war — where the cost of victory may be greater than any mortal can bear. When restoration expert Fred Macaione accepted a lucrative late-night cleanup job inside an ancient marble structure, he thought he was dealing with little more than old blood and eccentric clients. Instead, he uncovered something buried beneath the stone — something alive with terrible purpose. Now hunted by forces beyond human understanding, Fred finds himself caught between demons, angels, and secrets hidden since the dawn of ci...

When restoration expert Fred takes on a high-paying job at an abandoned mansion, he expects another difficult cleanup — not a descent into something ancient and terrifying. The sprawling structure is covered in centuries-old bloodstains stretching across marble floors, walls, and towering statues of angels. Stranger still are the impossible spaces hidden within the mansion and the unsettling figures who seem determined to protect — or reclaim — whatever lies buried there. As mysterious warnings mount and reality itself begins to fracture around him, Fred is forced to confront a horrifying possibility: the massacre that took place inside those walls may never have t...

In the explosive Season 14 finale of Horror Hill, host Erik Peabody presents “The Horrible” by Sam Morris—a sprawling nightmare of psychological torment, ancient evil, and unimaginable transformation. What begins as a late-summer outing among friends quickly descends into a waking hell as strange voices, disturbing compulsions, and a monstrous presence begin to infect everyone they touch. As fear spreads through the isolated Rapaport mansion beneath the glow of a full moon, the line between internal madness and external horror collapses entirely. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

In this haunting episode of Horror Hill, Erik Peabody presents a groundbreaking tale of cosmic horror from 1923 that still feels disturbingly modern today. Deep in the Canadian wilderness, a doomed expedition encounters strange markings burned into stone by an impossible cold—signs that something ancient, alien, and utterly unknowable has crossed into our reality. As fear spreads through the isolated party, the laws of nature begin to unravel around them. Time slips. Seasons change overnight. Memories fracture. And lurking just beyond the firelight is a presence that sees humanity not as equals… but as specimens.Listen on YouT...

In our latest episode, what begins as a harmless evening of childhood fun slowly twists into a nightmare that defies explanation. Beneath the laughter and late-night stories, something is watching, waiting—blending in just well enough to go unnoticed. Until it doesn’t. From acclaimed author J.R. Hamantaschen comes a deeply unsettling tale of identity and danger hidden in plain sight.Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/