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

Off Florida’s Forgotten Coast, a stranded shrimp trawler promises Jonah Daughtrey the payday he has spent years chasing. Its hull appears intact, its cargo remains aboard, and no rival salvager has reached it. For once, the advantage is his. But the crew has left no tracks on the beach, and a scavenging bird soon draws his attention to something caught in the nets. Aboard the Job 2:7, Jonah finds signs of a disaster that never made it into the ship’s distress calls. While his first mate searches the deck, he ventures below, following the prospect of salvage into cram...

Conrad Owens grew up hearing about the Whispering Man—the mysterious figure his father blamed for his missing eye. It was a family ghost story, something to frighten children after the lights went out. Then Conrad mentions an uncle nobody remembers.
The photographs offer no answers. His family insists he’s mistaken. And somewhere nearby, an ordinary-looking man in a brown suit is quietly taking an interest. Join us for a chilling descent into a world where memories outlast the people who made them, and protecting someone you love can attract precisely the wrong attention.

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Teddy has made a terrible mess. His sister is dead. His beloved Peg has been destroyed. And Mother will be home at any moment. As Teddy races to conceal what happened inside their decaying family home, grief gives way to darker impulses—and an already horrifying crime threatens to expose the secrets the household has kept buried for years. But Teddy is not the only member of the family with a distorted understanding of love, obedience, and punishment. Written by Brian Warner, better known as Marilyn Manson, “All in the Family” is a transgressive descent into domestic depravity, where innoce...

In Perdition Ridge, the fog hides more than the horizon. A young boy lives among ramshackle shelters and hard-drinking shipyard workers, waiting for his father to explain why they cannot go home—and why his mother never came with them. His days belong to the fishing traps along the jetties. His nights are spent keeping quiet and hoping his father’s anger passes him by. Then a vessel emerges from the mist, carrying something no working ship should hold. The men ashore know more than they will say, and the stranger who promised his father a better life seems to h...

For generations, the McCoys and the Mullens have known exactly who to blame when something goes wrong. When their livestock begin dying overnight, old suspicions become fresh threats, and both families prepare to settle the score. Then the darkness starts moving. Something is crossing the fields, swallowing daylight and leaving silence behind. It has no interest in property lines or family names, and when it drives the neighbors beneath the same roof, their oldest enemy becomes someone they may need to trust.

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During the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Charlie and his two best friends find a cruel remedy for their boredom. Everyone in town recognizes Mr. Budokai, the little man with the bowler hat, the cane, and the smile that never seems to leave his face. Nobody knows much about his past. For Charlie’s friends, that makes him an easy target. Charlie knows their harassment is wrong. But knowing and refusing are different things, and one afternoon at the fruit market leaves him with a memory he cannot escape. Determined to make amends, he sets out to apologize, away from his fr...

A painful breakup has left one lonely bibliophile searching for companionship and a fresh start. A local book club seems like the perfect answer—until a visit to a flea-market bookstore places a cracked, leather-bound volume in his hands. Hidden inside is a folding Ouija board and a peculiar rhyme calling upon something known as the Mummer Man. Most of the group considers it harmless fun. Their host, Tara, is not so certain. When the chant ends and she sees a figure approaching through the cottage, skepticism gives way to terror—and the familiar rooms around them begin to obey...

How much would you sell yourself for—one piece at a time? Reporter Avery Asbury thinks a plasma clinic’s thousand-dollar offer could lead to the story of her career. Then she starts meeting the donors. Some are missing fingers. Others have given up far more. All of them keep coming back. Determined to expose what CaduceUs is buying behind closed doors, Avery follows the money into a medical nightmare. But she’s already signed up. Already rolled up her sleeve. And the deeper she digs, the harder it becomes to stay away.

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Pascal Millikin has enough to share. A successful career, a comfortable home, a family he adores—and room at the dinner table for one frightened little boy. After witnessing a child’s shocking abandonment on a New York street, Pascal offers him a refuge. His wife is charmed. His daughter is delighted. For a man who believes good fortune brings a responsibility to help others, welcoming Walter feels like the easiest decision in the world. Then things begin to disappear, and Pascal may soon discover just why someone else was in such a hurry to be rid of their late...

Maunderston has always been the kind of town where everyone knows everyone—and where secrets rarely remain buried for long. When teenager Hunter Davis is found dead after a crowded house party, the authorities call it a tragic accident. His mother calls it a lie. Then every road out of town becomes impassable, communication with the outside world abruptly ceases, and an impossible decay begins spreading from the Davis home. A stranger has arrived in Maunderston. He claims that an unjust death has occurred, and he will not leave until the guilty are delivered to him. As fear transforms ne...

Bullied, isolated, and desperate to escape his tormentors, Bradley runs into the woods—and finds a place that should not feel as though it has been waiting for him. Raised high among the autumn trees, the bat house is home to far more than the creatures named on its warning sign. Its shadowed interior seems to recognize Bradley’s pain. Its inhabitants whisper his name. And somewhere beyond the open hatch, something hidden from the daylight offers the frightened boy a sanctuary unlike any he has known. But refuge can become temptation, and the darkness that welcomes the unwanted rare...

After an eternity spent wandering the burning caverns of Hell, a nameless Southern soul is offered something almost unimaginable: a promotion. His new handler calls him Country and promises him water, shelter, and occasional passage back into the world of the living. All Country must do is enter the body of a girl believed to be possessed, follow the instructions transmitted through a strange insect-like device, and obey the rules governing Hell’s ancient contest with Heaven. Unfortunately, Country has received no training, understands almost nothing about his assignment, and has no intention of returning to the caverns. When hi...

In Moonville, pumpkins are everywhere—but no one dares carve them. When a reckless childhood prank leaves one prized pumpkin shattered across a neighbor’s porch, John expects punishment. Instead, he finds seeds appearing where they shouldn’t, decorations that seem to follow him with unseen eyes, and an enigmatic young woman who knows far more about him than she should. Drawn into her strange and intoxicating world, John begins to suspect that his hometown’s most cherished tradition conceals something unnatural. Something has been growing quietly inside Moonville—and once John discovers the truth, he may never look at the peo...

Private investigator Marlo Stark has built his career confronting mysteries that would unsettle lesser men. When Anne Hanpenberg hires him to locate her missing brother, the assignment carries him deep into the German mountains and through the doors of a crumbling ancestral castle where every corridor seems to conceal another secret. Fredrick Hanpenberg has vanished, but the evidence he left behind points toward something far more disturbing than an ordinary disappearance: grotesque journals, hidden chambers, hooded intruders, and a forbidden staircase descending into the earth. As Marlo follows the trail beneath Castle Hanpenberg, he begins to suspect that he...

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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When Kim’s estranged mother dies, the last thing Melissa expects is for their life together to be overtaken by the past Kim tried so hard to leave behind. Joshua is only a child, newly orphaned and clearly damaged by a strange upbringing. Melissa wants to be patient. She wants to support the woman she loves. But Joshua’s arrival brings more than grief into their home. He brings cloth masks with painted faces, handmade punishment dolls, whispered family rules, and a devotion to customs that should have ended with his mother’s death. At first, Melissa tells herself it is...

In this chilling installment of Horror Hill, Erik Peabody invites listeners into a world of polished success, private ambition, and appetites that hide behind perfect smiles. When a rising life coach is summoned to the home of an elite and deeply intimidating client, what begins as a career-making opportunity soon takes on an increasingly uneasy tone, suggesting that some people don’t seek guidance to better themselves—they seek something far more personal. Featuring Ryan G. Peacock’s “Juicebox,” this episode blends sharp social tension, psychological dread, and predatory horror into a sleek, unsettling nightmare where power, image, and control ar...

Tonight on Horror Hill, Erik Peabody invites listeners into the unsettling world of Ryan G. Peacock’s “Spacegirl,” a dark coming-of-age nightmare about cruelty, isolation, and the strange power that can hide behind a quiet face. In a school where mockery comes easy and kindness always seems to arrive too late, one outcast girl drifts at the edge of everyone else’s lives, watching, drawing, and enduring far more than anyone realizes. What follows is a slow descent into old grudges, buried pain, and the unnerving sense that some wounds do not stay buried forever. If you like your horror i...

In the latest episode of Horror Hill, Erik Peabody returns with two more unsettling tales from Ambrose Ibsen’s What Gathers at Dusk, drawing listeners into lonely places where the familiar begins to warp and the human form becomes something far less trustworthy. From a forgotten retreat swallowed by the wilderness to a remote stretch of country where silence itself feels watchful, these stories trade in creeping dread, fractured identity, and the terrible suspicion that something in the dark has been studying us for far too long. If you like your horror eerie, intelligent, and steeped in uncanny menace, th...

In this unsettling installment of Horror Hill, Erik Peabody brings you two haunting tales from Ambrose Ibsen’s What Gathers at Dusk — stories bound by a shared dread of things that do not belong, yet draw terribly near. A long-awaited return opens the door to unease no family could prepare for, while a weary traveler discovers that loneliness on the open road may be far from solitude. As familiar places turn hostile and ordinary nights curdle into waking nightmares, our latest episode invites listeners into a world where the line between the human and the inhuman is far thinner than...

Tonight on Horror Hill, host Erik Peabody invites you into a story where the darkest horrors aren’t born of ghosts or monsters—but of people. Of influence. Of ideas planted deep enough to take root. When a troubled youth is sent to a remote camp promising “reform,” he finds something far more insidious lurking beneath its surface. What begins as a fight for survival soon becomes a descent into something far more permanent—where the line between victim and perpetrator begins to blur, and the consequences of a single moment echo for decades.

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