After Dark | Scary Horror Stories
byAfter Dark Studios
Fiction
Welcome to After Dark®, your destination for terrifying creepypasta, scary stories, and immersive horror tales told after dark. Each story delivers chilling narratives filled with paranormal encounters, urban legends, and psychological horror designed to keep you awake long after the lights go out. Turn off the lights, put on your headphones, and experience the scariest horror stories—after dark. New episodes every Friday at 8pm EST. * * * EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This podcast contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for chi...
Episodes(40 episodes)
Ten Feet of Rope
A blind woman escaping prison by rope and trust discovers that the deep West Virginia woods measure freedom in blood, not steps, and something ancient is counting her every breath.
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Jan 24, 2026Duration: 40:30
Why I Don't Get Into Cars With Strangers
A terrifying vision of her own murder comes true step by step, forcing a grieving girl to stop the night from repeating—or die in it.
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
#afterdark #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast #horror L...
Published: Jan 17, 2026Duration: 30:14
A Night in the Emerald Kingdom
When a weekend role-playing game at a remote camp turns into a waking nightmare, a young woman must outwit a delusional game runner who believes he’s a knight—and who’s willing to kill in order to claim her as his bride.
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Oct 4, 2025Duration: 40:27
The Trunk
A family’s fresh start in their dream home unravels into terror when their young son befriends something sinister hiding inside a locked trunk in the basement.
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Sep 27, 2025Duration: 38:45
The Self-Improvement of David Campbell
A down-and-out drifter awakens to a mysterious voice that promises to fix his life—but its idea of “help” may be far more unsettling than he imagines.
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
#afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorp...
Published: Sep 20, 2025Duration: 51:38
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[Part 3] Slashers vs. Mafias: PRISON BREAK - Yara's Story
Listen to this story from Jasper's perspective on Dr. NoSleep here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sqi0dJoIudYWq430DXRH5?si=c541cba23b0a4f38
Author: Dave Kavanaugh
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Sep 12, 2025Duration: 49:45
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[Part 2] Slashers vs. Mafias: PRISON BREAK - Yara's Story
Listen to this story from Jasper's perspective on Dr. NoSleep here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sqi0dJoIudYWq430DXRH5?si=c541cba23b0a4f38
Author: Dave Kavanaugh
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Sep 10, 2025Duration: 28:45
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[Part 1] Slashers vs. Mafias: PRISON BREAK - Yara's Story
Listen to this story from Jasper's perspective on Dr. NoSleep here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sqi0dJoIudYWq430DXRH5?si=c541cba23b0a4f38
Author: Dave Kavanaugh
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Sep 8, 2025Duration: 59:44
Poise in Pieces
Years after her crown has faded, a former beauty queen prepares a final performance for an audience that demands more than just her smile.
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
#afterdark #horror #horrorstories #scarystories #horrorpodcast </p...
Published: Sep 4, 2025Duration: 42:27
A Murder Worth a Thousand Words
A honeymoon in paradise turns into a nightmare when a dead woman’s face begins appearing in new photos on the couple’s digital frame—photos that seem to reveal her murder, frame by frame.
Author: Jake Bible
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advise...
Published: Aug 26, 2025Duration: 32:29
Feeding Joy | Part 2
A devoted husband struggles to care for his pregnant wife as her body transforms into something monstrous, drawing him into a government conspiracy and an otherworldly fate he can no longer escape.
Author: Jake Bible
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Aug 23, 2025Duration: 30:22
Feeding Joy | Part 1
A devoted husband struggles to care for his pregnant wife as her body transforms into something monstrous, drawing him into a government conspiracy and an otherworldly fate he can no longer escape.
Author: Jake Bible
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Aug 19, 2025Duration: 30:41
When the World Went Quiet
In a world driven mad by an unspeakable revelation, three survivors cling to fragile routines in their decaying apartment complex, each night haunted by the screams, silence, and shadows that press in from the darkness outside.
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Aug 14, 2025Duration: 37:15
There's a Grave in the Cemetery With My Name and Tomorrow's Date
Three girls stumble upon a hidden cemetery where every grave bears a name they know—and a death date yet to come.
Author: Jake Bible
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
#afterdark #hor...
Published: Aug 2, 2025Duration: 41:04
Smoke and Mirrors
Locked in an asylum for a fire she swears she didn’t start, Laura Gunshen stops taking the little yellow pills—and the memories, screams, and truth begin to burn their way back.
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Jul 29, 2025Duration: 31:56
I Was Posted to an Abandoned Lunar Research Base—But It’s Not Empty | Part 2
Alone on the moon, Commander Harper Stone begins to unravel—haunted by ghostly crewmates, a forbidden love, and the terrible truth buried beneath the lunar soil.
Author: Dave Kavanaugh
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Jul 26, 2025Duration: 28:57
I Was Posted to an Abandoned Lunar Research Base—But It’s Not Empty | Part 1
Alone on the moon, Commander Harper Stone begins to unravel—haunted by ghostly crewmates, a forbidden love, and the terrible truth buried beneath the lunar soil.
Author: Dave Kavanaugh
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Jul 22, 2025Duration: 23:13
A Witch by Any Other Name Would Still Burn as Sweet
They tortured me for names I didn’t have—until the real witch arrived and turned their inquisition into a blood-soaked reckoning.
Author: Jake Bible
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CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and depictions of violence intended for adults. Parental guidance is strongly advised for children under the age of 17. Listener discretion is advised.
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Published: Jul 19, 2025Duration: 32:09
My Brother Went Missing at Summer Camp in 1988—Last Week, He Came Back
Decades after surviving a legendary summer camp massacre, the so-called ‘Final Girl’ takes her story on the road—until a familiar shadow from the past begins following her from town to town.
Author: Jake Bible
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EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18...
Published: Jul 15, 2025Duration: 38:28
We're All a Little Mad in the End
Trapped in a crumbling asylum after the world ends, a deranged doctor clings to routine and sanity—until desperate survivors arrive, and his darkest instincts take over.
Author: Jake Bible
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EXPLICIT CONTENT DISCLAIMER:
This episode contains explicit content not limited to intense themes, strong language, and graphic depictions of violence intended for adults 18 years of age or older. These stories are NOT intended for children under the age of 18. Parental guidance is strongly ad...
Published: Jul 9, 2025Duration: 40:40