| Host: | David Cummings |
| Language: | English |
| First Aired: | June 13, 2011 |
| Status: | Weekly |
The NoSleep Podcast is an anthology horror fiction podcast.[1]
NoSleep began as a subreddit, or forum, on Reddit where people can post fictional scary stories, while others can join in to the experience, by pretending they have happened, or are happening, to their creator.[2] With the popularity of NoSleep, a member named Matt Hensen proposed the idea of creating a podcast where the top stories from the NoSleep subreddit would be narrated in an audiobook style.[3] The idea was well received and a few months later a small group of members released the first episode of The NoSleep Podcast.[4] During their first two seasons, David Cummings assumed the role of host and producer, working with volunteer Redditors to help narrate and produce content for the show.[5]
The popularity of The NoSleep Podcast rapidly grew as the production quality became more professional.[6] Regular voices on the show who provide narration for its stories include David Cummings, Jessica McEvoy, Peter Lewis, Nikolle Doolin, Nichole Goodnight, David Ault, Jeff Clement, Erika Sanderson, Addison Peacock, Mike DelGaudio, Atticus Jackson, Dan Zappulla, James Cleveland, Elie Hirschman, Kyle Akers, Alexis Bristowe, Wafiyyah White, Jesse Cornett, Mick Wingert, and Erin Lillis. Despite horror arguably being a traditionally male-dominated genre, many of the narrators and authors of stories featured on the show, and also half of its 2 million regular monthly listeners are female.[7]
Self-taught composer Brandon Boone, who joined The NoSleep Podcast in 2013, became responsible for the majority of the show's music by Season 5. The NoSleep Podcast theme was written by David Cummings and has evolved with each season of the show. The show also works with a number of artists to create original illustrations for each episode. New episodes typically air every Sunday and contain five or six stories per episode, not including bonus releases. Every year the show also produces a new collection of the flash stories in their "Suddenly Shocking" series and a retro radio drama series, "Old Time Radio".[8] In 2015, the podcast was downloaded 600,000 times.
The NoSleep Podcast has also featured stories from authors who have gone on to publish their works, including the "Penpal" series from Dathan Auerbach, "99 Brief Scenes from the End of the World" by T.W. Grim, "What Happens When the Stars Go Out" by Jesse Clark, and "Psychosis" by Matt Dymerski. The NoSleep Podcast is also one of the few podcasts in its genre that pays its creative contributors.[9]
Special guests that have appeared on the podcast include Mike Flanagan,[10] Kate Siegel,[10] Samantha Sloyan,[11] Elijah Wood,[12] and Kurtis Conner.[13]
The NoSleep Podcast began as a volunteer endeavor, with all expenses being paid for out of pocket by its core team.[14] As the quality of the show increased, expanding from a 30-minute format to over two hours per episode, the show announced that it had become unsustainable without outside funding.[15] Just before the release of its 3rd Season The NoSleep Podcast unveiled the Season Pass Program, whereby listeners pay a one-time subscription fee each season to have access to 25 full length episodes, in addition to a selection of subscriber-exclusive bonus episodes.[16] This is unique in that fans of the show (referred to as the "Sleepless") who are not a part of the program still receive free access to shorter versions of each episode, generally consisting of the first one or two stories, as they're released.[17] The Season Pass Program has been successful in not only sustaining the show, but also in allowing David Cummings to focus full-time on production.[18] It also allowed the show to expand releases to a weekly schedule.[19]
Seasons of the NoSleep Podcast contain at least 25 episodes which each run for approximately one hour. Season Pass membership includes bonus stories in each episode, increasing each episode's typical length to over two hours. As a bonus, Season Pass members are also awarded three additional episodes throughout the season.[20] The NoSleep Podcast is supported by most podcast apps available for iPhone, Android, iOS, and Windows. The season pass is also available to stream from most podcast apps, though it is slightly more limited (Spotify currently does not support the NoSleep Podcast's season pass).
| Season & Episode | Story # | Story | Author | Summary | Voice Actor(s) | Producer | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S01E01[21] | 1 | "The Stairs and the Doorway"[22] | Eric Dodd | A night watchman at a college discovers something horrifying in the basement of the campus science building. | David Cummings | DavidCummings | June 13, 2011 |
| 2 | "The Midnight Man"[23] | V. Rusanovsky | A man who doubts the existence of an elusive creature known as "The Midnight Man" learns that it's more real than he originally thought. | Alex Beal | David Cummings | June 13, 2011 | |
| S01E02[24] | 1 | "My First House"[25] | Author Unknown | A man inherits an abandoned house from his grandparents, learning soon afterwards the terrifying reason they left it. | DavidCummings | DavidCummings | June 26, 2011 |
| 2 | "By the Light of the Firefly"[26] | Luke Weller | A young boy follows a firefly into the woods late one night and finds himself lost in a strange area of the forest. | David Cummings | DavidCummings | June 26, 2011 | |
| 3 | "I Still Don't Know What to Think"[27] | Jason Baird | A strange late-night occurrence involving her disabled stepfather leaves a girl unsure what to make of the whole incident. | Allison Stein | DavidCummings | June 26, 2011 | |
| 4 | "The Basement" [28] | Matt Dymerski | A young man receives an unwelcome visit from a mysterious stranger while home alone. | David Cummings | DavidCummings | June 26, 2011 | |
| S01E03[29] | 1 | "Don't Ever Turn it Off"[30] | Jimmy C. Broadhead, Jr. | A couple moves into an apartment building with a strange feature built into the wall of the basement: a faucet that never seems to run out of water. | Alex Beal | David Cummings | October 7, 2011 |
| 2 | "The Cornfield"[31] | Karina Young | Two girls dare each other to enter a corn field in the middle of the night, but things quickly go awry. | Jinny Sanders | David Cummings | October 7, 2011 | |
| 3 | "The Thing in the Fields"[32] | Joseph Baker | A man finally decides to put an end to a horrifying creature that has been terrorizing him his entire life. | DavidCummings | David Cummings | October 7, 2011 | |
| S01E04[33] | 1 | "Jack's Back" [34] | Linda Groth | A man thinks something is wrong with his landlord after strange occurrences begin to happen late at night. | David Cummings | David Cummings | October 7, 2011 |
| 2 | "This is My House"[35] | Erika Blair | A young woman complains about the specter of a girl that seems to haunt her house, but everything is not as it appears to be. | Isla Schanuel | David Cummings | October 7, 2011 | |
| 3 | "There's Something Wrong"[36] | Joshua Giles | A woman wakes up in the early hours of the morning after a wild house party to discover that she's not alone. | Wade Thorson | David Cummings | October 7, 2011 | |
| 4 | "Stinson Beach"[37] | Walter Smith | Increasingly bizarre and horrific events begin happening to two friends after they find and watch a disturbing video tape. | David Cummings | David Cummings | October 7, 2011 | |
| S01 Bonus Episode 01[38] | 1 | "Butcherface"[39] | A.J. Garlisi | Two friends set out to find the reason behind the creation of a set of disturbing tapes involving a man committing horrendous acts of violence. | David Cummings | David Cummings | January 8, 2011 |
| S01E05[40] | 1 | "Tales of a New York Subway"[41] | Colin Thomson | A young woman boards a subway to take a late-night ride home, but is disturbed by her fellow passengers... especially a man who keeps coming closer to her. | Jinny Sanders | David Cummings | October 8, 2011 |
| 2 | "A Game of Flashlight Tag"[42] | William Dalphin | A man recalls the chilling events that transpired one fateful night of his youth when the children of his neighborhood all got together to play. | Drew Cummings | David Cummings | October 8, 2011 | |
| 3 | "I Couldn't Resist You"[43] | Chris Coffman | A chance encounter between a man and a young woman quickly spirals into something dangerous. | David Cummings | David Cummings | October 8, 2011 | |
| 4 | "Safe"[44] | Makana McDonald | A man home alone thinks he is safe from a strange woman outside his apartment window... a claim which is quickly proven false. | Matt Hansen | David Cummings | October 8, 2011 | |
| 5 | "The Smell of Gasoline"[45] | Chris Holland | A firefighter is haunted by his failure to save a young woman from a burning car. | Chris Holland | David Cummings | October 8, 2011 | |
| S01E06[46] | 1 | "Kenneth"[47] | Huxley Adams | A clerk at a photo development center recalls his most mysterious and sinister customer. | Christopher Maust | David Cummings | August 21, 2011 |
| 2 | "First Time at the Movies"[48] | Kaye Hazelton | A woman remembers a disturbing event that occurred the first time her mother let her and a friend go to the movies alone. | Wendy Corrigan | David Cummings | August 21, 2011 | |
| 3 | "Why I Refuse to Work Late"[49] | William Dalphin | A website developer explains the reason why he quit his job at a dilapidated office building. | Reece Selby | David Cummings | August 21, 2011 | |
| 4 | "Daddy, Are You Awake?"[50] | Scott Weaver | A man wakes up one night to see a dark figure standing in the hallway, staring into his daughter's room... | Chris Holland | David Cummings | August 21, 2011 | |
| 5 | "The Friendly Man"[51] | Pit Pastel | A woman is stalked by a disfigured creature after a cryptic conversation with her insane, emotionally broken neighbor. | Wade Thorson | David Cummings | August 21, 2011 | |
| S01E07[52] | 1 | "Cologne"[53] | Allie Brosh | A paranoid woman checks everywhere in her house for intruders before going to bed every night... except for one very crucial place. | Faith Sayers | David Cummings | April 9, 2011 |
| 2 | "Never Talk to Strangers"[54] | Isaac Faraday | A college student strikes up a conversation with a strange old man he sees sitting on a bench every day. | James Lewis | David Cummings | April 9, 2011 | |
| 3 | "We Don't Talk About Sarah"[55] | William Dalphin | A woman recalls her sister Sarah's strange behavior while they were growing up and her mysterious disappearance. | Wendy Corrigan | David Cummings | April 9, 2011 | |
| 4 | "They're Not Smiling"[56] | Vittorio Romeo | A man reveals his strange ability: every inanimate object with a face (paintings, photos, stuffed animals) smiles at him. | Chris Holland | David Cummings | April 9, 2011 | |
| 5 | "Silly Boy"[57] | Nicole Garrison | An aunt is disturbed by her nephew's description of his imaginary friend. | Jinny Sanders | David Cummings | April 9, 2011 | |
| 6 | "She Found Her Way Into My Home"[58] | William Dalphin | A father sees a strange, silent woman standing outside his apartment building one day... and then begins seeing her in his daughter's room every night... | David Cummings | David Cummings | April 9, 2011 | |
| S01E08[59] | 1 | "The Woods"[60] | Kyle Thomas | A night with the in-laws quickly spirals into horror for a man and his wife. | David Cummings | David Cummings | September 18, 2011 |
| 2 | "Can You Hear the Birds Singing?" [61] | Douglas Bramlett | A father recalls the life of hardship and toil that he's shared with his young daughter. | David Cummings | David Cummings | September 18, 2011 | |
| 3 | "Laurel Highlands"[62] | Bill Penfield | A man hiking through the Laurel Highlands region of Pennsylvania is stalked by a mysterious woman who appears in his campsite every night. | David Cummings | David Cummings | September 18, 2011 | |
| S01E09[63] | 1 | "A Dream My Mother Had"[64] | Richard Walker | A man tells of a mysterious dream his mother used to have - and the role it may have played in her untimely death. | David Cummings | David Cummings | February 10, 2011 |
| 2 | "My Best Friend's Grandmother"[65] | Allison Stuart | A woman recalls her daily visits to her best friend's grandmother's house and the strange events that transpired after the grandmother fell mysteriously ill. | Wendy Corrigan | David Cummings | February 10, 2011 | |
| 3 | "Precious Machine"[66] | Al Bruno | A detective is called in to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the headmaster of an asylum. | David Cummings, Wendy Corrigan | David Cummings | February 10, 2011 | |
| 4 | "Balloons"[67] | Dathan Augerbauch | The first part in the famous Penpal series of stories, this tale concerns a boy partaking in a seemingly innocent kindergarten activity - and how his participation lead to him being stalked. | Sammy Raynor | David Cummings | February 10, 2011 | |
| S01E10 [68] | 1 | "Prank Call"[69] | Arann Murray | A pizza deliveryman receives a call to a dilapidated, seemingly abandoned house... but it is not as empty as it seems. | Brett Seay | David Cummings | October 16, 2011 |
| 2 | "ETAOIN"[70] | Trevor La Pay | A worker at a suicide-prevention call center starts receiving cryptic, unsettling calls from a mysterious stranger. | David Cummings | David Cummings | October 16, 2011 | |
| 3 | "Boxes"[71] | Dathan Augerbauch | Part two of the famous Penpal series concerns the boy's attempts to find his missing cat, despite the hindrances of a mysterious stalker. | Sammy Raynor | David Cummings | October 16, 2011 | |
| S01 BonusEpisode 02[72] | 1 | "Penpal I" | Dathan Augerbauch | The first three parts of the famous Penpal series, "Footsteps", "Balloons", and "Boxes". | Sammy Raynor | David Cummings | October 26, 2011 |
| S01EP11 Halloween 2011[73] | 1 | "A Halloween to Remember"[74] | James Phillips | Four young boys break into the performing arts center of their school to look for a ghost, but they soon begin to regret this decision. | David Cummings | David Cummings | October 30, 2011 |
| 2 | "Halloween Warning"[75] | Warren Halloran | A man's sudden dislike of Halloween is connected with a visit he got the previous year from a couple of sinister black-eyed children. | Wade Thorson | David Cummings | October 30, 2011 | |
| 3 | "Methenes Chapel"[76] | Eric Dodd | Two friends break into an abandoned church to hunt for ghosts, but increasingly strange events make them realize who's really being hunted. | David Cummings | David Cummings | October 30, 2011 | |
| 4 | "The Crawling House on Black Pond Road"[77] | William Dalphin | A woman's friend inherits a seemingly haunted house from his deceased aunt and asks her to spend the night with him in it - but the two come to learn that the house's sense of unease isn't caused by ghosts... | Christina Scholz | David Cummings | October 30, 2011 | |
| S01 BonusEpisode 03[78] | 1 | "correspondence://" [79] | bloodstains | Told through a series of emails, blog posts, and phone calls, this story tells the tale of a group of friends that are haunted by a demon. | Nathan McDonald, Wendy Stolyarov, David Cummings | David Cummings | October 31, 2011 |
| S01E12[80] | 1 | "The Smiling Man"[81] | Cedric | Friends on a late-night drive have a terrifying encounter with a man that can keep up with the speed of their car on foot. | Max Glaspey | David Cummings | November 13, 2011 |
| 2 | "Angel"[82] | Chris Coffman | A man discovers the connection between a kitten that shows up on his doorstep one night and the mysterious ghost of a young girl that haunts his house. | Jacob Comeau | David Cummings | November 13, 2011 | |
| 3 | "A Horrible Game" [83] | Leslie X. | A receptionist and her coworkers decide to conduct an experiment to prove once and for all what exactly is haunting their office building. | Christina Scholz | David Cummings | November 13, 2011 | |
| 4 | "They Were Looking Back at Me"[84] | Ben Pierce | A teenager deals with the bizarre behavior of his friend after the friend spent a night in an abandoned cabin in the woods. | Stephen Hanson | David Cummings | November 13, 2011 | |
| S01E13[85] | 1 | "Holes"[86] | Joey Brashier | A woman recalls her stays at her grandparents' house during her youth - and the holes that appeared in the walls every night. | Wade Thorson | David Cummings | November 27, 2011 |
| 2 | "We Don't Live There Anymore"[87] | Grant Rennet | A newlywed couple reveals the reason they moved out of their new home. | Max Glaspey | David Cummings | November 27, 2011 | |
| 3 | "I Saw it Coming"[88] | Adam Kearney | A man dreams every night of a bloodsoaked man knocking on his door, begging for help - but is it really a dream? | Brett Seay | David Cummings | November 27, 2011 | |
| 4 | "Button Head"[89] | Trevor La Pay | A worker at a government facility learns the hard way that you shouldn't work late. | Max Glaspey | David Cummings | November 27, 2011 | |
| S01E14[90] | 1 | "Midnight in Kentucky"[91] | Joshua Starbringer | A young woman makes a late-night stop at a service station during a long road trip... but why are all the lights off, and where are all the people? | Isla Schanuel | David Cummings | November 12, 2011 |
| 2 | "The Sound"[92] | April Edgreen | A man using his computer late one night realizes he is not as alone as he thinks he is. | Gil Durate | David Cummings | November 12, 2011 | |
| 3 | "The Hidden Chamber"[93] | Justin Williams | A man excavating his garden uncovers a door that leads to a mysterious room under his house. | Max Glaspey | David Cummings | November 12, 2011 | |
| 4 | "Georgie's"[94] | Christopher MacTaggart | A woman refuses to go into the abandoned bar across the street from her work despite the insistence of the building's night janitor. | Christina Scholz | David Cummings | November 12, 2011 | |
| S01 Bonus Episode 04[95] | 1 | "Penpal II" | Dathan Augerbauch | The final three stories in the Penpal series, "Maps", "Screens", and "Friends". | Sammy Raynor | David Cummings | December 17, 2011 |
| S01EP15 Christmas 2011[96] | 1 | "The Winter Fire" | David Cummings | A man spending a lonely night in front of his fireplace recalls a chilling incident that happened one long-ago Christmas. | David Cummings | David Cummings | December 25, 2011 |
| S01E16[97] | 1 | "You Never Smile"[98] | Thomas Burr | A drill sergeant at a military academy discovers the horrifying reason why one cadet didn't come down for breakfast one morning. | Max Glaspey | David Cummings,Cornelius de Groot | August 1, 2012 |
| 2 | "My Friend's Mother"[99] | Erik Hessmann | A man recalls a chilling incident that happened one night of his youth when he took an unplanned trip to his best friend's house. | David Cummings | David Cummings,Cornelius de Groot | August 1, 2012 | |
| 3 | "Strangers in a Graveyard"[100] | Matt Dymerski | A young couple, after witnessing a killing in a graveyard late at night, find themselves running for their lives from the murderers. | Max Glaspey | David Cummings,Cornelius de Groot | August 1, 2012 | |
| 4 | "A Debt for the Dead"[101] | Douglas Bramlett | A student at medical school discovers his lab partner's strange ability: by touching a corpse, he can tell how they died. | David Cummings | David Cummings,Cornelius de Groot | August 1, 2012 | |
| S01E17[102] | 1 | "Baked Beans"[103] | Allison Stein | A college student has a late-night encounter with who he thinks to be his next-door neighbor. | Max Glaspey | David Cummings,Cornelius de Groot | January 22, 2012 |
| 2 | "The Neighbors Upstairs"[104] | Whitley Olivier | A new mother is tormented by the loud noises and commotion made by her upstairs neighbors. | Wendy Corrigan | David Cummings,Cornelius de Groot | January 22, 2012 | |
| 3 | "Grandma and Grandpa"[105] | Alexander White | A man reads his deceased grandmother's diary and discovers the role his grandfather's ghost may have played in her death. | David Cummings | David Cummings, Cornelius de Groot | January 22, 2012 | |
| 4 | "It's Locked"[106] | Avery Nelson | A young woman who lives alone is puzzled as to why her door is always unlocked every time she comes home from work. | Corinne Sanders | David Cummings,Cornelius de Groot | January 22, 2012 | |
| 5 | "The Tunnel"[107] | Joey Murray | A man recalls a terrifying experience he had as a kid when his parents' car broke down in the middle of an abandoned train tunnel. | David Cummings | David Cummings,Cornelius de Groot | January 22, 2012 | |
| S01E18[108] | 1 | "The Ice Cream Man"[109] | Nick Thaler | A man remembers a summer of his youth when him and his friends were stalked by an ice cream truck. | MaxGlaspey | David Cummings | May 2, 2012 |
| 2 | "When You Wish Upon a Star"[110] | Anna Smith | A young girl is stalked by a terrifying ghost after yelling at a star that didn't grant her a wish. | Christina Scholz | David Cummings | May 2, 2012 |
| Season &Episode | Story#!Story!Author!Summary!Voice Actor(s)!Producer!ReleaseDate|-| rowspan="5" |S02E01[111] |1|"How They Met"[112] |Hamish McGlasson|A man confined to a wheelchair and a reckless driver share the strange story of how they met.|Jessica Prokuski|David Cummings|June 5, 2012|-|2|"Outgrowing the Nightlight"[113] |Powell Brumm|A teenager wakes up one morning to discover that his nightlight has gone missing.|Travis Newton|David Cummings|June 5, 2012|-|3|"A Tale From My Grandpa"[114] |Hunter H. Keegan|A man recounts his grandpa's time spent in a small village in the mountains of Nepal during WWII.|David Cummings|David Cummings|June 5, 2012|-|4|"Hacksaw"[115] |Daniel Brenamen|A woman working at a police station finds an old report of a serial killer who used to operate in the area.|Jessica Prokuski|David Cummings|June 5, 2012|-|5|"The Man That Ate Newborns"[116] |Al Bruno III|A man tells a cryptic story about a girl he used to date.|David Cummings|David Cummings|June 5, 2012|-| rowspan="4" |S02E02[117] |1|"5.5"[118] |Niko Kurri|In a story told in second person, you pick up a hitchhiker late at night, but when he jumps out of your car right after he gives you a strange gift, you begin to wonder what his cryptic words meant.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|May 20, 2012|-|2|"The Curtis's Dragon"[119] |Ariana Selbrede|A kindergarten teacher discovers a connection between a strange story one of her students wrote and the massacre of the student's abusive family.|David Cummings|David Cummings|May 20, 2012|-|3|"I Want to Help Him"[120] |Mike Morgan|A girl can't figure out what is troubling her brother.|Jessica Prokuski|David Cummings|May 20, 2012|-|4|"Nine Brief Scenes From the End of the World"[121] |T.W. Grimm|This story involves nine short, seemingly unrelated vignettes about the end of the world and its terrifying effects on the world's inhabitants. This story would later be adapted into the full-length novel, "99 Brief Scenes from The End of the World".|David Cummings|David Cummings|May 20, 2012|-| rowspan="5" |S02E03[122] |1|"A Letter to My Future Self"[123] |Rafael Marmol|A student returns home from college and discovers a time capsule he buried in the backyard when he was a kid.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|March 6, 2012|-|2|"Grow Up"[124] |Adam Azar|A man refuses to believe that his house is haunted despite his family's insistence that it is.|David Cummings|David Cummings|March 6, 2012|-|3|"A Simple Photo"[125] |Mark Copeland|A young woman discovers a disturbing photo taken the day after her father's death.|Jessica Prokuski|David Cummings|March 6, 2012|-|4|"Rapid Eye Movements"[126] |Seanna Hartbauer|A man recounts his sister's mysterious disappearance from a library late at night.|JamesCleveland|David Cummings|March 6, 2012|-|5|"The WontThinkStraight Trilogy"[127] |Eric Ponslee|A trio of tales from author Eric Ponslee is presented, dealing with a lonely ghost, a disturbing prank show, and the murder of a mentally ill woman's husband.|David Cummings|David Cummings|March 6, 2012|-|S02 BonusEpisode 01 First Anniversary[128] |1|"The Secret Ingredient" |M.F. Korn, David Mathew|A family-owned restaurant is revealed to have a macabre, decidedly non-vegan menu.|David Cummings|David Cummings|June 13, 2012|-| rowspan="5" |S02E04[129] |1|"I Won't Take Care of My Sister Anymore"[130] |Alan Edgarton|A man, tasked with taking care of his invalid sister, is puzzled as to whom could be causing a series of strange events in their isolated mansion.|David Cummings|David Cummings|June 17, 2012|-|2|"Proof"[131] |Jeremy Jojola|In this extremely short tale, a woman is left wondering what is real and what is not after an unsettling nightmare.|Jessica Prokuski|David Cummings|June 17, 2012|-|3|"The Camping Trip"[132] |Brandon Bilodeau|A man goes camping on an Indian reservation with a friend, and after being told an old legend, he begins to learn just how true it is.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|June 17, 2012|-|4|"The Creeper in the Field"[133] |Mike Korensky|In 1920s Massachusetts, a monster hunter is called to a massive farm to track down and kill an elusive creature that has been killing the farmer's cattle.|David Cummings|David Cummings|June 17, 2012|-|5|"Hide and Seek"[134] |Troy Lewis|A man spends the night at an isolated cabin in the mountains - but his visit is interrupted by a strange creature.|Troy Lewis|David Cummings|June 17, 2012|-| rowspan="4" |S02E05[135] |1|"The Smiling Man"[136] |L.S. Riley|A man goes out for a walk around the city late one night and encounters a man who won't stop smiling.|Michael McElroy|David Cummings|June 17, 2012|-|2|"Some Things are Best Left Unsaid"[137] |J.T. Senters|A man who used to have strange dreams as a child wonders why his mother refuses to acknowledge that they ever happened.|David Cummings|David Cummings|January 7, 2012|-|3|"The Disappearance of Ashley, Kansas"[138] |Allan Kantor|A woman shares the disturbing story of what led to the loss of an entire town's population.|Jessica Prokuski, Ian Mendez|David Cummings|January 7, 2012|-|4|"Terror Haute"[139] |William Dalphin|A real estate agent's son agrees to spend the night in a house where the previous resident died under mysterious circumstances.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|January 7, 2012|-| rowspan="2" |S02E06[140] |1|"Eidetic Memory"[141] |Chris Eddleman|A detective interviews a serial killer who remembers every moment of his life... even the time he was clinically dead for 23 seconds.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|July 15, 2012|-|2|"Unknown Caller"[142] |Seanna Hartbauer|A woman on a job hunt keeps receiving threatening phone calls from an aggressive stalker.|Jessica Prokuski, Ian Mendez|David Cummings|July 15, 2012|-| rowspan="3" |S02E07[143] |1|"The Strangest Security Tape I've Ever Seen"[144] |Phil Zona|A day shift worker at a gas station is sure that one of the night workers has been stealing gallons of oil, but the truth turns out to be much more terrifying.|David Cummings|David Cummings|July 29, 2012|-|2|"Everything I Know is a Dream"[145] |Sam Frost|A man wakes up from a coma after a terrible accident, thinking his ordeal is over... until he wakes up from the same coma the next morning, and the morning after that...|JamesCleveland|David Cummings|July 29, 2012|-|3|"Never, Ever Go Into the Morgue"[146] |Kyle A. Marrotte|A teenager feels drawn to an abandoned hospital despite the terrifying things he experiences there.|David Cummings|David Cummings|July 29, 2012|-| rowspan="4" |S02E08[147] |1|"The Thing in the Walls"[148] |Jonathan Sheeran|A man must face a terrifying incident from his past after his childhood friend commits suicide.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|December 8, 2012|-|2|"Low Hanging Clouds"[149] |T.E. Garu|A corporate drone is suspicious of a sudden cloudburst in a sun-bleached, parched region.|David Cummings|David Cummings|December 8, 2012|-|3|"My Last Night Babysitting"[150] |Jeanna Saccomano|A college student explains the reason she refuses to babysit anymore.|Wendy Corrigan|David Cummings|December 8, 2012|-|4|"The Scarecrow Corpse"[151] |Kristopher Mallory|A medical examiner's assistant is chilled by the strange death that he and his boss are investigating.|David Cummings|David Cummings|December 8, 2012|-| rowspan="4" |S02E09[152] |1|"My Ex-Girlfriend is Insane"[153] |Ben Cross|A man's ex-girlfriend goes to extreme lengths to try and win him back after their messy breakup.|C.H. Williamson|David Cummings|August 26, 2012|-|2|"I Can't Look My Brother in the Eyes Anymore"[154] |R. Vera Cruz|A man's abusive older brother returns from the military to live in his house, bringing something terrifying along with him.|David Cummings|David Cummings|August 26, 2012|-|3|"Mason"[155] |Melissa Rosales|A young hospital patient's crush on another patient quickly turns into an obsession.|Wendy Corrigan|David Cummings|August 26, 2012|-|4|"Don't Forget Your Friends"[156] |Kevin I. Miller|A teenager goes to see a psychic after a nighttime visitor that haunted him during his youth begins visiting him again.|JamesCleveland|David Cummings|August 26, 2012|-| rowspan="5" |S02E10[157] |1|"The Silent" [158] |Asher Rice|After moving into a house that once belonged to a poet, a family finds boxes and boxes of poems about a malevolent ghost that supposedly haunts the place.|Guy Lester|David Cummings|June 9, 2012|-|2|"I'm Sorry, Daddy"[159] |Hagen Loyd|A single father comes home from work late one night to find the babysitter missing and his crying son insisting that monsters came out and ate her.|C.H. Williamson|David Cummings|June 9, 2012|-|3|"Talent Show"[160] |Sam Hunt|In the distant future, a worker at a behavioral studies center learns just how far technology has advanced after a robot starts showing signs of emotion.|WendyCorrigan, David Cummings|David Cummings|June 9, 2012|-|4|"Working Late"[161] |Leon Chan|A new employee at an old office building is warned by his coworkers to never work late - a warning that he soon regrets ignoring.|David Cummings|David Cummings|June 9, 2012|-|5|"Basement Cameras"[162] |Alan Coakley|A security guard at a psychiatric hospital hates working in the basement security room, especially after seeing strange things on the cameras late at night.|Travis Newton|David Cummings|June 9, 2012|-| rowspan="4" |S02E11 [163] |1|"The Machine" [164] |Johnny Nava|After a seemingly happy inventor commits suicide, his distraught grandson searches his workshop for the reason he ended his life.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|September 23, 2012|-|2|"I'm No Angel"[165] |Daniel Smith|An EMT develops a chilling infatuation with a girl he saves from a vicious beating.|C.H. Williamson|David Cummings|September 23, 2012|-|3|"Don't Turn off the Webcam"[166] |0450az001|A bartender develops a relationship with a woman he meets in a bar, and they communicate via webcam - that is, until the man begins noticing a dark figure in the corner of her room every time she signs on.|David Cummings|David Cummings|September 23, 2012|-|4|"The Scarecrow Game"[167] |Rachel Martin|A woman recalls a friend she had in kindergarten and the odd game they used to play.|Stephanie Dohrs|David Cummings|September 23, 2012|-| rowspan="5" |S02E12[168] |1|"Something in My Daughter's Room"[169] |Benjamin Joseph|A man working late at night in his home office hears a strange voice cooing at his daughter through the baby monitor on his desk.|Jörn Meyer|David Cummings|July 10, 2012|-|2|"Hungry Little Girl"[170] |J.F. Kuck|Told through a series of emails, a cop recalls a horrifying encounter with a lost little girl who claimed to have eaten her entire family.|David Cummings|David Cummings|July 10, 2012|-|3|"The Late Bus"[171] |Mark Winston|A former school bus driver recalls a strange, quiet boy who used to board his bus every morning.|C.H. Williamson|David Cummings|July 10, 2012|-|4|"Strigoi" [172] |T.W. Grimm|A college student is horrified by his elderly uncle's story of the creatures that stalked him, his family, and several other families in the winter of 1921.|Kyle Akers|David Cummings|July 10, 2012|-|5|"Budget Cinema"[173] |Thomas Thompson|A horror movie aficionado gets more than he bargained for when he attends a midnight screening of a new horror movie.|David Cummings|David Cummings|July 10, 2012|-| rowspan="5" |S02E13[174] |1|"5:19"[175] |Mark Copeland|A man sees a strange sight very early one morning: an old man leading several dogs and cats that begin peering into the houses on his street.|Mark Copeland|David Cummings|October 21, 2012|-|2|"Echoes"[176] |Claverhouse|A retired serial killer is visited by the ghosts of his victims.|JamesCleveland|David Cummings|October 21, 2012|-|3|"Animal Control"[177] |David Burks|An animal control officer realizes he is not as alone when he tries to release some animals into a stretch of woods near an abandoned graveyard.|David Cummings|David Cummings|October 21, 2012|-|4|"Apartment 1702" [178] |Stephen Yiu|A trio of friends head up in an elevator to explore an abandoned apartment in their building.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|October 21, 2012|-|5|"Daddy Found a New Family"[179] |Jeremiah Knopp|A teenager is convinced that a friendly old woman who lives in his town is responsible for the disappearance of a young boy.|David Cummings|David Cummings|October 21, 2012|-| rowspan="4" |Season 2 Bonus Episode 02 Halloween 2012[180] |1|"Snapshot"[181] |David Burks|A man notices that a family photo hanging on his wall changes every day.|JamesCleveland|David Cummings|October 31, 2012|-|2|"The Witches and the Circle"[182] |Eric Dodd|A group of friends decide to try and summon demons one Halloween night with terrifying results.|David Cummings|David Cummings|October 31, 2012|-|3|"Nobody"[183] |Anders Jensen|In a story told in second person, you meet a girl at a club, who takes you to her apartment, where you pass out - and wake up in a horrifying situation.|C.H. Williamson|David Cummings|October 31, 2012|-|4|"The Showers"[184] |Dylan Sindelar|While in high school, a young man is enraptured by a frightening tale told by his favorite teacher on Halloween. Years later, he sets out to prove once and for all if his teacher's story was true or not.|David Cummings|David Cummings|October 31, 2012|-| rowspan="4" |S02E14[185] |1|"The Oshavein"[186] |Ross Raguth|A man, after watching a strange video on the deep web, finds himself being stalked by a mysterious creature.|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|April 11, 2012|-|2|"Spell of Success"[187] |Sammy Raynor|A college student, jealous of his brother's artistic ability, wishes for drawing skills just as good as his - which he gets, but at a terrible price.|Sammy Raynor|David Cummings|April 11, 2012|-|3|"Anna"[188] |Stephen Porte|A young man is tormented throughout his school career by a girl named Anna who injures herself and blames the wounds on him.|C.H. Williamson|David Cummings|April 11, 2012|-|4|"The Nocturnal Wanderer"[189] |Adam Travis|A man wakes up one night to find a creature standing beside his bed that looks exactly like his young son.|David Cummings|David Cummings|April 11, 2012|-| rowspan="5" |S02E15[190] |1|"Tattoo You"|Molly McDougal|A young woman, whose brother was killed in a drunk driving crash, has an unsettling encounter with a friend of her brother's who was in the car at the time.|Meghan O'Hara Murray|David Cummings|November 18, 2012|-|2|"Elevator Ride"[191] |Leon Chan|A man afraid of his own reflection gets stuck in an elevator that is full of mirrors.|Mark Copeland|David Cummings|November 18, 2012|-|3|"My Friend"[192] |Kenneth F. Field|In this short tale, a man tells a story about his friend, and the strange visitor he received in his apartment one night.|Kyle Akers|David Cummings|November 18, 2012|-|4|"Flooded"[193] |Kelsey Donald|A girl's parents buy an island with a small cottage on it, and life seems idyllic until the girl's parents start becoming neglectful and come home every night sopping wet.|Brittany Coulter|David Cummings|November 18, 2012|-|5|"The Woman Holding an Orange"[194] |Milos Bogetic|A man from a foreign country recalls a strange friend his mother had: a woman who would offer him a rotten orange while cooing in a childlike voice.|David Cummings|David Cummings|November 18, 2012|-| rowspan="6" |S02E16[195] |1|"The Silent Store"[196] |Alfred Dickinson|A man has a strange experience while going Black Friday shopping at a Best Buy.|David Cummings|David Cummings|February 12, 2012|-|2|"Monster in the Forest"[197] |A. Rice|An unemployed construction worker takes on an unusual job from an old man: digging deep holes in a thick forest to catch a monster.|David Cummings|David Cummings|February 12, 2012|-|3|"She's a Keeper"[198] |Brian Emsley|In this extremely short tale, a man describes all the parts of a girl he likes.|Evan Howard|David Cummings|February 12, 2012|-|4|"Night Time Hero"[199] |Trammel May|A man recalls the nights of his youth when his dad would come into his room and promise to keep him safe from monsters.|David Cummings|David Cummings|February 12, 2012|-|5|"Restricted Caller"[200] |J.A. Medrano|A college student receives unsettling calls from a mysterious woman who keeps telling her she needs to get out of her house.|Jessica Prokuski|David Cummings|February 12, 2012|-|6|"Alan's Story"[201] |Samuel Hayes|A nurse at a psychiatric hospital tells the tale of a patient who was arrested after he killed his brother, claiming he was an imposter who replaced him.|David Cummings|David Cummings|February 12, 2012|-| rowspan="5" |S02E17 Christmas 2012[202] |1|"Chimneysweep"[203] |Sam Hunt|A man wakes up to find himself at the mercy of a not-so-jolly Old St. Nick.|David Cummings|David Cummings|December 20, 2012|-|2|"The Christmas Season"[204] |Justin Williams|A family is haunted by the ghost of their first-born child. |David Cummings|David Cummings|December 20, 2012|-|3|"Twas the Night Before Christmas"[205] |Tee Jarvis|A man recalls a disturbing encounter he had as a child on Christmas Eve.|David Cummings|David Cummings|December 20, 2012|-|4|"Mall Santa"[206] |Sam Stark|A mall Santa's encounter with a young girl and her widowed mother has unforeseeable consequences. |David Cummings|David Cummings|December 20, 2012|-|5|"The Mug"[207] |Eric Dodd|A mysterious Christmas mug brings strange occurrences to a father and his family. |David Cummings|David Cummings|December 20, 2012|-| rowspan="3" |S02E18[208] |1|"Snow"[209] |Claverhouse|After a car crash, a man stumbles inside a snowbound house for help but is disturbed by the lack of occupants.|JamesCleveland|David Cummings|January 13, 2013|-|2|"Sorry, Larry"[210] |Milos Bogetic|A man, bleeding heavily from a suicide attempt, is visited by a mysterious stranger.|Jörn Meyer|David Cummings|January 13, 2013|-|3|"Plot Holes"[211] |David Knoppel|A teenager witnesses the violent death of his friend and is shocked to see him show up, perfectly healthy, at school the next day.|David Cummings|David Cummings|January 13, 2013|-| rowspan="5" |S02E19[212] |1|"Winter Memories"[213] |Anton Scheller|As a prank, a college student abandons his friends in a mountain cabin. The prank goes horribly wrong when a snowstorm traps them in the cabin for a week with no food or water.|David Cummings|David Cummings|1/27/21012|-|2|"Go Back to Sleep, Little Darling"[214] |Thomas Thompson|A family moves into a new home, and everything goes well until the young daughter begins complaining of terrible nightmares.|Jacob Gallegos|David Cummings|1/27/21012|-|3|"When Your World Falls Apart"|Anton Scheller|A mother is emotionally and psychologically destroyed by the disappearances of her two children.|David Cummings|David Cummings|1/27/21012|-|4|"The Long Face"[215] |Alex Hetherington|Told through a series of discovered emails, the lives of two people disintegrate as they become the victims of an entity known only as "The Long Face".|Chris Eddleman|David Cummings|1/27/21012|-|5|"The Screaming Corpse"[216] |Brian von Knoblauch|A man recalls working at his grandfather's cemetery and the horrifying encounter he had with a woman who was apparently buried alive.|David Cummings|David Cummings|1/27/21012|-| rowspan="3" |S02E20[217] |1|"Please, Just Come Home Now"[218] |Edwin Crowe|A college student receives a phone call from his mother, with terrible news: his father has just been arrested for murder.|Tyler Privett|David Cummings|October 2, 2013|-|2|"The Only Way Out"[219] |Anton Scheller|A man tells a social worker the chilling reason that he attempted suicide.|David Cummings|David Cummings|October 2, 2013|-|3|"Scratching"[220] |Jacob Newell|A man learns the connection between the horrifying events that occurred in his town when he was a boy and the death of a notorious pedophile many years earlier.|David Cummings|David Cummings|October 2, 2013|-| rowspan="3" |Season 2 Bonus Episode 03 Bedtime and Other Tales of Terror[221] |1|"Bedtime"[222] |Michael Whitehouse|In the first of a trio of tales from author Michael Whitehouse, a man recalls the strange creature that lived in his room when he was a child.|David Cummings|David Cummings|February 14, 2013|-|2|"Tunnels"[223] |Michael Whitehouse|This second in a trio of tales from author Michael Whitehouse deals with a construction worker's frustration with the fact that his building crew won't venture into a certain tunnel.|David Cummings|David Cummings|February 14, 2013|-|3|"Forgotten Valentine"[224] |Michael Whitehouse|The final story in Michael Whitehouse's trilogy episode; a man visits a graveyard and stumbles across the grave of a girl whom he had a crush on during high school.|Michael Whitehouse|David Cummings|February 14, 2013|-| rowspan="5" |S02E21[225] |1|"Say's Who?"[226] |anonymous|Two young brothers fail to heed their father's warning about venturing out into the fields late at night.|Tyler Privett|David Cummings|February 24, 2013|-|2|"Children's Playground"[227] |Arnie Kalkauskas|A man recalls a late night game of hide and seek that he and his friends played at an abandoned playground.|David Cummings|David Cummings|February 24, 2013|-|3|"Baby Sister"[228] |Leon Chan|A man begins to wonder who the mysterious presence that haunted him as a child was when his mother is found violently killed.|Michael McElroy|David Cummings|February 24, 2013|-|4|"The Devil's Breath"[229] |Arjun Anand|A college student's Colombian roommate tells him a childhood story from his own country about how the death of his cousin was closely tied with a notorious drug.|David Cummings|David Cummings|February 24, 2013|-|5|"The Letter"[230] |Hamish McGlasson| A man traveling in a foreign country finds himself stalked by unseen attackers.|Tyler Privett|David Cummings|February 24, 2013|-| rowspan="4" |S02E22[231] |1|"The First Person to Surgically Remove Their Own Brain"[232] |Thomas Thompson|A medical student is deeply disturbed by his egotistical roommate's quest for scientific immortality.|David Cummings|David Cummings|October 3, 2013|-|2|"9004"[233] |Afia Gyennin|A college student keeps receiving texts that name things as he walks past them... despite the fact that he's clearly alone.|Jörn Meyer|David Cummings|October 3, 2013|-|3|"An Unexpected Guest"[234] |William Dalphin|A man goes to stay at his friend's house, but he has to stay in the attic bedroom - outside of which his friend's wife's uncle constantly paces around, crying and moaning.|David Cummings|David Cummings|October 3, 2013|-|4|"Forget Me Not"[235] |Kelsey Donald|A high schooler, after being released from the mind control that aliens have placed upon the world, finds herself on a barren, decimated wasteland where the residents think everything is perfectly normal around them.|Nikolle Doolin|David Cummings|October 3, 2013|-| rowspan="4" |S02E23[236] |1|"Camera #36"[237] |Leon Chan|A security camera installer goes to meet a coworker to install cameras in a new building, but when he arrives, the cameras have already been installed and the coworker is nowhere to be found.|David Cummings|David Cummings|March 23, 2013|-|2|"Stairs of Dark Oak"[238] |Anton Scheller|A couple reveals the reason they moved out of their new home.|Ray Sizemore|David Cummings|March 23, 2013|-|3|"She Was Just a Child"[239] |Neil Balthazar|In a busy city in India, a man who recently lost his daughter insists a demon possessed and killed her.|David Cummings|David Cummings|March 23, 2013|-|4|"The Doll With the Lifelike Eyes"[240] |Matthew Biel|A high school student goes to babysit for a family that lives in the oldest house in town.|Jinny Sanders|David Cummings|March 23, 2013|-| rowspan="4" |S02E24[241] |1|"Cheyenne to Portland"[242] |Harlan Guthrie|A man traveling by late-night train shares a compartment with an unsettling fellow passenger.|David Cummings|David Cummings|July 4, 2013|-|2|"Stranger in the Night"[243] |Mark Harrison|A man's girlfriend is tormented by a supposed ghost that lives in their new house.|David Cummings|David Cummings|July 4, 2013|-|3|"We All End Up Here"[244] |Thomas Thompson|A man is stalked by the ghost of his deeply religious grandmother.|David Cummings|David Cummings|July 4, 2013|-|4|"You May See Some People"[245] |Milos Bogetic|A man recalls a childhood incident where he was trapped in a snowbound cabin with his grandmother and the strange creatures that appeared outside the windows.|David Cummings|David Cummings|July 4, 2013|-| rowspan="6" |S02E25[246] |1|"Jack in the Box"[247] |Graham McBride|A group of drunk college students make a late night run to Jack in the Box... but there's something wrong with the girl at the drive-thru window...|David Cummings, Jinny Sanders|David Cummings|April 21, 2013|-|2|"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"[248] |Anton Scheller|A young woman recalls the horrifying discovery her older brother made while going to fix a telephone line at a secluded farm.|Jinny Sanders|David Cummings|April 21, 2013|-|3|"Autopilot"[249] |Kevin Thomas|A break in a man's daily routine leads to tragic consequences.|David Cummings|David Cummings|April 21, 2013|-|4|"Victim's Glass"[250] |Ari Nestlebaum|A couple on the verge of divorce visits a haunted house attraction. At first, the husband is only bored by it... but it soon comes to cause him great horror.|Ray Sizemore|David Cummings|April 21, 2013|-|5|"Always Leave Work on Time"[251] |Anton Scheller|A man gets stuck alone in an elevator on his way home from work... but is he truly alone...?|David Cummings|David Cummings|April 21, 2013|-|6|"Psychosis"[252] |Matt Dymerski|A paranoid man who lives in a basement apartment is convinced that the world has been taken over by aliens after not seeing or hearing from anyone for three days.|WendyCorrigan, David Cummings|David Cummings|April 21, 2013|} Season 3*Free Story
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