A Door That Can't Be Closed

We start this week in New Zealand where a man goes ghost hunting in the supposedly very haunted former Napier Prison. Did he have an intense encounter with building’s most infamous spirit? Then, Dan shares three smaller tales: first involves two people hanging out alone in a park ... Show More

In this fifty-first installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we return to the fictional town of Jonesberg, Idaho where a mystery that Zander Reid seems to be in the center of deepens. A fresh murder reveals what the Children of Abraham are capable of. ... Show More

A quiet housesitting job in the Danish countryside is nothing but peace and silence until two strange visitors ringed the doorbell in Dan's first story of the week. Then, we travel to the small town of Fouke, Arkansas. Is the Fouke Monster just folklore… or something very real th ... Show More

I want you to imagine, you just bought your DREAM home. It's everything you've ever wanted. But as soon as you move in, something feels off...You're hearing strange noises coming from empty rooms, seeing shadows out of the corner of your eye & just can't shake the feeling that so ... Show More

On December 19th, 2001, the body of a small child, wearing nothing but underwear, was found in the Alesa River in the Oregon town of Waldport. Little did anyone know at the time that the little boy’s death was not the result of an accident, nor that the rest of little Zachary’s f ... Show More

We’ve chosen a slightly different path as we approach the final episode of 2023. Today’s cases will be less emotionally intense, offering a reprieve as we transition into the festive season and the new year with a lighter spirit. We will focus on incidents where, despite criminal ... Show More

When Steven & his 3 children moved into their new home, they thought it would be the perfect fit. The old white house sat at 809 North Christina Avenue in the charming small town of Union, Missouri. It had an idyllic front porch & lots of room for the family to growInstead, the f ... Show More

<p>The property did not stand out. Closed vertical blinds shielded the windows from prying eyes.&nbsp;The front door and brick facade were painted white. The chipped paint was offset against half a dozen bouquets of flowers all the colours of the rainbow, that had been secured to ... Show More

Mother's intuition; The time my asshole father saved me from the guy at church; Doppelganger almost ruined my life; Eddie Munster was Accused of Murdering my Great Uncle; and special guest stories from Cassie and Danielle hosts of the podcast National Park After Dark, a podcast f ... Show More

WARNING: This episode is especially gruesome. In the 1970's, a robbery gone wrong escalated into a torturous hostage situation that ended in a series of disturbing murders. The victims were random, and the location of the event? An audio store. This is the story of the Hi-Fi Murd ... Show More

<p>Jim and Lisa discuss the coroner’s report for Gabby Petito’s autopsy.&nbsp;Lisa has questions about the crime scene and details on the manner of death…and what that may tell us about her offender. Jim talks about the Coroner Brent Blue’s comment about “other domestic abuse cas ... Show More

There’s a house just outside the town of Ocklawaha, Florida, that stands as one of the most infamous locations in America’s gangland history. It was at this house where the last stand of the Barker gang took place and where Ma Barker and her son, Fred, battled it out with G-men b ... Show More