This week on Unpleasant Dreams we dive into an eerie tale that tests the boundaries of darkness and the sway it holds over the mind. Our story is Edith Nesbit's "The Power of Darkness."
"The Power of Darkness" by Edith Nesbit, originally published 1905 and is in the Public Domain.
Our narrator is Cassandra Harold.
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Dec 22
A Christmas Carol - Unpleasant Dreams 85
As the holidays return, so does one of our favorite traditions—Cassandra Harold’s evocative reading of A Christmas Carol. Dickens’ ghostly tale of reckoning, regret, and redemption takes on a particularly eerie tone in this retelling. A familiar story, re-aired for the season, an ... Show More
3h 19m
Jun 2025
The Room in the Tower - Unpleasant Dreams 84
After a brief hiatus, Unpleasant Dreams returns with a chilling classic from the early 20th century. This week, Cassandra Harold narrates E.F. Benson’s “The Room in the Tower,” a haunting tale first published in 1912 that explores the terrifying power of dreams—and what happens w ... Show More
34m 4s
Oct 2021
The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
In 1820, a book was published called "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", about a man without a head galloping in the night, but famous tales of encounters with headless horsemen roaming in the night date back to the middle ages.<br /><br />Produced by Edwin Covarrubias, researched by ... Show More
10m 10s
Apr 2020
19: S5E19 – "Strange and Scary Things" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you seven terrifying tales from authors Kevin David Anderson, H.K. Reyes, Nick Botic, William Dalphin, Felix Blackwell, Robert Ahern, and David Feuling, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about fiendish folklore a ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 2020
6: S5E06 – "Dimming Daylight" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales from authors Rhoads Brazos, Jason Parent, Patrick Meegan, and Rebecca Fung, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about dangerous doors, suspicious strangers, damnable dreams, and spiritual ... Show More
1h 23m
Sep 2020
52: Falling Inside the Black – Chilling Tales for Dark Nights
On tonight’s program, we invite you to leave behind your safe reality, and descend with us into the frightening depths of the most terrifying imaginations, with audio adaptations of two rounds of frightening fiction, from authors Christopher Keegan and J.M. Flynn, about dastardly ... Show More
42m 43s
Jun 2018
6: S2E06 – "Something Southern This Way Comes” – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you four terrifying tales by authors Tonia Brown, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, ranging from Lovecraftian horror from a bygone era, to tales about the unexpectedly undead, what’s waiting beneath the waves, an ... Show More
1h 1m