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11/06/2025

Teen Finds Chilling Mind Control Gun

One click, and your mind forgets how to breathe. Beneath a forgotten hatch in a sleepy town, 19-year-old Benny follows his smug friend John into an abandoned Cold War bunker—and discovers the Memory Machine: a faded, triangular-barreled device that can erase thoughts, locations, even the instinct to breathe. What starts as a prank demo (John wiping away all memory of the flashy new Vernarben Resort) spirals into horror when John reveals the machine’s true range: hook it to wires, whisper a command, and blue beams leap from every outlet within fifteen feet, rewriting thousands of minds at once. John’s eyes gleam with godlike ambition; he’ll make the world forget war, forget laws, forget him. Terrified, Benny backs toward the ladder—only for John to aim the gun and promise to delete the one thing no one can live without. A frantic climb, a slammed hatch, a sigh of relief… then glowing wires snake from the ground, blue light racing straight for Benny’s skull. Will the town wake up tomorrow remembering nothing—including the boy who vanished? One click erases everything. A chilling sci-fi thriller about power, paranoia, and the memory you can’t afford to lose. Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

11/06/2025

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10 min
10/31/2025

Haunted House Scam in Halloween Africa | Creepypasta

A con man’s zero-budget haunted house in Southern Africa wakes something real two days before Halloween. True story. Along Came Halloween by Sunfred THE horrible Midnight Scares – Halloween 2025 Special: Along Came Halloween In a sleepy Southern African suburb where Halloween is just a rumor from Hollywood screens, a broke con man, a bored security guard, and a big-boned baker decide to cash in on the spooky season. With stolen bedsheets, discarded dolls, and a vacant neighbor’s house that’s been bleeding tenants for decades, they build the ultimate zero-budget haunted attraction. Business booms—until two days before Halloween, when the ghost in the white sheet isn’t one of theirs. What started as a hustle turns into a nightmare when an eight-foot apparition with clown shoes and backward feet crashes the final show. Crying babies echo from every room. Dead lizards multiply. Doll heads spew worms. And the house? It flips the lights on like it’s inviting you to stay forever. This is the true story of the night three hustlers accidentally woke something that had been waiting for an invitation. Now, ghost sightings are spiking across the country—and Halloween is spreading faster than fear itself. Lock your doors. Check under the bed. And whatever you do… don’t feed the house. Original Story: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Along_Came_Halloween Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

10/31/2025

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22 min
11/05/2025

Miami Mall Photo Booth Horror: Teen Couple’s Cute Pics Turn into Blood-Soaked Nightmare (True Vice City Chills)

A Miami mall photo booth turns a teen couple’s sweet kisses into a blood-drenched prophecy of demonic hunger. In the neon-lit heart of a Miami mall, Jason and Kassy slip into a blood-red photo booth for a strip of playful kisses—only to wake up to smiles twisted into sadistic grins and eyes black as voids. As the glossy prints morph into a gruesome prophecy of torn throats and spilled guts, the lovers discover the booth’s final snapshot isn’t a memory… it’s a death warrant. Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

11/05/2025

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8 min
11/04/2025

A Terrifying Late-Night Encounter on a Dark Road with a Giant Creature!

A man’s late-night drive turns into a nightmare when a blood-soaked, seven-foot rat follows him home from the forest. Driving home at 3:30 a.m. on a silent suburban road should have been routine for one exhausted man. But when something crawled out of the woods and into his headlights, his world veered straight into nightmare. What he saw wasn’t human—and it wasn’t any animal he could recognize. Standing seven feet tall, covered in blood and gray fur, the creature had the body of a rat and the eyes of something much worse. Frozen behind the wheel of his mother’s BMW, he stared at the snarling thing as it pressed its face to his cracked window, breathing decay and death into the car. Then, everything went black. When he woke thirty minutes later, the road was empty—but home wasn’t safe anymore. The front door was smashed open, the windows shattered, and a wet, sickening sound echoed from down the hall. That’s when he found it again—the giant rat, crouched over his cat, tearing it apart piece by piece. The police called it a break-in. He knows better. Something followed him home that night. This is The Rat, a terrifying first-person horror story about what lurks just beyond your headlights—and what might crawl out of the dark when you least expect it. Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

11/04/2025

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8 min
10/23/2025

The Ghostly Girl and the Footprints

When a woman moves into a quiet home with a cave behind it, she begins noticing a faint light deep inside at night. Curiosity drives her to investigate—only to find small, barefoot prints in the mud that appear from nowhere. What she discovers inside the cave will cost her more than her sanity... and something she can never get back. Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

10/23/2025

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9 min
10/15/2025

What is it Like to Become a Zombie?

This killer, short zombie story was written by Sarah Marshal King. Stay tuned for more stories. :) I'm back! Due to reasons beyond my control, I'm not longer Spooky Boo Rhodes, SpookyBooRhodes, or Spooky Boo. The channel is Midnight Monsters. Enjoy! A chilling exploration of humanity’s final surrender to the hunger within. In Primordial Instinct, a lone survivor awakens after a brutal attack—cold, numb, and rotting from the inside out. As the fog of death thickens and her senses twist into something monstrous, she discovers the terrifying truth: she’s no longer prey. She’s part of the feast. Told in Sarah Marshal King’s hauntingly visceral style, this tale drags listeners through the fragile line between life and the primal call of decay. Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

10/15/2025

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4 min
10/29/2025

I Am Halloween

I Am Halloween by Natron25 Halloween is supposed to be pretend. Costumes, candy, fake monsters. Kids laugh in rubber masks, parents stand on porches talking about work and weather, and everyone goes to bed thinking it was all harmless. That’s what the town believes. That’s what they need to believe. But Halloween isn’t a game. Not here. Something old lives under this neighborhood. Something that remembers when October 23rd was the only night the walls between the living and the other side went thin. It watched humans move in, pave over the field, build houses on its home, and decide—without asking—that the rules had changed. Now those same humans celebrate Halloween on October 31st, dressing their children as vampires and witches and zombies, laughing at things they don’t think are real. And that’s the mistake. Because on Halloween night, the thing beneath the house comes out. It walks under the streetlights. It talks to the kids. It touches them. It chooses. It doesn’t need you to believe in monsters. It just needs you to be afraid. This is a first-person account from the thing that calls itself Halloween. It’s patient. It’s intelligent. It’s been here longer than your family has been alive. And it is not done. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/I_Am_Halloween Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

10/29/2025

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32 min
10/21/2025

Why Haven't You Checked the Children?

You've probably heard the urban legend. You've probably watched the movie. I could have told this a million ways, but here we are with basic, frightening, original baby sitting story. A teenage girl settles in for an easy babysitting job. The kids are asleep, the house is quiet, and the phone keeps ringing. The voice on the other end asks her one question — “Have you checked the children?” What begins as an ordinary night becomes the most terrifying call of her life. Why haven't you checked the children? Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

10/21/2025

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17 min
10/22/2025

Beware of the Witch's Revenge!

Halloween is getting closer and it's time to start stories about witches and monsters! This delicious story about a witch's revenge against a cocky drunk man will have you rooting for the creepy, hungry, giant monster that is after him. After the witch shrinks him down to size and flushes him into the rat sewers that is. Press play and listen. This story has lot of crunch to it and a big bite! :) Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

10/22/2025

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10 min
10/28/2025

Carrie Morgan's Halloween Costume by Mak Ralston

When Michelle takes a job at a pop-up Halloween store called Monster Mart, she expects long hours, fog machines, and impatient customers—not a stranger who seems to know her every detail. After a bizarre encounter with a pale woman fixated on her shoes, things spiral into the unexplainable. The next night, that same woman is found dead—dressed exactly like Michelle. As eerie coincidences pile up and her father’s secrets resurface, Michelle begins to wonder if the haunting didn’t start at the store... but with her. A chilling true-to-life tale about identity, fate, and the ghosts we create ourselves. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Carrie_Morgan%27s_Halloween_Costume Thank you for enjoying my podcast! Take a listen to the other podcast at Candlelight Storyworks Midnight Scares - Fall Asleep to Spooky Storiesl Candlight Classics - Classic Short Stories to Help You Sleep Candlelight Romance - Fall Asleep While Falling In Love True Crime by Candlelight - Drift Off to Dark Mysteries Find them all on your favorite podcast right here: https://linktr.ee/candlelightstoryworks If you are tired of commercials, you can always follow me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/candlelightstoryworks I am also writing a few horror and gothic romance books. If you're intrested, please follow me on my other Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/sarahmarshalking **While this is my voice, sometimes I use an AI cloned version of my voice because it helps with my dyslexia.

10/28/2025

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26 min

A network of Story Podcasts for you to listen to before bedtime. Includes short stories of scary stories, true crime, romance stories, and classic stories.

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Teen Finds Chilling Mind Control Gun

Haunted House Scam in Halloween Africa | Creepypasta

Miami Mall Photo Booth Horror: Teen Couple’s Cute Pics Turn into Blood-Soaked Nightmare (True Vice City Chills)

A Terrifying Late-Night Encounter on a Dark Road with a Giant Creature!

The Ghostly Girl and the Footprints

What is it Like to Become a Zombie?

I Am Halloween

Why Haven't You Checked the Children?

Beware of the Witch's Revenge!

Carrie Morgan's Halloween Costume by Mak Ralston

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