Feral by Night

Papa Gee

Feral by Night is a scary storytelling podcast hosted and narrated by Papa Gee, creator of The Feral Folklorist podcast. Each episode brings you an original eerie tale of haunted houses, strange roads, hidden rooms, ghostly figures, cursed objects, folk magic, old superstitions, and the things people swear they saw after dark. These are atmospheric horror stories for listeners who love scary stories, ghost stories, haunted house fiction, paranormal encounters, supernatural suspense, folk horror, Southern Gothic atmosphere, creepy bedtime stories, and eerie tales told in a calm, intimate voice. Turn the lights down, settle in, and listen close. Some stories are better heard after dark. New stories released throughout the week.

  1. 9h ago

    The Staircase Under the Shed | Underground Room Horror Story

    The Staircase Under the Shed is a narrated scary story about a man who tears down an old backyard shed and discovers a hidden staircase leading underground. At the bottom is a room set up like someone has been living there, with a cot, a lamp, old supplies, and signs that the space may not be as abandoned as it should be. As the story unfolds, the hidden room begins reaching back into the house above it, and every attempt to seal it only makes the boundary between home and underground space feel thinner. What begins as a strange property discovery turns into a creepy old house horror story about hidden rooms, buried secrets, and something that refuses to stay beneath the yard. This episode is for listeners who enjoy basement horror, hidden room horror, old house horror, supernatural suspense, underground horror, haunted property stories, and narrated scary stories with a slow, unsettling build. ------ Want more from Feral by Night? Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week: https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:   https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/ Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises. Support the show

    22 min
  2. 5d ago

    The Salt Line in the Hallway | Folklore Ghost Story

    The Salt Line in the Hallway is a narrated scary story about a teenager who sweeps away a line of salt in her aunt’s old house and realizes too late that it wasn’t there for decoration. What looked like a strange household rule was actually the only thing keeping something crowded, silent, and waiting on the other side of the hallway. As the story unfolds, every mirror in the house begins showing a version of the hallway that shouldn’t exist, filled with figures that can’t be seen anywhere else. This is a slow-burn folk horror story about protection magic, haunted mirrors, old family warnings, and the terrible moment when a boundary is broken without understanding what it was holding back. This episode is for listeners who enjoy scary stories, ghost stories, folk horror, witchcraft horror, haunted house stories, supernatural suspense, creepy old house horror, and eerie narrated horror with a simple folk magic rule at the center. Some lines are there for a reason. ------ Want more from Feral by Night? Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week: https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:   https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/ Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises. Support the show

    20 min
  3. May 22

    The Houseplant Grew Keys | Weird Supernatural Horror Story

    The Houseplant Grew Keys is a narrated scary story about a neglected houseplant that begins growing small brass keys instead of leaves. Each key opens something private, hidden, or locked away inside an old house, and the woman who lives there slowly realizes the plant knows more about her home than she does. What begins as a strange discovery in a bedroom becomes a quiet supernatural horror story about locked drawers, sealed rooms, old family secrets, and a house that may have been waiting for the right key all along. The fear builds around one simple question: what happens when something living starts making access to places you thought were safe? This episode is for listeners who enjoy weird horror stories, supernatural suspense, haunted house stories, creepy old house horror, haunted object stories, folk horror, and unsettling stories with an edge. Some doors stay closed for a reason. ------- Want more from Feral by Night? Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week: https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:   https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/ Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises. Support the show

    17 min
  4. May 19

    The Woman in the Parlor Portrait | New Orleans Haunted House Story

    The Woman in the Parlor Portrait is a narrated scary story about a couple touring a historic New Orleans house when the wife sees her own face in an old painting above the parlor fireplace. What should be a quiet anniversary trip turns into a supernatural horror story about a portrait, a mirror, and a house that seems to remember people who were never supposed to belong to it. What begins as a strange resemblance becomes something much more frightening as the painting changes, the house slips out of time, and the tour continues as if nothing is wrong. This episode is for listeners who enjoy haunted house stories, ghost stories, supernatural suspense, creepy old house horror, haunted portrait stories, New Orleans horror, and eerie historical hauntings. Some houses don’t show you the past. They decide where you belong. ------------ Want more from Feral by Night? Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week: https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:   https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/ Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises. Support the show

    17 min
  5. May 17

    The Station Between Stations | Supernatural Road Horror Story

    The Station Between Stations is a narrated scary story about a man driving home late at night when his truck radio starts picking up sounds before they happen. What begins as static on a lonely back road turns into a disturbing supernatural horror story about a dead frequency, an old family warning, and something waiting in the dark between stations. As the story unfolds, Peter realizes the radio isn’t just receiving music or voices. It’s describing him, predicting his movements, and guiding him deeper into a stretch of rural road where the same mailbox keeps appearing and the dead seem to know his name. This episode is for listeners who enjoy scary road stories, haunted radio horror, supernatural suspense, rural horror, ghost stories, folk horror, and eerie late-night driving stories. Some stations should stay silent after midnight. ------------ Want more from Feral by Night? Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week: https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:   https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/ Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises. Support the show

    19 min
  6. May 16

    Never Sweep After Dark | Folk Horror Scary Story

    Never Sweep After Dark or You’ll Invite Evil In is a narrated scary story about a woman cleaning out her late mother’s old house, only to discover that one family superstition may have been protecting her from something buried beneath it. The rule was simple: once daylight was gone, the broom stayed in the pantry. As the story unfolds, a line of black dirt keeps returning to the kitchen floor, a burned broom finds its way back inside, and the basement door begins to feel less like storage and more like something waiting to be opened. This episode is for listeners who enjoy folk horror, old house horror, haunted object stories, supernatural suspense, creepy basement horror, and scary stories rooted in family warnings and old superstitions. Some messes were never meant to be swept away. ------- Want more from Feral by Night? Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week: https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:   https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/ Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises. Support the show

    14 min
  7. May 14

    The Man Who Waved From the Cornfield | Rural Folk Horror Story

    The Man Who Waved From the Cornfield is a narrated scary story about a woman driving home through farm country who sees the same man standing at the edge of a cornfield every evening. At first, his wave seems harmless, but the longer she ignores him, the closer the field seems to get. As the story unfolds, an old rural warning, a lonely back road, and a dark cornfield turn into something much more unsettling than a strange man by the roadside. This episode is for listeners who enjoy rural horror, folk horror, supernatural suspense, creepy road stories, cornfield horror, ghost stories, and scary stories about old warnings that should’ve been obeyed. ------- Want more from Feral by Night? Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week: https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:   https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/ Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises. Support the show

    21 min
  8. May 12

    The Face in the Garden Statue | Haunted Object Horror Story

    The Face in the Garden Statue is a narrated scary story about a man who moves into a cheap old house and begins to notice something wrong with the weathered statue in the overgrown garden. At first, its face is blank. Then, little by little, features begin to appear where there shouldn’t be any. As the story unfolds, the kitchen window becomes harder to avoid, old photographs reveal that the statue has changed before, and a warning left behind by the previous owner starts to feel less like superstition and more like survival. What begins as an unsettling detail in the yard turns into a slow, creeping haunted object story about old houses, strange warnings, and the danger of letting something see you too clearly. This episode is for listeners who enjoy haunted object stories, old house horror, folk horror, supernatural suspense, creepy rural settings, ghost stories, and scary stories built around one disturbing image that gets worse the longer you think about it. Some things in the garden should stay faceless. ------ Want more from Feral by Night? Listen to The Feral Folklorist, Papa Gee’s weekly folklore and magic podcast for anyone who loves haunted history, ghost stories, witchcraft, folk magic, old superstitions, and the real beliefs behind the strange and unexplained. Full episodes run about 30 minutes, with a Feral Folktale short story every other week: https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron on Patreon to unlock the video version of these stories, classes on occult topics, Feral Footnotes after-show episodes, magical herbal profiles, weekly folk magic articles, videos, witchy art, and downloadable spells:   https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop, aromaG’s Botanica, that’s been serving the public since 1999:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/ Production Note: Feral by Night is a human-voiced original production by Papa Gee. Any supplemental voice modeling is authorized by Papa Gee. Stories may draw inspiration from folklore, superstition, haunted history, urban legends, strange news, and original fictional premises. Support the show

    17 min

About

Feral by Night is a scary storytelling podcast hosted and narrated by Papa Gee, creator of The Feral Folklorist podcast. Each episode brings you an original eerie tale of haunted houses, strange roads, hidden rooms, ghostly figures, cursed objects, folk magic, old superstitions, and the things people swear they saw after dark. These are atmospheric horror stories for listeners who love scary stories, ghost stories, haunted house fiction, paranormal encounters, supernatural suspense, folk horror, Southern Gothic atmosphere, creepy bedtime stories, and eerie tales told in a calm, intimate voice. Turn the lights down, settle in, and listen close. Some stories are better heard after dark. New stories released throughout the week.