The Darkive — Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, and Creepypastas

Craig Groshek
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The Darkive is a regularly-updated horror fiction anthology and scary stories podcast from the producers of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, Drew Blood's Dark Tales, Horror Hill, Scary Stories Told in the Dark, and many other popular creepypasta programs. Join us as we help bring nightmares to life!

  1. 21h ago

    My Next Door Neighbor is a Monster

    Richard Prasse has had strange neighbors before. None of them were anything like Eliza Munoz. Beautiful, mysterious, and surrounded by a seemingly endless procession of late-night visitors, Eliza quickly becomes an irresistible distraction for the lonely medical resident living next door. But when curiosity draws Richard across the hallway at exactly the wrong moment, he discovers that the sounds coming from Eliza's apartment aren't evidence of an unusually active love life. They're evidence of something hungry. Soon Richard finds himself trapped between attraction and terror as the woman he can't stop thinking about reveals a side of herself no human being was ever meant to see. And when another dangerous figure from Eliza's past appears, Richard realizes that his neighbor may not be the only monster in the building. FEATURED STORY: "My Next Door Neighbor is a Monster" by Kyle Harrison Performed by Otis Jiry Produced by Aaron Sawicki (of AP Studios) 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scary Stories Told in the Dark | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Hill | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Drew Blood's Dark Tales | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear From the Heartland | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎬 Other Places to Watch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rumble ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠

    My Next Door Neighbor is a Monster

  2. 1d ago

    They Feed at Night

    Eight-year-old Terrance is supposed to be asleep. Instead, he's listening to something scratch against his second-story bedroom window. At first, it sounds like a branch brushing the glass. Then it comes again—slower, sharper, deliberate. And when Terrance finally gathers the courage to look outside, he finds a pale face staring back at him from a place no one should be able to stand. Within moments, an ordinary night in a quiet suburban home becomes a desperate fight for survival as Terrance and his family discover they aren't dealing with a prowler—or anything else that should exist. Pale figures are gathering outside. They are impossibly fast, terrifyingly persistent, and very, very hungry. And once they've chosen a home, locked doors may not be enough to keep them out. FEATURED STORY: "They Feed at Night" by Craig Groshek Performed by Malcolm Blackwood Produced by Aaron Sawicki (of AP Studios) 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scary Stories Told in the Dark | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Hill | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Drew Blood's Dark Tales | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear From the Heartland | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎬 Other Places to Watch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Rumble ⁠⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠

    They Feed at Night

  3. 6d ago

    The Events at Poroth Farm

    Seeking three quiet months away from New York City, Jeremy retreats to an isolated farm in rural New Jersey with little more than a roomful of books and plans to spend the summer immersed in the classics of Gothic literature. At first, Poroth Farm seems ideal. His landlords, Sarr and Deborah Poroth, are reserved but welcoming, the countryside is peaceful, and Jeremy finally has all the solitude he could want. Then the natural rhythms of the farm begin to falter. Something strange moves through the woods. Animals behave in ways Jeremy cannot explain. Familiar creatures become suddenly unfamiliar. And as the summer wears on, Jeremy's comfortable skepticism is tested by a mounting series of incidents that seem increasingly difficult to dismiss as coincidence, superstition, or imagination. Surrounded by the very horror stories he came there to study, Jeremy begins to confront a far more disturbing possibility: perhaps the darkest ideas preserved in old books were never entirely fictional. FEATURED STORY: "The Events at Poroth Farm" by T.E.D. Klein Performed by Erik PeabodyProduced by S.K. Brown 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠ Scary Stories Told in the Dark | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Hill | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Drew Blood's Dark Tales | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear From the Heartland | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎬 Other Places to Watch: ⁠⁠⁠Rumble ⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠

    The Events at Poroth Farm

  4. Jun 29

    News From the Front

    Alone in a creaking countryside home during the height of the First World War, a young woman spends her nights terrified for her husband fighting overseas in the trenches of France. So when she hears someone unlocking the front door late one stormy night and heavy boots climbing the stairs, fear quickly gives way to overwhelming relief: her husband Paul has somehow returned home alive. But as the days pass, subtle details about his behavior begin to feel deeply wrong. He refuses food, scarcely sleeps, and spends long hours handling strange military correspondence from the local post office—letters that were never meant to be delivered. When his wife discovers one addressed to herself, she uncovers a horrifying truth about the men returning from the war and the growing presence spreading quietly through the village under cover of grief, routine, and familiar faces. FEATURED STORY: “News From the Front” by Steven Long Performed by Emma Froh Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scary Stories Told in the Dark | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Hill | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Drew Blood's Dark Tales | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear From the Heartland | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎬 Other Places to Watch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rumble ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    News From the Front

  5. Jun 29

    Summer's Mask

    What begins as a carefree summer camping trip quickly takes a sinister turn when four friends discover a strange wooden box hidden deep within a silent forest clearing. Inside rests a smooth white mask—old, beautiful, and unsettling enough to make one member of the group beg the others not to touch it. But curiosity wins out, and the moment the mask is placed on someone’s face, something in the woods begins to change. As night falls over the campsite, the once-relaxing trip gives way to growing unease, strange behavior, and terrifying violence lurking just beyond the trees. By morning, three of the campers have vanished without a trace, leaving behind only bloodstains, unanswered questions, and a mask no one can explain. FEATURED STORY: “Summer's Mask” by Qualoa Performed by Barnabas Deimos Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scary Stories Told in the Dark | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Hill | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Drew Blood's Dark Tales | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear From the Heartland | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎬 Other Places to Watch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rumble ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Summer's Mask

  6. Jun 29

    The Soul Game

    When eleven-year-old Jesse befriends a strange new transfer student named Stan, his mother initially assumes it’s nothing more than another awkward childhood friendship. But within days, Jesse begins acting increasingly disturbed—speaking in hushed tones about “The Church of Stan,” waking up screaming in the middle of the night, and becoming terrified of a mysterious game he refuses to explain. As paranoia and exhaustion consume both mother and son, unsettling rules begin to emerge involving mirrors, darkness, and things that move closer when the lights go out. Then Stan finally appears at their front door alongside his pale, silent sister, and what begins as childish make-believe spirals into something far more sinister. Trapped inside a game with rules they barely understand and consequences too horrifying to ignore, Jesse’s mother realizes far too late that some stories are dangerous simply because you’ve heard them. FEATURED STORY: “The Soul Game” by Christopher Bloodworth Performed by Emma Froh Produced by Craig Groshek 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scary Stories Told in the Dark | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Hill | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Drew Blood's Dark Tales | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear From the Heartland | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎬 Other Places to Watch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rumble ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    The Soul Game

  7. Jun 29

    The Tapping Next Door

    For years, the noises coming from the apartment next door were little more than an annoyance—scraping furniture, muffled voices, and the occasional burst of violent banging through the bedroom wall. Strange, yes, but easy enough to ignore in a crowded city apartment building. Then one night, a new sound begins: soft, deliberate tapping from the other side of the wall, always spaced several minutes apart, almost as if someone is waiting for a response. What starts as an irritating interruption slowly becomes something deeply unsettling as the tapping grows louder, more frantic, and impossible to dismiss. And when a visit from the police finally reveals what was happening in the neighboring apartment that night, one horrifying realization changes everything the narrator thought they heard through the wall. FEATURED STORY: “The Tapping Next Door” by Georgia Brandon Performed by Jonathan Jones Produced by Jonathan Jones 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scary Stories Told in the Dark | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Hill | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Drew Blood's Dark Tales | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear From the Heartland | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎬 Other Places to Watch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rumble ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠

    The Tapping Next Door

  8. Jun 29

    The Man Who Ate Newborns

    Trapped at the bottom of a ravine after a failed kidnapping, a badly injured man clings to life while cradling something tiny and writhing in his hands. As he drifts between agony, starvation, and delirium, he recounts the obsessive love affair that destroyed his life—a fixation on a woman named Eve that slowly curdled into jealousy, desperation, and madness after she married another man and started a family of her own. Alone in the wreckage of his shattered car with no hope of rescue and his body literally beginning to rot around him, the man spirals deeper into horrifying rationalizations as hunger and obsession push him toward an unthinkable decision. FEATURED STORY: “The Man Who Ate Newborns” by Al Bruno III Performed by Mr. Creepypasta Produced by Mr. Creepypasta 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔊 Listen to More of our Podcasts: Chilling Tales for Dark Nights | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Scary Stories Told in the Dark | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Hill | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Drew Blood's Dark Tales | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fear From the Heartland | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎬 Other Places to Watch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rumble ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The Darkive is a regularly-updated horror fiction anthology and scary stories podcast from the producers of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, Drew Blood's Dark Tales, Horror Hill, Scary Stories Told in the Dark, and many other popular creepypasta programs. Join us as we help bring nightmares to life!

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