Knifepoint Horror

25 Jul 2025

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In the moody late hours at The Cask & Pear, an all-night dive bar and diner on the edge of the city,...

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000

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A young man’s strange natural gift evolves to wield a disturbing influence. MUSIC: ‘Atmo’ by ...

Wed, 25 Jun

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In this story originally written for the Halloween 2024 episode of Kevin Lane’s Spill Your Guts po...

Mon, 09 Jun

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A story of desperate men, bad decisions, terrible timing, and unexpected faces in the dark. Additio...

Fri, 23 May

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Originally heard on the Alexandria Archives podcast, this is the final recording of a man whose chos...

Fri, 09 May

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In this ghost story of the Southern Gothic, a new landowner is rapidly submerged in a relative's mur...

Mon, 28 Apr

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Originally heard as ‘Q & A With a Vampire Killer’ on the Alexandria Archives podcast, this is a ...

Sun, 13 Apr

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Ask people in the Cleveland area about The Ron Tanglethorn Show and you might get a few nods here an...

Fri, 07 Mar

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A youthful lark across the states takes a man into the heart of an awful anomaly. Music: “Outside...

Fri, 07 Feb

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Opening statements in what would come to be considered one of the strangest trials in the history of...

Sun, 05 Jan

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When two colleagues in crime come together again after years apart, one reveals a looming threat mor...

Wed, 16 Oct

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A dark October country road, a driver, a hitchhiker... and a strange, strange story told across cold...

Wed, 25 Sep

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An educator's watch of the winter skies sets him in anxious motion to shelter the innocent. Music: ...

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:00:00 -0000

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Five shorter tales… and just a smidgen more. Intro music by Emma Fradd of the Sibling Horror Po...

Sat, 27 Jul

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The 19th-century reign of the mysterious Buth Sugo was detailed only in this one ugly, bloody, regr...

Fri, 21 Jun

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Many people who hear things behind their walls suspect their house is haunted, but can’t prove it....

Fri, 24 May

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There’s always a small element of worry that comes when you leave a stranger to watch your propert...

Fri, 12 Apr

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Always go very, very slowly through your radio dial, especially late at night. You never quite know ...

Fri, 08 Mar

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All the user reviews of the real-life bar at the center of this story are exactly what you’d expec...

Mon, 05 Feb

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A snowy walk reveals the beginnings of a mystery that grows weirder with each passing hour. Music: ...

Fri, 05 Jan

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For the dead of winter, an old-fashioned ghost story set in a hot and humid place. Patreon: https:...

Fri, 13 Oct

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On the hurting streets of Claysmith, Connecticut, a hideous comedy of errors engulfs the innocent an...

Mon, 25 Sep

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It seemed like a simpler time, and the problems faced by the people in that small rural town seemed ...

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:27:00 -0000

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There's usually a moment as you drive alone late at night on a long, desolate country road when you ...

Sun, 11 Jun

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For sale by Baltimore County: 3 BR, 2 BA single family dwelling on 1/3rd acre in residential section...

Fri, 19 May

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In a suspiciously quiet and unspoiled setting, three friends are beckoned by the liberation found wi...

Mon, 10 Apr

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The story of Joel and Sammie, a young couple suddenly divided by something terrifying—and then bon...

Fri, 17 Mar

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In the world of short-term rentals, the personalities bound to the transaction sometimes briefly cla...

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:30:00 -0000

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Things were already tense inside a house in the middle of nowhere, and then at the wrong moment, the...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 14:00:00 -0000

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As a small town struggles to defend itself against cruel interlopers, the hour of vengeance draws ev...

Mon, 07 Nov

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Year by year, step by quiet step, a well-intentioned collective of great minds evolves into somethin...

Sat, 01 Oct

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Eight very different stories for the season. 1. hitcher 2. Is It That Time Again? 3. prodigal...

Sun, 21 Aug

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There are reliable narrators, there are unreliable narrators… and then there are outliers like the...

Fri, 15 Jul

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A filmmaker recalls the details of his darkest project: the people who endured it, the illusions he ...

Fri, 22 Apr

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Many is the band that wishes they could have a second chance at what turned out to be their final pe...

Sun, 06 Feb

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No one in attendance at the talk on that December night in New England, 2021, really knew what they ...

Mon, 06 Dec

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The tomb would soon sit unnoticed, perhaps forever, in the wild grass of the lonely cemetery. But on...

Fri, 01 Oct

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You are invited to a place in the mountains where one man decided that no matter what the date, it w...

Fri, 24 Sep

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A documentarian’s celebrity puff piece takes a dark turn when her subject reveals the story of a f...

Fri, 09 Jul

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There is a curious fact about the tiny railway station mentioned by the teller of this story that he...

Mon, 10 May

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Someday, when you find yourself alone in a place like the one where this story occurred, take note o...

Mon, 15 Feb

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What’s the shortest time you’ve ever lived somewhere before you left in frustration? What was th...

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:00:00 -0000

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Within every grandiose scheme, there lies the seed of possible disaster. Some of these disasters are...

Fri, 16 Oct

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For Halloween, a tale of two people dwelling among the monsters who own the night. Music: 'Altere...

Sat, 03 Oct

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The letters and diaries of several 19th century soldiers allude to “the terrible Demon of Moscow”...

Fri, 07 Aug

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'What about the forest where this terrible thing happened?' people sometimes ask when they hear the ...

Wed, 08 Jul

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Each nighttime visitor to the tiny house in the country was more unwelcome than the one before ... b...

Sun, 07 Jun

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Conflicting feelings about a banished relative lead to a visit a long time in coming … but each st...

Fri, 10 Apr

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A college professor has a mysterious story to tell to a prized student, but his timing and motive ar...

Sat, 21 Dec

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For the people in a small town in upstate New York, what happened was just another sordid true crime...

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:00:00 -0000

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The featured story of this brief trilogy imagines that perhaps, Earth's final confrontation between ...

Fri, 02 Aug

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Nothing that has four walls and a roof can be eliminated as a possible breeding ground for the super...

Mon, 03 Jun

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Memories of three weird occurrences that cannot be explained merge for their living witness into a c...

Mon, 08 Apr

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A man who insists on the existence of a relative no one else has ever seen delves dangerously into t...

Wed, 24 Oct

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A man blinded by infatuation learns the object of his desire has intentions to become something from...

Wed, 25 Jul

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Maybe your own town holds one: a folk tale, discredited and in many ways absurd, that nevertheless w...

Mon, 11 Jun

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A man in trouble, wanting only an escape from a crisis, stumbles across a mystery which leads to ano...

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:00:00 -0000

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Another tale of lands touched by both enigmatic beauty and dormant, uncategorizable cruelty.  Th...

Wed, 24 Jan

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For the haunted, any calm explanation of a supernatural phenomenon is a comforting one, no matter wh...

Sun, 12 Nov

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A man thrust onto the streets must navigate their disturbing sights and sounds, all the while living...

Fri, 13 Oct

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Three tales of Knifepoint Horror. 1. thrifting 2. west 3. The Cleaver John Graham: Jason H...

Wed, 16 Aug

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A boy growing up in post-Depression Kansas learns there are no truly innocuous objects as long as th...

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:00:00 -0000

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Built as a place of solace for those who could no longer fully fend for themselves, the house should...

Wed, 17 May

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A conflict in memory between two brothers leads to a return to a place where childhood may have been...

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:00:00 -0000

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These 10 stories were originally produced as video monologues for YouTube over the course of a year ...

Sat, 10 Dec

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In a mysterious, undefined era, a desperate foot journey traverses a winter wilderness that promises...

Fri, 22 Jan

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The next time you take a long country drive, look to your left and right as the scenery rolls by, th...

Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:21:00 -0000

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He was a teenager who suddenly had no place to sleep, no money, and no options. The world had quickl...

Fri, 11 Sep

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In the space of minutes, a travel writer venturing alone in remote waters goes from a state of envia...

Sun, 19 Jul

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Somewhere near your house it stands, one of those decaying places that people always whisper about a...

Mon, 01 Jun

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There exists in this life a very real, horrifying phenomenon that science cannot yet extinguish. It ...

Fri, 03 Apr

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It seemed like such a simple deal, but it felt wrong from the very beginning--and led to a glimpse o...

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:01:00 -0000

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A comfortable suburban existence begins to fracture with a single sound. You may have heard it somet...

Thu, 01 Jan 2015 23:14:00 -0000

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A tale made specifically for the campfire--a simple tale of the woods, long-buried secrets, and lett...

Fri, 05 Dec

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Some places are so remote that just to explore them is an invitation to the phantoms that know we're...

Fri, 17 Oct

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A man attempting to solve a strange gap in his memory meets a man claiming to offer an answer--one t...

Wed, 19 Mar

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Very few people had ever even heard of the Poldrict House, let alone investigated it. Surely the lac...

Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:57:00 -0000

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A cruel game of psychological brinksmanship among thieves breaks the sanity of its most dangerous co...

Sat, 11 Jan

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The unexpected phone call's origin raised many questions, but for a man anxious to discover real evi...

Tue, 08 Oct 2013 02:47:00 -0000

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Another three tales roughly and tersely told. 1. bells 2. lighthouse 3. army Music: Kevin ...

Fri, 21 Jun

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Here are three stories that don't quite fit into the mold of those previously offered. 1. mounta...

Fri, 24 Feb

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The secluded castle, once rumored to harbor evil, had been redeemed by the influence of piety and in...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:13:00 -0000

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A brief history of a brilliant creator slowly becomes a tale of shadows, footsteps, and terror when ...

Sun, 04 Dec

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Whether high school student Garrett Markish was truly evil or under the influence of forces he could...

Sun, 30 Oct

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Two fugitives desperate to escape both the police and the elements become aware of a far greater hor...

Fri, 23 Sep

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A knock at the door in the dead of night begins a mystery involving a gruesome crime and a vengeanc...

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0000

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A nighttime expedition to a sleepy town uncovers the truth behind seemingly groundless rumors. Musi...

Sun, 02 Jan

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Read by Neil Donnelly. In a previous episode, 'house', the psychic researcher Aramis Churchton make...

Sun, 02 Jan

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Read by Neil Donnelly. In a previous episode, 'house', the psychic researcher Aramis Churchton make...

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:04:00 -0000

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Read by Dennis Smith. On a dark winter's night, a seeker of ghosts attuned to the strange energy wit...

Sun, 26 Dec

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A man's slow descent into depression and addiction opens up a world of once-hidden terrors, the wors...

Wed, 22 Dec

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Read by Logan Masterson. Nine seconds was all it took to scar a subway rider for life when the flick...

Fri, 17 Dec

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Read by Markham Anderson. The inability of two troubled teens to extricate themselves from the influ...

Sun, 12 Dec

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Read by Mike Harris. Few considered the strange substance which spread through a small city to be an...

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:15:00 -0000

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Read by Brian d'Eon. One of the most famous political assassinations in history may have been crypti...

Sun, 05 Dec

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A damaged man recalls his time at Seacrist Elementary, the unlikely site of a hideous paranormal out...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:42:00 -0000

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Read by Markham Anderson. A courteous stranger offers three friends looking for a Halloween hayrid...

Mon, 29 Nov

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Read by Mark Nelson. An invitation to a seance leads a Congressman to face the wrath of a tortured s...

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:23:00 -0000

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A cult's act of human sacrifice and resurrection reaches across the twentieth century to leave its i...

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:13:00 -0000

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Read by Mike Vendetti. The corpse of a remorseless killer refuses to decay, breaking the sanity of a...

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:41:00 -0000

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Read by Dennis Smith. An unwitting videographer is drawn into a mysterious researcher's day-long jou...