Knifepoint Horror

chasm

September 11, 2015 01:19 - 32 minutes - 74.2 MB

In the space of minutes, a travel writer venturing alone in remote waters goes from a state of enviable tranquility to blinding terror. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Producer and photographer Jeffrey Laub has done a series of photographic portraits of characters from the podcast; check them out at http://jeffreylaub.com/index.php/projects/.

landmark

July 19, 2015 00:00 - 42 minutes - 77.6 MB

Somewhere near your house it stands, one of those decaying places that people always whisper about as they pass by. For every day you age, it seems to age three. But it may well live beyond you, silently daring you each night at dusk to enter, coldly confident you'll always be too afraid. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

sleep

June 01, 2015 23:26 - 37 minutes - 86.7 MB

There exists in this life a very real, horrifying phenomenon that science cannot yet extinguish. It strikes a surprising number of people, and none of us are safe. And if it comes for you, it will come at the most vulnerable moment you will ever know. Art by TheFinalGirly Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

bargain

April 03, 2015 02:00 - 26 minutes - 60.8 MB

It seemed like such a simple deal, but it felt wrong from the very beginning--and led to a glimpse of a horror which, for those with even a little experience peering into the shadows, need not be named. Watch Jordan Hale's film adaptation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUyWJpc39Pc Artist David Montano created this image for the tale:

staircase

February 12, 2015 03:01 - 29 minutes - 68.3 MB

A comfortable suburban existence begins to fracture with a single sound. You may have heard it sometime yourself, but those who have surely possess no need for stories like these to haunt them. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist Jessica Mellen created this eerie bit of business with this episode in mind. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

legend

January 01, 2015 23:14 - 36 minutes - 84 MB

A tale made specifically for the campfire--a simple tale of the woods, long-buried secrets, and letting chances to escape terror slip agonizingly away. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ images copyright David Montano, www.davidmontano.com Jason Hill has also done a reading of this story, here.

lake

December 05, 2014 00:12 - 16 minutes - 38.4 MB

Some places are so remote that just to explore them is an invitation to the phantoms that know we're alone. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

vision

October 17, 2014 00:49 - 49 minutes - 114 MB

A man attempting to solve a strange gap in his memory meets a man claiming to offer an answer--one too frightening for mere mortals to grasp. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

presence

March 19, 2014 02:03 - 24 minutes - 56.7 MB

Very few people had ever even heard of the Poldrict House, let alone investigated it. Surely the lack of fascination within the paranormal community was justified... Art by Grey Allison, https://www.instagram.com/greyallison/?hl=en

retaliation

January 21, 2014 21:57 - 30 minutes - 69.1 MB

A cruel game of psychological brinksmanship among thieves breaks the sanity of its most dangerous competitor. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

proof

January 11, 2014 02:02 - 29 minutes - 68.2 MB

The unexpected phone call's origin raised many questions, but for a man anxious to discover real evidence of mysterious forces at work all around us, there was little question a journey was to be made. Art by TheFinalGirly Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A Second Quick Trilogy of Terror

October 08, 2013 02:47 - 1 hour - 163 MB

Another three tales roughly and tersely told. Art by TheFinalGirly Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Check out Jason Hill's narration of the third story of the group here. And see how he captured the story's essence in this eerie drawing. The following image, inspired by the first story in the group, was created by friend of the show Georgia Dawson ('gdawso' on Instagram): ...

A Quick Trilogy of Terror

June 21, 2013 01:17 - 1 hour - 213 MB

Something a little shy of Knifepoint Horror, but perhaps entertaining in their own way, here are three stories that don't quite fit into the mold of those previously offered. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ..... Many people have been thoroughly creeped out by the show's avatar--what IS that thing looking at us? Well, we finally have an answer, provided by 11-year-old Ethien D...

sisters

February 24, 2012 02:07 - 53 minutes - 123 MB

The secluded castle, once rumored to harbor evil, had been redeemed by the influence of piety and innocence until something came through the forest to return it to true darkness. Image above copyright David Montano, www.davidmontano.com image above copyright Vanessa Crookston image above by Tyler Ellis, artstation.com/tylerellis

undead

January 17, 2012 01:13 - 39 minutes - 71.4 MB

A brief history of a brilliant creator slowly becomes a tale of shadows, footsteps, and terror when an awful irony reaches out to him with cold, lifeless hands.

outcast

December 04, 2011 15:19 - 1 hour - 153 MB

Whether high school student Garrett Markish was truly evil or under the influence of forces he could not overcome did not matter to those who fell before his seething wrath.

sounds

October 30, 2011 01:46 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MB

Two fugitives desperate to escape both the police and the elements become aware of a far greater horror lying between them and safety.

visitation

September 23, 2011 02:56 - 29 minutes - 66.4 MB

Another new story of Knifepoint Horror. A knock at the door in the dead of night begins a mystery involving a gruesome crime and a vengeance that can only come in the beyond.

rebirth

August 16, 2011 00:00 - 42 minutes - 96.5 MB

By popular demand, a new tale of Knifepoint Horror. A nighttime expedition to a sleepy town uncovers the truth behind seemingly groundless rumors. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ An alternative narration by Jason Hill is here.

desert - from the files of Savid Doud

January 02, 2011 17:26 - 8 minutes - 19 MB

Read by Neil Donnelly. In a previous episode, 'house', the psychic researcher Aramis Churchton makes reference to the notes his colleague Savid Doud has made concerning cases for potential investigation. Here is one of Doud's original audio recordings, recovered after his death, describing such a case of paranormal phenomena.

cabin - from the files of Savid Doud

January 02, 2011 16:18 - 6 minutes - 14.4 MB

Read by Neil Donnelly. In a previous episode, 'house', the psychic researcher Aramis Churchton makes reference to the notes his colleague Savid Doud has made concerning cases for potential investigation. Here is one of Doud's original audio recordings, recovered after his death, describing such a case of paranormal phenomena.

house

December 30, 2010 14:04 - 54 minutes - 99.4 MB

Read by Dennis Smith. On a dark winter's night, a seeker of ghosts attuned to the strange energy within a remote haunted house underestimates its inhabitants' power to destroy. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Get Soren Narnia's alternate narration of the story through Patreon: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

possession

December 26, 2010 23:01 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

A man's slow descent into depression and addiction opens up a world of once-hidden terrors, the worst of which awaits in a malevolent ghost's plan to devour his weakened soul.

tunnel

December 22, 2010 01:53 - 17 minutes - 39 MB

Read by Logan Masterson. Nine seconds was all it took to scar a subway rider for life when the flickering subterranean lights showed him the unimaginable.

return

December 17, 2010 02:52 - 23 minutes - 53.2 MB

Read by Markham Anderson. The inability of two troubled teens to extricate themselves from the influence of a practitioner of witchcraft costs them everything as adults. Listen to Soren Narnia's own narration of this story on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

plague

December 12, 2010 16:02 - 24 minutes - 55.8 MB

Read by Mike Harris. Few considered the strange substance which spread through a small city to be anything more than a nuisance until the truth brought bloody horror to the entire world.

rehearsal

December 09, 2010 02:15 - 7 minutes - 17.3 MB

Read by Brian d'Eon. One of the most famous political assassinations in history may have been cryptically--and gruesomely--foretold.

school

December 05, 2010 12:07 - 50 minutes - 115 MB

A damaged man recalls his time at Seacrist Elementary, the unlikely site of a hideous paranormal outbreak which still haunts him two decades later. Art by Mandey Brown, Instagram: mandeyfromzogs

trail

December 02, 2010 03:42 - 18 minutes - 42.6 MB

Read by Markham Anderson. A courteous stranger offers three friends looking for a Halloween hayride into the woods something deeper and darker. At the Light & Shadow podcast, host Nichole Hamilton has also done a narration of this tale: https://www.lightandshadowpod.com/podcast/halloween-party-2

eyes

November 29, 2010 03:29 - 26 minutes - 59.8 MB

Read by Mark Nelson. An invitation to a seance leads a Congressman to face the wrath of a tortured spirit bent on making him suffer for a past betrayal. Listen to Soren Narnia's own narration of this story on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Producer and photographer Jeffrey Laub has done a series of photographic portraits of characters from the podcast; check them out at http://jeffreylaub.com/index.php/projects/.

cult

November 25, 2010 13:23 - 19 minutes - 43.9 MB

Read by Peter Yearsley. A cult's act of human sacrifice and resurrection reaches across the twentieth century to leave its imprint on a modern day murder. Art by Grey Allison, https://www.instagram.com/greyallison/?hl=en

corpse

November 25, 2010 13:13 - 13 minutes - 30.2 MB

Read by Mike Vendetti. The corpse of a remorseless killer refuses to decay, breaking the sanity of a dangerous man who becomes obsessed with it. Listen to Soren Narnia's own narration of this story on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

town

November 23, 2010 01:41 - 53 minutes - 123 MB

Read by Dennis Smith. An unwitting videographer is drawn into a mysterious researcher's day-long journey through a small place on the brink of total possession. Art by TheFinalGirly Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Listen to Soren Narnia's own narration of this story on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

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