428: The Price of Saying Yes - Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: A Horror Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast

Chilling Entertainment, LLC & Studio71

Drama, Books, Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In this unsettling episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, a single question hangs in the air long after the lights go out: What happens after you agree? What begins as curiosity—harmless, tempting, even rewarding—slowly reveals itself as something far more dangerous. Each choice feels voluntary. Each step feels justified. And yet, with every small “yes,” the exit grows harder to see. Guided by host Steve Taylor, this episode explores the terrifying psychology of escalation, manipulation, and unseen systems that thrive on cooperation rather than force. It’s a descent into modern horror where technology, temptation, and human vulnerability intersect—and where the most frightening realization comes too late to undo. Because sometimes, the real nightmare isn’t what you’re made to do. It’s what you’re willing to do. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.4	It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.
0:21.6	Jilling Tales for Dark Nights.
0:25.6	The The
0:40.3	The Good evening, listener, and welcome back to chilling tales for dark nights.
1:07.0	I'm your host, Steve Taylor.
1:10.0	There are moments in life where the danger isn't obvious, where the choice doesn't feel like a choice at all.
1:17.8	Just a harmless yes, offered in passing, a favor, a task, a small agreement that seems to cost nothing.
1:26.9	But horror has a way of hiding in plain sight.
1:32.3	Tonight's tale explores the quiet terror of escalation. The way one harmless decision leads to another,
1:40.2	how rewards soften suspicion, and how participation itself becomes the trap.
1:47.0	It's a story about consent without understanding, about systems that don't need violence,
1:53.0	so long as they can convince you to cooperate.
1:57.0	Before we step into tonight's darkness, let's take a moment for a few important updates from the world of chilling tales for dark nights.
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