Through the murky darkness of the night, when fear banishes sleep, it's the no-sleep

podcast.

Born from the nightmares of Reddit.com's no-sleep forum, and featuring tales from

Reddit's authors of horror, we present you with tales intended to frighten, and disturb,

and keep you awake as the night slowly creeps past.

The no-sleep podcast is now on Stitcher.

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Our first tale is entitled The Smiling Man.

A shortcut down winding coastal roads can end up getting you lost along the way, and found

by something you don't want following you.

This story was written by Sedric, and is read by Max Glassby.

For college, I lived in a coastal California town and frequented the clubbing scene.

There was a particular part of the town that was essentially a city of mansions.

The feeling in this area during the day had a sense of confusion.

Roads made no sense, and you could easily find yourself driving in circles, or even leaving

at points opposite of where you headed.

I'd always chalk this up to the winding roads, easily defeating my sense of direction.

Because of this, it was easy to avoid police checkpoints, and it was a shortcut to the

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