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Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep

Prophet of the Hallowed Corpse | Part 1

Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep

Dr. NoSleep Studios

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4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 128 minutes

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0:00.0

Dr. No Sleep presents

0:03.0

Prophet of the Hallowed Corpse by Dave Kavanaugh.

0:08.0

All stories end with death if you stick with them long enough.

0:16.0

But I've now come to see that the best stories begin with death and the new life that

0:25.3

springs from decay.

0:28.7

Think of a humble fungus feeding on a carcass to summon forth a great bloom of psychoactive

0:37.4

mushrooms.

0:39.3

In this way, the festering ooze and putrid marrow of rotting flesh is transformed

0:47.3

into waking dreams and visions most divine. From the private journal of Professor Mortimer King, August 1969.

1:00.0

Prologue, the full four-part series, Prophet of the Hallowed Corpse, is available now for Patreon members.

1:09.0

Here the complete story today without waiting, link in the

1:12.6

description below. Harlow Vegas sits in the back row of the funeral chapel, despite being

1:20.7

the only mourner at his mother's service. Beyond the empty pews, her open casket rests on

1:27.2

its stand,

1:28.3

and he can just make out the gray tip of her nose peeking out from the edge.

1:33.0

That's enough for Harlow.

1:34.7

He doesn't need to get too close.

1:37.4

Harlow is no stranger to death,

1:39.7

and he knows all about the tricks and Undertaker employs to prepare a body for viewing,

1:45.1

how the arteries on the neck are slashed and tubes inserted, draining blood while pumping in embalming

1:51.1

fluid.

1:52.1

There is the puncturing of bloated organs with a hollow needle, which then serves to vacuum

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