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Scared To Death

Scared To Death

Dan Cummins, Lynze Cummins

True Crime, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture, Horror

4.7 • 13.8K Ratings

Overview

The paranormal comes to life as husband-wife duo Dan Cummins (acclaimed standup comedian and true horror fan) and Lynze Cummins (costume and wardrobe stylist for numerous film and television productions) share terrifying stories that will leave you sleeping with the lights on. Dan’s goal? To scare Lynze with creepy accounts of demonic possession, shadow people, and other eerie phenomena. And when he’s done, Lynze fights back with chilling fan-submitted tales of true horror. Together, they explore the darkest corners of the web, dusty old books, and even their own eerie surroundings—a studio filled with occult objects and located right next to a cemetery. Don’t forget to check out the mini-series Nightmare Fuel, airing on this feed the first and third Friday of every month, where Dan narrates a short piece of original horror fiction.

331 Episodes

Brownwood's Haunted House

Brownwood House, Dead Emails, Sowden House, Hat Man, Anyone Home, Backwards Knees

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

Nightmare Fuel #31: The House of Hurt

In this thirty-first installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to Upstate New York's Woodhull Mountain, where Gabe and Hassan see a very strangely placed house on the side of the hill while out on a hike. When Gabe enters the house, he leaves behind our world, and enters a space outside of it - a dark and mysterious space dedicated mostly... to pain.

Transcribed - Published: 2 May 2025

Room 11

Palmer Hotel, St. Mary's, Tamagotchi, Man In Black, A Sweet Reminder

Transcribed - Published: 30 April 2025

Edith's Summer Visitors

BEK, Phantom Islands, Messages From Beyond, Ghost In The House, Man In Black

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

Nightmare Fuel #30: Operation Wandering Soul

In this thirtieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to the tropical jungle of Vietnam's Annamese mountains. On a dark, rainy night in January of 1968, PsyWar Detachment Six - a six-man team and part of the US military’s shadowy MACV-SOG Command - was conducting black operations meant to terrify and break the spirits of the Viet Cong. But in the end, no one will be scared more than the soldiers themselves...

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2025

The Man Outside The Cabin

Stolen Identity, Dungarvon Whooper, Attachment, Nightmare Reality

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2025

The Boy

Imaginary Friend, Tujunga Canyon Contacts, Creepy Cottage, Creepy Cottage, Haunted House

Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2025

Nightmare Fuel #29: The Hitchhiker

In this twenty-ninth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we meet Ryan Castillo, who, on a long late-night drive through the desert from Los Angeles, California to Tonopah, Nevada, hits one hitchhiker, and picks up another...

Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2025

The Ghosts of Ballarat

Ballarat Tales, Family Ghosts, Family Secret, Mirror Friend, Man In The Basement

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2025

His Teeth

Veijo Rönkkönen Statue Garden, Jeddah House, After Death, Phantom Music, Leprechaun, Poltergeist, Shadow Man

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2025

Nightmare Fuel #28: He'll Make You Whole

In this twenty-eighth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to 1989 and explore, along with the pawn shop owner who bought the camera that contained it, a tape of some chilling home video footage of two film students investigating an urban legend set inside a local abandoned insane asylum.

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2025

The Redcap

Redcap, Devil's Town, Wizard Clip, Thin Veil, Mimic, Unwelcome Passenger

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

The Face That Was Not Hers

Grandma's Face, La Purisima Spanish Mission, The Devil's Armchair, Golden Eyes

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025

Nightmare Fuel #27: Moloch's Pact Part Two: Satanic Panic

In this twenty-seventh installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to 1988 once more, and to the town of Deacon's Point, to find out if local high school student Chance Watkins and homicide detective Rob Shoemaker are able to stop a satanic cult from killing more teen girls and bringing a powerful demon into the world that could possibly kill millions.

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2025

The Nurse's Office

Ghost Patient, Cemetery Scares, Man In The Road, Bedtime Visitor, White Rose

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

The Exorcism Of Joan Vollmer

Exorcism, Manteno State Hospital, Ouija Board, UFO

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

Nightmare Fuel #26: Moloch's Pact Part One: The Demon of Deacon's Point

In this twenty-sixth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head back to 1988 and to the town of Deacon's Point, where two teenage boys, Chance Watkins and Lincoln Clay, rent an underground horror movie called Moloch's Pact from their local video store, and it changes their lives forever...

Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2025

There's A Little Boy Up There

Gym Ghost, Saco River, Ouija Board Horror, Machine Shop, Scary Stuffy

Transcribed - Published: 19 February 2025

Introducing RUN, FOOL!: Stairway to Hell

Hi Creeps and Peepers! Today we wanted to share a bonus episode with you from the RUN, FOOL! Podcast from our friends at Ballen Studios. We hope you love it!

Transcribed - Published: 15 February 2025

He's In My Phone

Phone Spirit, Lost Lake, Occupied Cell, Grandpa's Shop, Burnt Hooves

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

Nightmare Fuel #25: Ezra & The Dark Watcher

In this twenty-fifth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to Bodie, California! Twenty-seven years after confronting the Beast of Bodie, former sheriff Ezra Calhoun has a new monster to fight. The Dark Watcher. A strange and ferocious man-like entity appearing on the ridge of one of the hills above town, and butchering locals.

Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2025

Are You Cheating On Me?

Succubus, Grace Brown, The Outback, Someone In The House

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

The Woman In The Mirror

Haunted Mirror, Indiana Poltergeist, ICU Visitor, El Salvadorian Skinwalker

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2025

The Lullaby

Who Is Singing, Mary The Wanderer, Demonic Dorm, Girl in the Deep End

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2025

Nightmare Fuel #24: I'm Not Supposed To Be Here

In this twenty-fourth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we explore the tale of a man who has recently gotten into a car accident with his wife and two daughters. And now he can't accept that they seem to have all survived. Is he merely losing his mind as he starts to question whether or not his wife and daughters are truly still alive? Or is something else, something supernatural, at play here?

Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2025

The Delivery

Demon Delivery, Moberly-Jourdain Incident, Kevin, It Calls For Me

Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2025

Dead Men In Lead Masks

Lead Mask, Stone's Public House, The Hamburglar, Hitchhiker Hell

Transcribed - Published: 8 January 2025

Nightmare Fuel #23: The Storm Chapter 3: ANEEW

In this twenty-third installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we reconnect with Brent, Lori, Cam, and Rosie Collins, as they resume their journey south. They discover who caused the Red Plague pandemic and why. They also make it to Whitebird. But what will be there waiting for them?

Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2025

The Devil Of Glenluce

Devil of Glenluce, Baltimore Poltergeist, Haunted House Flip, Between Life and Death, Alien Signs

Transcribed - Published: 1 January 2025

Introducing Bedtime Stories: Dark and Abandoned

Hi Creeps and Peepers! Today we have a little extra content for you! We're bringing you an episode of Bedtime Stories, a show from our friends over at Ballen Studios. Hope you love it!

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2024

The Kit-Bag

Reality TV Ghost, The Kit Bag, Paranormal Question, Christmas Gift, Deer People

Transcribed - Published: 25 December 2024

Nightmare Fuel #22: The Storm Chapter 2: The Ark

In this twenty-second installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we continue following Brent, Lori, Cam, and Rosie Collins, as they try to survive the apocalyptic Red Plague by making it to Brent's stepdad and mother's ranch near Whitebird, Idaho. Will an unexpected detour into the doomsday compound of the insane zealot who wrecked their SUV before saving them from some Red Eyes destroy their chances?

Transcribed - Published: 20 December 2024

Helltown

Helltown, Irish Banshee, Spirit on the CB, Death Dream, Cursed Premonition, Ghost In The Screen

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2024

The Graveyard Of The Pacific

SS Valencia, McRaven House, Backyard Lurker, Hitching A Ride

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2024

Nightmare Fuel #21: The Storm

In this twenty-first installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to Couer d'Alene, Idaho, where Brent and Lori Collins, and their children, Cam and Rosie, are attempting to make it to Brent's stepdad and mother's remote ranch near Whitebird, Idaho, to survive a new and apocalyptic pandemic known as the Red Plague. A deadly new pathogen is turning people into murderous conspiratorial monsters. Can they survive the journey and weather the deadly storm?

Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2024

The Ghost of Mary Ann Cotton

Mary Ann Cotton, La Mano Peluda, The Girl, A Father's Love

Transcribed - Published: 4 December 2024

The Cresson Creeper

Cresson Sanatarium, Funeral Fear, Lost Time, Shadowy Entity

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2024

What's Your Emergency?

Time Slip, St. Patrick's College Ghost, Haunted Apartment, Maybe A Mimmic

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2024

Nightmare Fuel #20: Unknown Caller 2: Power Outage

In this twentieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head back to New Orleans, returning to where the Unknown Caller continues to torment and hunt. We pick up with NOPD Detective Blaine McGrath, who the Unknown Caller reached out to following Naomi Howard's death. And a character from a previous episode heads to NOLA to try and help end this Unknown Caller's reign of terror...

Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2024

I'd Like to Make a Reservation

Phantom Phone, Lake Anjikuni, Ouija Board Possession

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2024

Alcatraz: Island Of Evil Spirits

Alcatraz, Split Rock Quarry, Haunted House, The Tickle Lady

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2024

Nightmare Fuel #19: Unknown Caller

In this nineteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to New Orleans, where a man is found in dead in his home that he had boarded up in the final days of his life. It quickly becomes clear that he had been tormented by someone who kept calling him over the phone. And then the phone of one of the paramedics declaring him dead starts to ring...

Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2024

You Should Have Buried Me Better

Gone Mad, Oppression, Mrs. Valerie, Time Slip

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2024

Mr. Splitfoot, Can You Hear Me?

Fox Sisters, Air Force Haunts, Voice in the Woods, Sleepover Scares

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2024

Nightmare Fuel #18: Sleep Paralysis

In this eighteenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to San Francisco, where a monster from Hmong horror lore, the Night Hag known as Dab Tsog, shows the young members of one Hmong family how it is anything but harmless superstition.

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2024

The Stanley Hotel

The Stanley Hotel, Dopplegänger, Black Magic, Possession

Transcribed - Published: 16 October 2024

The Haunting Of Willington Mill

Willington Mill, Kreisher Mansion, Grandpa's Jokes, Hoffman's Mansion

Transcribed - Published: 9 October 2024

Nightmare Fuel #17: The Dead of Winter

In this seventeenth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to the 1970s, where a woman finds a diary in an old homestead cabin that has been in her family's possession since the late 1860s. The author of the diary has obviously long been dead. But is she still somehow writing new entries from the other side?

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2024

The Visitor

Somerset Haunting, Crumlin Road, Uninvited, Hat Man Horror, The Seance

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2024

The Emilcin Incident

The Emilcin Incident, Watched, ADD Curse, Hoof Lady

Transcribed - Published: 25 September 2024

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