In this sixth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we travel to the Oregon coast, where a young family sees their dream turn into a nightmare when they move into a new and very troubled home, long possessed by a powerful demon...  This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises!  If you like this episode, please let us know wherever you rate and review podcasts. Have a great weekend! For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagi ..read more

Dan will feature only one tale this week but it's a big one! Really immersive. We’re heading to a haunted strip club in West Virginia! Before we get there, we’ll share a bit of lore from some other haunted strip clubs too! Then, we have a tricky ghost hanging out in the Cottonwood Cemetery. This is a fun tale told by Lynze. Lastly, a woman has been seeing and feeling the same two spirits her entire life. Just when she thought they were gone, she thought wrong.  Summer Camp 2025: The time has come!!! Tickets for  Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp 2025: Summer of Love are on sale now!! &nb ..read more

Dan has a tale in Alabama and centers around a ghost that has been spotted by numerous truckers - and some other drivers as well - at night along Highway 5. Then we head to Pune, India to explore the story of the Pune Poltergeist. Lynze has a bizarre haunted house tale that might also include a mimic? You decide. Then we go to Mexico for a funny tale of a new little creature called a  duende followed by a much heavier, much darker tale.  Summer Camp 2025: The time has come!!! Tickets for  Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp 2025: Summer of Love are on sale now!!  come, first serv ..read more

In this fifth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we travel to Pazin, Croatia, where five American college students who have been studying abroad in Florence, Italy, are staying at The Villa of Moonlight for a long weekend. And their time in Pazin, does not go according to plan...  This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises!  If you like this episode, please let us know wherever you rate and review podcasts. Have a great weekend! For Merch and everything else ..read more

A history tale and a spoopy tale all rolled into Dan's first story of this weeks show. Come to Tasmania with us and explore a truly haunting location.  Then, we are off to São Paulo for a bit more history and another heart aching story filled with mystery and scary moments.  Lynze offers us three tales this week! She kicks off with a strange sighting of something unknown while housesitting. Then childhood nightmares take a turn when they are confirmed to be much more not once but twice. Wrapping it up, an attachment tale coming to us from Jakarta!  Summer Camp 2025: The time has ..read more

Dan kicks off the show with a real head scratcher. Was a man take by aliens of was he just a man who drank himself into mental illness and then left his family? You be the judge. We go to Cleveland, Ohio for a fun history lesson and then many small stories of the spirits that may still live in Franklin Castle. Then Lynze gives us a different kind of tale that explores Celtic folklore. A young couple is out enjoying a winter hike when they encounter a woman who is just not quite right. Was it a fae? Lastly, we all know imaginary friends can be the makings of a child's mind. But what if they are ..read more

Hello Creeps and Peepers!  In this fourth piece of horror fiction written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we meet a strange child's doll, Sam, found by a young boy, Jack, when he and his sister and mother moved into a new home following the death of Jack's father. Sam looks like she comes from another world, and she does, and her world is full of nothing but evil... This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises!  If you like this episode, please let us know wherever you rate and review podcasts. H ..read more

The first story this week is about a long haul trucker who had quite the night out on the road alone in the middle of heavily forested area on the East Coast. He saw something, a couple somethings, maybe. The creepiness lingers on this one. The the second story is set in the little unincorporated community of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, located just outside of Terre Haute. A small Roman Catholic liberal arts college, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is supposedly haunted by the spirit of a faceless nun. The back half of the show features two tales. The first is about the hat man but not how we ar ..read more

Dan has two fantastic stories this week. The first is about a bunch of sporadic reports to police and media, beginning in the early 1990s, about people claiming to be social workers and attempting to abduct children from their parents. This topic might not SEEM paranormal, but just wait for it. The second tale is set in small town America, posted by someone who has chosen to remain anonymous and it revolves around a haunted laundromat. Lynze Dazzles us with two awesome fan submitted horror stories. The first takes us camping in Florida. What starts as a fun boys weekend in ..read more

Hello Creeps and Peepers! Here is the third piece of horror fiction written and narrated by Dan Cummins.  The tale of a mysterious beast that's been brutally killing men for decades in the former gold rush town of Bodie, California. In 1915, a new sheriff, Ezra Calhoun, seeks to finally solve the mystery and set up a showdown with a mystical creature...  This episode is scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to get the full effect of all the creepy background noises!  If you like this episode, please let us know wherever you rate and review podcasts. Have ..read more