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NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS is a fortnightly short story podcast featuring masterful performances of dark tales, both old and new, by voice artist Kristin Holland. If you enjoy playful, chilling, compelling narrations of horror stories, this is the podcast for you. https://www.nocturnaltransmissions.com.au You can support us (and access lots of exclusive content) by becoming a patron at Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/nocturnaltransmissions scary stories, dark tales, haunting poetry, classic horror, modern horror, the macabre, the terrible, the sublime - come and get them ...

A Gripping Murder Mystery Thriller About Four Chilling Cases Murder hides best where no one is looking. At first glance, Willowbrook Extended Care is just another place where the forgotten go to die. But night nurse Emily Carter notices what others dismiss, and when residents begin passing too quickly, too quietly, she uncovers a horrifying truth: these deaths aren’t natural. They’re murders—carefully staged and signed off as peaceful endings. When no one believes her, Emily turns to Marcus Reid, a disgraced detective clinging to the ruins of his career. Together, they unravel not one...

On the Swiss border with Austria in 1938, a police captain refuses to enforce a law barring Jewish refugees from entering his country. In the Balkans half a century later, a Serb from the war-blasted city of Vukovar defies his superiors in order to save the lives of Croats. At the height of the Second Intifada, a member of Israel's most elite military unit informs his commander he doesn't want to serve in the occupied territories.

Beautiful Souls explores the flipside of the banality of evil, mapping out what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention.

America scatters her thin military across the globe as casualties on the battlefield begin to multiply. The dark clouds of World War 3 descend upon her homeland. Invading armies ravage her heartland, enslaving Europe and Asia with no one to slow them down. Russia, China, and Islam seem to be unstoppable as the world is thrown into a New Dark Age.

In broad daylight, Herbert Mullin calmly placed a rifle on the roof of his car, took aim at Fred Perez, and pulled the trigger without flinching. The fatal shot rang out, causing panic as a witness frantically called the police. Compelled by the voices in his head, Mullins believed that human sacrifice would prevent a massive earthquake from striking California. No one was safe. Over a span of four months, Mullins brutally killed men, women, children, and a priest, without any hint of remorse.

When a podcaster searching for answers in her son's death stumbles upon a missing girl's case, she discovers that some truths refuse to stay buried. Ivy Harlow thought moving to the quiet town of Cedar Bluff, Oklahoma would give her a fresh start—a chance to escape the whispers and pitying looks that followed her after her son Adam's fatal car accident. But the grief she carries and the nagging suspicion that Adam's death wasn't the simple accident everyone claimed it to be refuse to let her rest. When nineteen-year-old Rachel Covington goes missing, Ivy finds herself reluctantly drawn ...

From the void come twisted tales to regale you with horror and intrigue. Ten stories from the creepypasta author Cesly1987 have been gathered into this collection. A deputy must confront a supernatural demon during a raining flood, a soldier and his men must battle abominations of a bloodthirsty god for the sake of mankind’s survival, an actress must uncover why there is a video game about her brutal murder, a hunted woman must survive the night against a pack of werewolves, and a new tenant will discover why her cat has been acting so strange at her new apartment. All of this and more!

When a husband, wife, and son are murdered in their Denver home and the family’s teenage twins vanish, the case draws the attention of FBI profilers Helen Belle and Benedict Hoffman. It triggers more than professional alarm. It mirrors a horrific case they investigated five years ago, when a boy slaughtered his family and went mute after speaking only a handful of haunting words. Among them: Midnight Man.

Have you ever felt abandoned, left behind, forgotten, and that the pain of this life was too much to bear? Well, I have. This book is about my struggles with trying to make sense out of tragedy and great loss, crying out to God for help, and learning to recognize and hear Gods still small yet mighty voice. This book is meant to offer hope, encouragement, and to challenge that we all can seek, find, and hear promptings from the Holy Spirit everyday. I will share some of God's great miracles, his deliverance, and his rescue plan for each of us. Yes, even you.

This is a pastiche of a typical story from a 1930s pulp magazine. Music and effects were written and performed by Arthur Pryor and Bob Schaller.

When twins Ashley and Sarah disappear, their mother Theresa's world shatters. Guided by Detective Hal, clues eerily point to her past lover—the twins' father. Plunged into a dark maze with enemies lurking at every turn, can Theresa's fierce love bring her daughters back from a perilous fate? Dive into a pulse-pounding tale of love, betrayal, and suspense.

Cult writer Joe Lansdale reads this award-winning, famous, and controversial story of racism.

The fight to level fifty has changed Marcus and his party. Now Marcus will have to figure out his new skills all the while fighting for the freedom of the continent. Promoted without a choice, the fledgling god will have to relearn everything that he has become accustomed to. Vulnerable to damage that he used to laugh off, and without his most important skill, will the party be able to keep him alive, let alone clean.

After returning home from her mother’s funeral, Lacey Windham seeks solace in her father, the only parent she has left. However, when her father reveals that she is not who she thought she was, that she was a found adoption, and he hands her an old book and antique necklace, her whole world changes overnight. Soon, she realizes that she is being watched and followed by someone who seems like he doesn’t belong. He reveals himself and states that she can trust him. She shouldn’t have a reason to feel so nervous, right? Darkness lurks in every corner, and she must find out who she is and...

The stream ended. The comms stayed on. And Big Daddy was still there. Mina thought the night was over. She cleaned up, caught her breath, and whispered a little thank-you to the empty room. But then the voice answered back. Big Daddy doesn’t usually speak. He watches. He plans. He protects. But tonight, Mina needed to hear him—and he gives her more than just praise. He gives her guidance, comfort… and a gift left just for her in the nightstand. A soft solo story with a slow-burn tease that leaves her aching for the next night.

When Sassi Stapleton receives a middle-of-the-night phone call to tell her that her beloved grandmother is unwell, she quickly puts her job on hold, packs her ute and sets off on the long drive home, knowing her grandfather will need her. Less than an hour away from Sassi's hometown, Barker, she swerves to miss a roo and her car rolls down an embankment. By the time Sassi is found, her grandmother has already passed away.

Throughout history humanity has been periodically sent messengers in an attempt to awaken the species on this planet from the slumber of living in a world of false perceptual illusions - a world of cognitive darkness. Each of these messengers was a voice in the wilderness of cognitive darkness. Once again, humanity finds itself receiving the message of awakening from this darkness and moving into the Light of understanding. Sadly, most of the messages about transcending From Dark to Light have been misunderstood and misdirected, and the messages corrupted into representing something below ...

This is one of best-selling author Peter Straub's strangest and most subtly disturbing short stories. Music is by Claude Debussy, arranged by Bob Schaller.

In this episode, Professor Van Helsing confronts a somewhat familiar figure who stalks Whitechapel. Now he must make a terrible decision, but what of the consequences?

No one knew what Noah Graydon looked like, but they’d all heard the rumors. How he'd been broken, even scarred, on his last case. How he never showed his face…until the day he took an overwhelming interest in one very special agent. Angel Carter would have been a serial killer's next victim if not for Noah. The rescue gave her a glimpse into his world of shadows - yet she dared to want more. To really know if the passion between them was real. They would have to come face-to-face if the killer was to be caught - and Noah could only conceal his body from Angel for so long....