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Scared To Death
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…
Episodes
Scared To DeathHow Could I Help Her?
Dan brings us one, long tale today. We meet a young woman who moved into an old San Francisco house with roommates and then began to hear things. The more she…
Scared To DeathSamoa’s Ghost Sickness
Dan shares tales of two islands this week. We’ll head to the remote Pacific Samoan island of Ofu, where there’s a stretch of beach so feared that many locals…
Scared To DeathThe Demonic Possession of Julia Melis
We begin this week in 1970’s Sardinia, where a quiet, deeply devout teenage girl began to wake up every night at exactly 3:00 a.m., convinced something…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #49: The Long Dark Morning
In this forty-ninth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we travel to Tromsø, Norway, where during the small, vibrant city's…
Scared To DeathRoom 1009
Dan takes us to downtown Dallas, across from Union Station, to an old hotel that’s changed names so many times it’s like it keeps trying to hide from its past…
Scared To DeathThe Woman of the Woods
Dan gets us going with an unsolved paranormal mystery double headed this year! A nursing student who crashed her car on a lonely New Hampshire highway in the…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #48: The Liminal Lodge (4 of 4)
In the conclusion to this story, Ellen, Marco, and Cal come up with a plan to save Ned's soul and imprison Dr. Blackwell. Will they free him? Or will Dr…
Scared To DeathThe Face Peelers Of Peru
Dan takes us to Peru for our last stories of 2025. We begin in the Amazon, where indigenous villagers say seven-foot-tall armored beings with glowing yellow…
Scared To DeathThe Mortal Immortal
It's our seventh annual holiday episode where Dan shares a classic tale! This year, he picked a tale from the amazing Mary Shelley! We hope you enjoy this…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #47: The Liminal Lodge (3 of 4)
In this chapter, Ned nearly dies when he previews Dr. Blackwell's "Quiet Room" right before his sister Ellen brings a team the Liminal Lodge to save him. Will…
Scared To DeathThe Hushed House of Borgvattnet
Like always, Dan has two awesome tales this week! We are headed to Sweden! The first story is about Borgvattnet Vicarage. For nearly a century, this remote…
Scared To DeathThe Brewer's Box
A really fun show this week with stories that are somewhat traditional and somewhat not! We hope you enjoy the variety. Dan takes us to Ohio for a dybbuk box…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #46: The Liminal Lodge (2 of 4)
In this chapter, Ned pushes further into his troubling pursuit of previewing the afterlife and contacting Courtney, guided by the spirit of Dr. Blackwell…
Scared To DeathThe Lament Box
Dan begins with a little known case of the Warren's about a grieving family heirloom and a century-old pact. Then, we’ll examine what many consider to be…
Scared To DeathJenny Greenteeth
We head to Northern England for Dan's first tale and meet the creepy bog hag, Jenny Greenteeth. She’s the monster kids went to sleep fearing for centuries…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #45: The Liminal Lodge (1 of 4)
In this forty-fifth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, tech millionaire Ned Watkins becomes dangerously obsessed with…
Scared To DeathThe Science Of Poltergeists
Dan offers us a poltergeist double header this week! We start with some wild, cool and interesting science that explores these strange occurrences. From…
Scared To DeathThe Ceiling Man
We head to South Africa to start this week. Two South African men vanished from separate hospitals in recent years - only to be discovered days later, their…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #44: The Curse of Captain Bannister’s Gold
In this forty-forth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we head back to 1921, when sixteen year-old Tommy Calloway is…
Scared To DeathThe Man Across The Street
Dan has a modern encounter claim revolving around a man and his friend seeing something across the street from his house when he was a kid. the events that…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #43: The Dead House
In this forty-third installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we head back to 1985, when ten year-old Ryan Mellard and three friends…
Scared To DeathNF Halloween Re-Release: Sleep Paralysis
Hello Creeps and Peepers! Welcome to one last Halloween revisiting of a few of my favorite Nightmare Fuels as we lead up to tomorrow's special new Halloween…
Scared To DeathNF Halloween Re-Release: The Disruptor
Hello Creeps and Peepers! Welcome to yet another Halloween revisiting of a few of my favorite Nightmare Fuels as we lead up a special new Halloween Nightmare…
Scared To DeathResurrection Mary
Dan has two awesome legends for us this week. We start in Chicago to learn the legend of Resurrection Mary followed by many encounters with her. Then, we go…
Scared To DeathNF Halloween Re-Release: The Beast of Bodie
Hello Creeps and Peepers! Welcome to another Halloween revisiting of a few of my favorite Nightmare Fuels as we lead up a special new Halloween Nightmare Fuel…
Scared To DeathNF Halloween Re-Release: Sometimes the Darkness Wins
Hello Creeps and Peepers! Welcome to a Halloween revisiting of a few of my favorite Nightmare Fuels as we lead up a special new Halloween Nightmare Fuel…
Scared To DeathThe Bangkok Ghost Tower
Both of Dan's stories come from Thailand. Thailand has a LOT of supernatural stories! We begin in Bangkok where we explore an abandoned and supposedly haunted…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #42: The Man Upstairs
In this forty-second installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we meet Tess Hughes in another standalone story. She's just bought…
Scared To DeathA Banquet Of Blood
We are off to Lima, Peru to explore the very dark legend of what many claim to be Lima’s most haunted location, La Casa Matusita with Dan. Has a 16th century…
Scared To DeathBringing Evil Home
Dan's first tale this week is wild. What if you brought some type of demonic presence home from a vacation and it ended up possessing your neighbor, and then…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #41: The Judge
In this forty-first installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins, we meet Lachlan Harrison. Maybe not the best guy. But does he deserve…
Scared To DeathThe Eye Dwellers
Dan takes us to China, back to the 17th century for a truly weird and deliciously creepy tale. Then, England, where we explore another story involving a…
Scared To DeathBig Muddy Monster
Dan starts off the week in Chicago, in the suburbs. We will explore the very well documented legend of the Big Muddy Monster. Did a variety of people see some…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #40: Samael's Curse Conclusion (3 of 3)
The big showdown is here in this fortieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins. Lizzie travels to Portland to work with…
Scared To DeathBus 975
Dan's first of two stories takes us to a supposedly haunted bus in the fascinating nation of Singapore. Then we are headed down south for legend of the…
Scared To DeathLeave Hank Alone
SIX stories this week! Lynze switches it up with four shorter tales after Dan's usual two. We’ll head to Malvern Manor, set in the little town of Malvern…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #39: Samael's Curse (Part 2 of 3)
Things heat up in this thirty-ninth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins. Lizzie travels to Alabama to learn more about the…
Scared To DeathOkiku the Doll
We are headed to Japan for Dan's first story about a supposedly haunted - or maybe possessed - doll in Japan: Okiku. It's very unsettling! Then we head to a no…
Scared To DeathWhat Else Could Be Out Here?
Such a fun show this week as Dan and Lynze take us all over the world. From Greenland to Texas to Croatia to Mexico there is so much paranormal lore to unpack…
Scared To DeathThe White Bluff Screamer
Dan's first supposedly true supernatural tales comes to us from Tennessee where we explore the legend of the White Bluff Screamer. After that, we’ll travel to…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #38: Samael's Curse (Part 1 of 3)
In this thirty-eighth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we meet Samael Orcas. Is he a man? A monster? Both? Lizzie Chavez…
Scared To DeathThe Bad Dream Phone
Dan kicks of this episode with the story of a woman who suddenly recalls a haunting from her childhood that revolves around a board game. Then, Dan uncovers a…
Scared To DeathStop Hunting My Family
Dan begins with a story is about a woman who is dealing with a family tragedy and the paranormal. Her brother is seemingly unaware, which may make it worse…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #37: Dissonance (continuation/conclusion)
In this thirty-seventh installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... Duncan Briggs just wants his life to return to what it was…
Scared To DeathThe Watseka Wonder
Both Dan's stories seem to present exceptionally strong evidence for life after death. The first comes from the state of Illinois and is the exceptionally…
Scared To DeathEvery Night He Runs
The first story Dan gives us this week was posted online by a man claiming to have recently resolved a haunting from his childhood apartment. It's bizarre and…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #36: Dissonance
In this thirty-sixth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we meet a man, Duncan Briggs, who agrees to participate in a paid…
Scared To DeathThe Lord Of The Locusts
We hope all our Creeps and Peeper are also unsettled by our tales this week. Dan starts off in North Carolina with a story about a man who tried to transform…
Scared To DeathThe Kong-Kong Gwishin
First, we head to Korea where Dan shares stories about one of the most disturbing ghosts The Kong-Kong Gwishin. She is the ghost of a schoolgirl doomed to…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #35: The Unfrozen
In this thirty-fifth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to The Dark World, and meet a new creature that The…
Scared To DeathAokigahara: The Suicide Forest
We begin this week in a place literally called the Suicide Forest. Aokigahara. Dan will share the whisperings of hauntings from this infamous Japanese…
Scared To DeathTale Of The Pontianak
We begin this week with an especially terrifying creature from Indonesia known as the Pontianak . Dan will share the lore of the Pontianak and then a handful…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #34: Burn the Witch 3: The Final Toll
In this thirty-fourth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to Bristol County, Massachusetts once more, over…
Scared To DeathThe White Witch
This first story of Dan's was mined from a Ghost Stories subreddit full of nothing but supposedly true paranormal encounters. The poster claims to have seen…
Scared To DeathThe Glass Door
Dan kicks off this week with a strange story of a young student who is trapped inside a glass doored vestibule. Then, a very upsetting possessed doll story…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #33: Burn the Witch 2: A Book For Blood
In this thirty-third installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to Bristol County, Massachusetts, where struggling…
Scared To DeathLady Koi Koi
Dan showers us with four tales for the 300th episode today! The first story revolves around real world tragedy in Virginia intersecting with the supernatural…
Scared To DeathThe Monitor
We begin this week in Pennsylvania with a story that involves a woman who starts to believe that something in her new house is coming for her family and trying…
Scared To DeathDecapitate The Dead
Dan's first of two tales covers the lore and supposed paranormal encounters associated with Dublin, Ireland’s St. Michan’s Church and the dead bodies that…
Scared To DeathNightmare Fuel #32: Burn the Witch
In this thirty-second installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to Bristol County, Massachusetts, where struggling horror…