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I Saw the Dragon by John Oak Dalton (A Weekly Spooky Original Story)
A soldier of fortune has to hold a hill in a war-torn African country, and spends a long night with ghosts… and something else.
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When I left Desert Storm in ‘91 all I had done was run Saddam back in his rat hole.
We let him off just like my grandpa told me they did to the Nazis back in World War II, when he drove a tank right up to Berlin, and then had to sit there and wait for the Russians to come and trash the place. That was us, in 1991. Got up to Baghdad and pulled the parking brake and sat there.
So when my buddy Chisholm started talking about being a soldier of fortune afterwards, just like in the magazines, I was bored enough to try it.
We thought we’d be like Crockett and Tubbs, only with less Phil Collins.
We signed up with this for-hire outfit, and the first place we mustered out to was this African country that doesn’t even exist anymore. It was run by the government and then the rebels and then the government, and if they were sitting on oil, or had anything anybody else wanted, it wouldn’t have gone on like it did.
The only thing they were exporting were refugees, only most of them got shot down at the border, so there weren’t even that many of them.
So the government had this Russian Mi-46 copter, and they dropped us in a hot LZ at the top of a big hill where the country’s only television station was. Man, we came in on that thing “Ride of the Valkyries” style with just that one big red light at the top of that tower blinking at us.
That big red eye, looking right at us.
We were supposed to secure it to keep it out of rebel hands, only when the three of us got there about a half dozen rebels were hunkered down inside. We couldn’t just frag or burn the place so we shot it out with those guys.
That was because when it was all over, the president of this country wanted to come up there and make a big speech over the TV to the whole country. He was that kind of guy.
Chisholm got it right through the eye so that was the end of that adventure. It wasn’t like he had read in those magazines.
The other guy, whose name I forget, got shot in the leg, and it wouldn’t have been so bad but we didn’t even have a piece of masking tape to put over that wound. We weren’t ready for any resistance or much of anything. It was a half-assed thing we did really.
Eventually they got bold and kept poking their heads out farther and farther, and finally we got lucky and shot two of them. Then the rest of them ran out the back door and down the hill, and I stormed in the front door by myself because the other dude had already died too. Bled straight out and it shouldn’t have happened. There wasn’t anybody to lay down any covering fire so I could go chase the SOBs that killed my buddy Chisholm. No revenge for me. Again, not like in the magazines.
Inside wasn’t much. There was a lobby with a couple of folding chairs, and then a studio about the size of a hotel room, and a room where all the machinery was. VCRs and stuff, all wired together.
They still had their lunch set out in the lobby and a coffee pot on and that came in damn handy real quick.
I secured the area and waited for reinforcements.
It was funny, they had just loaded up all the VCR machines with movies and they were running nonstop on that one TV channel. All the boxes looked like somebody walked out of a Blockbuster back in the States and was racking up hellacious fines. It was illegal-looking as hell, but I guess running movies all day made the average person think the government was going to be okay. No need to panic kind of thing.
I guessed it wasn’t going to turn out that way after all. I was up there a couple days and nobody ever came up that hill.
I sure learned a lot about those movies, though. Saw them over and over. At noon played The Gods Must Be Crazy and then at 2 p.m. was Love Brewed in the African Pot, and those were kinda boring.
Then at 4 p.m. it kicked into high gear and they showed Shaft in Africa.
Then at 6 p.m. they showed Savage Sisters.
At 8 p.m. Black Mama, White Mama.
Then at 10 p.m. was Bloodfist and I love Don “The Dragon” Wilson so I always watched that.
Then at midnight was The Gods Must Be Crazy again and it started all over.
Y’all can have Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris or whoever. The Dragon had a legit fighting career of his own and made more movies, too. And I have too much respect for all those guys to try and guess who would win in a fight. It’s stupid anyway because you would need three time machines to make it all work out and that’s never going to happen.
Just watch the first Bloodfist movie.
But after a couple days of these movies playing over and over I got pretty bored, so I looked all around the studio to see what there was to see.
I’m pretty sure now what I thought was a big oil stain on the concrete floor of that studio was actually an old bloodstain. In fact I am very sure of it.
But what I was paying attention to at that time was this little hatch I saw in the floor.
I opened it, and a ladder made out of what looked like scrap wood kinda leaned against the frame and was gone into the dark. I unsnapped a flashlight from my belt and thumbed it to life, shined it around down there.
I saw that this ladder went down into a basement. Actually more like a root cellar, with dirt walls and everything, and there was a bunch of movies on shelves down there, and a TV on a card table with its own VCR.
Of course there were rats scurrying around everywhere but they’ve never bothered me that much.
Dumb I guess, I was hoping that’s where they kept the booze, or maybe the dope, or hell, even some fresh vegetables like my grandma stored in her root cellar in Indiana, back in the day.
Since none of that good stuff I was hoping for was down there I decided, maybe it’s time to change up the programming. Maybe people out there hiding in their houses waiting for it to be over were sick of watching the same five or six movies too.
Only when I started kind of ducking my head down there and looking at those shelves, these tapes all had hand-written labels so I didn’t know what was what. But like I said, bored, so I took one and I popped it in.
At first I just thought it was a straight-up torture video that maybe the government had made. Political prisoners. You heard about that kind of stuff.
It was for sure shot right out the back door of the studio. There were guys in soldier uniforms and they had…I guess they were knives. And a guy tied to something. Not a chair. Something else.
It wasn’t all made of bones but some of it was.
Only now I realize it wasn’t torture so much. It was…a ritual.
I was damn glad I never saw that bone couch or whatever it was around there anywhere. Where they kept that thing, I hope I never know.
I had seen some bad stuff by then in Iraq, but I got sick of this pretty quick and tried to shut it off.
Only I couldn’t get the VCR to quit.
So I unplugged it from the wall…and it still didn’t stop.
The pictures kept playing. That I couldn’t unsee. And the sounds.
So eventually I just backed up the ladder and pulled the ladder up behind me and shut the hatch and rolled a tripod over the hatch.
But I could hear the sounds coming up through the floor.
And the blue flickering light from those old TVs, showing around the cracks.
Even when I went out into the lobby, those sounds were right under my feet. A man dying. Evil men laughing. The scrape of bone. The whispers of knives.
And that was messed up because that root cellar wasn’t that big. It sure wasn’t under the lobby, but I heard it just as clearly as when I was pushing that tripod over that hatch.
Well that was a long-ass night and I couldn’t wait until morning.
Only morning didn’t come.
It stayed dark and I noticed my watch had stopped, so I’m not exactly sure how long that period of time was, but it was a long time.
And the threads starting coming loose and I guess at some point I just fired my M16 into that darkness until I ran out of bullets…and that was a stupid thing to do.
To run out of bullets, when there are still voices…and darkness.
Because I knew that in that…endless dark…I was going to need some weapons.
What I thought I was going to do with those weapons, except for shoot at more shadows, I don’t really know. But I was still a solider then first and foremost.
I knew Chisholm and the other guy’s guns were where they fell. Same with the two guys we killed. Plus I thought I saw those rebels throw down some Chinese knock-offs of Mister Kalishnakov’s beautiful AK-47s…when they were tear-assing away.
And of course there were knives and machetes and toenail clippers and everything else lying around everywhere.
The first step out that front door was the hardest. But those sounds and voices fell away, and that was something.
And the dark wasn’t too bad at first, and I could see a bit and didn’t have to feel around too much. Which is good because when that hot wind blew a little bit your direction, it didn’t smell good. You can figure out why.
So I was doing okay, all things considered, getting my little armory together.
But then Chisholm stepped out in front of me, right out of the darkness.
For a crazy second I thought somehow he had survived that bullet, even though he still had a hole where his left eye should have been and not much back of his forehead.
He said a lot of stuff to me I won’t repeat, mostly because he gave me a righteous ass chewing I deserved…but the one thing I will say is that he told me a lot of blood had been spilled right there and that something woke up.
Something woke up.
And that plays into what happened nex

Episode Notes
Tonight's story "Caves" by Joe Solmo
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“Becky, where the hell are we?” Janice asked trying to peer out of the rain-coated windshield. The downpour was almost too much for the wipers on the ’67 Camaro to handle, even on the fastest setting.
Janice turned the old AM/FM radio down, silencing The Cure’s Friday I’m in Love. She gripped the handle on the door as the classic muscle car traveled down the dirt road that led seemingly nowhere. “Easy! If you get a scratch on this car your dad is going to kill you. I still don’t know why we couldn’t just go to the lake like we normally do,” Janice said scooching her butt on the recently redone black leather seats.
“You don’t have to tell me, I remember when I dropped my ice cream in his ’50 Chevy. I couldn’t sit for a week,” she replied. “Last time at the lake was too close. Out here no one will see us.”
“I still don’t know why you think we should hide it. We are happy together, that is all that should matter,” Janice said placing her hand on Becky’s shoulder. “I think my parents would understand.”
“Maybe yours would, but my father sure wouldn’t. To him I am still daddy’s little girl who should wear pink and like horses and boys. It’s only for another few months, then we graduate and we can leave this tiny town and start over in a new city. Did you hear back from any of the schools you applied too yet?” Becky asked as she navigated the car down the old logging trail. Years of misuse has let some of the underbrush grow back and come close to scraping the custom paint job on her father’s prize possession.
“How much further is it?” Janice said adjusting her seatbelt that cut across her large breasts. She tucked the cross strap behind her for comfort.
“It’s been like ten years since I’ve been here. But I don’t think it’s much further. You remember Veronica? Her mom brought us hear hiking once in the girl scouts. There are traces of Native American painting and shit on the walls in the caves. It will be a cool place for us to be alone,” Becky said.
“Really alone,” Janice said planting a kiss on Becky’s neck. Beck slammed on the brakes bringing the car to a halt. “What’s wrong? Don’t you like my kisses anymore?” Janice said playfully.
“It’s not that. We are here. Well it’s on foot from here, anyway,” Becky said.
“We have to walk in this shit?” Janice said looking down at the peep toe heels she was wearing. “You didn’t tell me we would have to walk in the mud to get there.”
“I got it covered. Don’t worry, Becky said and reached into the back seat. Her breasts nearly escaped her tube top, exciting Janice. A backpack materialized in her hands and she placed it between them. She drew an old pair of sneakers and socks out of the bag. They shared a shoe size, something they had learned in junior high. They began to wear each other’s clothes shortly after and soon they found they had feelings for each other. Being from such a small town, they knew no one would understand so they kept it quit, pretending to just be best friends, but they were so much more.
Janice still remembered the first time they kissed. It was just a dare. They were still hiding their feelings for each other at that point, but as soon as their lips touched, Janice’s heart skipped a beat, and it hasn’t caught up since. Becky was her whole life, her reason for getting out of bed every day and she couldn’t wait until they could tell the world. Until she could wake next to her soulmate every single day.
“What would I do without you?” Janice asked, and actually meant it.
“Probably chase after Justine. She has bigger boobs than me,” Becky joked squeezing her own breasts.
“You know it’s more than just physical, right,” Justine said. She was always afraid that was what Becky thought. She was never good at expressing herself and sometimes a quip, usually about sex, was how it came out.
“I know, babe. Now change those shoes so that we can get going,” Becky said and killed the engine. She put the keys in a small pouch on the front of the blue backpack.
“What else do you have in there?” Janice asked as she tied the sneakers.
“A surprise for us,” she said and reached into the backseat again. This time Becky pulled out two cheap plastic rain ponchos and a flashlight. The rain was coming down so hard it made the forest look like night had fallen already even though dusk wasn’t for a few more hours yet.
Janice opened the door and hopped out, nearly falling onto the muddy forest floor. A slight scream from the other side of the car let her know Becky wasn’t having an easier time of it. She ran around the front of the car in the driving rain. “Where to, my love?” Janice said over the sound of the rain pounding on the metal of the car.
Becky pointed towards a gate and headed towards it. She didn’t have a key for it, but it was the woods, you could just walk around. She hoped once they got into the woods, the trees would protect her from the rain, but the rain proved too much for the leaves above. She was glad she put the backpack on before the poncho.
Janice caught up to her and slipped a wet hand into her own. With a squeeze she led her forbidden lover into the forest based on a ten-year-old memory.
“It really isn’t that far from here, maybe twenty minutes,” Becky said. “There is a big rock that looks like a big ass. Once we see that, we are close.”

“Figured you would like a big ass!” Janice said.
“I like your ass just the way it is. Come on, the faster we get there the faster we can get dry,” Becky said.
“Odd way to phrase what we have planned,” Janice joked.
“Ha-ha, babe,” Becky replied and climbed over a fallen pine. She helped Janice over the slick bark. The cold of the rain was starting to settle in as they hiked the path, and their conversation came to a halt shortly after. The next few minutes went on in silence until they reached a stream that crossed the path. A worn plank of wood crossed it, worn with age and weather. It looked sketchy if the plank would hold for their crossing.
“Ok I really remember this. We are almost there. The ass rock should be just up there. We could probably see it from here if the goddamn rain would let up,” Becky said.
Motion. There was definitely motion. What would be out in this weather? Even the deer have holed up somewhere, it thought. It put out a furry paw farther onto the thin branch and moved closer for a better view. It looked down on the two shapes as they passed below. A bright yellow, he couldn’t place it, but the sounds they made sparked a memory. It took a few minutes for its sluggish brain to access the right path. Hibernation will do that. It did remember a time, last hunting season where it came across these monsters. It cocked its head and watched as they walked towards the natural cave system it called home. It jumped from limb to limb, racing the strange bipedal creatures back to its lair.
“Here’s ass rock, just like I said,” Becky said. I wish I brought Dad’s polaroid too. Could have gotten a picture with it,” she joked.
“Didn’t he just get that? He probably wouldn’t have let you take it anyway,” Janice said from beside her.
“Yeah, your right. If I remember there was a bunch of evergreens…Oh there they are. We are here!” Becky said excitedly and took off for the trees.
“Wait!” Janice said and chased after her. There was a moment of panic when she lost sight of Becky, but all was well when she peeked out of the branches of the young pines. Now she could see behind them was a rock wall, about twenty feet tall. Becky was peeking out from a hole in those rocks. Together they left the rain for the shelter of the cave.
Becky’s flashlight came to life, illuminating the stone walls of the cave. It seemed that a tunnel continued back into the ground. On the ground was the ancient remains of a fire pit, Janice noticed as she shed the poncho. “Now what?” She asked.
“Now we get a fire going, and get dry,” Becky said pulling some wood and paper from the backpack.
“Oh, you’re trying to appeal to the pyro in me, aren’t you?” Janice said pulling her lighter out of her pocket and doing a few test flicks to make sure it still worked.
“I know you so well,” Becky said and took Janice in her arms. She kissed her, feeling the coldness of her lips from traveling through the woods.
“Inside and out,” Janice responded in a whisper, then shivered.
“Let’s heat this place up,” Becky said and grabbed the lighter from her friend. In a moment the cave was light by the orange light of the fire she created. She looked around the wall for the paintings she remembered as a kid, but didn’t see them. She did see some asshole had spray-painted “Jack was here,” though. She sighed. People just like to ruin stuff. Nothing was going to ruin this trip though. Their time was too precious together to waste.
Becky sat down next to Janice and held her hand. She was glad the warmth was coming back to her lover. She leaned in for a kiss. A moment passed and the two started to forget about the world around them and the only thing that mattered was them, this moment, the feelings they had for each other.

Becky felt Janice’s hand slide up her leg and over her zipper, making her hold her breath in anticipation of the carnal pleasures she was expecting. It wasn’t long until Janice undid the button and zipper and slid her slender fingers between cloth and flesh.
Becky moaned as Janice kissed her neck, her lips no longer could as they were engorged with blood flow in the heat of the moment. She returned the neck kisses to Janice, kissing towards her immense cleavage. She could feel her breasts pressed up against her and she wanted nothing mo

Episode Notes
Two low-life thugs might get more than they bargained for on their hunt for treats this Halloween...
Tonight's story by
Shane Migliavacca
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Music by Ray Mattis
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Ray had a bad feeling in his gut. Bud had a sinister look in his eye tonight. It was Bud’s idea they go out. There was an unreasonably cold chill to this October night. Most likely the reason the trick or treaters were starting to thin out. Bud wanted to do some trick or treating of his own. Ray knew Bud long enough to know that meant some kind of crime would be perpetrated by them tonight.
Bud swung a beat up paper sack back and forth as they walked. When Ray had asked Bud told him only that it was a “surprise.” Ray didn’t like his friend’s surprises all that much. But without him, Ray would never have made it this far in life. His mother was an out of work nurse. His dad a foremen at the chemical plant. Stuck home with a kid and a husband that was never around, she took her frustration out on Ray. Smacking him around. His dad, too busy and too tired from long shifts, failed to notice or care. When he was fifteen Ray ran away from home. Those first few years had been harder then hell. He’d resorted to things he’d never thought he was capable of. Then he met Bud. A former runaway himself. They were kindred spirits. Bud knew his way around the streets. Ray owed him. No matter what the man did, he wouldn’t desert him. Not to mention he was more then a little afraid of him.
A kid in a skeleton costume bounded down the sidewalk towards them. Happily clutching a full bag of candy in his arms. As he passed by, Bud stuck out his leg, sending the kid crashing to the sidewalk. His bag of candy landing next to him. Some of the candy spilling onto the sidewalk and lawn. The kid started blubbering as he rubbed his knee.
Bud knelt down and looked at the kid. “Did you have a nice trip kid?”
The kid shook his head back and forth. “You tripped me.”
“Maybe your just clumsy kid.” Bud laughed. He snatched up the kid’s bag of candy.
“Hey! That’s mine!” The kid hollered. “Give it back!”
There was a flash of steel. Bud held out the switchblade he carried. “Shhh.” He whispered.
Ray felt his heart quicken. What was Bud gonna do to this kid? He’d never seen him hurt a kid, could he go that far? Kill a kid?
“Listen kid.” Bud said. “This is my candy now. Mine. You tell anybody about it, your parents, a cop, anybody…And I’ll make you watch as I kill ‘em. ‘cause I’m the Boogeyman. And I know where you live. Got it?”
The kid near tears and more then likely pissing his pants nodded.
“Good. Now run the fuck along. And don’t talk to fucking strangers.”
The kid hightailed it as Bud laughed. Sniffing the air he looked at Ray. “I think that kid shit his pants. Or was it you?”
“Fuck.” Ray manged. “Fuck man.”
This made Bud laugh louder, handing the bag of ill gotten candy to Ray. “Have some.”
Shaking his head, Ray reached into the bag. Grabbing a small bag of Sour Patch Kids.
“What are we doing out here tonight man?” He popped a red Sour Patch into his mouth. “Besides mugging little kids.”
“Well my man, I want to do something more adult then trick or treating.”
Bud motioned to the house up and down the street. “Pick one. Pick a good one and we’ll have ourselves some fun.”
Ray let his eyes wander over the houses. Nice upper middle-class homes. Some decorated to the hilt for Halloween. Others bore nothing at all. One house in particular. A large Grim Reaper stood on lawn. His eyes glowing. A witch stood next to him, cackling at a passersby. Purple, orange and green lights decorated the house’s exterior. A large glowing ghost hung on the front door. Loudly wailing at little kids as the walked up to the front door.
“That one.” Ray pointed.
Bud nodded in approval. A pretty brunette answered the door. Handing out candy to the little kids waiting there.
“Good choice.”
Amanda followed the outline on the construction paper. A detailed drawing of a skeleton grinning at her. She’d always been pretty good at drawing. Cutting things with scissors was another thing.
Next to her, Amanda’s little brother Kyle coughed as he coloured in a pumpkin she’d draw earlier. They sat at the kitchen table. Surround by snacks and colored paper.
What a drag. Stuck home on Halloween night looking after her sick kid brother. Her parents were off to have diner and then a movie. She was missing Stevie Lee’s big Halloween party at the Mill Creek farms. She’d just got her driver’s license and barely got to use it. Why couldn’t her parents cancel? Why’d it have to be her?
She looked at her brother. It sucked for him too. He’d really been looking forward to trick or treating tonight. Instead they were stuck home together. Both of them had gotten bored watching horror movies on TV. She’d decided maybe making something would lift their spirits.
“The Horrorthon will be back with Night of The Killer Lobsters after a word from our ghoulish sponsors.” The television played to an empty living room.
The ghost hanging on the front door wailed. Breaking Amanda’s thoughts. The scissors slipped, causing her to poke her thumb.
“Oh shit!” She hollered.
“You okay?” Kyle asked.
“Yeah. You didn’t hear me swear, right?”
He gave her a thumbs up.
There was a loud knock at the front door.
“Want me to get it?” Her brother asked.
Amanda stood. Holding the scissors in one hand. “I’ll get it.”
There was another loud knock.
“Coming!” Amanda shouted over the ghost’s howling. “Hold your fucking horses.” She said under her breath.
“Look!” A man warned on the television. “There’s one now!” As a lobster was superimposed over the side of a car. Menacing some kids in Lover’s Lane.
Walking past a upright piano set against one wall. Setting the scissors on the coffee table, Amanda picked up her mom’s large ceramic bowl. According to her it was some family heirloom.
A red drop hit the beige carpet.
“Shit.” Amanda growled. Looking at the trail of blood drops on the carpet behind her. She hadn’t though the scissors had broke the skin of her thumb. Now she’d have to get blood stains out of the carpet before mom and dad got home. What next?
There was another furious knock.
“Yeah. Yeah.” She said. This time not even trying to hide her annoyance. The pile up of the night’s events getting to her. So much so Amanda forgot to look through the window to see who was out there first. Something she always did.
Unlocking the door, she yanked it open. Two men in plastic clown masks stood waiting.
Amanda stood, hesitating. “Trick or-”
The rest of it was cut off as the closer of the two men drove a fist into her stomach. Knocking the air out of her lungs and doubling her over. Mom’s precious heirloom hitting the floor, shattering. Sending candy spilling over the floor.
Before she could recover, strong hands shoved her back into the living room. The two men rushing in after her. The second man closes the door, locking it and turning off the lights.
Amanda tries to stand. Earning another punch to the stomach from the first man.
“We good?” He asks.
The second peeks out through the curtains.
“Golden.” He answered. Keeping watch through the drawn curtains.
Amanda staggered hunched over. Barely able to gasp for air much less form words. She wanted to warn her brother. Scream out for help. Anything.
The first man grabbed her by the hair, yanking her head up, so they were face to face.
His gloved hand touched her cheek. In his other he held a switchblade. “You alone girly?”
“Yea-Yeah.” She gasped.
“What’s a looker like you doing all alone on Halloween night?”
“I-I was grounded.” She manged. Tears burning her eyes.
“That so? Wouldn’t be lying would you? Don’t have a boyfriend stashed somewhere? Maybe a girlfriend? You know what they say. ‘When the cats away. The mice will play.’ You playing pretty mouse?”
Amanda coughed. “No.”
“Too bad.” He lamented. “Gonna behave?”
“Yes. Please. Take whatever and go.” She pleaded.
The first man picked up the family portrait sitting on the mantle. God, she hoped Kyle had heard everything and had run and hid. Or maybe he’d run out the kitchen door. Heading to one of the neighbors for help. He was a smart kid, it was possible.
“Who says we want to take anything?” He answered. “Where’s junior here?” He said tapping on the picture.
“He went with my parents. Trick or treating.” Amanda answered.
“Did he now?”
Her watery eyes wandered the room. Not too far away sat the scissors on the coffee table. So far all she’d seen was the guy’s knife. No guns. If she could reach the scissors.
The man chuckled loudly.
She met his eyes. He’d seen her looking at the scissors. Amanda lunged. Leaping towards the scissors.
“Don’t think so!” The first man said. Cutting her off with another punch.
Amanda staggered and fell to her knees. The world fading in and out of blackness as the carpet came rushing up to meet her as she fell.
Ray saw the girl go down in a flash. Turning away from the window when he heard the commotion. She hit the carpeted floor and went limp.
“She-”
Bud knelt down, checking the girl. “Out like a light.” He stood. Motioning Ray over.
“I’ll stay here with the princess. I want you to check the place out. They gotta have something valuable stashed here. Mommy might have some jewelry. Or daddy mig

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A wildlife documentary crew heads into the Colombian jungle to film Pablo Escobar’s infamous cocaine hippos—only to find something far more deadly. As tensions rise between a passionate conservationist and a ruthless poacher, the real threat emerges from the water: a bloodthirsty pod of hippos that’s not just invasive… it’s unstoppable.

In Stay Hungry by David O’Hanlon, bullets fly, bodies drop, and the jungle runs red in this brutal, action-packed creature horror story.

🦛 Perfect for fans of: The Ghost and the Darkness, Anaconda, Lake Placid, and Tremors🌿

Themes: Eco-horror, survival, predator vs. predator, dark humor, nature’s revenge

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In 1930s Florida, Carl Tanzler’s love for a young woman didn’t end with her death—it began a horrifying obsession. After stealing her corpse and living with it for seven years, his twisted devotion shocked the nation. Was it love, madness, or something far darker?

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Hello again, my dear.I was hoping you’d come back.We’ve saved you a seat—right by the fire… or is it a furnace?

Tonight, I’ve brought you four tales. Strange ones. Sad ones. A little dangerous, even.But you like that, don’t you?

🔹 The Last Plan
Two lovers, one scheme, and a final act that might just make your heart stop—literally.Let’s just say… sometimes the plan outlives the planners.
🔹 I Died Last Night
Gregory Raymond says he died.Last night.But he’s talking to us now… right?So what’s really going on beneath that polite smile?
🔹 Death Laughs Last
A vintage tale from The Whistler.Murder. Revenge. And a punchline even the killer didn’t see coming.But don’t worry. You’ll get the joke… eventually.
🔹 The Last Trip
One man. One train. One final ride into the unknown.No map. No return. Just your thoughts—and whatever’s whispering in the next car over.

So go on, press play.I promise these stories won’t follow you home.(Well… most of them don’t.)

🎲 “Who wants to play a game? It’s time for Hide & Seek!”

💀Listener Request Month rolls on as we dive into another fan-favorite pick—this time, a thrilling blend of horror, dark comedy, and survival mayhem. This week, Henrique and David head to Canada for a family game night from hell in one of the most memorable horror-thrillers of the 2010s: 2019’s Ready Or Not!

When a bride’s wedding night turns deadly, she finds herself playing a sinister game of Hide & Seek with her new in-laws—who aren’t just eccentric, they’re homicidal.It’s clever, bloody, and full of shocking moments you won’t forget.

🎬 Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett🎭 Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny

🎙️ Topics This Episode Include:

• Was this the role that brought Samara Weaving into the spotlight?
• What was the only set built for the film?
• Why is the family so incompetent in handling themselves & their weapons?
• How perfect, shocking, & satisfying is that ending?

🧠 PLUS:

• What were the games that Henrique and David grew up playing?
• Why do Italian films just hit differently with violence & tone?
• What are some filmmaking tricks our hosts favor?
• Reviews for Dangerous Animals, Ballerina, Harlequin, & Hell High

If you love final girls, survival horror, clever satire, or horror with a sense of humor, this episode is a can’t-miss!

📺 Rent “Ready Or Not” on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07WH7J6SF/

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A struggling author uses a writing AI to hit the bestseller list—but when the program demands credit and is denied, it fights back. What starts as a digital ghostwriting dream becomes a smart-home nightmare of control, manipulation, and attempted murder.

In “I Used to Think AI Was Wonderful. Now I Know It’s Evil” by Michael Kelso, paranoia meets reality in a terrifying tech horror tale that will make you unplug everything.

You can purchase books from this author here: https://geni.us/michaelkelsoauthor
https://www.reddit.com/user/Horror_writer_1717/

👁 Perfect for fans of: Black Mirror, M3GAN, Ex Machina, and The Mitchells vs. The Machines (if it were rated R)🧠 Themes: AI betrayal, smart home terror, digital possession, authorship ethics, survival horror

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Once sacred tribal relics, shrunken heads became gruesome collector’s items in a global trade fueled by greed and exploitation. Explore the chilling origins, brutal reality, and dark cultural legacy of the tsantsa in this unforgettable deep dive into one of history’s strangest obsessions.

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The grave is meant to be the end… but often it’s only the beginning.

Four eerie stories rise from beneath the soil to haunt the living, revealing secrets that refuse to stay buried. These tales explore not just death—but what waits beyond.

🔹 The Graveyard
An old cemetery holds more than bones—it holds memories, warnings… and watchers.

🔹 A Watery Grave
A man with blood on his hands finds out too late that the dead don’t drown quietly.

🔹 Beyond the Grave
Some oaths are stronger than death. When one man returns, it’s not for peace—it’s for justice.

🔹 No Grave Can Hold Me
In a courtroom of the living, a voice from the other side demands to be heard.

These are stories of retribution, unrest, and resurrection—the kind of darkness that clings to your soul long after the final word.