Halloween Special: Amongst the Strangeness

A horror-lite excursion into my foggy memories of real moments when things suddenly didn't quite add up... and the unknown asserted itself just enough to make me feel around for the anti-supernatural spray I always keep by my bedside. - S.N. New original story coming November 7. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia What a strange world we live in when there's an official Knifepoint Horror merchandise shop! 25% of all proceeds will be donated to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. knifepointhorror.dashery.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s an off-the-record, completely unserious Halloween palate cleanser for when you just can’t take doofuses like me trying to scare you anymore. MUSIC: “From Above” by Dan Mayo, “O.R.C.” by Aviad Zinemanas, “Did You Hear That” by Peter John, “Eyes on You” by Young Lords, “Black Hole” by Stephen Keech, “Odd Numbers” by Curtis Cole, “Finger Paint” by Elijah Aaron, all rights reserved. Whaddya know, there’s a Knifepoint Horror merchandise shop: knifepointhorror.dashery.com  25% of all proceeds will be donated to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After all these years, a light seems to have been turned on inside that weird old house on the corner--so maybe it's better to stay in tonight. Here are some stories for that. 1. Prologue: traditions, part 1 2. straightaway 3. spillage 4. caveat  5. Epilogue: traditions, part 2 Music by Dave Lahn Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia What a strange world we live in when there's an official Knifepoint Horror merchandise shop! 25% of all proceeds will be donated to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. knifepointhorror.dashery.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No homeowner's policy in existence covers everything. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Walk through most neighborhoods, and you get at least a general sense of people’s back yards. But where the truly wealthy live on enormous gated parcels of land, you quickly notice it’s almost impossible to either see or know what’s going on back there. With all that space and total anonymity, it really could be… anything. Music: Michele Nobler, 'Choral Prelude in F Minor' by Johann Sebastian Bach, all rights reserved. The National Alliance to End Homelessness will receive 25% of all sales in the Knifepoint Horror shop through September: knifepointhorror.dashery.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even after museum hours ended that day, some people walked out to the waterside and just looked at the object silently for several minutes, not knowing what to think, or what to feel. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memories of one very, very strange winter's day in the life of a weary public servant. Additional narration by Linda Wojtowick of 'The Ghosts on This Road' podcast. Music: "Winter Snow" by Zac Nelson, all rights reserved. Listen ad-free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the moody late hours at The Cask & Pear, an all-night dive bar and diner on the edge of the city, some of the stories patrons tell definitely lean toward the unusual. MUSIC: “Hear Me When I Call” by Higher Land, “Ugly So” by Roger Rivas, “Look at You” by The Satellite Station, and “7 Answers” by Kazuya, all rights reserved. Listen ad-free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A young man’s strange natural gift evolves to wield a disturbing influence. MUSIC: ‘Atmo’ by Jamie Bathgate. All rights reserved. Listen ad-free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this story originally written for the Halloween 2024 episode of Kevin Lane’s Spill Your Guts podcast to accompany a few Knifepoint Horror tales interpreted by other actors, a man of science relates an encounter with a mysterious desert legend. Written and narrated by Soren Narnia. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices