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Some jobs hold more unusual hazards than others. And some of those hazards are just... oh boy. MUSIC: "Christmas Songs for Children," Arthur Hall, Edison Laboratories. A version of this story first appeared on Kevin Lane's podcast Spill Your Guts in October of 2023. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A classic novel takes on frightening significance for an inexperienced reader. MUSIC: "Cold in Your Bones" by Kyle Preston, "Hallowed World" by E J R M, "Wait" by Free Walking Trio, "Pentecost (Reworked)" by Christopher Galavan, all rights reserved. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia The Campfire Radio Theater podcast has posted their ambitious radio play re-imagining of the Knifepoint Horror story Paranormal Appraisal 151. https://campfireradiotheater.podbean.com/e/paranormal-appraisal-151/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Someone you passed on the street this month was not quite who they appeared to be. And for one in a million people you pass, the self is just a cheap wire frame they dangerously abandoned long ago. Adapted video clip for Spotify originally created by Peter Fowler. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A father and son confront the impossible phenomena that wait patiently to strike from within terribly familiar places. MUSIC: “Duality” by Kyle Preston, “Blue Echoes” by Norvik, “The Horizon” by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat, all rights reserved. Patreon subscribers listen ad-free: patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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