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Chilling Entertainment · 463 episodes with transcripts

Scary Stories Told in the Dark is a horror fiction podcast, spun off from Chilling Tales for Dark Nights and its popular YouTube channel of the same name. The show stars voice actor Malcolm Blackwood as both host and narrator, and features the hand-picked work of hundreds of talented authors.

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"The Abyss" - Scary Stories Told in the Dark

October 8, 2026

Malcolm Blackwood (0:00)

Good evening, and welcome to Scary Stories Told in the Dark. I'm Malcolm Blackwood. Tonight, we're returning to the early days of the show with a performance from the man who first welcomed listeners into the dark, Otis Gyrie. If this leaves you wanting more, explore the program's first 15 seasons, which Otis hosted…

In tonight's tale, written by James Colton, three friends find themselves stranded on a lake after their boat's motor fails. With no phones and darkness settling over the water, they expect an uncomfortable wait until morning. But an old ghost story becomes harder to dismiss as the hours pass and something beneath…

Otis Gyrie (1:06)

Can't you feel it? asked Paul, his lipless mouth, spreading across his face in a thin smile. Beneath our feet lies the cold abyss, plummeting down for untold leagues. Can't you feel it yawning under you?

It was all too easy to answer yes. I didn't have to listen very closely to Paul's yarn to imagine it. Men dumped helplessly into the watery void as their boat was torn apart in a storm. Our own vessel seemed pitifully small as Paul spun his tail. Every ripple was engorged by my imagination until it felt like we were…

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