Knifepoint Horror

There are reliable narrators, there are unreliable narrators… and then there are outliers like the one heard here. 'Clearly guilty of murder, he somehow remains committed to his narrative,' one journalist wrote of him. 'I wasn't sure whether to look at him with a strange kind of awe, or simply run screaming and never look back.' Additional narration by Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast. Music: 'Atmo' by Jamie Bathgate, all rights reserved. https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A filmmaker recalls the details of his darkest project: the people who endured it, the illusions he lost to it, and the horrific force that set it all in motion. With: Donald Kokoschka – John Jorgenson Noah DiLeo – Corey N. (Rust Belt Gothic podcast) Mayor - Beth Abdallah (Twelves Chimes It’s Midnight podcast and Odd Salon) Bill Savoy – Teddy Ray Bullard Mary Neary – Linda Wojtowick (The Ghosts on This Road podcast) Lisa Whitelaw – Mig Windows (migwindows.com) Officer Ekins – Dana Bolton (The Night Terrors podcast) French Translator - Isabelle Humbert Ernestine Souza – Naomi Azran English Translator – Emma Fradd (Sibling Horror podcast) Music: ‘Ana Yelena’ by Kristian Sensini, ‘Midnight Clear’ by Hans Johnson, ‘Better Now’ by Philip Daniel, ‘Quiet Contentment’ by The David Roy Collective. All rights reserved. Audio mastering by Les Lentz Audio-Video Ad-free listening on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many is the band that wishes they could have a second chance at what turned out to be their final performance—maybe they could have brought more energy to that night, or savored it just a little more... and then there’s the terrible but unforgettable case of the celebrated rock group Waters Blue and Permanent (2003-2022).Music (all rights reserved):"Salve Regina - Violin & Piano" by Patrick Ussher, "El Faro" by When the Tide Breaks Free, "Fount" by Homely, "Everything" by The DaysAudio mastering: Les LentzSpecial thanks to Sharon Yablon of the Garden of Terrible Blooms podcast for being my location advisor on this one.https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No one in attendance at the talk on that December night in New England, 2021, really knew what they would hear from the presenter, though they certainly knew his name. And while no video exists of his methodical dissection of the past, the audio recording alone seems more than enough. With additional narration by Robert Cantelmo, and Beth Abdallah of the Twelve Chimes It’s Midnight podcast.Music: 'December' by Dear Gravity, all rights reserved.Audio mastering: Les Lentzwww.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tomb would soon sit unnoticed, perhaps forever, in the wild grass of the lonely cemetery. But on its first night of occupancy, one man would keep a careful watch over it. Just in case.Wilhoit McCrail: Hugh PierceMusic: “Submarine” by Morphlexis, all rights reserved. Audio mastering by Les Lentz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You are invited to a place in the mountains where one man decided that no matter what the date, it will always, always be Halloween night.(And after 'attraction,' keep listening to experience the very... well, ROUND terror of a campfire tale called 'sugary' - 39:40)Music: “Mirrors” by Tom Goldstein, “Isolation” by Linus Johansson, “First Impression” by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat, all rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A documentarian’s celebrity puff piece takes a dark turn when her subject reveals the story of a friend’s haunting.The documentarian Patricia Close : Mig Windows, www.migwindows.comMusic: ‘Mysa’ by Laurel Violet, all rights reserved.Audio mastering: Les Lentzwww.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a curious fact about the tiny railway station mentioned by the teller of this story that he would never know: Almost sixty years before the events he describes, the station was partially demolished in the night by someone or something unknown, and had to be rebuilt from the ground up. Unknown, yes, but there were indeed whispers--from the older folk mostly, people long dead by the time the weary and hungry narrator appeared in the mountains utterly by chance.MUSIC: 'Forests' by Narvik; 'Vodohrai' by Smerichka; all rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Someday, when you find yourself alone in a place like the one where this story occurred, take note of what happens to your footprints as the minutes tick by. As one of the narrators claims, the wind shifts things around fast--and it’s as if no trace of you ever existed.The cast:Anson, the seeker – Ebenezer Alasi, https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/ebenezerfunshoalasiEva, the penitent – Amy Paonessa of The Bloodlust podcast, thebloodlust.netLydia – Currer Hathaway, currerhathaway.comJames Del Norr – Reginald Baskerville, www.backstage.com/u/reginald-baskerville/Monica – Linda Wojtowick, The Ghosts on This Road podcastTom - Soren NarniaMusic: “Close” by Eleven Tales, “Paragon” by Kyle Preston, all rights reserved. Audio Mastering: Les Lentzwww.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the shortest time you’ve ever lived somewhere before you left in frustration? What was the problem—bad neighbors, leaks, noise problems, lousy plumbing? Something worse? Something mystifying? The trashman: Benjamin Gilmour Audio mastering by Les Lentz Listen ad-free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices