Jonathan Jones narrates this popular creepypasta cautionary tale of a teenager and his friend Bradley, who spend some time in an online chat room together one night.  All goes well until Bradley starts behaving strangely.  The friend thinks nothing of it at first, until things get more strange the next night. Chat Author: Anonymous (credited to “Jack” on CreepyPasta.com) Narrator: Jonathan ... Read More »

Jonathan Jones narrates this rendition of a popular urban legend about a young boy and his sister who are left home alone when their parents go out for the night.  This cautionary tale serves to remind us of few things.  First, listen to your mother.  Second, when there’s a knock on your door in the middle of the night, just leave ... Read More »

Jonathan Jones narrates this first-person psychological tale of terror by author Georgia Brandon, about a man living alone in an apartment, who is kept awake at night by the noises emanating from his neighbor’s apartment.  His paper-thin walls do nothing to soften the banging…or the tapping…the desperate, pleading tapping, which seems to beg for his attention.  Who…or what…is trying to ... Read More »

In this S.E. Schlosser tale of terror from Pennsylvania, featured on Schlosser’s website, www.americanfolklore.net, as well as in her published collection of Texas folktales and scary stories, Spooky Pennsylvania: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore, a couple gets into a car wreck in quite possibly the worst location possible – the site of a grisly axe murder in Erie, Pennsylvania. ... Read More »

Today Jonathan Jones and Chilling Tales bring you something a bit different.  This original short story by author Kayla Anderson, produced here with her kind permission, tells the tale of a girl left alone as her father went off to war.  She is left to tend to a mirror in the basement of their home, tasked with cleaning it daily ... Read More »

Narrator Jonathan Jones brings new life to this classic S.E. Schlosser tale of terror from Texas, featured on Schlosser’s website, www.americanfolklore.net, as well as in her published collection of Texas folktales and scary stories, Spooky Texas: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore.  The main character in this tale wakes from what she believes to be a nightmare involving a ... Read More »

Voiceover artist Jonathan Jones narrates this well-produced original tale from the mind of writer Craig Groshek, which centers on a farmer named Richard Mayes and his wife, who is about to give birth to a son.  From the beginning, they both know something is wrong, for the baby is growing exponentially and eating far more than is typical.  Once the ... Read More »

Voiceover artist Jonathan Jones tells this tale from Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark about a pair of young men who come across a strange creature in a farm field one afternoon.  Though they are not sure what “the thing” is at first, its purpose becomes clear many years later. The Thing Source: Scary Stories to Tell ... Read More »