October is the time for all scary things.
Here are 13 horror podcasts to help get you in the spookiest mood.
Nothing can get you back into the mindset of childlike wonder quite like the experience of getting scared.
Usually they do quite a good job despite the difficulty of the medium, bless them.
Books have been killing the spooky story game for awhile.
Now its the podcasting mediums turn to pick up the horror flag and run with it.
Todays podcasting renaissance goes hand in hand with our current horror renaissance.
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Lore
Loreunderstands an important aspect of horror.
Old things are almost always inherently scary.Loreis all about folklore sometimes straightforward, sometimes fantastical, but always spooky.
Take a listen now and then catch up with the TV show as well.
The NoSleep Podcast
You like scary stories?
Here are your scary stories.The NoSleep Podcasttakes its name from the subreddit of the same name: r/nosleep.
or to ask for a little clarification.
Not all the stories are… lets say winners, but it almost doesnt matter.
Hearing a first-person scary story directly from that person is just pure, uncut horror that the mind needs.
Its a horror-comedy hybrid hosted by comedians/friends/personalities Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, and Henry Zebrowski.
Each week theLast Podcastboys present their research and findings on a new horror topic.
Mysterious Universe
Mysterious Universeis a paranormal podcast turned paranormal media empire.
Wright and Grundy view the paranormal through as scientific a lens as possible.
The events and creatures they cover are all treated with the utmost sincerity.
Alice Isnt Dead
Welcome to Night Valeis at it again!
The two season series has now made the jump toFacebook Watch as a TV series.
Right now its only available on podcasting platform Luminary.
The Dana Gould Hour
Like all good human beings,Stan vs. Evilcreator Dana Gould loves Halloween.
When Halloween comes around, however, Gould shines.
Case in point: the sprawling and Kickstarer-backedCryptidspodcast.
Cryptidsdraws upon conspiracy theories and cryptozoology to tell its creepy tale.
Its been bringing listeners scary stories from highly-skilled storytellers since 2006.
If a decade-plus of scary stories sounds too intimidating to venture to dive into, dont worry.
The folks atPseudopodhave assembled a list of 13 (that number seems familiar!
)excellent starter storiesfor exactly that purpose.
