A spooky fan podcast diving into Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Graveyard Mike breaks down the episodes to figure out whether the scares come from pop culture or within.
Spoilers ahead, but fun guaranteed.
Are You Afraid… After the Campfire
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A spooky fan podcast diving into Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Graveyard Mike breaks down the episodes to figure out whether the scares come from pop culture or within. Spoilers ahead, but fun guaranteed.
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Publishing Since
12/30/2025
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Recent Episodes
February 16, 2026
Ep. 6 — The Tale of the Super Specs: Who Gets Believed & the Cost of Seeing First
<p>This week, Graveyard Mike peers through The Tale of the Super Specs — a story about ritual magic, overlapping dimensions, and the danger of seeing something before everyone else does.</p><p><br></p><p>We break down the episode’s pop-culture DNA — visibility horror, cosmic rule enforcement, object persistence — then step into the social patterns hiding in plain sight: jokes as deflection, fear reclassified as drama, and the way credibility shifts when panic isn’t convenient.</p><p><br></p><p>Because sometimes the monster isn’t in the shadows.</p><p><br></p><p>Sometimes it’s the delay.</p><p><br></p><p>And once the window closes… it doesn’t always open back up.</p>
January 28, 2026
Ep. 5 — The Tale of the Hungry Hounds: Inherited Fear & the Things We Finish for the Dead
<p>This week, Graveyard Mike digs into The Tale of the Hungry Hounds — a story about ghosts, family history, and the danger of leaving things unfinished.</p><p><br></p><p>We trace the episode’s pop-culture DNA back to gothic literature, Shakespearean hauntings, and old-world ghost logic, where spirits don’t linger to scare — they linger to complete something. From attic portals and family graveyards to possession, animals, and inherited guilt, this episode asks what happens when history refuses to stay buried.</p><p><br></p><p>Then we examine the trauma patterns underneath the haunting: generational fear disguised as protection, curiosity treated as betrayal, and why resolution only comes when the past is allowed to play out — not be ignored.</p><p><br></p><p>Finally, we turn back to the Midnight Society itself, where rivalries resurface, authority quietly asserts itself, and stillness settles in once the story fully contains its own mess.</p><p><br></p><p>Because sometimes the haunting doesn’t end when the ghost is confronted.</p><p><br></p><p>Sometimes it ends when the system finally lets history finish what it started.</p><p><br></p><p>Shrieks encouraged.</p><p>Unfinished business inevitable.</p>
January 19, 2026
Ep. 4 — The Tale of the Twisted Claw: Reckless Authority & the Price of Three Wishes
<p>This week, Graveyard Mike digs into The Tale of the Twisted Claw — a story about cursed wishes, social power, and what happens when the universe takes you literally.</p><p><br></p><p>We trace the episode’s pop-culture DNA through The Monkey’s Paw, Twilight Zone logic, and folklore consequence horror — then examine how authority, pressure, and misplaced confidence drive the damage.</p><p><br></p><p>Because sometimes the monster isn’t a witch.</p><p><br></p><p>Sometimes it’s the rules doing exactly what you told them to.</p>
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