- 792
- Episodes
- 135
- Transcribed
- 815
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2012
- First episode
About Tales to Terrify
The unseen creature whose ravenous fangs dog your every step as your footfalls echo down the midnight alleyway. — A long, icy shadow looming over you, making the hairs on your neck rise and your breath turn to ragged puffs of mist. — Unearthly howls that pierce the night, pulling you from the comfort of sleep with feverish, heart-pounding dread. — Welcome to Tales to Terrify, a weekly horror fiction podcast that gets under your skin, lays eggs and hatches writhing baby horrors nursed on your darkest fears. We're unique in our simplicity, bringing pure tales of terror to your ears audiobook-style – unadulterated and unadorned. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify (http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Drew Sebesteny
- Category
- arts · fiction · fiction
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Jan 2012
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
135 of 792 episodes have a transcript.

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Tales to Terrify 771 Ava DeVries & Anne Wilkins

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Tales to Terrify 770 Linda B. Adams

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Tales to Terrify 769 Rick Kennett, Peter Terry & Nicholas Starr Kellogg
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Tales to Terrify 771 Ava DeVries & Anne Wilkins
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Appendix operations, which turn out to just be worms. I read about the loa loa, the African eye worm that can be seen crawling in the whites of people's eyes. I read about tapeworms that can grow longer than a bus. And I read about a pork tapeworm where their larvae can lodge inside the brain. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 650 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 165 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
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- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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