Acephale: Horror Fiction

You wake up in what appears to be a hospital room with no memory of how you got there. Were you injured? Were you in a coma? Or did something more insidious happen?

Music by CO.AG and Gravity Sound

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Sacred Atrocity

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 07:00:00 -0000

A religious family journeys west in search of a better life. But they encounter the unthinkable instead.

Music by CO.AG

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Plunder

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:01:00 -0000

While partaking in one of their favorite pastimes, a group of high schoolers encounter something sinister.

Music by CO.AG

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Sowing Season

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:01:00 -0000

A therapist struggles to help a patient whose life is quickly unraveling.

Music by ŌOTØ and CO.AG

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What's Underneath

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:01:00 -0000

A folklore scholar is haunted by an urban legend from his childhood and the connection it might have to a real event.

Content Warning: This story contains multiple references to suicide.

Music by CO.AG

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Feeding the Flock

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 06:01:00 -0000

A couple visits a wellness retreat for what is supposed to be a celebratory weekend. But instead they are met with something grave and unspeakable.

Music by CO.AG

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The Hopeless Dream of Being

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 06:01:00 -0000

Frustrated with her recent relationships, a woman joins a dating app. When she connects with someone, she's surprised at how compatible they seem. But soon she begins to suspect that he is keeping something from her.

Music by CO.AG

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Torchbearer

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 20:02:00 -0000

After losing his father in a house fire, a man develops an unusual occupation. But one day, his job leads him to a place where unimaginable secrets are hidden.

Music by CO.AG

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Posthuman

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Curtis Peller is missing. But a series of interviews and recordings may shed light on his absence.

Cast:

Curtis's Brother: Soren Narnia

Lydia: Linda Wojtowick

Adam: Brendan Oak

Tyler: Connor Bushoven

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Check out the incredible work by this episode's guests:

Knifepoint Horror

The Ghosts on This Road

Edge of Madness

Welcome to the Brass Eagle

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Otherwhere

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0000

A young man is tormented by memories of his grandmother.

Music by CO.AG

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Skin Deep

Mon, 27 May 2024 16:46:00 -0000

While questioning his commitment to his marriage, a man makes a grave decision.

Music by CO.AG

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Seldom

Tue, 07 May 2024 17:35:00 -0000

After encountering a detour while driving through a storm, a woman finds an unexpected place to rest.

Music by CO.AG

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Fearful Symmetry

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0000

A man faces a moral dilemma when the professor who inspired him in his youth is accused of a horrific crime.

Music by CO.AG and MONST3R MUSIC

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Anything but Human

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:52:00 -0000

After getting a job as a nighttime security guard, a man makes a startling discovery.

Music by THRLL and CO.AG Music

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Triptych

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:24:00 -0000

Three tales of sinister appearances. In "The Yellow Door," two children begin to see something in their bedroom that shouldn't be there. In "Alone All the Way," a retired mountaineer receives a cryptic message. And in "Have You Seen Me?" a mysterious picture plagues two brothers.

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Visual Decay

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:34:05 -0000

A woman in search of a fresh start seems to get her wish when she discovers a run down movie theater for sale.

Music by THRLL, LARA'S HORROR SOUNDS, and CO.AG Music

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Let Me In

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 23:05:35 -0000

A man searches for his fiancée after she disappears during a trip to see a lighthouse.

Music by THRLL

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The Peril of Julian Specter

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 20:25:00 -0000

A graphic designer seeks fulfillment in life. But his search reveals something that he never wished to find.

Music by Amulets, Onyx Music, and Shahead Mostafafar

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The Bullet Understands

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 02:04:53 -0000

After picking up a hitchhiker on a remote desert highway, a man's life begins to unravel.

Music by Max H and Yehezkel Raz

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Vacant Flesh

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:34:37 -0000

After his elderly neighbor goes missing, a man makes an unsettling discovery.

Music by Dan Mayo

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Chimera

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:42:30 -0000

A graphic novelist visits a mysterious wooded enclosure in search of inspiration for a new story.

Music by CO.AG

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Annihilator

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 21:33:01 -0000

A woman is unsettled when her daughter claims to have seen a ghost.

Music by Inner Alchemy: Patreon / YouTube

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Vanity Scars

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:23:11 -0000

A man becomes suspicious of his wife after she undergoes a surgical procedure.

Music by Jordan Hatfield

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Lesser Gods

Sun, 19 Feb 2023 20:59:00 -0000

The guests at a ski resort are met with horrifying circumstances during a particularly heavy snow storm.

Music by Oliver Michael and G-Yerro

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Theatre of Pain

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:57:00 -0000

While researching the life of an avant-garde filmmaker, an amateur documentarian uncovers a dark truth.

Music by Favst, Kyle Preston, and Alon Peretz

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Degradation Trip

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:15:00 -0000

After being hired to retrieve a package from a residence in Nevada, a pair of petty criminals begin to suspect that this job isn't what it seems.

Music by Wicked Cinema and Dresden, The Flamingo

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Shout outs:

WE'RE NOT MEANT TO KNOW

The Formiddread Horror

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Progeny

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 18:12:00 -0000

A cab driver with questions about his family begins to feel like something dark has latched onto him.

Cast:

Newscaster/The Father: Connor Bushoven

Passenger: Brendan Oak

Liska: Brennan Sloan

Music by CO.AG

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It's Going to Get Worse

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:06:00 -0000

Faced with an uncertain future, a married couple struggles to survive.

Music by Wicked Cinema and Hill

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The Human Obscene

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:11:00 -0000

After losing his job, a man finds work as an assistant to a private investigator. But things take a terrifying turn when he and his boss are hired to search for the members of a missing cult.

Music by ESN Productions

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The Infernal Enigma

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 22:20:00 -0000

While trying to make sense of a peculiar event from his childhood, a man begins to wonder if he's concealing a violent memory from himself.

Music by Repulsive

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Mastication

Mon, 23 May 2022 00:21:00 -0000

A curious YouTuber discovers an eerie house with boarded-up windows and decides to make a video about it. Soon, though, he realizes that he's bitten off far more than he can chew.

I want to give a huge thank you to Brendan Oak for playing the role of Karl Porteous.

Music by JK Sound and Daniel Herrera

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The Drawbridge Delusion

Sun, 17 Apr 2022 21:00:00 -0000

While awaiting his punishment, a prisoner describes the breakdown of reality he experienced, and the subsequent crime that led to his arrest.

Music by Repulsive and Kevin MacLeod

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Demon in a Deerskin Hat

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:47:00 -0000

While working a lonely late-night shift at an isolated restaurant, a man begins to encounter things that would alter his life forever.

Music by Repulsive

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By the Throat

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:22:00 -0000

A Seattle truck driver gets a call one day to pick up a nondescript crate from the airport and deliver it to a secluded residence. But even after she drops it off, she can't help but feel like that crate contained something otherworldly.

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Everything Ends

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:34:00 -0000

A man steps into the wilderness for a weekend of solitary bowhunting. But he soon realizes something is amiss. Adrift in a lonely hellscape, he searches for signs of life.

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The Unspeakable Feast

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 15:38:00 -0000

A man falls victim to a mysterious illness after someone moves in to the building across from his.

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Music by Mattia Cupelli

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Shadowcraft

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:07:00 -0000

A man recalls visiting a pumpkin patch in his youth. He had expected the place to be festive and idyllic, but he left there with a memory so frightening and bizarre, it would haunt him for years to come.

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Music by Lara Sluyter and Daniel Herrera

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The Silent Wall

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 03:00:00 -0000

Having lost his sense of direction, a recent college graduate begins an exciting but reckless friendship with a pair of climbers. When they go on a road trip together, things take a dark turn.

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And Hell Followed With Him

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:06:00 -0000

A man leaves Detroit by train late at night. He is running from something, but his escape begins to seem like an exercise in futility.

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Occupation

Thu, 27 May 2021 14:57:00 -0000

An ex-convict discovers a peculiar stone standing alone in a field. A young girl has unanswered questions about her father's disappearance. Two lives collide in the Tooelle Valley, and neither of them will ever be the same again.

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Lunar Parallax

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:50:00 -0000

A photographer encounters something he can't comprehend in the Badlands of North Dakota.

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Stendhal Syndrome

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:19:00 -0000

A journalist investigates the terrifying events that follow an art exhibition at a strange gallery called The Breathing Chamber. He uncovers unexplained deaths, rampant insanity, and the legacy of a mysterious artist named Brother Simon.

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Come and See

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:39:00 -0000

Searching for his missing father, a man returns to the small town he grew up in. But there are secrets buried in that place, things he believes he was never meant to comprehend.

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Solace

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:18:00 -0000

Solace is a cosmic horror audiobook available on Patreon. To get full access, go to patreon.com/acephale

Nathan Merchant was having a normal day, ice fishing in the Wisconsin town of his alma mater. When he failed to return home, it was assumed that he had fallen through the ice and drowned. A year and a half later, though, when he wakes up in a park in Massachusetts, an uncanny mystery begins to unfold. Abel Kaufman, a burned out journalist, is sent to investigate. But his research soon takes him to a landscape of existential terror.

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Blight

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:11:00 -0000

Every house has secrets. And the house in the hills above Greymar Lake is no different. But the secrets of its shifting walls have roots far deeper than its foundation. And they will make you see versions of yourself that you wish you never had.

Music by Kevin Macleod incompetech.com

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Temple of Teeth

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:59:00 -0000

An aspiring paranormal author finds more than he bargained for while exploring an abandoned town.

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On the Floor of the Ocean of Death

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 23:23:00 -0000

After receiving a strange phone call, a woman abruptly commits suicide. The husband she left behind tries to determine the cause of her untimely end, but his precarious emotional state makes it hard for him to see things objectively.

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Insidiae

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:49:00 -0000

After retiring to Alaska, a housebound man witnesses a series of horrid events on live webcam feeds.

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The Face of Another

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 21:45:00 -0000

A man's life begins to unravel when he gets a call from a friend living out of the country.

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Straw Dogs

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:27:00 -0000

A series of letters reveals the demise of a man who is evading persecution.

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The Echo House

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:36:00 -0000

Shortly after losing his parents, a man begins to have dreams about a strange house in the woods.

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Desolation

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 23:18:00 -0000

A pilot finds himself stranded in the mountains of Wyoming after his plane crashes. He’s frightened of being stranded by himself in the frozen landscape, but he soon realizes that the truth is even more terrifying—he’s not alone at all.

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The Edge of the World

Thu, 14 May 2020 21:46:00 -0000

A collector of literary memorabilia has spent his entire career in search of a cursed typewriter that was once owned by an occult horror fiction author. When he finally catches a break in his search, he soon wishes that he had never sought it out.

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Nightmarch

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:42:00 -0000

When a young man begins sleepwalking, he fears that it may be connected to a troubling event from his past. The truth, however, is far more terrifying than he could have imagined.

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