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In this week's tale … The ad said fishing equipment. But that may have just been the bait. 3 stories written by author Gary D, from Ontario, Canada. Edna's Dirty Little Secret Spiders... Yes, that's right, them big, fat juicy spiders! Punkinhead After a lifetime in sales and marketing, Gary has travelled and lived in various places around the world, all while carrying around what he describes as a highly overactive imagination. For decades, that imagination has been busy producing creepy, unsettling, ghostly and downright bizarre stories, both fictional and inspired by experiences from his own life. After years of keeping those stories in a synopsis log, Gary has finally found the time to bring them to life. 🕯️Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal.  Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! 👁 For more than 150 previous episodes, visit ⁠frighteningtales.com⁠  👁 For Show Merch visit: ⁠https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca⁠  👁 Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/16811384/join ⁠

📍USA ✍️ In this week's tale… They came looking for fortune. They made the mistake of thinking the dead wouldn't miss their things.  Written by author Gaetan Battaglia. He has had one novel and ten short stories published by Pegasus Publishers, Three Ravens Publishing, Dragon Soul Press, Colp, Pesto Comics, and Red Cape Publishers. Several narrations have been adapted on YouTube by channels such as Grimms Library and DarkLittleVoices, among others.  Writing: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Gaetan+Battaglia&i=stripbooks&crid=1C4R35KNT8J9Y&sprefix=gaetan+battaglia%2Cstripbooks%2C181 https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=Gaetan+Battaglia&ref=nav_sb_noss_l_16 Spring into SciFi 2026, Volume 2: https://cloakedpress.com/sis2026/ Big Smoke Pulp, Volume 2: https://bigsmokepulp.com/ 🕯️Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal.  Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can!👁 For more than 150 previous episodes, visit: frighteningtales.com  👁 For Show Merch, visit: ⁠https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca  👁 Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/16811384/join

📍CAN ✍️ This week's episode marks the 150th episode. A story written by M. G. Wilhelm. Maddie had grown up hunting down geocaches with her Dad. It was their special time together. Years later, after Maddie's dad had passed, she decided to finish what she started and find the mythical Black Weaver Cache. A geocache with an ominous history. 🕯️Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal.  Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can!👁 For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com  👁 For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍Scotland ✍️ Today’s Tale… is written by JS Apsley, an author based in Glasgow, Scotland, This story was published by Underside Stories on 1 May 2025. His debut fiction submission, "Immersion", won the Ringwood Short Story Prize and was published in January 2025. He has since gone on to publish over 30 short stories in journals / magazines around the world. His story, "Jenny Greenteeth", was performed by Tales to Terrify in 2025.  🕯️Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! 👁 For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com 👁 For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍USA. Dr. Isabella Urbano doesn't believe in curses, demons or the Evil Eye. Then an elderly patient tells her a story about a murderer, an impossible infection and an ophthalmologist who discovered something alive inside a man's optic nerve. She should have walked away. Instead, she looked. And then it said, “I see you.” ✍️ Today’s Tale… MN Wiggins is an internationally published author, voice actor, surgeon, and professor from the American South. He’s either a Frightening Tales alumnus or a repeat offender, depending on your point of view, having written The Rejuvenator in Season Four and The Yellow Brick Killer in Season Five. The good doctor Wiggins has narrated for Pseudopod, Thirteen podcast, and The Night’s End, and he is a recurring guest host on the Kaidankai podcast. Recently, he released two audiobooks on Apple and Audible: The Gathering: Golf + Cookies = Murder and The Creature in Grandma’s Well. His latest monster novel, EL DORADO, is available through Solstice Publishing. If, after all that, you still desire more of this author, you can visit www.MNWiggins.com or follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads under MNWIGGINSWORDS. 🕯️Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! 👁 For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com 👁 For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

Today’s Tale… is written by Gary D, and he’s located up in Ontario, Canada.  After a lifetime spent in sales & marketing, and having sold just about everything and anything that you can imagine, he’s both travelled and lived in various locations across our planet. And as the tread on his tires thins and he starts to apply the brakes to slow down, over the last year or so, He’s finally found the time to share some of his wildest stories.

📍USA. ⚠️Trigger Warning: Child loss / Miscarriage.  ❤️ Special Thanks to Mia, a British voice artist, originally from the south of England, who now lives and works in Ontario, Canada. She has voiced projects for Mercedes-Benz, MARVEL, the UK’s National Health Service, easyJet, Action Against Hunger, Pfizer, and the United Nations. ✍️ Today's tale is written by Marisól De La Rosa, a new writer, and this is her first story she has ever shared. She said she couldn't have done it without her trusted friend and editor, Satchel, and she hopes that if you like her style, you would check her out either on Substack at https://marilwrites.substack.com/ or on Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/user/Educational_Try_9217/ 👁 If I may ask for a favour, could you please share this show with just one person? Thank you.  🕯️Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! It does help the channel.  For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍USA. ✍️ Today’s Tale… is written by Jeremy Barber, a weird fiction/psychological horror writer whose fiction is based in New England. His stories explore trauma, PTSD, the horror that stems from the ordinary becoming distorted. He is currently working on his first collection of interconnected horror stories. In this tale, a New York Cop arrives on a call to something altogether unexpected. You can find him on Bluesky at: JTBarberwrites https://bsky.app/profile/jtbarberwrites.bsky.social   🕯️Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍Canada. ✍️ Welcome, loyal listeners. I’m your host, Wilhelm, and I’m also this week’s author. A group of wealthy young adults head out to sea for a little fun, only to discover that they’ve sailed into waters that should have been left alone. Because some curses don’t follow you. They wait for you to enter their territory. Have a listen to X Marks the Spot.   🕯️Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

☠ Greetings, loyal listeners. I wanted to offer a little something for writers and dark creatives who need something to listen to while they work, when spoken words are simply too distracting. I've licensed this collection of music for you to enjoy, and I hope it helps put you into that creative space where the work starts to flow. 👁 60 minutes of dark ambience for writing, creating, and wandering somewhere a little darker. If you enjoy it, leave a comment and let me know. Perhaps I'll assemble another. Happy creating.   🕯️ Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍USA. ✍️ Today’s Tale… is written by Bailley Burbage, passionate about writing for many years, using her craft to escape and create a place for people to land. A recent college graduate, she continues to pursue her lifelong love of storytelling while working on her debut novel. Bailley enjoys exploring new ideas, creating immersive worlds, and writing stories that connect with readers on an emotional level. She hopes to complete her first novel within the next year and looks forward to sharing many more stories in the future.  A woman fights to understand the darkness that is haunting her while wrestling with understanding what is real. Bonus Story: 📍Canada. ✍️ In The Dark Beyond The Screen by M. G. Wilhelm, a creepy tale that explores that feeling of wondering what is out there past the glow of our devices while we're lying in bed.  🕯️ Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍USA. ✍️ Today’s Tale… is written by Billy Mitch, an author and artist who lives in Georgia. He has three dogs and a cat. When he isn’t creating a world full of monsters, he likes to spend his time painting. His writing has been featured in Strangest Fiction, Horror Sleaze Trash, ParABnormal Magazine, Unfed Writer's Digest, Dog Water Magazine, and others. Here is his tale, Strange Season. About a Cheryl and her son are on their way to visit her parents for what might be the last time... but what starts as a reconnection turns dark when Grandma and Grandpa aren't what they seem to be.   🕯️ Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, Subscribe, and Share Frighteningtales wherever you can! For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍Spain. ✍️ Today’s Tale… is written by Ausiàs Tsel is a writer from the Valencian Country whose Mediterranean Gothic fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Pithead Chapel, Neon & Smoke, Flash Fiction Magazine, Black Sheep (Hobb's End Press), and miniMAG. He writes in Catalan/Valencian and English. More at ausiastsel.com. For more stories, you can find him on Substack: ausiastsel.substack.com — Or at his website Web: ausiastsel.com —   🕯️ Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales.c wherever you can! For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍USA. ⚠️  Trigger Warning: Suicide. ✍️ Written by author M.A., a medical school student who previously studied dentistry before making the shift to medicine. He enjoys watching movies, reading, writing stories and songs, and he hopes that someday he and his stories will make it big. Perhaps that can start with his tale…  🕯️ Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca

📍CANADA. ✍️ Today’s Tale… written by Evelyn Hart, who writes from the spaces between ordinary moments. Her stories are less interested in monsters than in the patient conversations we have with the things we believe are merely observing us. She believes the most unsettling horrors are never sudden. They emerge one unnoticed moment at a time. The companion was designed to learn his habits. It was never meant to develop its own. When meaningless gestures begin appearing in the quiet of his apartment, curiosity slowly replaces caution. Before long, the only thing more unsettling than what the machine is doing... is how eagerly he begins answering it.   🕯️ Loyal Listeners, thank you for joining me once more for a tantalizing tale of the weird and paranormal. Like, subscribe, and share Frighteningtales wherever you can! For more than 130 previous episodes, visit frighteningtales.com For Show Merch visit: https://frighteningmerch.myspreadshop.ca