Echoes in the Dark: Original Stories, True Hauntings, and Horror Genre Explored
The Dark Side of Storytelling…
Echoes in the Dark: Original Stories, True Hauntings, & Horror Genre Explored is a horror podcast focused on psychological and folk horror, featuring original short stories, true haunting accounts, and deep dives into the lore, films, and cultural nightmares that shape the genre.
Each episode invites listeners into unsettling worlds designed to make you question the noise in the hallway, rethink old houses, and linger in the quiet dread that lives between myth and memory.
The podcast is hosted by John Keaser Jr., founder of Dark Hollow Media LLC, with the occasional unhinged commentary from Macabre Bob. Echoes in the Dark blends twisted storytelling with research, realism, and just enough adult sarcasm to make your therapist concerned. Expect dark humor, creeping atmosphere, folklore-driven horror, and honest reactions fueled by caffeine, trauma, and questionable life choices.
If you like your horror atmospheric, your folklore unsettling, and your jokes a little too inappropriate for HR—welcome home.
Some echoes whisper.
These ones bite.
Echoes in the Dark: Original Stories, True Hauntings, and Horror Genre Explored
Roots of Evil
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Welcome back to Echoes in the Dark: Stories, Haunts, and Horror — where the trees whisper, the hosts are sleep-deprived, and the ghosts have better attendance than your coworkers.
In this episode, John Keaser Jr. digs into the chilling origins of Hopewell Hollow with readings from Chapters 3 and 4, where curses take root and the past refuses to stay buried. Then we branch out (pun intended) into real-world haunted legends of sinister trees and cursed forests — the kind that make you question every camping trip you’ve ever taken.
Macabre Bob drops in with his usual blend of inappropriate charm and bad life choices, before John closes the night ranking six horror films involving killer trees, from the gloriously ridiculous (Thankskilling) to the genre-defining (The Evil Dead).
Equal parts folklore, fear, and dark comedy — “Roots of Evil” dives into the places where grief, nature, and the supernatural intertwine.
⚠️ Disclaimer: This show contains dark humor, adult language, and a disturbing lack of respect for the living.
That noise you hear while you're lying in bed is just your imagination...or is it?