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 the podcast for people who sleep with the lights off but absolutely shouldn’t. Each week, we bring you original horror tales designed to make you question that noise in the hallway, dive into true hauntings that’ll make you rethink old houses, and explore the movies, lore, monsters, and cultural nightmares that shape the horror genre.
Hosted by John Keaser Jr.—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, creepy vibes, and the kind of honest reactions you only get when the host is running on 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
We Wish You a Morbid Christmas
We Wish You a Morbid Christmas a brutal bonus episode of Echoes in the Dark, where host John Keaser Jr. — writer, insomniac, and horror exhibitionist — rips the holiday cheer out of three Christmas horror films that chose violence over comfort.
In this ranked breakdown, John delivers a darkly sarcastic, no-mercy deep dive into The Mean One (2022), Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022), and Christmas Evil (1980) — examining their kills, performances, cinematography, practical effects, budgets, and cult legacies.
From public-domain slashers and neon-soaked robotic Santas to slow-burn psychological Christmas nightmares, this episode explores why Christmas horror works best when it strips away nostalgia and exposes what’s really underneath the tinsel.
Featuring sharp commentary, detailed play-by-play analysis, and appearances from Macabre Bob, this episode is not cozy, not safe, and absolutely not for the nice list.
🎧 Listener discretion strongly advised.
That noise you hear while you're lying in bed is just your imagination...or is it?