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
Santa's Slay Bells: Christmas Horror Edition
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Winter changes things.
The nights grow longer. The cold seeps into your bones. And the stories — the bad ones — come looking for you.
In this Christmas Horror Edition of Echoes in the Dark, host John Keaser Jr. — writer, insomniac, and horror exhibitionist — trades tinsel and cheer for something far older, meaner, and far less forgiving.
This episode dives headfirst into holiday horror, featuring:
- A chilling Krampus creature feature that explores punishment, belief, and what happens when the season turns against you
- Macabre Bob stepping in with his own darkly comic interludes and twisted holiday commentary
- A brutal breakdown of six Christmas horror films — from cult classics to modern shockers — dissected with biting sarcasm, detailed play-by-plays, effects analysis, budget talk, and unapologetic reflections
- And a reminder that sometimes the bells don’t jingle… they warn
This episode contains explicit language, graphic horror themes, and adult content and is intended for mature audiences only.
So, dim the lights. Lock the doors.
And remember — Santa isn’t the only thing watching this Christmas.
That noise you hear while you're lying in bed is just your imagination...or is it?