Anyone can switch on a scary movie — but can you face the frightening depths of your own imagination? That’s the promise of a truly thrilling podcast: we bring the story to your ears but you do the rest. For best results, listen on an evening walk, in the lonely hours of the night, or while finally cleaning under your bed. Here are some stories from the CBC Podcast collection guaranteed to give you shivers.
Is Canada a haunted place? In this bonus Halloween episode Falen and Leah travel to some of Canada's more obscure haunts. From one of Canada's oldest universities to a former asylum in Quebec to a num...Show More
Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be preying on children — torturing and terrorizing them as part of dark rituals. Across North America, there were hundreds of false allegati...Show More
The Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal was an innovative new hospital where patients sought cutting-edge psychiatric care. But instead of being helped, many were subjected to shockingly brutal exper...Show More
Police Officer Claudia Bryden is drawn into a bizarre case unfolding in the peaceful Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. What starts with a single complaint about an alleged sexual assault in ...Show More
A swanky restaurant invites a naive food reviewer to taste a truly rare dish. A humorous horror by Dora Award winner Kat Sandler.
A couple at a lakeside cottage is haunted by a mysterious presence trapped between two worlds. A Japanese-infused horror story by Governor General Award winner Hiro Kanagawa.
It’s Christmas Eve at a Toronto police station, and Inspector Lamb is no longer having a silent night. A drugged old man in a Santa hat and military uniform has been dropped on his doorstep. Around th...Show More
A woman tries to live her life while a stalker pursues her for over a decade; and a former U.S. Navy sailor is haunted by the memory of a woman he killed when he discovers a song has been written abou...Show More
Robin is a chronic snoozer. She's constantly late for work, sleeping in for upwards of two hours. She's also been keeping an elaborate secret since high school.
This Halloween, stories get spooky! When a group of friends cross an evil witch and her bumbling assistant, they better act quick or else there won’t be any sweet dreams in their future! Featuring act...Show More
Gregor markets a talking Howard Doll that he thinks is to die for. Trouble is, he may be all too right...
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Hear the piece that Jessica Reed (Features editor for The Guardian) just called an “absolute masterpiece.” CW: A woman tries to live her life while a stalker pursues her for over a decade. She write...Show More