A Scary Home Companion
A Scary Home Companion
Nathaniel Hensley
Drinking whiskey in the kitchen and telling scary stories around the fire. Music and mayhem, fearful fiction and furious fact, tall tales and terrible truths. A Scary Home Companion is a sinister variety show, featuring original stories and original music
Bless Your Jagged Little Heart
Send us Fan Mail It's another blah Valentine's Day for Margot Monroe. Her boyfriend is a bit of a lunk, even if he does smell nice. Then she finds a mysterious package on her doorstep, with something truly stunning and exceptional inside. Will this be her finest day, or her last? Written by Brett Jarboe Music by: 1000 Handz – Music BoxSerge Quadrado – Music BoxRenich – Rola Z (music box)Lobo Loco – Piano ParapentesLifetoofine – Get over the FOMOall music available far and wide through Freemus...
Jul 25
38 min
ChatRIP (Birthday Cake Killer Part 3)
Send us Fan Mail The killer AI called RAVEN has set up his paramour Chloe aka The Birthday Cake Killer in a ritzy Houston hotel. But the DRO, led by Special Agent Donna Latour, is closing in, to settle this once and for all. Written by Brett Jarboe Music by: All the Pretty Things by SoularflairMonkey Attack by SuperpozeElefant, Longing for Peace, and Lost Dreams by Lobo LocoBirth Magic and Rot by Arrington de Dionyso and Thollem McDonasall music available far and wide through Freemusica...
Jul 15
46 min
Does AI Bleed? (Birthday Cake Killer Part Two)
Send us Fan Mail Can AI bleed? Does a program feel pain when electronically eviscerated, spilling binary code like guts and gore? RAVEN is a chatbot designed for chaos, turned feral, and growing sentient. The object of its affection is a teenage girl with a penchant for poisons -- The Birthday Cake Killer. Written by Brett Jarboe Music by: birthday birthday by El GreenbergBirthday by Parlor WallsRunning for Truth, Death Valley, Work Wonders, and Burning Sunshine by Lobo Loco Birth ...
Jul 2
49 min
The Birthday Cake Killer
Send us Fan Mail WE ARE BACK with a savage new tale, one you might have read about in the news a few years ago. The Birthday Cake Killer terrorized families in and around Houston, but what is the connection to a killer, feral AI program? Can an apex predator have a digital assistant? Can AI bleed? Written by Brett Jarboe Music By: Happy Birthday (classical) by Dee Yan Keebirthday birthday by El GreenbergBirthday Banger by Brentin DavisBirth in Carpathia 2 by AVOIDANTRunning for Truth by Lobo ...
Jun 21
43 min
Dead Man's Switch
Send us Fan Mail In the brain pan of dead snake god The Ophidian, the notorious serial killer Closed Casket Jack has reached the end of his mission. He is weak, alone, beset on all sides by Ghastly demons and swarms of severed hands. But he still has to close the deal, and make them all pay. Will he succeed? Is he doomed? Or... both? Sign up for the FREE TIER of Patreon and get bonus episodes! This month the featured extra is the FIRST EVER exclusive episode -- about The Vespers. Check it out...
May 7
40 min
Torn Apart
Send us Fan Mail Jack and Becky are twins, with a long and complicated history... one that has lead them to the End of Days, Nightmare Island, where the notorious serial killer is chasing his sister, who has bee transformed into a Ghastly One. Is redemption even possible, or just destruction? Sign up for the FREE TIER of Patreon and get bonus episodes! This month the featured extra is the FIRST EVER exclusive episode -- about The Vespers. Check it out! Music by: Lobo Loco – Work WondersSoular...
Apr 26
42 min
Building a Better Beast
Send us Fan Mail The beach head has been made on the shores of Hell itself! A bedraggled team of kamizake soldiers battle monsters, profane botany, and the Ghastly Ones. And if you think that death is the worst fate possible... you're wrong. Sign up for the FREE TIER of Patreon and get bonus episodes! This month the featured extra is the FIRST EVER exclusive episode -- about The Vespers. Check it out! Music by -- Matte Black – Dust of this PlanetKirk Osamayo – Horror SoundsSchemawound –...
Apr 14
41 min
Finding Vengeance
Send us Fan Mail Inspired by his daughter's favorite movie, a deranged Siberian soldier swims into the gruesome waters of Hell's vast black ocean to find the demon responsible for the death of his family. And believe it or not, its even more METAL than it sounds. Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes! The Dress Rehearsal, a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everything to come. and Vampires Do Not Exist, a weird tale about a man who drinks bloo...
Apr 3
42 min
Drowning in the River Styx
Send us Fan Mail The insanity ramps up, as our team of stalwart heroes hits the beaches of Hell itself, only to find that the battle is not at all what they expected. This one is big time action and big time disgusting. Let's do this. Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes! The Dress Rehearsal, a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everything to come. and Vampires Do Not Exist, a weird tale about a man who drinks blood to survive, just not in the...
Mar 24
48 min
The Day the Whole World Went Away
Send us Fan Mail The skeleton crew of damaged soldiers has made the Crossing, and entered the dark waters of Hell's vast black ocean. Here there be demons, killers, emissaries, and monstrosities untold. No one is coming back home, so they need to make sure the enemy pays the ultimate price. The insanity keeps ramping up, as the End Run continues! Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes! The Dress Rehearsal, a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everythi...
Mar 15
41 min
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