Feral by Night
Feral by Night
Papa Gee
Feral by Night is a scary storytelling podcast hosted and narrated by Papa Gee, creator of The Feral Folklorist podcast. Each episode brings you an original eerie tale of haunted houses, strange roads, hidden rooms, ghostly figures, cursed objects, folk magic, old superstitions, and the things people swear they saw after dark.These are atmospheric horror stories for listeners who love scary stories, ghost stories, haunted house fiction, paranormal encounters, supernatural suspense, folk horror, Southern Gothic atmosphere, creepy bedtime stories, and eerie tales told in a calm, intimate voice.Turn the lights down, settle in, and listen close. Some stories are better heard after dark.New stories released throughout the week.
The Teeth in the Jewelry Box | Cursed Object Horror Story
The Teeth in the Jewelry Box is a narrated scary story about a woman who inherits an old wooden jewelry box from her great-aunt and discovers it contains no rings, necklaces, or keepsakes, only human teeth wrapped in tissue and labeled with women’s names. What should’ve been a strange family heirloom quickly becomes something far more personal, as the box seems to know who opened it and what it wants next. As the story unfolds, the jewelry box returns no matter where it’s put, new names appea...
Jun 24
18 min
The Festival of Empty Chairs | Small-Town Folk Horror Story
The Festival of Empty Chairs is a narrated scary story about a traveler who stops in a small town during an annual festival where every family sets an empty chair outside. At first, the custom seems like a quiet way to honor the dead, but as night falls, she notices that some of the chairs may not be empty at all. As the story unfolds, the celebration begins to feel less like a festival and more like an invitation. What begins as a strange small-town tradition becomes a supernatural folk horr...
Jun 17
15 min
The Museum Case Fogged from Inside | Haunted Object Horror Story
The Museum Case Fogged from Inside is a narrated scary story about a night security guard at a small county museum who notices an empty display case fogging from the inside. The artifact it once held is gone, but something still seems trapped behind the glass, leaving breath marks, finger-drawn messages, and signs that the exhibit was never only a display. As the story unfolds, the guard learns that the missing bottle may have been more than an old medical curiosity. It may have been a contai...
Jun 10
15 min
The Cradle in the Attic | Haunted Family Secret Story
The Cradle in the Attic is a narrated scary story about an expecting couple who finds an old baby cradle hidden in the attic of their inherited house. At first, it seems like a forgotten family keepsake, but when the cradle begins rocking by itself at night, an old secret about a missing infant starts coming back into the house. As the story unfolds, Carol and Lyle discover that the cradle may be tied to birth omens, old protective charms, and a grief that was never properly laid to rest. Wha...
Jun 5
15 min
The Staircase Under the Shed | Underground Room Horror Story
The Staircase Under the Shed is a narrated scary story about a man who tears down an old backyard shed and discovers a hidden staircase leading underground. At the bottom is a room set up like someone has been living there, with a cot, a lamp, old supplies, and signs that the space may not be as abandoned as it should be. As the story unfolds, the hidden room begins reaching back into the house above it, and every attempt to seal it only makes the boundary between home and underground space f...
Jun 2
21 min
The Salt Line in the Hallway | Folklore Ghost Story
The Salt Line in the Hallway is a narrated scary story about a teenager who sweeps away a line of salt in her aunt’s old house and realizes too late that it wasn’t there for decoration. What looked like a strange household rule was actually the only thing keeping something crowded, silent, and waiting on the other side of the hallway. As the story unfolds, every mirror in the house begins showing a version of the hallway that shouldn’t exist, filled with figures that can’t be seen anywhere el...
May 28
19 min
The Houseplant Grew Keys | Weird Supernatural Horror Story
The Houseplant Grew Keys is a narrated scary story about a neglected houseplant that begins growing small brass keys instead of leaves. Each key opens something private, hidden, or locked away inside an old house, and the woman who lives there slowly realizes the plant knows more about her home than she does. What begins as a strange discovery in a bedroom becomes a quiet supernatural horror story about locked drawers, sealed rooms, old family secrets, and a house that may have been waiting f...
May 22
17 min
The Woman in the Parlor Portrait | New Orleans Haunted House Story
The Woman in the Parlor Portrait is a narrated scary story about a couple touring a historic New Orleans house when the wife sees her own face in an old painting above the parlor fireplace. What should be a quiet anniversary trip turns into a supernatural horror story about a portrait, a mirror, and a house that seems to remember people who were never supposed to belong to it. What begins as a strange resemblance becomes something much more frightening as the painting changes, the house slips...
May 19
17 min
The Station Between Stations | Supernatural Road Horror Story
The Station Between Stations is a narrated scary story about a man driving home late at night when his truck radio starts picking up sounds before they happen. What begins as static on a lonely back road turns into a disturbing supernatural horror story about a dead frequency, an old family warning, and something waiting in the dark between stations. As the story unfolds, Peter realizes the radio isn’t just receiving music or voices. It’s describing him, predicting his movements, and guiding ...
May 17
18 min
Never Sweep After Dark | Folk Horror Scary Story
Never Sweep After Dark or You’ll Invite Evil In is a narrated scary story about a woman cleaning out her late mother’s old house, only to discover that one family superstition may have been protecting her from something buried beneath it. The rule was simple: once daylight was gone, the broom stayed in the pantry. As the story unfolds, a line of black dirt keeps returning to the kitchen floor, a burned broom finds its way back inside, and the basement door begins to feel less like storage and...
May 16
14 min
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