Scared All The Time

What happens when Halloween pranks stop being funny?Chris and Ed are joined by writer, producer, and actress Catherine Corcoran to investigate the strange and sometimes disastrous history of Devil’s Night a.k.a the night before Halloween when generations of kids were given an unofficial license to cause trouble.From England’s original Mischief Night to America’s Cabbage Night, Corn Night, Chalk Night, Goosey Night, and Beggars Night, they trace how throwing vegetables, stealing gates, pelting windows, and other seasonal pranks became an annual tradition - and evolved into years of deadly arsons throughout Detroit and Camden.Bring the pumpkins inside and keep an eye on the front door. This is DEVIL’S NIGHT.SHOW NOTESBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scared-all-the-time--7084296/support.Get the latest episodes of our bonus show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -- and a whole lot more! -- by supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime

In a SCARED AFTER DARK first, Chris features a short story of his own. Happy Halloween!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scared-all-the-time--7084296/support.Get the latest episodes of our bonus show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -- and a whole lot more! -- by supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime

How long could you survive without sunlight, clocks, internet, or another human being? This week, we flash back to when we learned about a Spanish athlete who went underground for an extraordinary experiment in isolation and stayed there for 500 days. But when it was finally time to bring her back to the surface, something much stranger had happened: she had lost her sense of time so completely that she believed only a fraction of those 500 days had passed.It's the bizarre true story of extreme isolation, hallucinations, human endurance, and what happens when time itself stops meaning anything.THIS ORIGINALLY AIRED ON PATREON 12/04/25SHOW NOTESBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scared-all-the-time--7084296/support.Get the latest episodes of our bonus show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -- and a whole lot more! -- by supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime

Welcome back to Scared After Dark, a Scared All The Time bonus series where Chris reads you an old spooky story that will either lull you to sleep or keep you up all night.Tonight's bedtime story: "The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce.Feel free to read along HEREBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scared-all-the-time--7084296/support.Get the latest episodes of our bonus show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -- and a whole lot more! -- by supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime

What happens when a haunted house decides that jump scares aren’t enough? In Part Two of EXTREME HAUNTED HOUSES, Chris and Ed leave traditional haunted attractions behind and descend into the controversial world of immersive and extreme horror experiences.They trace the rise of attractions like Blackout, where guests entered alone and surrendered control, before digging into increasingly intense experiences including Miasma, Freakling Bros.’ Victim Experience, and other haunts built around physical contact, isolation, endurance, and psychological torment.And then there’s the living nightmare that is McKamey Manor. We examine the notorious attraction, the videos that made it an internet legend, and the larger question hanging over the entire extreme-haunt industry: when does being scared stop being fun?Listener: Enter at your own risk.SHOW NOTESBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scared-all-the-time--7084296/support.Get the latest episodes of our bonus show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -- and a whole lot more! -- by supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime