The Serial Dreadfuls Podcast

Serial Dreadfuls is a podcast focused, first and foremost, on storytelling. Here you will find original content covering everything from dark historical fiction, ghosts, and horror to science fiction, adventure, the paranormal, cryptids, and the supernatural. So, lean back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride. And, remember, scary monsters aren’t always just lurking under your bed or in your closet waiting to get you, sometimes they’re the nice old lady sitting right next to you.

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This is our Preview Episode! Serial Dreadfuls is a weekly podcast serving up original content spanning everything from horror, the paranormal and the supernatural to dark historical fiction. If you like chilling, exciting storytelling, this is the podcast for you!   ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

08-21
06:09

The Dark Woods - Yardwork #1

YARDWORK by Charles and Ellen Carter Joe Martin left the city and his career as a homicide detective for the tranquility of the country and the less stressful job of town sheriff.  Just as things seem to be going right in Joe’s life, a string of gruesome murders rocks his small town.  No pattern.  No motive.  The only thing tying the murders together is the opportunistic nature of the perpetrator’s heinous acts.  Together with his former partner, will Joe be able to stop whoever or whatever is running rampant in his small New England town?   This Episode: A young girl takes a short cut through the dark woods.  It isn’t long before she realizes that she’s being followed.   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls  

08-22
25:05

What's In The Brush Pile? - Yardwork #2

Sheriff Joe Martin goes out to John Fayette's farm to talk to the old farmer.  The elderly man is burning brush in the middle of his field.  When Fayette's dog continuously tries to burrow into a pile of brush, the sheriff decides to investigate.  What he finds stuns all of Grover's Notch!   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls  ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls  

08-22
27:17

The Joy Ride - Yardwork #3

Joe Martin has captured Chauncey Cuthbert.  Will he be successful with his interrogation of Fayette's hired hand?  Will Chauncey confess to the two heinous murders?  How does a small boy's joy ride affect Joe's investigation?   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

08-22
23:16

Murder & Mutilation - Yardwork #4

Joe gets an APB from the sheriff over in Lancaster regarding a child who has been killed and mutilated.  Is Chauncey the perpetrator?  Is it really all that simple?  Mrs. Dalton calls the sheriff's office, frantic about her ten year old daughter, Judith.  Where is Judith Dalton?   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

08-22
20:37

A Missing Child - Yardwork #5

Joe Martin wasn't always a small town sheriff.  He used to be a city homicide detective.  What does Joe's intuition and experience tell him about Judith Dalton's sudden disappearance?  What will he tell her worried parents?   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

08-29
22:20

Bloody & Dangerous - Yardwork #6

A search party gathers to find the Dalton girl.   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

09-05
27:37

The Horrible Discovery - Yardwork #7

The search party enters the woods and begins looking for Judith Dalton.  What will they find?   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

09-12
22:04

The Escape - Yardwork #8

Following the discovery of Judith Dalton’s mutilated remains, Barry Benoit calls to warn Greg Vivien that he's a suspect.   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

09-19
25:01

The White Hand at Mirror Lake - Yardwork #9

Henry Muntz, a mentally challenged ward of Grover's Notch, saw something up at Mirror Lake. What was it that frightened him so much?   ************ Become a Dread Monger and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

09-26
26:24

The Murdered Family - Yardwork #10

Joe Martin and his deputy, Todd Johnson, head out to the Old Johnson Farm and pick up the path Henry took to Mirror Lake.  Joe isn’t certain about what Henry saw at the lake.  Henry said that the white hand got him.  Are these just the ramblings of a mentally challenged man, or are they more real than anyone wants to believe?   ************ Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls ************ Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

10-03
24:57

Back to the Scene of the Crime - Yardwork #11

With the death of Judith Dalton weighing heavily on his mind, Joe Martin decides to retrace her steps in an attempt to get a lead on her killer’s identity. Faced with an ever increasing number of unexplained, gruesome murders in what has always been a sleepy, relatively peaceful town, Joe finds himself haunted and troubled by memories from his former life as a city detective. Suddenly, as if summoned by those very memories, his former partner shows up unannounced at the station house. Will his partner’s appearance be a boon for the stressed sheriff, or will it just add to the ever increasing chaos? Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

10-10
24:16

Psst! Hey, Cryptid Researchers. You Might Want to Take a Look At the Mountains and Forests of Central and Northern Vermont

This is an example of the type of Commentary you can expect to hear when you join our Patreon site as a DreadNought. Why Cryptid Researchers may want to take a look at central and northern Vermont. References: http://gcbro.com/VTaddison001.html  https://www.britannica.com/place/Green-Mountains  https://www.britannica.com/place/Appalachian-Mountains/Geology  Follow us at Twitter: @SDreadfuls

10-16
10:30

A Gathering At The Inn - Yardwork #12

With the arrival of Joe’s former partner, Jared Ross, come questions as to the real purpose of his visit.  What isn’t Jared telling Joe? And why is he drawing so much attention from the townsfolk?  Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

10-17
22:18

Revelations - Yardwork #13

What is supposed to be a happy reunion dinner for Joe and Jared is soured first by questions about Judith Dalton's murder and then by their waitress' very public remarks regarding confidential details of the family murdered at Mirror Lake. Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

10-24
25:12

GHOST NOTES - Episode 001

On the eve of Halloween, and in the ghostly spirit of the holiday, we've decided to provide you with what normally would be a Patreon members' only episode. We hope you enjoy it and consider becoming a Patreon member.  Thank you.   Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls  

10-31
48:36

Abuse And Vengeance - Yardwork #14

Tim Harvey is a master manipulator, who has not only implicated former employee, Greg Vivien, in Judith Dalton’s murder but has also made a psychological prisoner of his own wife, Cathianne. However, unlike Cathianne, who suffers her abuse in silence, Greg Vivien is plotting revenge. Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

10-31
24:55

Camouflaged - Yardwork #15

Several women in town have seen a dark colored truck parked outside their houses at night. Now, Laura notices it near her neighbor’s house. Who does the truck belong to, and does its owner have any connection to the events turning the small town upside down? Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

11-07
23:26

Ghost Notes - Preview of Episode 002

This is Charles-Christophe Carter of Serial Dreadfuls, and I’d like to welcome you to Episode Two of Ghost Notes. For those of you who don’t already know, Ghost Notes consists of letters, emails, texts, and other communications that have found their way to us. We don’t include the authors’ last names, and we alter their first names, when asked to do so. Any emphasis in reading these communications is added for dramatic effect. Are these accounts real, imagined, or simply works of fiction? Take a listen. We’ll let you decide. Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

11-09
07:30

Questions, Questions, Questions - Yardwork #16

Clinging to life in the local hospital, Tim Harvey answers Joe’s questions about his attempted murder. How will Barry Benoit and Hunter Langtree react when Joe questions them about the attempt on Tim Harvey’s life and the bad blood between Tim and Greg Vivien? Become a DreadNought and support this podcast. Click the link to our Patreon page, below: https://www.patreon.com/serialdreadfuls Follow us on Twitter @SDreadfuls

11-14
22:13

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