Skip to content
Unexplained Encounters cover art

Eeriecast Network

Unexplained Encounters

A Society & Culture and True Crime podcast

Good podcast? Give it some love!

About the show

(Formerly the Darkness Prevails Podcast) Host Darkness Prevails brings you Unexplained Encounters, a podcast where everyday folk share their most terrifying and unexplained experiences. From mysterious creatures seen in national forests to supernatural events disrupting peoples' lives, prepare to explore the unexplained. These stories might sound bizarre, but it's up to you to decide which to believe. Submit your story to Unexplained Encounters at darkstories.org

Newest episodes

Something Stole the Forest Ranger's Skin

1 hr 0 min

Three terrifying tales tonight featuring a fire lookout who meets a horrible demise, a cyclist vs a devil dog, and a very hungry river witch. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One Hour of Ozark Horror Stories

59 min

Beautiful sprawling mountains and endless trees. That might be how you hear folks describe the Ozark Mountains. Others will tell you that unnatural creatures and otherworldly entities lurk in those woods waiting for people just like you. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We Explored a Cave that was Bigger Every Time we Came Back

59 min

Two cavers explore a long forgotten cave on a hog farm and find out that it's a little bigger every time they come back to it. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Similar podcasts

All episodes

The newest 50 of 614 episodes

Something Stole the Forest Ranger's Skin

1 hr 0 min

Three terrifying tales tonight featuring a fire lookout who meets a horrible demise, a cyclist vs a devil dog, and a very hungry river witch. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One Hour of Ozark Horror Stories

59 min

Beautiful sprawling mountains and endless trees. That might be how you hear folks describe the Ozark Mountains. Others will tell you that unnatural creatures and otherworldly entities lurk in those woods waiting for people just like you. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We Explored a Cave that was Bigger Every Time we Came Back

59 min

Two cavers explore a long forgotten cave on a hog farm and find out that it's a little bigger every time they come back to it. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SCARIEST Wendigo Stories You've EVER Heard

A cheeky little compilation of terrifying Wendigo stories to scare the hell out of you. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Watcher of the Woods

1 hr 2 min

Three men head up into the Montana mountains to go elk hunting. Only one comes back. Something is hunting him - Something that does NOT want to be looked at. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My Grandpa Had One Rule: Never Grow Corn

1 hr 21 min

A man who returns home to help on the farm ends up finding out the hard way why his Grandpa said to NEVER grow corn on their property. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Gods of Appalachia

1 hr 0 min

If you find yourself on the Appalachian Trails at the wrong place and the wrong time, you might get to meet a God of Appalachia. Then, you'll never get to leave. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Wendigo Stalked Us in the Blue Ridge Mountains

59 min

Two friends, before they must part ways after graduation, go on a last-ditch campout. However, there's something out there that does NOT enjoy their company. Listen to Unexplained Encounters on your Favorite Podcast App! https://pod.link/1152248491 Or listen to more of my narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don't Go Camping in the Outback

50 min

Two boys go camping out in the woods a little too far and a little too long. And something notices them. PLAY MY GAME: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/1049888 Listen to my other show for MORE scary stories: https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Werewolves Exist in the Adirondacks

59 min

Listen to and review/rate Night Watchers please! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/night-watchers/id1824012256 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Coz4rEEfWVlim10IMilL0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do NOT Go Hunting in Georgia

1 hr 0 min

A family stays at their Uncle's for a little hunting staycation. But they soon discover they're not the only ones hunting, or being hunted, out there. Listen to my other podcast, tales from the break room, for more stories right now https://pod.link/1621075170 Support us for ad-free listening and bonus episodes https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ozark Snow Beast

59 min

A family in Missouri is stalked by a strange, jet-black creature that comes during a record snowfall and practically strands them in their home. Listen to my other podcast, tales from the break room, for more stories right now https://pod.link/1621075170 Support us for ad-free listening and bonus episodes https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Deer God

1 hr 2 min

There's a deer the lurks the woods that is not like the others. If you see it, your next action MUST be the right one, or you might never see the light of day again. Listen to my other podcast, tales from the break room, for more stories right now https://pod.link/1621075170 Support us for ad-free listening and bonus episodes https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is NOT the End

4 min

Please help me. Subscribe to and watch some Freaky Folklore https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore And become a premium member https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LONG HEAD

1 hr 2 min

In Georgia, there's a mounted dog. And if you don't take care of it, don't keep a door unlocked, then you will find terror on your doorstep or already inside. Listen to my other podcast, tales from the break room, for more stories right now https://pod.link/1621075170 Support us for ad-free listening and bonus episodes https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Creepiest Legend of Appalachia

1 hr 4 min

A viewer shares a legend past down for generations of an Appalachian family who claims it's very true. A legend about the thing that mutilated cattle and seemed to have no fear of humans. This story and more in today's episode. Listen to my other podcast, tales from the break room, for more stories right now https://pod.link/1621075170 Support us for ad-free listening and bonus episodes https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My Grandfather Had Rules on his Farm, and I Found Out What Happens When They're Not Followed

59 min

A woman recalls the bizarre and often terrifying events that transpired on her grandfather's farm in Wisconsin as something in the woods was kept at bay only by her grandfather's strange habits. Listen to my other podcast, tales from the break room, for more stories right now https://pod.link/1621075170 Support us for ad-free listening and bonus episodes https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You'll NEVER See the National Forest the Same Way Again

1 hr 6 min

Two brothers excitedly join their Uncle Nick on his camping trips into the National Forest when the trips start to take steadily darker turns. Something is out there. Something that's been following Nick for years. Listen to my other podcast, tales from the break room, for more stories right now https://pod.link/1621075170 Support us for ad-free listening and bonus episodes https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Werewolf of the Trailer Park

1 hr 2 min

One listener sends us a story about a childhood series of events of encounters with their local monster - Something that sounds an awful lot like a werewolf. Listen to my other podcast, tales from the break room, for more stories right now https://pod.link/1621075170 Support us for ad-free listening and bonus episodes https://eerie.fm/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Water Tower in the Woods

56 min

Four friends. A secret place. And a mysterious death whose truth finds them. This disturbing story will leave you haunted and sad for the summers long past. Support me by becoming a premium member at https://eerie.fm/premium Listen to MORE scary stories narrated by me on my other show, Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Wendigo Mask

1 hr 3 min

A kid with a passion for mask making takes a hike in the woods, only to encounter the very thing his mask is based on. Support me by becoming a premium member at https://eerie.fm/premium Listen to MORE scary stories narrated by me on my other show, Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There Aren't Supposed to be SKINWALKERS in Maine

59 min

There is no escape. If you hear your name being called from just outside the door, it's already too late. DO NOT ANSWER THE DOOR. Support me by becoming a premium member at https://eerie.fm/premium Listen to MORE scary stories narrated by me on my other show, Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DON'T WALK HOME ALONE AT NIGHT.

1 hr 0 min

A man takes his friend home on a walk at night, but on his way back by himself, he encounters the most TERRIFYING entity he could ever imagine. Support me and all the shows of Eeriecast by becoming a premium member https://eerie.fm/premium Hear more stories narrated by me on my other podcast, Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deep Woods HORROR Stories MEGA COMPILATION

This deep woods horror stories compilation is so long, it'll feel like you really ARE lost in the woods with no hope of escape! Support me by becoming a premium member at https://eerie.fm/premium Listen to MORE scary stories narrated by me on my other show, Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Creepiest Hunting Story You'll Ever Hear

1 hr 0 min

A turkey hunter in the Ozarks finds out in a disturbing way that something big and inhuman does NOT want him in the mountains. Plus two more stories of a face stealer and wampus cat killings. Hate ads? Support us AND get bonus content over at https://eerie.fm/premium Listen to more scary story narrations by me over at Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's Something Wrong with the Deer in West Virginia

1 hr 8 min

Taxidermy animals are creepy as is. But what do you do when your dad becomes obsessed with putting as many stuffed deer in the yard as possible? Become a premium member for MORE scary stories that you can't hear anywhere else! https://eerie.fm/premium Listen to my other podcast for more scary stories from me, called Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dogman KILLED My Dog During a Hunting Trip

55 min

A hunting trip goes horribly wrong when a werewolf-like creature attacks. This allegedly true story and more in today's episode. Unlock a brand new bonus story over at https://www.eerie.fm/premium And listen to my other podcast for more of my scary stories, Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eater

1 hr 0 min

In this terrifying and allegedly true story, a teenager living in the woods of Missouri encounters something almost human during a walk, something that remembers when it's been slighted. Support me and everyone at Eeriecast by becoming a premium member at https://eerie.fm/premium Listen to more of my scary narrations now on my other show, Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Never Answer the Voices in the Woods of APPALACHIA

1 hr 2 min

An assortment of stories from real people about close encounters with skinwalkers, monsters in Appalachia, and homes that are never quite empty. Help Eeriecast survive by becoming a premium member at https://www.eerie.fm/premium⁠ Get more of my scary story narrations on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Something in the Mountains TOOK My Baby

1 hr 3 min

Two sisters on a rainy road trip in the mountains stop for just a moment, and they soon find the baby in the back seat has been taken, but not by human hands... Listen to more of my scary stories on Tales from the Break Room https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moving to the Middle of Nowhere was the WORST MISTAKE I'VE EVER MADE

56 min

When a family moves to a cheap piece of land in rural Texas, they find something that has been waiting for them for a very long time... Hear more of my scary story narrations on my other show, Tales from the Break Room! https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If You See THIS on the Appalachian Trail RUN

58 min

Two best friends take on the Appalachian Trail on a multi-day hike together. But they will soon have a third member to their party. Something that loves to smile and follows them for days. For more scary stories, follow my other podcast Tales from the Break Room here: https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I Found What Killed All the Cows on my Uncle's Ranch

1 hr 3 min

Three stories this week featuring a near death encounter with an alleged werewolf in the Ozarks as well as a vile attack on a ranch. Catch more scary story narrations by me on my other show, Tales from the Break Room - https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Ultimate Wendigo Compilation

Several hours of wendigo stories, sightings, and encounters to keep you a little less hungry for more (for now). For more scary story narrations from me, listen to my other podcast Tales from the Break Room - https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Something in New Mexico is HUNTING PEOPLE

1 hr 1 min

College students discover the most disturbing creature in the New Mexico desert, but soon it finds its way to their campsite... Hear more of my narrations on my other show, Tales from the Break Room: https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It Wears Human Skin

58 min

A national park ranger reveals some extremely disturbing events surrounding what appear to be hyper realistic but fake human bodies. Listen to more of my narrations over at https://pod.link/1621075170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DON'T RESPOND if the Lake Calls Your Name

1 hr 2 min

When a couple moves to a quiet lake at a rural home, they at first believe it to be their dream come true. But something lives in the water. Something that has its dark eyes set on one of them. For more scary narrations from me, go to https://youtube.com/darknessprevails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An Incident in the Ozarks

1 hr 12 min

One man's grandparents had a very specific set of rules every night at their place in the Missouri Ozarks. What happens when the rules are ignored? Something is hungry, and it's been waiting for just this moment. Listen to more stories from this podcast at https://youtube.com/darknessprevails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If It Rains While You're Hiking in Olympic National Park, EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY

1 hr 1 min

A group of friends go hiking in the famously rainy Olympic National Park. Instead of a good time, they stumble upon a living horror straight from indigenous legend. It changes their lives forever. Subscribe on youtube https://youtube.com/darknessprevails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It Wakes Up Every 17 Years (DON'T GO NEAR THE TREELINE)

1 hr 7 min

When Brood IV of the cicadas awoke in Missouri in the summer of 1998, something awoke with them. And it changed the lives of 5 friends forever. Listen to me on night watchers to get to know me: https://www.youtube.com/@nightwatcherspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What Happens When a Skinwalker Breaks into a Zoo

58 min

Two Zookeepers experience the most disturbing night of their lives as something that is neither human nor animal arrives one stormy night. Catch me on my other podcasts: https://eeriecast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why Wildlife Control Won't Enter the San Rafael Swell

1 hr 1 min

A former predator control officer is hired by two desperate ranch owners because something is killing their cattle. And it seems *very* good at killing in particular. Find more of my narrations: https://www.eeriecast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Something in the Appalachian Mountains TOOK My Brother

1 hr 2 min

A man visits his brother in the Appalachian Mountains to go hunting and catch up. But they soon discover they are not alone out there - And whatever is stalking them wants in the house. Join me on the night watchers podcast: https://pod.link/1824012256 Hear more scary narrations from me on my Tales from the Break Room podcast: https://pod.link/1621075170 Music by LXZURAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When the Woods Go Silent, You Have 10 Minutes Left

1 hr 5 min

A forest worker recalls the most harrowing and disturbing encounters of his life with regret and trauma. Because he learned a rule, and why the woods sometimes go very, very silent. Please rate and review us to help us reach new scary story enjoyers like you. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Absolute SCARIEST Stories of 2025

4 hr 45 min

Happy New Year everyone! Stay safe out there, and stay creepy 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DON'T Drive Through the California Desert After Dark

57 min

A group of teenagers enjoying a not-so-legal driving excursion in the California desert encounters something that should not exist - And should NOT be so hungry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Police Covered Up Wendigo Killings in Wisconsin

1 hr 1 min

In an undisclosed year during a Wisconsin Winter, a family is eaten alive by a strange creature after being stranded in a blizzard. But as evidence is revealed, the situation is even more disturbing than first expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why You Should NEVER Whistle in the Woods

1 hr 0 min

A man and his grandfather go for a hunt near a peculiar cave in the woods near their Minnesota cabin. Little do they know, their lives may change forever, or end very soon. Story Music by LAZURAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The "Alaskan Tree God" Incident of 1989

1 hr 1 min

In 1989, two friends ventured onto Dalton Road in Alaska. They would never be the same. Music by Darkness Prevails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

See all 200 episodes

–

0 ratings from members

5
4
3
2
1

Rate this podcast

Log in to rate and review the shows you listen to.

No reviews yet — be the first member to rate "Unexplained Encounters".

This podcast, its content and its artwork are not owned by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Castquire.

Keep listening

Discover more podcasts like this.

Up next

  1. Nothing queued. Use + Queue on any episode to line it up.

0:00 0:00