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.
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577 | The Ozark Mountains Have Rules - Obey Them or DIE
02/25/2026 | 1h 12 mins.
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.
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576 | If You Listen to This in the Appalachian Mountains, You Will Regret It (COMPILATION)
02/18/2026 | 4h 50 mins.
Almost 5 hours of terrifying Appalachian Trail and Appalachian Mountains horror stories to keep you awake almost all night.
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575 | If It Rains While You're Hiking in Olympic National Park, EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY
02/11/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
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.
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574 | It Wakes Up Every 17 Years (DON'T GO NEAR THE TREELINE)
02/04/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
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.
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(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