Unexplained Encounters

(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

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407 | 48 DISTURBING Unexplained Creatures SEEN ...
Over 5-hours of forest monster goodness! Enjoy, and try not to get too scared...
329 min
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406 | 12 HORRIFYING New Cabin Stories to Keep Y...
DON'T LISTEN UNLESS YOU'RE IN A CABIN RIGHT NOW. Good. Now, you can enjoy these 12 HORRIFYING True Cabin in the Woods Stories and feel extra scared!
62 min
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405 | 9 Extremely DISTURBING Camping Stories
This new volume of SCARY Camping Stories is here to instill a new fear of the woods!
56 min
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404 | "The Lantern, the Boat Men, and the Laugh...
A classic returns in this assortment of 5 TRUE Horror Stories!
51 min
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403 | "The Beast of the Redwood Forest" - 11 TR...
A monster lurks in the Redwood Forest, and it already knows you're there. Enjoy these new 11 TRUE Horror Stories!
59 min
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402 | 7 DISTURBING Middle Eastern Demon Encount...
Today's episode is all about some very demonic entities you do NOT want to encounter! Enjoy these 7 DISTURBING Middle Eastern Demon Encounters and Other Demonic Stories.
57 min
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401 | 67 TRUE Hunting HORROR Stories (COMPILATION)
Over 6 hours of terrifying unexplained encounters in the woods by and with hunters!
389 min
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400 | DISTURBING Urban Exploration Discoveries ...
Haunted places? Abandoned places? Both are way too creepy. So, enjoy these allegedly true scary stories about both!
67 min
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399 | 9 NEW Real Skinwalker and Wendigo Sighti...
Your two favorite cryptid monsters are back with these terrifying new sightings.
57 min
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398 | SCARIEST STORIES OF 2022!
I've been keeping track of stories that I actually found amazing this year, so here they are in one big spooky compilation!
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397 | "I Saw the Skinwalker of Navajo Nation, A...
There's a skinwalker in Arizona and a terrifying mythical creature in Singapore! These stories and more are featured in today's episode. Tune in for these 10 DISTURBING Encounters with the Unexplained!
59 min
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396 | 8 Truly DISTURBING Home Alone Stories
When your alone, the terrors of the dark might come for you!
58 min
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395 | 8 Unexplained Creatures Seen in the South
In the South, the monsters are even scarier. Enjoy these allegedly true scary stories of unexplained creatures seen in the South!
57 min
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394 | DISTURBING Monsters Seen in Yosemite Nati...
Beware the dangerous and terrifying new species discovered at Yosemite National Park!
63 min
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393 | 11 TRUE Folklore HORROR Stories
Sometimes folklore is more real than you realize, and that is truly terrifying. Enjoy these 11 allegedly true folklore horror stories!
59 min
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392 | "DO NOT ENTER THE JUNGLE" | 12 True HORRO...
If it's taller than a corn stalk, it sure as heck ain't human...
61 min
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391 | 27 REAL Wendigo Sightings (COMPILATION)
The wendigo might be more than legend as folks continue to sight this bizarre and terrifying creature throughout North America. These are allegedly true horror stories from people who claim to have seen the wendigo themselves!
172 min
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390 | 14 New DISTURBING Camping Stories
You're about to be too TERRIFIED to ever go camping again...
57 min
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389 | 6 True Glacier National Park HORROR Stori...
Some very scary things are happening in Glacier National Park and elsewhere in Montana!
62 min
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388 | 12 DISTURBING Creatures Seen in the Woods
Halloween means monsters, so here are some allegedly true stories about monsters seen in the woods!
61 min
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387 | "NEVER Enter an Abandoned House on Hallow...
I'm back with some Halloween Horror Stories mixed with other disturbing allegedly true tales!
61 min
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386 | 28 True Hiking in the Woods HORROR Storie...
Enjoy over four hours of terrifying and allegedly true hiking in the woods stories!
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385 | "A Skinwalker Pretended To Be Our Cows" |...
Native American Reservations are full of folklore both nice and absolutely terrifying! Enjoy today's assortment of allegedly true horror stories of the unexplained.
61 min
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384 | Absolutely DISTURBING Cabin in the Woods ...
Join me as we see just what kind of absolute terrors go down at cabins in the woods!
60 min
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383 | "Monster Attacks in the English Countrysi...
Pale crawlers resembling the rake creepypasta and terrifying things lying in wait just outside the door - These things and more make up today's episode! Enjoy these allegedly true horror stories of the unexplained.
60 min