RUN, FOOL!
Out of the terrifying mind of Rodney Barnes comes RUN, FOOL!, a compendium of grisly and harrowing tales guaranteed to make you scream. Pull up a seat at the campfire and lean in for a new breed of modern ghost story. If you get too scared ... RUN, FOOL!
From the page to the screen – and now straight to your ears – Rodney Barnes has created genre defining stories about monsters, demons, vampires, and the occult. With RUN, FOOL!, every week he’ll tell a new story, each of a different place and period, all equally frightening - and all brought together with gripping and immersive sound design.
New episodes every other Tuesday.
RUN, FOOL! is presented by Ballen Studios, Campside Media, and At Will Media.
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Fingernails Freddie
When a counselor is bullied by her peers and struggles to fit in at Camp Harmony, she summons the spirit of an old man who was burned alive by campers’ fire to get revenge.
30 min
52
The Trash Pit
A lab develops a chemical spray that shrinks trash as part of an effort to curb New York’s waste problem. But the plan backfires when the spray inadvertently spawns a ravenous, filthy monster.
29 min
53
Skinwalkers, Pt. 2
After the neighbor and her cat show up dead, Jaya feels that something terrifying was responsible. And that thing might be living in her house.
33 min
54
Skinwalkers, Pt. 1
A married couple from Maine visits a ranch on a Navajo reservation and leaves with a mysterious stray dog. Except the dog isn’t really a dog.
28 min
55
Eastern State Penitentiary
Ghosts of the departed prisoners come alive, ready to feast on the living, and a security guard fights for his life inside the fortified walls and stone arches of the notorious penitentiary.
26 min
56
Hotel Monte Vista, Pt. 2
After Rodney’s life flashes before his eyes, he learns why his friend Lottie turned on him and failed to fulfill her promise to help the ghosts of Hotel Monte Vista.
26 min
57
Hotel Monte Vista, Pt. 1
Rodney’s high school friend Lottie invites him to a haunted hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lottie helps trapped ghosts crossover to whatever comes next, but not every spirit wants her aid.
28 min
58
Black Aggie
One of the most insidious, abhorrent creatures comes after Rodney's grandmother Estelle and changes the way she sees the world forever.
28 min
59
The Montauk Project
Rodney is at a glitzy industry party in the Hamptons when he uncovers a treasure trove of horrors hidden behind the extravagance and all hell breaks loose.
27 min
60
The White Lady Tree
Three friends take a late-night trip into a dimly lit park in New Jersey to look for a rumored ghost. Their lives would never be the same again.
27 min
61
La Llorona
New parents Anya and Rafa move to a secluded house in rural Texas and get a visit from a mysterious elderly woman who’s hellbent on tearing their family apart.
26 min
62
Lone Pine Mountain Devil Pt. 2
In part 2 of Lone Pine Mountain Devil, a journalist sets out to uncover what really happened to Maxine and Shane faces something far more dangerous and bloodthirsty than some monster.
29 min
63
Lone Pine Mountain Devil Pt. 1
In part 1 of Lone Pine Mountain Devil, an internet rabbit hole leads Rodney to the social media channel of a cryptid hunting couple. Shane and Maxine are on the verge of internet fame when tragedy strikes.
28 min
64
The Snallygaster Gang
A kid from a broken home falls in with the wrong crowd. Driven by a desire to belong, he becomes more of a monster than the one he encounters.
29 min
65
The Mermaid
A grieving man returns to a resort where his wife had drowned to get some closure and finds himself allured by an ancient sea creature who preys on people yearning for a connection.
28 min
66
The Vampire of Mercy Notch Pt. 2
In the second and final episode of this horror mystery, Sheriff Bill's investigation leads him to an unlikely suspect and uncovers an assortment of body parts belonging to imprisoned kids.
24 min
67
The Vampire of Mercy Notch Pt. 1
In the first episode of this horror mystery, a Maine teen vanishes in the middle of the night and the town's sheriff is determined to track him down before it's too late. But each new clue leads to more questions than answers.
18 min
68
The Dark Watchers
Rodney takes a writing trip to a secluded cabin in Big Sur, but is unsettled by what he learns happened to the last writer who visited that eerie place for some inspiration.
28 min
69
La Mala Hora
An old evil spirit finds a new way to lure victims. When Jay gets on the dating app Moment, following a pretty bad breakup, he inadvertently swipes right on the date from hell.
26 min
70
The Phantom Hitchhiker
When Rodney was trying to break into Hollywood in his early 20s, he'd often drive from Maryland to LA through the barren, dusty backroads of the Southwest. Then he had an inexplicable encounter with a hitchhiker that convinced him to avoid the desert route.
26 min
71
The Monster of Chesapeake Bay
A father and son go out on a routine crabbing excursion in the Chesapeake Bay when their boat begins to rock violently. They initially write it off as some rogue wave, but then they see the shadow of a massive snake-like creature glide by.
24 min
72
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
Rodney meets Hank, a blogger who’s made a career out of debunking local legends, at the annual Lizard Man Festival in Bishopville, South Carolina. The pair head into the nearby swamps to uncover the truth behind one of the most lethal monsters.
25 min
73
Boo Hags
Miri begins to have terrible nightmares and sleep paralysis when she moves into a new house in rural Georgia. She isn’t too concerned about it at first, but then she encounters something that literally gets under her skin.
28 min
74
Goatman
Rodney revisits a story his grandma used to tell him about a local goat farmer who was taken in the night and hanged off the Kootenai County Bridge. Although that night was the end of the farmer’s life, it was the beginning of something far more terrifying.
31 min
75
Dead Children’s Playground
Rodney drives to an eerie playground in Huntsville, Alabama where he encounters a pediatric nurse seeking solace. When she’s lured into a spectral world, she finds herself grappling with the boundary between the living and the dead.
26 min