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
1
There's Something Wrong with the Deer in West V...
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?
64 min
2
Dogman KILLED My Dog During a Hunting Trip
A hunting trip goes horribly wrong when a werewolf-like creature attacks. This allegedly true story and more in today's episode.
51 min
3
Eater
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.
56 min
4
Never Answer the Voices in the Woods of APPALACHIA
An assortment of stories from real people about close encounters with skinwalkers, monsters in Appalachia, and homes that are never quite empty.
58 min
5
Something in the Mountains TOOK My Baby
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...
60 min
6
Moving to the Middle of Nowhere was the WORST M...
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...
53 min
7
If You See THIS on the Appalachian Trail RUN
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.
55 min
8
I Found What Killed All the Cows on my Uncle's ...
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.
60 min
9
The Ultimate Wendigo Compilation
Several hours of wendigo stories, sightings, and encounters to keep you a little less hungry for more (for now).
363 min
10
Something in New Mexico is HUNTING PEOPLE
College students discover the most disturbing creature in the New Mexico desert, but soon it finds its way to their campsite...
58 min
11
It Wears Human Skin
A national park ranger reveals some extremely disturbing events surrounding what appear to be hyper realistic but fake human bodies.
54 min
12
DON'T RESPOND if the Lake Calls Your Name
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.
59 min
13
577 | The Ozark Mountains Have Rules - Obey The...
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.
68 min
14
576 | If You Listen to This in the Appalachian ...
Almost 5 hours of terrifying Appalachian Trail and Appalachian Mountains horror stories to keep you awake almost all night.
284 min
15
575 | If It Rains While You're Hiking in Olympi...
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.
58 min
16
574 | It Wakes Up Every 17 Years (DON'T GO NEAR...
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.
64 min
17
573 | What Happens When a Skinwalker Breaks int...
Two Zookeepers experience the most disturbing night of their lives as something that is neither human nor animal arrives one stormy night.
55 min
18
Why Wildlife Control Won't Enter the San Rafael...
Something in Utah is VERY good at killing...
58 min
19
Something in the Appalachian Mountains TOOK My ...
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.
58 min
20
When the Woods Go Silent, You Have 10 Minutes Left
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.
61 min
21
The Absolute SCARIEST Stories of 2025
Happy New Year everyone! Stay safe out there, and stay creepy <3
280 min
22
DON'T Drive Through the California Desert After...
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.
54 min
23
The Police Covered Up Wendigo Killings in Wisco...
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.
58 min
24
Why You Should NEVER Whistle in the Woods
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.
56 min
25
The "Alaskan Tree God" Incident of 1989
In 1989, two friends ventured onto Dalton Road in Alaska. They would never be the same.
58 min