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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One Hour of Ozark Horror Stories
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.
56 min
2
We Explored a Cave that was Bigger Every Time w...
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.
55 min
3
SCARIEST Wendigo Stories You've EVER Heard
374 min
4
The Watcher of the Woods
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.
59 min
5
My Grandpa Had One Rule: Never Grow Corn
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.
77 min
6
The Gods of Appalachia
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.
56 min
7
A Wendigo Stalked Us in the Blue Ridge Mountains
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.
56 min
8
Don't Go Camping in the Outback
Two boys go camping out in the woods a little too far and a little too long. And something notices them.
47 min
9
Werewolves Exist in the Adirondacks
Listen to and review/rate Night Watchers please!
56 min
10
Do NOT Go Hunting in Georgia
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.
57 min
11
The Ozark Snow Beast
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.
55 min
12
The Deer God
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.
58 min
13
This is NOT the End
Please help me.
4 min
14
LONG HEAD
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.
59 min
15
The Creepiest Legend of Appalachia
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.
61 min
16
My Grandfather Had Rules on his Farm, and I Fou...
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.
56 min
17
If You Listen to This, You'll NEVER See the Nat...
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.
63 min
18
Trailer Park VS Werewolf
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.
58 min
19
The Water Tower in the Woods
NEVER go to the water tower in the woods . . .
53 min
20
The Wendigo Mask
60 min
21
There Aren't Supposed to be SKINWALKERS in Maine
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.
55 min
22
DON'T WALK HOME ALONE AT NIGHT.
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.
56 min
23
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!
640 min
24
The Creepiest Hunting Story You'll Ever Hear
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.
57 min
25
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