Unexplained Encounters

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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

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  • pagina anna maria
    So creepy and great for road trips!
    My whole family loves this podcast! We listen to it all the time in the car. And my kids like to go for dark drives and listen to the creepy tales! He also has a great reading voice!
  • Plump Pigeon
    Good
    Very good
  • Sendittobro
    Awesome🌟🌟🌟
    THE NEW EPISODE IS WWWWW 🗿🤜🤛
  • fgtfsfrghd24526
    Love
    You scare the socks off of me “and I’m thankful for that”
  • ErinErikson
    One of my faves to fall asleep to
    Darkness Prevails has the best voice to fall asleep to.
  • Jeb from Missouri
    Awesome
    All the shows are awesome! Love hearing about the Pale Crawlers, Shifters, not-deer and the like! Ya need to do a episode about things seen in Missouri though! Keep it up!
  • BrosephStalin1804
    Best scary story podcast out there
    My favorite scary story podcast. Been an avid listener for a couple of years now. The narration and well done/placed effects throughout each story make for a more immersive story telling experience. It’s spoiled me, I can’t listen to any other scary story podcast now because this one is so well done.
  • ツCourtneyMorgan.™☀
    MUST LISTEN
    my favorite scary podcast ever !!!!!!
  • Crossbi53
    COLORADO
    WE NEED A COLORADO EPISODE😤😤
  • Ai Afraid 33
    Listener 72bugoboo
    You should put out a pod that you think is better or stop crying on peoples reviews
  • 🐾🍂🍃PolyTherian🍃🍂🐾
    AJ I HAVE WEIRD NEWS!!
    Listen to The legend of the Wendigo: Flesh-eating creature from North America. It should either have the horror story picture or a dark memory! In the podcast there is audio of a supposed wendigo! Go check it out if you want. This pod still my all time favorite tho!💙💙💙
  • RikkaJ
    Love it!
    This is one of my favorite podcasts. It’s perfect for getting me through my nightshift job!
  • 72bugaboo
    11 true navy seal horror stories???
    Stick to your bait topic at least some what. We all don’t like hearing about “creepy dude knocking on my door “ or about when you were 13 growing up in a bad neighborhood… you lost my trust
  • Leyla_wicker
    YIPPEE
    I absolutely love listening to these podcasts cause some of them are very close to what I’ve seen/heard and not to mention I love listening to them at school or while doing chores.
  • Kyliebug77
    Been listening for a while
    My favorites are the werewolf stories!
  • Casey Stan’s
    Favorite podcast
    Spotify told me I had over 10,000 hours listened 😂❤️
  • Shadow Hunter69
    Good podcast
    Ignore the moron who calls you cringe, you’re a hero compared to the skeptics who say that the supernatural doesn’t exist
  • Sunny Sky’s
    Spooky Scary
    I love scary stuff. And I mean like love it. But I always struggle to find the right podcast. This one is great with little ads and the narrator is great. Best one I’ve seen so far and I’ve seen a lot! Keep up all the great work! But as someone who lives in the mountains it definitely makes me think twice when I hear a sound in the forest at night by myself.
  • djcnwkd
    The reviews are weird
    Love this podcast and the speaker has a great voice but the reviews are filled with weirdo kids venting about their problems.
  • !¡!¡!¡!huh
    Awesome
    Great podcast really spooky and seriously don’t threaten him whatever your mad about surely isn’t that big of a deal
  • Gunnut81
    Love it
    Years of entertaining stories to listen to it’s great for long drives. I just try not to listen on my way to the deer stand in the mornings I don’t want some of this content in my head while walking through the woods in the dark lol.
  • Amb_arie
    My love for Erie Podast!
    This podcast is where my love for Erie podcast began! I've been here since the beginning & have been right there through every new podcast & book release this far. If you wanna good scarey listen with goosebumps & that perfect paranormal story...or to even listen to realize you ARE NOT ALONE in a strange encounter then I strongly suggest you get comfy, turn down the lights, grab your tea, turn up the volume, & listen to Darkness Prevails calming, yet perfect chills voice, of true stories of Unexplained Encounters! You may also be interested in his other podcast he hosts, "Tales from the break room". There are several other podcasts in his Erie cast collection at eriecast.com !!! I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I have over the years 🫶🏼 Thanks for all the scarey & phenomenal listenings Darkness. Keep up the fantastic work!! 💯👌🏼
  • Moo💙
    Love!!!
    By far the best horror podcast I’ve found so far I listen for background noise and the stories are bone chilling and I love that it’s clean. Most of the stories admittedly are probably fake but I enjoy the creativity and scariness of these stories. I’ve had many paranormal encounters so hearing these are spooky!
  • Jadaltonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
    Cringe
    Not believable stories. It just sounds like bad Reddit horror stories from neck beards trying to practice their creative writing. Much better horror pods out there
  • &:&:'disk
    DM
    Who said that comment about Des Moines? That’s funny. Most do not know how to say it
  • Dpa1031
    Never Seen Again Episode
    I love the documentary style you used for this episode and hope you make more episodes using this style. The stories are factual and true and that’s what I like. Your regular episodes are ok but I sometimes doubt that some of the stories are true. Some of them sound made up. Not by you of course but by whoever submitted them. You’re doing a great job and I love all of your shows.
  • RichOrlando
    Bad Pronunciations
    Dess Moyness is not how you pronounce Des Moines fyi
  • Asugirl84
    Missing persons episode
    Well done Darkness! That was an incredible episode about the missing persons! I have many suggestions on future cases I’d live you to cover! Hope to hear more like this in addition to your other stellar episodes on Unx encounters and Tales from the Breakroom! Cheers!
  • coupon117
    Love the podcast
    Iv been listening since my 6th grade year back in 2016, I have loved every episode since! I love the reading style and the way you make the story immersive!!
  • c0achEr1ka
    I just got my copy of Freaky Folklore 🤩
    I’m a huge fan of this podcast & decided to preorder the new book by Darkness Prevails [aka Daddy Darkness 🤣 lol, sorry I had to!] & Freaky Folklore’s host, Carman Carrion.. the hardcover is beautiful. It arrived just in time for my day-long flight across the country, followed by 4-day road trip back home. So excited to start reading it!
  • FlatwoodsRooster747
    Great show!
    Awesome podcast!! I love the stories, and Dark Prevail’s voice is great for the narration of such creepy tales. There’s been many days where I’ve listened to this show for 6-8 hours, as it’s so interesting and easy to listen to
  • angry😆
    Eerie cast with darkness prevails
    The stories on here can’t get any better than this. Thank you so much darkness.
  • Deku235
    The best
    W podcast great to fall asleep to if you brave enough to listen to it in a dark room but it is great podcast
  • MaxDaDuck
    Love this!!
    These are so good and help me sleep at night. True to the horror and has made me very good at commentary.
  • ALPHAWOLFSIGMAGYATT
    Sigma podcast
    I listen to this at night and it is very spooky. I sleep with the lights on some nights lol
  • The Dragonet
    :D
    These STORIES ARE The best! And r very helpful :) 10/10
  • The watching dragon
    Wendigo
    I enjoy this so much that I’ll listen to it when I get time especially the wendigo stories 🦌💀
  • Drake926493
    Love this podcast
    LOVE THIS PODCAST but would LOVE to here some of your stories!!!
  • Platypus@6586
    Wendigo
    I think this podcast is not real but every time I listen to it I have to constantly look over my shoulder.
  • MythDragon451
    I love this so much!
    Every time I listen to one of these, I always keep looking over my shoulder. I always have to have at least someone in the room with me as well, but I can’t seem to stop playing them!! I like scary stuff, but sometimes it can be a little too much. Sometimes I wish I could experience something a little creepy, but nothing’s happened to me… Yet. Well, stay creepy everyone, and stay safe!!
  • winerboy2000
    THE BEST PODCAST!!!!
    This is an amazing podcast! The narrator makes his voice creepy which makes it perfect. The stories give me chills and nightmares. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!
  • guest_40915
    Love your podcast
    I wish there were more Bigfoot compilations. Other than that it’s absolutely amazing
  • etonn08
    Great Podcast
    I have been listening to darkness prevails for a few years now and it is still my number one favorite to listen to.
  • zdogthbest
    Amazing
    Amazing podcast, favorite podcast to listen to
  • Vndchfg
    Love this
    I love this so much it is so amazing to listen to, I think it is amazing.
  • ChristinaaMH
    Tried a few from eerie
    But the host is hard to listen to. Not my cup of tea. They have to have a good voice to keep me around.
  • Presley_M
    Pretty good
    Idk if these stories are fake or real but they’re all fun and scary! It would also be good to have a sound after each story!
  • james bowie
    Stories
    It’s a good podcast. But, the stories seem way too made up to be remotely believable. The host is great. But the content seems very much like everything is a short story
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  • I love to kidnap little kids
    Amazing
    I love
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