Best Dan Kois Podcasts (2025)

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The Kong-Kong Gwishin 1:10:07

6d ago1:10:07

1:10:07

First, we head to Korea where Dan shares stories about one of the most disturbing ghosts The Kong-Kong Gwishin. She is the ghost of a schoolgirl doomed to haunt in death those who remind her of her tormenters in life. Then Dan take us to Poland, to the little Polish border town of Gubin, where an anonymous man on Reddit claims his parents experienc…

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Nightmare Fuel #35: The Unfrozen 1:06:32

11d ago1:06:32

1:06:32

In this thirty-fifth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to The Dark World, and meet a new creature that The Architect has created to torment our world: The Ice Hunter. How will Dr. Candace Jackson and the other crew members of the Arctic Summit Camp fare, when a massive earthquake opens a deep crevasse…

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Aokigahara: The Suicide Forest 1:15:22

13d ago1:15:22

1:15:22

We begin this week in a place literally called the Suicide Forest. Aokigahara. Dan will share the whisperings of hauntings from this infamous Japanese location. Then, we’ll head to Italy for an Italian folklore tale about La Borda. Lynze offers us three stories this week. The first two are an alien/UFO double feature. Her last story, though not tra…

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Dan Had a Dilemma 35:09

20d ago35:09

35:09

Dan had a dilemma. Isaac got a new dog. Dan went to his dad's memorial service. America has a new mayor. June 25, 2025.By Isaac Butler, Dan Kois

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Tale Of The Pontianak 1:04:53

20d ago1:04:53

1:04:53

We begin this week with an especially terrifying creature from Indonesia known as the Pontianak . Dan will share the lore of the Pontianak and then a handful of supposed modern encounters with this vengeful, angry, female, vampiric spirit. Next, Dan shares Ontario, Canada’s Baldoon Mystery. A good ol’ fashioned poltergeist story with a very strange…

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Nightmare Fuel #34: Burn the Witch 3: The Final Toll 1:13:16

25d ago1:13:16

1:13:16

In this thirty-fourth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to Bristol County, Massachusetts once more, over sixteen years after Brad Collins made his blood pact with the undead witch, Marina Harts. Fame and fortune are his. But now... the final toll for what he's been given is almost due. Will he be able…

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The White Witch 1:23:05

27d ago1:23:05

1:23:05

This first story of Dan's was mined from a Ghost Stories subreddit full of nothing but supposedly true paranormal encounters. The poster claims to have seen his fair share of all the gruesome horrors mankind has to offer during his time in the service but nothing he ever witnessed as a soldier ever terrified him quite as much as the inexplicable th…

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The Glass Door 1:19:37

1M ago1:19:37

1:19:37

Dan kicks off this week with a strange story of a young student who is trapped inside a glass doored vestibule. Then, a very upsetting possessed doll story wraps up his half of the show. Lynze provides three tales this week. To start, a haunted house in Malta! Then, a rather upsetting doppleganger story. Lastly, a tale of treading on the land of wi…

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Isaac Finished His Book 34:26

1M ago34:26

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Isaac finished his book. Dan visited the public baths in Japan. Isaac went to a Tony party. Dan has a theory about graduation. June 10, 2025.By Isaac Butler, Dan Kois

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Nightmare Fuel #33: Burn the Witch 2: A Book For Blood 1:06:04

1M ago1:06:04

1:06:04

In this thirty-third installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we return to Bristol County, Massachusetts, where struggling horror author Brad Collins has completed his new book, Burn the Witch, and it appears as if it will catapult him to fame and fortune. But at what cost? Is he really capable of paying the full toll…

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Lady Koi Koi 1:42:56

1M ago1:42:56

1:42:56

Dan showers us with four tales for the 300th episode today! The first story revolves around real world tragedy in Virginia intersecting with the supernatural. Then, a mysterious death in Australia. This is followed by a third story about a disturbing legend in Africa that might be much more than modern folklore. Lastly, claims of an alien abduction…

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The Monitor 1:30:10

2M ago1:30:10

1:30:10

We begin this week in Pennsylvania with a story that involves a woman who starts to believe that something in her new house is coming for her family and trying to take it from her. Then, Dan takes us to Brazil to explore one of the more disturbing legends ever. The legend of Bárbara of the Pleasures. But Bárbara’s story, is not so pleasurable. When…

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Decapitate The Dead 1:28:57

2M ago1:28:57

1:28:57

Dan's first of two tales covers the lore and supposed paranormal encounters associated with Dublin, Ireland’s St. Michan’s Church and the dead bodies that reside in the crypts beneath it. Then, we’ll venture over Lake Pleasant, New York, and learn about some rumored murders associated with one of the town’s founding fathers and the hauntings associ…

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Nightmare Fuel #32: Burn the Witch 1:01:12

2M ago1:01:12

1:01:12

In this thirty-second installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to Bristol County, Massachusetts, where struggling horror author Brad Collins's desperation for another hit book leads him to experiment with the occult. When he realizes that his words - if they even are his words - have tragic real life consequen…

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You're It 1:06:30

2M ago1:06:30

1:06:30

A man in his 40s has a recollection of a very strange incident from his childhood but only recalls it after his brother passes away. Listen as Dan unfolds this creepy childhood tale. Then we visit a poltergeist case from Columbus, Ohio that made national headlines back in 1984. The story of Tina Resch and the so-called Columbus Poltergeist. After D…

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Night Train 56:13

2M ago56:13

56:13

Dan Kois (Slate), Parul Sehgal (New York Times), and Jason Zinoman (New York Times) discuss Martin Amis' 1997 mystery novel about suicide, motive, and the age of the universe.By Dan Kois

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Brownwood's Haunted House 1:17:46

2M ago1:17:46

1:17:46

We start this week in Brownwood, Texas where a murder tragic murder may have added additional paranormal energy to a property already rumored to be haunted. Then, is a spirit sending emails from the great beyond? A short and very strange confirmation-type tale that really makes you wonder what’s possible. Lastly, we head to Los Angeles to explore t…

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Dan Saved $44,000 34:19

2M ago34:19

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Dan saved $44,000 on college. Isaac explains how he chose Vassar. Dan tells the story of Shirley Valentine. Isaac has an idea about bridge. May 2, 2025.

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Nightmare Fuel #31: The House of Hurt 1:30:17

2M ago1:30:17

1:30:17

In this thirty-first installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to Upstate New York's Woodhull Mountain, where Gabe and Hassan see a very strangely placed house on the side of the hill while out on a hike. When Gabe enters the house, he leaves behind our world, and enters a space outside of it - a dark and myste…

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Room 11 1:12:16

3M ago1:12:16

1:12:16

Dan's first of two tales is a modern encounter story set in Sauk Centre, Minnesota’s Palmer Hotel. Lynze, of course, was excited when she heard "sock" center! The second story shares the haunted history of Kansas City, Missouri’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Does the ghost of an early church leader still haunt its grounds? Then Lynze comes to us wi…

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Edith's Summer Visitors 1:04:27

3M ago1:04:27

1:04:27

Supposedly true tales this week from Dan include a story about an elderly widow living alone in the early 1980s and her visitors. Then, we’ll bounce around the world to a number of so-called “phantom islands.” Can an island discovered by numerous explorers inexplicably just disappear? And, if so, what does that mean? Then, Lynze brings us three tal…

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Nightmare Fuel #30: Operation Wandering Soul 1:00:21

3M ago1:00:21

1:00:21

In this thirtieth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we head to the tropical jungle of Vietnam's Annamese mountains. On a dark, rainy night in January of 1968, PsyWar Detachment Six - a six-man team and part of the US military’s shadowy MACV-SOG Command - was conducting black operations meant to terrify and brea…

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The Man Outside The Cabin 1:17:30

3M ago1:17:30

1:17:30

We are in a bit of a remote, wooded double feature today for Dan's tales. The first of two stories is composed out of what may have been a hermit’s final diary entries, as a man living alone in a remote cabin writes of something terrorizing him. Then we hear the legend of the Dungarvon Whooper, a folklore coming from an old logging camp in New Brun…

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Isaac and Dan Got Caught in the Rain 27:26

3M ago27:26

27:26

Isaac and Dan got caught in the rain after the new Caryl Churchill play. Isaac has a new name double. Dan is trying to learn bridge. Isaac's book is sort of in Smash: The Musical. Special appearance by Ben Hyman. April 11, 2025.By Isaac Butler, Dan Kois

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The Boy 1:28:24

3M ago1:28:24

1:28:24

We start with a very upsetting story of an imaginary friend in Council Bluffs, Iowa that Dan does an amazing job of bringing to life. Then, in his second tale of the week Dan takes us to Tujunga Canyon for a very bizarre UFO encounter. Lynze offers us a haunted house double feature this week with both of her tales providing spoopy encounters at hom…

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Nightmare Fuel #29: The Hitchhiker 59:07

3M ago59:07

59:07

In this twenty-ninth installment of fictional horror written and narrated by Dan Cummins.... we meet Ryan Castillo, who, on a long late-night drive through the desert from Los Angeles, California to Tonopah, Nevada, hits one hitchhiker, and picks up another... This episode was scored by Logan Keith. We recommend listening with headphones to experie…

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The Ghosts of Ballarat 1:13:30

3M ago1:13:30

1:13:30

For the first of two tales, Dan takes us to the old mining city of Ballarat , Australia, to explore reports of hauntings from the 19th century, and some even stranger reports of some ghost hoaxers. Such an entertaining story! Then, a supposedly true modern encounter tale of someone who might give you something new to worry about. When you think of …

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Dan and Isaac Got Scooped 29:49

3M ago29:49

29:49

Dan and Isaac got scooped. Isaac bought some vermouth. Dan had a beautiful experience at Big Ears. Dan and Isaac got NIMBY'd.By Isaac Butler, Dan Kois

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Dan Kois Podcasts

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Charm Offensive

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The Martin Chronicles

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Scared To Death

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Mags & Dad's Wholesome Chaos

Mags & Dad's Wholesome Chaos

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The Kong-Kong Gwishin 1:10:07

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Nightmare Fuel #35: The Unfrozen 1:06:32

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Aokigahara: The Suicide Forest 1:15:22

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Dan Had a Dilemma 35:09

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Tale Of The Pontianak 1:04:53

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Nightmare Fuel #34: Burn the Witch 3: The Final Toll 1:13:16

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The White Witch 1:23:05

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The Glass Door 1:19:37

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Isaac Finished His Book 34:26

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Nightmare Fuel #33: Burn the Witch 2: A Book For Blood 1:06:04

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Lady Koi Koi 1:42:56

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The Monitor 1:30:10

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Decapitate The Dead 1:28:57

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Nightmare Fuel #32: Burn the Witch 1:01:12

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You're It 1:06:30

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Night Train 56:13

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Brownwood's Haunted House 1:17:46

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Dan Saved $44,000 34:19

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Nightmare Fuel #31: The House of Hurt 1:30:17

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Room 11 1:12:16

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Edith's Summer Visitors 1:04:27

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Nightmare Fuel #30: Operation Wandering Soul 1:00:21

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The Man Outside The Cabin 1:17:30

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Isaac and Dan Got Caught in the Rain 27:26

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The Boy 1:28:24

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Nightmare Fuel #29: The Hitchhiker 59:07

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The Ghosts of Ballarat 1:13:30

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Dan and Isaac Got Scooped 29:49

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