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5 min read“A whole mess of innocence has been been lost because of this man,” thinks the teenaged narrator of “Crib Tooth,” one of three stories in this Halloween-adjacent episode of the NoSleep Podcast. She is talking about the crooked sheriff who abused her sister and murdered her nephew, but the line could serve as an epitaph for the entire episode. Host David Cummings frames the night’s theme around the weight of the past—unresolved guilt, family trauma, and past wrongdoings that manifest in physical, terrifying ways. The three tales that follow are less about jump scares than about what happens when debts come due, when the past refuses to stay buried, and when the body itself becomes the ledger where those debts are written.
A séance for a secret
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What you'll learn
- 1 (05:14) **The Ghosts of Jack-O'-Lanterns** - A woman hires a medium to conjure the spirit of her deceased partner, Simon, hoping to learn the location of a hidden fortune.
- 2 (19:28) **Crib Tooth** - A teenaged aunt recounts the horrifying aftermath of her nephew Gator's death at the hands of a zealous mob led by a crooked sheriff.
- 3 (37:49) **Indulgence** - A man prepares for a ritualistic dinner where he will be the main course, having sold his body to a secret society to atone for a past murder.
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Show Notes
It's Episode 09 of Season 25. The frequency of fear brings you tales about the weight of our past.
"The Ghosts of Jack-O’-Lanterns" by Juan Cardenas (Story starts around 00:05:15)
Produced by Jeff Clement
Cast: Narrator - Erika Sanderson, Medium - David Ault, Simon - Andy Cresswell
"Crib Tooth" by Amanda Cecelia Lang (Story starts around 00:19:30)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Claudius Moore
Cast: Narrator - Linsay Rousseau, Sheriff - Atticus Jackson
"Indulgences" by K.A. Schultz (Story starts around 00:37:15)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Peter Lewis, Woman - Aiden Sims
"Voices from the Walls" by Patrick Malka (Story starts around 01:12:00)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Jeff Clement, Jon - Mike DelGaudio, Frontman - Dan Zappulla
"The Streetlight" by J. M. Rivens (Story starts around 01:37:00)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Jesse Cornett
Cast: Narrator - Matthew Bradford, Luke - Graham Rowat, Doug - Kyle Akers, Dad - Atticus Jackson, Mom - Mary Murphy
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Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings
Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone
"Voices from the Walls" illustration courtesy of Kelly Turnbull