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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  • AJ_WENDIGO_ HUNTER
    Awesome🌟🌟🌟
    W pod
  • 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.
  • 🐾🍂🍃PolyTherian🍃🍂🐾
    My parents are homo
    Bro I came out to my parents that I was non binary and they screamed at me now they’re forcing me to wear dresses and makeup…. Anyway love your stories amazing if you want some ghost stories go and check out my other fav podcast true scary stories with a purple album cover. And AJ is right! Bro anyone in the reviews go to Marana high. I’m looking for friends. My OG friends left me.
  • !¡!¡!¡!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
  • kozaus
    🦙🐾 keep up the great work 👍
    My favorite podcasts!! (especially when I’m out hiking in the middle of nowhere)
  • Ruben21345
    Good podcast
    It’s a very good podcast this was the first podcast that I listened to that got me into scary mystery stories. But the stories are very repetitive and nothing really new.
  • dggfhetdgygy
    A response to murderers
    First off may your best friend Rest In Peace but This did not make him kill himself all of the other reasons are almost 100% the reason he killed himself. And this podcast is only a platform for others to share their experiences and the narrator just reads them. ( genuine question tho if you knew all that was going on why didn’t you get him help?)
  • what pf
    The demon in my room
    Hi I listen to your podcast also if you ever see this I have a story for you. I live in California in a Christian family home I’m not so very religious thou but my parents are I was laying in bed watching tv I looked to my left and saw a tall black figure it had a white smile and it was staring at me I couldn’t move so I thought it was just sleep paralysis but it wasn’t because it slowly and slowly walk toward we showing it’s sharp teeth it still looking at me with a smile I saw it reach it’s tongue a long spiny tongue I screamed and it was gone my parents ran into my room worried for me I ended up sleeping with my mom that night but ever since I sleep in my room I always sleep with a light on it for some reason it hated the light but I’ve never seen it again after that one night. Also I’m 16 years old my name is echo I hope you tell my story.
  • *Anonymous4852
    Murderers
    my best friend killed himself because this podcast scared him so bad. It's also possible he killed himself because of the abusive parents, social awkwardness, betrayal by people he thought of as friends, alcoholism, drugs, depression, and his sister dying, but i think it was the podcast. I'm also thinking of suing for the hundreds of dollars I lost due to the many mattresses that had to be thrown away because i wet myself multiple times while listening to this podcast. Also can you do a best stories of 2023 episode? P.S. that is not a robot voice he's just got a good voice so shut up rafflmao and Teanahbean. Also shout out to Nikomede for turning everything into a race problem. Not everyone is a "racist" and can't you spend your time doing something better with your life than judging other people and trying to get people to think they are terrible people as bad as slave owners and white supremacists.
  • MN_4Life
    Amazing
    This dudes voice is so soothing lol and the story’s always make me think about it what could be behind me while I am hunting amazing show if you like scary and spooky creatures
  • michealjo2008
    Stories are great. Voice is too nasally
    I like the stories but his voice is so not pleasing to my ears. Good handle on vocabulary though.
  • lily424887
    Bro’s voice
    Your voice is soooo soft and I fall asleep almost instantly!🌻
  • sharkwhisperer212
    Darkness is the best
    He is the best narrator around!
  • MikeBreedlove
    A “ Must” listen
    I love cryptic stories , wired stuff . I find it fun . This podcast is amazing . Well spoken , great stories and usually at lest an hour long . Don’t listen with a skeptic mind, just relax , enjoy the story and imagine yourself within the words.my favorites are missing 411 type & Bigfoot & dogman Great channel sir ! Bravo 👏 Also, this podcast is NOT a once a week show . He puts quality content out almost every day. Follow, and watch out, this will definitely end up in your top 3 podcasts.
  • brandeyelynn
    Nothing but love and a little constructive criticism
    I love your voice and story telling but please please don’t use background nature sounds, it’s distracting and so much better without. No hard feelings, still love your work!
  • RollingStone_13
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  • buivjxhdgvhh
    Hehehe
    Gay
  • Doctor Skittles
    Bad editing
    The stories are good and the narrator is good but the editing is terrible. Every episode has at least one part where it will randomly replay the last minute or skip over something. It’s very jarring and takes you out of the creepy mood.
  • Wendelyn35
    My Favorite Podcast!
    I found this podcast a few months ago. I listen to it while working, driving, or even sleeping. There are too many episodes to mention, but here are my top 2 episodes that come to mind. Today (10/05/22) was the best I’ve heard in a while! The episodes from 05/12/21 (The Scariest Stories I’ve Ever Written) is probably my favorite. Keep up the good work, and thank you for having one of the few clean scary podcasts.
  • momma hippie
    Darkness Prevails
    Hello Darkness. I love this podcast, I have been listening to you for about 6 years!! I never miss an episode! Please keep doing what you do!! We love you Daddy Darkness!! 💜✌🏼 Sincerely Momma Hippie
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