How do you make a haunted game story out of a game that's already trippy, surreal and full of cryptic imagery? "Badly" is the assumption David, Dead Palette and Allen have coming into this episode. Do hyper-realistic blood and the Gray Man being real pop up as expected, or will they be pleasantly surprised by either or both of these pastas?
"The Gray Man" is credited to Palmshark; "LSD: Dream Emulator" is uncredited.
This Patron's Poison is definitely on the weird side and is making David, Allen and Slimebeast very confused. What starts as a story about a trip to summer camp with creepy elements rapidly becomes a hodgepodge of strange details. Does it ultimately have a payoff?
"Camp Hell" is uncredited and was found on http://nothotbutspicy.com/
The host of Midnight Marinara, the Pasta Shade, has issued the next writing challenge. Listen closely...
Send submissions to midnightmarinara@gmail.com before August 1st. Submissions can be no longer than 1,300 words.
It's always a good thing when we reach that unlucky number, and in this episode, the gang are gifted a pair of stories by the author himself and asked to critique them. Will said author regret this, or will our readers be pleasantly surprised?
"Amazon Ultra" and "The Journey Home" were both written and submitted by Simon Stechler.
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David and Dead Palette are your dynamic duo this episode, and may have discovered the only hope for humanity in this story of a pandemic disease with an unusual name. Although the twist was spoiled for them at the beginning, but it doesn't have to be spoiled for you if you read it first, listeners!
"XoRax" was initially posted on /x/ and its author is unknown. Read along here: https://midnightmarinara.tumblr.com/post/162320878270/xorax-spoiler-free
This is not the whole title, but you'll hear it brought up in the story. David, Dead Palette and Slimebeast wonder why Liam Vickers was so concerned about having his name in the title. Maybe it's because it wouldn't catch their eye otherwise? Who knows. Either way, this Patron's Poison should be interesting regardless... right?
"Existence" is credited to, unsurprisingly, Liam Vickers.
Once again, it's an exchange of shorter stories with David, Dead Palette, Allen and Slimebeast. There's no real interconnecting theme between these two, other than that they might both be entertaining and bizarre reads.
"Remember, Dogs Are For Life And Not Just For Christmas" is credited to pross40745.
"Fractalvore" is credited to Chiropto Necrolis.
With Jeff's reboot firmly behind them, the gang is surely done with the character for good, right? Nope. David, Dead Palette and Allen all have their own Jeff the Killer rewrites to share, and none of them should be taken seriously.
Be sure to check out the Darkly Lit podcast with David, Seid, Kaela and C.F. Comer, now available on iTunes and through http://creativehorror.com/darklylit/
The Committee continues the daunting task of looking at this "gritty" reboot of Jeff the Killer's origin story: now with 100% more tubular flare gun!
"Jeff the Killer 2015" is credited to K. Banning Kellum.
The centennial episode of this podcast requires a watershed Creepypasta, and who better to represent the best of the worst IconPasta has to offer than our old friend Jeff? This time, however, the Welcome Committee is looking at an attempt at retelling Jeff's origin in a more serious fashion, one voted the best of many by popular vote. Is it possible to salvage a character like Jeff, or will any attempts at revision be buried under the gang's constant callbacks to old UCA memes?
"Jeff the Killer 2015" is credited to K. Banning Kellum.
Picking up where they left off, the boys now come face-to-face with the apparent source of the chanting and the ultimatum presented to our protagonist. But why do they keep talking about ginger ale? Because that is how they roll.
"The Chanting in the Woods" is credited to Sargumphigaus.
An eerie sound brings David, Dead Palette and Allen out into the woods at night: a song by Florida Georgia Line? Well, not exactly, but you're going to hear a lot of references to that in this Patrons Poison, where a child inadvertently stirs up something unsettling in the forest behind his home.
"The Chanting in the Woods" is credited to Sargumphigaus.
David and Kaela take this one to their friends Angi Viper and Shawn Bean, where drinking and banter ensues. Somewhere in there, however, they find the time to read a eerie account of a bizarre version of the puzzle/dating game HuniePop and the tangle of drama surrounding the player. Will this warrant a second date, or will the gang find their Munie wasted?
"Newly Single: A HuniePop Creepypasta" is credited to Urkel.
Eli and Kylie of Animal Fact Files/Cinema Nippon return and join David, Dead Palette and Kaela in a story that may make more than your skin crawl. If bugs bug you, then this will be a special kind of horror, but will it succeed in being creepy, or can it be stopped dead with a quick spritz of analysis?
"The Crawling House on Black Pond Road" is credited to William Dalphin.
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It's a Japan triple-threat on this edition of Short and Shivery as David and Dead Palette team up with the folks behind Cinema Nippon to tackle more short horror from the land of the rising sun, including a ghost story about a mirror and complete and utter weeb trash that Dead Palette managed to find (naturally).
"Japanese Ghost Story: Nana-Chan" is credited to Shishou_TheMaster. "Naruto: Lost Episode" and "Madara Uchiha's Eyes" are both unknown, but were found through Rhea.
"Be careful what you crowdfund" is the theme for this week's Patron's Poison, ironically enough. David, Dead Palette and Allen have been given an eerie story of a supposed evil Kickstarter and a internet troll protagonist. Will this be a good investment, or will the backer rewards be unfulfilled?
"The Pledge" is credited to Matt Dymerski.
David and special guest T.J. Dasch - from Midnight Marinara's productions of "Candle Cove," "The Disappearance of Ashley, Kansas" and "The Song and Dance Man" - take account of a NoSleep story of a single mother's worry about her son's strange behavior. It seems he's been introduced to a new game at school; a very strange game...
"The Soul Game" is credited to Bloodworth.
The gang returns to the Foundation archives to look into the a few more SCP entries out of the thousands stored. What hideous, strange and even funny things will they find in their perusal?
All of the entries read can be found on the SCP Foundation website: http://www.scp-wiki.net/
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Dead Palette's intuition tells him to share this story with David and Allen, and his intuition rarely steers him wrong. They say there's a first time for everything though. Is the gang up a creek without a paddle?
"Creek Path is credited to CompletelyInsane.
This round of Patron's Poison gives the gang a collection of short horror stories from Japan, collected and translated to English by Saya. Going into this completely blind, will they find a few good chillers among the bunch?
All stories gathered from Saya in Underworld: http://sayainunderworld.blogspot.ca/?m=1