Things start to pick up a bit in the second half of this haunting tale, but is it too little too late?
"Turn It Off" is credited to Polum Chill.
#124 - "Turn It Off" Part 1
The boys get another drop of poison from the Patrons, this time a seemingly slow-acting toxin about two friends and a encounter in the woods outside one's home. While not much happens yet (fair warning), all it takes is one little typo for a new joke to be born. Will it attain UCA meme status?
"Turn It Off" is credited to Polum Chill.
#123 - "Dumb Angel" Part 3
Is there any real point to writing a description for these anymore? It's Dumb Ange. It's David, Dead Palette and Allen being amused and/or baffled by the antics of Gerasim and the even more absurd antics of Forenzik and his Followers. There's no rhyme or reason to any of it. Trollpasta or no, the mission continues...
"Dumb Angel" is credited to Dronian.
#122 - "Mario is a Monster"
Don't worry, Emily will refrain from yelling in this one as she, David and Andrew return for another look at the works of Slimebeast. This time, it's a Super Mario theorypasta with a twist, but is it... just a theory?
"Mario is a Monster" is written by Slimebeast
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#121 - "Dumb Angel" Part 2
The forces of the universe (or maybe the Followers) seem hellbent on making sure David, Dead Palette and Allen can't continue this story, but despite it all they press on, and discover that even at this stage, Dronian can still extract more utterly bizarre juices from this cider-press of a story.
"Dumb Angel" is credited to Dronian.
#120 - Short and Shivery 15 (with Jenny Nicholson)
If there's one thing David considers a guilty pleasure, it's pulling apart Disney Creepypasta, and this time around he's joined by special guest and fellow theme-park enthusiast Jenny Nicholson for some dark Disney. There's no fastpasses for terror in either of these stories, but perhaps there's a surprise or two in store...
"Disney's Catacombs" is credited to Horrorfan 664; "Club 33: A Dark Secret" is author unknown.
#119 - "Dawkson's Cave"
The gang hasn't done enough caving yet, apparently, and Dead Palette, Allen, Slimebeast and ClericofMadness don't want to wait for our lives to be over... or for David to get back. They forge ahead and find a skeleton - not a figurative story structure idea, a literal skeleton. Will it prove to be a spooky scary one, or is it so misunderstood?
"Dawkson's Cave" is credited to Velvet Rose
#118 - "Cave Children"
David, Allen and ClericofMadness imbibe more Patrons' Poison as they go spelunking into this cave story (no, not the video game). What's lurking in the dark, and is it just as grotesque as our readers have been warned about?
"Cave Children" is uncredited.
#117 - "Pokemon Pinwheel Village"
David and Dead Palette take a look at this Patron's Poison with the help of special guest ClericofMadness, the founder of Creeypasta Wiki. PokePasta is a fairly cut-and-dried format that has never been that effective, but will this entry find a way to surprise our panel of critics, or will is it just spinning its pinwheels?
"Pokemon Pinwheel Village" is credited to NotSoCrazyAfterAll.
#116 - "Dumb Angel" Part 1
We promised it, and it happened: here begins the sordid account of how nine people got together with drinks and began to read the gargantuan sequel to Happy Appy. Join David, Kaela, Dead Palette, Allen, Seid, C.F. Comer, Abysmii, Papreeka and Prasokour as we return to Dronian's opus world of Gerasim and Forenzik's eternal struggle.
"Dumb Angel" is credited to Dronian.
#115 - Random Readings (Midsummer Scream 2017)
Recorded just before the Midsummer Scream convention, the gang's all together for the first time in one room, and decide it might be fun to hit the Random Pasta button to see what comes up.
"Tower Johnny" and "The Mound" are both uncredited.
#114 - Short and Shivery 14
The mysteries of the sea factor heavily into this edition of Short and Shivery as David, Dead Palette, Allen and SoberDwarf break away from the video game stories and take a swan-dive into the unknown depths. Will these oceanic tales yield terror or dread, or do they still flounder in the kiddie pool?
"Oceanic Absurdity: An Account of Nautical Horror" is credited to Bryce Simmons; "The Pill" is credited to A Wanderer.
#113 - "Mr. Bones' Wild Ride"
MR. BONES SAYS THE RIDE NEVER ENDS!
"Mr. Bones' Wild Ride" is uncredited.
Music by Andrew Gold and TheLivingTombstone.
#112 - "The Cosmic Destroyer"
No one seems to think of the impact their actions will have on future generations, not even the crew of this episode, as you'll soon hear. With SoberDwarf in tow they read an Earthbound story that seems to be an in-universe account: a prequel, perhaps? Regardless, things get a little weird, but not because of the story...
"The Cosmic Destroyer" is credited to TheCosmicDestroyer (naturally).
#111 - "Maria's Revenge"
This isn't the Sonic Creepypasta many were hoping for, but it's what you get in this episode. David, Dead Palette and SoberDwarf examine this Sonic Adventure 2 story of weird glitches and uncomfortable subject matter that, once again, seems handled clumsily.
"Maria's Revenge" and the background image are credited to FictitiousAnimation.
#110 - "Dark Souls: The Pardoner of Velka"
SoberDwarf returns to help David and Dead Palette with his knowledge of Dark Souls, because they're going to need it when reading this story that was, apparently, written for people in the know about it. Will it surprise everyone, or - like most haunted game pasta - will it fall flat?
"Dark Souls: The Pardoner of Velka." is uncredited.
#109 - "The Long Game"
Patrons' Poison grants us another user-submitted original when the gang imbibes this toxic tale of a very strange plant discovery. Will this story grow on David, Dead Palette and Allen, or will it need to be nipped in the bud?
"The Long Game" is credited to Prasakour.
#108 - LSD: Dream Emulator Stories
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.
#107 - "Camp Hell"
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/
Ghost Story Challenge
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.