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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:322:Bringing Radio Theater Back from the Dead since 2012]] |
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| 4 | ->''"Turn on the dark!"'' |
| 5 | -->--Creator Craig Groshek's son's new slogan for the channel |
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| 7 | A Youtube channel started by author Craig Groshek to promote his short stories. It's since greatly expanded and now has various contributors producing dramatic readings of classical horror stories, popular [[Main/CreepyPasta creepypastas]], and original stories. Usually the original stories they produce are [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcFw1Cfzpm3f7-JXSNEGdlOi contest winners.]] It's notable for being unusually high effort among dramatic reading channels with a considerable amount of sound effects and often using original music. They also feature [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcGPrvN_-ADvLasZ0dQwNOqo short videos]] from other channels with permission. |
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| 9 | Regular readers include: |
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| 11 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcE9nmR0mEABS8r11HKLR-AW Jordan Antle]] |
| 12 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcHe6-of3RULLCyTydkNEFFM Jeff Clement]] |
| 13 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcHYTEt79csdFoP9JJt-KtUn Jesse Cornett]] |
| 14 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcHi4b1aKZSqCs8ad1_ppz21 David Cummings]] |
| 15 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcE4rUxbs8fSZ92mBUan6DWO Barnabos Deimos]] |
| 16 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcEcFI8_foGDBM8w2Meh11KP Craig Groshek]] |
| 17 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcG3dpwSP_N28pzxQ4fTmYDA Otis Jiry]] |
| 18 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCh5fYI6EcFFev-GfQzr2LkuPel5B9Z1 Jonathon Jones]] |
| 19 | * [[http://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/tag/heather-ordover/ Heather Ordover]] |
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| 23 | Guest readers include: |
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| 25 | * [[LetsPlay/ChaoticMonki Cryaotic]] reading [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQvmwA9E6tc "Last of the Sparks"]] |
| 26 | * LetsPlay/{{Mangaminx}} reading [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjHYUQPoYhI "You've Known This Your Whole Life"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF3UrcjJNh4 "Betsy the Doll"]] |
| 27 | * WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} reading [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9UuEWJ2N-A "The Scarecrow Corpse"]] |
| 28 | * Creator/PatrickRothfuss reading [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZT1hR-OTHM "August Heat"]] |
| 29 | * Music/TayZonday reading [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB5CVl0lgTA "Mr.Leaves"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuehHq5gSxE "The Raven"]] |
| 30 | * Creator/DanielRadcliffe reading [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqBqqd9-SBk "Fear of Hue"]] |
| 31 | * LetsPlay/JohnWolfe reading [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neFluVxBswc "White Noise"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neFluVxBswc "Tombstoning"]] |
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| 33 | Stories can be submitted for production at [[http://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/ their site]]. Their channel is available [[https://www.youtube.com/user/chillingtaleswi here]]. As of this writing, [[https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/animated/ an animated series]] is in production, with a Kickstarter set for the 15th of February. |
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| 36 | |
| 37 | !!Their videos contain examples of: |
| 38 | |
| 39 | * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sB3-nOfKFs "A Skipping Record"]]. Some listeners did not appreciate the perceived commentary. |
| 40 | * AmbiguousEnding |
| 41 | * AndIMustScream: The ending of [[spoiler:"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n7BsuVpNpE I'm At Your Bedroom Window"]]. The protagonist is trapped in the motel, unable to leave or be seen or heard by anyone.]] |
| 42 | * ArmyOfLawyers: The protagonist threatens to use this while being interrogated in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vrMcie0ugU "The Fat Guy Gets the Girl"]]. He seems confident to admit some horrendous things as a result. |
| 43 | * AssholeVictim: Oh, so many. The one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2uO6KN0ls "The Stranger"]] stands out. |
| 44 | * CoolOldGuy: Otis Jiry of the authors. |
| 45 | * CreepyChild: The one in contest winner [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS8VtAvgLkM "The Swing"]] is probably the most memorable. |
| 46 | * CreepyDoll: They've done several fanfics of Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys (with Creator/ScottCawthon's permission). |
| 47 | * CruelTwistEnding: Particularly [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF3UrcjJNh4 "Betsy the Doll"]] featuring a delusional child later learning in her adulthood that she killed her little sister because she thought her sister was a doll.]] |
| 48 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT7ptCwVU0g "The Proposition"]] |
| 49 | * EnsembleCast: Both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA_87zK3gQE "The Rake"]] and Jeff The Killer feature some pretty big ones. |
| 50 | * {{Gorn}}: Usually averted, but definitely present in stories like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AJC0456lQQ Bob the Butcher]]. The site's [[http://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/submit-your-story/ submission rules]] state that they will not accept stories with it. |
| 51 | * GovernmentConspiracy: At least as scary as the titular being in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9UuEWJ2N-A "The Scarecrow Corpse"]]. |
| 52 | * TheGrimReaper: The implied identity of [[spoiler:the thin man]] in "The Mourner". |
| 53 | * HauntedHouse: The one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGwvcfvwbc "Welcome"]] comes complete with a ghost realtor. |
| 54 | * HumanPet: The protagonist of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJmfJKr7oZ4 "The Thing That Stalks the Fields"]] |
| 55 | * HeroicSacrifice: Ambiguously [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YugLGMYX030 Psychosis]]. |
| 56 | * IronicNurseryRhyme: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Ykg36T1Ng "Milk Teeth"]] features a particularly cruel one about the end of the birth of human beings and the spawning of monsters instead. |
| 57 | * MonsterClown: The villain of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAG-DrRig64 "The Killing Joke"]] |
| 58 | * OrganTheft |
| 59 | * ReluctantMonster: Implicitly the case with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbrv05HE3hg "Sarah O'Bannon"]]. |
| 60 | * SlasherSmile: So prevalent that some of the readers have admitted they're sick of reading about how a villain has a supposedly creepy smile. |
| 61 | * StalkerWithACrush: The villain in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7y47TZvV9k Just £3 a Month Can Save a Child's Life]] denies he is this despite acting like one. The one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQ0MQqbGAA "I Couldn't Resist You"]] is a bit more open about it. |
| 62 | * TrollFic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QNct5IP0aw "The Demon Within"]] |
| 63 | * VillainProtagonist |
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