About this episode
The episode explores psychological horror and supernatural encounters set against the backdrop of the early internet.
Old servers still hold accounts of unexplained encounters and creeping psychological horror, written as if they were confessions. Supernatural sightings, fractured sleep, and narrators slowly losing their grip on what’s real. Set against the early internet of the 1990s, these stories blur the line between urban legend, digital folklore, and paranormal horror fiction. They don’t claim to be true—but they read like someone needed them to be. Ad-Free Episodes of Fear Daily are available now on all of your favorite podcasting apps! Fear Daily is an independent podcast hosted by Brandon Schexnayder and written by Brennan Storr, with Joanna Smith serving as the consulting editor, audio production by Rachel Boyd and sound design by Southern Gothic Media. If you enjoyed this show be sure to check out The Ghost Story Guys & Southern Gothic today! This podcast is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to real events or locations, is entirely coincidental. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
People in this episode
Hosts: Brennan Storr, Brandon Schexnayder
Topics covered
- psychological horror
- urban legend
- digital folklore
- paranormal fiction
- 1990s internet
Keywords
- horror
- supernatural
- urban legend
- digital folklore
- 1990s
- psychological
- fiction
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Southern Gothic Media
Books & works: Fear Daily, The Ghost Story Guys, Southern Gothic
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