Lucky Strike | Big Game

Lucky Strike | Big Game

From Fear Daily by Brennan Storr & Brandon Schexnayder

April 28, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

The episode explores psychological horror through confessions of supernatural encounters set in the early internet era.

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

  • supernatural sightings
  • fractured sleep
  • urban legend
  • digital folklore
  • paranormal horror

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern Gothic Media

Books & works: Fear Daily, The Ghost Story Guys, Southern Gothic

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