http://eagerdragon.com15-Minute Nightmares, a horror anthology podcast delivering chilling tales designed to haunt your imagination long after the story ends. Each episode features a standalone nightmare, from abandoned houses hiding terrible secrets and cursed recordings that should never be played, to shadowy figures lurking just beyond the edge of reality. These bite-sized stories are crafted to deliver maximum suspense, dread, and unforgettable twists in just fifteen minutes. Perfect for late-night listening, quick scares, or anyone who loves atmospheric horror, supernatural mysteries, psychological terror, and eerie encounters. Turn down the lights. Put on your headphones. But be warned... Some nightmares don't end when the story does. 

New terrifying tales every week. 

15-Minute Nightmares
Short stories. Lasting fear.
Written by Elias Crow.]]>enFictionEager Dragon Publishinghttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7341ce02b47532ad330c604bcb31888e.jpghttp://eagerdragon.comTue, 21 Jul 2026 18:13:45 +0000Elias CrowEager Dragon Publishingeagerdragonpublishing@gmail.comStep into the darkness with 15-Minute Nightmares, a horror anthology podcast delivering chilling tales designed to haunt your imagination long after the story ends. Each episode features a standalone nightmare, from abandoned houses hiding terrible...15-Minute Nightmares, a horror anthology podcast delivering chilling tales designed to haunt your imagination long after the story ends. Each episode features a standalone nightmare, from abandoned houses hiding terrible secrets and cursed recordings that should never be played, to shadowy figures lurking just beyond the edge of reality. These bite-sized stories are crafted to deliver maximum suspense, dread, and unforgettable twists in just fifteen minutes. Perfect for late-night listening, quick scares, or anyone who loves atmospheric horror, supernatural mysteries, psychological terror, and eerie encounters. Turn down the lights. Put on your headphones. But be warned... Some nightmares don't end when the story does. 

New terrifying tales every week. 

15-Minute Nightmares
Short stories. Lasting fear.
Written by Elias Crow.]]>false39cd5052-17b1-55b4-b9d4-5b59076d4d67trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-opinion--73090871Episode 9: Second Opinion
By Elias Crow

The finest transplant surgeon in the city never asks where the organs come from - he just makes his rich, frightened patients new, piece by piece, including himself. But when his own failing heart is replaced, the new heart begins to speak in the dark. And it is not the only stolen part inside him that still remembers its name.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73090871Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:57:40 +0000trueElias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 9: Second Opinion By Elias Crow The finest transplant surgeon in the city never asks where the organs come from - he just makes his rich, frightened patients new, piece by piece, including himself. But when his own...Episode 9: Second Opinion
By Elias Crow

The finest transplant surgeon in the city never asks where the organs come from - he just makes his rich, frightened patients new, piece by piece, including himself. But when his own failing heart is replaced, the new heart begins to speak in the dark. And it is not the only stolen part inside him that still remembers its name.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>672dark,eerie,fear,ghost,guilt,haunted,horror,mystery,nightmare,occult,organs,paranormal,podcast,psychological,revenge,supernatural,surgeon,suspense,thriller,transplantfalse19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-waxworks--73090729Episode 8: The Waxworks
By Elias Crow

A con man buys a mouldering seaside waxworks for a song from an old man who cannot stop smiling. The figures in the cold basement are impossibly lifelike - pores, fine hairs, frightened eyes - as if each were a real person stopped at the worst moment of their life. And in an alcove at the back, an unfinished figure is slowly growing his face.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73090729Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:38:29 +0000trueElias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 8: The Waxworks By Elias Crow A con man buys a mouldering seaside waxworks for a song from an old man who cannot stop smiling. The figures in the cold basement are impossibly lifelike - pores, fine hairs, frightened eyes...Episode 8: The Waxworks
By Elias Crow

A con man buys a mouldering seaside waxworks for a song from an old man who cannot stop smiling. The figures in the cold basement are impossibly lifelike - pores, fine hairs, frightened eyes - as if each were a real person stopped at the worst moment of their life. And in an alcove at the back, an unfinished figure is slowly growing his face.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>810cursed,dark,eerie,fear,ghost,haunted,horror,museum,mystery,nightmare,occult,paranormal,podcast,psychological,seaside,supernatural,suspense,thriller,trapped,waxworksfalse18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plot-47--73090728Episode 7: Plot 47
By Elias Crow

Nobody wanted Plot 47 - which is exactly why penny-pinching Gerald Pike took the cursed allotment for a pound a year. The bare black patch at its centre grows anything monstrous and gorgeous in days, as long as you keep feeding it. And what it grows hungry for, in the end, is the one who feeds it.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73090728Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:38:26 +0000trueElias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 7: Plot 47 By Elias Crow Nobody wanted Plot 47 - which is exactly why penny-pinching Gerald Pike took the cursed allotment for a pound a year. The bare black patch at its centre grows anything monstrous and gorgeous in...Episode 7: Plot 47
By Elias Crow

Nobody wanted Plot 47 - which is exactly why penny-pinching Gerald Pike took the cursed allotment for a pound a year. The bare black patch at its centre grows anything monstrous and gorgeous in days, as long as you keep feeding it. And what it grows hungry for, in the end, is the one who feeds it.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>849allotment,buried,cursed,dark,eerie,fear,garden,ghost,greed,haunted,horror,mystery,nightmare,occult,paranormal,podcast,psychological,supernatural,suspense,thrillerfalse17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/understudy--7308346415-Minute Nightmares

Episode 6: Understudy 

By Elias Crow

Eleven years in the dark at the side of the stage, watching a lesser talent take the bows. When a gifted understudy finally clears her path to the role of her life, the part is everything she dreamed of. There's just one problem with a role where the heroine dies every single night - and a leading lady who isn't finished with it yet. Turn the lights down. 

We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73083464Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:29:42 +0000Elias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 6: Understudy  By Elias Crow Eleven years in the dark at the side of the stage, watching a lesser talent take the bows. When a gifted understudy finally clears her path to the role of her life, the part is everything...15-Minute Nightmares

Episode 6: Understudy 

By Elias Crow

Eleven years in the dark at the side of the stage, watching a lesser talent take the bows. When a gifted understudy finally clears her path to the role of her life, the part is everything she dreamed of. There's just one problem with a role where the heroine dies every single night - and a leading lady who isn't finished with it yet. Turn the lights down. 

We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>786false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-night-shift--7273427815-Minute Nightmares

Episode 5: The Night Shift 

By Elias Crow
A petrol station alone on a black moor road, a clerk with something folded up small and hidden inside him, and a customer who walks in off the dark at four minutes past three every night - buying the same single thing, and looking a little more wrong each time. Some debts wait a very long time to be collected.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.


15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72734278Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:54:06 +0000Elias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 5: The Night Shift  By Elias Crow A petrol station alone on a black moor road, a clerk with something folded up small and hidden inside him, and a customer who walks in off the dark at four minutes past three every...15-Minute Nightmares

Episode 5: The Night Shift 

By Elias Crow
A petrol station alone on a black moor road, a clerk with something folded up small and hidden inside him, and a customer who walks in off the dark at four minutes past three every night - buying the same single thing, and looking a little more wrong each time. Some debts wait a very long time to be collected.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.


15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>795false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/table-for-one--7272963715-Minute Nightmares

Episode 4: Table for One 

By Elias Crow
The most feared restaurant critic in the country receives a hand-delivered invitation: a private tasting menu, one guest only, cooked by a chef who has admired his cruel work for years. The food, they promise, will be the finest he has ever eaten. He should have asked what was in it.
Turn the lights down.

We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.


15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72729637Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:46:53 +0000Elias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 4: Table for One  By Elias Crow The most feared restaurant critic in the country receives a hand-delivered invitation: a private tasting menu, one guest only, cooked by a chef who has admired his cruel work for years....15-Minute Nightmares

Episode 4: Table for One 

By Elias Crow
The most feared restaurant critic in the country receives a hand-delivered invitation: a private tasting menu, one guest only, cooked by a chef who has admired his cruel work for years. The food, they promise, will be the finest he has ever eaten. He should have asked what was in it.
Turn the lights down.

We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.


15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>862deadlinefalse14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-collector--7272788715-Minute Nightmares

Episode 3: The Collector

By Elias Crow

Julian Ashworth has a gift for arriving just before death, and buying treasures from the grieving for pennies. But when a dying old woman offers him everything in her house but one thing — the one thing he wants more than all the rest put together - he learns that some collections choose their next owner very carefully. Turn the lights down.

We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72727887Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:34:46 +0000Elias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 3: The Collector By Elias Crow Julian Ashworth has a gift for arriving just before death, and buying treasures from the grieving for pennies. But when a dying old woman offers him everything in her house but one thing...15-Minute Nightmares

Episode 3: The Collector

By Elias Crow

Julian Ashworth has a gift for arriving just before death, and buying treasures from the grieving for pennies. But when a dying old woman offers him everything in her house but one thing — the one thing he wants more than all the rest put together - he learns that some collections choose their next owner very carefully. Turn the lights down.

We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>999man,mirror,thefalse13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/deep-sleep--7253978815-Minute Nightmares

Episode 2: Deep Sleep 

By Elias Crow

Four months without sleep, and then a free little app that records the sounds you make in the night. At first it only proves he sleeps at all. Then, in the dark hours he can never remember, it begins to record a second voice - one that answers him. A story about the things that happen while you're not there to see them.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72539788Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:47:57 +0000Elias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 2: Deep Sleep  By Elias Crow Four months without sleep, and then a free little app that records the sounds you make in the night. At first it only proves he sleeps at all. Then, in the dark hours he can never remember,...15-Minute Nightmares

Episode 2: Deep Sleep 

By Elias Crow

Four months without sleep, and then a free little app that records the sounds you make in the night. At first it only proves he sleeps at all. Then, in the dark hours he can never remember, it begins to record a second voice - one that answers him. A story about the things that happen while you're not there to see them.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.

15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>1023false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-weight-of-the-fog--7253969815-Minute Nightmares
Episode 1: The Weight of the Fog
By Elias Crow

A lonely lighthouse on a cliff path. A simple job with one simple rule: never walk out in the fog. When the fog rolls in anyway, a man learns why the last keeper walked off the edge — and discovers that something out there in the white is listening to his footsteps, matching them, waiting for him to take one wrong step toward home.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.


15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72539698Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:39:49 +0000Elias Crow15-Minute Nightmares Episode 1: The Weight of the Fog By Elias Crow A lonely lighthouse on a cliff path. A simple job with one simple rule: never walk out in the fog. When the fog rolls in anyway, a man learns why the last keeper walked off the edge...15-Minute Nightmares
Episode 1: The Weight of the Fog
By Elias Crow

A lonely lighthouse on a cliff path. A simple job with one simple rule: never walk out in the fog. When the fog rolls in anyway, a man learns why the last keeper walked off the edge — and discovers that something out there in the white is listening to his footsteps, matching them, waiting for him to take one wrong step toward home.

Turn the lights down. We'll be waiting for you in the next installment of 15-Minute Nightmares.


15-Minute Nightmares is an ongoing horror anthology series by Elias Crow featuring standalone tales of supernatural dread, psychological terror, and chilling twists.

Perfect for fans of Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and modern horror fiction.

One story. Fifteen minutes. A nightmare you'll never forget.]]>1072abandoned,cassette,cursed,dark,eerie,farmhouse,fear,ghost,haunted,horror,mystery,nightmare,occult,paranormal,podcast,psychological,recorder,supernatural,suspense,thrillerfalse11full