About the show
Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids is a fictional horror podcast designed to entertain – and spook! – children ages 8 and up.
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Welcome to "Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids", where it’s always the spooky season – full of chills, thrills, and spine-tingling spooks! MICRO TERRORS™ are family-friendly frights for those ages 8 and up. And while our stories are for younger ears, we are still talking about things that go bump in the night, and some children may not be able to handle what others can. Parental consent is recommended. Visit us online at http://MicroTerrors.com
Fast Facts
- Audience
- Ages 8+
- Network
- Scott Donnelly
- Format
- Listen in any order
- Typical length
- 13 min
- Episodes
- 202
- Topics
- Stories For Kids, Fiction, Science Fiction
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Episodes
202 episodes
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“THE TOYMAKER, EPISODE 2 of 4” by Phil Bechtel of the Kids Stories Podcast #MicroTerrors
9 min 9 March 2024This week’s story is part of a four week crossover event between ‘Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids’ and the ‘Kid Stories Podcast’. Episodes 1 & 2 will air right here on ‘Micro Terrors’. To conclude the story, please head on over and
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“THE TOYMAKER, Episode 1 of 4” by Phil Bechtel of the Kids Stories Podcast #MicroTerrors
8 min 2 March 2024This week’s story is part of a four week crossover event between ‘Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids’ and the ‘Kid Stories Podcast’. Episodes 1 & 2 will air right here on ‘Micro Terrors’. To conclude the story, please head on over and
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THE BLOOD BATS OF GANTZ PARK (Part 1): A Grove City Halloween Story| #MicroTerrors
24 min 24 October 2026On Halloween night in Grove City, Ohio, Lucy Buxton's dad drives her and Shawn Dyer to Gantz Park with two flashlights and a thirty-minute limit, so they can look for the Blood Bats, which legend says come out only on this one night of the year and trace back to Archibald Rhysand, a Union soldier who was rumored to eat bats on the battlefield Two teenage boys got to the park first that night, with a pair of pumpkins and a handful of firecrackers, and their car is still sitting in the lot Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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THE GRAVE CITY LIBRARY: The Ghost Hunter Grove City Forgot Overnight
1 hr 8 min 17 October 2026A supernatural mystery unfolds in Grove City, Ohio, when a paranormal investigator vanishes from the haunted library overnight, leaving behind shattered glass and a chilling message that draws together two young friends who've already faced the town's dark secrets Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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“CREEGER THE CREEPER” by Scott Donnelly #MicroTerrors
15 min 10 October 2026When ten-year-old Lucy gets locked inside the Grove City Library after dark, she discovers she’s not as alone as she thought and something with glowing red eyes is waiting in the shadows Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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THE GROVE CITY WEREWOLF: A Monster Lurks In Ohio’s Greatest Hometown
53 min 3 October 2026When a mysterious curfew grips the small town of Grove City, Ohio, young Sean discovers during his Halloween weekend visit that the recent string of vicious attacks might be connected to local legends about monsters lurking in the shadows Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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SHE LIVES IN THE ATTIC #MicroTerrors
12 min 26 September 2026Gwen Archer's new house has crooked shutters, cracked windows, and dozens of bent nails in her bedroom wall where the girl who lived there before hung her paintings and photos That family packed up every bit of it when they moved out, everything except a doll named Darcy A doll that lives in the attic Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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WRITE OR VERY WRONG: The New Kid's Notebook Isn't Made Of Leather | #MicroTerrors
21 min 19 September 2026Livia is the three-time champion of her school's scary story contest, and then a new boy shows up in fourth grade with a book he's already published and a red notebook he never opens where anyone can see “Write Or Very Wrong” by Evan Baughfman Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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A DINOSAUR, A DOLL, AND A GHOST SQUID | #ListenerTerrors
11 min 12 September 2026Three MicroTerrors listeners wrote in with their own scary stories a girl who sneaks out at night to see the T-Rex every parent in town warns about, a free doll on the sidewalk that introduces itself as Mr. Stevenson, and a family cruise with nothing but one-star reviews and something big moving under the boat Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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LISTENER TERRORS: “Too Perfect”, “The Dead Night”, “The Strange Light”
11 min 5 September 2026Three Micro Terrors listeners, ages seven to twelve, wrote this week's stories a boy wakes up on the first morning of spring break to a kitchen that's a little too tidy and birds that chirp right on cue; a puddle of red slime shows up beside a dinner chair just before bedtime; and two brothers spot a strange light on long pole legs on the walk home from school… and then it starts moving Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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SCOUT BROOKS & THE ASTRO NOGS: Assault on Thryos, Episode Five
37 min 30 August 2026The thrilling conclusion! Scout Brooks and Mandy Lee have fought their way across the alien world of Thryos, battling monstrous Throats in a desperate search for Professor Nog's captured friend, Farrow But with danger closing in from every direction and Scout's own friend Chuck now caught snooping around Fort Nogs back home nothing about this mission has gone according to plan Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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SCOUT BROOKS & THE ASTRO NOGS: Assault on Thryos, Episode Four
29 min 22 August 2026Scout Brooks has spent one day training to become an intergalactic hero, preparing to rescue Professor Nog's old friend Farrow from a hostile alien race holding him captive somewhere among the stars But as the mission prepares to launch, someone has been secretly watching Fort Nogs from the shadows outside and their intentions remain a mystery https://weirddarkness.com/scoutbrooks004 Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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SCOUT BROOKS & THE ASTRO NOGS: Assault on Thryos, Episode Three
26 min 15 August 2026Scout Brooks just wanted to survive his first day of seventh grade Instead, he found himself recruited into a mysterious after-school club, named 'The Chosen One' by the strange Professor Nog, and handed a box of secrets he's not allowed to talk about Meanwhile, somewhere far beyond the stars, a man named Farrow remains a prisoner of creatures no one back on Earth even knows exist https://weirddarkness.com/scoutbrooks003 Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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SCOUT BROOKS & THE ASTRO NOGS: Assault on Thryos, Episode Two
29 min 8 August 2026Scout Brooks just wanted to survive his first day of seventh grade Instead, he found himself recruited into a mysterious after-school club, named 'The Chosen One' by the strange Professor Nog, and handed a box of secrets he's not allowed to talk about Meanwhile, somewhere far beyond the stars, a man named Farrow remains a prisoner of creatures no one back on Earth even knows exist Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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SCOUT BROOKS & THE ASTRO NOGS: Assault on Thryos, Episode One | #MicroTerrors
26 min 1 August 2026Scout Brooks just wants to survive his first day of seventh grade but a mysterious after-school astronomy club, run by an even stranger professor, has him wondering exactly what he's signed up for Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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STARDUST: You Should Keep Your Opinions About Aliens To Yourself | #MicroTerrors
16 min 25 July 2026Mikka thinks space is boring and aliens are a punchline, and by the end of fifth period she has said so out loud to exactly the wrong person Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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NIGHT OF THE INSECTOID: The Signal Max Sent Into Space
14 min 18 July 2026Max spends his Friday nights broadcasting homemade radio signals toward the Kuiper Belt hoping to reach alien life, and one summer evening, something finally answers back Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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SLUDGE: The Swimming Hole Behind the Duncan Quarry
15 min 11 July 2026Three kids track down a forgotten swimming hole behind the abandoned Duncan Quarry, rediscover it for the summer and find out why everyone stopped coming Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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The Crabacabra: The Monster I Accidentally Made!
16 min 4 July 2026A bored kid trapped in a powerless, sweltering house sneaks into his father's off-limits basement lab, where a machine that turns AI drawings into living creatures is about to make his worst summer unforgettable Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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LISTENER TERRORS: An Evil Kitten, a Vampire Delivery, and a Werewolf Attack! | #MicroTerrors
14 min 30 May 2026A coffin at the door A werewolf in the closet Three horror stories all written by kids! Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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LISTENER TERRORS: Spider-Birds, Cursed Books, and a Bloody Night! | #MicroTerrors
15 min 23 May 2026Four young authors unleash flying spiders, a cursed pop-up zoo, a weeping spell book, and a cabin in the woods where bravery runs out Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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A Barbecue To Remember | #MicroTerrors
12 min 16 May 2026A year after Rico's mother vanished in the Grayfall Nature Preserve, his father finally knows what really happened to her and he's invited Lexi over for a backyard barbecue to honor her memory But the burgers don't taste right, the hot dogs don't look right, and Mr. Alejandro has one strange instruction before the first bite no matter what, keep it in Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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THE THING IN THE WALL: My First and Last Time House-Sitting
16 min 9 May 2026A twelve-year-old takes an easy weekend house-sitting job in a quiet rural neighborhood until a thunderstorm knocks out the power and something starts scraping its way through an upstairs wall Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps Get a list of free listening apps here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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THE CLOWNS | #MicroTerrors
14 min 2 May 2026A silent clown stands at the front door clutching old photographs of Dad and what Mom doesn’t know yet is that there’s another one waiting in the kitchen Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps Get the full list of options here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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LISTENER TERRORS: The Mudman, The Snow Troll, And Other Tales Written By Kids!
18 min 25 April 2026When kids write horror, they don't pull their punches Four original stories from listeners aged 8 and 9 featuring a dad who isn't quite himself, a missing little sister, a school principal hiding something in a locked hallway, and a hand reaching up through the dirt Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps Get the full list of options here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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The Ghost Dog of Ash Hollow | The Legend Was Real — And It Was Right Behind Them!
9 min 11 April 2026When two girls ignore the whispered warnings about the haunted woods at the edge of their neighborhood, they come face to face with proof that some legends are far more than legend Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps Get the full list of options here https://pod.link/1655277373 Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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RUN, ABBY! | They Hired Me To Babysit Their Daughter, I Was The One Who Almost Paid The Price!
31 min 4 April 2026The Wellington house was bigger than anything Abby had ever stepped foot in, and the family seemed perfectly normal But the longer she was there, the more she realized that something in that house was very, very wrong Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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LISTENER TERRORS - Scary Stories BY Kids, FOR Kids! (March 2026)
13 min 28 March 2026Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps Get the full list of options here https://pod.link/1655277373 “The Lake” and “The Rage of the Monster” by Grant Hart, Age 7 *** “The Shadow” by Emery Garner, Age 8 *** “The Infected Foot” by Brenton, Age 10 *** “The Deep Curse” by Avery Jensen, Age 7 *** Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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The Lake Monster My Family Refused To Believe In | “Cthulhu Ate My Hot Dog!”
13 min 21 March 2026For nearly two decades, my family has called me crazy for what I saw in Lake Weeping Tree but today, standing on that dock with my nephew at my side, I was finally about to find out if I'd been right all along | “Cthulhu Ate My Hot Dog” by Scott Donnelly #MicroTerrors Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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The Irish Tome She Brought To Class Was More Dangerous Than Anyone Knew | St. Patrick's Day Horror
19 min 14 March 2026When the substitute teacher brought an ancient book of Irish folklore to class on St. Patrick's Day, she had no idea that someone in the back row recognized it and that recognition would change everything | “The Hunter’s Almanac” by Fionna Cosgrove #MicroTerrors Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com !
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