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The NoSleep Podcast

S22 Ep18: NoSleep Podcast S22E18

The NoSleep Podcast

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4.613.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

It's Episode 18 of Season 22. The voices are calling with tales of teenage terrors.

"Hairpuller"
written by Gloomara (Story starts around 00:03:15)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Mike DelGaudio, Bridget - Mary Murphy, Patricia - Danielle McRae, Pauline - Nichole Goodnight, Debbie - Linsay Rousseau

"Slappy the Clown"
written by Monique Asher (Story starts around 00:25:05)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Jeff Clement
Cast: Narrator - Dan Zappulla, Ben - Jeff Clement, Groundskeeper - Jesse Cornett, Frank - David Cummings, Mom - Nikolle Doolin, Nurse - Marie Westbrook, Slappy - David Cummings

"Moira" written by Jamie Flanagan (Story starts around 00:41:45)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Phil Michalski
Cast: Moira - Kristen DiMercurio, Attie - Mary Murphy, Clio - Danielle McRae, Lochley - Erin Lillis, Mother - Marie Westbrook, Father - Jeff Clement, Stern Teacher - Nikolle Doolin, See-saw Boy - Kyle Akers, Girl at Museum - Nichole Goodnight, Teacher at Museum - Sarah Thomas

"Museum of Monstrous Curiosities" written by Yelena Crane (Story starts around 01:07:15)
Produced by: Claudius Moore
Cast: Narrator - Erika Sanderson, Gums - Penny Scott-Andrews, Pinstripes - David Ault, Ink - Jake Benson, Spectacles - Kyle Akers, Dimples - James Cleveland, Tight-lipped - Ilana Charnell, Leftovers - Andy Cresswell, Ankles - Ash Millman

"Sit Up with Your Dead" written by Anj Baker (Story starts around 01:27:00)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Jesse Cornett
Cast: Eleanor - Sarah Thomas, Pa - Reagen Tacker, Ma - Linsay Rousseau, Brother Mansard - Jesse Cornett, Doctor Ionescu - Graham Rowat, Aint Claudine - Erin Lillis

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Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings
Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone
"Sit Up with Your Dead" illustration courtesy of Kelly Turnbull

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0:00.0

They're calling.

0:09.0

The phone is ringing.

0:14.0

The phone is ringing.

0:16.0

A message from an unknown caller.

0:27.6

A voice unrecognizable.

0:34.6

Audio messages from the shadows.

0:40.9

But one message is clear, and it says,

0:49.3

brace yourself for the no sleep podcast.

1:00.6

By the end up the symbol of reshurtk. Welcome to the No sleep podcast. I'm your host. I'm your host, old David Cummings. I call myself old because it's been a good long time since my teenage years. When I was a teenager, there were no smartphones, no internet, and no electricity. Well, there was electricity, but we had to walk down to the electric creek and haul the power back up to our house.

1:46.4

And as much as I'd like to reminisce about my teens, I know that we were at just as much risk back then as teens are today.

1:54.7

And when it comes to horror, there is something even more sinister about it when there are teenagers involved.

2:00.8

Whether they're being chased and slaughtered by maniacs,

2:04.0

or dealing with crazies in their own families,

2:06.8

or even dealing with trauma from their own so-called friends,

2:10.7

it's that weird mix of seeing someone who isn't a kid,

2:14.1

but isn't yet an adult to suffer through terrifying scenarios.

2:18.3

In this episode, we meet some people who either are teenagers going through some nasty stuff,

2:24.3

or adults who are recalling the teen traumas of their past.

2:28.3

I hope most of you can't relate to these nightmares.

2:32.3

I trust the worst part of your teenage years was just the

2:35.6

embarrassment of asking someone to a school dance, only to have them reject you because you were

2:40.6

gross and a loser and no one likes you, David. I mean, anyway. So whether you're currently a teenager and living through the thick of it,

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