Lore 277: In the Rough

Parties promise us a break from the mundane or troubling. But a few celebratory gatherings in history have turned the tables, delivering something far more frightening. Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by GennaRose Nethercott, research by Cassandra de Alba, and ...  Show more

Over the centuries, it has become common to refer to traumatizing or frightening experiences as "a nightmare." The true origins of that notion, though, are the most terrifying of all. Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Alex Robinson and research by Sam Alberty ...  Show more

Stories in this episode: It Wasn't An Owl | twigvicious (0:41)Almost Kidnapped at an Adult Store | Triple F Chronicles (14:11) My Friend, The Psychopath | Exxtol (23:48) They Waited For Me | kingsdeadfs (30:24) My Dog Knew That My Neighbor Was Watching Me | GoddessofDooom (36:23) ...  Show more

Stories in this episode: - Where Did They Take Us?, by Frost (0:38) - The Dude With The Notebook, by Madison (5:42) - He Had a Friendly Smile, by QueenMassive Cake (15:07) - Mr. K, by Liv (20:52) - The Dude in the Cheap Sunglasses, Jess (27:08) - I Don't Remember and I Don't Want ...  Show more

Stories in this episode: Eyes of the Forest | solesolosoul (0:40)There's Someone Still Out There | doginrl (10:06) I Was Almost Taken | Anonymous (16:19) Creepy Bus Driver | Sensitive-Gazelle790 (24:01) Followed on the Train Tracks | Paranoid_And_Geeky (31:54) They Followed My Pa ...  Show more

Relationships oftentimes seem fine, even loving, when viewing them from the outside. It’s difficult to know what may be going on behind closed doors. For one woman, her relationship began this way, with mostly everyone thinking she’d found a man whose future value would allow the ...  Show more