Episode 1 of Season 2 of Tales from The Hollow

Something is getting stronger in Wawaset County.

Guardian Herald McKinnon has been managing the old places in Willow's Bend for longer than most people have been alive. When the thing in Deadman's Hollow starts speaking about Ironwood Retreat — and about a letter that hadn't been delivered yet — he knows the calculation has changed.

Caretaker Frank Harmon has held the watch at Ironwood alone for ten years. He has kept the records. He has maintained the wards. He has done everything right. And three weeks ago, something walked through his fence, stood in his lodge, and erased one of his protections like it was nothing.

He finally wrote the letter he should have written three years ago.

This is not a standalone story. The Darker Season is a continuous serialized narrative following one unfolding threat across 12 episodes. Start here and follow along as the darkness builds toward something that has been coming since 1977.

1980s supernatural horror | Gothic horror | Serialized thriller

Runtime: 1 hr 11 mins

Content: Supernatural horror, themes of isolation, encroaching darkness, and the cost of keeping watch alone. No graphic content.

📚 DISCOVER THE WILLOW'S BEND NOVELS: The horror at Ironwood Retreat is just one chapter of a much larger story. The darkness in Willow's Bend has been feeding for over a century. Learn how it all began:

The Haunting of Willow's Bend Farm (1977-1978) & What Dwells Beneath (1885) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN6T77TR

Both novels reveal the dark entity behind everything you just heard — and the families it consumed long before Ironwood Retreat existed.

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• Season 1 Collection: All 10 Tales coming soon

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Until next time, stay out of The Hollow.

Story 10 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow

Keith Barnett is a Columbus taxi driver who survived Ironwood Retreat once. That was six years ago. He made his confession, held the iron, and drove away telling himself it was finished. For six years he almost believed it. Now the mirrors are wrong again and the back seat of his cab feels occupied even when it's empty. He knows what it means. He knows what he left unsaid.

Frank Harmon has kept the watch for ten years. He manages Keith's return the way he manages everything at Ironwood... carefully, methodically, with the knowledge of a man who has seen this kind of thing before. But Keith Barnett is not the only thing that found Ironwood Retreat this October.

Some doors don't close the first time.

1980s supernatural horror | Gothic ghost story | Psychological thriller

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Content: Psychological horror, themes of guilt, confession, and supernatural dread, no graphic content

📚 DISCOVER THE WILLOW'S BEND NOVELS:

The horror at Ironwood Retreat is just one chapter of a much larger story. The darkness in Willow's Bend has been feeding for over a century. Learn how it all began:

The Haunting of Willow's Bend Farm (1977-1978) & What Dwells Beneath (1885) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN6T77TR

Both novels reveal the dark entity behind these hauntings and the families it consumed long before Ironwood Retreat existed.

🎧 MORE TALES FROM THE HOLLOW:

• YouTube: Stephen Crane Audiobooks - https://www.youtube.com/@StephenPCraneAudiobooks
• Complete series + exclusive content
• Season 1 Collection: All 10 Tales coming 2026

📱 CONNECT:

• Subscribe for weekly episodes
• Leave a review to support the show
• Share your favorite story with your horror loving friends!

Until next week, stay out of The Hollow.

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Story 9 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow

Cole Decker is a long-haul trucker stranded on a back road in Grindstone Hollow. Dorothy Reeves is a county records clerk who drove out Old Mill Road telling herself she was just checking on something. When both end up at Ironwood Retreat on the same sweltering July weekend, the hollow takes notice. It doesn't break the wards. It doesn't force the doors. It finds what people carry inside themselves and walks right through. Frank Harmon has kept this watch for nine years. He does everything right. This weekend is different. What you carry will find you.

1980s supernatural horror | Gothic ghost story | Psychological thriller

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Content: Psychological horror, themes of guilt, survival, and war trauma, no graphic content

📚 DISCOVER THE WILLOW'S BEND NOVELS:

The horror at Ironwood Retreat is just one chapter of a much larger story. The darkness in Willow's Bend has been feeding for over a century. Learn how it all began:

The Haunting of Willow's Bend Farm (1977-1978) & What Dwells Beneath (1885)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN6T77TR

Both novels reveal the dark entity behind these hauntings and the families it consumed long before Ironwood Retreat existed.

🎧 MORE TALES FROM THE HOLLOW:

• YouTube: Stephen Crane Audiobooks - [https://www.youtube.com/@StephenPCraneAudiobooks]
• Complete series + exclusive content
• Season 1 Collection: All 10 Tales coming 2026

📱 CONNECT:

• Subscribe for weekly episodes
• Leave a review to support the show
• Share your favorite story with your horror loving friends!

Until next week, stay out of The Hollow.