Laugh while you scream

The Quiet End: A Gentle Apocalypse and a Sleeping Dog

Hosts Robin Bagayoko and Scott Russell read the Reddit short story "The Quiet End," a quiet, eerie tale of a gentle apocalypse experienced from a porch with a loyal dog. The story emphasizes stillness, strange light, and a peaceful, inevitable ending.
After the reading the hosts trade reactions—debating panic versus acceptance, joking about conspiracies and Fear Factor, and closing with podcast plugs and calls to subscribe.
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The Baby Cry Behind the Wallpaper

Hosts Robin and Scott banter about goals and podcast life before reading a chilling Reddit short about a woman who keeps hearing a baby crying everywhere.
She tears through yellow wallpaper and discovers multiple phones taped behind walls playing a looped baby-cry audio, revealing a disturbing betrayal; the episode ends with hosts' reactions and plugs for their true-crime show.
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Feeding the New Year: The Diet Journal

This chilling episode features a reading of a Reddit short story called "The Diet Journal," following a narrator who documents a gruesome "diet"—tracking victims, butchering, and savoring human meat while maintaining a calm, health-obsessed facade.
Hosts react with disbelief and dark humor as the story unfolds, touching on themes of obsession, routine, and the terrifying normalcy of the narrator's behavior. The episode ends with the revelation of growing police interest and the narrator's unsettling confidence.
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My Husband Survived a Car Accident? — Voodoo, Chaos, and Hospital Hysteria

The Laugh While You Scream hosts react to a Reddit story about a woman whose husband survives an accident while mysterious elements—like a locked journal, a "death X" spell, and hospital confusion—unfold. The episode mixes humor, banter about voodoo and scammers, and explanations of hospital roles.
Hosts Robin and Scott riff on pop culture, regional folklore, and workplace oddities while reading the chilling story and giving their impressions.
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Behind the Waterfall: A Dark Family Reunion

Hosts Robin Bagayoko and Scott Russell read and react to "Family Reunion," a short scary story about a hidden cave behind a waterfall that reveals skeletons and protective wolves who are literally family.
The episode mixes tense horror with light-hearted banter, a story rating, and the hosts' usual conversational commentary.
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The Onion Ring: When Fire Comes Calling

Hosts Robin and Scott read a chilling Reddit short: an arson crew burns an abandoned house, killing squatters, then members of the crew are found gruesomely burned in their own kitchens.
The last crew member turns his oven on for a snack and is dragged inside by the charred bodies of the victims — the supernatural consequences of their crimes come back to claim them.
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I Let My Husband Cheat — A Deadly Twist on Date Night

On this January 2026 episode of Laugh While You Scream, hosts Robin and Scott trade playful banter about prayer closets and everyday frustrations before turning to a chilling Reddit tale titled "I Let My Husband Cheat."
The short story follows a woman who spots her husband with a disguised suspect known as the "tender temptress," a suspected serial killer; the hosts react, debate calling the police, rate the story, and wrap up with podcast updates and listener prompts.
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The Loner, The Social Butterfly, and a Burlap Secret

On this episode of Laugh While You Scream, hosts Robin and Scott read and react to a short scary story called "The Loner and the Social Butterfly" by Dotted Writer. The tale follows a forgotten girl who confronts a popular classmate with a dark confession involving a burlap doll and a mangled murder, leaving the hosts puzzled and intrigued.
Between lively back-and-forth banter, offbeat jokes about fashion and shocking moments, the hosts break down the story, give it a rating, and close the episode with podcast housekeeping and a plug for their true crime companion show.
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Finish Your Plate: A Thanksgiving Horror

Hosts Robin and Scott kick off 2026 with playful banter before reading a chilling Reddit short: a picky son is forced by his mother, who holds a shotgun, to eat an entire Thanksgiving spread — and ultimately, porcelain on a plate causes gruesome consequences.
The episode mixes dark humor and shock as the hosts react, rate the story, and promise fresh starts for the new year.
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First to Sleep, First to Die — Moon Sisters' Deadly Ritual

Hosts Robin Bagayoko and Scott Russell continue their countdown to 2026 with humor and hope, then read a chilling Reddit short story about three friends who revive a teenage ritual: the first one to fall asleep dies. Tension, gore, and an unexplained twist leave the hosts baffled and the audience unsettled.
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