The Nonessential Podcast

Ben Matlock and Steve Gibson

The best things in life are Nonessential

  • 54 minutes 35 seconds
    Episode 257: Fortune Teller, The & Echoes from the Ashes

    This week, Steve reads two firey stories from Alparos-Lilah: The Fortune Teller, and Echoes from the Ashes. Both touch on the themes of fire, death, and what comes next. 

    Sources:

    https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fortune_Teller

    https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Echoes_from_the_Ashes

     

    23 April 2024, 6:40 pm
  • 49 minutes 43 seconds
    Episode 256: The Butcer Family

    This week, Ben reads 'The Butcher Family' by Night Spirit. It's a tale of woe, generational curses, and the best damned meat-cubes you ever did taste. 

    Source:

    The Butcher Family | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

    9 April 2024, 4:43 pm
  • 50 minutes 28 seconds
    Episode 255: Creepy Crawly Pasta

    After a short (medium) hiatus, we're back. And this week's show not only has legs, it has at least sixteen of them. Check out a creepy double feature as Steve reads TheBrexters 'Creepy Crawlies' and SpoopySparkle's 'The Crawly Man.' 

     

    Sources:

    Creepy Crawlies | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

    The Crawly Man | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

    26 March 2024, 4:13 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Episode 254: A Friend in Need

    On the brink of starvation and ruin, a pastor struggles with the absolute abandonment of his congregation. But then a mysterious man-thing shows up and offers him a deal he can't refuse. This week, Ben reads the piously creepy A Friend in Need by Dylon Winfield. 

    28 February 2024, 4:12 pm
  • 1 hour 2 seconds
    Episode 253: Overgrowth

    This week's creepypasta is about a scientist who is afraid of trees. This might seem odd, but after reading 'Overgrowth' by Aphibacus192000, the real question becomes why would anybody think it's odd for this scientist to be afraid of trees? 

    Source:

    Overgrowth | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

    20 February 2024, 2:01 pm
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Episode 252: My Wife Has Been Peeking at Me […]

    This week, Ben puts on his Brave Boy Pants and delves into Reddit/Nosleep to retrieve a story so freightful in it's freighteningness that it took us an extra 24 hours to post. Check out 'My Wife Has Been Peeking at Me From Around Corners and Behind Furniture. It's Gone from Weird to Terrifying' by Maliagirl1314.

    Source:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/sva7z6/my_wife_has_been_peeking_at_me_from_around/

     

    14 February 2024, 4:51 pm
  • 52 minutes 25 seconds
    Episode 251: The Blackbird of Chernobyl

    This week, Steve (eventually) discusses one of the raddest (or radiated'est) cryptids (un)known to man: The Blackbird of Chernobyl. Is this creature a prohpet of doom, or does it cause it? Is it related to that Mothman fellow, or is it one in the same? Leave it to us to not get tot he bottom of any of those pressing questions. 

    Source:

    The Blackbird of Chernobyl | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

    30 January 2024, 7:41 pm
  • 41 minutes 42 seconds
    Episode 250: The Curse of the Ninth

    This week, Ben brings a supernatural tale so super it's natural to tell. A hit musician, locked alone in a cabin deep in the woods. Desperate to write that one last perfect song. But at what cost? Check out The Curse of the Ninth by Trycksterr. 

    Source: 

    The Curse of the Ninth | Creepypasta Wiki | Fandom

     

    22 January 2024, 8:09 pm
  • 54 minutes 19 seconds
    Episode 249: The Twist Comes at the End

    This week, Steve takes a look at a trio of murder-crimes with interesting twists behind the motives and methods of, well, murder-killing. Check it out.

    Source:

    https://listverse.com/2022/07/30/ten-real-life-plot-twists-in-criminal-cases/

     

    17 January 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 58 minutes 11 seconds
    Episode 248: Pasta Noir: Dames, Slugs, and the Hatchetman Part 2

    This week, Ben continues Pasta Noir: Dames, Slugs, and the Hatchetman, the saga started with last week's episode. In this installment, we learn more about the weirdly homophobic, yet subtuley homoerotic relationship between our hero and his young partner. Also there's a murder or something. Check it out

    Source:

    https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Pasta_Noir:_Dames,_Slugs_and_the_Hatchetman

     

    27 December 2023, 3:55 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Episode 247: Pasta Noir: Dames, Slugs, and the Hatchetman Part 1

    This week, Steve reads the wonderfuly (pasta) noir, Pasta Noir: Dames, Slugs, and the Hatchetman by BlackNumber1.

    Or, more specifically, he reads part 1 of the above-mentioned story because there's 11 parts, and to read all of them would be too much. 

    Source: 

    https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Pasta_Noir:_Dames,_Slugs_and_the_Hatchetman

     

    19 December 2023, 2:56 pm
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