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RUN, FOOL!

Ballen Studios

Out of the terrifying mind of Rodney Barnes comes RUN, FOOL!, a compendium of grisly and harrowing tales guaranteed to make you scream. Pull up a seat at the campfire and lean in for a new breed of modern ghost story. If you get too scared ... RUN, FOOL! From the page to the screen – and now straight to your ears – Rodney Barnes has created genre defining stories about monsters, demons, vampires, and the occult. With RUN, FOOL!, every week he’ll tell a new story, each of a different place and period, all equally frightening - and all brought together with gripping and immersive sound design. New episodes every other Tuesday. RUN, FOOL! is presented by Ballen Studios, Campside Media, and At Will Media.

Out of the terrifying mind of Rodney Barnes comes RUN, FOOL!, a compendium of grisly and harrowing tales guaranteed to make you scream. Pull up a seat at the campfire and lean in for a new breed of modern ghost story. If you get too scared ... RUN, FOOL! From the page to the screen – and now straight to your ears – Rodney Barnes has created genre defining stories about monsters, demons, vampires, and the occult. With RUN, FOOL!, every week he’ll tell a new story, each of a different place and period, all equally frightening - and all brought together with gripping and immersive sound design. New episodes every other Tuesday. RUN, FOOL! is presented by Ballen Studios, Campside Media, and At Will Media.

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Episodios

The Death of Summer Pt. 2 14 Oct 2025

Decades after his childhood friend vanished, Rodney returns to his hometown to confront the whistling terror that haunted his youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Death of Summer Pt. 1 30 Sep 2025

One summer in the 1980s, Rodney and his friends realize too late that a whistling monster is stalking their town. And one of them has already been marked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Blister 16 Sep 2025

A grieving nurse’s blister festers into a supernatural boils that whisper, scream, and threaten to consume him whole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Horror at Harmony Palms Pt. 2 02 Sep 2025

After uncovering the sinister secret behind his aunt’s retirement home, young Rodney must escape a blood ritual before it’s too late. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Horror at Harmony Palms Pt. 1 19 Aug 2025

When an invitation to a luxury community turns into a nightmare, young Rodney discovers the residents of Harmony Palms want more from him than just his company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skinned Tom 05 Aug 2025

A tense breakup in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains takes a bloody turn when a couple encounters a skinless monster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Final Boarding 22 Jul 2025

What starts as a routine red-eye turns into a nightmare when Rodney finds himself trapped on a haunted flight. As bodies pile up, the passengers race to take control of the plane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Florida Banshee 08 Jul 2025

When a vengeful Mother Nature unleashes violent storms on a Florida town, a cursed banshee must reclaim her voice before it’s too late. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Time Monster 24 Jun 2025

Rodney crosses paths with a woman who made a devil’s bargain with time, choosing to skip the pain and get the good years upfront. But now the good times are running out and something dark is waiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sewer Alligator 10 Jun 2025

When a long-forgotten subway station in Queens, New York, is reopened, mysterious sewer-dwelling gators emerge from the shadows with a vengeance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Demon of Deferred Dreams 27 May 2025

A struggling jazz singer makes a deal with a mysterious man who promises her fame, only to discover too late that her dream will cost her everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Into Eternity 13 May 2025

As Rodney’s mother slips away, a cutting-edge AI guides her through her final moments. What she experiences changes both of them forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Big Kid 29 Apr 2025

A lonely foster kid with mysterious powers begins to grow — literally — feeding off the rage around him until he transforms into an aggrieved giant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Char-Man 22 Apr 2025

A grieving teen yearning to reconnect with his late grandfather unknowingly summons a burned ghost that begins stalking the streets of Ojai, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Seguin Island Lighthouse 15 Apr 2025

When an ambitious influencer and her struggling musician boyfriend attempt to renovate a cursed lighthouse, they’re possessed by the vengeful ghosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kushtaka 08 Apr 2025

Rodney’s old friend joins a survivalist group deep in the Alaskan Wilderness, only to discover that a shape-shifting creature lurks in the shadows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rolling Heads 01 Apr 2025

Stranded in the Wyoming wilderness, a group of friends is hunted by rolling, flesh-eating heads that whisper their victims’ final words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

La Lechuza 25 Mar 2025

When a corrupt businessman crosses the wrong family, La Lechuza is summoned and no amount of money can save him from the creature’s vengeance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dance of Death 18 Mar 2025

Rodney runs into a mysterious man who knows too much and learns about a dancer’s deadly final performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Devil at the Door 11 Mar 2025

A young Rodney and his grandmother welcome a charming stranger at the door, only to realize he’s the devil and he won’t leave without a soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spearfinger 04 Mar 2025

A lonely boy runs away into the Smokey Mountains, only to be hunted by a shapeshifting witch who preys on his deepest fears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slop 25 Feb 2025

A woman obsessed with the internet clicks a mysterious link and finds herself trapped in a terrifying digital nightmare that warps reality and won’t let her go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radioactive Hornets Pt. 2 18 Feb 2025

After the radioactive hornets leave a trail of destruction, Caroline discovers the queen is still alive and the nightmare is far from over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radioactive Hornets Pt. 1 11 Feb 2025

As radioactive hornets terrorize a small Nebraska town, star athlete Caroline must confront her biggest fear or become its next prey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Boarder 04 Feb 2025

When Rodney was a young kid, his grandma opened their home to a war vet and they soon learned he had a terrifying secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Whole Hog 28 Jan 2025

A woman uncovers the sinister truth behind a famous barbecue joint and must escape before she becomes the next ingredient in their 'whole hog' recipe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pink Haze 14 Jan 2025

Three tech founders encounter a mysterious pink haze during a desert retreat that follows them home and unravels their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stairway to Hell 07 Jan 2025

Two college roommates explore a cursed chapel rumored to house a stairway to Hell, only to awaken their darkest fears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dover Demon 31 Dec 2024

A boy’s bond with a terrifying creature offers solace from his loneliness, but its lethal instincts threaten to destroy everything around him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bottle Tree 17 Dec 2024

A cursed family faces a malevolent spirit, forcing a son to choose between his own freedom and saving the ones he loves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hidebehind 10 Dec 2024

A deadly creature lurking in the shadows of Oregon’s forests turns a logging site into a massacre, forcing a survivor to confront the price of destruction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Salt Witch 03 Dec 2024

When a grieving med student returns to her hometown in Nebraska for a funeral, a vengeful salt witch forces her to confront her guilt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The River Lethe 26 Nov 2024

When Rodney discovers his mother drinking from a mysterious river that erases memory, he races against time to save her before she forgets him and herself forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lizzie Borden House 19 Nov 2024

A desperate reporter enters the Lizzie Borden House to exploit its dark history for a true crime podcast – only to find that the house’s ghosts may have other plans for him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bed of The Abyss 12 Nov 2024

A single mother’s dream home becomes a nightmare when an ancient, cursed bed starts to prey on her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black-Eyed Children 05 Nov 2024

After losing his job, a man’s weekend getaway with his girlfriend turns into a nightmare when they encounter eerie black-eyed children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earworm Special 29 Oct 2024

In this special, one-hour Season 1 finale, Rodney – trapped in a recording studio – receives a terrifying call from a survivor claiming a deadly pop song is turning listeners into violent killers. Now, Rodney must decide: stay safe in isolation or risk everything by facing the nightmare outside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Season 1, Look Back, Season 2, Look Forward 22 Oct 2024

Rodney takes a look back at how we got here, and provides a sneak peek of next week's very special one-hour season 1 finale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Raven Mocker 15 Oct 2024

Rodney confronts the Raven Mocker, a deadly spirit targeting his dying best friend, only to realize that even defeating the supernatural can't stop the inevitability of death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fan Favorite: Black Aggie 08 Oct 2024

With the one year anniversary of RUN, FOOL! approaching, Rodney thought it'd be a great time to share one of his personal favorite episodes from this season: Black Aggie One of the most insidious, abhorrent creatures comes after Rodney's grandmother Estelle and changes the way she sees the world forever. Don’t forget to check back next week for a brand new episode of RUN, FOOL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polybius Pt. 2 01 Oct 2024

Now an adult and a disillusioned video game developer, Vinny is haunted by the disappearance of his friends Jenna and Jim. He returns to his hometown of Barnaby, Oregon, and attempts to recover the digital souls of his friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polybius Pt. 1 24 Sep 2024

A group of friends — Vinny, Jenny, and Jim — discover a mysterious arcade game in an abandoned bar in Oregon. The game is rumored to cause seizures, hallucinations and night terrors, but that doesn’t stop them from playing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Other Case of M. Valdemar 10 Sep 2024

After receiving a terminal diagnosis, George seeks out an experimental treatment from a mysterious doctor. But his desire to cheat death takes a dark turn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Monsters of Grunch Road Pt. 2 27 Aug 2024

In part 2, Rodney’s new friend Evie decides to help him escape. While fleeing both the Outsiders and the Broussard family, the pair uncover the unsettling truth behind the longstanding feud between the warring families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Monsters of Grunch Road Pt. 1 20 Aug 2024

A young Rodney visits the Grunches, a freakish tribe who live in the Louisiana swamps, after his laptop is stolen by one of them. When the group’s matriarch discovers he’s trespassing, she decides Rodney must be fed to the bloodthirsty monster that protects them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shaman’s Portal 13 Aug 2024

Lauren’s soulmate, Brian, is swallowed whole by a mysterious portal while the couple is picnicking at Beaver Dunes Park in Oklahoma. Every year on the anniversary of Brian’s disappearance, Lauren returns to the same spot in hopes of finding answers, and then one day, she’s confronted with an existential question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plat-Eye Pt. 2 06 Aug 2024

In part 2, as the trio gets closer to finding the treasure, they’re confronted by tortured souls who’re trapped between worlds and doomed to haunt the burial site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plat-Eye Pt. 1 30 Jul 2024

Three friends set out to find treasure buried on a little island off the coast of South Carolina. They traverse swamps and avoid traps, oblivious to what lurks in the shadows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Night Marchers 23 Jul 2024

Kam returns to Hawaii, where he spent much of his childhood, for spring break with a few college friends who make a mockery of the ancient tribal warriors and protectors of the land. He initially joins them to fit in, but has to make a difficult decision when the crew is confronted by the Night Marchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slide-Rock Bolter 16 Jul 2024

When a subsidized housing complex in a Colorado mining town collapses, Trish Manners’s company is accused of corporate negligence. She hires a renowned geologist to figure out what happened and learns the destruction may have been caused by monsters lurking in the mountain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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