The Nightmare Trials

S2E62: ExistentialismSeason 2 FinaleDescription:Everything has led to this.The final moves are set in motion as Merrick completes the last step of his three-part ascent, securing another god and pushing himself beyond the threshold of return. Power stacks upon power, but identity fractures under the weight of divinity.Aubrey and Simon stand in opposition, not as saviors, but as witnesses to what Merrick has become and what he is willing to sacrifice to finish his work. Ideology clashes with inevitability, and no one leaves this confrontation unchanged.About This Episode:Existentialism serves as the Season 2 Finale, closing the cycle of Merrick’s rise.Heavy with philosophical dread, cosmic consequence, and irreversible choice.The end is not explosive.It is unavoidable.⚠️ Warning: This episode contains intense psychological horror, cosmic themes, identity erosion, and existential dread. Listener discretion is advised.🎧 Listen to more episodes of The Nightmare Trials Podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R2XJc6n9cVkJH6MP9FZxDApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-trials-podcast/id1652104823Patreon (Exclusive Content): https://www.patreon.com/thenightmaretrialsMerch: thenightmaretrials.square.site🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer: Some voices and audio effects in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools for atmospheric and creative purposes.

🩸 S2E61: The Hole — by C.P. BeardenAbout This Episode:The Hole is a tightly wound psychological horror short written by C.P. Bearden, exploring fixation, dread, and the quiet terror of inevitability. Minimalist and unsettling, this episode lingers long after it ends, like the feeling that something unseen is still watching.If you’re drawn to stories that burrow under your skin and refuse to let go, this one leaves a mark.📚 Support the Author:If you enjoyed the writing in this episode, you can pre-order C.P. Bearden’s book through his Linktree:👉 https://linktr.ee/cpbearden ⚠️ Warning:This episode contains intense psychological horror, themes of obsession, and unsettling imagery. Listener discretion is advised.🎧 Listen to more episodes of The Nightmare Trials Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R2XJc6n9cVkJH6MP9FZxDApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-trials-podcast/id1652104823Patreon (Exclusive Content): https://www.patreon.com/thenightmaretrials🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer: Some voices and audio effects in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools for atmospheric and creative purposes.

🎄🩸 A Holiday Horror Special All cheer. No mercy.Description: This holiday season, Merrick returns.What were once four separate Christmas nightmares have been stitched together into a single, uninterrupted descent into festive horror. Bells ring. Snow falls. And Merrick reminds the world that not all traditions are meant to bring comfort.From twisted acts of “generosity” to cruel lessons wrapped in tinsel and blood, this special delivers the full collection of Merrick’s holiday atrocities, unchanged, unfiltered, and far more horrifying when experienced all at once.Christmas isn’t cancelled. It’s corrupted.About This Episode: A Holiday Horror Special combines the previously released Merrick Christmas episodes into one complete feature-length experience. Designed for both returning listeners and first-time victims, this episode showcases Merrick at his most theatrical, sadistic, and disturbingly joyful.Perfect for late nights, cold weather, and listeners who like their holidays dark.⚠️ Warning: This episode contains graphic horror themes, violence, disturbing imagery, and content unsuitable for listeners under 18. Listener discretion is strongly advised.🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer: Some voices and audio effects in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools for atmospheric and creative purposes.

🩸 S2E60: A Tussle With VanityPower demands admiration. Gods demand worship.Description:The endgame continues. In the wake of To Capture a God, the fractures widen. Merrick pushes forward with his next objective, Vanity. But capturing a god obsessed with self-perception is not a battle of strength… it’s a battle of reflection, deception, and control. Every step closer risks losing what little of himself remains.Elsewhere, Aubrey is drawn deeper into forbidden history as she’s told the origin of Lilith, a story of betrayal, hunger, and transformation. What began as survival became obsession. About This Episode:A Tussle With Vanity serves as Part 2 of the three-part Season 2 finale, peeling back the layers of godhood and revealing the cost of becoming something more than human. This episode balances mythic revelation with escalating dread as the path toward the finale narrows.Some gods are taken by force.Others must be understood first.Featured Author:This episode is inspired by the chilling, atmospheric writing of C.P. Bearden.Check out his novel The Soil is Calling here:https://linktr.ee/cpbearden⚠️ Warning:This episode contains intense psychological horror, cosmic themes, identity distortion, and unsettling revelations. Listener discretion is advised.🎧 Listen to more episodes of The Nightmare Trials Podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R2XJc6n9cVkJH6MP9FZxDPatreon (Exclusive Content): https://www.patreon.com/thenightmaretrials🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer:Some voices and audio effects in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools for atmospheric and creative purposes.

❄️ S2E58: The ChangingWhen the world freezes, survival isn’t measured in miles... only minutes.Description:The world didn’t end in fire. It ended in cold.In this post-apocalyptic chillscape, a creeping sheet of sentient ice, known only as The Changing, has consumed the West and is slowly devouring its way across the United States. Entire towns vanish overnight. Highways turn to frozen tombs. And the cold… comes with a hidden secret.Blue is alone with only a CB radio, a warm fire, and the distant voice of his friend Parsnip. When Parsnip calls with some unsettling news, Blue sets out into the deadly frost. But the deeper he travels, the more of The Changing is revealed.About This Episode:The Changing is a slow-burn survival horror set in a world reclaimed by ice. It blends atmospheric dread, isolation, and creeping existential panic as Blue races through a dying landscape to save the last voice he has left.In this world, warmth is hope.And hope is running out.⚠️ Warning:This episode contains themes of isolation, environmental horror, body horror, and intense atmospheric tension. Listener discretion is advised.The Soil is Calling, By CP Bearden Pre-Order:This episode is inspired by the chilling, atmospheric writing of C.P. Bearden.Check out his novel The Soil is Calling here:👉 https://linktr.ee/cpbearden🎧 Listen to more episodes of The Nightmare Trials Podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R2XJc6n9cVkJH6MP9FZxDApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-trials-podcast/id1652104823Patreon (Exclusive Content): https://www.patreon.com/thenightmaretrials🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer: Some voices and audio effects in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools for atmospheric and creative purposes.

🩸 S2E57: NecroWhen the dead want revenge, they don’t always come for your body... sometimes, they come for your mind.Description:Roger has always been in control.A meticulous predator.A monster who believed no one could touch him.But after taking something he should have left, Roger finds himself stalked by an entity older, darker, and far more sadistic than he is. It doesn’t want justice. It doesn’t want peace. It wants him to break. Roger’s life twists into hallucinations, his past victims making themselves known. But that is impossible... right? About This Episode:Necro is a psychological descent into the unraveling mind of a serial killer who finally meets something worse than himself. This episode blends existential terror, reality distortion, and supernatural vengeance as Roger is forced to confront a force that refuses to let him die… until it’s done with him.He spent years playing with victims.Now something is playing with him.⚠️ Warning: This episode contains intense psychological horror, violence, disturbing themes, and unnerving soundscapes. Listener discretion is advised.🎧 Listen to more episodes of The Nightmare Trials Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R2XJc6n9cVkJH6MP9FZxDApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-trials-podcast/id1652104823Patreon (Exclusive Content): https://www.patreon.com/thenightmaretrials🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer: Some voices and audio effects in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools for atmospheric and creative purposes.

🩸 S2E56: Going Live – Part IIAn escalating Oteev nightmare, where the livestream becomes a ritual.Description:The moment Dare hit “Go Live,” something ancient was watching.Now Merrick stands before him... amused, violent, and ready to use Dare as fuel for his newest obsession. His goal? To summon and merge with a celestial demon known only as Fame, a creature born from worship, attention, and the hunger of the digital masses.Aubrey and Mr. Fields push through the collapsing reality to reach Dare before Merrick completes the summoning. But the walls between dimensions are thinning…And Fame is already pushing through.About This Episode:Going Live – Part II deepens the Oteev mythos with a brutal collision of cosmic horror and digital culture.The stakes rise as Aubrey and Mr. Fields confront the consequences of attention-driven chaos and the horrifying truth behind what Merrick is becoming.A ritual disguised as content.A demon disguised as a god.A livestream disguised as entertainment.Everything is watching.⚠️ Warning:This episode contains intense horror, violence, disturbing themes, and digital-ritual imagery. Listener discretion is advised.🎧 Listen to more episodes of The Nightmare Trials Podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R2XJc6n9cVkJH6MP9FZxDApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-trials-podcast/id1652104823Patreon (Exclusive Content): https://www.patreon.com/thenightmaretrials🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer:Some voices and audio effects in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools for atmospheric and creative purposes.

🩸 S2E55: Going Live – Part 1An Oteev storyline tie-in following the aftermath of The Void.Description:After the collapse of the Void, cracks in reality still remain and something hungry presses against the edges.When a reckless YouTuber known as Dare accepts a challenge to explore the home of The Chylds, he unknowingly steps into a dimensional fault line that should have stayed sealed forever.To prevent a catastrophic breach, Simon sends Aubrey into a fragile reality to stop Dare’s livestream before he awakens what sleeps beneath the floorboards. But Aubrey quickly realizes this isn’t just another mission… something in the Void wants out.About This Episode:Going Live – Part 1 is a fast, visceral blend of cosmic horror, digital-age dread, and Oteev mythology.This episode explores the terrifying consequences of attention, influence, and what happens when an online stunt becomes a ritual.What begins as a livestream becomes a countdown — and every viewer is a witness.⚠️ Warning:This episode contains disturbing themes, reality distortion, and intense horror sequences. Listener discretion is advised.🎧 Listen to more episodes of The Nightmare Trials Podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R2XJc6n9cVkJH6MP9FZxDApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nightmare-trials-podcast/id1652104823Patreon (Exclusive Content): https://www.patreon.com/thenightmaretrials🧠 AI Voice Transformation Disclaimer:Some voices and audio effects in this episode were created or enhanced using AI tools for atmospheric and creative purposes.