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About Frightening Tales

At its core, FrighteningTales.com seeks to share horror with fans of horror for no other reason than, the love of horror. I created all of this because I genuinely love to tell stories. Performing these tales provides me with a level of joy that frankly I’d not like to be without. Knowing listeners tune in each week and enjoy a good story, provided in an entertaining medium is rather fulfilling. Introducing listeners to authors both seasoned and just starting out is an added bonus.  I love the idea that somehow I can give back to the creative people who share their tales by creating awareness for them.

FrighteningTales.com seeks to share horror with fans of horror for no other reason than, the love of horror.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mark, but I mainly go by my family name Wilhelm pronounced like two words “Will Helm”. I’m a Dad living in Canada whose son outgrew bedtime stories. But I loved reading to my son and did so every night for 14 years. Now I read ghost stories to an audience all around the world, from stories donated by authors of all writing levels, all over the planet. It’s been a wonderful number of years growing this program. When I started this I knew I didn’t want to do it for money. When things depend on money it gets… stressful. This was about ‘Horror for the love of horror’. It was for the love of reading and for the love of paranormal stories. Ghosts, monsters or magic. It needed to stay that simple. “Share the horror. Share the fear.” I always say. I’ve been sponsor-free, but to do that I taught myself to do all the sound engineering and podcasting. I taught myself to build web pages, and I do all the art and writing of promotional materials… no AI, just old school. Am I against money? not at all, but sometimes creators just need to make something because the act of creating it is enough reward. My day job allows me to cover costs here. Perhaps down the road, I’ll accept donations. Hosting, servers, and subscriptions to the music resources all have costs involved. Costs I shrug off to be equivalent to having a sports hobby or being part of a club. Wilhelm Presents: Frightening Tales is just a Dad and his hobby. It’s just me, the stories, and the listeners. But I can’t do it without content to share. So I trade promotion for a story. I never want an author to write something just for my show. I know writers like artists need to practice, those short works are set aside and sometimes get left behind. It’s those dusty tales that I’m after. Let me breathe some life into them. And that’s about it… I get a kick when writers submit works and are like “dear editorial team at Frightening Tales…” I’m like… just me. I’m a slow reader, and I do read every single story that is sent in. So taking that break in the winter is nice to catch up and plan a new season. To create the new art for the website and just take a breath and recharge. It tanks my listeners each season. But it works for me so I’ll continue it. Life is far too dependent on “instant“. Binge consumption of content is not my preference… slow down and savour it.