So, curious visitor you want to learn a little more?
Well, just remember how the cat made out with that…
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 rather not 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 is an added bonus. I love the idea that 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 Wilhelm, but I mainly go by just 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 where 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, and those short works like sketches, are set aside and sometimes left behind. It’s those dusty tales that I’m after. Let me breathe some life into them.
I’m a slow reader, and I do read every single story that is sent in. Because I am just one person, it’s important to take a break in the season so I can plan the show and get more reading done, to create the new art for the website and just take a breath and recharge. It does tank 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.
About Mark Wilhelm
Aside from loving to share stories, I’m an all around creative person. I formally studied illustration and animation in post secondary school a very long time ago. I earn my living in a marketing department creating graphic designed solutions to visual problems in marketing and user interface design. I’ve learned about user-experience design, and interaction design. This helps me to solve how best visually to tell the story that will connect the message to the end user, or potential customer. I also spent some time working in theatre behind the scenes, creating props and running equipment.
About Mark Wilhelm
Aside from loving to share stories, I’m an all around creative person. I formally studied illustration and animation in post secondary school a very long time ago. I earn my living in a marketing department creating graphic designed solutions to visual problems in marketing and user interface design. I’ve learned about user-experience design, and interaction design. This helps me to solve how best visually to tell the story that will connect the message to the end user, or potential customer. I also spent some time working in theatre behind the scenes, creating props and running equipment. To learn more about what I do visit me at