Updates

Feb 8th, 2026, A few updates have occurred that I feel should be recorded somewhere. The first and most obvious is the addition to the show name. I’ll be the first to admit that not all the tales that come through here are terrifying. But I feel they’re all great stories with a paranormal twist. So the new name reflects to you, the listener, a more accurate taste of what you’ll get here. I want to keep it honest.

The second change is that I’ve stepped away from Spotify as a podcast provider. You can still listen on Spotify, but the Podcast RSS feed is now hosted with Podbean. I suspect that nothing will change for any of my listeners.

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.

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.

Updates

Feb 8th, 2026, A few updates have occurred that I feel should be recorded somewhere. The first and most obvious is the addition to the show name. I’ll be the first to admit that not all the tales that come through here are terrifying. But I feel they’re all great stories with a paranormal twist. So the new name reflects to you, the listener, a more accurate taste of what you’ll get here. I want to keep it honest.

The second change is that I’ve stepped away from Spotify as a podcast provider. You can still listen on Spotify, but the Podcast RSS feed is now hosted with Podbean. I suspect that nothing will change for any of my listeners.

About Frightening Tales

At its core, Frightening
Tales 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 provide
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.

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.

Updates

Feb 8th, 2026, A few updates have occurred that I feel should be recorded somewhere. The first and most obvious is the addition to the show name. I’ll be the first to admit that not all the tales that come through here are terrifying. But I feel they’re all great stories with a paranormal twist. So the new name reflects to you, the listener, a more accurate taste of what you’ll get here. I want to keep it honest.

The second change is that I’ve stepped away from Spotify as a podcast provider. You can still listen on Spotify, but the Podcast RSS feed is now hosted with Podbean. I suspect that nothing will change for any of my listeners.

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