"The Piper's Burden" award winning horror story ― Chilling Tales for Dark Nights

[@jazzblackwell4465]

This is every shade of what the fuck. Couldn't have picked a better narrator than Jeff for this one. Love him.

[@leahtheperson]

Very creepy- Love the rhyme as well, it added to the whole atmosphere. Very good storyline. My new favorite creepypasta!! Thank you!!

[@AuralStimulations]

leahtheperson Thank you for listening. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@PumpkinBladez]

I'd just like to say thank you to everyone for the compliments. I really appreciate it, and I'm glad so many people have enjoyed the story. :)

[@MorganScorpion]

Bloody hell that is creepy! And that song at the end...... totally made my skin crawl.

[@avacrows1201]

I just found another big favorite! Thank you much! 🖤

[@chillingtalesfordarknights]

Just discovering us recently Ava?

[@avacrows1201]

@@chillingtalesfordarknights yes I'm new here😈

[@shakeem457]

Best story u guys have ever uploaded @Chillingtalesfordarknights

[@AuralStimulations]

Shakeem Siler Wow, thank you Shakeem. That's quite the compliment!

[@shakeem457]

No thank you guys @ChillingTalesforDarkNights for your awesome narrations and stories! And a huge thanks to Jeffs Work on this one and Craig Groshek for Creating #CTFDN can't wait for your next upload!

[@kimberlyalexander8389]

WOW!! There was not 1 boring part of this story..it kept me hooked to the very end..I very very much enjoyed it..and the dude narrating it did a superb job!

[@AuralStimulations]

This was a fun one to narrate and produce. Kudos to Sakinah Jonas-Mawji; it's well written, dark and spooky. The nursery rhyme and score were a lot of fun to make, too. I really enjoyed this project, and the fact that it came from one of our fans makes it that much cooler to me. You guys are awesome and you're helping us be better every day.

[@PumpkinBladez]

It was a really interesting picture, and took a while to get this one together. I love the way it's been produced, and Jeff has done a fabulous narration of it. :) What you've done with the nursery rhyme is awesome! Many thanks to the Chills Team.

[@chillingtalesfordarknights]

Sakinah Jonas-Mawji You're welcome, Ms. Jonas-Mawji

[@Paghmani1sher]

Sakinah this is like a beautiful tragidy something i dont know please more like this i love uuu

[@jaceek2030]

Brings to mind that old saying, "paying the piper". This is a most excellent story! And when Mr. Clement sang that creepy nursery rhyme I literally got chills.

[@marineofwar32]

This narrator in my opinion is great his voice is very calm and.....smooth

[@AuralStimulations]

Thanks marineofwar32. I try :)

[@SarayaSkulls]

Holy crap, this one was awesomeeee!!! This probably was my favorite one!!! GREAT JOB GUYS! And Sakinah (:

[@WichoSuavee]

Thank you Chilling Tales, for bringing us this exceptional story; and props to Jeff Clement for yet another excellent narration. You are, hands down, my favorite narrator of all. You always bring the story and character to life, bravo.

[@AuralStimulations]

Louis Alonso Thank you very much. It's my pleasure.

[@Iyasha2008]

This has got to be one of the best scary stories I've ever heard. The little song was perfect for the story and it really helped me imagine all of these little souls at the bottom of the well screaming at the top of their lungs for playmates. I feel like this story needs a prequel to explain how the whole thing got started because it seemed to me that this goes back hundreds of years and many generations.

[@corvidae2013]

dammit, stop throwing children in the well

[@aries773]

lol

[@carsonheschle642]

10/10 read this in the voice of Hank from King of the Hill. "Dammit Bobby! Stop throwin' children in the well!"

[@ericostling4727]

What a great story. We'll deserved. Narration was great. That could be a movie.

[@chaossmith3864]

I've been looking for this again for over 2 years and started to feel like it was a fever dream omg.

[@laurahenriksen19]

Jeeesus! This was incredibly sad... Incredible stuff guys.

[@radman2256]

OMG this story send chills to my spine and its sad yet dark story,this story totally deserved to win,it can also be a short film.

[@mrpadre23]

I can see why it the winner. It an amazing story.

[@shermgood4547]

Great all of it from end to end

[@KefkieTeapot]

Love the song and singing Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement :D Great great narration as always. Also kudos to the writer, Sakina Jonas-Mawji

[@AuralStimulations]

Thanks very much Kefkie Teapot!

[@bettylynn1422]

Awesome story you are my new fav narrator !

[@AuralStimulations]

Thanks so much betty lynn :)

[@malhare6501]

I love the story and the narration! Jeff has a great singing voice.

[@AuralStimulations]

Thanks very much, Voodoo Hyena. If you'd like to hear more, check out my music: kzbin.info/aero/PL4YXMh5goHw2PmCbvGJpOAYXpHn8pwWpp

[@mitchellm387]

amazing job Jeff! This is an awesome story!

[@AuralStimulations]

Thanks Mitchell Mcalpine

[@MamaRed86]

Eerie story with an creepy foreshadowing ending. Wonderful story to listen too along at night. Though ideally, daddy should have tossed himself down the well, then he could have been his brother's own play friend.

[@Paghmani1sher]

no he said he wanted his son

[@jesirose2430]

Sick!!! Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gamingpride1332]

I've listened to all of your stories but this one was by far the best creepypasta I've heard

[@BretGammons]

The biggest problem with the plot holes is that they make the characters seem both idiotic and cruel. SPOILERS Really, if Edmund were just going to kill himself, he should have done it *before* he murdered his son, thus breaking the curse and, you know, being a half-decent, non-murderous father. I mean, he knows how doing the same old thing turns out, and he was even warned against it. Characters with days (weeks? months?) to desperately consider *how to save their children's lives* should be able to come to the same conclusions listeners can within the span of a half hour video, bad dreams or no. Some caffeine may have helped on that front, too. Maybe some pills. I'm just brainstorming here... END SPOILERS Also, there are so many questions I have as someone experiencing the story that never seem to occur to the characters. How did the curse start? Has anyone ever tried to break it? SPOILERS What happens if a parent offers someone other than their child to the well? END SPOILERS All in all, I think this story could have used another draft.

[@flamiaminu5536]

Right?? And plus, unless the woman that is narrating the story to her daughter is making it up as she goes (therefore invalidating any sense of reliability to the curse's idea), then how does she know about her father founding his father's journal, or what he heard and dreamed, and most importantly, how did she know his past? He couldn't have heard it from him, much less read it in a journal herself, as there's no mention of the guy writing one down himself. There's so many plotholes here that even if we were to patch it up with the "she's crazy" excuse, half the story would fall apart anyway.

[@flamiaminu5536]

Right?? And plus, unless the woman that is narrating the story to her daughter is making it up as she goes (therefore invalidating any sense of reliability to the curse's idea), then how does she know about her father founding his father's journal, or what he heard and dreamed, and most importantly, how did she know his past? She couldn't have heard it from him, much less read it in a journal herself, as there's no mention of the guy writing one down himself. There's so many plotholes here that even if we were to patch it up with the "she's crazy" excuse, half the story would fall apart anyway.

[@williamruiz1453]

DAM YOUR KILLING THE STORY!

[@YenOfVen.]

My theory: The mother was suffering some type of illness, schizophrenia or something, and made up the Piper story. She killed her daughter for her hallucinations.

[@CarayMay]

Cool story. I believe it's meaning relies on feeling, on fearing the inevitability of the curse. The questions that might arise from an examination of the plot are interesting, but unimportant. Also, that is one hell of a creepy song.

[@debbyamalfitano6651]

Super great story! Kept my interest for the whole through out the whole time. I didn’t see the ending coming and just love when stories end like that. I sure hope that won’t be the the last time we’ll hear from this wonderful author again. I think I can speak not only for myself but for others listening....we like to hear more stories from this author sooner rather than later!! 😃!!

[@_stars_at_nite_7184]

Crazy! 👍🏼

[@Real1Gaming]

Excellent work, both the narrator and the writer

[@blankblanker3603]

This story is so well written and the voice actor pulled this off so good

[@AuralStimulations]

Thank you, Blank Blanker. Sakinah wrote a great story and it was an honour to be able to bring it to life.

[@MEareCAT]

That low note the narrator sings at 34:22 is actually really impressive lol it's like a D2 which is lower than I can go and I can go pretty low.

[@NavnikBHSilver]

Great story, I was already wondering why a story like this would be told to a little child. The moment the epilogue started it already was kind of spoiled. Still though, great story and nice twists.

[@AGC517]

Great story...

[@MichuNako9]

I don't understand, while they weren't living near the well everything was okay, why didn't they just move? Anyways, it's a good story, and the narration was perfect! Congrats Jeff, you did a great job!

[@AuralStimulations]

MichuNako9 I think the idea is that the dreams and visions were going to happen regardless of living at the property or not. The grandfather hints at it and the mother is described as having heard the call of her little brother, while we know her and her daughter don't live at the mansion. And thank you for the nice compliment!

[@GrowlyGal]

Jesus. You read this one a little too well, haha. This one really got to me! As a side note, I figured out where the ending was likely going as it neared the final quarter of the story, but I just have to say that I can't help but love the mental image of if the mom wasn't the daughter of the man in the story, just some mom telling her daughter a story on Halloween. The kid is like "Jesus, mom! Remind me never to ask you to tell me a story again!!!" XD Also, just for clarity, I love the ending, I just got a chuckle out of that thought X3

[@rogerhurtubise3258]

this is one of my favorite scary stories. I can imagine Roger Waters singing the nursery rhyme as well.

[@bertini51]

That was Awesome!!

[@barbariumTV]

Wow this is amazing. I love it.

[@motleydigger]

Great one

[@brittneyosborne2358]

You nailed this!

[@kathik398able]

That was a great Story!

[@lordodin92]

Why didnt anyone from the rich family think to buldoze the well . . . Surly if theirs no well then the curse is broken?

[@Paghmani1sher]

y edmond hanged him self said his brother lied to him wats that mean i have other questions

[@joleenphillips2415]

Or at least had a funeral over the well, sealed it in cement and placed a headstone for all that were lost to it.

[@joleenphillips2415]

@@Paghmani1sher he hung himself because the voice in his head continued to torture him even after he gave his son to them (whatever is in that well). Best thing to do is seal it off.

[@Maeshalanadae]

This is perhaps the third time I've listened to it, and there's one thing that bugs me about the story... Just how many generations back do the sacrifices go? And what prompted it?

[@NinjutsuNinjaQueen]

I do believe this is the creepiest one thus far. I just recently discovered this channel through Markiplier (who makes a remarkable horror narrator, I might add). I'm a huge fan of scary stories and I'd started watching your videos regularly, but I hadn't decided yet weather or not to subscribe. I think I will now.

[@Bymyselfbutnotalone]

Absolutely love this one!

[@pninaruth]

that was AWESOME!!! He has an amazing voice!

[@Biochemitra]

This one is arguably scarier to adults than to children.

[@Axton1061]

Awesome! Well deserved to have it in audiobook form.

[@Axton1061]

Actually gave this a listen and oh my god was this good.

[@danielk.a301]

This was a wonderful chilling story. I love it omg

[@Nexusblueprice]

This guy needs to narrate more. hes got the voice and tone perfect for that erie feel

[@AuralStimulations]

Thanks ryan sparda. I've done another 10 or 11 narrations on CTFDN and I do them on my own channel as well. Appreciate the compliment!

[@BUckENbooz]

You guys gave me goosebumps

[@Never_heart]

that was... effective, well I am not sleeping not nightmare fuel! :)

[@samanthabarcena5145]

OH MY GOSH THE SONG! its so creepy!!! great job!

[@jacqueshunter8320]

I love it! Great story!

[@uuteki4900]

I kept wondering why the hell she would tell a story that dark to her kid..., but obviously now I know.

[@Hahaf_ck]

That was a really good story and the song was creepy as frick but, still awesome

[@NoxForest]

10/10. Reminds me of The Ring with the well and the creepy song.

[@houseadams4841]

Didn’t realize how old this video was... Still very creepy and well written.. Although I have a hard time listening or watching anything that has to do with the harming of children... Took a lot for me to finish it.. I won’t be listening again.

[@lnlyby_yt]

The story starts out so cute that I actually smiled

[@Infernalhypernova]

He has a great voice I would listen to any creepy pasta as long as he reads it

[@AuralStimulations]

Thanks for the kind words Infernalhypernova. I really appreciate it. You might enjoy my channel, if you like what you hear.

[@Infernalhypernova]

Aural Stimulation | Jeff Clement I subscribed and check the channel just in case my notifications dont work

[@AuralStimulations]

Thank you very much!

[@flutter7bee]

Thank you for that well done, nightmare inducing song. xD

[@lopezthedestroyer]

I find it funny that I have pleasant dreams after I fall asleep to the nightmare fuel playlist after listening to it for an hour

[@allisonminto8969]

That was the best one yet.

[@haikalshakeel1592]

this is the best story ever !!! its awsome ! :D

[@WALKUREX]

This was good. Not sure if i would consider it award winning though. Don’t get me wrong it’s amazing.

[@smokeweed75100]

Loved it and the crazy song too..I was scared

[@Dragontamer135]

This is good but it needs a re-write explaining the reason behind the curse, fix the plotholes, and revise a few other things as well. Anyone else want this?

[@Arcticmj87]

NICE ONE

[@PiperWolfRose]

It's really good and I like the song

[@elizabethschultz9670]

Very good!

[@denisdf12]

wow this was on of your best ones yes XD keep em coming

[@AuralStimulations]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@spnchick4438]

The creepiest part of this story, is the family itself. What type of people or "parents" would do that to their children?! They're very selfish people. They damned their children to an eternity of pain and loneliness. The parents could have offered themselves to the cursed, dead, and lonely children as company. After all, the ghosts of the children only appeared to them, when they became adults. They could have moved, had the mansion and well destroyed or blessed, or both. Better yet, how about doing what the grandfather said, and telling the haunting family children, 'no'!

[@unslaadkrosis9435]

At the beginning "You shouldn't tell this story to a little kid!" At the end "RUN FORREST RUUN!!!"

[@fledge4838]

Very creepy story, I liked it.

[@debstawecki6843]

The singing threw me off but I had a good laugh of it. Other than that terrific narration, decent story

[@MisterKrabsz]

I was hoping for a happy ending :'( but awesome story anyway! Such metal lol

[@creepypastaglobal8078]

I understood the story when the mother asked her daughter if she wanted to go see the well

[@amandaperry660]

So my problem with this story is that no one ever thiught to just leave the house? While edmund and his family lived in the little brick house he wasn't haunted by whatever was pretending to be simon, then brian, then andrew. So leave the house, fill in the dry well, turn the grounds into a public park, and the house into a place no one sleeps. End of problem. Instead, at least 4 dead kids, and a bunch of crazy people.

[@MegaCatlady66]

fantastic narrative love the voice good story

[@AuralStimulations]

Thank you Angela Baker

[@MegaCatlady66]

your welcome just love listening to them and makes it all the more better with a good narrative

[@chrismarkham130]

You should do narrations for creepy pasta...you would be amazing

[@AuralStimulations]

Psst. I do. There's another 13 I've done on this channel (check out the Jeff Clement playlist) and I do them on my own channel, too. ;)

[@kewkiee]

Yeap. Saw that ending coming. Awesome story though.

[@Sanguinelymegumi]

What a chain curse! 😭

[@angeldavis4631]

OMG Yeeessss!! I Loved this story

[@saharaleebolo2759]

A good story but there are so many plot holes and I have so many questions!!!

[@bettyhutzell3438]

Very good

[@KatieLiz1991]

Oh wow, the repeat of the song at the end was VERY creepy! Probably shouldn't have listened to this right before going to bed! XP This story played out more like one of the older literary classics like The Turn of the Screw or The Signalman, subtle but effective. One of those stories that was just written to be read aloud. Can you just narrate everything?! X3

[@AuralStimulations]

Katie Belsey As long as you promise to listen ;)

[@KatieLiz1991]

Aural Stimulation You should know by now I wouldn't miss out on anything you read :3 I've had to download a lot of them to have on my iPod. "Psychosis" is a surprisingly good aid for insomnia :P

[@StoicVeR]

Damnit! Born into a cursed family. AGAIN! Why does this always happen?!!

[@Bloodsrunsthicker]

The scariest story ever, there came a knock at the only occupied house in the world. The end

[@ragnarlothbrok8001]

That entire bloodline was week. Not did they have any honor. Sad...

[@gillsmith7118]

coool story :)

[@heatherbaker9753]

my names heather.. i have long red hair and green eyes and also love art D: whos been writing about me

[@kelvindersingh9461]

OMG, you do! Creepy! But You have lovely eyes though, pretty !

[@wolfmirebacta8710]

I kept thinking I was hearing Cry read this at points.

[@bluehelmi1672]

Dynamite the well... end of story.

[@1quartzboy]

+Sakinah Jonas-Mawji Very awesome. luved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Cherrysuumer1232]

What would happen if you just didn't have children? :/ or maybe just not lived there? because Edmund didn't have the nightmares until he moved to the other house with the well, and it's not like they didn't have the money to move??? Great story just some plot holes I guess?

[@RightWingCorrectWing]

damn, what a dark and depressing story. Finely written though.