The war isn't over.

In the aftermath of their desperate escape, Aubrey and Lilith race against time to save Simon, but bringing him back may have unleashed something far worse.

As old wounds reopen and impossible truths are finally revealed, the past between Simon and the mysterious Vega comes crashing into the present. Friendships are mourned, loyalties begin to crack, and the cost of survival becomes clearer than ever before.

Some enemies are created by hatred.

Others are born from jealousy...

...and they've been waiting through countless cycles for revenge.

The Oteev storyline continues in the first chapter of this two-part event.

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• Simon fights for his life after the events of the previous Oteev chapter.
• Aubrey is forced to question everything she believes.
• Earl's sacrifice leaves a hole no one expected.
• The truth behind Simon and Vega is finally revealed.
• An old enemy discovers that death isn't always permanent.

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Some things protect us in ways we never fully understand.

When a grieving man reflects on the quiet life he shared with his beloved dog, Buddy, he begins to uncover a terrifying truth about the sleepless nights of his past. For years, something lurked in the darkness... watching... waiting... feeding on fear.

But it never came close.

Not while Buddy was there.

After tragedy strikes and his faithful companion passes, the silence inside the house becomes unbearable. The familiar sounds of paws on hardwood vanish... replaced by something else. Something ancient. Something patient.

And now that the guardian is gone... it finally has room.

As sleep deprivation fractures reality, the line between grief, hallucination, and nightmare begins to collapse. The entity grows bolder each night, mimicking voices, twisting memories, and using love itself as bait.

But some bonds don’t break with death.

Some promises outlast flesh.

And some good boys never stop protecting the people they love.

Tonight’s trial is about grief, devotion, and the terrifying things that wait for us in the dark… hoping we’ll be alone.

So tell me something…

When the darkness finally comes for you…

Who stays?

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Show Notes — S3E21: Extra Hidden Transmissions

Something slipped through the signal. Tonight’s broadcast is… different. In this special transmission, six hidden recordings are pulled from beyond the standard Nightmare Trials feed. You’ll get a taste of what lurks behind the curtain with three episodes from the Interdimensional Radio Station and three transmissions from THEM.

The Interdimensional Radio Station offers strange broadcasts recovered from frequencies that were never meant to be heard… eerie advertisements, unsettling reports, and fragmented messages from realities adjacent to our own.

Meanwhile, THEM goes deeper. Much deeper. These transmissions expose disturbing truths, cryptic warnings, and horrifying encounters with entities that may already know you’re listening. Consider this a preview. A glimpse into the dark corners reserved for those willing to tune in just a little longer. But be warned… Some signals don’t stop once the episode ends. Want full access?

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The Nightmare Trials is written and produced by Steven Rice

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Strap in tight…

The trials are about to begin.

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This research file follows Devon, a teenager still grieving the loss of his father one year after his death. Despite the addiction, the violence, and the damage left behind, Devon chooses to remember the man his father tried to be rather than the monster others claimed he was.

But grief has a way of twisting people.

What begins as a quiet visit to a cemetery quickly spirals into something impossible when Devon discovers signs that someone has disturbed his father’s grave. Strange symbols. Blood. A grotesque stitched offering left atop the headstone. And beneath it all… evidence that something may have clawed its way back out.

At home, Devon is forced to confront a horrifying truth. His mother has done the unthinkable in an attempt to reclaim the life she believed was stolen from her. But what returns is not redemption. It is not forgiveness.

And it is not truly his father.

As the dead begin to rise and the consequences spread beyond a single household, Devon realizes that some debts cannot be repaid… only collected.

In this file, grief becomes obsession, love becomes possession, and the desperate attempt to rebuild a broken family tears the world apart.

Some people should stay buried.

And some debts should never be collected.

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A strange tape appears with a simple warning attached to it:

Do not play it backwards.

What begins as curiosity quickly spirals into something far more sinister as reality bends, memories fracture, and a voice from the future desperately tries to stop an inevitable chain of events. But some choices may have already been made… long before the tape was ever found.

As the recording unfolds, one man discovers he may not be listening to the tape at all.

The tape may be listening to him.

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This research file continues after the catastrophic events surrounding Cognivar and the unraveling of Merrick’s fractured reality.

Lost within shifting identities, collapsing memories, and fabricated worlds, Merrick finds himself slipping further away from what little humanity he has left. Strange figures emerge from the cracks in his mind. Familiar voices return from places that should no longer exist. And something ancient continues digging deeper into the vessel it now inhabits.

As realities distort and consciousness fractures, an unexpected presence reaches out from the darkness. A ghost from Merrick’s past. A remnant he believed long dead.

But some things do not stay buried.

Inside the chaos of collapsing mental prisons, a battle for control begins. Not just over a body… but over the very concept of identity itself.

In this file, memories become weapons, fractured minds become battlegrounds, and the line between salvation and surrender begins to disappear.

Some doors are opened willingly.

Others are forced apart from the inside.

And sometimes… stepping into the light means letting something else take your place.

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Something begins with a cut. No memory of how it got there. No pain. No healing.

Just… presence. In this research file, we follow a series of journal entries documenting a man’s steady descent into something far worse than illness. As days pass and the moon shifts overhead, his body begins to change… adapt… respond to something growing beneath his skin. What starts as confusion turns into realization. And realization… turns into acceptance. This is not a story about infection. This is a story about incubation. And by the time the truth reveals itself…it’s already too late.

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S3E16: Afterlife

A man dies… but something goes wrong. Death falters. The process breaks. And instead of moving on, he remains aware, conscious, and trapped within a space that was never meant to hold him.

Xavier witnesses the aftermath of his own death, forced to confront the devastation he left behind. But this is no simple haunting. Time fractures and moments stretch. Doors appear where they shouldn’t, offering escape… or something far worse.

As he drifts between grief and memory, Xavier begins to encounter entities that thrive in the spaces between life and death. Some offer guidance. Others feed.

And the longer he stays… the more attention he draws.

Because this place isn’t empty.

And it doesn’t forget.

Will Xavier find peace… or will he be forced to relive the moment that ended everything?

Strap in tight… the trials are about to begin.

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