Bryan Renaud is usually working on something spooky.

He is the head writer of the SCARY STORIES series, which includes a worldwide podcast (Scary Stories Around the Fire), a story collection of the same name, a theatrical play (Scary Stories: Are You Afraid?) and two features: 2023's VIRAL, which recently screened early footage at the historic Music Box Theatre, and 2020's Scary Stories: Dark Web. He is also an internationally produced playwright, with works including Ladies Night... and 12th Night of the Living Dead, Strangest Things! (nominated for Best New Work of 2017 by the Chicago Reader and BroadwayWorld) and Barney the Elf, which ran annually in Chicago from 2015-2019 and was co-written with Emily Schmidt. He produces the comedy series CHANNEL 13 and its podcast MPR RADIO for Random Acts Network, along with THE LAST PODCAST, THE HIGH FIVE, HOME MOVIES, and more.