Every month, there are a large number of new audio drama and fiction podcasts released. These monthly lists collate everything I can find that has released an Ep1 in its RSS feed (or youtube page, depending) for the relevant month. Feel free to shout in the comments if you've got more information or corrections and I'll update with anything I'm missing.
And tell me which ones I should be listening to. What have you enjoyed this month?
9/1: Alignment May Vary (Drama - Fantasy)
Done in the style of a radio play, tune in every episode to follow the adventures of three companions through an epic saga that, in real life, spanned over three years of gameplay. This is Dungeons and Dragons with the dice rolls and rules lookup removed. It's not the players recounting what happened, it's a fully acted retelling of the story from the perspective of the characters.
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9/1: Sidequesting (Drama - Fantasy)
Sidequesting is a scripted fantasy podcast about avoiding the main plot and doing sidequests instead. It follows Rion, a budding adventurer who’s willing to help out just about anyone - as long as they’re not being asked to deal with the scary wizard that everyone keeps talking about.
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9/1: The Storage Papers (Drama - Horror)
The Storage Papers will explore a large series of documents that I came into possession of when I won a storage auction for the minimum bid (as I was the only person present). Since then, I've had nightmares, paranormal activity going on in my home, and I believe I am being followed. Every two weeks, I'll be sharing the contents of these documents, which include police reports, witness statements, and other forms of records deemed too strange.
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9/2: Broken Bard Studios (Drama - Anthology)
Broken Bard Studios Presents (formerly Audioblivious Productions) is for our stand alone stories, mini series, trailers for new series, and announcements for everything Broken Bard has going on.
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9/2: Moon Harbor Heroes (RPG - Actual play)
Moon Harbor Heroes is a Masks: A New Generation Actual Play podcast, hosted by Anthony Sheets and T.P. Huth. Moon Harbor Heroes tells the stories of several groups of superpowered teenagers as they balance navigating the tumultuous world of adolescence and saving the world at large. Episodes are published each Monday and Wednesday, with occasional Friday episodes as well.
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9/2: No Stone (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction...When a dead body appears in a pond on campus, two journalism students jump into action, investigating the bizarre twists and turns that follow. They live in a town with strange doors, suspicious disappearances, and eyes everywhere...
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9/2: Once (Drama - Anthology)
A new short fiction podcast. Every week you get a new piece created by our amazing team of writers and actors. Once is curated by Florence Hood.
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9/2: The Forgotten Minotaur King (Fiction - Fantasy)
Aspiring Scholar, Kycell Bakshi, travels a fantastical world to discover the mystery of the dreaded Minotaur, Crunturg! What occured during his short lived and violent reign?
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9/2: The Sigmund Freud Files (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
Vienna, 1920: Professor Sigmund Freud is known for his interest in the human psyche, but Psychoanalysis is still an emerging field with its share of critics. When Constable Karl Gruber seeks out Sigmund Freud’s help in dealing with a gruesome murder case, the professor sees a new opportunity to explore the many facets of human behavior and thinking. Together with his stubborn daughter Anna, Sigmund Freud sets out to help Constable Gruber and solve the unusual and mysterious cases of Vienna.
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9/3: InSpectre (Drama - Comedy)
Former detective, and current ghost, Calvin Westover, hires an eager young assistant, Arthur, to help investigate paranormal crimes. Calvin takes Arthur on his first investigation, finding out if the local zoo accidentally put a werewolf in captivity with the wolves.
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9/4: Gotham Variety (Drama - Anthology)
Gotham Variety presents standalone audio drama every 1st and 15th. Listening with headphones is recommended, as we do everything possible - with state of the art sound effects and sound design, gripping original music and some of the best actors in NYC - to create that sense that you are there, to stimulate your imagination and provide you with the greatest intensity of experience, so that afterward you’ll feel as though these stories actually happened to you.
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9/5: Spritz the Goblin (Drama - Fantasy)
It tells the story of Spritz, a dashing young goblin who is sick and tired of the goblin life and wants to join civilization. But old prejudices die hard and Spritz is going to have to prove himself.
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9/7: Curdle Holler (Drama - Comedy)
Well, you’re dead. But life goes on… in Curdle Holler, a spooky little town of Halloween characters. Join Bonita and Chip, proprietors of a gift boo-tique, as they learn about their new afterlives and meet the town characters in this original comedy audio mini-series. They may be scary, but the citizens are in for a fright when they realize that the town is in jeopardy.
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9/7: SCP: Find Us Alive (Drama - Science fiction)
Find Us Alive follows the strange developments at Site-107, a small Foundation research site trapped inside dimensional anomaly SCP-6320, as narrated by the site's radio operator, Dr. Harley.
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9/9: Observe and Report (Drama - Science fiction)
A Sci-Fi audio drama about Zuri, a young alien who becomes stranded on Earth.
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9/9: Radioland (Drama - Urban fantasy)
Everything is fine and dandy in Wendell. There's nothing off-putting or strange at all. Why would you even ask that? Don't ask questions. But after some unnerving encounters with the local radio announcer and an influential farmer, newcomer Gabe Rodriguez can't help but ask questions. Questions like, is that talking scarecrow completely psychotic, or am I?
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9/9: The Adventures of Sir Rodney the Root (Drama - Fantasy)
The Adventures of Sir Rodney the Root is a new fantasy audio-comedy about the misadventures of a knight named Gilbert just trying to do the right thing. Unfortunately, he's been saddled with a rag-tag group of companions: a fabulous elf mage, an ambitious human princess, a sassy dwarf thief, a bizarre human child, a stoner unicorn... and a root named Sir Rodney. Will they complete their convoluted fetch-quest and restore Rodney to human form? Or will they end up in way more trouble than they bargained for? One thing is for sure, it's going to be a crazy adventure along the way!
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9/10: Audio Fiction with Paul Sating (Fiction - Anthology)
Thriller, suspense, fantasy, horror and more! Author Paul Sating brings his unique voice to the world, now in one place! Subscribe to hear new releases of his novels and short stories, and be transported across his podcast catalog, including Subject: Found, Who Killed Julie?, Diary of a Madman, Atheist Apocalypse, and YOU. With fiction that spans the genres, you're not going to ever find so much variety from one writer, in one place.
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9/10: Edge Case (Drama - Anthology)
At the fringes of perception, beyond the boundaries of your mind, just past the glow of the firelight, out of the corner of your eyes, you will find an Edge Case.
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9/10: Frijoles Y Arroz (Drama - Comedy)
A bumbling Porque Sheriff's Department struggles to combat crime and build community in this poignant comedy set in eccentric, small-town New Mexico. Frijoles Y Arroz is a pioneering narrative podcast using throwback stylings to tell a story of resistance in modern time. On a mission to create a Society where Intimacy is Safe for all. Frijoles Y Arroz was created to show the power of nonviolent conflict.
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9/10: Trophy (RPG - Actual play)
An actual play podcast for Trophy, a tabletop roleplaying game of dark fantasy and psychological horror..
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9/11: Scouters (Drama - Science fiction)
A fast paced science fiction audio drama following a team of brother's who travel the solar system fulfilling competitive bounty's in an post cyberpunk world for the highest bidder. Their next case? A low level drug smuggler and their only lead is seven hundred thousands miles from earth. Do they really have what it take to be a bounty hunter?
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9/12: AM 1066 (Drama - Comedy)
AM 1066, a historical satire podcast, features the local radio station's broadcasts from the small town of Queen City, USA. Episodes take place in different years throughout the 1900’s, with absurdist takes on radio shows, commercials, and historical events from each episode’s year.
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9/13: Fun City (RPG - Actual play)
A Shadowrun RPG realplay podcast with Jenn de la Vega, Nick Guercio, Shannon Odell, and Bijan Stephen. GM'd by Mike Rugnetta with troublemaker Taylor Moore.
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9/13: Rick and Morty C-138: Audio Drama Series (Drama - Fanfiction)
Rick and Morty C-138: Audio Drama Series is a fan made project where we follow Rick Sanchez C-138 and his dysfunctional family as they travel the cosmos via insane adventure after insane adventure. From the creepy clutches of the Cult of Cthulhu to the dystopian streets of the cyberpunk Mega City, laughs, dangers, and surprises are aplenty in this alternate corner of the Rick and Morty multiverse!
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9/14: Adventures in Tepidville (Drama - Comedy)
Allison Mcnally, an investigative journalist chases Tim, a goblin, through a portal into the land of Tepidville. Join her adventures as she struggles to fit into a world she does not understand, full of fairy tale creatures, mythical monsters, and zany characters. Each week she documents the oddities and adventures along the way and does her best to bring the top stories of this strange land to light. All unscripted and all in hilarious fun presented by SoundedHeart.
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9/14: Philip's Apocalypse (Fiction - Post-apocalypse)
Surviving the New World seems like an impossible task. Young Philip Parson has found himself alone, destitute, and embarked upon a difficult journey homeward.
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9/15: Aishi Online (Fiction - Thriller)
After returning to the social internet for podcasting, MJ decides to tell her own story. That of a digital friend she lost to time: Aishi. Whoever she was.
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9/15: Disenchanted (Drama - Urban fantasy)
Lyra inherits an old house from her father. While everything seems normal, there are secrets hidden inside this old home she will slowly discover.
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9/16: Fifty Shades of Dave (Drama - Real life)
35-year-old stay at home depressive ‘Dave’, (that’s not his real name) is alone and bored. Dangerously so. With his once colourful life now in tatters - he finds solace in the dulcet tones of local radio star Rosie, who’s slightly acerbic flair encourages ‘Dave’ to open up about his past in the hope it will help - live on air. ‘Fifty Shades of Dave’ is a rollercoaster journey of self discovery, honesty and overshare.
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9/16: Out of the Sky (Fiction - Thriller)
An ominous visit from an agent of war disrupts a quiet life. Two veterans must face a truth about their place in the world, and as they fight to find someone they lost many years before, they must ultimately make peace with each other in the twilight of their lives.
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9/16: Passenger List (Drama - Thriller)
Atlantic Flight 702 has disappeared mid-flight between London and New York with 256 passengers on board. Kaitlin Le (Kelly Marie Tran), a college student whose twin brother vanished with the flight, is determined to uncover the truth.
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9/16: What Happened at Great Times Amusements? (Drama - Horror)
"What Happened at Great Times Amusements?" is a season-long fictional spoken word horror/mystery story with touches of bleak humor sprinkled throughout. It features five experienced voice actors playing different characters. It tells the thrilling story of an eager and ambitious young woman named Christa Hendrickson investigating identity theft. Along the way, she stumbles upon an ancient evil society that is currently operating as a traveling carnival throughout the midwestern United States. With her trusty (or is he?) retired detective sidekick, Kevin Schneider, she tirelessly searches for the truth by producing a podcast she plans to share with the world, possibly putting herself in danger as she gets into the thick of it.
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9/17: Five Minutes of Doubt (Drama - Anthology)
At FIVE MINUTES OF DOUBT (5MOD), we produce plays for voices, just long enough to immerse yourself in, just short enough to leave you wondering. We also create artwork and videos to accompany each play.
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9/17: Weeping Cedars (Drama - Horror)
A Narrative Horror Podcast about the small New York town of Weeping Cedars.
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9/21: Continuous Dream (Fiction - Anthology)
Continuous Dream is an audio theater podcast of dramas and comedies written by Chicago playwright Amy Crider.
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9/22: How Ya Dyin'? (Drama - Anthology)
"How Ya Dyin'?" is a Dark Comedy Audio Fiction Anthology Series intended for a mature audience. A caricature of the concept of death itself, the series takes place in a world in which more than ninety percent of the earth's population is born with an unavoidable expiration date. As one may expect, these dates have had a myriad of effects on aspects of life ranging from the economy to entertainment.
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9/22: The Tower (Drama - Science fiction)
A young woman leaves behind her isolated, suffocating existence to climb The Tower, an abandoned relic of a forgotten age, built by a proud king who wanted to rule the sky as well as the land. It stretches up into the sky, through the smog.
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9/23: The Sword & The Stoner (Drama - Comedy)
The Sword & The Stoner is a modern day, stoner comedy adaptation of the King Arthur legends. Instead of a legendary King and his Court Sorcerer, 2019 ended up with an average-at-best stoner and an over-the-top reality TV magician. Join Arthur and Merlin as they try to get stoned enough to forget their destiny, even as it comes for them with a vengeance.
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9/24: Doleo (Fiction - Thriller)
What if your disability was the key to unlocking real change for the most vulnerable among us? Doleo is the origin story of one man’s unwitting descent into vigilantism. Born with a rare genetic disorder, Ryder Daniels slowly discovers the vast potential hidden within his brutal disease. Only by embracing what makes him different, can the man without pain overcome the crime and injustice plaguing his city. Penetrating dangerous criminal underworlds, Ryder will stop at nothing to right the wrongs he has seen, but at what cost?
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9/24: Rude Tales of Magic (RPG - Actual play)
Branson Reese and his jester's retinue, Christopher Hastings, Carly Monardo, Tim Platt, Joe Lepore, and Ali Fisher, buck and bumble through the magical backwater world of Cordelia. One hopes you enjoy both japes AND scrapes, because honestly, it would be impossible to disentangle one from the other, given their profound entwinement in this particular piece of entertainment.
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9/24: The Doomed Timelines (Fiction - Fanfiction)
Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido have spent many years exploring the furthest ring and studying the Doomed Timelines which have been steadily documented by fanfic writers over the ages. Now, they're ready to share the results of their research. The very first dedicated Homestuck podfic podcast.
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9/24: The Edge of Sleep (Drama - Thriller)
When a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the secret of this global epidemic, before they fall asleep.
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9/25: Mija (Fiction - Real life)
Hosted by a narrator known only as Mija (daughter in Spanish), each episode tells the story of how members of her family experience immigration.
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9/25: Redhawk Radio Theater (Drama - Anthology)
Redhawk Radio Theater is a production club from the campus of Southeast Missouri State University--creating, writing, and acting out audio dramas or plays. Join as we produce an anthology of stories all through the academic year!
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9/26: Defection (Drama - Thriller)
An exciting political thriller that follows a President who doesn't want to vacate the White House. He has other plans. And he has help.
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9/26: Gates of Orchid and Iris (RPG - Actual play)
This is a story of 2 groups of young warriors solving problems inside Ryoko Owari and the country side around. Love, Danger, and Drama await them. We're a Legend of the Five Rings Actual Play Podcast using the TTRPG system Legend of the Five rings by Fantasy Flight Games!
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9/26: Living in Fantasy (Fiction - Fantasy)
A weekly news program bringing you compelling stories of the real people in the fantasy realm.
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9/26: Ragged Scratch Podcast (Drama - Anthology)
The Ragged Scratch Podcast is a new writing night... in podcast form! Presented by Ragged Foils Productions, each season we bring you 12 brand new bite-sized audio dramas over 6 episodes, with interviews with the creatives involved. We're always looking for new and interesting stories, and submissions for Season 1 are open from 1st August until 22nd August - follow us on all the socials at @raggedfoils to find out where and how to apply.
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9/26: That Creepy Podcast (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
A podcast exploring the mystery of John Smith, the remnants of a ruined reputation, and the darkness of our hometowns.
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9/27: Game of Shadows (Fiction - Thriller)
Game of shadows is an audio drama that follows the life of Santiago Pérez, a cop from Miami. Let's just say things get intense..... Join us in this world of moving shadows.
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9/28: Eye of the Storm (Drama - Real life)
An audio soap opera set in Lafayette, Louisiana. Wealth and power drives the oil rich city, and the residents who call it home.
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9/28: Haunted Hell House of Horror (Drama - Comedy)
The Haunted Hell House of Horror is a comedy audio drama about people who work in a haunted house during the Halloween season.
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9/28: The Disappearance of the Lilac Tiger (Drama - Comedy)
Boy (Michel) meets girl (Fabienne). Boy steals culturally significant plastic tiger to impress girl. Boy has memory problems, forgets what he's done, volunteers for search party. Set in the city of Nice, this is a story about memory, love, loneliness, shady millionaires, an eccentric old lady with a farty dog... and the disappearance of the Lilac Tiger.
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9/29: Blake Skye: Private Eye (Fiction - Urban fantasy)
Down on his luck gumshoe Blake Skye only had two options: take the job or die in the gutter. But worse things than death lie waiting in the shadows of the City. What madness and horror await, and can our intrepid investigator survive it? Find out, in this thrilling drama that mixes Raymond Chandler and H. P. Lovecraft in an exciting and modern cocktail of danger, romance, suspense, and cosmic horror from the mind and mouth of S. J. Ryker, with new episodes the last Sunday of every month!
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9/29: Cryptids (Drama - Science fiction)
Go on a monster hunt of lunar dimensions in this sci-fi mystery. Cryptids tells the story of a conspiracy radio show host and an avid listener who go in search of an afterlife. Instead they find a truth beyond their wildest nightmares. In this female driven, scripted, sci-fi audio drama, you'll meet monsters, aliens... and the ultimate grim reaper.
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9/29: RPGTQ (RPG - Actual play)
RPGTQ is an actual play podcast filled with comedy, drama, and gays. Join us every Sunday as we navigate through the world of tabletop podcasting. We are currently in our first season playing Monster of the Week by Michael Sands.
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9/30: Dart (Drama - Urban fantasy)
After a tragedy tears her life apart, Jenny now works long hours for Dart, a food delivery app. But when a fellow driver turns up dead and a sticky darkness starts to seep into Boston, Jenny might be reluctantly pulled back into the world she left behind.
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9/30: Deadbeats (Drama - Real life)
When Kassidy Jones, a single mom with a daughter fresh in the throes of teenage delirium, and her newly unemployed friends decide to take child support enforcement into their own hands, a new business venture is formed: DEADBEATS INC, and No Child will be left behind...
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9/30: Elliot Tree's Compendium of Mysteries (Drama - Urban fantasy)
Unusual mysteries call for out-of-the-box thinking. Elliot Tree makes it her business to expect the outlandish and seek out the supernatural, much to the chagrin of her skeptical intern. Together, they might just crack the impossible.
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9/30: Eternal Burden (Fiction - Urban fantasy)
The story of two brothers cursed with immortal life. An eternal burden, to be shared throughout time.
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9/30: EXTREMING! (Drama - Musical)
It’s your basic “girl meets boy, girl meets robot, girl can’t decide” story set against the craziest and fraudiest election in U.S. history—the one ahead. A barely fiction musical theater extravaganza.
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9/30: Nulyn: The New Age (Drama - Fantasy)
Nulyn: The New Age follows the story of a young boy named Faylin, who will unexpectedly find himself in the wake of demons, beasts and magic artifacts, and an unexpected prophecy, of which he shall fulfill…
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9/30: The Bison Crest Weekly Broadcast (Drama - Comedy)
Join host, Henry Folgey and his producer Russell, as they explore what it means to be from the rural town of Bison Crest, Kansas. Each week they begin with a look back into the storied past of their small little town as well as announcements of upcoming events and headlines from the week. Later, they will interview one of the many townsfolk ranging from local business owners, zookeepers, area farmers, political figures and everyone in between. Things may sound simple and plain on the surface but through this weekly broadcast, we get a closer glimpse of what is truly going on in this small little town. So get ready to take a ride, past the tire fire, down DD highway to the greatest small town this side of the Mississippi! Welcome to Bison Crest!
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9/30: The Heads of Sierra Blanca (Drama - Crime/Mystery)
In 2007, a serial killer inspired by Rube Goldberg murdered Lorena Salas, Carlos Aniceto, and Ana Nuñez in Sierra Blanca, Texas then vanished never to be heard of again. Authorities believe that these murders were the collateral damage of a cartel turf war that spilled into Mexico. Though, Lorena's niece, Magdalena Salas, does not believe that story. The Heads of Sierra Blanca is an 8 episode podcast hosted by Magdalena and private investigator, Monica Rodriguez, following their investigative research concerning what really happened and who is responsible.
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