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 dedicated fiction RSS feed 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?
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10/1: Back To The Bunker
(Dramatised - Post-apocalypse)
In this new horror podcast for 2021, it’s been 525 days since The Terror began—a global, supernatural apocalypse. The only known survivors are Maxwell, longtime host of The Bunker: a conspiracy- and paranormal-themed radio show. Along with his wife and producer Vicki, he has gathered enough fuel and supplies to begin broadcasting on amateur radio. In each episode, Maxwell describes his and Vicki’s daily life living in The Terror, while also reading emails sent to him before all lines of communication finally went down. These "Letters from The Terror" describe the strange and terrifying events that have taken place all around the world. With each new episode, Maxwell struggles to understand the nature of The Terror while sharing his coordinates as he hopes to bring other survivors Back to the Bunker
Continuity: Serial
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10/1: California Gothic
(Fiction - Horror)
A horror fiction podcast.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/1: Dracula
(Dramatised - Adaptation)
A serial audio play
Continuity: Serial
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10/1: Fear Frequency
(Dramatised - Horror)
This is Dr. X. H. Balthazar. I’m broadcasting in the hopes of reaching an audience with interest in my field of study. Through my years of research, I’ve scoured the globe in search of the unordinary and uncanny. This work has granted me knowledge of other dimensions that intertwine with ours -- leaving behind anomalies in our world. Some of you may call what I find myths, folklore, or even urban legends, but I can assure you they are nothing of the sort.
Not convinced? Well, let’s see what sort of recollections we can scare up together.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/1: Puppeteer's Farm
(Dramatised - Horror)
There is something very wrong with Puppeteer’s Farm. The trees seem to speak. The lake is red as blood. The people who live there have been disappearing. It’s up to amateur detective Holly McArthur to figure out what’s going on.
Continuity: Serial
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10/1: Saber, MN
(Dramatised - Horror)
The township of Saber, MN hasn’t made news since one of its farmers discovered a saber tooth skull in 1883. Yet, when the City Council considers reopening an abandoned quarry, the woods surrounding the town become home to a host of supernatural fauna. Why are extinct animals coming back – and what are they after? A dark tale about haunted woods and resource extraction, Saber MN is an immersive audio play experience asks you to confront the wilderness within.
Continuity: Standalone
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10/1: The Horror Tree Stories
(Dramatised - Horror)
Tragedy described beautifully — Short horror stories that intrigue the mind and feed the soul.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/1: True Urban Legends
(Dramatised - Horror)
True Urban Legends is a collection of totally true made-up stories passed down by generations of made-up people.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/2: Anereum
(RPG - Horror)
A live play Monster of the Week Podcast
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: Monster of the Week
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10/2: Shoe Bones
(Dramatised - Horror)
Bone-chilling Horror on a Shoe-String Budget. A horror-anthology podcast with 6 short stories in its first season. Our narrator, Gideon, puts a modern spin on classic tales of horror--from alien invasions to Frankenstein--deadly doppelgangers to deep, dark unknowns--from haunted houses to monkey's paws. But not all is as it seems. Who exactly is Gideon and why did she decide to tell these tales?
Continuity: Anthology
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10/2: The Bus
(Dramatised - Horror)
Just how wrong can a seemingly normal school field trip go? An original audio drama by Stelliferous Studios.
Continuity: Serial
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10/2: The Rapid Riders D&D Podcast
(RPG - Fantasy)
The Rapid Riders is a Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast that follows 6 adventurers as they start a punk-rock rebellion in the oppressive Colovian Empire. Join Bree, Ben, Sarah, Phill, Doran and Niry as they Fumble their way through DM Sam's story, trying not to get themselves killed while also playing some epic music!
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: D&D
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10/2: The Sun on Earth
(Dramatised - Superhero)
Flying "white boys" are "just what we need" in a world where consciousness is not just for sentient beings, nor is human experience. High above, in the sky above our sky, lies consciousness awaiting experience. Through us, it waits no more. [Some side-effects may occur.] A young black ex-con reintegrates into his community, while discovering superpowers stemming from his connection to the Sun, upsetting the status quo of his community and the government.
Continuity: Serial
Creators: BAME/BIMPOC, Disabled, LGBTQ+
Focus: BAME/BIMPOC
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10/3: 90 Degrees South
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
Audio drama based at the South Pole’s Amundsen-Scott Station. When a murder takes place during the 7-months of isolation & winter darkness, a US Marshal is sent the following season to investigate. What he finds is more than a murder, and too impossible to believe.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
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10/3: The Mage's Tales
(RPG - Fantasy)
Group of dorky, nerdy friends sit and spin a tale for everyone's enjoyment.
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: D&D
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10/3: The Magic of Ordinary Things
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
How do you go on when the people you love die? If you could see them one more time, what would you say? What would you want to hear? Gina Harris got the chance. An audio drama in seven acts, “The Magic of Ordinary Things” is a musical memoir that tells her story. It is a theatre piece, a dream with original music, a tale that spans 43 years, two parents, a singing teacher, and a lonesome cowboy named Deets. It tells of how moments missed and things once taken for granted become the stepping stones to a new life. It’s never too late. Everyone you miss is waiting inside you.
Continuity: Serial
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10/4: Dice and Pizza
(RPG - Fantasy)
Dice & Pizza is an actual play show that follows three ragtag strangers on a journey to stop an ancient dragon god from destroying their homes. Follow Zaba, Driftwood, and Ernie as they explore ancient cities, help lost spirits, and try not to get eaten by kaiju.
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: Quest
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10/4: Of Gods and Lanterns
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
A limited series in which a woman finds herself in a mysterious world and struggles to find her way home.
Continuity: Serial
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10/4: Princess of South Beach
(Dramatised - Soap opera)
Twin sisters María del Carmen and Gloria are separated at birth and raised in dramatically different ways – one in a convent and the other in the lap of luxury. When a freak accident kills Gloria, María del Carmen assumes her identity and uncovers that Gloria’s rich family isn’t as picture perfect as they seem. Told in English and in Spanish, the series pays homage to beloved telenovela tropes but adds modern twists.
Continuity: Serial
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10/4: This Big Ol' Mess
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
Created by Cam Wardlaw, This Big Ol' Mess is a scripted audio drama about a former podcast host learning to deal with a world event that is truly unexplainable.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: LGBTQ+
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10/4: Winged Badger Tavern
(RPG - Fantasy)
Wondrous Podcast (requires attunement by a listener). To attune this +2 podcast of listening, you must first be interested in the tabletop rpg Dungeons & Dragons. After one episode, the listener may experience laughter and enjoyment at a high enough level to move their disposition one step towards the positive (for example, an indifferent listener may find their attitude has changed to friendly). After the second episode, the listener will experience a permanent +1 to their intelligence score for all skill checks pertaining to the game Dungeons & Dragons, caused by the discussion of how the game is played, different variant rules and homebrew options, and ways to become a better player or game master.
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: D&D
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10/5: A Call to the Stars
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
Queer Ear Podcast Productions presents A Call To The Stars, a peculiar sci-fi comedy that boldly goes where most people wouldn't bother. Follow an ordinary Earth girl and an alien punk as they travel through the fabric of reality itself...
Continuity: Standalone
Audience: All audience
Creators: Female, Neurodivergent
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10/5: Alexandra Forever: Galactic Marshal
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
Sci-fi. Cerebral. Witty. Quirky. A red dwarf star system punches through the fabric of space-time and barrels toward colonized space. The dire situation takes an unforeseen twist when an SOS transmission from a long-lost experimental starship, The Invictus, is traced to the system's sole planet. Based on the Alexandra Forever: 2291 novella series.
Continuity: Serial
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10/5: Reckless Attack
(RPG - Fantasy)
Do you love Dungeons and Dragons and other TTRPGs? Then come join us at our table! Reckless Attack is a Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Real Play podcast, hosted by a group of cheery, diverse, regular folks in Chicago who love their game and want to share it with you.
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: D&D
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10/5: The Luchador: 1,000 Fights of El Fuego Fuerte
(Dramatised - Adventure)
The mighty Lucha Libre champion of Mexico City does battle in and out of the ring with deadly vampires, dangerous mobsters, and the ethical complications of maintaining a rigid moral philosophy. A biweekly fiction adventure series created by Daniel Valero Fletcher, starring a Latinx lead cast and special guest stars from the real world of professional wrestling.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: All audience
Creators: BAME/BIMPOC
Focus: BAME/BIMPOC
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10/5: To Chart a Well-Trod Course
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
To Chart a Well-Trod Course is a 4 episode limited series podcast, following the AI LAVINI's first solo journey across the solar system. Guided by the jaded and defensive Dr. Winstead, LAVINI is hoping for a quiet and mostly solitary journey across the stars. But Dr. Winstead is desperate to prove himself capable after a tragedy he created, and LAVINI refuses to let the same mistakes happen again. Featuring trust, betrayal, and how to move forward when forgiveness isn't an option.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Young adult
Creators: Female, LGBTQ+
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10/6: Attention: The Captain Is Fine
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
The Asta is an asteroid mining ship secretly captained by AIMEE, the ship’s sentient AI with a snarky streak (who may have staged a coup against the previous Captain.) When a freak accident leaves the Asta stranded in dangerous deep space, AIMEE must find a way to work together with headstrong new Chief Engineer Dr Viera and the rest of the oddball crew to get everyone back safe again, whether their mysterious employers want that or not. ATCIF is a sci-fi comedy perfect for fans of Red Dwarf, Star Trek, and EOS10.
Continuity: Serial
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10/6: Fey Earth
(RPG - Steampunk)
Fey Earth is an indie ttrpg set in an alternate 19th century Earth where all the creatures from folklore and fairy tale are real and have always lived alongside humanity. It is a world where magic and industry are merging. The Fey in Fey Earth are faithful depictions based on folklore so while you will see names you are familiar with you may be surprised to discover the true might and power of these beings.
Continuity: Longform
Audience: Young adult
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10/6: The Harrowing of Minerva Damson
(Dramatised - Horror)
It is March, 1915 in France, and just behind the front lines a woman is running for her life. She does not run from enemy soldiers or falling mortars; a far more sinister creature stalks her, one created by bloodshed and black magic. This is the newest threat in a war growing uglier by the day, and it won't be the last. Or the worst. But this woman is not a civilian. As a knight of the Order of Joan, she is only one of a legion of women with a long history of monster hunting. So when she runs, she does not do so blindly; it's all part of the larger plan.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: Female, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent
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10/6: The Shadow Storytellers: a Horror Fiction Podcast
(Fiction - Horror)
The Shadow Storytellers is a horror fiction anthology podcast by a pair of horror authors, featuring regular episodes in the style of classic anthology horror works like The Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt and Creepshow.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/6: Who's Running the Show?
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
“Who’s Running the Show?” follows associate producer Mazie as she tries to save the faltering reality TV show “Hallelujah Housewives.” One brilliant idea could open the doors to her scripted programming dreams, a misstep could mean she’s back living in the trailer park and out of television forever.
Continuity: Serial
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10/7: Camper's Pike on the Forgotten Road
(Dramatised - Horror)
The Gateway's Haunted Playhouse Presents Campers' Pike on the Forgotten Road, a haunted drive you will never forget.
Continuity: Serial
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10/7: The Big Shuffle - An Audio Drama Film Noir
(Dramatised - Noir)
In 1942 New York Detective Harris is hired by a star athlete socialite for what seemed an easy case.
Continuity: Serial
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10/8: Among The Shadows: Scary Horror Stories
(Fiction - Horror)
Join us as we descend into the realm of trembling terror. Be warned: darkness and fear await us on our journey Among the Shadows. Among the Shadows is a short story horror series narrated by Kade Rogers and Gregory Neal.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/8: Fever Woods
(Dramatised - Horror)
Fever Woods is a horror series in a high-fantasy setting, based on a D&D campaign. Instead of producing an actual-play podcast, the campaign has been reconstructed & written into a horror audio drama, with some elements of anthology & an overarching story. Join the people--elves and humans, hunters and mages--who venture into the forbidden woods, unprepared for the horrors that await them.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: Disabled, Female, LGBTQ+, Neurodiverent
Focus: Disability, Female, LGBTQ+, Neurodiverent
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10/8: Lakeshore Lover: a Rap Retrospective
(Dramatised - Satire/Spoof)
Learn about the Chicago rapper, Lakeshore Lover, and how he got his start. Follow his career through the 1990s, meet some of the people he met along the way, and find out what happened to this Plato of Rap. Oh, some things might be fake. But other things are real. Hosted by Megan Moore.
Continuity: Serial
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10/8: Spectral Evidence
(Dramatised - Urban fantasy)
Birdie is a trans girl and aspiring journalist on the precipice of adulthood who prepares to leave her hometown of Wyrm Harbor. Trailblazing a path of success for herself after unimaginable personal tragedy, she is halted in her tracks by a string of disappearances - again. Finding herself saddled with unpredictable and dangerous magical abilities, she stumbles to navigate a new world of mystery she has no intention of leaving unsolved.
Continuity: Serial
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10/9: The Unnatural: An Audio Drama Podcast
(Dramatised - Horror)
When desecrated corpses begin appearing in a small town in New Mexico, a seasoned state police detective, his eager new partner, and a begrudging spiritual healer reopen a hate crime investigation to fight the unnatural presence hellbent on vengeance. The Unnatural puts a contemporary twist on the classic “creepy small town” trope by putting you in the shoes of two very different detectives as they investigate twisted and demonic murders that threaten the towns safety. They enlist the help of a curandera, or spiritual healer, to understand and ultimately fight the unnatural presence. Along the way they will uncover truths about the town and its people that have been buried for decades. Set in the real town of Las Vegas, New Mexico, this is a terrifying story about truth, love, and the choices we make everyday.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: BAME/BIMPOC, Disabled
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10/9: You Just Lost the Game
(RPG - Multigenre)
A group of friends going on different DND adventures...
Continuity: Mixture
RPG System: D&D
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10/11: L.I.O.S.
(Fiction - Science fiction)
When strange and unexplained things begin occurring throughout the world, Agent Kai is dispatched from the mysterious organization known as The League of International Observation and Security (L.I.O.S.) to investigate these events. From covert government operations to mythological creatures and supernatural forces, Agent Kai's investigations lead to the discovery of a truth that will change the world forever.
Continuity: Serial
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10/11: Monster Game Night
(RPG - Horror)
Monster Game Night: Bluegrass By Night In an alternate world of dark creatures and monsters, a newly formed coterie of Kindred has been recruited to sabotage a sinister cult in a small collegiate town in the bluegrass region. Clear Visions, Gordon, Jason, and Tomaso must try to balance their ravenous hunger, declining humanity, and their excessive need to tell dad jokes at every opportunity to hope for any chance of surviving. Welcome to Bluegrass By Night, a dark comedy actual play podcast. Where the undertones are dark and serious but the cast is not so much. Join our intrepid vampires as they face scruffy werewolves, possessive spirits, and even some rabid fanboys in this alternate modern setting utilizing the Fifth Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade
Continuity: Longform
Audience: Mature/Explicit
RPG System: Vampire: The Masquerade
Creators: LGBTQ+
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10/11: Mound Hill Cemetery
(Fiction - Horror)
This is the introduction to Mound Hill Cemetery. Here you will get introduced to Derek Shepherd as he starts his day.
Continuity: Serial
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10/11: Ordinary People's Theatre - Emma Sheehan
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
Lend us your ears! Ordinary People's Theatre brings you lovely little stories, comedy sketches and mini soaps - smart tales with a dark twist, written and narrated by Emma Sheehan and performed by her and the cast of the Ordinary People's Theatre. We'll be throwing in the odd classic tale as well! We upload new stuff fortnightly on Monday's. For more info about us, check out ordinarypeoplestheatre.co.uk
Continuity: Anthology
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10/11: Red Riding Hoods
(Dramatised - Horror)
The Violet Hour presents - RED RIDING HOODS. A team of “Final Girls” – sole survivors of horrific mass murders – join forces to hunt malevolent entities while uncovering the apocalyptic conspiracy uniting them.
Continuity: Serial
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10/12: City of Ghosts
(Dramatised - Supernatural)
Eleanor "El" Rivkin is a misanthropic information broker who grapples with a tangled web of corruption, murder, and her own mysterious abilities in 1990s New York City.
Continuity: Serial
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10/12: The Grove
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
When she's asked to present at the company's flagship conference graduate developer Mira Fisher must face her biggest fear - public speaking. But life at the world's coolest, biggest, wealthiest tech company is not as it seems. In the atrium of ornamental trees ancient, mythical forces are waking that will change Mira's destiny and grant her a terrifying gift. A new six-part British fantasy drama podcast from Roar Creative Productions.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: All audience
Creators: Female
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10/13: Barely D&D
(RPG - Fantasy)
A ragtag group of D&D newbies fumbling their way through a homebrew world.
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: D&D
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10/13: Celeritas
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
Hurled through an artificial black hole, an astronaut finds himself far in the future and must follow clues throughout the solar system to uncover what happened to mankind.
Continuity: Serial
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10/13: On Asphalt Bones
(Dramatised - Horror)
The world was fine until the Eye appeared - wasn't it? The Inquisitor wouldn't know; all they seem to do is read. Read, and learn, and try to prevent the world from getting any worse than it has already become. But there looms the ever-present threat of a new God - one with bones of asphalt and leathery flesh - who threatens to plunge the world into new chaos.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Young adult
Creators: Disabled, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent
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10/13: PodCube
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
The Future, is Yesterday™. Using our Patented 4D Adiabatic Q-Bit Streaming Technology, PodCube makes it possible to stream audio from any time or place in space or time or place. With just over 3,000 deployed PodCubes actively collecting audio from various positions in the Blakely-Huffman spheroid, we're leading the way in Time-Agnostic PodCasting™
Continuity: Anthology
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10/13: Porridge Co. Presents...
(Fiction - Multigenre)
Hello everyone, we are Stefan Feibel, Harrison Mark, and Conor Walsh, and we are the guys behind Porridge Co. With all of us having some background in theatre, performance, production and other facets of the entertainment industry, we all have a passion for telling complex and heartfelt stories. When deciding what route we wanted to take for our first series, we all came to an agreeance in regards to our common love of thrillers and psychological mysteries. Inspired by shows like the Twilight Zone and Black Mirror, and countless horror movies, we set out to create worlds of our own... on a budget! Perhaps one day we will expand into more, but we found the podcast experience to be one that was easy to produce on a limited budget, and a way we didn't have to limit our storytelling. We hope you enjoy what is to come!
Continuity: Anthology
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10/13: What Happened to Henry?
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
Chip Checkers, an investigative reporter from Brooklyn, returns to his hometown of Doburn, Massachusetts to find out how his childhood friend ended up dead in a lake with severe head wounds. Follow Chip as his he attempts to uncover the truth, which puts him at the center of the investigation.
Continuity: Serial
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10/13: What Kobolds Carry
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
The misadventures of an imbecilic but well-meaning kobold, Nephri. Her goal is to assassinate the emperor of the Holy Crimson Dominion but she has no supplies, no direction, no experience - only a list of things she needs to get the job done.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: All audience
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10/14: The Death of Dr. Davidson
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
A 12 part audio drama Whodunnit starring a full cast of suspects! This homage to Agatha Christie and the greats of Golden Age detective fiction features 12 voice actors, sound effects and music to immerse you in the world of the 1930's. Fun fact - the cast did not know who did it until the very end.
Continuity: Serial
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10/14: The Sleep Wake Cycle
(Fiction - Horror)
Blending supernatural horror with noir, the Sleep/Wake Cycle follows estranged twins Isaiah and Rosemary. Their mission, to fulfill a secret government agency's directive to bring the US back from the brink of madness. Born with strange abilities, the twins investigate the wellness of a republic ravaged by the Great Darkness of 1999 - with doomsday cults pervading society, horrific conspiracies spun more from truth than fiction, and a creeping feeling that hope itself has fled the land, the twins have their work cut out for them.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: Neurodivergent
Focus: Neurodivergent
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10/14: What Can I Get Started For You Podcast
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
Four baristas working in a high power New York office building balance caring for their finicky clientele with chatting, and curating the perfect Spotify cue for the next rush. What Can I Get Started For You inspects what it means to love a "day job"... even if the company is a little too comfortable paying minimum wage.
Continuity: Serial
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10/15: Choose Your Own Mystery
(Fiction - Crime/Mystery)
For fans of the Choose Your Own Adventure series, C. A. Cordova brings you exciting mystery novels where YOU make the decisions. Each week, enjoy a new chapter which concludes with a set of choices for the protagonist. Vote for your favorite choice at booksbycc.com by Sunday, 12am PST, to impact the direction of the story.
Continuity: Serial
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10/15: Darkstead
(Dramatised - Supernatural)
Located in deepest British Columbia, you wouldn't think a town like Darkstead existed. But it does...When a spiteful local woman disappears under mysterious circumstances, it’s up to a jaded vampire detective and his over-eager new recruit to find her.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: All audience
Creators: Female
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10/15: The Visigoth Construct
(Dramatised - Post-apocalypse)
A Darkness Descends - A fiction podcast about an Autonomous Intelligence Digital Super Virus (AiDSv) that attacks networks around the globe causing a mass human fatality event.
Continuity: Serial
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10/15: X-06: FUTURESPY
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
New audio adventures with the Space Age Spy in the Old Time Radio style
Continuity: Standalone
Audience: All audience
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10/16: Everlasting Shenjiu
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
Action, drama, adventure, fantasy, & an endless amount of wine! Everlasting Shenjiu is an indie action adventure audio drama series about the wild battles over a legendary Chinese wine that cures any illness.
Continuity: Serial
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10/16: Liver Mortis
(Fiction - Horror)
Somewhere on a lonely boardwalk, under a malefic sky, someone in grey turns a crank. Stories and songs, frightening and bizarre.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/16: Tender Strands
(Fiction - Crime/Mystery)
A horror invistigative crime story strongly influenced by the works of Clark Ashton Smith.
Continuity: Serial
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10/16: They're Only Stories
(Dramatised - Horror)
Welcome to They’re Only Stories. The podcast that celebrates storytelling and the people behind those stories. In our first season we are celebrating all things horror. Each week we have a new spooky audio drama, followed on by an interview with the writer, so make sure to sit back, relax and just listen...
Continuity: Anthology
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10/17: Believe Me Now
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
a fictional podcast about a fictional family divided by fictional satanism
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent
Focus: Female, LGBTQ+
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10/18: Ritual Six
(Dramatised - Horror)
In a small, isolated community, an alienated young man must fight to end a curse after he finds himself reliving the same twisted day over and over again.
Continuity: Serial
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10/19: Changing Earth Audio Drama
(Dramatised - Post-apocalypse)
Experience the adventure of Erika Moore, TJ Swenson, and Cole Virgis as they are thrust into a world torn apart by rapid climate change.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: Female
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10/19: Fables & Fairy Tales
(Fiction - Folklore)
Join storyteller and author Chip Colquhoun in a fully-immersive podcast, retelling stories from throughout history and around the world to inspire the children of today. Each week, Chip and his team tell a fun, full-length tale involving magic, adventure, clever characters, and the occasional exploding troll...
Continuity: Anthology
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10/19: Grim Harvest
(Dramatised - Horror)
Grim Harvest Podcast is a horror fiction anthology featuring full cast and single narrator stories written or curated and produced by horror author T.W. Grim and producer, Steve Blizin.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/19: VERDICT
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
VERDICT centers on a federal investigator Abigail Kaplan, who must unravel the mystery behind the murder of a star high school athlete in small town Texas. When the victim’s best friend confesses to the brutal crime that could land him on death row, Abigail must navigate small-town politics, the local police and the awesome power of the local Mega Church in order to uncover the shocking truth.
Continuity: Serial
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10/20: Howl
(Dramatised - Supernatural)
What would you do if your girlfriend was a werewolf? Kenni Monroe is forced to reconcile this question when her roommate goes missing and she's dragged down a lesbian werewolf rabbit hole of myth, legend, and prophecy.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: All audience
Creators: BAME/BIMPOC, Disabled, Female, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent
Focus: BAME/BIMPOC, Disability, Female, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent
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10/20: Please Leave A Message
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
A contemporary mystery/sci-fi series about a disappearance, and a friend who won't give up.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: All audience
Creators: Female
Focus: Female
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10/20: We Are Not Safe Here
(Fiction - Horror)
We Are Not Safe Here is a weekly horror fiction podcast about what happens when we look a little closer at our surroundings. Season 1, The Outcast, is about a girl named Betty whose arrival at a girls' boarding school triggers a shared nightmare that gives them clues about the school's past. But at what cost?
Continuity: Serial
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10/21: Around the Sun
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
A scripted, episodic podcast that explores human connections, made and missed, with an existential New York flare. Whether consumed together or independently, the comedy, tragedy, and soul of Around the Sun embraces one character’s assertion that, “We’re never alone in New York… even if it feels like the opposite is often true.” This podcast was created by Brad Forenza, and produced in quarantine via remote technology.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/22: Friday Knight Fights
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
When average teenager Arthur Padron finds out he’s the reincarnation of King Arthur of Camelot, he, Merlin, and Lancelot go on a road trip to find and awaken the other Knights of the Round Table before danger catches up to them in this comedy fiction podcast.
Continuity: Serial
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10/22: Mac (and Bonnie‘s)
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
One man looking back, one woman looking forward, together trying to forge a way to make everything fit - and work; and serving up a drink or two while they do it.
Continuity: Serial
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10/22: Once Upon A Wasteland: A Fallout 76 Love Story
(Dramatised - Fanfiction)
Once upon a time, twenty-seven years after the bombs fell, there were two people: a Vault Dweller and a California girl. They met, and sparks flew. That's when things got interesting. This is their story. Join us as we follow the story of Elizabeth Kirby and Odessa Valdez - the spy and the Scribe - as they search for their "happily ever after" in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Their love affair blossoms as they race against the clock to try to solve a mystery that threatens not only the future of Appalachia, but the rest of what remains of civilization.
Continuity: Serial
Universe: Fallout
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10/22: Roanoke Falls
(Dramatised - Horror)
Something is punishing the people of Roanoke with blood...if you have sinned, beware. 1587, North Carolina: Agnes is a reluctant settler in Roanoke, forced to leave England with her preacher husband, Thomas, in search of a better life. But the first colony failed, and Agnes fears this one will suffer the same fate: lack of resources, frigid cold, starvation. So when a series of ritualistic murders occur in the colony, Agnes finally feels connected to a purpose: to find the monster and protect her community. That is, until people suspect that witchcraft is to blame, and question Agnes’ childlessness as well as her connection to the dead. As the killings escalate and the colony teeters on the edge of ruin, Agnes must go to impossible lengths to save herself— or she will burn.
Continuity: Serial
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10/22: Room Time Children‘s Podcast
(Dramatised - Fantasy)
Pip & Chuck go on whimsical (and sometimes musical) adventures in this children‘s podcast for ages 3-6.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Children
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10/23: The Kyleson Chronicles
(Fiction - Post-apocalypse)
What happens to the world as we know it after global warming stops the Gulf Stream? Does evolution run wild to keep humans alive? Could you and your descendants live inside a mountain for over 2,000 years? Find out how Ian Kyleson, his family and friends, made it beyond the year 4062!
Continuity: Serial
Audience: All audience
Creators: Disabled
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10/23: Wasteland Blues
(RPG - Post-apocalypse)
A 2d20 Fallout RPG Actual Play podcast. Join the players in exploring the weird and gritty world of post-total nuclear annihilation America and beyond!
Continuity: Longform
Audience: Young adult
RPG System: Fallout
Universe: Fallout
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10/24: Sole Twin Audios
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
Sole Twin Audios: Stories created solely with a vintage soul in mind. Ranges: Old Time Radio Theatre - recreations of OTR episodes, Hodgepodge Classics - public domain stories adapted as an audio drama, Strange Paradise Reborn - Reboot of the classic 1969-1970 soap opera, Salubrious Falls - serial about the people in a fictional Midwestern town.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/25: Empty Room
(Dramatised - Adaptation)
The last spectral playhouse. A virtual space for experimental drama, poetry, audio essays, music, interviews and hauntings. Radio theater at the end of time. /// HIGH-RISE by Matthew Katterhagen; After Ballard.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/25: Jackie the Ripper
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
The infamous Whitechapel murders, retold. A five-part comedy-drama.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
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10/25: Same Voice Virus
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
When an outbreak of Same Voice Virus (SVV) spreads throughout the world, patient zero ”Brad” searches to find a cure while the entire world hunts him down. SVV is a podcast by Brian Barlow.
Continuity: Serial
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10/25: Tales from Willow Grove
(Fiction - Fantasy)
Welcome to Tales from Willow Grove! Click play to hear stories come to life in a magically immersive way. This Fall, we’re bringing you the sweet story of one town’s Fall Harvest Festival to drive away the new chill in the air.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/25: Tejana
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
To solve the darkest crimes you need a new kind of Ranger. Follow Eileen Castillo (Stephanie Beatriz), a rising star within the Texas Rangers, as she tries to solve the grisliest crimes in Austin. When a copycat killer emerges, ghosts from Eileen's past threaten to derail her career. But is it really just a copycat or did an innocent man get convicted decades earlier? Tejana is an original series from Sonoro and Telemundo.
Continuity: Serial
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10/25: The Lamb
(Dramatised - Comedy)
Life is a steaming pile of disappointments for Ted Weeks. When he suffers the final ignominy of being fired by his boss, he makes a bold decision for once in his life: he’s going to cash in everything and blow it all in six magnificent days of living like a rock star. But he manages to f*ck up even that, landing himself in more trouble than he ever imagined possible. The Lamb is a six part comedy podcast that mixes the genuine absurdity of Curb Your Enthusiasm with the earnest optimism of Ted Lasso.
Continuity: Serial
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10/25: Treat
(Dramatised - Horror)
In Treat, we quickly discover that a perfect town comes with a terrifying price. Starring Kiernan Shipka as Allie West, an unpopular teenager who is dealing with issues beyond her years while struggling to fit in with her seemingly perfect small town. But, on one Halloween night, everything changes, and she discovers that her town’s idyllic image comes at a deadly cost. As she learns about the mysterious Piper’s powerful hold on the town, she, along with her younger brother, realize they are the only ones who can save their community before it’s too late. Can Allie West help rescue her family, and their town, and even herself, from its evil past and own demise?
Continuity: Standalone
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10/25: Verdant Heart
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
Verdant Heart, a new fiction podcast from Speak to It Productions, is a queer science-fiction retelling of the Ballad of Tam Lin. Our story follows young researcher Jannah Faulkner and her adventure upon arriving on a research outpost on the forest planet of FC-39. Following the disappearance of project head Dr. Arthur Simons, Jannah, along with her mother and their fellow researchers, will encounter a mystery the likes of which they never could have anticipated: strange life, new love, and a warrior outside of time.
Continuity: Serial
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10/26: Kendall's Midnight Hour
(Fiction - Horror)
Join Kendall for her Midnight Hour where she reads her original spooky short fiction. If you like a little tingle up your spine, and a touch of humor, come and listen - you‘re in for a treat.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/26: St. Mary's School (for children with the stigmata)
(Dramatised - Urban fantasy)
Follow Florence, a now-adult alumna of St. Mary's School, who is still living with the literal and figurative scars from her time there. When a group of other students who have similarly scary experiences with the school appears online, Florence decides to dive deeper. What she finds is worse than she could have ever imagined.
Continuity: Serial
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10/27: Messages
(Dramatised - Horror)
A fiction podcast about a man, an unusual house, and the strange story surrounding both. It's an exploration into memory, perception, communication, history, and other unreliable things. What is fiction?
Continuity: Serial
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10/27: SoundBite Theater
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
In the tradition of radio drama, Soundbite is original theatrical works made for your ears.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/27: Tales Of Terra
(RPG - Urban fantasy)
An actual-play podcast that uses the ttrpg Terra Magia as both system and setting. Playing through pre-built campaigns that you can acquire and play yourself. Our first campaign is Monarchs and Murderers! A murder mystery in the city state of Ascensions Keep.
Continuity: Longform
Audience: Mature/Explicit
RPG System: Terra Magia
Creators: BAME/BIMPOC, LGBTQ+
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10/27: Tempus Multae
(RPG - Science fiction)
Tempus Multae is an experimental show that started off as a collab with Doug from Good.Better.Quest, but quickly developed into its own canon. Strange things happen when man messes with things they do not understand. Mixing ancient mysteries with little-understood science has lead to some very interesting circumstances in the small town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It was always an odd place, but there may be more to the mystery than anyone realizes. A lot more. Join an odd group of friends as they face one of the many mysteries this odd little town has to offer.
Continuity: Longform
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10/27: The Land Whale Murders
(Dramatised - Comedy)
A Gilded Age Comedy about Birders, Murders, and a Missing Whale.
Continuity: Serial
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10/27: Val Toby
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
Val Toby : A Goldie Malone Mystery. Audio Drama from SizzCast
Continuity: Serial
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10/27: We Imagine...Us
(Dramatised - Slice of life)
The compelling and audio-rich series takes us on a journey filled with twists and turns through the center of the country and explores themes of racial injustice, family and community healing and solidarity while telling the story of a father and daughter’s journey to build a new life for themselves.
Continuity: Serial
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10/27: Weekly Dose of Spooky
(Fiction - Horror)
Weekly dose of spooky is a podcast that gives you weekly spooky stories, This is all produced by Elijah Partney, W.D.O.S. Gives you the thrill without the danger. So now you can listen at home and be terrified rather than spending your money on a haunted house or a Six Flags ticket.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/28: Feminist Fairytales
(Dramatised - Folklore)
Once upon a time, the stories you wish you’d heard as a child came to life... before your very ears. Anything but Grimm, these fantastical intersectional tales celebrate sexuality, inclusivity, and gender playfulness. Infuse your day with mystery, mirth, and a new view of what’s possible. Feminist Fairytales is an anthology series that features the work of many writers.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/28: Tales From Trantor
(RPG - Cyberpunk)
Come listen to a few Australians play role-playing games in an actual play format. First up is exploring Cyberpunk Red in: Brace the Badlands!
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: Cyberpunk Red
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10/29: Arcs 'n' Attics
(RPG - Multigenre)
Arcs 'n' Attics is a live play Dungeons and Dragons podcast featuring a cast of rotating Dungeon Masters and Players. Each Arc is featuring a different DM and a completely different story and setting, with new characters to boot, but fret not, we will also return to Arcs that are beloved to our listeners and followers.
Continuity: Longform
RPG System: D&D
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10/29: Dark Side of the Web
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
A fictional account of real risks for kids and vulnerable people online. Each episode will dive into a new risk packed into a dramatic audio story.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/29: DEADHOUSE
(Dramatised - Horror)
The BBC and Darkfield present an unnerving trilogy of immersive binaural experiences. Meet yourself in the DEADHOUSE.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/29: Poetic Justice
(Dramatised - Crime/Mystery)
Crime/Mystery. A comedy interrupted by tragedy. Recorded entirely remotely during 2020 and 2021, this is intended as a proof of concept of recording outside the studio without expensive professional equipment.
Continuity: Serial
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10/29: Soy Sauce Horror
(Fiction - Horror)
Dark short stories written and read by Asian artists.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/29: Spiral Dial
(Fiction - Science fiction)
Jessica flees the Army Medical Corps for a quiet life on board mysterious research vessel Spiral Dial. When crew members start sickening she must unearth the ship’s secrets or be consumed by them. The twisted musical core of the spiral consists of Rhian the robo recorder: part computer, part faux baroque plastic reproduction. She does not subscribe to musical genres but has been told she sounds like a cobra who went to choir school.
Continuity: Serial
Audience: Mature/Explicit
Creators: Disabled, Female, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent
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10/29: Strange Stories to Tell Yourself
(Fiction - Horror)
A fiction podcast that twists horror and the absurd into a series of short stories, all told from the second person perspective.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/29: True Darkness
(Dramatised - Horror)
Stories of unfortunate deaths throughout human history told by a mysterious figure.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/30: After 8:10 PM
(Dramatised - Horror)
Creepy tail bought to life in story telling with sound fx to give it more of a feeling!
Continuity: Anthology
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10/30: New Native Theatre's National Native American 10-Minute Play Festival Podcast
(Dramatised - Multigenre)
New Native Theatre has been producing the National Native American 10-Minute Play Festival in the Twin Cities since 2016. As we couldn't do this in person over the last 18 months we decided to turn what we had into audio play versions. This series will take plays from these festivals, starting with 2016, and present them as audio plays, followed by interviews with the playwrights. New Native Theatre is the Upper Midwest’s professional theatre company dedicated to Native artists and audiences. As the most frequently producing Native American theatre in the Midwest, New Native Theatre has been creating professional pathways into careers in the performing arts and seeding the ecosystem with Native talent since its founding by Diné/Navajo Artistic Director, Rhiana Yazzie in 2009. NNT is a dedicated anti-racist, anti-colonial organization that believes theatre is one of the most powerful tools for reclaiming resilience, health, and agency for indigenous tribal communities.
Continuity: Anthology
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10/30: Raccoon Man
(Dramatised - Horror)
When Raccoon Man hunts the hunters, death is the only winner. For Detective Harry Stewart, returning to his home town of Huron City provides opportunity to look into the disappearance some thirty years ago of his sister 'Frankie'. And when the unusual death of a man torn to pieces turns up on his desk, one man links both events, Michael Kauffman, rich kid made even richer and now pillar of Huron City society. Will Harry get to the end of both his pursuits, or will he be clouded by the past and get drawn into shadows in this world and others?
Continuity: Serial
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10/30: Superhero Confidential
(Dramatised - Superhero)
With great power comes major issues. Superhero Confidential is a short-form daily podcast series introducing superheroes and other characters attending virtual therapy sessions with a synthetic robot named A.I.M.E.E. [Artificial Intelligence Molecular Efficiency Entity]. Required to attend these sessions by the High Council of the Extraordinaries due to recent traumatic events, super villain smackdowns, substance abuse issues, mental illness or other infractions, superheroes — and civilians involved in the superhero community — must share their personal stories or risk being expelled from the organization. Their privacy is guaranteed.
Continuity: Serial
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10/31: Blockbuster Station
(Dramatised - Science fiction)
This is Blockbuster Station. A podcast/radio show/listening experience? It’s the far future, both in distance and time, but humanity’s progeny is still out there, doing their best. Blockbuster Station is one of their newest achievements, and these are the transmissions from the station’s media crew.
Continuity: Serial
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10/31: Helpful Friends - Alex Clement & Peggy Lorimer Ethereal Investigators
(Dramatised - Urban fantasy)
Alex Clements and Peggy Lorimer, Ethereal Investigators, have devoted their time to exploring the supernatural, and fending off the forces of darkness. But what if some of these dark shades, spectres and creatures of the night are actually quite nice? Perhaps Helpful Friends are lurking in the shadows too?
Continuity: Serial
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10/31: Jack of All Trades
(Dramatised - Horror)
A queer occult horror comedy, JACK OF ALL TRADES follows Jack in her new job as a woefully unqualified repairperson. She soon discovers that her resume embellishments are the least of her worries: the flickering lights and strange sounds in the walls all seem to be caused by hauntings! Luckily she has help from Jose, an experienced technician, whose specialties come with some worrisome side effects. Now she hopes to pick up the skills to survive and stay employed, before her boss (and latest crush) finds out she lied on her resume. Or worse, decides she's crazy.
Continuity: Serial
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10/31: The Somnilyte Sessions
(Dramatised - Horror)
When a new patient checks-in to a mental health facility called The Somnilyte Institute, she uncovers the dark truth behind their form of dream therapy. With the help of another patient, she fights back against the institute and her greatest fears.
Continuity: Serial
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10/31: The Therian Tales
(Fiction - Fantasy)
From the creators of The Dungeons and Randomness Podcast, comes stories told in the fantasy world of Theria. Each episode is told from the perspective of a character's view of the world.
Continuity: Anthology
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