On this edition of the show I’m honored to be joined by two of the brilliant talents behind the spooky audio drama The Demonic Detective: its creator, Jason Brasier, and co-star Jonathan W. Robbins. The eight episode first season of the series is now streaming on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and various other platforms.
Set in New Salem - or an alternate universe of Salem, Massachusetts in the 1940’s - and combining hard-boiled detective drama with supernatural chills in a retro old-time radio style, The Demonic Detective features Robbins as Jack Faust, a downtrodden detective who is, as Brasier describes him, “a detective who’s seen more than he'd like to and who drowns his sorrows in bourbon.”
His next case becomes a battle for both justice and his own survival when a childhood pal-turned nun - Madame Zola, played by Jillian Clare - seeks his assistance. Unfortunately for Jack, his soul and body will take on a ghoulish perversion when an evil spirit - Lilith, played by Shelley Waggener - consumes the normally grizzled detective.
Doomed to co-exist with that demon by a wicked group of witches dubbed The Coven, and with his reputation destroyed after a brutal split from his former partner, Detective Emmanuel Lawson (played by A Martinez), an emotionally wounded and demonically possessed Jack investigates a world of voodoo, corruption and curses in a town that may never overcome its own historical misfortune as the place where witches died and suspicion lived.
Completing the show’s incredible cast are Vanessa Leinani as the powerful coven leader Morogon Allistair, Jenique English as the high voodoo priestess Lady Boleyn, Chris English as her loyal assistant/protege Ezekiel Pendragon, Ryan Smith as the tortured ex-cop Giles Corey (among many other voices he performs on the show), and Ed Robinson as the crusading witch hunter Archibald Huxley.
Find out more about The Demonic Detective on the show's web site:
https://www.demonicdetective.com/
Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-demonic-detective/id1843186163
On Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/27XmA8xqppTdhBaviPs9eC?si=e7ea3f0990a54055
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