A wary traveler has a chance encounter with a famous musical storyteller while sheltering from a storm, and finds an unexpected way home.
“The Ballad of Mr. Old Bones” was written by Claire Dinnebier and is based on the story "Der Totentanz” by Johan August Apel. If you want to read the original story yourself, you can find it in two translations as “The Piper of Neisse” and "Dance of the Dead".
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Starring Shogo Miyakita as Wyrm and Jonathan Cox as Mr. Old Bones
Featuring the music of Alexandre Miller
Produced by Packhowl Media
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The original story:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Totentanz_(Ballade)
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Foreign_Tales_and_Traditions/Volume_2/The_Piper_of_Neisse
In which, after receiving visits from three spectres, Scrooge must decide if he will change his ways...
It was edited and scored by the phenomenal POLYBROW (she/her), a composer, orchestrator, and sound designer from the UK. Find more about Polybrow's work on her website.
The voice of section 1 is the superb Richard Wilde. Richard is a voice actor and actor, and plays Mr Hampson in Gather The Suspects.
The voice of section 2 is the grateful NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he), the creator of AMONG THE STACKS, and the host of HYPERFIXATIONS and NANNY OGG'S BOOK CLUB.
Episode art by CLAIRE A. DINNEBIER (she/her) and NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he)
Read along with A Christmas Carol here
In which Scrooge is visited by the last of the spirits and sees what will happen if he does not mend his ways...
It was edited and scored by the phenomenal POLYBROW (she/her), a composer, orchestrator, and sound designer from the UK. Find more about Polybrow's work on her website.
The voice of section 1 is the wonderful ALEXANDER BAUNER (he/they), one of the creators of, and voice of Ellias Emanuel Short in SURCEASE.
The voice of section 2 is the one of a kind RHYS LAWTON (he/him). Rhys is a man of many talents, known in the audio drama scene as the voice of January Jones in ETHICS TOWN, and has also voiced characters in shows such as THE SILT VERSES
The voice of section 3 is the spooky JEREMY ENFINGER (he/him), a creator of, and voice behind Jeremy in THE STORAGE PAPERS
The voice of section 4 is the brilliant SHAUN PELLINGTON (he/him), one of the creators and producers of the podcast WAKE OF CORROSION, in which he also voices Elliot
The voice of section 5 is the stand-out DR SARAH PENN (she/her), from RAPTURE 518, a horror/psychological thriller Audio Drama produced in Canada.
Episode art by CLAIRE A. DINNEBIER (she/her) and NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he)
Read along with A Christmas Carol here
Please enjoy this special Christmas episode of Among the Stacks, where Alasdair Stuart (the voice of Brother Dust) reads Clement Clarke Moore's festive poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
ALASADAIR STUART as THE NARRATOR
Produced by POLYBROW
Scored by POLYBROW
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In which Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past and takes a journey into his own past... It was edited and scored by the phenomenal POLYBROW (she/her), a composer, orchestrator, and sound designer from the UK. Find more about Polybrow's work on her website.
The voice of section 1 is the wholesome TAYLOR MICHAELS (he/him), who is the voice of Chance in WOE.BEGONE, David in THE GROTTO, and Winston in TALES FROM THE FRINGES OF REALITY.
The voice of section 2 is the talented JESSE SYRATT (she/her). Jesse is the creator and voice behind the podcast NOWHERE ON AIR.
The voice of section 3 is the dedicated GRACE GRIEGO (she/her), one of the co-creators of STRONG BRANCH PRODUCTIONS. Grace's voice can be heard in the podcasts THE STENCH OF ADVENTURE and SKILLSET.
The voice of section 4 is the stalwart ALEX KINGSLEY (they/them), co-creator of STRONG BRANCH PRODUCTIONS, and the creator of such shows as THE STENCH OF ADVENTURE, STRONG BRANCHING OUT, TABLE SLOP, TALES FROM THE RADIATOR and the upcoming ARCANA IN SUBURBIA
The voice of section 5 is the brilliant EMILY PORTER SIEGEL (they/them), a writer and actor whose work can be heard most recently in TRANTHOLOGIES from the [LISTLESS] NETWORK
The voice of section 6 is the inimitable MATY PARZIVAL (they/them), Maty is a production assistant on THE AMELIA PROJECT
Episode art by CLAIRE A. DINNEBIER (she/her) and NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he)
Read along with A Christmas Carol here
What you're about to hear is a snippet of our upcoming production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, releasing this festive season.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he) as THE VOICE OF SECTION ONE
Edited by POLYBROW (she/her)
Scored by POLYBROW
Episode art by CLAIRE A. DINNEBIER (she/her) and NIGEL MCKEON
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Read along with A Christmas Carol here
In which Scrooge is paid a Christmas Eve visit by his old colleague, the late Jacob Marley...
It was edited and scored by the phenomenal POLYBROW (she/her), a composer, orchestrator, and sound designer from the UK. Find more about Polybrow's work on her website.
The voice of section 1 is NIGEL MCKEON (she/they/he), the creator of AMONG THE STACKS, and the host of HYPERFIXATIONS and NANNY OGG'S BOOK CLUB.
The voice of section 2 is the lovely TATIANA GEFTER (she/they). Tot is the voice of Violet Lull on THE DEPARTMENT OF VARIANCE OF SOMEWHERE, OHIO, and the creator of the upcoming SOUL OPERATOR, debuting in January 2024.
The voice of section 3 is the holiday miracle that is CANDACE MCAFEE (they/she), find more information about their work in TTRPG's here.
The voice of section 4 is the mysterious MATTHEW O.K. SMITH (he/him), who is the creator and voice of the podcast NEIGHBOURLY
The voice of section 5 is the delightful EIRA MAJOR (he/they), the founder of HANGING SLOTH STUDIOS, and the creator and voice of SPIRIT BOX RADIO, CLOCKWORK BIRD, NOT QUITE DEAD, and the upcoming THE TWELVELMS CONSPIRACY
Episode art by CLAIRE A. DINNEBIER (she/her) and NIGEL MCKEON
Read along with A Christmas Carol here
This week, we're recommending a show we think you should listen to: Partial Veil from Ylem Media Partial Veil is an atmospheric, unsettling folk horror audio drama that explores the true nature of humanity and the deep, dark secrets we all try to hide. The Woods Are Watching. This is their first episode: Ylem. Halo Rhys is missing. The FBI are in Baron, North Dakota looking for him. And Partial Veil Forest… is watching.
CW: Violence, Adult Language, Death, Loud Noises, Psychological Torment, chainsaw noises
Written, Directed and edited by Allison Cossitt
Produced by Ylem Media
Original Music Composed by Jakub Żerański
“Fading To Black” by Michael Vignola
Allison Cossitt as Josie Ward
Peter Wicks as Halo Rhys
Candace McAfee as Agent Diane Ramsey
Sarah Doreen MacPhee as Agent Arlene Whitt
Bjorn Munson as Ray Lester
Nancy O'Fallon as Grace Karlsen
Mikee Joaquin as Adam
Livia Zita as Ildiko
Meredith Nudo as Laine
Jason Tibor as Walter Ross
Giova Arujo as Scientist 1
Juandre Peacock as Scientist 2
To learn more about the awesomeness that is Ylem Media and Partial Veil, visit our website at www.ylemmediaproductions.com. For maximum Partial Veil consumption, follow us into the deep dark forest at https://www.instagram.com/partialveilpodcast, https://bsky.app/profile/partialveil.bsky.social, and https://x.com/PartialVeilAD
If you think that this is one of the most bomb-diggity audio dramas out there and you want to make an offering to appease whatever it is that lives in Partial Veil Forest, mosey on over to www.patreon.com/YlemMedia
Transcripts available on our website at www.ylemmediaproductions.com/episodes
Ylem Media... This is Only the Beginning...
This week, we're recommending a show we think you should listen to: The Holmwood Foundation, a show that's Crowdfunding right now from Fio Trethewey and Georgia Cook
Content Warning: swearing, threat, loud static, brief emergency sirens, themes of possession/removal of bodily autonomy, and depictions of violence. Listener discretion is advised.
If you enjoy this episode and want to hear more, please consider supporting our Kickstarter for the rest of Season One:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/georgiacook/the-holmwood-foundation
The Holmwood Foundation is a Found Footage Horror-Fiction Podcast, a modern-day sequel to the gothic novel Dracula.
We follow Maddie Townsend (Rebecca Root) and Jeremy Larkin (Seán Carlsen), two co-workers at the Holmwood Foundation: a secret organisation that has been maintaining and studying the remains of Count Dracula for the last 130 years, as they are possessed by the ghosts of Jonathan and Mina Harker, and embark on a nightmare road trip, carrying Dracula's severed head across the UK, in an effort to stop him once and for all.
EPISODE CAST AND CREW:
Madeline Townsend/Mina Harker: Rebecca Root
Jeremy Larkin/Jonathan Harker: Seán Carlsen
Arthur Jones: Samuel Clemens
Thralls/Foundation Phone Voice: Becky Wright
Newsreader: Jessica Carroll
Robert Swales: Luke Kondor
Dracula: Attila Puskás
The episode was produced and written by Fio Trethewey and Georgia Cook.
Directing by Samuel Clemens.
Script Editing by Katharine Armitage.
Sound Design and Engineering by Benji Clifford
The Theme music was composed and produced by Duncan Muggleton, and the episode art was produced by Georgia Cook
For more information, as well as transcripts and further Cast and Crew details, please visit our official website:
www.theholmwoodfoundation.com
The Holmwood Foundation Podcast © 2024 by Georgia Cook and Fio Trethewey is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This week, we're recommending a show we think you should listen to: Soul Operator from Tatiana Gefter
Soul Operator is a multi-genre, multi-season podcast that can be described as an actual play-narrative fusion. The podcast was created with the intention of highlighting amazing solo ttrpgs that exist in the space by presenting their gameplay as a fleshed out story. Follow Tessa Whitlock as she navigates these strange new worlds, for better or for worse. This is their first episode: The Awakening.
"Your first few days in the neighborhood have been overwhelming."
Tessa recounts her first few days in a mysterious neighborhood, surrounded by strangers.
General Warnings:
-Fear
-Isolation
-Paranoia
Episode Specific Warnings:
-Audio Distortion around 19:50.
Tessa Whitlock played by Tatiana Gefter.
Audio editing and music by J Strautman.
Follow Soul Operator on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Tiktok.
For early, ad-free episodes and other benefits, check out their patreon!
This week, we're recommending a show we think you should listen to: Dreadwood Press Radio from Arthur Edwards
At Dreadwood Press Radio our nightly hosts take the most cut-throat journalism job out there. Each night a new host takes over the show for their final confession only to be killed at the end by their successor. It's more glamorous than prison, folks! (And cheaper too) Within these stories, you will hear about a goth cowboy gunslinger and his scorned boyfriend who owns an interesting pawn shop as well as the creatures that lurk in the woods. This is their first episode: Moss
Dreadwood Press Radio is hiring and the hiring podcast is quite cut throat. Welcome to Dreadwood everyone! I hope you packed light, it's quite the hike. Meet Moss as they set the scene and describe their most perfect crime.
CW: this episode contains themes of loss of parent, sounds of death, descriptions of violence, abandonment
It is written and created by Arthur Edwards.
The voice of Moss is Ozzy Coker.
This episode was edited by Sloan Brown.
Today's music is brought to you by Burgundy Lipstick.
Visit Deep Wood Productions' website here
Follow Dreadwood on Twitter @RadioDreadwood
Follow Dreadwood on Instagram @dreadwoodpressradio
Please enjoy this special Hallowe'en episode of Among the Stacks, where Candace McAfee (the voice of S.) reads Edgar Allan Poe's bone-chilling poem, The Raven
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
CANDACE MCAFEE as THE NARRATOR
Produced by POLYBROW
Scored by POLYBROW
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Read along with The Raven here
In which an experiment is interrupted, scientific processes are questioned, and a hypothesis is formed.
To avoid spoilers, content warnings are listed at the end of this episode description.
“The harms that pass between them” - Alexis Schaitkin, Elsewhere
Dramatis Personae:
JAMIE PETRONIS of THE CELLAR LETTERS as DR NOCEBO
SHAUN PELLINGTON of WAKE OF CORROSION as DR EREBUS
TAYLOR MICHAELS as DR ARAWN
Written by NIGEL MCKEON
Directed by ALEX KINGSLEY
Script edited by MATY PARZIVAL, ALEX KINGSLEY, and NIGEL MCKEON
Dialogue edited by POLYBROW
Produced by POLYBROW
Production assistance by MATY PARZIVAL
Scoring by POLYBROW
End credits music by ALEX SCHWARTZ
Episode Transcript by MATY PARZIVAL
Episode Art by ROBERT J. KNUTSON of the GHOST WAX podcast
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View the episode transcript here
This week's episode features a trailer for the upcoming show Before The Tone. Follow Knave of Hearts on Twitter for more information about the upcoming release of Before the Tone.
Content warnings for this episode include:
Medical experiments
Medical malpractice
Child endangerment
Being confined against one's will
Unwanted medical procedures
Kidnapping (mention)
Death
Discussions of surgical practices
Gore (sfx)
Sounds of distress
Electrocution (implied)
Descriptions of body horror
Emetophobia (mention)
Unreality
Arguments
Hospitals
Being drugged
This week, we're recommending a show we think you should listen to: Jar of Rebuke from Thesperience Productions
Follow Dr. Jared Hel's journey as he works to re-discover his forgotten past and finds his place within the small Indiana farm town of Wichton and the cryptozoological organization he works for called 'The Enclosure'. These audio journals, and other recordings, dive deep into Midwestern US cryptids and folklore while also telling a mystery about identity, queerness, neurodivergence, and community. This is their first episode: Pilot
Meet Dr. Jared Hel with his first audio-journal entry. Learn about The Enclosure, the organization that he works for, as well as various folks in the supernaturally charged midwestern farm town of Wichton- along with the black-eyed children who often come tapping and requesting shelter...
CW: this episode contains themes of fantasy violence, death, audio distortion
Read the transcript for this episode here
Written and produced by Casper Oliver (he/fae/they) who also voices Dr. Jared Hel
Intro read by Nessa R (she/her)
Credits read by Ashlee Craft (he/they), who also makes the podcast graphics
Music by TheMenniss (she/they) https://themenniss.bandcamp.com/.
Thunder sound-effects by ThePhantomMonk on YouTube.
Support their Patreon here
Visit the Thesperience website
Find info on all of their cast, crew, and socials at https://jarofrebuke.carrd.co/
This week, we're recommending a show we think you should listen to: Tranthologies from The [Listless] Network
Trantholgies is a multi-season award winning podcast from an all trans writing team which dares to ask the real questions: what if a trans guy was alone in the apocalypse with no one but his dog to keep him company? What if Macbeth was set in Euphoria high school, and Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were T4T? What if The Count of Monte Cristo was in space? What if you swapped names with your best friend who is also trans? What are the many benefits to being a marine biologist? And… Well, we have thirty episodes, I can’t go over them all. You’ll just have to tune in to find out! This is their mini trailer
Twitter: @tranthologies
Instagram: @tranthologies
Tumblr: @tranthologies
This week, we're recommending a show we think you should listen to: The Children of Room 56 from The [Listless] Network
Spiritsford. The lakes have teeth. The walls have eyes. There's a hotel for ghosts in the woods. Sam Moss and her tight-knit group of friends have been investigating the mysteries of Spiritsford since they were children, and they enjoy it... until one of their own goes missing.
Chip Romero has disappeared.
And Sam is determined to find him. But the supernatural creatures of the town are getting increasingly malicious, and Sam's chances of actually finding her friend seem near-impossible. This is their mini episode: Welcome to Spiritsford
Twitter: @room56pod
Instagram: @room56pod
Tiktok: @room56pod
Tumblr: room56pod
Ko-fi: thechildrenofroom56
This week, we're doing something a bit different. What you're about to hear is our entry from the October 2022 Phonic Fiction Fest, John Smith and the Cost of the Hungry Blade, as it was created by people all involved in making the show, and is an idea we want to develop further.
Detective John Smith is a hardboiled detective in a strange world. When a body is found with a mysterious knife which isn't the murder weapon, Smith must turn to Doe, his magical partner for help. Doe has been sent by the Guardians of the Forest as an envoy to the human world. But they’ve found a new candidate to represent them — too bad he doesn’t believe in magic.
Dramatis Personae:
J. R. STEELE as DOE
NIGEL MCKEON as SMITH
EIRA MAJOR as ZARGOTH
ALEX KINGSLEY as JAZARAG
Written by ALEX KINGSLEY, J. R. STEELE, and NIGEL MCKEON
Directed by ALEX KINGSLEY
Produced by EIRA MAJOR
Scoring by JESSE SYRATT
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Join our Discord server here
Content warnings for this episode include:
Murder
Profanity
Implications of violence
Mild threat
Loss of autonomy
Rot/decay
Supernatural harm
SFX: Birds calling, eldritch voices whispering, vocal distortion
This week, we're recommending a show we think you should listen to: Hotel Daydream from Steven Cousler
Catering to the needs of mythical beings, monstrous clients, and mathematical abstractions is tough work. Tune in every other Sunday for hospitality updates from the hotel for the real, the imagined, and everything in between. This is their first episode: The Pilot
The hotel faces some difficulties when guests complain about a peckish statue out in the garden. Also there is a shortage of blood for the vampire clients, a supply chain breakdown of eggs, a discussion of the dietary nature of flies, and one guest who can't stay away from his exploding fruit. Just another day in the hospitality business for the odd and incorporeal.
Twitter: @HotelDayRadio
Email: Hotel.daydream@outlook.com
Patreon: Hotel Daydream Patreon
This week, we're recommending a brand new show we think you should listen to: Ghost Wax from Far and Tall Tales Productions
Ghost Wax is a horror fiction podcast following the work of the last “reclaimer”, investigating a series of unnatural killings by raising the dead and committing their final statements to wax cylinder. This is their First Episode: Fresh Cuttings
Reclaimer Voncid and his tech support Luca have found a suitable device to record their investigations. Strange occurrences and ghastly crimes have begun to plague The City once again. Voncid investigates the improbable incident of a heavily decayed corpse who hasn't missed a day of work. Website:https://farandtalltales.squarespace.com/
Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/farandtalltales
RSS:https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63467e9af5775f00110efd9c
This week, we're recommending a brand new show we think you should listen to: Surcease, from Mythhale
Surcease is a weekly, queer, horror anthology podcast in which… Ellias Short has been put on the task to digitize current patient files of the inhabitants of Sunshine Valley Mental Institution, and to his dismay, he is forced to work with none other than Kairo Timor, the newcomer who stole his dream job from right under his nose. As the piles of casefiles stack up, and the more mysterious disappearances happen at Sunshine Valley, they start to wonder if everything is as it seems? Or they have just gone mad This is their First Episode: The Musician's Curse
Case File #31 11 522 - 12, Amanda Olsen’s recount of a new beginning leading to her husband's tragic demise.
Content warnings: Medical issues Bodily harm Vomiting Darkness Possession like symptoms SFX Talk of mental illness Loss of bodily functions Death
Today's episode featured…
Alexander Bauner as Ellias Emanuel Short
It was…
Audio edited by Elz Saari & Henry Johannessen
Manuscript edited by Reeda Bauner & Thalia Højlund
Written By Alexander Bauner
Cover art by Thalia Højlund
You can support us on Ko-fi:
You can find/contact us at:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/surcease_pod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Surcease_Pod
Sound effects:
Intro/outro by kuroshina on Fiverr
Freesound - Horror_Ambience_Atmos-09.wav by Headphaze
BE AWARE! Mythhale is !Not! A company, it is simply a name we have chosen to
refer to ourselves as a team.
WARNING: DO NOT EAT, As episodes are not edible!
this podcast is too gay, speaking is not an option
