Tag: horror

Let’s talk about why we love scaring ourselves. On its face, it makes no damned sense. When I listen to horror podcasts (like I...

I’m not a horror fan. But I get the appeal. I managed a movie theater in college. I screened horror flicks alone at 2 AM after ...

Is there anything quite like a good, scary horror audio drama? One of the ones where the creators bring out all the ghouls, ghosts, and spi...

The Wrong Station is a dark fiction anthology podcast modeled after classic 1940s radio broadcasts. Using the stir of piano keys and music ...

A Deep Dive Into Hi Nay, a Filipino Horror Audio Drama That You Need On Your Halloween Listening Playlist  Hi Nay: A Tale of Two Supern...

(Editor’s note: This piece is best read on desktop, not mobile. This piece also discusses struggles with mental illness.) The year...

It’s the Halloween season, a cherished time of year when fiction podcasters trot out their best ominous ambient soundscapes and scripts t...

How Found Audio Soiled a Genre My relationship with horror is an odd one. I’m the kind of person who can recall the events of Harlan E...

There are practical reasons why scary stories on audio work. They press our imaginations and storytelling is humanity's anthropological hist...

Growing up in South Carolina, I didn’t see my home state reflected in many shows or movies. At best, stories would be set in “The S...