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Girls from Sawkill have been disappearing for decades, stolen away by a ravenous evil no one has dared to fight…until now.
http://www.claire-legrand.com/sawkill-girls
At the Penumbra, you might follow Juno Steel, a brooding, sharp-witted private eye on Mars. Or you might enter the world of the Second Citadel, where the merciless Sir Caroline must corral a team of emotionally distraught all-male knights to defend their city.These audio dramas and more await you in the Penumbra, dear traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.
http://www.thepenumbrapodcast.com/
Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they’re not out to entertain. Whatever the truth may be, it will only be found below the waves. But the secrets of the deep come with a price.
https://www.miragrant.com/books/into-the-drowning-deep/
Community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff’s Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events.
https://www.welcometonightvale.com/
Laura Hollis is three weeks into her first semester at Sillas University, and her roommate, Betty, mysteriously disappears after a party. A cryptic (and oddly moist) note leads Laura to believe that this isn’t just a case of one too many Jäegerbombs. A modern adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s gothic novel of the same name, to find out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QzRfvkJZ4&list=PLbvYWjKFvS5rX2yv-k5AJ8oxPoZ9zHcpe
After the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn’t: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods.
https://www.christinelynnherman.com/the-devouring-gray
A sensitive orphan, Jane Steele suffers first at the hands of her spiteful aunt and predatory cousin, then at a grim school where she fights for her very life until escaping to London, leaving the corpses of her tormentors behind her. After years of hiding from the law while penning macabre “last confessions” of the recently hanged, Jane thrills at discovering an advertisement. Her aunt has died and her childhood home has a new master: Mr. Charles Thornfield, who seeks a governess.
http://www.lyndsayfaye.com/books
The Haunting of Hill House
Spookiness rating (10/10)
Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
https://www.netflix.com/ca/Title/80189221
Spookiness rating: (2/10)
The Bright Sessions is a science fiction podcast that follows a group of therapy patients. But these are not your typical patients—each has a unique supernatural ability. The show documents their struggles and discoveries as well as the motivations of their mysterious therapist, Dr. Bright.
http://www.thebrightsessions.com/
(We had some recommendations from our audience that we didn’t get a chance to check out, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t: Jennifer’s Body, Alice is Not Dead, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vintage, Wilder Girls, The Magnus Archives, The Bridge, King Falls am, Attack of the Queerwolf, Girls Guts and Giallo, Monsters out of the Closet, Normal Horoscopes, The Blood Crow Stories, Monster Crush, elmprophet)