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Shelterwood

Official Website Listen on Spotify Created by: Stephen Indrisano, Bloody FM Aired: 2024-- (ongoing, though there may be a delay before S2 releases) Episodes: 16

Shelterwood: A Suburban Gothic is a 16-part Docu-Horror Podcast centered around one man’s quest to find his long-lost sister in an infinite, monster-infested suburb beyond the veil. With primary inspirations like The Black Tapes, Silent Hill 2, and Limetown, Shelterwood will be one part Gothic, one part Found Footage, and one hundred percent terrifying.

The show follows podcaster Nicholas DeRoso, who stumbles upon an endless expanse of nightmarish suburbia as he searches for his long-lost sister. Will he find her or be lost to the development beyond the veil? What other secrets does the impossible neighborhood hold?

Shelterwood is a podcast within a podcast, with a mix of live audio and the two hosts providing voiceover commentary on it. It's a good balance, allowing for the protagonist's in the moment reactions while also providing an excuse to have someone describe the things that don't show up in the audio. Like the blurb says, protagonist Nicholas slips into the sunnier, "everything is fine and wonderful here!" hyper-Americana version of Silent Hill, where nothing is more sinister than the HOA, hoping to find his sister who disappeared as a teenager.

Perfect for fans of uncanny alt worlds, where the smiling faces are as scary as the monsters.

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Hi Nay

Official Website Listen on Spotify Created by: Motzie Dapul Aired: 2020- present (ongoing) Episodes: ~70

Hi Nay, literally translated to “Hi Mom”, is a supernatural horror fictional podcast about Filipina immigrant Mari Datuin, whose babaylan (shaman) family background accidentally gets her involved in stopping dangerous supernatural events in Toronto.

Told as a series of answering machine messages left by the protagonist to her mother (and others), about the paranormal mysteries she finds herself dragged into by a pair of cops who have caught on that there are some cases they can't solve.

Perfect if you're looking for a fresh multi-cultural take on the "ghostie of the week" formula. (I have not gotten super far yet but I hear it opens up even more).

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The Silt Verses

Official Website Listen on Spotify Created by: Jon Ware and Muna Hussen, Eskew Productions Ltd Aired: 2021-2024 Episodes: 45

In this horror/fantasy serial drama, Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations.

As their pilgrimage lengthens and the river’s mysteries deepen, the two acolytes find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, but also come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories.

From the same creator as I Am in Eskew, the show takes place in a world saturated with gods old and new. The variety in the pantheon makes for some fascinating worldbuilding, as the two main protags embark on a pilgrimage to find and possibly strengthen the remnants of their religious order. Over time it branches out to include other characters. The sound quality in season 1 is kinda rough, but it improves over time.

Perfect for fans of cosmic and body horror, cults and religious horror.

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The Heresies of Radulf Burntwine

Official Website Listen on Spotify Created by: Zachary Golden / Slapdash Studios Aired: 2024--present (ongoing) Episodes: 13 + bonuses

In The year of Enlightentment 976… Radulf Burtwine, former monk turned traveling investigator, dedicates his life to uncovering the profane secrets of a world in which viruses are gods and humanity, merely their plaything.

It has been called “Umberto Eco meets HP Lovecraft.” THORB is a horror fantasy medical mystery podcast with an aesthetic that can only be described as Occult Academia and Laboratory Judaica.

Take care dear stranger, and remember, some secrets are better left unknown.

Takes place in a completely different world from ours, where the culture is medieval, but some of the technological and medical advances are pretty incredible. Radulf Burntwine is a natural philosopher who goes from place to place solving medical mysteries. Each episode he tackles someone with a semi-familiar affliction (zombies, werewolves) but from the point of view of an academic treating symptoms rather than unraveling magic and ritual.

The found audio includes a continuous Clicking noise - if this bothers you, clean audio versions are available on the Patreon, on the free tier I believe.

Perfect for anyone who hears "treating werewolves with steroids" and thinks that sounds damn intriguing, or if you're interested in very dense world-building.

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Ghost Wax

Official Website Listen on Spotify Created by: R.J. Knutson and Aaron Schoenrock, Far and Tall Tales Aired: 2022 - present (currently making season 2) Episodes: 45 (plus a patreon prequel)

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.

Very similar in format to TMA, Ghost Wax is a found audio podcast following Voncid, the only living person left who can communicate openly with the dead. Each episode features a new subject for him to interview, with a meta plot that kicks in fairly early and weaves through the different tales (some connected, some not).

Perfect for fans coming off TMA looking for something similar, with a wide variety of inventive horror and great character dynamics.

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Hello from the Hallowoods

Official Website Listen on Spotify Created by: William A. Wellman Aired: 2020-- (ongoing) Episodes: Approaching 200

Come walk between the black pines! In this award-winning queer horror podcast, a cosmic narrator follows the increasingly connected residents of the forest at the end of the world. It’s a bittersweet story that explores queer identity, horror genre tropes, and finding hope in humanity’s last moments. 

A voice broadcasting into our dreams tells snippets of stories: supernatural, sometimes creepy, sometimes melancholy, from the titular Hallowoods and its unusual inhabitants. It gives off strong WTNV vibes from the start, and it isn't until you get through the first dozen eps-ish that the stories and characters start to strongly connect into an overarching story.

Perfect for those looking for notes of hope in their horror, or enjoy a story slowly building on itself through interconnected threads.

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Mercy

Official Website Listen on Spotify Created by: Strangekind Studio Aired: 2025-- (ongoing) Episodes: 4

Official Blurb

Wayne Sawyer is a grizzled jack-of-all-trades, helping the folk of Mercy for a mere pittance. When he meets the bizarre and enigmatic academic, Doctor Daisy Gray, they are both thrust into dangers beyond human comprehension. A queer eldritch audio drama set during the tail end of the wild west. For adult audiences only.

Like it says on the tin, Mercy is a western-themed cosmic horror adventure. The chemistry between grisled action man Saywer and his strong-willed, book-smarts co-protagonist feels immediately familiar and keeps the interactions peppy. This is a newer show still airing but one to watch.

Perfect for fans of the intersection of Cosmic Horror and the wild west, especially on the creature feature end of the spectrum.

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The White Vault

Official Website Listen on Spotify Created by: Fool and Scholar Productions Aired: 2017-- ongoing sequel Episodes: ~130

Explore the far reaches of the world’s horrors in the audio drama podcast The White Vault. Follow the collected records of a repair team sent to Outpost Fristed in the vast white wastes of Svalbard and unravel what lies waiting in the ice below.

A found audio horror thriller series that spans different expeditions across the world as they investigate a global paranormal conspiracy of sorts.

Perfect for fans of slow burn isolationist horror. Also features a variety of global locations and characters of different nationalities. The third season especially features a lot of untranslated Spanish.