#but that just means I have a ton of half assed reviews scribbled in my phone

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hey cheif! I keep a running list on my phone that I can just c&p for you

prepare yourself:

I am in Eskew: easily the scariest show I’ve ever listened to and one of my absolute favorites. Not for the feint hearted but so so good, it’s hard to describe, but things are not right in the city of Eskew- maybe you should join us here?

Light House: Short and absolutely terrifying. the voice acting and imagery is incredible! one of my favorites and one of the few that have actually terrifies me! a rare find for genuinely spooky haunted houses, just listen to the story of Light House, the girls, and all the spirits there.

Unwell: A story about a very creepy and very mysterious small town. It embraces the creepy vibe of the midwest, but hides a lot of the socio economic tragedy of these crumbling small towns! It’s an amazing listen!

Hello from the Hallowoods: Your nightmarish host Nikignik presents a heartfelt horror show from the beautiful (and deadly) Northern Hallowoods. Listen as a cast of (wonderful and largely queer) survivors face twisted wildlife, the Instrumentalist, and other terrors in the forest at the end of the world. I live this show, it’s like a more cryptid/eldritch Night Vale, but it’s so much more than that! it has so many amazing threads that are genuinely exciting to unravel, and the narrators voice/voices are so soothing to listen to.

Alice isn’t Dead: Alice isn’t Dead, and her wife is going on a road trip to try and find her! Alice is one of my all time favorites, it’s creepy and the sound design is incredible! The story is so creepy and wholesome and mysterious, I will absolutely recommend it to everyone

Spines: about a girl who wakes up with crazy super powers and no memory of what happened to her, Wren is unraveling who and what she is, where she came from, and the horrors that created her. really good, though definitely a body horror warning on this one!

How I Died is a short indie podcast about a coroner who can talk to ghosts in a very mysterious town, it’s an amazing concept, and they bring more to the story than just a dude who can talk to ghosts!

The Lovecraft Investigations: Tackles the stories of HP Lovecraft in the docu-drama style and it’s actually really good! both the hosts are likable, and they make some of the confusing ramblings of mr lovecraft actually is treating and sensible!( I always recommend this to people who were disappointed in the Balck Tapes)

The Left/Right Game: A short story about a very scary extra dimensional road trip- genuinely terrifying and the sound design is beyond amazing! one of my absolute favorites, i’ve re listened so many times now! Parts of the story can be a little unclear, but you can reference the original r/nosleep story for reference!

Call of the Void: A really amazing reimagining of the Lovecraft story, short, and really well done! the characters are all real and likable, and it has so much heart!

The Deca Tapes: Ten people locked in the same space- they have no memories of who they are, they have no names, just jobs, and no other details from me! this ones a wild ass ride, it kinda reminds me of Lost, but like, good.

Death by Dying: about an obituary writer trying to solve the mysteries of those he writes about. It’s creepy and funny and absurd, even more off the rails than Welcome to Night Vale.

Malevolent: Arthur looses his sight in an accident, and when he wakes up, there’s a mysterious voice in his head who can see through his eyes, and has to narrate the world around them!! Really spooky, and give off that 20s lovecraft/eldritch vibe, and it’s really well done! I think it’s and and really creative and smart framing device! and of all the shows i think their patreon has the most exciting rewards!

The Sheridan Tapes:The Sheridan Tapes: Anna Sheridan, famous horror novelist, has gone missing, and Sam Bailey, homicide detective, is trying to find her. He has to listen to her weird an spooky tapes for clues, but finds out a lot more about the world around him, and specifically his little city. i really love it’s one! if you like to hear your narrator sort of wax poetic while delivering spooks, you’ll def like this one!! the characters all feel real and the story unravels in a really satisfying arc!

Weeping Cedars: Another Creepy small town, this time in the docu-drama style. The story is really good the first season, though the second season looses a lot of scare factor and just sounds like a documentary! Still give it a listen though, I still liked the second season, it’s just a lil slow (that said I haven’t listened to season three yet!)

The Silt Verses: The same creators of I am in Eskew, and it’s just as amazing!! The world is so full and terrifying! It’s a horror/ religious fantasy in an alternate world, with outlawed gods and fanatics! I want so much more inside this universe, and it’s easy to forget how horrifying it is because the story is so compelling, but it will remind you exactly when it should.

Duggan Hill: Traveling through old country roads, a woman named Sasha goes missing, the last person she spoke to, was her ex girlfriend, Zoe, but… Zoe can’t remember anything about her. I really like this one!! the story evolves in a pretty unexpected and interesting way!!

the Gloom: short and sweet! it’s in the “docudrama” investigative journalist style, i really love the focus of the story, but the narrator is just a little melodramatic for my tastes! the journalist finds and explores tapes from a decades old cold case, involving the deaths and disappearances of four kids from a mental home for troubled youths.

In Another Room: only 8 episodes, but one of the best pieces of haunted house media I’ve ever heard! Investigative journalist, Wendy, steps into a local haunted house to report on paranormal findings, but is immediately swallowed up. Each room shows her exactly what happened there and gives her clues to the truth of the house.

The Orpheus Protocol: if you can get into TTRPG actual play games you MUST give it a listen. It’s true my some of the best horror writing I’ve ever heard, and the dice act almost secondary to this incredible story!! There are dozens of characters and an enormous back catalogue (like 200 eps?) it’s really 10/10 incredible!!

Sayer: SAYER is a narrative fiction podcast set on Earth's man-made second moon, Typhon. The eponymous SAYER is a highly advanced, self-aware AI created to help acclimate new residents to their new lives, and their new employment with Ærolith Dynamics. It’s very creepy and unsettling, but SAYER’s voice makes the whole show. It sounds amazing and sells the omnipresent and oppressive AI environment!

Woe.Begone: a single narrator dark comedy about time travel, government interference, and just sort of doing what it takes. I don’t really know how to describe it, it’s basically if RABBITS was good AND made sense? and it’s very funny and every gross I love it! the horror sort of tapers off in the more recent seasons but I’m still really enjoying it!

Mockery Manor: Classic teens working at a creepy amusement park! Except the park is really interesting and well designed, the characters are well rounded, and the mystery is buck wild (and the voice acting is really impressive) There’s a little bit of teen melodrama but I still like it!

Jar of Rebuke: A fun and creepy story about cryptids in the american midwest! Dr. Jared Hel is definitely just a normal scientist with no memory and a normal dog! Another really great and creepy show with an awesome mystery and plenty of queer rep!!

does anyone want to hit me with horror podcast recs? i love old gods, tma, the silt verses, a voice from the darkness.... i would love something akin to this, just an overall gothic vibe