#dear evelyn

[oswednesday]

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[withswords]

Sparrows come home to roost.

From the small town of Keen's Cross, Indiana came a missing persons case that rocked the country. A housewife and mother of two, married to the beloved town pastor, vanished, leaving behind only a cache of disturbing journals. Police and FBI searched fruitlessly for months for any trace of Naomi Payne.

That was 20 years ago.

Sparrow Payne has returned to Keen's Cross after a long absence to inherit the family home. With their father dead and mother gone, all Sparrow has left is their baby sister, Evelyn. But the discoveries they make while attempting to reopen Naomi's cold case may threaten to rob them of even that.

DEAR EVELYN is a new horror podcast about the darkness at the heart of small town America. New episodes are live on the 15th and 30th of the month.

[existentialterror]

Light's ARG notes - Dear Evelyn

Dear Evelyn (spotify link) is a horror podcast with a few ARG elements! It's just coming out and it's really good. I know some of the people involved (though don't know anything else about the podcast itself) and really like the other podcast on their network, the Creepypasta Book Club. Check em out! There are also some ARG elements. (It looks like you can listen to the podcast without engaging with any of the ARG elements, at least for now, but it's early on and anyways I love an ARG.)

Under the cut I'm dropping a lot of spoiler notes on Episode 1 "introductions" and Episode 2 "The Attic", which is all that's out so far. Really just my notes on the characters and what we know about everything.

I'm taking a break for this in between working on the shorthand code, which... might take me a while. I know nothing about shorthand and never claimed to be good at codes in the first place. XD

Characters

The Payne family

Sparrow Payne - The voice of the show. Sending recordings to get back in touch with their younger sibling, Evelyn. Their father has just died and they've moved back to the old family house in Keen's Cross, Indiana.

Got emancipated at 16, hasn't been back since. Refers to themself as "the scary one" of the siblings.

Evelyn Payne - Sparrow's younger sister. Was more online at a younger age. Also left Keen's Cross early and has been estranged from everyone. Things are really tense with Sparrow, who doesn't even know their address, which Sparrow thinks is fair.

As a kiddo, really morbid and into scary stuff. Made up and was scared of "Gabe the Cave Monster".

On a post-it note on the wall of Evelyn's room, in her handwriting, is "Pale_Horse1392".

Pastor Roger Payne - Sparrow and Evelyn's dad, who recently died. Was always a hardass but really became a pious dick after his wife vanished.

Naomi Payne - Sparrow and Evelyn's mom, who went missing when Sparrow was - I forget but I want to say like 12 years old.

Into new age stuff, not as into the religious stuff, which was a point of conflict in her relationship with Roger.

Wrote extensive diaries.

Sparrow is pretty sure she's dead.

Other characters

Mrs. Rapperty (sp?): Next door neighbor, lives alone in big dirty house. Recluse. Now maybe has Alzheimer's or something. Said Naomi was so beautiful but that she lost the faith and left the kids - all of which was news to Sparrow. She seems to know something about Naomi.

Jake Petty: Gay kid that the kids knew when they were younger, stayed in Keen's Cross. Closer to Evelyn's age.

Officer Petty: Jake's dad. Cop.

Pastor Drayer (sp?): The new pastor. Was really curious about Evelyn at Roger's funeral, despite having never met either of the Payne kids.

The missing person case

According to news report at the end of "introductions", Naomi was: Reported as missing:

4 days after last seen

3 days after authorities were notified

Reported to outside authorities (like, police in another town) BY one of the kids hitchhiking to a nearby town. Guessing that's Sparrow, since Evelyn was very young.

Sparrow tried to get help and answers as a kid but doesn't seem to have known much.

Since she died, the entire case has been publicized and become infamous online, which Sparrow hates. A lot of stuff like Naomi's journals are digitally available.

Naomi's journals

Naomi wrote some every day, almost.

Some missing ones mentioned in "The Attic", including various years. The journals are indexed with letters.

Also lots of albums, almost all of the mom. Lots with the mom and some baby in places that don't look like Keen's Cross, which is confusing to Sparrow.

A lot of the diaries were made public but not these ones Sparrow just found in the attic.

Sparrow mentions one specific entry - 1992 (May 18) - Talking about Mt St Helens erupting, on its anniversary. Naomi tried to get others to leave town - something bad is happening here too.

An excerpt of one of the diaries, written in shorthand, was shared with the episode description. I'm still trying to figure out what it says.

The Payne House

Dad left the kid's rooms mostly untouched since they moved out.

Bunch of stuff in the attic that is padlocked shut. Wild!

As of "The Attic", at Evelyn's suggestion, Sparrow found the key taped to the underside of Dad's night stand.

The attic contained a bunch of Naomi's things and diaries, mostly untouched in interceding years. Unclear how much of this, if any, the police ever saw. There are sections of the diaries - like in shorthand - that definitely never appeared online, and that Sparrow never saw before.

pale_Horse1392

Right, so in the description of "introductions", there's a link to this image:

The QR code goes to this youtube channel, which contains (at time of writing) only this cryptic video.

So I'm thinking pale_horse1392 is either Evelyn, or someone Evelyn was in contact with as a young person.

Riddle

If you click on the drawing of Gabe the Cave Monster in the episode 2 notes, there's a link to a riddle. I also have not figured out the riddle.

[jawscast]

JAWScast is a small, independent podcasting network.

Jonah and Wednesday began recording in 2022 with the Creepypasta Book Club, have since added the horror fiction podcast Dear Evelyn, and are planning to expand the lineup further with several new projects, both fiction and nonfiction.

JAWScast is by and for amateurs, with the mission of making art for its own sake. We will NEVER sell out unless the money's good.

:SCHEDULE:

🍝Creepypasta Book Club: Every other Friday (on hiatus)

🔎Dear Evelyn: 15th and 30th of every month

[withswords]

[hi! i'm jonah, the showrunner of dear evelyn. we have 5 episodes out with our 6th shortly on the way, and i'd really appreciate if you checked out my pod!]

From the small town of Keen's Cross, Indiana came a missing persons case that rocked the country. A housewife and mother of two, married to the beloved town pastor, vanished, leaving behind only a cache of disturbing journals. Police and FBI searched fruitlessly for months for any trace of Naomi Payne.

That was 20 years ago. 

Sparrow Payne has returned to Keen's Cross after a long absence to inherit the family home. With their father dead and mother gone, all Sparrow has left is their baby sister, Evelyn. But the discoveries they make while attempting to reopen Naomi's cold case may threaten to rob them of even that.

DEAR EVELYN is a new horror podcast and interactive unfiction game. New episodes are live on the 15th and 30th of the month.

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Happy Saturday, friends! It's time yet again for

✨Fiction Podcast Self Promo Saturday!✨

Every Saturday I create a space for audio drama folks to promote their achievements, with the intention of spreading the word about fiction podcasts!

If you have anything audio drama related that you'd like to promote or shout out, or any achievements from this year that you'd like to celebrate, reblog this post with your self promo! I'll reblog every one I see throughout the day!

[cyanwyrmy]

💌📭Oh, I like Eddie so much in your performance, I adore this big boy, can we find out more information about his moms? (sorry if there are any mistakes, I'm writing through a translator)

Hello! Thank you for the ask! Just a reminder before I talk more about them, Jeanie and Evelyn are NOT CANON in the official Welcome Home lore and they are just fan-made concepts of who Eddie’s parents could be. I’m sure Clown has plans for Eddie’s family that will be shown in a future updates!

Jeanie Dear (Left) and Evelyn Dear (Right) are a married couple living in a city far from where they grew up. Jeanie is a writer and comic artist for a newspaper, and Evelyn is a mail carrier. The pair have been friends since childhood and grew up in a small southern town where they struggled to express themselves. I have some unfinished sketches of Jeanie and Evelyn as kids that I might share in the future, but for now I’d say the were similar to Carl and Ellie from Up: Jeanie was a shy and artistic kid who kept to herself, while Evelyn was outgoing and had no trouble standing up to bullies.

Perhaps I’ll share more later, but that’s good for right now. Please enjoy this cute newly wed drawing inspired by the “I love my wife!!!” Meme

[applestede]

So it’s come to my attention that Mary probably won’t be in S2 which, bummer.

But I hope she can at least have some passing good mention, or some indication that she and Stede are on speaking terms.

First of all, no matter what they think of each other, they still have kids, and I would hope that Stede would want to be at the very least aware of what was going on in their lives, even if he isn’t really their father figure anymore.

But I also think that Mary and Stede could be really good friends regardless, especially since that pressure of being in a marriage that neither of them wanted and neither of them enjoyed is gone. You can see a glimpse of that camaraderie toward the end of episode ten (the conversation about love, and the whole faking his death thing.)

She could easily send him letters using some sort of pseudonym or another form of don’t-reveal-my-ex-husband-isn’t-actually-dead deception. They could gossip together.

I just think they could have a really strong bond when there are no expectations put on them.

[theviridianbunny]

Oh my god I had the most heart wrenching idea for Charli and Evelyn [and Mateo!!]

OK so - in my cp2077 worldbuilding- Charli and Mateo go off around Europe during the events of the game. The two are not in night city - Charli is on a DJ tour and Mateo is along for the ride.

In my worldbuilding, Evelyn still dies. It happens exactly how it happens in the events of the CDPR canon. Evelyn passes - Charli and Mateo are out of night city [they're in the north of Italy- staying in Milan]

I'm just having thoughts of Charli finishing a DJ set - shes on a happy high and is all bouncy as she returns to her hotel room. She's yapping to mateo [who is nodding inbetween brushing his teeth]

The night it normal - she showers and gets all cozy in bed with Mateo, they're both about to sleep when Mateo gets the call from Judy... and then Mateo has to break the news to his dearest that her other partner is gone.

And Charli - who normally is this ray of sunlight and absolute ball of gorgeous positivity....she very softly holds Mateo and she weeps. Overwhelmed in a very un charli way - charli's emotions are normally expressed big and loud - but not now... it takes days for the news to set in. The two are so far from night city...

Charli cancels the rest of her tour- her fans are upset - but they all understand. She returns to night city where she holds a memorial for her partner- Mateo and the rest of her mox family supporting her throughout it all.

[sillymoonboi]

The shading hurt my hand😭

Anyways dazzle fanart

[oswednesday]

Sparrow finds an unexpected lead on Naomi's case.

check out Sparrow's photos: https://jawscast.neocities.org/dear_evelyn_resources

Dear Evelyn is a JAWScast network podcast produced on the traditional lands of the Darkinjung people.

Writer/Producer: Jonah Tennant (He/They) https://withswords.tumblr.com/

Sparrow Payne: Tempest Wisdom (Any/All)

Music Credit: The Slow Fall by Patricia Taxxon

Visit us at jawscast.neocities.org. Thank you for listening.

[withswords]

want to learn more? stream dear evelyn on spotify

[lyledraws]

Evelyn and Caleb share a tense, yet tender, moment on the Clawthorne couch. Based on a moment from @litfeathers Chapter 19 of Birds Fly in Different Directions.

Don't know what it is about Birds Fly that makes me want to draw it so much. Maybe it's just because it's such a good fic!

[earl-grey-crow]

"I'm...I'm alive. I'm okay" I heard your voice crack jacob

[prosebushpatch]

new otp is Gaius and Evelyn from Rune Factory 3. like, i'm sorry, he has a hard time expressing his feelings because she assumes every gift he gives her is a commission to turn it into an outfit? And she, the resident fashion designer who uses fish and fondue for her out-there fashions seems to relish the challenges he gives her? But when he gives her an engagement ring, one he made as a blacksmith meant to suit her perfectly, she considers this the hardest commission he's presented her with yet and after asking you to suss out the kind of girl he likes, SHE DECIDES TO WEAR THE RING AND WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM AS HER GREATEST ATTEMPT AT COORDINATION YET. HELLO?

[blackcatarts]

cca antagonist save me. evelyn crawford. eve save me.

[askdrunksally]

Hey eddie let frank take care of the baby he loves children even if he won't admit it

[after getting Eddie to calm down, they managed to get Evelyn to sleep, Sally however, is still drunk]