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I've been enjoying The Bright Sessions. One-on-one therapy sessions involving patients with extraordinary abilities like time travel and mind reading. The simple format helps to iron out the roughness in the dialogue and acting; you'd expect an intimate conversation with a comparative stranger to be awkward. There's a larger plot emerging in the background, but the focus on the characters is what sells it.
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Archive 81 is a bit rough, but not bad. It's a fairly layered narrative; the audio files of guy who's gone missing. He was archiving the audio tapes of a woman who was interviewing the residents of a New York City apartment building in the mid-nineties.
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Jun 2, 2016 21:32
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ManMythLegend posted:Is this played as a straight mystery or is there a supernatural element to it?
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Jun 3, 2016 16:59
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The Black Tapes and Tanis have become almost unlistenable. Between the question/answer repetition, the 'uhhhrrrrmmmmmms,' the dramatic pauses for musical cues, and the increasingly intrusive commercials, there's like 5 minutes of content per episode, tops. I'm 4 episodes into The Behemoth and so far so goos. A giant humanoid comes out of the ocean and just starts walking. It's told from the view of the slightly angsty 15 year old who follows it.
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Jun 21, 2016 21:26
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Help Me is very amateurish, but it has it's moments. It's kind of on the level of Small Town Horror and A New Winter. It follows a woman's investigation into her friend’s apparent suicide and the weird/supernatural things that start happening to her as a result. Scotch is made by the same people who made The Behemoth (which has ended). It's only two episodes in, and the episodes are short, so it's a little hard to get a read on it. It's also supernatural thriller/mystery.
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Jun 30, 2016 00:11
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Seriously considering making a "Support My Podcast" podcast. Each half hour episode describes in detail How & Why you Can & Should donate to the podcast. Our quality podcast is supported by listeners like you. This week's episode is funded by last week's donations. In it we discuss how you can contribute to next week's episode. Episode 1: Donations. Episode 2: PayPal. Episode 3: Patreon. Episode 4: Amazon Wish Lists (guest starring the host of "Podcasts Supporting Podcasts"). I may need to start a Kickstarter...
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Jun 30, 2016 02:59
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Len posted:My girlfriends sister is one of those fan girls so that might have something to do with it? Scoop Hound may be the Night Vale knockoff you're looking for. Men in suits have invaded the town of Basin. A man calling himself Scoop Hound reports on the situation from a bunker 40 feet underground. It's not bad.
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Jul 6, 2016 17:46
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I recently binged through The Magnus Archives. The Magnus Institute tracks paranormal incidents. Each episode is a stand-alone ghost/horror story, though a larger and more connected plot emerges. The narrator sounds like a 15 year old from Pittsburgh trying to sound like a 50 from London, but aside from that, it's good.
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Aug 3, 2016 19:43
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King Falls AM is pretty amusing. It's got a good cast of characters.
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Aug 8, 2016 20:09
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calandryll posted:Yeah I'm working my way through this. Enjoying the short format and I really like that there are quite a few different characters. The two old fishermen are the best.
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Aug 9, 2016 20:19
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ManMythLegend posted:I want to like Manus Archives, but the narrator sounds exactly like what I think "Pipe Smoking Goon" sounds like and I can't help but be irritated the entire time at how insufferable be sounds. ManMythLegend posted:I thought the ending of Archive 81 was weak, but serviceable. I'm curious where there going to go with it now that they're out of the archive which was their while schtick.
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Aug 18, 2016 06:47
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Montalvo posted:Can someone spoiler Black Tapes for me? I gave up like 3 episodes into season 2 because I couldn't handle the bullshit anymore.
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Aug 18, 2016 07:41
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Greater Boston is pretty good. Interconnected lives along the Red Line in Boston. It's quirky in a Northern Exposure king of way, which can get irritating, but overall is good.
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Aug 26, 2016 19:56
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Hughlander posted:It's the highlight of my week when I see that it's downloaded for the ride home. Sad it's season is almost over, but still what was it 34? 38? episodes this season. I'm amazed at how consistently strong it is and I can't believe I was critical of the narrator in the beginning.
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Sep 29, 2016 18:49
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"I noticed something around his neck, a kind of...necklace."
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Oct 5, 2016 22:40
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Turtlicious posted:Did anyone listen to the Magnus Archives episode this week? It was amazing. And they got some legit laughs out of me too. The season finale airs today. I'm guessing that spider-person Michael comes and helps them against worm-person Jane Prentis.
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Oct 12, 2016 17:23
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Len posted:Nothing about the Magnus Archives finale? Specifically the bit at the end with the missing tapes and having Not Sascha named in the credits. Apparently the only tapes that were stolen were the ones where she talks. I also liked Gertrude's unsettlingly conventional demise. Two more I've gone through: The Infinite Now - This is kind of a Night Vale ripoff, it goes for the humorous metaphysical. It's uneven and the episodes vary in length from 2 to 20 minutes, but I enjoy it for what it is. Bootlegger - Bootlegger is a radio drama using the events of World War II as if they occur in the near future with an artificial intelligence as the aggressor. Each week a ham radio operator gives an update to the events surrounding him. Unfortunately, the podcast has been discontinued without resolution; it looks like they didn't have enough of an audience to warrant the expense of making it.
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Oct 20, 2016 21:00
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New Leaf posted:I started The Magnus Archives and I'm really digging it so far. It's like listening to really good ghost stories. The narrator is kinda funny to me.. he's not just reading the entries as an archivist, he changes the tone and speed of his voice and really acts out the emotions and inflections of the first hand accounts.
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Oct 26, 2016 16:34
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Montalvo posted:I think I'm about done with Small Town Horror. I put up with the bad voice acting and crummy music for the first season but this season's plot is so meandering and dull that I just can't anymore. I couldn't even finish episode 3.
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Oct 27, 2016 18:44
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Len posted:I was thinking a mouth full of cotton balls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BNNRnjgJgI
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Oct 27, 2016 19:58
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peter banana posted:Is there an "episodic fiction" thread? I found one called Knifepoint Horror, which is a different short story every episode and updated very sporadicaly, but the back catalogue is good. Snuffman posted:I love Knifepoint (doubly for its lack of Mailkimp-squarespace-mattress advertising) but I'm pretty sure it's done now, or at least that's the impression I get from the description for the last/latest episode. I went through about 9 episodes of Knifepoint Horror and I want to like it, but all the narrators sound like text-to-speech programs. The beta versions. Snuffman posted:Anyone listened to LifeAfter? It was pushed pretty heavily in the ads of the last episode of Heavyweight and I was wondering if it's any good before I invest the time. It's not great, but I enjoyed the first episode well enough.
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Nov 16, 2016 20:04
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Len posted:I found and went through a series called Help Me the other day it wasn't bad. It's only like 15 episodes long and they're short. A girls friend killed herself and she found a tape recorder of the events leading up to it and then spooky stuff happens. It's worth listening to imo Yeah, it's rough and amateurish in places, but there are some real bright spots.
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Nov 18, 2016 18:13
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Len posted:I'm not sure if the audio mixing was off or my cars speakers are garbage but the music was louder than the voices at times. Talmonis posted:So far I've enjoyed LImetown, The Black Tapes Files and Archive 81. Any recommendations on those lines for others along these lines? I love creeping dread. I just started Spines which has a similar feel to Alice Isn't Dead. "Two months ago, Wren woke up covered in blood, suffering from memory loss, and surrounded by the remnants of some strange cult ritual."
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Nov 18, 2016 21:01
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I recently found Mabel: "A podcast about ghosts, family secrets, strange houses, and missed connections." It's mostly in the form of voicemails left to 'Mabel' by her grandmother's caregiver. It can be disjointed and stream-of-consciousness, but not in a bad way. It builds a nice atmosphere.
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Nov 30, 2016 21:51
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The Box - A woman finds an old box full of X-Files-like journal reports that she takes to be a writing project. When she starts a podcast to read them, things start to get out of control. I'm four episodes in and it's not bad.
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Dec 22, 2016 22:39
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Len posted:Sweet I've run out of audiobooks and podcasts to listen to. Been binge listening to things during this work week from hell. Just two days left.
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Dec 22, 2016 23:07
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Paul Zuvella posted:I am listening to that and I loving lost it when a man who I am just going to assume is Resident Evil Character Barry Burton yelled "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?".  I thought it had promise, but ultimately it's a goddamned mess. In later episodes they leave in multiple takes of the same line.
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Jan 3, 2017 18:04
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Finished Homecoming, it was a solid listen. Decent story elevated by superb acting and production values. I'm glad they wrapped it up at six episodes to avoid padding. Homecoming is really good. Probably my favorite of the big-name productions.
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Jan 4, 2017 22:51
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Man, I don't remember Nick and MK hooking up at all.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:34
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Christ, A New Winter is loving terrible.
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Feb 6, 2017 23:58
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Good news, everyone! The Box will be returning for 16 episodes! 
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Feb 10, 2017 19:06
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MockingQuantum posted:Hey thread, I'm a newcomer here and looking for some podcast recommendations. I'm particularly interested in horror/supernatural/suspense/dread kind of stuff. I listened to Welcome to Night Vale way back when it started but gave up on it when it stopped being about the town and focusing more on Cecil. I didn't mind the sense of humor though. I also gave The Black Tapes a fair shake and gave up around episode 112-- it felt like it was going nowhere fast, some of the performances were cringeworthy, and I got so sick of the advertisements and nothing happening for an entire episode. Also why spend 80% of an episode talking about how spooky these cave paintings are? It's like having someone read out the dialog of a comic and expecting it to be entertaining. Alice Isn't Dead is made by the Night Vale people, but is much tighter and more focused. Spines is similar and also good. Mabel is fantastic, but it's less horror and more a poetic, stream-of-consciousness haunting.
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Mar 3, 2017 07:38
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New Leaf posted:I've said it before, but Magnus would make a stellar modern take on a show like "The Twilight Zone" or something. Different low budget actors every week acting out the story while someone narrates. Now I want to see a Magnus Archives version of Drunk History. Mabel started its third season today and continues to be great.
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Jun 5, 2017 19:43
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Oh good, Rabbits introduced a smug-douchebag billionaire who talks in cryptic non-statements because Tanis' Teslanova jabroni wasn't enough. I think I'm done with PNWS. The writing is just loving awful.
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Jun 6, 2017 21:48
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New Leaf posted:So Mabel is good? I'm a couple episodes in. Is it all a crazy person on voicemail messages? Mabel is fantastic. Definitely my favorite podcast. Yeah, it's all crazy person voicemails. I'm pretty sure the last episode of Night Vale was an homage to Mabel.
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Jun 7, 2017 17:13
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New Leaf posted:It sounds like the strange disjointed mutterings of the Faceless Old Woman.. or maybe a bit like "Alice Isn't Dead" at parts. Episode 8 is where it turns great.
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Jun 7, 2017 22:34
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Montalvo posted:Season 2 of Alice Isn't Dead is really starting to drag. I enjoyed the latest episode, though it honestly felt kind of poorly put together. I really like the antagonist. And I'm really sick of Fink's outros.
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Jun 15, 2017 04:27
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Montalvo posted:I honestly have no idea what is going on. Is the antagonist meant to be the woman she met in the basement of that house, who herself works for the shipping company that opposes the Thistle Men? or does she work for the government, who is allied with them? do they want to kill keesha (sp?) because she won't stop trying to find out more about the Thistle Men? No, I'm pretty sure the antagonist only appeared in the mini-episode and pulled her over in the premier episode. She's part of something bigger and apart from the Thistle Men and has been stalking Keisha.
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Jun 15, 2017 05:06
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Anyone else listening to Friends of the Void? I'm enjoying it, though I'm not entirely sure what it's about or what's going on. It starts out as a guy trapped in a lighthouse with something waiting outside. He tries to get messages out and distracts himself with various tapes he finds. The tapes are different stories that don't really have anything to do with the main narration. There are also a couple of pissy Artificial Intelligences who snipe at each other and try to lead him around. The whole thing has a very odd feel. The first season had kind of laconic humor while the second season is fairly melancholy. Slumberland is also good. A sound archivist is hired to record the people and events in the Northwest island community of Slumberland. It's a standard wacky-townsfolk narrative, almost like a cross between Night Vale and Greater Boston. It can be wildly uneven depending on the character the episode is focused on and your tolerance for their acting choices, but it can be interesting. I'd recommend giving both a shot, they have a standard episode length of ~20 minutes and you'll get a decent sense of them pretty quickly.
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I think the most jarring thing about this season of Mabel is that it's all narrated by Mabel. The first two, you had Anna to ground you, but now you're full-on getting the stream-of-consciousness poetry of a woman who's been isolated...somewhere...for years. It's still good, just somewhat overwhelming.Jurgan posted:By the way, has anyone listened to The Far Meridian? Mischa Stanton is starting to become a powerhouse producer. I'm enjoying it so far- it's sort of a light sci-fi/fantasy story about a girl with crippling agoraphobia who gets forced to visit a new location every day. She does a lot of talking to herself, and I think she really sells the character.
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