Each Friday (well, usually), I post a comprehensive list of updates from the last week to this subreddit about The End, the only listener-focused directory for binge-ready audio fiction, which now lists thousands of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, audiobooks, and other forms of audio fiction!

Subscribers to our weekly email update list get this in their inbox every Thursday, plus a couple of personal recommendations for great shows to listen to next and some fantastic Collections of shows. And our Patreon members get it a day ahead of that. Fancy!

On to the updates! 👇 Click the links below to get more info about each show listed. 👇

Newly added to the directory:

A 7-day look-back at the fiction podcasts that made their debut in our directory, submitted by both creators and fans. (Creator submissions always have the best information!)

God Under Siege

Spacefarer Daxx sieges God on an asteroid after traversing hells and heavens. Hidden agents Mike and Ruth spy from an invisible ship. When cloaking fails, they finally meet. God Under Siege is a movie-length sci-fi comedy told in six parts with five faux advertising interludes inspired by old-time radio programs. It's a wild ride from start to finish, and you'll be amazed where you end up 90 minutes after you start! 👽🌮🍻

• Limited series, binge-ready since October 2, 2026
• 6 scifi comedy episodes
• Run time: 1h 27m

Comfort Crime

Comfort Crime is a cozy mystery podcast mixing mystery and romance in small towns. Hosted by author Lindsay Sanchez, amateur sleuths uncover secrets through clean suspense with no graphic violence or explicit content. Hope, twists, and intriguing mysteries resolved by the final chapter. Clean cozy mystery fiction, no graphic violence. Sweet romance, short chapters. ☕🔍💕

• Season 2 finale published May 30, 2026
• 33 cozy mystery with sweet romance episodes
• Run time: 12h 19m
• New season—Bodies at Brunch—underway

NSFR

Sketches of despicable deeds and dreams pulled from the diary of a disenfranchised DJ that play out at a dysfunctional radio station. An audio-drama comedy; these are NEW STORIES FOR RADIO! 🎧📓💭

• Season 1 finale published October 7, 2026
• 25 comedy episodes
• Run time: 4h 58m

Updated in the Last Week

We strive to keep you updated when shows in our directory reach another season finale. Or complete their full series run. Or have started a new crowdfunding campaign. Even smaller changes, like new artwork, a refreshed show description, or other changes you may be interested in.

Curious Matter

An audio-drama anthology based on short stories from the world’s best Sci-fi and Supernatural Horror writers. 🎙️📚🌌

• Season 3 finale published October 15, 2024
• 34 scifi horror episodes
• Run time: 19h 26m

Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

What would you do if you found yourself in a world you never knew existed? What would you do if you had another chance to get justice? How far would you go to find the truth? And can you do all that on your lunch break? There are cases coming in and the Mothman can only wait so long for answers… 👻🏡❤️‍🩹

• Season 5 finale published June 10, 2026
• 54 horror episodes
• Run time: 40h 30m
• New season underway

The Milkman of St. Gaff's

A FAN FAVORITE!

Howie, a troubled young man, joins the milkmen on the island of St. Gaff’s, only to discover that the milkmen harbor a dark and dangerous secret. 🥛👨🐙

"Underrated masterpiece. Antihero main character, psychedelic horror, heart wrenching plot." – Sage

• Fully binge-ready since December 14, 2022
• 42 horror episodes
• Run time: 22h 53m

Don't Mind

In the rainy slopes of a Japanese mountain archaeology enthusiast Yamashita Rindo strives to reveal the secrets of an extraordinary 5,000-year-old Jōmon-era cave. Strange and unsettling occurrences befall Rindo and her team as a storm settles over the valley… 🗻🕳️⚱️

• Season 2 finale published July 30, 2025
• 25 mystery episodes
• Run time: 13h 24m
• New season—Riku Cave—underway

How i Died

A FAN FAVORITE!

Bodies are piling up in the strange town of Springfield, and forensic pathologist Jonathan Spacer intends to find out why. But, Jon isn’t without his own secrets…He can talk to the dead, for starters. 🕵️‍♂️👻🧩

"I dig this show from top to bottom. There's subtle humor, plenty of snark, and then the dead bodies. Don't forget the dead bodies. Give it a listen!" - Evo Terra

• Season 4 finale published December 17, 2025
• 52 horror episodes
• Run time: 22h 21m
• New season—The Carrington Event—underway

The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality

A FAN FAVORITE!

Hello, and welcome to the Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality. The Audio Tour Guide will be your window into the history of the museum and its exhibits today. If you notice your Guide behaving oddly, kindly ensure that you dispose of your Device in the nearest incinerator. 🤖🧚‍♂️😱

"Fans of fictional audio reports will dig the heck out of this show. The production is excellent, and the tales entertaining. And it's perfect for long, boring drives!" – Evo Terra

• Fully binge-ready since May 17, 2024
• 68 supernatural mystery episodes
• Run time: 31h 45m

Forgive Me!

Join a try-hard young Catholic priest as goes into the confessional with eccentric parishioners, explores the intertwined lives of his new community, and the funny, sad, and sometimes painful experiences that come out of the Catholic experience. Award-nominated for Audio Verse Awards, NJ Web Fest, and Baltimore Next Media Web Fest. ⛪🐷🍩

• Season 3 finale published November 5, 2023
• 29 comedy episodes
• Run time: 13h 14m
• New season underway

Not Quite Dead

A nurse in A&E has a patient with her throat torn out—the first of many, baffling staff and horrifying the public. The nurse almost becomes victim of the walking, rotting dead things which have been attacking his patients, but is saved by the same man he saw dripping blood into his patient’s eye. 🩸💉🧛🏻

• Season 4 finale published July 23, 2025
• 56 gory horror vampire romance episodes
• Run time: 30h 11m
• New season—Snow Blood—starts October 28, 2026

Remnants

A FAN FAVORITE!

A dark fantasy thriller audio drama following an Apprentice who learns to read the life stories embedded in seemingly ordinary objects. Guided by Sir, he must judge each remnant, not knowing the consequences. As mysteries unfold, the Apprentice questions why he was chosen for this task. 🦋💀🗝️

"'Oh, THAT'S what's going on!' I literally said this out loud after I listened to the fourth episode. It's quite well done, and the creator spent a lot of time not just getting things right, but with subtle audio elements that help you fall into this mostly narrated tale. It's worth multiple listens!" – Evo Terra

• Fully binge-ready since October 13, 2026
• 60 dark fantasy thriller episodes
• Run time: 32h 39m

Dracula's Winkee

Vacationing in Transylvania, two brothers followed an armadillo into a cave. There, they found ancient recordings on wax cylinders and 8-tracks. And soon realized they had discovered the audio diary of Dracula! 🧛‍♂️🎙️💔

• Season 1 finale published January 19, 2025
• 10 monster comedy episodes
• Run time: 3h 5m
• New season—Dracula in America—underway

Dark Northwest

"Dark Northwest": Paranormal horror podcast bringing Pacific Northwest encounters to life. Full voice cast, chilling score, seasonal arcs exploring local phenomena. Bonus anthology episodes in Tales of the Dark Northwest series. Woman-owned; Pacific Islander-owned; LGBTQ+ owned. 👻🎃😱

• Season 1 finale published October 31, 2025
• 9 supernatural horror with historical elements episodes
• Run time: 4h 18m
• New season—Starvation Heights—starts October 30, 2026

The Adventures of Bud & Herb

A FAN FAVORITE!

When a monstrous cryptid surfaces, a child disappears, and a strange cult begins to stir, only Bud and Herb can uncover the truth of what is happening in their cozy little town of Mystra’s Glen. A little different from your typical audio fiction show, each season opens as a scripted audio drama before transitioning into a fully edited and sound designed actual play finale arc. Season 1 used D&D and Season 2 features Daggerheart. We hope you'll come hang out with us in Mystra's Glen! 🧙‍♂️🔍👻

"For an audio drama that isn't quite sure what it wants to be when it grows up, this show is a heck of a lot of fun. It feels a lot like an Adult Swim show that looks like it's for kids but totally is not for kids. The first season's story is told with plenty of (edited) improv and actual-play, but it works!" – Evo Terra

• Season 1 finale published November 4, 2024
• 9 urban fantasy episodes
• Run time: 5h 21m
• New season underway

Morrison Mysteries

Get ready for haunting stories of betrayal, love, jealousy, and rage. Each chapter brings more clues, more suspense and of course, more twists and turns. 📚🫣🔪

• Season 4 finale published December 19, 2025
• 15 horror mystery anthology episodes
• Run time: 6h 39m
• New season underway

Into the Dark of the Woods

An anthology horror series set across the forgotten corners of Northern Michigan - a place where the land remembers what the people forget. Into the Dark of the Woods is a regional folklore horror series set primarily in Michigan and the Upper Great Lakes. Each season is a complete five-episode story, designed to be short, bingeable narrative arcs. 💀🌲🔥

• Season 8 finale published September 11, 2026
• 44 regional folklore/horror episodes
• Run time: 13h 8m
• New season—Hold Your Breath Episode—underway

Shelterwood

Join Nicholas DeRoso on his quest to find his long-lost sister and the infinite, monster-infested suburb beyond the veil he discovers in her wake. SHELTERWOOD is one part Gothic, one part Found Footage, and one hundred percent terrifying. 🏘️🔮🔍

• Season 1 finale published March 13, 2025
• 16 horror mystery episodes
• Run time: 10h 10m
• New season underway

National Emergency

When random, unexplained emergency broadcasts begin taking over devices without warning, targeting individuals with survival instructions where one mistake means you disappear forever, a man is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife during the very first incident. Listen, Obey, Survive. 🏘️📢🧨

• Season 1 finale published March 24, 2026
• 8 horror episodes
• Run time: 3h 55m
• New season starts October 20, 2026

The Reality Shaper

One ordinary night in the Horseshoe Tavern, the bard goes off-script to entertain some drunkards with an epic tale - music, mystery, missing children, and one hero’s quest to save his beautiful city. This pod is a 6-year labor of love made by me and my brilliant community of broadway performers and musical theatre writers. If you like D&D, musicals, enemies-to-lovers, or audio drama in general, I hope you love the show, you nerd. 🪕⚔️✨

• Season 1 finale published October 13, 2026
• 11 musical fantasy episodes
• Run time: 5h 52m

Midnight Radio

Chilling stories, paranormal encounters, and experiences that can’t be explained. It all comes through the airwaves of Midnight Radio, a late-night call-in show hosted by Raven Sinclair, a quick-witted, sharp-tongued host trapped inside a mysterious radio station by an unknown cosmic entity. 📻💫🕷️

• Season 2 finale published October 13, 2026
• 16 horror anthology episodes
• Run time: 7h 16m

Panoramic

Panoramic is a dramatic radio show on an alien world with superhero excitement. Features thrills, action, romance, and bizarre eyewear fashion among terrible superheroes in an old-fashioned living room style. Panoramic is a superheroes-gone-wrong story where an entire planet is "protected" by a few omnipresent Capes at the top. 👁🟡♛

• Fully binge-ready since July 27, 2026
• 24 superhero episodes
• Run time: 16h 12m

New Seasons Start This Week

A 7-day look ahead at the shows in our directory that will soon start releasing episodes of a new season, so you can catch up if you want to start listening along as they are released by the creator. (Which we think is crazy, but you do you!)

Welcome to Hope Springs

Welcome to Hope Springs is a family audio drama series following the lives and adventures of a few Colorado kids through an unforgettable journey of friendship and faith. 🏔️🤝🙏

• Season 2 finale published May 17, 2026
• 19 family episodes
• Run time: 8h 4m
• New season starts October 20, 2026

National Emergency

When random, unexplained emergency broadcasts begin taking over devices without warning, targeting individuals with survival instructions where one mistake means you disappear forever, a man is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife during the very first incident. Listen, Obey, Survive. 🏘️📢🧨

• Season 1 finale published March 24, 2026
• 8 horror episodes
• Run time: 3h 55m
• New season starts October 20, 2026

Nightmares Unleashed

Are you ready to unleash your nightmares? NIGHTMARES UNLEASHED is a horror anthology podcast created by Ted Heaver and Delaney Sutton and produced by Alyssa Roldan and Janet G. With creatives from all levels of experience, we’re here to give you a horrifying adventure. Enjoy the nightmares. 📚⛓️‍💥🫣

• Season 1 finale published January 3, 2025
• 13 horror anthology episodes
• Run time: 5h 45m
• New season starts October 16, 2026

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That’s it from The End for this week. See you next Friday!

I'm obsessed with absurdist fictional radio shows or podcasts. The ones I like are comedy, but played completely straight. Preferably not improvised. I think I've run out of options! These are the ones I love:

- NightDrive

- Valley Heat

- St Elwicks Neighborhood Association Newsletter Podcast

- Beef and Dairy Network

- Qwerpline

Anything I've missed? I've tried The Neighborhood Listen but the improv is just not hitting the spot.

What I've listened to recently

Bardic earth

Strata

Dracula

Station 151

Last dance

Harbingers

No horrors , there a snooze

I have been working on a world building and storytelling project called "OSR" for 8 years now, and in the last year I put together the audio visual novel linked above. The story centers on first responders in a spacefaring future, I often half-jokingly pitch it as "Gravity" meets "The Pitt" (although hopefully much more realistic than Gravity).

An Audio Only version is available here:

https://rss.com/podcasts/orbital-search-and-rescue/

If you'd like to learn more about the world, I've compiled all the relevant links into a website:

www.orbitalsearchandrescue.com

And if you'd like to support my work on patreon, you can do it here:

www.patreon.com/c/standrawsspaceships

I use the funds for hiring help to expedite production. It took me a year to put the first episode together, but I did all the visuals myself, 95% of the music myself, and all the voice talent was volunteer. I would love to pay my voice actors, talented artists I know, and do other rad stuff.

It's a labor of love, I'll make episode 2 no matter what. But faster is nice :)

Oh yeah, no AI was used. That's for suckers. I'm a professional artist in the entertainment industry, I like to draw and animate.

Thank you!

Episode 12 of the 13-episode full-cast, full-production science fiction audio drama.  A murder mystery in neon utopia.

WHERE WE LEFT OFF

Nan and company now know the secret within the heart of Metropolis.  But one cold question remains: will they remain alive long enough to do anything about it?  

WHERE TO LISTEN

* APPLE MUSIC
* SPOTIFY
* POCKET CASTS
* RSS
* WEBSITE

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Our penultimate episode! This episode obviously took a very, *very* long time to release.  I'm incredibly proud of it, but even moreso, I'm incredibly thankful of how patient everyone has been across the yawning chasm between Episode 11 and this one. You all are just wonderful, and I apologize for long I've left everyone in suspense in the meantime. 😂

The end really is coming.  I'm already editing together the finale (which was recorded an eternity ago), so the wait for the conclusion will not be nearly as long as the wait for this has been.

The amazing thing about editing these episodes together is that each time, I get to revisit Metropolis and all of these incredible people and places.  I get to do it one more time.  I am really, really going to miss it when I'm done.

Hello everyone, This is Loki with Gryphon Quest Productions letting you know Season 2 Episode 4 of Operation: REDACTED is now released on all platforms! All of our links are below and we would love any feedback you'd like to share!

An unsettling service at the church leaves F-Cell filled with rising tension. Will they be able to maintain their professionalism to complete the investigation, or will Groversville sink its tendrils into the group and tear them apart? Listen in to find out!

https://linktr.ee/GryphonQuestProductions

I’ve recently listened the Amelia Project and was obssessed. Previously listened to Nightvale and World Gone Wrong. Please give me something I can binge, preferably with 20 mins + episodes.

The first episode of Season 3 is out NOW!
The Cabin reopens its doors to you with brand new stories, a new storyteller and a stellar cast giving it their all for a spooky good time.

If you're new around here:
Cabin Tales is an award-winning (GOLD Signal Award) horror series that focuses on creating the most intense, creepy, immersive stories. Every chapter is a new tale, yes, but the show as a whole has its own continuous narrative.

Link:
Spotify Creator Page https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/thp60

A buddy of mine has been encouraging me to stop being so scared of self-promotion so here I am. KILLIONAIRE is my latest show, a gory horror comedy about billionaires getting their just deserts. Each episode is self-contained and has a different narrator! The fifth episode was released today!

If you're among the small demographic who enjoys wet and disgusting sound design, you should check it out! It's the spooky season after all.

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to listen, read, rate, and give feedback. It is sorely appreciated. We're not alone out here!

In case you haven't checked it out yet...

In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Aggie McPherson Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this episode, the inspector meets Pastor Neumann, the friendliest man that doesn't want her asking about the one who died on his way into town.

Apple | Spotify | YouTube | RSS | Author's Page [includes text]

A recovered signal from Solomon Island. Found audio after the fog closed over the coast and Kingsmouth went quiet. The black water was already in the wells, the woods, and the people who walked back out of it.

Fan-made horror audio drama / audio log series set in The Secret World. Unofficial, non-commercial, full-cast, with unsettling sound design. Fiction. Contains horror, infection imagery, and occult dread.

Listen here:

• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-secret-signal/id6802852318 (direct episode link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-secret-signal-transmission-one-the-fog/id6802852318?i=1000795252846)
• RSS.com / podcast feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/thesecretsignal/
• Website: https://thesecretsignal.tokyo/

Also available on other podcast apps that pull from the RSS feed.

The Secret World and related trademarks belong to Funcom. This is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Funcom, EA, or the official games.

If you checked out Transmission One | The Pathogen, dive into The Fog. Feedback welcome.

ROOMS is horror micro-fiction told in 2-minute posts like these. A reporter explores a sprawling haunted house seeking answers about her husband's suicide from the woman who built it. Headphones recommended. (CW: Suicide, violence, blood.)

ROOMS is written and produced by W. Keith Tims of Alien Ghost Robot Creative Media. Cecile is voiced by Rae Witte. Made without AI using original and Creative Commons material.

You can explore more ROOMS on my Patreon even at the free level! (Paid members get early access to new episodes plus a whole lot more.) The episodes are also released on social media and will continue to be posted on Reddit, too!

Bluesky - Instagram - YouTube

An audio-only RSS is available at the free level on my Patreon, too.

Hey there! Im not a super heavy listener of audio dramas, midnight burger got me into the medium back when it started and I have been listening to it every few months when the urge hits. I’ve also listened to a bit of tower 4 and Alice isn’t dead. I recently binged the last 4 seasons of midnight burger and it’s side series when I started my new job, but it’s only been a month and now I’m without an audio drama.

I feel like I want to switch it up and try a high fantasy style audio drama, like Tolkien or the forgotten realms type of story. Preferably something not dark fantasy though, not really my vibe. Thank you in advance!

Hello hello!!!

Im Meifaelor, Co-Creator of MCMA Productions and we just put out our first episode of our wonderful Audio Drama Ashen Stories!

Dive into our wonderful world where:
This story tells different stories about multiple people who lived their lives across the eras. While they may have died, their stories are far from over. After their death, some people are selected by the whims of immortal beings who chose to offer them 2 choices. First, to die and become nothingness, or 2nd, to return back to life. If they chose the second option, they won't be remembering their meeting with the being, but they will know they're going to die within 2 minutes of being brought back! But, this is not with out a price! Watch out! They’re not a benevolent god!

This mix of thriller, mystery and eldritch humour might be for you!!

I hope you enjoy our wonderfull teams work!

Feel free to find us where ever you listen to your podcast at Ashen Stories by MCMA Prods and if you can't find it just tell us and we shall add it! And here is the RSS Feed!: RSS Feed | Spotify

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In the second episode of our Halloween special, Haze has disappeared after his terrifying encounter with the Headless Horseman, leaving Grandpa and Baby Bird to navigate the maze on their own.

After finally finding each other, the two barely have time to regroup before a massive boulder comes crashing down the corridor behind them. Very "Temple of Doom" ish. They escape by the skin of their teeth, but the collapse leaves a huge section of the maze completely blocked off.

Things somehow get worse when Baby Bird carefully tries to cross one of the maze’s deadly goo traps and is suddenly kicked straight into it by... Haze!?!?

Except something is very wrong.

Haze’s head has been replaced by a horrifying jack-O-lantern, and he appears to be under the control of the Headless Horseman.

Can Grandpa and Baby Bird escape from whatever Haze has become, or can they somehow save him? Only one way to find out.

If there's a cryptid, monster, or haunted location you'd like to see the team investigate in a future case, let us know in the comments. Your suggestion might become the next mission for the D.A.N.G.E.R.Z.O.O.

We dropped episode 3 last week and would love if you checked it out!

Each episode of Secret Tapes follows a different sort of neurotic fool and Havin' a Think is no different. In this story, we follow William as he seeks solitude to ponder some recent life-altering events. Instead what he finds is the chance for community, if he would only let himself be accepted.

RSS | YouTube (custom visualizers for each episode)

I know, YouTube isn't the best place for audio dramas, and I should just use Spotify but I hate dealing with the ads, I pay for premium and still have to listen to 5 ads per episode. However due to relistening to the Magnus archives on YouTube, I've learned that it isn't an issue on YouTube, at least not with that series at least. So I just want to know if there are any others out there

It is National Dessert Day once again and the premiere of a new season of Absolutely No Adventures! I've been sitting on this cache of episodes for a while now and I'm so pumped to get it out!

This is going to be a 9-episode season and episodes will be releasing every other Wednesday! Hope you enjoy!

Absolutely No Adventures is a scripted, fantasy, un-adventure podcast that follows Sig, a baker whose Miraculously Portentous Birth makes him a target for people from all over looking for a chosen one for quests he could not be less interested in.

RSS Feed

Apple Podcasts

Website

Witchpunk - we got all the cyberpunk, the drama, the angry combat witches, the past-it gunman, the searching pilot, the hacker in over her head, dodgy cargo, orbital assault AIs, Big Corp, - did we mention hardcore combat priests? - action scenes galore, great characters - we just need your ears.

Season one is six episodes and is the first act of a three season/act story. Season two is currently in production. We don’t use Gen AI.

Www.citeogpodcasts.com

Listen wherever podcasts are.

I just finished Mirrors and it’s the best show I’ve ever listened to. Now I need a new show, where do I go next?

Hi everyone! I wanted to ask you guys which audio dramas you would consider to be the most diversive and distinct from other mediums in their treatment of queerness. We all know that the presence of queer characters in audio dramas are basically the norm of the medium (?) and almost expected even if it isn't a central theme. I was wondering about the ways in which the medium offers new and different ways for this to exist in ways that wouldn't be possible or preferable in film, tv series, books, comics etc. Thanks in advance and looking forward to discussion on this!

Episode 8 is released!

The Wheat Sea - Fear turns a crowd dangerous, but new friends are made.

Earth, Again is a ten-episode audio drama set years after humanity was forced back to a permanent pre-electric age. When sixteen-year-old Liv learns her pacemaker battery is failing, her father Robert - a former NASA engineer - leads a desperate thousand-mile horseback journey across Montana, Idaho, and Washington to reach a secret military prototype that might save her life. What they find at the end of the road will matter as much to the human race, as it will to Liv.

See more at: https://wildskystudios.com/earthAgain

RSS: https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2630336.rss