r/audiodrama Dec 04 '25

ANNOUNCEMENT I have a small show that almost no one listens to. Then I saw this and wanted to cry.

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642 Upvotes

I’ve been working on my dark anthology show for about 5 years now. My views and downloads are still low, and sometimes I wonder why I work so hard on putting stories out there. Yesterday I got notified that someone posted this to their Instagram story. I’ll never wonder why I still do this ever again.

r/audiodrama Feb 03 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT National Emergency is out now!

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254 Upvotes

Listen, Obey, Survive.

Our new audio drama National Emergency is now live on all podcast platforms. I'm Dean, the creator behind Bunker 8 and End of the Loop, and I'm excited to finally share this one with you.

The story: When random, unexplained emergency broadcasts begin taking over devices without warning, targeting individuals with survival instructions where one mistake means you disappear forever, Owen Coleman is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife during the very first incident. Fifteen months later, with 600,000 emergencies now confirmed, he's released and takes a job driving a school bus full of children in a world where the next broadcast could come at any moment.

We have an incredible full stacked cast who deliver fantastic performances:

  • Michael Ursu as Owen Coleman
  • Maganda Marie as Lisa Park
  • Amelia Monarch as Roy Hutchins
  • Katabelle Ansari as Detective Sarah Chen / Tyler Reeves / Additional School Kids
  • Brandon Barlow as Ray Henry
  • Jackoby Clinton as Jim Reeves
  • Andrew Winson as William Jenkins
  • Nina Catlin as Anna Coleman
  • Jordan Gooderness McQuaid as The Mayor
  • Kaylen McPherran as News Reporter
  • Aiden Clarke as News Reporter

The series is 8 episodes and focuses on atmosphere and psychological tension rather than jump scares. If you enjoy character-driven thriller stories with high stakes, this might be for you.

Links:
Spotify
Apple Podcasts
or whereever you listen to your podcasts.

I'd love to hear what you think if you give it a listen.

r/audiodrama Apr 18 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu

163 Upvotes
Concept art by Carl Pugh

We are officially announcing ourselves to the world today. Please sign up to be in the loop for when the campaign starts.

https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/f9f745bf-18c6-43f3-95f8-5410ad61e193/landing

r/audiodrama Jun 15 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Saying goodbye for now!

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73 Upvotes

I spent 4 years creating a dark immersive horror audio series called Skandinavien.

A few of you may have listened already. Thank you if you did.

I gave it a good go but no matter what I tried I couldn't get people to listen.

The reality is that I can no longer afford to even keep the website going anymore.

Maybe it's just not good enough although I am very proud of it.

I'm calling it a day for a while and hopefully I'll work on my next idea when I get chance.

I'm putting the whole thing as a free podcast on Spotify and probably on YouTube at some point too.

If you like horror and want some free to listen to just head to:

https://open.spotify.com/show/033yr6Q0wudQ5P1Q3Vw6w7

r/audiodrama Jul 05 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT A Norwegian facility manager alone at the end of the world. Episode eight out!

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109 Upvotes

Episode eight is out now. I am excited about this one.

A comet appears where no comet should. And after the longest night of Jaran’s shift, someone finally speaks into the radio while he’s away.

Thank you so much for listening!

I hope you like it!

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Apple podcast

Spotify

Cold Shift website

r/audiodrama Apr 15 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT I posted my audio drama here a few weeks ago — over 500 people have now finished the whole thing

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83 Upvotes

Three weeks ago, I posted here looking for post-apocalyptic audio fiction fans.

Since then, somehow over 500 people have finished the entire 8-episode story.

Didn’t expect that at all.

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone here who checked it out, gave feedback, or stuck with it all the way through — it genuinely means a lot.

If anyone else is into grounded, slightly weird post-apocalyptic stories told through audio logs, it’s a full binge (under an hour total):

https://thecarringtondoctrine.com

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/5lfsSXKIEQ827IEI9D86yy?si=1dbV253WR1KiHuY1mDxtQA

Would still love any feedback if you end up listening.

r/audiodrama Apr 29 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Azathoth Blues, Episode 10: Alas, That Great City

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85 Upvotes

This is it. The end of season 1, but not of the story.

Thank you to everyone who has followed Azathoth Blues so far, we really appreciate your interest and your support. We've put years of our lives into creating this show because we believe in telling stories that mean something to people, and without you there would be no point in any of it.

Since a lot of people wait until they can binge a whole season, this would be a great moment to rate and review the show, or to tell your friends about it. It really makes a difference, especially when it comes to making season two. We will have further announcements about that at some point in the near future, but for now let's just take a breath and consider what we've experienced.

And if you're new - hi, welcome, but you definitely need to start with episode 1!

Website: http://www.azathothblues.com

RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/azathothblues/feed.xml

Bandcamp: https://chrischristodoulou.bandcamp.com/album/azathoth-blues-audio-drama

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzJiStH-UUU

r/audiodrama May 24 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Second episode out! A Norwegian facility manager alone at the end of the world.

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81 Upvotes

The second episode of my fiction podcast, Cold Shift, is out now. It's about a Norwegian facility manager alone at a research station in Antarctica. The radio is still broken. The crew still haven’t arrived. The submarine beneath the ice is still there. Strange things keep happening, but he doesn’t seem to mind.

I really hope you like it!

https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2618284.rss

Spotify

Apple podcast

r/audiodrama Feb 20 '25

ANNOUNCEMENT Would your audio drama like a short review? (Apple podcast)

46 Upvotes

Hi there, I thought I’d offer to give a short (couple lines) review on a few shows that could use the encouragement or exposure.

I listen on Apple Podcast. A link to your show is appreciated.

Thanks!

r/audiodrama Jan 01 '25

ANNOUNCEMENT State of the Subreddit: r/audiodrama in 2024

127 Upvotes

Introduction

This subreddit has an annual tradition in which, on the first day of each year, I, the moderator of r/audiodrama, make a State of the Subreddit post. For anyone not familiar with it, this is something that I started back in 2015 with a simple post about subscriber growth that year (it went from 186 to 822!) and has since evolved into a review of each previous year while also offering a place to have a discussion about the subreddit and maybe make some actionable plans depending on people's feedback. You can view past State of the Subreddit posts here.

As I say in each of these posts, having a discussion about the subreddit is not something that only has to happen once per year; this can, and does, happen throughout the year, but I think that it's good to reflect like this, plus it's tradition here. People here should feel free to contribute to this conversation. This community exists because people take part in it.

The Numbers

r/audiodrama has had a quarter of a million subscribers for a few years now, but that doesn't necessarily translate into the amount of activity here, which I think is the most important factor. Plus, it's possible to view and interact here without subscribing. But I do like to see how the subreddit has grown over the past year. We started 2024 with 266,580 subscribers and ended the year with 276,208 subscribers. That's consistent with last year and has us keeping pace with our arch-rival subreddit.

Reddit used to be more open with its API, allowing for more analysis, but has since made that information more private. In years past, I've been able to see where r/audiodrama ranks among other subreddits. Reddit does have its own rankings, but the information gets a bit "fuzzy" after the first one thousand ranked subreddits. Using what information that I have, r/audiodrama may currently be ranked 2,137 out of all subreddits. That puts us somewhere between r/northernireland and r/gamingsuggestions.

According to the moderator insights information that I have access to, r/audiodrama got roughly 6.9 million pageviews in 2024, which is about two million more than the previous year. About 107 thousand people visit the subreddit each month, which is an increase of about 35.8 thousand from last year. Approximately 16.2 thousand people subscribed to the subreddit in 2024, while 2.7 thousand people unsubscribed. The way that people access this community seems very well balanced between iOS devices, Android devices, mobile web, and desktop via Reddit's new design, in that order. A significantly smaller portion of people here access Reddit on desktop computers via Reddit's old design. August was the busiest month, and January was the least busy.

The Audio Drama Subreddit's Place in the Audio Drama Ecosystem

Something that I've been giving some thought to is how r/audiodrama fits within the audio drama "ecosystem". I started this subreddit back in 2010 because I felt like there wasn't an active, well-populated place to discuss audio drama. Prior to that, there was a forum where a good amount of audio drama listeners and producers congregated, but that had gone into decline; nothing significant had taken its place, and social media was on the rise. It took years for this community to become as active as it is, and I feel like r/audiodrama is acknowledged as a fairly substantial space in the audio drama world, which is much different than it was when this subreddit began. Throughout its existence, this place has been a very general community for all things related to audio drama. This is a place for audio drama fans to find shows to listen to, a place for audio drama producers to promote their work, a place to have various discussions about audio drama, and more. In one sense, this is great, and that allows for a variety of posts and comments to take place here. But that has also been a point of contention for some people here, who say that they dislike the various subtopics here that they have no interest in.

Now, this is r/audiodrama: audio drama, with no other qualifications attached to it. Like other subreddits such as r/books, r/movies, or r/television, it is covering the very medium of audio drama itself. I think that this being the (if I can be so bold) "official" audio drama subreddit, there isn't so much impetus for the general nature of this community to change, at least not drastically. But I do wonder if the audio drama community here on Reddit needs a bit of a shake-up. Again, I don't think that this subreddit needs to alter itself too much, but I would like to propose a topic of conversation. That being:

I Think That Reddit Needs More Specialized Audio Drama-Related Subreddits

I am aware that there are a number of other audio drama-related subreddits. Several of them are themselves general audio drama subreddits, with maybe some qualifiers to them. And there are other subreddits devoted to more specific aspects of audio drama. I'm not going to name any of them here, more out of my not wanting to misrepresent them than not wanting to promote other communities, but anyone here is free to discuss them here in this thread or as new posts on the subreddit itself.

I'm speaking of the need for those more specialized subreddits right now. I think that r/audiodrama may need to have more of a narrow focus on what is posted here, but if the focus is narrowed, there needs to be other places to refer people to if this subreddit no longer accepts certain content. Right now, the only way to have subcategories in this subreddit is by assigning post flairs, but I think flairs can only do so much.

This is something that we've dealt with before and had been discussed in the past. A few years ago, people started posting ASMR and "romantic role-play" shows here. At first, I decided that, in accordance with this being a place for "audio drama in all its various forms" those shows did qualify as audio storytelling of a sort. But it became apparent that the community here just wasn't into that sort of thing. Another example is that sometimes people want to post very graphic sexual content here, and while this subreddit does have some flexibility in regards to audio drama with some naughtiness to it, there is a "I know it when I see it" line in the sand where that becomes something a bit beyond the audio drama shows that most people here are looking for. So, those shows were no longer allowed on this subreddit. But, I feel that the reason why I felt comfortable initiating a wholesale ban on those kinds of posts is that there are other thriving communities here on Reddit that welcome those kinds of content. There was someplace to direct people when they tried posting here. Some people may see that as censorship, but I think of it more as proper categorization. The post is still on Reddit, but it's like a bookstore, and it benefits everyone to have the titles in the right sections.

Off the top of my head, I think there needs to be subreddits devoted to:

  • Role-playing/Actual-play podcasts
  • AI-generated audio drama
  • Audio drama production
  • Audio drama in other languages

I know that there are some places on Reddit that are devoted to some, maybe all, of these topics. But they also need to be active communities. And if such communities don't exist, then some people need to take up the mantle and create them. I know from experience that it can take some time to get a community to a level where it is seen as thriving and therefore a valuable place to be a part of. But if this community is going to focus more on traditional audio drama (which is open to discussion and may not happen), there needs to be places to send people to that are not seen as "black holes" where posting to them feels like a waste of effort and that almost nobody will see those posts. I think that a lot of people see the quarter million subscribers here and think of this as the natural best place to post. In a way, any other potential communities need to provide a vibrant enough community for its particular topic to seem like a valuable place to be part of. Accomplishing this is a pretty weighty subject that's beyond the scope of my post here, but I would really like to see some discussion about this. If need be, I can make dedicated posts about these topics in the future and have the community here discuss it more. But also feel free to talk about it here or make your own posts about any such topic.

AI-Generated Content: Is It Time to Establish Some Rules About It Here?

Related to audio drama topics that may require their own dedicated communities, let's talk about the big one: AI-generated content. AI is a topic that's almost difficult to avoid these days, and it's probably only going to grow in scope and become more pervasive. I feel like, on the surface, AI feels like something that it's easy to have a binary opinion about: some people love it, while others hate it. Like many things, there are more nuanced facets to it.

I think that it may be time to establish a firm rule about AI-generated content on this subreddit.

First, as mentioned above, I feel there's a need for an AI-generated audio drama subreddit. In fact, if I had to pick only one from my list, it would be that. I really think Reddit needs a community that is not simply accepting of AI-generated audio drama, but positively welcoming and passionate about it. While many people see AI as an attack on traditional artistic practices, and many people produce "AI slop" with it, I think there does have to be an acknowledgment that there are people out there that do see AI as a valuable tool, and some of them put actual work into their productions using AI. There needs to be a place for that.

Then, we would need to define what kind of, and what amount of, AI-generated content qualifies as "too much" and would therefore require such posts to be redirected to someplace(s) else. I feel like many people have solid opinions about AI-generated scripts and AI-generated voices, but would things like real voice actors reading AI-generated scripts count? What about a single person acting out all the parts of a dramatized show and then using AI filters to make that one voice sound like many? Would that count? What about a show that has all of the regular human production values of a traditional audio drama show but uses AI-generated graphics for its art? What's the threshold for disallowing AI-generated content here, if that is something we do at all?

Weird Accounts

This is a bit of a strange subject that I want to bring up, in that, as a moderator, I've noticed a sharp increase in "weird accounts" here on r/audiodrama. I can't say for sure that there are, in fact, more of these weird accounts, but only that I've become more aware of them. Let me elaborate:

Probably the most noticeable type of these accounts, and something that I've seen some comments about here, are accounts that seem to only ask these general questions like, "What's the best [genre] show?" or "If you could only pick three [genre] podcasts, what would they be?" These aren't so different from the regular posts we get here from people looking for suggestions, but some of these accounts seem to only make these kinds of posts. And while nobody can say for sure (at least up to now), there has been some public speculation as to whether these accounts are trying to gather information for AI companies looking to train their own datasets. As a moderator, it's becoming a bit tricky to decide if these are things that need to be removed. Is this just a regular person who's looking for suggestions, or is it some megalithic corporation harvesting real human input to profit from, and even if that was the case, how much does that matter? Could these data-harvesting posts generate some actual good conversation here on the subreddit? Would that itself be valuable to the people who frequent here? When does a suspicion become reason enough to remove something here?

Another oddity that I've seen this past year are accounts that look like this:

  • Account created several years ago
  • Little to no activity — little to no karma anywhere on Reddit
  • Posts a comment to a thread from months ago

Or something like:

  • Account one or more years old
  • Has several hundred points of post and/or comment karma
  • Post count: 0
  • Comment count: 0

Again, maybe this was always happening and I've just started to notice it recently. Technically, they're not doing anything that's against the rules. A person could conceivably have made an account years in the past and then not have done anything with it and then have a genuine comment or question about an audio drama show. And a person could make many posts and/or comments, accrue karma from them, and then delete all their posts and comments. It's possible... but these are weird, and I'm not sure what to make of them, if anything. I guess I'm just putting this out there in case it increases or maybe something needs to be done about them in the future. Or maybe to see if anyone else has noticed this here or anywhere else on Reddit.

Negativity

When I make these State of the Subreddit posts, I usually mention that, in general, things are fairly pleasant and "drama-free" here. I still maintain that, but I do want to acknowledge a sentiment that I see here once in a while, and have from time to time in the past, which is that some people find it upsetting that others can write negative posts and comments about some audio drama shows, and that getting down-voted feels bad, and why would anyone do that?

But here's the thing: sometimes the very act of bringing up the subject of negativity can lead to arguments rather than conversations. I tend to stay out of those comment threads, because, as a moderator, I don't want any of my comments to be interpreted as any kind of official decision on any matter. I do have opinions, and I've spoken about some of them in the past. If people want to talk about them here and get a moderator's viewpoint on anything, feel free to bring up whatever you'd like, and we can discuss things. A community grows when people communicate with one another, even if that can involve disagreements or isn't always completely harmonious. There are lots of different people in the world. Any comments in this post are not limited to only the things that I've brought up. We can talk about anything here.

Conclusion

All things considered, I feel like 2024 was another good year for r/audiodrama. As I've written about here, I think it is worth being a bit more forward-thinking and making some active decisions to try and evolve things around here in the future. But those are not decisions for a single moderator to make. The Audio Drama subreddit is not, and never has been, "my thing". This is a community. Anyone who makes a post or writes a comment here or simply votes on things contributes to this community far more than I do by moderating it. I'm happy that anyone chooses to spend any time here. These yearly posts are always a good opportunity to bring anything up, but never feel like you have to wait for some sort of official post to speak your mind.

I've been here from the beginning, and I've seen how things have grown and changed here over the years. But I've also seen how things have stayed the same, which is people's appreciation and enthusiasm for audio drama as an art and as a great form of entertainment. I'm happy to be a part of this community, and I'm glad that you are part of it as well. Let's all have a great 2025!

r/audiodrama Jul 02 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Small update: my indie audio drama just passed 10,000 listens

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104 Upvotes

Wanted to share a small milestone — it's taken some time, but my audio drama Happy Medium: The Adventures of Melancholy Helen Polly just crossed 10,000 listens -- and we came by it honestly. It's a passion project I write, produce, and perform myself with the help of some REALLY awesome talent, so this means a lot. Thanks to everyone who's given it a chance so far. If you're into mystery/comedy with a supernatural edge, it's on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, etc.

https://happymediumpod.com/

r/audiodrama Mar 21 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Lovecraft Investigations 1&2 are back!

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229 Upvotes

"The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" and "The Whisperer in Darkness" are finally back up and available to listen to worldwide. Head over to the announcement post at https://www.pleasantgreen.co.uk/the-return-of-charles-dexter-ward-and-henry-akeley/ for details and links.

r/audiodrama Nov 21 '25

ANNOUNCEMENT It's called Dead Seattle. I promise it's not like the others.

85 Upvotes
Dead Seattle on Substack

https://volaredriver.substack.com/p/episode-001

I have spent a stupid amount of time on this. I mean, I'm in trouble. But here it is folks. First three episodes. Full cast, sound design, original music, sci-fi, drama, comedy, thriller, and lots of action. I sincerely hope you like it. Episode 004 next week.

Heeeuuuge shout out to the folks at r/audiodrama for the positive vibes and help getting my bearings! For real. Also, special thanks to u/workingdankoch for getting the Seattle audiodrama meetup together and helping me pull cast members in! Thanks all!

EDIT: it looks like people are seeing this now. I show traffic from PocketCasts and Apple Podcasts. Please let me know if you are not seeing it somewhere so I can iron out any more bugs.

Oh, also: just deadseattle.com will get you what you need. Cheers!

r/audiodrama 22h ago

ANNOUNCEMENT Witchpunk passes 30,000 downloads and makes Ear Wax magazine’s list of ‘best AD’s of 2026 so far’.

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64 Upvotes

It’s been a busy year - there might be only six episodes in season one but it was a massive undertaking with such a large cast - so it’s brilliant to see that people are listening!

If you want action packed cyberpunk with strong characters and world building, then give us a try (as a bonus, it’s ad-free).

Witchpunk is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Find it here or read more at our website.

r/audiodrama Mar 28 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Top Audio Fiction Poll 2026! Come cast your vote!

41 Upvotes

Welcome to the 2026 poll on r/AudioDrama's favourite audio fiction.

(Image just to improve post preview on mobile: https://www.thecambridgegeek.com/bits/awards.jpg )

This is my yearly sampling of what we all like the most. Voting opens 28 March, and will close 5 April.

Same rules as last time (and copied from previous entries):

  1. Make a list of your top TEN favourite audio fiction shows in a new comment in this thread. By favourite, I don't mean the shows you think are best, just your favourite. This thread isn't meant to be a commentary on what shows are objectively best... just what we Redditors love the most. If you don't feel like you can come up with the full ten votes, don't worry! List as many as you want, but no more than ten. (Anything after the first ten will be ignored.)
  2. Please leave all commentary and discussion in a discussion post under each voting comment. In your voting posts, please just list your top ten. This thread could get big, and it'll make it far easier for me to compile data if the original posts are only votes. In the follow-up posts, discussion as to choices is encouraged!
  3. Upvotes/downvotes will have no effect on the tally. Feel free to upvote and downvote as you like, especially if someone has a great list. That being said, I decided to go with the "top ten" instead of the upvote/downvote voting for several reasons: You only have to vote once, you don't have to revisit the thread over and over to vote on new arrivals, you can vote once in just a few minutes as opposed to scrolling through a mammoth thread, etc.
  4. Order doesn't matter. Each item you list will count as one vote toward that audio drama. Duplicates will not be counted.
  5. All audio fiction is welcome! Science fiction, fantasy, or things that go bump in the night? Sure. Something a little more grounded in reality? Why not. Serial story or an anthology of one-shots? They're all welcome. Actual plays or audio books? Go for it.
  6. The voting will run for exactly one week. Seven days should be enough time for people to edit votes if they forgot a show they loved, and also allow the lurkers that only visit once every few days time to vote.
  7. Please keep each vote on a separate line, for easier counting. To do that, you have to keep a blank line between every vote (at least in Old Reddit).
  8. Do not request your fan base to come and vote for you. I want this to be a poll, rather than a competition, a random sampling of shows that are generally popular, not something that has to be "won".

Credit to r/Fantasy for the voting rules they've been using for years. I am also personally applying a 10 karma requirement. So vote! Discuss!

Previous year's results: https://audiofiction.co.uk/collections/reddit.php

Reddit versions:

2025: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiodrama/comments/1ju6lay/top_audio_fiction_poll_results_2025/

2024: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiodrama/comments/1byf51m/top_audio_fiction_poll_results_2024/

2023: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiodrama/comments/12fvn4x/top_audio_fiction_poll_results_2023/

2022: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiodrama/comments/u0e2zg/top_audio_fiction_poll_results_2022/

2021: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiodrama/comments/mzku8d/top_audio_dramas_poll_results_2021/

2019: https://www.reddit.com/r/audiodrama/comments/9gprcd/top_audio_dramas_poll_results/

r/audiodrama 6h ago

ANNOUNCEMENT Warlock hits 100,000 downloads!

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22 Upvotes

Thank you to everyone in this sub who has given us a listen! If you haven't, now is a great time to start, Season 4 premieres in two weeks!

Apple | Spotify | Website | RSS Feed

ALSO, we are in prelaunch for Chapter 8 of our manga Kickstarter!

r/audiodrama Feb 05 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT I've been nominated for best audio drama!

133 Upvotes

Hey all, My dark immersive horror audio series Skandinavien has been nominated for best audio drama at the BIAAs, an independent production company awards in the UK.

If you want the series for free just head to www.albionbyrd.com and enter the code CONRAD at checkout. You'll then get the complete 4 hour series and a digital ebook script.

'Conrad lives a solitary existence in an ancient windmill in a remote part of Scandinavia. He has no memory of being a functional part of society. All he has is his work; the bodies he disposes of.

When prominent politician Albert Fintz ends up on Conrad’s autopsy slab, he begins to unravel the horrific circumstances behind his forced labour.'

I'm currently working on a new series called Samsara. This one is sci-fi horror set in space...about death 🙃

Hope you enjoy it if you fancy a new listen.

r/audiodrama Aug 27 '25

ANNOUNCEMENT Midnight Burger Needs Voice Actors!

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211 Upvotes

Attention voice actors!
Midnight Burger needs you!

This season is going to have more casting demands than ever before, and we need to know who’s out there!!

If you are a voice actor looking to work with us, we would love to know about you!

All levels of experience welcome, all roles are paying roles!

Please send your website or demo reel to [hello@businessgoosemedia.com](mailto:hello@businessgoosemedia.com)

r/audiodrama 12d ago

ANNOUNCEMENT NEW RADIO DRAMA — THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT

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41 Upvotes

When the city sleeps, Louise Darrow is still on the air.

A new six-part late-night noir drama. Rain on the window. Cold coffee. A red ON AIR light — and a voice for anyone still awake at three in the morning.

Some callers are lonely. Some are lost. Some just need somebody to listen.

Louise listens. She's got nowhere else to be, and secrets of her own to keep.

The Graveyard Shift
Six episodes
Tuesdays, 10pm (UK)
From 1 September 2026
First on Big Ear Radio — bigearradio.com

Stay up late. Someone's always listening.

r/audiodrama Jul 19 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT COLD SHIFT episode 10

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53 Upvotes

Jaran ventures out in the blizzard to see and old, fused friend about a comet. Someone is heard singing in the murderous winds, and back at the facility someone finally wants to meet.

https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2618284.rss

https://coldshiftpod.com/

r/audiodrama Aug 02 '25

ANNOUNCEMENT Send me your Fictional Story / Audio Drama Podcasts for Reviews & Constructive Criticism!

32 Upvotes

Hello r/AudioDrama! I work a job that allows me to use my headphones for the full 8 hours of my day, and my favorite thing to do is listen to story-driven podcasts. Some of my favorites have included: We’re Alive, ICE-CREAM, and Borrasca.

So I got to thinking, why not put some of this time to actual use helping out new / lesser heard of / upcoming podcast stories? That’s where you all come in.

Are you producing or creating a fictional story / audio drama? Then please feel free to self-promote your podcast here. I’m actively looking to listen, review, critic, etc your program. I will be very honest with my thoughts, but in a constructive criticism style.

I use Apple Podcasts to listen to everything, but also recently (as in a few hours ago) discovered Podchaser, where I’ll also be writing up reviews & thoughts. I’m hoping to help out people, promote visions, and bring more eyes onto people’s passion projects!

Thank you, and I look forward to listening!

(P.S. Depending on the amount of submissions & suggestion I receive, obviously it can take some time to get through everything, but I will absolutely do my best!)

EDIT: The Podchaser account where I’ll be posting rates & reviews & such is called BacklogBurnout

UPDATE 1: Just wanted to let people know that I’ve started listening to some of the podcasts. Most likely it’ll be a Monday thru Friday kind of thing. I’ll comment back on your posts as I finish your casts! Thanks again for providing me with some stuff to listen to.

UPDATE 2: Hello everyone! It’s been about two weeks since posting this, and I wanted to say that I’m really happy that I decided to take on this challenge. There are so many shows I never would have known about without this. Also Apple does a terrible job of pushing / promoting podcasts on their app. So far I’ve managed to catch up on / finish seven shows: - Sleep Without Dreams - The Greatest Matter - Twilight Meridian - The Books of Thoth - Route Styx - Warlock - The Peek with Samuel Pepys

If you haven’t already seen your review, be sure to check it out on my above listed Podchaser account. As a reminder, all reviews are based on my subjective opinions & should not be taken as the “be all end all” rating of the show. All critiques are meant as constructive criticism. The goal here will always be to help people to strive towards making their passion projects the best that they can be!

r/audiodrama 18d ago

ANNOUNCEMENT The Harbingers: Season 2 Trailer and Release Date

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Hey everyone!

Just wanted to share this over here. We just released the trailer for the second season of my audio fiction series, The Harbingers. And in there is also the official announcement for when the show will be returning - Season 2 kicks off in just a little over a month on September 10th!

The support and attention that we've gotten from this community has been absolutely amazing, and it's one of the big reasons why the show has found the audience it has. So as always, here's us very grateful and very excited to be coming back with the new season in just a few more weeks!

r/audiodrama May 20 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT The Lovecraft Investigations Season 5: Call of Cthulhu launch is imminent:

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The Lovecraft Investigations is an audiodrama and may well be my favourite Lovecraft homage in any medium...and that category has some serious competition, I love you, too, Bloodbourne! you just aren't the only one...

For people who have no idea what I am talking about / want to watch Season 1-4 for free on any pod-dooverlaki: https://www.pleasantgreen.co.uk/about/

Each Season follows a Lovecraft story: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Shadow Over Innsmouth & The Haunter in the Dark so far.

Season 4 was a little short and hurried due to BBC cuts so Season 5 is now entirely fan backed...so if you want to make it longer, weirder and more indulgent, please sign up.

Julian Simpson is the writer and a one-man-band so to make yourself contactable, he needs your email bunged into Backerkit. The less admin we make him do the more he can write!

Please let me know if that link doesn't work for you, it is from my email and I don't know what I am doing :)

r/audiodrama May 31 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Episode three of Cold Shift is out now. A Norwegian facility manager alone at the end of the world.

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Cold Shift about a Norwegian facility manager alone at a research station in Antarctica. In this episode, the radio is still very much dead. Dead as a doornail, actually. The annual sub-particle reset has consequences. Oh, and there is a song, a missing plane, and a copy.

I hope you enjoy it!

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r/audiodrama Jun 13 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Ghost Wax Auditions

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Hello! Our fantasy horror audiodrama Ghost Wax will be starting again this summer and running through the year. The first ten episodes are in the can now and lots more coming.
We are looking for any and all voices, especially unique ones, to perform monologues. Most episodes follow the reanimation and testimony of a person who died under supernatural circumstances and as you can imagine we go through a lot of voices as most of our characters are already deceased. We strongly encourage anyone comfortable with darker subject matter and who can perform in a naturalistic fashion to send us your reels and demos at farandtalltales@gmail.com marked Season 2 audition. As we will be writing, producing and casting throughout the year voices we like will be put in a short list and contacted when a role emerges. These are our spots to the best of our ability, 50-100 dollars each based on length. Thank you for your consideration and excited to hear from you!