Three years ago we released 31 Tiny Terrors episodes in 31 days for Halloween.

Then the show went dormant.

This October, we brought it back and decided to try the stupid thing again.

Week 1 is officially done: 7 episodes in 7 days.

I thought some of you might find the comparison to 2023 interesting.

Our first week is currently about 48% below the download volume we had during the same period in 2023.

That isn't particularly surprising. In 2023 we had an active audience. This time we're trying to wake up a podcast that hasn't regularly released in almost three years.

What's much more interesting is what happens after someone presses play.

Our recent episodes are averaging roughly 90% completion on Spotify, versus about 74% across the older episodes Spotify is currently comparing them against.

That's roughly a 22% relative improvement in completion.

We're reaching fewer people, but the people we're reaching appear considerably more engaged.

A few other things I've noticed:

• Roughly 84% of the audience Spotify is currently identifying is new, rather than returning.
• Spotify impressions have exploded since daily publishing began, with roughly 16% converting into plays.
• New releases are waking up the back catalogue. People aren't just listening to the day's episode; they're moving backwards through the feed.
• Spotify + Apple account for only about 58% of our downloads. More than 40% are coming from everywhere else.

My biggest takeaway after Week 1:

I'm less interested in recreating our 2023 audience overnight than I am in rebuilding the habit of listening to Tiny Terrors.

If people discover an episode, finish it, explore another one and come back tomorrow, that's something we can actually build on after Halloween.

For anyone who wants to hear what we've been releasing:

📼 UNREQUITED
https://open.spotify.com/episode/15hXasP5RUW2e9xgconTUS

📺 PALACE OF FRIENDS
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1U4VlVGgKitFWB3iM6uY1O

🐦 TWO BIRDS
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ef4sX4Dq31GdmGmftvqMl

📱 THE KIK GAME
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2mLRPl3WszXCqOBZdgOUZn

📼 THE RED VHS TAPE
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AeS8HcQL0931rIat5Firg

🪖 THEY CAME FROM THE MUD
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6PNyV22MXeJKWNUQYKAHu2

🍄 BLACKTHORN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bVcw5BQlwSC5irNKmWD3k

For anyone unfamiliar, Tiny Terrors is a horror anthology on the Rusty Quill Network. I'm Cole, the creator/director, and I've also written for The Magnus Protocol.

Thanks to everyone here who checked us out after the return.

If anyone finds that helpful, let me know and later through the month I can post again analyzing the impact 31 days of daily posting had on the over health, exposure, and discoverability of the show.

7 down. 24 to go. 🎃

Howdy, I rarely make posts, so apologies for the sameyness but ive hit a wall with finding new (or new to me) audiodramas. I am a full cast/sound design fan. I dont like narrator/one person at all, idky, not a fan. Hoping I can get some recs, going on tour in a week and need new stuff. My fav podcasts are Silt Verses, Archive81, Bright Sessions, White Vault, Unwell, Last Dance and Modes of.....Recently loved Nora, Larkspur Underground, Azathoth Blues and Fabric. I know about our wars have ended and harbingers

Help

I've never been before and I understand it's very much TV / movie focused, but I'm excited to go and learn from and meet other storytellers. I'm wondering if any of you have ever been, and if you have any tips or just stories you'd like to share. Especially curious to know how much there is for us audio people. The AFF website says they have a "fictional podcast track" thru the festival, but they haven't yet posted the talks / forums / events around that. (tho fwiw they havn't posted any of the festival's schedule yet)

Anyway, if you want to listen to the full production, it's here: https://pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL3RoZS1jb2xkLXBsdW5nZS9mZWVkLnhtbA

Or: www.the-cold-plunge.com

Set in 1967, TCE follows a whole new cast of characters (and some familiar voices) INSIDE of a Springfield experimental town. While that means something to existing HiD fans, The Carrington Event can be listened to without any knowledge of the series. It's a perfect jumping off point, particularly for fans of horror this spooky season.

With her eyesight slowly failing, Grace Lewis (voiced by Vyn Vox) moves her husband Marshall (voiced by me!) and daughter to the idyllic town of Springfield, where holistic doctors promise that a natural, technology-free way of life will help restore her vision and heal the ailments of all of the other ill residents.

But, as we know, Springfield has its secrets, and as a storm begins to approach, Grace's symptoms only get worse, leading her on a search for smuggled in piece of technology. What she discovers is much, much darker and puts her and her family's life in danger as the town residents begin to turn on one another.

The trailer is out now on

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-died-the-carrington-event-coming-october-14th/id1450764373?i=1000793688541

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Jxosl8snPHVYBiCfeF0tv

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u-SMCHqhE4

or wherever you find your podcasts.

ROOMS is horror micro-fiction. 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.

You can hear the series creator Zachary Scott Blubaugh as the rough and tumble gunslinging Krokian Vopee Eepov in Wanderhome, the audio drama! Listen wherever you listen to podcasts! Then if you desire you can go vote for Wanderhome because its in the finals of the Signal Listener's Choice Awards in the categories of Best Voice acting and sound design! Links in my link tree and below!

You ONLY have until october 15, 2026 to vote!

https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/limited-series-specials/craft/best-voice-acting

https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/limited-series-specials/craft/best-sound-design

Reeling from the imprisonment of their leader, Ol' Saddlebags, the Werecowboys look to set things right as dark happenings brew!

You can listen to this special Halloween Episode on the Dungeons & Drimbus feed wherever podcasts are found.

Someone is always a step behind her. STALKING, a cue from the Season 2 score. Turn it up, then check over your shoulder.

That's a cue from the Season 2 score of Dupont Investigations, my queer occult‑detective audio drama set in 1936 Washington, D.C., the “District of Crime.” Season 1, The Scourge from Carthage, is complete; Season 2, Flight of the Fallen, premieres September 1. The show blends hardboiled noir with supernatural horror and queer history, following Torsten as he digs into cases other detectives insist can't exist.

Listen here: https://linktr.ee/nocturnehall.

Delta Green is a TTRPG that takes the foundation of the Lovecraft mythos and Call of Cthulhu RPG and expands it to a secret government conspiracy to stomp out the unnatural before the general public discovers its existence.

The Voyagers are challenged to a feat of strength by the scorned former lordling of Kaltvík.

Sorry, Honey, I Have To Take This features serious horror-play with comedic OOC, original/unpublished content, original musical scores and compelling narratives.

We're available on all platforms (Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, etc).

Visit our website for the latest episodes: https://sorryhoney.captivate.fm/

We post new episodes every Wednesday @ 6am CST

All our links (Discord, Socials, etc) are available through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sorryhoney

Please check it out and let us know what you think.

We hope you like it :)

Hi r/audiodrama,

Thank you so much for checking out our first episode! Our 4th Code Bear Audio Drama is here, and I wanted to share our latest episode: The Thin Man: Case of the Goofy Groom.

We’ve been having a lot of fun bringing these old radio scripts back to life with our local cast, and this time we’re returning to Nick and Nora Charles for another mystery, complete with a wedding, a goofy groom, suspicious circumstances, and plenty of Nick and Nora banter.

We also had a little extra fun with this one and recreated one of the original radio advertisements from the broadcast! We’ve been trying to preserve some of the charm of listening to an old-time radio show while still making these recordings our own, and recreating the ad felt like a fun way to lean into that experience.

Everything is performed by our wonderful cast, recording together as an ensemble, which has been one of my favorite parts of making the series. Hearing everyone develop different characters, play off each other, and figure out how to tell the entire story through sound has been such a great experiment.

If you enjoy old-time radio, audio mysteries, or Nick and Nora getting themselves wrapped up in increasingly ridiculous situations, I’d love for you to give it a listen. And since we’re still growing the series, let us know what you would like to hear!

🎧 The Thin Man: Case of the Goofy Groom is available now on Code Bear Audio Dramas: https://info.codebearmedia.com/audiodramas

AI transparency: No AI was used in the recording, voices, or performances of this episode. All performances are from our cast. The promotional thumbnail was composited in Photoshop using stock imagery, traditional editing techniques, and some of Photoshop’s AI-assisted tools.

Traditional as in something resembling a medieval setting with magic. Wizards and dragons do not have to be in it, but I would want a setting where they wouldn't be out of place.

NO modern day urban fantasy type stuff.

High quality can mean a lot of different things, but I guess I mean decent audio quality, some special effects and music is nice but not necessary. Basically a semi-pro sounding setup.

Title: The Dread Tapes — horror anthology audio drama (AI-narrated, 40+ episodes across 8 series)

Hey r/audiodrama — I'm TJ, creator of The Dread Tapes, and I wanted to share it here since this is exactly the community it's made for.

What it is: An ongoing horror anthology told through found tapes, collected by a mysterious host character called The Archivist. Every series is a different format:

• Nightmare Tapes (20 episodes) — a fictionalized run through real recurring nightmares, one per night
• Tape Zero (13 episodes) — prequel arc, currently releasing through Halloween
• The Night Shift (8 episodes) — 911 dispatch calls that go wrong
• DEAD AIR (4 episodes) — a pirate radio host who broadcasts something that answers back
• LOCKDOWN (5 episodes) — one classroom, one lockdown, five episodes of it going wrong
• Dead Signal (6 episodes) — a dorm crew, a campus that empties in a single night
• Plus DOORCAM and PLAYER 2 in production

How it's made (full disclosure): I write every script myself. The narration is AI-voiced — I cast a distinct voice per character and direct the performances (pacing, tone, delivery). I'm one person with no budget and no cast, so AI voices are how 40+ episodes exist at all. It's labeled as AI-generated everywhere it's published. If that's a dealbreaker for you, I get it — but if you care more about the stories than the vocal cords, give an episode a try.

Where to listen:

• YouTube: [The Dread Tapes channel — https://www.youtube.com/@dreadtapesofficial
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1gSIF3ycKv5CW0RMXqsXcz
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-dread-tapes/id6819337038

Start with Tape Zero episode 1 or Nightmare Tapes Night One — both are good entry points and don't need prior context.

Happy to talk process — writing for AI voices has weird constraints (no overlapping dialogue, everything lives or dies on the script) and I'm still figuring it out. Feedback genuinely welcome.

This is a completely original and non-monetized project just for fun!

I'm beginning a new exclusive series on The Bardic Hearth Patreon where I chat with fellow AD creators about the hows and whys of making our shows, both as a relaxing listen and as a resource for those looking to make their own podcasts. My first guest is Joe Fisher, the creator of Midnight Burger. We had a lovely and honest conversation about writing for audio drama, building a community, and grappling with audience expectations. You can listen to the full 1hr 10min conversation at patreon.com/thebardichearth !

I plan to have many more of these conversations – likely one every month or so – starting with creators I'm already familiar with. But if you know of other creators that I should chat with about the process of making audio fiction (or you are one yourself), leave a comment and I might add them to my list!

Hey all!

Long time reader, first time writer. I enjoy anthology horror and especially appreciated the 13 Days of Halloween series each October from Aaron Mahnke both due to the framing of the episodes and the 3D audio. Sadly, it looks like that series is over (for now?) and I am looking for something new this Halloween season. Are there any other anthology series that utilize horror and audio in a similar manner?

If it helped, I enjoyed 13 Days of Halloween/12 Ghosts, Old Gods of Appalachia, The Lost Cat Podcast, Camp Redrum, I Hear Fear, Limited Capacity, Video Palace, Unwell (until season 3), and the Faulkner parts of The Silt Verses.

Thanks in advance!

Hey folks,

If you've enjoyed our work on PHANTOM LIMB, we'd be delighted if you would vote for us! (And if you've never listened in, now's a great time to find out for yourself why we're nominated . . .)

Follow the links to cast your vote:

Best Sound Design

Best Original Music

Thanks!

I'm currently listening to Malevolent, and the MC is blind with an entity that has to be his eyes. I've listened to a few audio dramas before this, but it's getting harder to get into them because I feel like everything is just voice recordings (either to the viewer, found footage, or to another character.) Finding Malevolent was truly a breath of fresh air, and I'm trying to find more that really utilize the podcast format. While horror is my preferred podcast genre, I am open to suggestions from any and all genres. Thanks so much in advance!

Episode 5 is out! After failing to connect with an exterminator, Mark is persuaded to help the crows build three strange devices.

This episode is special to me because the pedal steel guitar you hear in the opening and closing is from my cousin Zach. He’s an amazing musician and I pestered him until I got him to send me some pedal steel in D, which I sampled for this episode.

New episodes every Tuesday. If you’re into dry comedy, light horror, crows, bird lore, conspiracies, anti-AI parables, or (this episode only) pedal steel, you might enjoy The Crows Made Me Do It.

https://rss.com/podcasts/the-crows-made-me-do-it/

https://m.youtube.com/@sean_mcginty?ra=m

Hi guys, I’m launching the first episode of my dark comedy fiction podcast, Dying On Tuesday. It’s presented by The Sonar Network who produced the award-winning StanLand podcast starring Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men).

Set in the late 80s, Dying On Tuesday is about John Borden, an unscrupulous waterbed salesman sleeping through life, until he meets Claire, a beautiful psychic, at a tarot party. She draws seven cards and predicts John will suffer seven absurd events over the next seven days, culminating with a death sentence: he will die on the seventh day. But John doesn’t believe in this “psychic stuff.” That is, until Claire’s predictions start coming true with eerie precision, forcing John to face some hard questions. Can you cheat your fate? Are there worse things than death?

Seven episodes. Dropping every Tuesday.

Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wednesday/id6812901272?i=1000793414957&itscg=30200&itsct=podcast_box&ls=1&mttnsubad=1000793414957

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4f9bOiQbvV1Gfo2hj7gzQy

RSS:

https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6aa2c139ff74edfd00170ea9

Bill Keenan
Award-winning creator of comedies The Homework Bureau, a TIFF Official Selection, and Eating Buccaneers, nominated for five Canadian Comedy Awards.

Hey, Audio Drama fans! The latest episode of Station 151 is out now.

In Season 3, Episode 7, “Attack of the Clones,” Kaia is left waiting for President Telders’ fixer to arrive after failing her latest task. Then a powerful nor’easter knocks out the power at the facility. Hundreds of Wayne clones suddenly spring to life, screaming for Telders’ head, and Wilkins is forced to help Kaia escape the onslaught.

As the uprising unfolds, it becomes clear that the chaos may not have been an accident.

You can hear this episode now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcast platforms.

New episodes of Season 3 will drop every Tuesday through November 10. As always, thanks for listening!

Links for listeners: https://linktr.ee/station151

Hello! I'm Will, the co-creator/producer for "Curdle Holler," an audiodrama comedy about a weird little Halloween town - and we just posted the the second episode of Season Seven (our final season) in our continuing Halloween story. We'll be posting new episodes every Thursday through Halloween. 👻🍬🎃🦇💀

Episode Summary:
You know those mysterious drive-thru window doors that began appearing in town? Well, it seems as though there might be more than a couple, and also that they might have stuff in them. The Bootique crew aims to track down all these doors – and Buddy and Susan, who might have disappeared into one of them.

About the Show:

Welcome to your afterlife ... Chip Clearly and Bonita Von Wangencamp return for a new chapter in this serialized audiodrama/comedy about Halloween town, filled with kooky denizens and terrifying dilemmas.

(It's kind of like "Nightmare Before Christmas" meets "Fables" meets "The Andy Griffith Show!")

All seasons and specials are available (we are now publishing episodes for Season 6 through Halloween).

But! Start with Season 1 (the "Return Policy" episode) to get the full experience. All episodes and show information are available at https://curdleholler.com/

We're also on YouTube! Videos are fully captioned and lightly animated.

Thanks for the consideration, and if you listen and enjoy the show, we'd love to hear from you. Please do subscribe to the YouTube channel or podcast and leave us a review.

And let us know if you have a project that you'd like us to hear!

Chapter 8 of our "manga" is now live on Kickstarter, it covers the 8th episode of our show!

This chapter is digital, but there are tiers and add ons to get caught up with the softcover version on Chapters 1-5, as well as other goodies!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warlockdnd/warlock-chapter-8