12 episodes

Drawing inspiration from 1950s radio serials and ghost stories, Midnight Radio follows two women finding love through an unlikely correspondence about community, leaving your small hometown, our relationship to the past, what it means to be haunted, and what we leave behind when we die. Remember: all ghost stories are love stories.

Midnight Radio Martlet Radio

    • Fiction

Drawing inspiration from 1950s radio serials and ghost stories, Midnight Radio follows two women finding love through an unlikely correspondence about community, leaving your small hometown, our relationship to the past, what it means to be haunted, and what we leave behind when we die. Remember: all ghost stories are love stories.

    Letter

    Letter

    Memories of running away, and an unexpected change in routine.
     
    David McManus is the Announcer.
    Courtney Dietz is Sybil McIntyre.
    Cory Ensle is the Presenter.
     
    Midnight Radio is written by Bobbie Parker.
    Original music by Morgan Jackson, who can be found at wedidthetimewarpagain.bandcamp.com.
    Show cover art by Em Broude, who can be found at riskystandard.tumblr.com.
    Transcripts can be found at martletradio.tumblr.com.
    Content warnings for this episode: static (0.00--0.15)
     
    Sound effects used:
    “Tuning AM radio” by CGEffex
    https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/98338/
    “FM Radio Static” by caculo
    https://freesound.org/people/caculo/sounds/347039/
    ”Old radio switch” by eneibol
    https://freesound.org/people/eneibol/sounds/369964/
    “Opening_Letter” by kmyers1316
    https://freesound.org/people/kmyers1316/sounds/344597/
    “Paper_Shuffling_Crinkling_Crisp “ by bewagne
    https://freesound.org/people/bewagne/sounds/187615/ 

    • 16 min
    Radio

    Radio

    Walking together in the dark, and an explanation.
     
    David McManus is the Announcer.
    Courtney Dietz is Sybil McIntyre.
    Cory Ensle is the Presenter.
     
    Midnight Radio is written by Bobbie Parker.
    Original music by Morgan Jackson, who can be found at wedidthetimewarpagain.bandcamp.com.
    Show cover art by Em Broude, who can be found at riskystandard.tumblr.com.
     
    Transcripts of the show can be found at martletradio.tumblr.com.
    Content warnings for this episode: static (0.00--0.15), smoking.
     
    Sound effects used:
    “Tuning AM radio” by CGEffex
    https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/98338/
    “FM Radio Static” by caculo
    https://freesound.org/people/caculo/sounds/347039/
    ”Old radio switch” by eneibol
    https://freesound.org/people/eneibol/sounds/369964/
    “Letter Opening1″ by achase4u
    https://freesound.org/people/achase4u/sounds/341805/

    • 17 min
    Vanish

    Vanish

    Reflections on what is lost with the passage of time, and a reason for coming back home.
     
    David McManus is the Announcer.
    Courtney Dietz is Sybil McIntyre.
    Cory Ensle is the Presenter.
     
    Midnight Radio is written by Bobbie Parker.
    Original music by Morgan Jackson, who can be found at wedidthetimewarpagain.bandcamp.com.
    Show cover art by Em Broude, who can be found at riskystandard.tumblr.com.
     
    Transcripts of the show can be found at martletradio.tumblr.com.
    Content warnings for this episode: static (0.00--0.15), discussions of terminal illness, parental abuse, and death.
     
    Sound effects used:
    “Tuning AM radio” by CGEffex
    https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/98338/
    “FM Radio Static” by caculo
    https://freesound.org/people/caculo/sounds/347039/
    ”Old radio switch” by eneibol
    https://freesound.org/people/eneibol/sounds/369964/
    “Unfolding_ripping_paper” by Anton
    https://freesound.org/people/Anton/sounds/343/

    • 19 min
    Love

    Love

    A love story, and a ghost story.
    David McManus is the Announcer.
    Courtney Dietz is Sybil McIntyre.
    Cory Ensle is the Presenter.
    Midnight Radio is written by Bobbie Parker.
    Original music by Morgan Jackson, who can be found at wedidthetimewarpagain.bandcamp.com.
    Show cover art by Em Broude, who can be found at riskystandard.tumblr.com.
    Transcripts of the show can be found at martletradio.tumblr.com.
    Content warnings for this episode: static (0.00--0.15), implied parental abuse, drowning, death.
    Sound effects used:
    “Tuning AM radio” by CGEffex
    https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/98338/
    “FM Radio Static” by caculo
    https://freesound.org/people/caculo/sounds/347039/
    ”Old radio switch” by eneibol
    https://freesound.org/people/eneibol/sounds/369964/
    “Paper_Shuffling_Crinkling_Crisp “ by bewagne
    https://freesound.org/people/bewagne/sounds/187615/
    “Sneeze AC 3″ by oldedgar
    https://freesound.org/people/oldedgar/sounds/130977/
    “old fashion radio jingle 2″ by chimerical
    https://freesound.org/people/chimerical/sounds/105228/

    • 19 min
    Constellation

    Constellation

    A strongly-felt absence, and a story written in the stars.
    David McManus is the Announcer.
    Courtney Dietz is Sybil McIntyre.
    Cory Ensle is the Presenter.
    Midnight Radio is written by Bobbie Parker.
    Original music by Morgan Jackson, who can be found at wedidthetimewarpagain.bandcamp.com.
    Show cover art by Em Broude, who can be found at riskystandard.tumblr.com.
    Transcripts of the show can be found at martletradio.tumblr.com.
    Content warnings for this episode: static (0.00--0.15), smoking.
    Sound effects used:
    “Tuning AM radio” by CGEffex
    https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/98338/
    “FM Radio Static” by caculo
    https://freesound.org/people/caculo/sounds/347039/
    ”Old radio switch” by eneibol
    https://freesound.org/people/eneibol/sounds/369964/

    • 16 min
    Ache

    Ache

    Some things return. Others are lost.
    David McManus is the Announcer.
    Courtney Dietz is Sybil McIntyre.
    Cory Ensle is the Presenter.
    Midnight Radio is written by Bobbie Parker.
    Our original music by Morgan Jackson, and can be purchased along with Morgan’s other work at wedidthetimewarpagain.bandcamp.com.
    Show cover art is by Em Broude, who can be found at riskystandard.tumblr.com.
    Transcripts of the show are available on our official website at martletradio.com.
    Content warnings for this episode: static (0.00–0.15), homophobia, terminal illness, death, grief.
    Sound effects used:
    “Tuning AM radio” by CGEffex
    https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/98338/
    “FM Radio Static” by caculo
    https://freesound.org/people/caculo/sounds/347039/
    ”Old radio switch” by eneibol
    https://freesound.org/people/eneibol/sounds/369964/
    “Open letter and reading” by dersuperanton
    https://freesound.org/people/dersuperanton/sounds/434466/

    • 22 min

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