Shadows at the Door: The Podcast Realm
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Shadows at the Door brings to life a collection of unearthly tales and spirited debate. Drawing on the haunted landscapes of classic folk horror, the podcast lifts the veil on some of your favourite ghost stories, and presents new fables throughout a series of macabre audio dramas. Shadows at the Door: The Podcast artfully showcases the unsettling, the unearthly, and the uncanny, with new tellings of beloved ghost stories, and spectral yarns created exclusively for the podcast by some of the most exciting writers in modern horror.
Join hosts Mark Nixon and David Ault as they bring you ghoulish dramatisations, and discuss what makes the ghost story such a powerful, enduring force in cultures around the world.
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Production Update + Festive Message
David & Mark gather around the mic to bring you an important production update, a look at things to come and a festive message.
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Capture My Best Side
The bliss of falling in love, the bliss of the morning after. Sometimes, life feels perfect. But as we all know, that is often so very far from the truth...
Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.
Free Transcripts are available: https://shadowsatthedoor.com/transcripts/
Peter Kent was played by David Ault
Elenor Poole was played by Erika Sanderson
Alice was played by Michelle Kelly
The Trapped were played by Karim Kronfli, Kirsty Woolven, Mark Nixon, Erika Sanderson and David Ault.
'Capture My Best Side' was written by Mark Nixon
Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon
Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese
This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you!
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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (00:00:00), Story (00:01:10), Discussion (00:37:04), Credits (01:27:34)
Content Warnings:
Story: discussed implications of sex acts, discussion of urinating, jovial discussion of violence against birds, vomiting, choking, drowning.
Discussion: jovial discussion of violence against birds, brief mentions of death/suffering as portrayed in the story, sexual innuendo, talk of murder, discussion of personal safety when dating.
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The Monkey's Paw
One final treat, on all hallow's eve... We're thrilled to bring you an enhanced narration of W.W. Jacobs' phenomenal short story: The Monkey's Paw.
Content Warnings: Injury, family death.
Credits:
Written by W.W. Jacobs
Narrated by David Ault
Produced by Mark Nixon
Score by Nico Vettese
This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you!
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The Outsider
Another Halloween treat for those who revel with ghosts during this spooky season, we bring you an enhanced narration of H.P. Lovecraft's nightmarish short story: The Outsider.
Content Warnings: Childhood neglect.
Credits:
Written by H.P. Lovecraft
Narrated by David Ault
Produced by Mark Nixon
Score by Nico Vettese
This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you!
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The Cask of Amontillado
As an extra treat for the Halloween season, we bring you an enhanced narration of Edgar Allan Poe's chilling short story: The Cask of Amontillado.
Content Warnings: Alcoholism, claustrophobia.
Credits:
Written by Edgar Allan Poe
Narrated by David Ault
Produced by Mark Nixon
Score by Nico Vettese
This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you!
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Wrong Track
Have you ever found yourself looking back? Wondering what could have been if a different path had been taken? Lindsey May's thought a lot about that lately and tonight, she faces reality...
Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.
Free Transcripts are available: https://shadowsatthedoor.com/transcripts/
Lindsey May was played by Ilana Charnelle
Gavin Masters was played by Jake Benson
Bloody Betty was played by Erika Sanderson
Val was played by Verna Vyas
and the Police Officer was played by David Ault
Written by Laurel Hightower
Script Supervision by Mark Nixon
Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon
Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese
This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you!
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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (00:00:00), Story (00:01:07), Discussion (00:46:10), Credits (01:31:40)
Content Warnings:
Story: talk of murder, pinning, discussion of suicide, discussion of death by train, suggestion of suicide isolation, discussion of sex. Discussion: mention of miscarriage, brief discussion of adult child death.
© Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author.
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