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Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery HartLife NFP
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4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
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Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery is a new audio drama from HartLife NFP.
Releases every other week during season.
Lillian Harper moves to the small town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio, to care for her estranged mother Dorothy after an injury. Living in the town's boarding house which has been run by her family for generations, she discovers conspiracies, ghosts, and a new family in the house's strange assortment of residents.
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4.1- Hold On
Outside isn't safe
We're not gonna talk about it
We're not gonna talk about her
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This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Kathleen Hoil as Abbie, Amelia Bethel as Marisol, Clint Worthington as Russel Epstein, Mark Soloff as Silas Lodge, Phoebe Judge as the Julian Animal Control Recording, Avery Trufelman as Julian Animal Control Officer, Jeffrey Nils Gardner as the Mail carrier.
Written by Jessica Best, sound design by Eli Hamada McIlveen, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.
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4.2- The Shepherd
Sun-dappled memories
We've got to work together
When is a wolf not a wolf?
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This episode features: Joshua K Harris as Rudy, Jack Benjamin as Young Rudy, Casey Pilkenton as Julia Salvemini, Krista D'Agostino as Hazel, Pat King as Chester, Clarissa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha Harman as Dot, Symphony Sanders as Young Lily.
Written by Bilal Dardai, sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, directed by June Thiele, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.
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4.3- For Posterity
Voices from the past
We all love research
Today is a good day.
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This episode features: Dallis T. Seeker as Grant, Marsha Harman as Dot, Kat Hoil as Abbie, Michael Turrentine as Wes, David Rheinstrom as Colin, Jill Oliver as Eliza.
Written by Jessica Best, sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.
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4.4- Dog Day Crafternoon
Small gifts for the ones we love
It's time for a heist
We have to stop lying to each other.
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This episode features: Anuja Vaidya as Norah, Kat Hoil as Abbie, Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Amelia Bethel as Marisol, Corrbette Pasko as Maureen, Pat King as Chester, Miles Buha as Jamie, Leeman Kessler as Arthur Warren, Joshua K Harris as Detective Farrow.
Written by Jessica Best, sound design by Eli Hamada McIlveen, directed by June Thiele, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.
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4.5- Siblings
Look yourself in the eye
Things were missed
Therapy can help.
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This episode features: Kat Hoil as Abbie, Julia Schifini as Gail, June Thiele as Dr. Kells, Jeffrey Nils Gardner as a Jerk.
Written by Jim McDoniel, sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.
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4.6- The Nerve
Extra Credit assignments
Exploring/Digging
You shouldn't have touched me
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We'll be going on our regularly scheduled mid-season break after this episode- with Unwell S4/ep7 landing on July 6, 2022. Don't worry though- we'll have interstitial episodes coming out on our usual release schedule!
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This episode features: Joshua K. Harris as Rudy, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Pat King as Chester, Tara Schile as Sophia.
Written by Bilal Dardai, sound design by Alexander Danner, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.
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Customer Reviews
Excellent mystery with pops of spooky
Slow burn, beautiful story weaving, diverse cast, and intensely spooky at times. I’ve loved this show for years, and miss the characters when it’s time for a season break. Break open a celery soda, dim the lights, and settle in somewhere cozy.
Well produced, poorly written
I listened into season 3 but I give up. The plot is overwhelmed by weird pacing, lack of focus, and unlikable characters who get worse and worse as the show goes. The sound design is very good, but the plot and characters are too annoying to sit through anymore.
A snail’s pace, ALSO BYE.
This story has progressed so slowly that I barely know what’s going on anymore. It started off so good in the first two seasons. The pace was great, story was progressing, etc.
This new season has just been stagnant. I couldn’t listen to the most recent episode where Nora is using a website. A ghost using a website and commenting on it.. Sounds like it could be an interesting tidbit, but they managed to make it boring.
They’ve also managed to make the main antagonist seem super secondary. The Revelator? Eh he’s not important.
I wish the story had ended at season three with a sha-bang.
Feels like the podcast is kept alive just for the dipsea story ad read payouts.
I miss the celery soda days.
EDIT:
It’s more than apparent that the creators are just poking fun at their listeners now with this most recent episode (The Nerve). 10 full minutes of ad reads with TERRIBLE audio. I will NEVER use Dipsea Stories or Better Help solely due to the fact that they have been shoved down my throat so much. I honestly hope the Revelator murders everyone in the town and their bodies are torn apart by wolves. At least then something exciting would have happened.