Weeping Cedars

The show really grew on. It started a bit, “Oh, this is interesting,” and then it was suddenly addictive.

Lately I’ve had to spend a lot of time in the car, so I’ve taken up horror fiction podcasts. I found a big list of them, wrote them all down, folded them up, put them in a bag, shook it up, and, well, here we are - the first one I pulled was Weeping Cedars. That’s both a blessing and a curse. The writing is phenomenal; I can’t even imagine the amount of work that must have gone into creating literal decades of history for multiple locations. The story can be a bit confusing, as there are lots of names and places to keep track of, but I like horror with a side of puzzle to solve. Of course the voice acting is also great!! Unfortunately every other podcast I listen to has Weeping Cedars to live up to now!! I want to know more about this town and its tragically bizarre history and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for this project.

I thoroughly enjoyed the entire story and the deliberate pacing. Gives you plenty to think about.

The unironic obsession with gender/identity stuff is kind of cringe and feels like a political shoehorn in an audio drama that was supposed to be a horror mockumentary. Lee (the narrator) is very narcissistic and pretentious for someone that’s making a weekly documentary about something other than herself. she’s much more of a me-searcher than a researcher. The voice acting is pretty good though, and the production isn’t “over-produced” like mino beats whale stuff, so 2 stars.