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The best podcasts to Get Scared with For Halloween

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Who am I?

I'm the creator and writer of the Ostium Podcast and the Circe Podcast. I've been gobbling up podcasts since 2016 and if there's a new gripping audiodrama coming, chances are I'll be listening. For me info about me and my shows, be sure to check out ostiumnetwork.com. I've been listening to audiodramas for over seven years, and as a huge horror I've listened to a lot of good ones. Now it's time for you to enjoy them.

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What is my podcast about and/or how does it relate to the playlist topic you chose?

Ostium is a story about a hidden town that gets discovered where there are no people, but many doors that lead to different places in the past, the future, and sometimes into our main character, Jake Fisher's, troubled history. At times Ostium gets dark and scary, so I'm plenty familiar with giving a listener a thrill.

What is my podcast playlist about?

It's Halloween season, which means people want to be scared. I actually think it's plenty fun to be scared all year, but people especially like to be in October. And here are my recommendations for the scariest audiodramas out there!

The podcasts I picked and why

1. The Black Tapes

Why this podcast?

Alex Reagan is an investigative journalist working for Pacific Northwest Stories. She's on the hunt for the so-called Black Tapes owned by paranormal investigator, Dr. Richard Strand. These are the cases Strand wasn't able to solve. The ones that prove the supernatural truly exists. This show will leave you wanting to keep the lights on at all hours of the night.

The Black Tapes

The Black Tapes

Pacific Northwest Stories

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The Black Tapes is a weekly podcast from the creators of Pacific Northwest Stories, and is hosted by Alex Reagan. The Black Tapes Podcast is a serialized docudrama about one journalist's search for truth, her subject's mysterious past, and the literal and figurative ghosts that haunt them both. Do you believe?

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2. The White Vault

Why this podcast?

Something is happening at outpost Fristed, on the island of Svalbard way up near the top of the world. A group of professionals are sent up to investigate, but what they find they could never have imagined in their worst nightmares. The show will leave both scared and freezing, but you won't be able to stop listening.

The White Vault

The White Vault

Fool and Scholar Productions

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Explore the far reaches of the world’s horrors in the audio drama podcast The White Vault. Follow the collected records of a repair team sent to Outpost Fristed in the vast white wastes of Svalbard and unravel what lies waiting in the ice below. This Fool and Scholar production is intended for mature audiences.

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3. Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

Why this podcast?

Judith's best friend Claire has just inherited a house, which sounds like a dream come, except when she starts to change and things go from bad to worse. And Judith is losing her friend. There's something wrong with Clair and there's something very wrong with that house. This show will leave you never wanting to be home along again.

Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg

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Beatrice Ashe has a quiet life as an assistant at the Woodbine Agency, a small detective firm in the east end of Toronto. But things change for her quickly when she is brutally attacked and left near death. Now, her boss Grace Hawthorne has a choice to make: Let Bea die... or give her a second chance. A second chance that brings Bea into a new world of shadow. Woodbine is a show about monsters, mysteries, new beginnings, and new bodies. What would you do if you found yourself in a world you never knew existed? What would you do if you had another chance to get justice? How far would you go to find the truth? And are you willing to figure all these out on your lunch break, because there are cases coming in and the Mothman can only wait so long for answers... WOODBINE is a new podcast by the creators of the award-winning horror fiction podcast Parkdale Haunt. Listen to Parkdale Haunt seasons 1-3 below, and subscribe for new episodes of Woodbine. PARKDALE HAUNT: Ever since Judith’s lifelong best friend, Claire Sterback, inherited a house from a biological family she never knew, things have begun to change. Claire has begun to change. It isn’t just that the house is full of cryptic notebooks, ominous scribblings on the wall, and has a basement that is colder than it should be. It isn’t just that Claire abruptly up and left her live-in boyfriend and is now being stalked by a psychopathic realtor. Claire is... off. As she gets closer to a secret at the heart of the old house in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale, she is also getting closer to losing herself. After Claire goes missing - with the help of co-worker-turned-friend-Owen - Judith vies to track her down, even if it means diving into a history that may have been better left untouched.

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4. Palimpsest

Why this podcast?

Ghosts have a way of never truly going away, no matter how much time passes. With each season of Palimpsest, listeners get to experience horrors from the past that have not been put to rest. Magically performed and skillfully written, this show will scare you, but always live you wanting more. Embrace what haunts you.

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Palimpsest

Palimpsest Productions

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Palimpsest is a (mostly) single-voiced audio drama about memory, identity, and the things that haunt us. Each ten-episode season is a unique and self-contained story, exploring the spaces between horror, fantasy, and psychological realism. #embracewhathauntsyou

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5. The Magnus Archives

Why this podcast?

There are things in this world that cannot be understood. Horrors that should be kept hidden at all costs. But what if there was a place that specifically sought out those forbidden hells? Welcome to the Magnus Archives. 200 episodes of fear and pain and shock that will leave you having to keep listening, because it's the only way you can get through it.

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“Make your statement, face your fear.” A weekly horror fiction podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join Jonathan Sims as he explores the archive, but be warned, as he looks into its depths something starts to look back... New episodes every Thursday produced by Rusty Quill, featuring guest actors, short stories, serial plots and more. The Magnus Protocol launches in January 2024.


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