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Wild!!
From: Julie Censullo
Series: Out Cold
Caption: Out Cold, Credit: Sophie Nikitas and Julie Censullo
Amanda knows what’s best for everyone around her. So when she begins passing out on her long training runs, she convinces herself it’s all under co...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 19:34
The Open Boat by Stephen Crane
From: Jennifer March
Series: Not Your Mother's Storytime
Caption: The Open Boat, Credit: Robert Quakenbush
Based on Crane's real-life experience while serving as a journalist corresponding from the Cuban War of Independence. The steamship on which he was...

  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
THE LAST BROADCAST
From: Marc Powell
Caption: BELI-E-E-E-VE
KBBX radio Journalist Charlie O'Dowd bites off more than he can chew after strong-arming an informant into an interview that reveals a lethal consp...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 12:18
Wildwood Park: A Short Thriller Starring Denis O'Hare
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: American Horror Story's Denis O'Hare, Credit: FX Networks
Denis O’Hare (“American Horror Story”, Tony winner for Take Me Out), and Kristine Nielsen (Tony nominee for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) st...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR) and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ep 8: A Night at the Theatre
From: KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
Series: Bellingham Terror
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Taking the initiative, June and David infiltrate a society fundraiser at the American Theatre but quickly realize they are in over their heads. Wil...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 27:47
Ep 4: The Graveyard Ghouls
From: KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
Series: Bellingham Terror
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A case of bodysnatching leads June and David to a rather peculiar funeral home and then a peak behind the curtain of who really runs Bellingham. Wh...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 31:24
The Blizzard by David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jesse Eisenberg
THE BLIZZARD, a mystery thriller, features Jesse Eisenberg and Pulitzer-finalist Heidi Schreck. A snowed-in screenwriter surprised by menacing, cre...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 19:27
#3: Manufactured Paranoia
From: Aleph Null
Series: Letters From N
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Cal's journey in the town continues, growing paranormal and colliding with an ancient mythology.

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 12:32
  • Purchases: 1
#2: The Human Condition
From: Aleph Null
Series: Letters From N
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Cal digs deeper into his shared mystery with N. The letters are surprisingly timely-what could that mean?

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 13:49
Listening in the Dark 3: Ghost Story
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Listening in the Dark
Caption: Listening in the Dark 3: Ghost Story
Two tales of terror from the Icebox Radio Theater. It's an hour filled to the brim with the true 'spirit' of Halloween.

Bought by 'The Sea', KMUN, WRGY, KKWE Niijii Radio, and WVPE


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 5
The Fall of the House of Usher
From: Kevin Herren
Series: Macabre Mansion Presents...
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"The Fall Of The House Of Usher" starring Kevin Sorbo, John Billingsley, Bonita Friedericy and Jim O'Rear. An Audio Drama adaptation of the classic...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
How LeatherBound Works
From: John DiCarlo
Series: LeatherBound
Caption: LeatherBound Series, Credit: John DiCarlo
A short explanation of how LeatherBound works along with a brief demonstration.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:26
LeatherBound Billboard
From: John DiCarlo
Series: LeatherBound
Caption: LeatherBound Series, Credit: John DiCarlo
A small introduction to leatherbound.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:01
Secret of Macarger's Gulch
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A falling apart cabin in a gulch reveals part of its secret to a travelling hunter who spends the night there. He learns the rest later.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 18:01
Flu
From: Billy Senese
Series: Midnight Radio Theater
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Flu is about a family who seclude themselves in the mountains during a dangerous epidemic of the swine flu.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 41:49
Listening in the Dark
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Listening in the Dark
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Ready for some good old-fashioned scares this Halloween? Then the Icebox Radio Theater is ready to deliver with a trio stories designed to chill y...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WRGY, KKWE Niijii Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 54:45
  • Purchases: 10
Blood Oath
From: Billy Senese
Series: Midnight Radio Theater
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Blood Oath is a story about eternal love and longing.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 36:38
The Woman in the Basement
From: Billy Senese
Series: Midnight Radio Theater
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The Woman in the Basement is a story about starting over with someone else's life.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2008
  • Length: 33:57
The Suicide Tapes
From: Billy Senese
Series: Midnight Radio Theater
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The Suicide Tapes is a story about the other side of madness.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 32:14
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
From: Sam A. Mowry
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Award winning adaptation of Mary Shelley's Classic, Faithfull and exciting.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KRPS, KRPS, KUNM, KZYX and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2007
  • Length: 01:01:01
  • Purchases: 12
Texas Radio Theatre #084 - Hecate Hill
From: Richard Frohlich
Series: Texas Radio Theatre
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A new and suspenseful audio drama recorded in front of a studio audience.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 46:42
The Long Weekend
From: Billy Senese
Series: Midnight Radio Theater
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The Long Weekend is about love and fear - a story that starts off with a harmless dream of an affair and ends with two people running for their liv...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2006
  • Length: 23:38
The Premature Burial
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
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Radio Theater Production of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Premature Burial"

Bought by Wild Planet Radio, KMXT, Spokane Public Radio, KSUT, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2006
  • Length: 11:19
  • Purchases: 14
The Tell-Tale Heart
From: KUER
Series: Radio Hour
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Radio Production of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Bought by KISU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, WHFR, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2006
  • Length: 17:24
  • Purchases: 17