Believer: A Paranormal Mystery

The second half (and conclusion) of the Second Tale of Sodapop! If you haven't heard part one, you should go back one episode. If you are unfamiliar with season one of this show, or you haven't listened to the first Tale of Sodapop, I suggest that you go back further. Full episode currently available on Patreon.

The transcript for this episode is available on BelieverPodcast.com.

Stick around for a promo for Seven of Hearts: A coffee shop. A group of friends. A town where people keep dying under mysterious circumstances. Seven people with secrets to hide. Find them on Twitter, Tumblr, or wherever you go this podcast.

CONTENT NOTES

• Harm to wild animals
• Loss, abandonment
• Mental illness
• Canine emotions

MUSIC FROM EPIDEMIC SOUND

• Swamp Fever - Walt Adams
• Piercing Silence - Ethan Sloan
• Face of the Earth - Jakob Ahlbom
• Into the Void - Ethan Sloan
• Birdsong - They Dream By Day
• Dear Moon - Velvet Moon

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Happy Halloween - enjoy a Second Tale of Sodapop! This story tells the events of episodes 6-10 of Believer: A Paranomal Mystery through the eyes of Sodapop, world's greatest dog. If you are unfamiliar with season one of this show, or you haven't listened to the first Tale of Sodapop, I suggest that you go back. Full episode currently available on Patreon. 

The transcript for this episode is available on BelieverPodcast.com.

Stick around for a promo for Hi Nay, a supernatural horror podcast about Filipina immigrant Mari Datuin, whose babaylan (shaman) family background accidentally gets her involved in stopping dangerous supernatural events in Toronto. Find them on Twitter, Tumblr, or wherever you go this podcast.

CONTENT NOTES

• Harm to wild animals
• Loss, abandonment
• Mental illness
• Canine emotions

MUSIC FROM EPIDEMIC SOUND

• A Thousand Parts of My Heart - Christian Andersen
• Traveling in Binaural - Joseph Beg
• Passed Danger - Farrell Wooten
• Swamp Fever - Walt Adams

Tweenson's Greetings, everyone! As we are now between seasons, we bring you the first of several bonus gifts. Enjoy the pilot episode of the newest show from Good Pointe Media: TWO FLAT-EARTHERS KIDNAP A FREEMASON!

For more information, check out the 2FEKaF page on Good Pointe's website: https://goodpointepodcasts.com/2fekaf-2

The transcript for this episode is available here.

In the season one finale, oblivion comes to Charity, Oregon…that is, unless Lara can get there first.

Transcript for this episode is available at BelieverPodcast.com

Content notes

• Harm to wild animals, distressed animal sounds
• Human screaming, including children
• Cult behavior, religious content
• Violence
• Loud noises/chaos
• Nausea/retching sounds
• Respiratory distress

Cast (in order of appearance)

• Abe - Miles Langerman
• Jake - Jason Markoff
• Lara - Julie Saunders
• Rose - Mara Hernandez
• Camille - Sara Gorsky
• Cult Children - Kip Parshall, Duke Parshall
• SodaPop - Archie
• Terri - Rosa Delgado
• Dr. Simmons - Samantha Ronceros
• Nurse - Jillian Cardillo
• Various - Seth Ellsworth
• Mysterious Man - Javier Ronceros

Crew

• Written/Directed/Produced by Julie Saunders
• Sound design by Ester Ellis
• Additional sound design assistance by Andrew Wardlaw

Music

• "Julie's Melody (Believer Theme)," by Aaron Ferenc
• “Big Announcement,” by Out to the World
• “Diffusion Echo,” by Ethan Sloan
• “Trailing,” by Christian Andersen
• “Night Swap,” by Bill Ferngren
• “Gravity Fields,” by Hampus Naeselius
• “Face of the Earth,” by Jakob Ahlbom
• “The Vanished,” by John Barzetti
• “Breathe it in Deep,” by Hampus Naeselius
• “A Sky Sparkling,” by Johannes Bornlof
• “Passed Danger,” by Farrell Wooten
• “I Will Fool You,” by Bothnia

Music tracks (other than Believer Theme) courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

Phone voice generated at https://filmmusic.io/voiceovers

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Rose leaves a message for Lara.

Transcripts for all episodes are available at BelieverPodcast.com.

CONTENT NOTES:

• Car horns, medical alerts, beeps and alarms
• Emetophobia
• Respiratory Distress
• Death
• Hallucinations, delusions, and general loss of reality

CAST

• Rose - Mara Hernandez
• Sheriff Tate - Regen Wilson
• Lara - Julie Saunders
• SodaPop - Archie
• Mayor Terri Boone - Rosa Delgado
• Reverend Mitchell Boone - David Pinion
• Camille - Sara Gorsky
• Cult children - Kip Parshall, Duke Parshall
• Cult singers - Bill Saunders, Debbie Saunders, Seth Ellsworth, Duke Parshall

CREW

• Written, Directed, Sound Designed - Julie Saunders

MUSIC

• "Julie's Melody (Believer Theme)," by Aaron Ferenc
• "Vacuum," by Ethan Sloane
• "Birdsong," by They Dream By Day
• "Murmur," by WHENISEEYOUISEEMYSELF
• "Lonely Space Rhodes," by Eneide
• "Reverse," by Silver Maple
• "As She Drifts Away," by Clarence Reed

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Lara gets some medical attention.

A transcript of this episode is available at this link on BelieverPodcast.com

CONTENT NOTES

• Car noises (including horns and sirens)
• Violence
• Medical abuse, equipment sounds
• Harm to wild animals
• Delusional behavior

CAST

• Jake - Jason Markoff
• Lara - Julie Saunders
• Doctor Simmons - Samantha Simmonds Ronceros
• Mayor Terri Boone - Rosa Delgado
• Sheriff Tate - Regen Wilson
• Rose - Mara Hernandez
• Sodapop - Archie

Written and directed by Julie Saunders

Sound designed by Ester Ellis and Julie Saunders

MUSIC

• “Julie’s Melody (Believer Theme),” by Aaron Ferenc
• "Born Sinister," by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
• “Reverse," by Silver Maple

Sound Effects from Adobe Stock, Epidemic Sound, Soundsnap, and Freesound.org

Check out Tunnels! Tunnels is a serialized audiodrama about the mysterious tunnels that can be found underneath a small town in Georgia. Their series finale is out now.

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Do you like the background music we use on Believer? Nearly all of it comes from Epidemic Sound. If you want to check it out yourself, use our referral link and we’ll get a free month of music when you subscribe.

Things don’t go quite how Lara imagined.

A transcript for this episode is available here.

CONTENT NOTES Gaslighting/denial of reality Alcohol use Animal sounds

CAST

• Rose - Mara Herndandez
• Camille - Sara Gorsky
• Lara - Julie Saunders
• Jake - Jason Markoff
• Sodapop - Archie

Written, Directed, Sound Designed by Julie Saunders

MUSIC

• “Julie’s Melody (Believer Theme),” by Aaron Ferenc
• “Piercing Silence,” by Ethan Sloan
• “Death at First Sight,” by Edward Karl Hanson
• “No One Knows But Me,” by Torii Wolf

Sound Effects from Adobe Stock, Epidemic Sound, Soundsnap, and Freesound.org

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Happy Halloween! This is our first episode back from hiatus, and we're very excited to be here.

Lara wakes up in the headquarters of Reverend Boone's cult - but will she be able to leave?

Featuring a special trailer for Elaine's Cooking For the Soul, a podcast featuring our very own Rosa Delgado as the host of a post-apocalyptic cooking show. Find them on social media @ElainesCooking or check them out on Spotify.

Transcript for this episode is available at BelieverPodcast.com.

CONTENT NOTES

• Cults
• Imprisonment
• Illness, sounds of medical equipment
• Hallucinations
• Loud noises, knocking sounds, dog sounds

Written, Directed, and Produced by Julie Saunders. Sound Design by Ester Ellis.

CAST

• Sara Gorsky - Camille
• Julie Saunders - Lara
• Rosa Delgado - Terri Boone
• David Pinion - Reverend Boone
• Samantha Ronceros - Doctor Simmons
• Mara Hernandez - Rose
• Seth Ellsworth - Marcus/Juniper
• Archie - SodaPop

MUSIC

• Aaron Ferenc - "Julie's Melody (Believer Theme)"
• Jay Varton - "Eye For Detail"
• Christian Andersen - "The Lure"
• Walt Adams - "Devil in a Can"

Music tracks (besides Believer Theme) courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

Phone voice generated at: https://filmmusic.io/voiceovers

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Happy Indigenous People's Day! Enjoy this preview episode from The Historical Natives, a horror-themed podcast about Native American history, culture, and folklore. Follow The Historical Natives and check out their full-length Sasquatch episode on November 30, 2021!

BUT FIRST, Julie talks about Indigenous horror writers for like 5 minutes.

[0.00 - 5:24] - Julie chat

[5:25 - End] - The Historical Natives - Coast Salish - Sasquatch

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

• The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones
• Into The Forest And All The Way Through, by Cynthia Pelayo
• Grass Dancer (from Tribal Scream) and Coyote Rage, by Owl Goingback
• Elatsoe, by Darcie Little Badger
• The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline
• Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories, by Aviaq Johnston, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Seaan Qitsualik-Tinsley, and Thomas Anguti Johnston

MUSIC:

• Julie's preamble
  • Taking Me High, Taking Me Low (Instrumental Version) - Gold Flow
  • My Brother - Yi Nantiro
• Intro to Historical Natives Episode:
  • Eerie Music Box 2 - Natalie000
• Background: People:
  • Daniel Birch - Indigo Shore DooDoo - Unknown
• Background: Being:
  • Haunted Woods - Dark Music Radio Silence - Dark Music
• Background: Call to Action:
  • Creepy Night - Astrofreq
• Story Intro:
  • Samuel Francis Johnson - Creepy Ambient
• Outro of Episode:
  • AQUI - Charles Michel

NEW EPISODES premiere this Halloween. Watch this space or join the Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/believerpodcast.

Voice acting and sound design for this teaser by Julie Saunders.

Content Warnings:

• Human crying, breathing, distress sounds
• Animal cries and roars

Sound effects from Adobe Stock, Epidemic Sound, and Soundsnap.