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October 29, 2021 Introducing Roanoke Falls
Guest content from our friends at Realm. A new horror podcast Executive Produced by John Carpenter and Sandy King Carpenter, and sound designed by Dark Tome creator Fred Greenhalgh and long-time collaborator Rory O'Shea
1587, North Carolina: Agnes is a reluctant settler in Roanoke, forced to leave England with her preacher husband, Thomas, in search of a better life. But the first colony failed, and Agnes fears this one will suffer the same fate: lack of resources, frigid cold, starvation.
So when a series of ritualistic murders occur in the colony, Agnes finally feels connected to a purpose: to find the monster and protect her community. That is, until people suspect that witchcraft is to blame, and question Agnes’ childlessness as well as her connection to the dead. As the killings escalate and the colony teeters on the edge of ruin, Agnes must go to impossible lengths to save herself— or she will burn.
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24 min
September 24, 2021 Introducing If I Go Missing The Witches Did It
Guest content from our friends at Realm.
When a Black writer goes missing in the Hudson Valley, a well-meaning but misguided white podcast host with a savior complex takes up the cause of finding her—and collides with a coven of influencers she suspects are responsible. Written by Pia Wilson, playwright for tv, film and now podcasts, and starring Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe. Sound designed by yours truly! Fred Greenhalgh, with support from Carter Wogahn.
If I Go Missing the Witches Did It is a satirical evisceration of faux-intersectional feminism that will inspire your own murder suspect wall.
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26 min
September 08, 2021 The Agony Chamber, by Morgan Sylvia
A group of buddies goes hunting in the Maine woods and find an evil beyond imagination.
This haunting story is penned by Morgan Sylvia -- a metalhead, an Aquarius, a beer snob, coffee addict, and a work in progress. A former obituarist, she is now a full-time freelance writer. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Pseudopod, Forgotten Realms, Wicked Witches, Wicked Haunted, Northern Frights, Haunted House Short Stories, Endless Apocalypse, Twice Upon An Apocalypse, and The Final Summons, among others. Her first poetry collection, Whispers From The Apocalypse, was released in 2014. Her debut horror novel, Abode, was released by Bloodshot Books in 2017. Her second novel, Dawn, the first book of a fantasy trilogy, was released in 2018. Her most recent book, As The Seas Turn Red, an ocean-themed poetry collection, was nominated for an Elgin Award. She lives in Maine with her boyfriend, two cats, and a chubby goldfish.
Nathan Dana Aldritch is a native Mainer currently calling Los Angeles home where he’s a professional actor and also slinger of a mean drink. He has over a dozen television appearances to his name as well and numerous stage credits with such awesome roles depicted as “Psychotic Redneck” “Paranoid Husband” “The Devil” and .. The Elephant Man. If you’ve checked out our standalone mini-series The Dark Tome: Undertow, he plays the small town bureaucrat Marty Ducharme.
Sound Design/Editing - Fred Greenhalgh. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Additional sound and music by Mind’s Eye Productions.
CONTENT WARNING: This story has strong language and really messes with your mind. Not recommended for listening while on psychedelics.

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43 min
August 04, 2021 The Ding Ding, by Judith Pancoast
A Dark Tome exclusive short story reading of The Ding Ding, written and read by Judith Pancoast.
It's the 1970s. A teenager accepts a babysitting job with a strange family because she's dying to scrape up a few bucks to buy records. But this job will prove the strangest she's ever taken when a haunted "Ding Ding" turns up in the middle of the night.
Judith Pancoast is a Grammy-nominated musician and writer born and brought up in Waterville, Maine. Her stories have appeared in the new Journal of the Horror Writers of Maine, Northern Frights, and a third was published in the summer edition of the Scary Snippets anthology. Judith is now a proud member of the Horror Writers Association
Sound design and music by Carter Wogahn. And featuring the sound of 'haunted ice cream truck' Fred has been dying to put into a production for the better part of 8 years...

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37 min
July 07, 2021 Janine, by Emma J Gibbon
This week a reading of the short story JANINE, a haunting tale of youth gone awry thanks to devils in the Maine woods.
Story by Emma J Gibbon - Emma J. Gibbon is originally from Yorkshire in the U.K. and now lives in Midcoast Maine. She is a Rhysling-nominated speculative poet, horror writer and librarian. Her debut fiction collection, Dark Blood Comes from the Feet, is out now from Trepidatio Publishing and was one of NPR’s best books of 2020. Her stories have appeared in the Toasted Cake podcast, The Muse & The Flame and the New England Horror Writers anthologies, Wicked Haunted and Wicked Weird. Her poetry has been published in Strange Horizons, Liminality, Pedestal Magazine, Kaleidotrope and Eye to the Telescope. Emma lives with her husband, Steve, and three exceptional animals: Odin, Mothra, and M. Bison (also known as Grim) in a spooky little house in the woods. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the New England Horror Writers, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and the Tuesday Mayhem Society.
Read by Lisa Stathoplos - Lisa Stathoplos is an actor, voice artist and special education teacher/behavior specialist. She's been acting on stage, film and video for forty years; teaching for twenty. Moving north from her beloved theatrical home, Portland, Maine, Lisa lives in Searsport with Michael and a motley collection of adopted furry creatures.
Sound design and music editing by Carter Wogahn. Thanks to the Fable and Folly network for ad support and Brooklinen for underwriting this episode. Enjoy $20 off your $100 order by going to Brooklinen.com and using Promo Code TOME.

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31 min
June 02, 2021 Gargoyles, by Stephanie Diaz Reppen
This week's story is the haunting GARGOYLES, by Stephanie Diaz Reppen. You heard Stephanie's work as Sonia in Dark Tome Undertow. Performing as Stephanie Diaz, she is an accomplished and versatile actress - as, as well as horror aficionado and writer.
Stephanie's short story Gargoyles is a treatise on the dark rooms found in every home, and the monsters that lurk within. Content warning: alludes to child sexual abuse.

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34 min
May 03, 2021 Maggie Doll, by Alex Jennings
A strange tale of toys left to fend for themselves after a great disaster occurs to humans.
Written by Alex Jennings, read by Kym Dakin, with sound design and music editing by Carter Wogahn. This episode brought to you by Function of Beauty.

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55 min
March 04, 2021 Henry, by Fred Greenhalgh
Today, an original short story by Dark Tome creator Fred Greenhalgh, HENRY - a meditation on loss, and a study of the power of love to hold off the forces of darkness. Inspired by the steadfast heart of his late pet, Henry. Content warning: depicts pet mortality.
This short story appears in the winter 2021 edition of Northern Frights: The Journal of HORROR WRITERS of MAINE [http://horrorwritersme.com/northernfrights/]
Written, read, sound designed by Fred Greenhalgh with sounds/music from Mind's Eye Productions studios.

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23 min
January 22, 2021 Introducing The Dark Tome: Undertow
More Dark Tome is here! Enjoy our new standalone audio movie, UNDERTOW.
UNDERTOW takes place 18 months after the end of Dark Tome Season 2. As the world tries to reconcile the inexplicable occurrences in Simpson Falls, Maine, Simpson Falls native and investigative reporter Tony Baxter, is called on assignment.
But as Tony starts to dig underneath the surface, he finds the subject of the story is soon on him, and the aftermath of a childhood tragedy he’s never fully reconciled. Tony is faced with an impossible choice, and he and his partner, photojournalist Sonia Proud, won’t be able to leave the town as they arrived.
Featuring over 40 actors, a full original score and recorded across the United States during lockdown, UNDERTOW is a slow-burn audio-horror thriller in the veins of 1980s Stephen King paperbacks. First episode debuted on January 14, 2021, with new (10) episodes released weekly thereafter.
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38 min
January 22, 2021 S3E1: Introducing The Dark Tome: Undertow
More Dark Tome is here! Enjoy our new standalone audio movie, UNDERTOW.
UNDERTOW takes place 18 months after the end of Dark Tome Season 2. As the world tries to reconcile the inexplicable occurrences in Simpson Falls, Maine, Simpson Falls native and investigative reporter Tony Baxter, is called on assignment.
But as Tony starts to dig underneath the surface, he finds the subject of the story is soon on him, and the aftermath of a childhood tragedy he’s never fully reconciled. Tony is faced with an impossible choice, and he and his partner, photojournalist Sonia Proud, won’t be able to leave the town as they arrived.
Featuring over 40 actors, a full original score and recorded across the United States during lockdown, UNDERTOW is a slow-burn audio-horror thriller in the veins of 1980s Stephen King paperbacks.
All episodes available now, currently exclusive to Stitcher Premium (stitcher.com/premium), use promo code DARK for a free month’s trial.
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38 min