The Gloom

By Violet Hour MediaFiction Drama

The Gloom episodes

August 12 The Fear Archive Presents: Black Christmas vs. Daniel LaPlante
The Fear Archive is a true crime and horror film podcast — every episode pairs a real case with the horror film it inspired. This is our Black Christmas episode, currently our top performing episode, approaching half a million listens.
Black Christmas, 1974. It predates Halloween by four years. It laid the blueprint for every killer-in-the-house film that followed. The real case behind it involves a man who hid himself inside a sorority house and was never identified. He was already there before the movie started. Still there at the end.
Hosted by Amanda Kagiwada and Michael Ryan Assip. Introduced by Michael Ryan Assip, co-writer of Hollow. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production.
Popular Topics Include: Fear Archive podcast, Black Christmas 1974, Black Christmas true story, Daniel LaPlante, sorority house killer, killer in the house horror, slasher horror history, horror podcast, true crime horror, Violet Hour Media

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1 hr 2 min
June 30, 2022 The Violet Hour Presents: Hollow - Episode 1
Introducing HOLLOW, a new scripted sci-fi horror podcast from Violet Hour Media.
A mercenary embarks on a corporate mission to track down a rogue leader and encounters the darkness of space, the darkness of colonization, and ultimately, the darkness within herself.
Episode 01 - Leave
Battle hardened corporate mercenary, Amelia Wallenrod, travels to the prestigious Luna colonies and is briefed on her mission to recover an important scientist who has been taken hostage on Mars.
A Violet Hour Media production.
Hollow is airing now for free wherever you listen to podcasts.
LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for listeners. Please proceed with caution.

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27 min
November 08, 2021 Introducing: Roanoke Falls
If you're a fan of Violet Hour Media's podcasts, then get ready to love Roanoke Falls by Realm. We've included the first episode for your listening pleasure.
Something is punishing the people of Roanoke with blood...if you have sinned, beware.
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.
Listen and subscribe to Roanoke Falls wherever you get your podcasts.
This podcast is intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is advised.
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29 min
June 28, 2021 Introducing: Dead Air
If you’re looking for another great audio drama, look no further than "Dead Air", a new show from Realm. We've included the first episode here for your listening pleasure.
Summary: A true-crime podcast host is roped into a decades-old murder when someone calls into her show with a staggering reveal: the person who went to prison for the crime didn’t do it. To seek the truth, she forms an unlikely alliance with the victim’s son, who has his own reasons for digging up the past. But when the anonymous threats begin, warning them to stop, they must decide if finding the real killer is worth the cost.
Dead Air is a Realm Production created by Gwenda Bond and written by Gwenda Bond, Rachel Caine, and Carrie Ryan. Listen Away.
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1 hr 11 min
June 21, 2021 8. Elegy — Tobin Bell (Saw): The Filmore Facility Burns. A Body. Two Children Gone. Series Finale.
The series finale of faux true crime fiction podcast The Gloom — Tobin Bell (Jigsaw, Saw franchise) as Dr. Lasher, in his final episode.
Fire at the Filmore Psychiatric Facility in Queens Village. Ward Nine — the adolescent ward — is completely destroyed. One fatality confirmed. Two patients are missing, both minors. The body has been taken to the medical examiner. It is 10pm. Do you know where your children are?
Samantha Williams has spent eight episodes following the tapes, the transcripts, the recordings that should not exist. She has found the truth about the Night of the Filmore Four. She is going to tell it now.
The series concludes. All eight episodes are now available.
Written by Michael Ryan Assip and Peter Lancucki. Directed by Frank Merle. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production.
LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners.
Popular Topics Include: faux true crime podcast series finale, horror fiction podcast finale, supernatural mystery conclusion, Tobin Bell, Tobin Bell podcast, Jigsaw actor podcast, Saw cast podcast, atmospheric horror audio drama finale, horror podcast like Archive 81, horror podcast like The Black Tapes, horror podcast like Limetown, all episodes available, complete series horror podcast, Queens New York horror fiction, Violet Hour Media.

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34 min
June 14, 2021 7. Disappearing Act — Tobin Bell (Saw) as Dr. Lasher: The Children Are Now Alone With the Villain
Faux true crime fiction podcast The Gloom introduces its villain — Tobin Bell (Jigsaw, Saw franchise) as Dr. Lasher, the psychiatrist who replaced Dr. Harrington at Filmore after her sudden absence.
Dr. Darlene Harrington is no longer at the Filmore facility. She has been removed without explanation. Alicia and Roland are now under the care of Dr. Lasher — a man whose therapy recordings are calm, methodical, and deeply wrong. Samantha can hear it in the tapes. The children can hear it in the room. And the thing that has been humming beneath every episode of this series has grown louder.
Written by Michael Ryan Assip and Peter Lancucki. Directed by Frank Merle. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production.
LISTENER WARNING: This program includes subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners.
Popular Topics Include: faux true crime podcast, horror fiction podcast, villain psychiatrist horror, Tobin Bell, Tobin Bell podcast, Jigsaw actor podcast, Saw cast podcast, supernatural mystery podcast, atmospheric horror audio drama, horror podcast like Archive 81, horror podcast like The Black Tapes, horror podcast like Limetown, psychiatric horror fiction, missing children horror, Violet Hour Media.

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32 min
June 07, 2021 6. It's All Come Undone — Dr. Harrington Wakes Up in the Hospital and the Cover-Up Begins
Faux true crime fiction podcast The Gloom follows Dr. Harrington into the hospital — and finds that the institutional machinery of cover-up is already moving.
Dr. Darlene Harrington regains consciousness in a hospital room to find Detective Filardo waiting for her. He wants to know about Bruce Russo. He does not ask about the children. He does not ask about the Gloom. And Dr. Harrington, who has spent years speaking carefully about the Filmore Four, realizes that the conversation she is being offered is not about finding the truth — it is about containing it.
Written by Michael Ryan Assip and Peter Lancucki. Directed by Frank Merle. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production.
LISTENER WARNING: This program includes subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners.
Popular Topics Include: faux true crime podcast, horror fiction podcast, institutional cover-up horror, conspiracy mystery podcast, supernatural mystery podcast, atmospheric horror audio drama, horror podcast like Archive 81, horror podcast like The Black Tapes, horror podcast like Limetown, horror podcast like Serial, unsolved case podcast, Queens New York horror fiction, Violet Hour Media.

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31 min
May 31, 2021 5. If You Have Ghosts — A Witness Takes the Stand and Something Else Speaks Through His Voice
Faux true crime fiction podcast The Gloom reaches the courtroom — and the trial of Bruce Russo, the only adult charged in connection with the Night of the Filmore Four.
The trial of Bruce Russo lasted eleven days. On the third day, during cross-examination, something happened on the stand that caused the judge to clear the courtroom and seal the transcript. Samantha has obtained a partial recording of what occurred — a recording in which Bruce Russo's voice changes mid-testimony into something that does not sound like Bruce Russo, and begins answering questions nobody in the courtroom asked.
Written by Michael Ryan Assip and Peter Lancucki. Directed by Frank Merle. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production.
LISTENER WARNING: This program includes subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners.
Popular Topics Include: faux true crime podcast, horror fiction podcast, courtroom horror, possession horror fiction, supernatural mystery podcast, sealed transcript horror, atmospheric horror audio drama, horror podcast like Archive 81, horror podcast like The Black Tapes, horror podcast like Limetown, unsolved case podcast, Queens New York horror fiction, Violet Hour Media.

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32 min
May 24, 2021 4. Spite Yr Face — The Autopsy of Kiara Walford and the Cause of Death Nobody Will Put in Writing
Faux true crime fiction podcast The Gloom obtains the autopsy recording of Kiara Walford — the one member of the Filmore Four whose body was recovered.
Kiara Walford was sixteen years old. The official cause of death listed on her death certificate has been contested by the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy, who has since retired and declined all media requests. Samantha has obtained the original recording of the autopsy — a micro-cassette recording made by the examiner during the procedure. What he says on the tape does not match what was filed with the city.
Written by Michael Ryan Assip and Peter Lancucki. Directed by Frank Merle. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production.
LISTENER WARNING: This program includes the depiction of an autopsy and subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners.
Popular Topics Include: faux true crime podcast, horror fiction podcast, autopsy horror, forensic horror fiction, cover-up horror, supernatural mystery podcast, missing children horror, horror podcast like Serial, horror podcast like Archive 81, horror podcast like The Black Tapes, atmospheric horror audio drama, Queens New York horror fiction, unsolved case podcast, Violet Hour Media.

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33 min
May 17, 2021 3. Cut Your Nose — The Psychiatrist's Tapes Reveal a Teenage Boy Being Consumed by Something
Faux true crime fiction podcast The Gloom enters the therapy room — and the recordings that Dr. Harrington kept of her sessions with Roland, one of the Filmore Four.
Roland was fourteen years old when he arrived at Filmore. Dr. Harrington's session tapes document his deterioration over the weeks leading up to the Night of the Filmore Four — a deterioration that does not match any clinical diagnosis on record. He is afraid of something. The something has a hum. And by the final tape in the sequence, Roland is no longer entirely himself.
Written by Michael Ryan Assip and Peter Lancucki. Directed by Frank Merle. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production.
LISTENER WARNING: This program includes subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners.
Popular Topics Include: faux true crime podcast, horror fiction podcast, therapy tape horror, supernatural possession horror, psychiatric horror fiction, atmospheric horror audio drama, horror podcast like Archive 81, horror podcast like The Black Tapes, horror podcast like Limetown, missing children horror, unsolved case podcast, Queens New York horror fiction, Violet Hour Media.

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32 min

About The Gloom

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The Gloom is a faux true crime fiction podcast and audio drama — starring Tobin Bell (Jigsaw, Saw franchise) as Dr. Lasher — eight episodes investigating the Night of the Filmore Four, an unsolved 1993 case that has haunted Queens, New York for thirty years.