The Lazaretto Letters – Episode 2: An Eerie Excursion

Lester takes his first steps beyond the hospital and discovers that the island holds more than just patients. Quiet paths lead to strange sights, and the deeper he wanders, the stranger things become.

Today's letter features the haunting voice of Estíbaliz Martyn, Soprano, performing “Lascia ch’io pianga.” Used with permission.

Iron Monkey presents “The Lazaretto Letters”. A weekly horror podcast.

A found collection of unmailed, handwritten letters from 1922. Join us as we read them aloud for the first time in over a century.

Within their pages lie accounts of horror, the supernatural, mystery, and the bizarre. Some letters piece together an unsettling puzzle that unfolds across the series. Others stand alone, offering eerie glimpses into the strange and terrifying events that plagued the quarantine island.

The Lazaretto Letters – Episode 1: Lester and the Lazaretto

In this chilling premiere of The Lazaretto Letters, we hear the firsthand account of a young man’s unsettling arrival at a remote island quarantine hospital in 1922. Through the pages of an unearthed, century-old letter, Lester describes his first day at the Lazaretto—a place steeped in silence, shadow, and secrets.

With every letter, a new piece of the mystery unfolds—sometimes ghostly, sometimes grotesque, always deeply unsettling.

If you enjoy creepy audio dramas, supernatural mysteries, haunted hospitals, and vintage horror stories, you’re in the right place.

Keywords: horror podcast, ghost stories, haunted asylum, quarantine hospital, supernatural mystery, historical horror, gothic podcast, vintage horror, true crime, creepy audio fiction, eerie letters, psychological suspense, unsettling tales, found footage horror

To share your reflections, lend your aid, or explore the mysteries of the Lazaretto Letters, visit Iron Monkey at EnterTheMonkey.com.

Iron Monkey presents “The Lazaretto Letters”. A weekly horror podcast.

A found collection of unmailed, handwritten letters from 1922. Join us as we read them aloud for the first time in over a century.

Within their pages lie accounts of horror, the supernatural, mystery, and the bizarre. Some letters piece together an unsettling puzzle that unfolds across the series. Others stand alone, offering eerie glimpses into the strange and terrifying events that plagued the quarantine island.

Each week, one letter is read aloud for the first time in over a century.

Were they lost? Hidden? Or never meant to be opened?

Keywords: horror podcast, supernatural, seance, haunted hospital, ghost stories, murder mystery, eerie audio drama, found letters, psychological horror, vintage horror fiction, true crime, historical suspense

To share your reflections, lend your aid, or explore the mysteries of the Lazaretto Letters, visit Iron Monkey at EnterTheMonkey.com.