Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery

By HartLife NFP

What's Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery about?

Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery is a new audio drama from HartLife NFP. Lillian Harper moves to the small town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio, to care for her estranged mother Dorothy after an injury. Living in the town's boarding house which has been run by her family for generations, she discovers conspiracies, ghosts, and a new family in the house's strange assortment of residents.

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06.09.2021 Storybound Today we are sharing an episode of Storybound. Storybound is a show where some of our favorite authors and writers read their most impactful stories with powerful and immersive sound design, followed by a truly amazing interview. Subscribe and learn ...
05.26.2021 Greater Boston During our mid-season break, we are sharing some favorite episodes from other shows we love. Today's is Greater Boston. Greater Boston is a full-cast audio drama set in the Boston metro area, blending the real and the unreal, the historical ...
05.12.2021 Old Gods of Appalachia During our mid-season break, we are sharing some episodes from other shows we love. First up is Old Gods of Appalachia. Old Gods of Appalachia is an eldritch horror anthology podcast. Subscribe and learn more about Old Gods of Appalachia ...
04.28.2021 3.06 - The Truthteller by Jessica Wright Buha Road trip! Lies on lies on lies. Happy New Years. === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon ...
04.14.2021 3.05 - Hark by Jessica Best Merry Christmas. What day is it? Merry Christmas === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp This ...
03.31.2021 3.04 - The Imminent Frost by Bilal Dardai Meteorological differences. Layers within Layers. Who does this place belong to? === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon ...
03.17.2021 3.03 - Chapel Hill by Jim McDoniel Back in. Of course it would be you. How could it be you? === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP ...
03.03.2021 3.02 - Talking to Ghosts by Jessica Best Now. Work to do. How do you know you're alive? === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at ...
02.17.2021 3.01 - Theodore by Jim McDoniel The Past. What do you want? I just want to help. === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon ...
02.11.2021 Feed Drop: Family Ghosts As we continue to prepare for Season Three of Unwell, launching on February 17, we wanted to share another show we thought you might enjoy: Family Ghosts. Learn more and subscribe to Family Ghosts here: https://familyghostspodcast.com/ Family Ghosts is a ...
02.03.2021 Season Three Trailer: Missing Unwell will return: February 17, 2021 Mom? === Read a transcript for the trailer here. Content warnings for the trailer here. Featuring: Ansel Burch, Kathleen Hoil, Marsha Harman, Pat King, Joshua K. Harris, Michael Turrentine and Shariba Rivers. Written by ...
01.27.2021 Season Three Trailer: Your Neighbor Unwell will return: February 17, 2021 Join us. === Read a transcript for the trailer here. Content warnings for the trailer here. Featuring: Mel Ruder, Pat King, Joshua K. Harris, and Kristen DeMercurio. Written by Bilal Dardai, with sound design ...
01.26.2021 Patreon Special: The Battle of Tinley's Creek We're excited to share this special episode originally released on the Unwell Patreon- if you'd like to hear more specials like this, join us at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp! Content warnings for this episode can be found here. A transcript for this episode ...
10.14.2020 Unwell Season Three Trailer: Below Unwell will return: February 17, 2021 Find him. === Read a transcript for the trailer here. Content warnings for the trailer here. Featuring: Shariba Rivers, Ele Matelan, Hilary Williams, Abby Doud, Pat King, Anuja Vaidya, Kat Hoil, and Michael Turrentine ...
08.05.2020 2.12 - The Broken Moat by Jessica Wright Buha An invitation//a request//a plea Thanksgiving is just the one day This is my house. === Unwell will return with Season Three in 2021. Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this ...
07.22.2020 2.11 - The Gang Goes In by Jessica Wright Buha Sleepy afternoon cuddles Above the roof, under the floor The worst possible moment. ==== Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife ...
07.08.2020 2.10 - Solid Citizens by Bilal Dardai Find entertainment where you can Public revelations We always knew it would come to this. === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and ...
06.24.2020 2.09 - Crop Shy by Jessica Wright Buha The trouble with doors is Lies on lies on lies. I am (not) afraid. ==== Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and ...
06.10.2020 Podcast Blackout Content warnings: police violence, racial violence, victims of hate crimes, white supremacy, and police violence. Read by: Shariba Rivers, Pat King, Alexander Danner, Ryan Schile, Bilal Dardai, Duo Yang, Eli McIlveen, Amelia Bethel, Joshua K. Harris, Michael Turrentine, Kathleen Hoil, ...
05.27.2020 2.08 - The Lens by Bilal Dardai An accident An experiment We all have stories like this. === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at ...
05.13.2020 2.07 - The Night Shift by Jessica Best Nasty meat eaters The music is wrong An old new friend === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon ...
03.18.2020 2.06 - The Graveyard Shuffle by Jessica Best Halloween made manifest Everyone’s invited The boundaries are breached === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp ...
03.04.2020 2.05- Collaboration by Jim McDoniel Money worries A visit to the library A Rubicon is crossed === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon ...
02.19.2020 2.04- Family Tree by Jessica Best Family stories A morning constitutional A break in === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp This ...
02.05.2020 2.03 - Hay Ride Written by Jim McDoniel A second date A third meeting Lily shares a secret === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon ...
01.22.2020 2.02 - Another Form of Algebra Written by Bilal Dardai Everything echoes If you know how to listen Rudy learns some history ---- Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP ...
01.08.2020 2.01 - The Burning Woods By Jim McDoniel Some things burn. Some do not. Lily makes a new friend. --- Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon ...
11.20.2019 There were birds in those days A special bonus interstitial episode from Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery. Nota Bene: this episode is almost entirely dialogue free. This episode is binaural- meaning if you listen with headphones, you'll be able to hear the episode in three dimensions, ...
10.02.2019 Season Two Trailer: the Stories We Tell Beware the one in the night. We're so excited to announce the launch of Season Two of Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery on January 8, 2020! If you'll be in Boston on Sunday, October 20th please join us at PodTales, ...
08.07.2019 1.12- Lost in the Woods In which the plot thickens and danger emerges. Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. Unwell Season Two- coming January 2020. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, ...
07.24.2019 1.11- The Celery Festival In which the town celebrates and painful truths are revealed. --- Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Kathleen Hoil as ...
07.10.2019 1.10- The Devil's in the Details In which Abbie’s work is interrupted and the pipes (and nerves) are rattled. Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Kathleen ...
06.26.2019 1.09- Designs and Designations In which we explore Mt. Absalom and visit some dangerous places. Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha Harman as ...
06.12.2019 1.08 - Pack Animals In which the Woods are dangerous and Wes is found. --- Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha Harman as ...
05.29.2019 1.07- Research Project In which Lily hunts for secrets and Abbie flaunts the (library) law. --- Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha ...
04.03.2019 1.06- Storm In which we meet another resident and delve deeper into the house. === Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha ...
03.20.2019 1.05- Voyager In which new avenues are explored and old stories are rediscovered. === Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha Harman ...
03.06.2019 1.04- Rifled In which several things are lost and others are found. === Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha Harman as ...
02.22.2019 1.03- The Pageant In which some history is learned. === Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Krista D’Agostino as Hazel, Marsha Harman as ...
02.21.2019 1.02-The Diner In which food becomes an issue. === Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha Harman as Dot, LaQuin Groves as ...
02.20.2019 1.01- Homecoming Lily Harper comes “home.” === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha Harman as Dot, Clint Worthington as Russel, Bethany ...
02.03.2019 Notes on the Fenwood House From the audio notes of Abbie Douglas [They/them], PhD candidate in History (with a focus in urban planning) on the Fenwood Boarding House in Mt. Absalom, Ohio. A transcript of this trailer can be found here. Content advisories for this ...
01.19.2019 Welcome to Mt. Absalom Our second trailer for the upcoming Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery- coming to your podcast feed February 2019. Welcome to Mt. Absalom. A Transcript of this trailer can be found here. Content advisories for this trailer can be found here. ...
01.14.2019 The Voicemail HartLife NFP is thrilled to bring you the very first trailer for our new flagship show- Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery, coming in February 2019. A transcript for this trailer is available here. Content warnings for this trailer can be ...