Shadows at the Door

He wanted the game more than anything. Now the game wants something in return—and the crows are circling. CreditsWritten by Christopher LongProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico VetteseCastThe entire cast is performed by David Ault This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Transcripts available here. Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Help directly fund further episodes here.Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:30:00), Credits (Around 01:04:00) Content WarningsStory: sudden loud noises (crashing crockery), animal death, character death. Discussion:none. © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the mouth of a dark railway tunnel, a troubled signalman speaks of a figure seen before every tragedy. And now it has returned...CreditsWritten by Charles DickensAdapted by Mark NixonProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico VetteseCastThe entire cast is performed by David AultThis is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Transcripts available here. Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Help directly fund further episodes here.Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:23:00), Credits (Around 00:46:00) Content WarningsStory: character death. Discussion: brief discussion of violent death/injury. © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Among lost ruins beneath the desert sands, a scholar digs for knowledge—unaware that something older than myth is already awake.CreditsWritten by Gemma AmorProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico Vettese CastThe entire cast is performed by David Ault. This is a Shadows at the Door production, made possible by listeners like you! Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:31:00), Credits (Around 00:55:00) Content WarningsStory: themes of historical colonisation/cultural appropriation, sudden loud noise (rocks falling, gunfire), assault. Discussion: brief mention of enslavement, extended discussion of horror tropes & genre examples. © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A miser stumbles upon a strange figure in the woods. What follows is profit, then ruin...and a tale still whispered in the dark. CreditsWritten by Washington IrvingAdapted by Mark NixonProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico Vettese CastThe entire cast is performed by David AultThis is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available ⁠here⁠. Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:27:00), Credits (Around 00:50:00) Content WarningsStory: racism/slurs (indigenous, Black), mention of human sacrifice, mention of genocide, mention of religious persecution, mention of enslavement, graphic depiction of nausea, implied violent death, abduction. Discussion: extended discussion of religion/religious themes/doctrine (Christianity). © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We begin our anthology podcast with a professor. A man convinced that the supernatural is simply a failure of reason. He travels to a quiet seaside town, where the sea is calm, the streets are still, and certainty begins to quietly erode. This is a remake of our original S1E01 production, for more information check out the discussion section. Credits Written by Mark Nixon Produced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico Vettese Artwork by Shannon Lawes Acoustic Guitar music licensed via Pond 5Recorded at Salt Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne Cast Geoffrey Troughton was played by David AultSimon Gorman was played by Daymon BrittonLiam Hare was played by Jake Wilson CrawAndrew Fletcher and Old Edgar were both played by Lawrence Nealeand The Drowned Man was played by Andrew Latheron  This is a Shadows at the Door production, made possible by listeners like you. Consider joining our Patreon to help us make more productions. Content Warnings Story: loud noise at 37:23 specifically, drowning, simulated vomiting, choking, strangulation. Discussion Section: Swearing. Approximate Time StampsIntro (00:20:00), Story (00:58:00), Discussion (00:55:16), Credits (01:40:01), Outtakes (01:40:48) © Shadows at the Door Ltd All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Shadows at the Door publishing comes a chilling new podcast, bringing to life a collection of macabre tales and spirited debate. Drawing on the haunted landscapes of classic folk horror, the podcast lifts the veil on some of your favourite ghost stories, and presents new fables throughout a series of macabre audio dramas. Shadows at the Door: The Podcast artfully showcases the unsettling, the unearthly, and the uncanny, with new tellings of beloved ghost stories, and spectral yarns created exclusively for the podcast by some of the most exciting writers in modern horror. Join presenter Mark Nixon and voice actor David Ault as they bring you ghoulish dramatisations, and discuss what makes the ghost story such a powerful, enduring force in cultures around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices