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Octoberpod AM

Octoberpod After Midnightwww.spreaker.com
Bold individualists the world over believe that scary stories are best told over a roaring fire with a bottle of wine. Join horror host Edward October by the fireside to enjoy a curated selection of true, true-ish, and classic tales of horror and the paranormal ... all told with a retro/vintage aesthetic, reminiscent of old time radio. For retro horror of impeccable taste, choose Octoberpod.

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Episodes

Rogue Transmissions: April Fools

It’s the beginning of the end, or is it the end of the beginning. It’s April Fool’s Day! No, it’s … ROGUE TRANSMISSIONS: April Fool’s Day Edition! Rogue Transmissions is proud to present the following stories: Octoberpod Presents: City on the Edge of Oblivion. Written by John Eiger & starring Johanna (Fresh Hell podcast), Tara Voshell (The Spooky Sleuth, co-host 3 Spooked Girls), JT Hosack (Brew Crime) and Paige (host, Reverie True Crime) The Origins of April Fool’s Day from Freaky as F#ck B...

Mar 30, 20231 hr 27 min

FIEND DROP: Autumn's Oddities

Class is now in session at the haunted one room school house on the hill. And while Edward October is investigating A HAUNTING IN NORMANDY, Autumn (host of Autumn's Oddities) will be your substitute teacher for the day. The lesson for today will be about Autumn's own personal encounters with the paranormal ... so take your seats & pay attention, because there may be a quiz! // PROMOS Rogue Transmissions: April Fools The Rondo Awards Horrifying History Dash & Seek by Amy Koto 3 Spooked Gi...

Mar 28, 202355 min

Encounters with the Paranormal

Chase away the Tuesday Blues with this collection of TRUE paranormal thrillers! If your heart craves tales of ghosts, sleep paralysis demons, alien abductions, haunted houses, spirit mediums, and SKINWALKERS ... then we have the Rx keep your ticker all a-quiver! In this episode you will hear: THE NIGHT CHOPPER. In this true account, one man's night terrors take a sinister turn. Is Karen a new sleep paralysis demon ... or is she something from another world? AN ENTITY MEANT TO HARM ME: Encounters...

Mar 14, 202345 min

Assignment: Mars!

The cast of Spine Chillers & Serial Killers take over Octoberpod with a tale of the first (ill-fated) indie podcasters on Mars! When equipment malfunctions prove to be murderous, will they rise to the occasion & survive ... or will they cock it up somehow? Listen & find out! And stay tuned after the main story for a promo (narrated by True Crime South Africa's Nicole Engelbrecht) for Octoberpod's epic GHOSTS OF PLUTO, as well as an extended (and hilarious!) outtakes reel. Assignment:...

Feb 28, 202327 min

The Telltale Heart & Other Valentines

FIRST! Join Edward October next to the wood stove as he narrates Edgar Allan Poe's immortal story of murder and madness, "The Tell-Tale Heart" THEN! Cozy up with your lover and enjoy a selection of Poe's dark and darkly romantic poetry ... perfect for Valentine's Day! // WATCH OUR COMPANION YOUTUBE CHANNEL, OCTOBERPOD HOME VIDEO Octoberpod Home Video adapts all of our stories as ambient short films. Find it only on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OctoberpodHomeVideo // FIND OCTOBERPOD ON THE ...

Feb 14, 202332 min

Octoberpod in Space

Nothing gets a party going quite like telling ghost stories by the campfire... even in SPACE! First, JT Hosack and award-winning journalist Chauncey K. Robinson pass the time aboard a starship telling CAMPFIRE TALES IN SPACE. Then, feel your blood run cold as you listen to PLANET TEPES ... A visionary, gender-bent, latinx retelling of Dracula by V Castro (acclaimed author of Aliens: Vasquez and Goddess of Filth). // PROMOS The Life Paranormal Ain't It Scary Mission Spooky // WATCH OUR COMPANION ...

Jan 24, 202342 min

Rogue Transmissions: Friday the 13th

Samantha (MJ McAdams from Humble Hauntings and Octoberpod) and Calvin (J.T. from Brew Crime Podcast) are moving into their new, very haunted, home. All the items they find in the house still work without batteries or being plugged in. Throughout this journey, presented by Octoberpod, Calvin and Samantha will discover the terrifying secret of the 13th Hour. The revelations will shock you! It's Friday the 13th, the day when anything is possible. You are listening to Rogue Transmissions. Paige, of ...

Jan 13, 20231 hr 16 min

Ghost Stories for Christmas

Brrr! It's cold outside. Pour yourself a drink, stoke up the fire and pull up a seat next to the Christmas tree while Edward October tells you a classic ghost story. FIRST ... A dark apparition warns of danger on the rails in The Signalman by Charles Dickens. THEN ... We retell the classic poem The Night Before Christmas with a creepy, gothic twist. FINALLY ... Enter a ghostly realm in the Scottish highlands, On A Warm Christmas (adapted from the works of E.F. Benson) // PROMOS The Life Paranorm...

Dec 13, 202242 min

Perron Family Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is all about family. That’s why this Octoberpod is about one of the most well known cases of paranormal activity ever documented & the inspiration for The Conjuring--The Perron Family Haunting. This episode pairs will with turkey, cornbread stuffing & apple wine (or Scotch!) // GUEST CONTRIBUTORS We're thankful for our guest host, Keely, of the Darkcast Network podcast Misty Mysteries (available wherever you listen to podcasts ... go check out her podcast!) & for Edward ...

Nov 22, 202255 min

Thanksgiving Road Trip & Hop Frog

Not all fairy tales are for children. Experience Poe's most mean-spirited revenge fantasy as only Octoberpod can tell it. PLUS ... a Thanksgiving story that begins on a lonely road and ends with a macabre twist! Dim the lights and play this podcast ... if you dare! 2 RONDO HATTON Classic Horror Award nominated tales in 1 epic podcast! // GUEST CONTRIBUTORS Amy Koto, Nic Calavera, Jennifer (Haunted Happenstance) MJ McAddams, Jen (Our True Crime Podcast), Two Scared Siblings Podcast, Canadian Girl...

Nov 08, 202245 min

The Darkcast Network Halloween Sleepover

Happy Halloween! A bunch of us podcasters at the Darkcast Network got together to share ghosts and true crime stories. Come get scared with us as you prepare for your Halloween plans, our sleepover is the perfect way to be entertained this Halloween! Hosted by Edward October. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/octoberpod-am--5482497/support ....

Oct 30, 20222 hr 35 min

Monster Mashed

Halloween season has finally come in a fall of white bedsheets and a flurry of old brooms. Kids are wearing their hairy ape costumes and prowling the neighborhood for candy and making mischief. Join Edward October for a frightening foursome of monster mayhem. First: Edward October narrates an east Tennessee cryptid encounter. Then enjoy "Tea Party," a clip from Octoberpod's Halloween Potluck (now streaming on YouTube). It's a true ghost story submitted by Amber Jourdan (Witches Talking Tarot pod...

Oct 25, 202257 min

The Uninvited

Edward October is missing ... and guest stars Paige Elmore (Reverie True Crime) and JT Hosack (Brew Crime) are the only ones who can find him. Where does the trail that runs between two old sheds lead to? What is the secret of the cabin by the lake? Their only clues are a puzzle box and a videocassette marked "DO NOT WATCH" // PROMOS Octoberpod's Halloween Potluck (on YouTube) BrewVerie Report The Darkcast Network Halloween Sleepover (feat. Brenda, Horrifying History) Misty Mysteries // WATCH OU...

Oct 11, 202212 min

Tricks & Treats

Halloween season has finally come in a fall of white bedsheets and a flurry of old brooms. Kids are wearing their hairy ape costumes and prowling the neighborhood for candy and for making mischief. Join Edward October as he narrates "The Dark Secret of Trick or Treat Trail" and "The Hammer Horseman." Also, stay tuned for "Happy Birthday House" (narrated by Syrai of Freaky AF podcast), a special clip from our upcoming YouTube special: Octoberpod's Halloween Potluck! // PROMOS Our True Crime Podca...

Sep 27, 202240 min

Zaroff the Hound

Sit back and sip a hot pumpkin spice latte and enjoy a classic tale of magick sex death & werewolves! Meet Zaroff, a werewolf for pumpkin spice season, and one of the most devious villains ever featured on Octoberpod. This is an epic tale of The Wolfman and the Death Cult Sister! Starring J.T. Hosack (Brew Crime podcast) with Edward October in a tale scripted by MJ McAddams inspired by Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game. // PROMOS We Need Roads, Strange by Nature & CK's Killing It...

Sep 13, 202232 min

Country Scares Jamboree

Yee Haw! Edward October is back from vacation & he's serving up a heapin' helpin' of down home, backwoods, 100% pure country haints, haunts & other horrors! Featuring guest narration by Autumn Grube (Autumn's Oddities), stories by MJ McAddams & one of Our True Crime Podcast's all time favorite Octoberpod stories! It's Octoberpod's COUNTRY SCARES JAMBOREE! // PROMOS BrewVerie Report, Buzz Killers & Freaky AF // WATCH OUR COMPANION YOUTUBE CHANNEL, OCTOBERPOD HOME VIDEO Octoberpod ...

Aug 30, 202246 min

FIEND DROP: Dark Reveries (ft. Reverie True Crime)

While Edward October is away, Paige Elmore (Reverie True Crime podcast) stops by to share her dark reveries on The Green-Clawed Beast of the Ohio River and Slaughterhouse Canyon in Arizona & The Smurl Family Haunting. About REVERIE TRUE CRIME. Reverie means to daydream but sometimes when we drift off into our daydreams, they can morph into our anxieties, worst fears, horrific nightmares. We may start to get lost in thoughts about the dark things occurring in the world and questioning these h...

Aug 09, 202235 min

It Came from the Vista Del Rey Mall

What lies beneath the cheerful facades of the shops in and around the Vista Del Rey Mall? Octoberpod's weekly special is retail horror. First, meet Lady Skunk Ape, an over-the-hill superhero and cover model who meets her match as part of her second career (as a video store owner). Then, find a gift for your abuelita at Rosie's Rag Patch ... just stay away from the unspeakable thing in the back room! Guest Narrators: Tara Voshell (3 Spooked Girls, The Spooky Sleuth), MJ McAddams (Humble Hauntings...

Jul 26, 202248 min

International Horrors

Listen to this special collection of international horror stories ... carefully curated & well calculated to please bold individualists of the most discriminating tastes. Guest Narrators: Nicole Engelbrecht (True Crime South Africa), MJ McAddams (Humble Hauntings), Steve (Misfits & Monsters) & Chauncey K. Robinson; Guest Writers: Jane Nightshade, V. Castro, and Walker Kane; and a true story submission courtesy of our friends at Real Life Ghost Stories. // PROMOS Beauty's Biscuits The...

Jul 12, 20221 hr 1 min

Servants of the Sacred Storm

Listen to the final words of a soon-to-be-missing person and enter a world of arcane cults, cryptic conspiracies & ancient secrets. It's about a mysterious shrine above a coastal village; it's about a cult of equinox-worshipping rappers; it's about an unsettling blood pact hidden in a series of disturbing emails ... It's abouit time you tucked in for another episode of Octoberpod AM! This episode features guest narrators Gillian Fitzgerald and Cam (co-host of Our True Crime Podcast) // PROMO...

Jun 28, 202257 min

OctoberPride

Join us for a spooktacular celebration of the very talented LGBTQ creators who make Octoberpod possible. Here, you'll find a harrowing true tale of a youth pastor conducting unsanctioned gay conversion exorcisms; a classic vampire tale retold only as Octoberpod can tell it; and a post-apocalyptic zombie thriller with a gay love story at its heart. This episode features guest narrators Madeline Zaytsoff (Tranifesto podcast), Johanna (Fresh Hell podcast), Jennifer (Haunted Happenstance podcast), M...

Jun 14, 202255 min

Ouija Like Sunday Morning

Winter wind whistles through the timbers of a (mostly) abandoned home as we tell a trio of true terror tales about Ouija boards! George & Ouija, written by MJ McMcAddams from an anonymous true story, spins a yarn about a ghostly menage a trois between a married couple and a vengeful spirit. Then shudder at Ouija Too: Planchette Boogaloo, in which we tell more true Ouija board encounters ... these set in Chicago during the 1980s! This episode features guest narrator Sarah Heddins, Deadtime St...

May 24, 202230 min

The Final Girls True Crime Podcast

Four final girls, who also host a true crime podcast, go on the hunt for a copycat killer inside an abandoned Halloween warehouse. This dark (dark even by true crime standards) horror audio drama, inspired by 80s Slashers, will keep you on the edge of your seat with murder, intrigue, laughs, and gore galore. THE FINAL GIRLS TRUE CRIME PODCAST boasts a cast of real indie true crime podcasters to bring this dark true crime horror epic to life. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreak...

May 10, 202233 min

Death Is The Only Valid Reality

Death and dread unfold with the crackle of a lost documentary and the disturbing content of a cursed videocassette. Our first story, THE BIRD & THE BEES, tells the tragic tale of the Honey Bee Massacre and the high school stalker who turned from creepy incel to thrill killer after hearing the voices of his "Queen Bee." Then in TWENTY-TWO: FIFTY-SIX, a woman is haunted by her past; a gorgon-like creature in the backwoods of Appalachia; and the disturbing contents of a cursed VHS videotape. Th...

Apr 26, 202254 min

Bigfoot Apocalypse

Watch the woods! Watch 'em close! This story begins with the sound of despair and ends with death to the world. Edward October presents Bigfoot Apocalypse, a folk history of an event known by survivors as The Drop... an event during which The Squatch emerged from the forests to remake the world in their own image. It's epic, retro horror storytelling as only Octoberpod can tell it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/octoberpod-am--5482497/support ....

Apr 12, 202247 min

Fireside Tales & Nightmare Nostalgia

Pull up a seat by grandad's wood stove as we tell 4 true horror stories to haunt you long after the fire dies down. It's about a murder scene in rural Ireland; it's about an unquiet spirit in Northeast Tennessee; it's about an unseen killer in the woods; it's about the TRUE time travel story you've NEVER heard of ... It's about time you listened to Octoberpod AM! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/octoberpod-am--5482497/support ....

Mar 28, 202251 min
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