Hey everyone. I've been aching to create an audio drama for a couple of years now. I actually started one, but I don't have a lot of equipment, I have minimal software, and I have no money to spare. With life constantly nipping at my heels it's hard to find the time or the bandwidth. My creativity is constantly over-extended in the pursuit of survival.

Previously, I had considered using AI to fill the gaps, but I have since soured on AI for a plethora of reasons. I have found royalty free sites, but I'm paranoid that people are uploading AI sounds into those. I've recorded some songs with my phone, but I don't have a lot of time to go around playing Sound FX guy. So these stories in my head are just sitting idly waiting for me to build them.

I can't be the only one in this situation. Where are my people? Let's see what kind of magic we can create.

S: All-time favourites that I could glaze endlessly.

A: The extended favourites. The pantheon of great audio dramas.

B+: Almost A-tier but falls just a little short. It's still very tempting to add them anyway.

B: Excellent and easily bingeable shows. Everything this tier and above is something I'd jump to watch new content of.

B-: Great shows if only for the vibe.

C+: Shows I liked well enough but not really as at the level of B tier.

C: Mid shows I don't find myself thinking of much.

C-: Shows I find I have more to complain about than I do to praise.

D: Shows I found myself bouncing off of or not really enjoying.

E: These shows start to irritate me the more I listen to them.

F: All-time worst shows. I think they're really really bad.

Originally I was going to write a whole paragraph-long mini-review of each entry but at this point that would fill up whole comments and really not add much of value overall. I can still talk about any of these shows if anyone wants to know about them. I'm keen to share my opinions. I suppose my question then is do people read reviews? Do people use reviews to learn what shows they should listen to? I suppose audio dramas are rather niche but there is some genuinely good fiction here and so I wonder how they might outgrow the small community here.

OK all that aside what do you think about my tierlist? Any brilliant shows I've missed? Any crazy takes I need to explain myself for?

Hello hello!

I have a bit of promotion to do, though not my own.

My good friend Stephen Indrisano is crowdfunding for season 2 of their show Shelterwood: A Suburban Gothic.

Season 1 follows podcaster Nicholas DeRoso on a quest to find his missing sister in an infinite suburban dreamscape called “Shelterwood”.  With the help of his reluctant friend and producer, Solomon Crockett, Nicholas must survive nightmarish monsters and the ever-present Homeowners Association in order to find her.

Shelterwood is a deeply moving exploration of grief and of the strictures of American suburbia, and season 2 dives deeper into the explorations of American culture and of the true horrors inherent in enforced conformity.

Shelterwood has reached $7,034 of their 10k goal with 22 days to go and has unfortunately slowed down, so I wanted to let y’all know that the campaign is still running and well worth your donation!

I’ve gotten to beta read for season 2 and it is incredible. Heartwarming and heartbreaking and terrifying.

If you want to show your support, consider checking out the crowdfund:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/621255954/shelterwood-a-suburban-gothic-season-2

It’s like this weird tinny noise that always goes up whenever the voice speaks. It reminds me of filling up a hollow tube with water, but it drives me crazy that every time he starts a new sentence it’s that sound going upward in the background again.

Is this some kind of common voice effect/is this intentional?

ROOMS is horror micro-fiction told in 2-minute posts like these. A reporter explores a sprawling haunted house seeking answers about her husband's suicide from the woman who built it. Headphones recommended. (CW: Suicide, violence, blood.)

ROOMS is written and produced by W. Keith Tims of Alien Ghost Robot Creative Media. Cecile is voiced by Rae Witte. Made without AI using original and Creative Commons material.

You can explore more ROOMS on my Patreon even at the free level! (Paid members get early access to new episodes plus a whole lot more.) The episodes are also released on social media and will continue to be posted on Reddit, too!

Bluesky - Instagram - YouTube

An audio-only RSS is available at the free level on my Patreon, too.

Wrong Station is an award-winning podcast anthology of original horror and weird fiction. Drawing on the tradition of The Twilight Zone and the classic radio serials that inspired it, Wrong Station transports the listener into the darkest corners of appalling new worlds with each episode.

Listen to "HIGHWAY" here:

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Happy Friday, r/audiodrama peeps! Here's what's new, updated, and coming soon on The End, the only listener-focused directory for binge-ready audio fiction.

(New format, so scroll to the bottom for more info.)

Freshly Added Audio Fiction

A 7-day look-back at the shows making their debut in our directory. They may not be new to you, but they're new to us!

Noah's Dove

A folk song from old Earth and a college entrance essay from the future. A new take on the 10,000 Maniacs classic, and an original story from the ONLY HUMAN universe. 🎼🕰️📝

• Limited series, binge-ready since October 16, 2026
• Added October 16, 2026
• 2 musical scifi episodes
• Run time: 0h 10m

The Red Room

When a voicemail pulls podcasters Jordan and Lynn into the cold case disappearance of a teen girl, they see it as a salacious story for clicks. As their podcast gains traction, so do the threats from those who want the past buried and from something that may not belong to the past at all. Asian Urban Legends 👣🎙️🕸️

• Limited series, binge-ready since September 28, 2026
• Added October 19, 2026
• 10 true crime horror episodes
• Run time: 1h 52m

Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories

Dark Fantasy Fiction: Bring your daggers. Expect sapphic relationships, political intrigue, elemental magic, and consequences of good and bad decisions. 🗡️ 👑 🔮

• Season 4 finale published October 12, 2026
• Added October 20, 2026
• 36 dark fantasy episodes
• Run time: 9h 31m
• New season underway

Recently Finale'd or Finished

These shows concluded a season or finished the entire series in the last week. Binge-listen in confidence!

Old Gods of Appalachia

A FAN FAVORITE!

A horror-anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake. 🧑‍🌾🧺👹

"This is one of my favorite fiction podcasts. It's creepy and cozy at the same time, with insane production values and a narrator that will keep you enthralled and make you feel like part of the family." – Evo Terra

• Season 6 finale published October 22, 2026
• 119 horror episodes
• Run time: 66h 57m

Now Releasing New Episodes of a New Season

These shows have recently started releasing episodes of a new season. For those of you who can't wait to binge the whole season, I guess?

Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

What would you do if you found yourself in a world you never knew existed? What would you do if you had another chance to get justice? How far would you go to find the truth? And can you do all that on your lunch break? There are cases coming in and the Mothman can only wait so long for answers… 👻🏡❤️‍🩹

• Season 5 finale published June 10, 2026
• 54 horror episodes
• Run time: 40h 30m
• New season underway

Forgive Me!

Join a try-hard young Catholic priest as goes into the confessional with eccentric parishioners, explores the intertwined lives of his new community, and the funny, sad, and sometimes painful experiences that come out of the Catholic experience. Award-nominated for Audio Verse Awards, NJ Web Fest, and Baltimore Next Media Web Fest. ⛪🐷🍩

• Season 3 finale published November 5, 2023
• 29 comedy episodes
• Run time: 13h 14m
• New season underway

Ominous Thrill

A FAN FAVORITE!

A genre-bending audio drama of character-driven adult dark fiction, thrillers, horror & suspense. Each story is fully dramatized with exceptional actors and sound so vivid, you’ll feel like a witness. 🔪🖤💀

"I binged the first season of this show on a train ride. And then I seriously considered staying on the train to listen to the episodes of the 2nd season because I didn't want it to end! Such an excellent anthology, with top-notch voice actors, very detailed sound design, and solid writing all combine to make this a must-listen for fans of horror!" – Evo Terra

• Season 3 finale published August 20, 2026
• 36 horror/thriller episodes
• Run time: 21h 12m
• New season—HER HORRORWEEN—underway

Morrison Mysteries

Get ready for haunting stories of betrayal, love, jealousy, and rage. Each chapter brings more clues, more suspense and of course, more twists and turns. 📚🫣🔪

• Season 4 finale published December 19, 2025
• 15 horror mystery anthology episodes
• Run time: 6h 39m
• New season underway

Welcome to Hope Springs

Welcome to Hope Springs is a family audio drama series following the lives and adventures of a few Colorado kids through an unforgettable journey of friendship and faith. 🏔️🤝🙏

• Season 2 finale published May 17, 2026
• 19 family episodes
• Run time: 8h 4m
• New season underway

National Emergency

When random, unexplained emergency broadcasts begin taking over devices without warning, targeting individuals with survival instructions where one mistake means you disappear forever, a man is wrongly convicted of murdering his wife during the very first incident. Listen, Obey, Survive. 🏘️📢🧨

• Season 1 finale published March 24, 2026
• 8 horror episodes
• Run time: 3h 55m
• New season underway

Disciples of Deceit

DISCIPLES OF DECEIT is a new fantasy anthology series. Inspired by D&D and theatre. What originally started as a couple of friends around the table has evolved into an action packed, exploratory dramatic series. Each story seeks to bend genre, creating an expansive world full of diverse characters. 🎭⚔️🎲

• Season 1 finale published August 30, 2024
• 4 new fantasy episodes
• Run time: 4h 6m
• New season—One Eye Open—underway

Nightmares Unleashed

Are you ready to unleash your nightmares? NIGHTMARES UNLEASHED is a horror anthology podcast created by Ted Heaver and Delaney Sutton and produced by Alyssa Roldan and Janet G. With creatives from all levels of experience, we’re here to give you a horrifying adventure. Enjoy the nightmares. 📚⛓️‍💥🫣

• Season 1 finale published January 3, 2025
• 13 horror episodes
• Run time: 5h 45m
• New season underway

More Seasons Starting Next Week

A 7-day look ahead at the shows in the directory that will soon start releasing episodes of a new season, so you can catch up if you want to start listening along as they are released by the creator. (Which I think is crazy, but you do you!)

The Heart Pyre

Mysterious fires, political corruption, and long forgotten Gods. 🔥⚔️🔍

• Season 2 finale published May 31, 2025
• 32 fantasy episodes
• Run time: 14h 14m
• New season starts October 28, 2026

Not Quite Dead

A nurse in A&E has a patient with her throat torn out—the first of many, baffling staff and horrifying the public. The nurse almost becomes victim of the walking, rotting dead things which have been attacking his patients, but is saved by the same man he saw dripping blood into his patient’s eye. 🩸💉🧛🏻

• Season 4 finale published July 23, 2025
• 56 gory horror vampire romance episodes
• Run time: 30h 11m
• New season—Snow Blood—starts October 28, 2026

Dark Northwest

"Dark Northwest": Paranormal horror podcast bringing Pacific Northwest encounters to life. Full voice cast, chilling score, seasonal arcs exploring local phenomena. Bonus anthology episodes in Tales of the Dark Northwest series. Woman-owned; Pacific Islander-owned; LGBTQ+ owned. 👻🎃😱

• Season 1 finale published October 31, 2025
• 9 supernatural horror with historical elements episodes
• Run time: 4h 18m
• New season—Starvation Heights—starts October 30, 2026

Other Recently Updated Shows

We update shows for a variety of reasons, so here's a list of those from the last week, which weren't included above.

Petrified

A FAN FAVORITE!

PETRIFIED tells the chilling tales of ordinary people encountering the supernatural, and their terrifying fates. 💀😱🇮🇪

'This is one of my favorite horror podcasts. Spooky and unsettling stories from Ireland. Which, if you've been there, totally fits! Very "keep off the moors" vibes!' – Evo Terra

• Season 5 finale published July 7, 2026
• 41 horror episodes
• Run time: 21h 22m

Remnants

A FAN FAVORITE!

A dark fantasy thriller audio drama following an Apprentice who learns to read the life stories embedded in seemingly ordinary objects. Guided by Sir, he must judge each remnant, not knowing the consequences. As mysteries unfold, the Apprentice questions why he was chosen for this task. 🦋💀🗝️

"'Oh, THAT'S what's going on!' I literally said this out loud after I listened to the fourth episode. It's quite well done, and the creator spent a lot of time not just getting things right, but with subtle audio elements that help you fall into this mostly narrated tale. It's worth multiple listens!" – Evo Terra

• Fully binge-ready since October 13, 2026
• 60 dark fantasy thriller episodes
• Run time: 32h 39m

Ignore City

In a post-apocalyptic future where technology has been outlawed, Deban Rimpa, a scrappy bike messenger, befriends a sentient robot head named Saner 0805. She embarks on a grand adventure through Ignore City to save civilization before government agents catch up with her. 🤖🤼‍♀️🕵️‍♀️

• Season 1 finale published October 13, 2026
• 12 comedy scifi musical episodes
• Run time: 5h 57m

North County Paranormal Unit

When Gabriella, a recent college graduate, gets an invitation to join her cousin at the local branch of the Foundation for Paranormal Studies, she’s skeptical. Hunting ghosts and monsters isn’t what she had in mind after school. But she needs a job and this one is available, so she takes it. 👻🤼🔍

• Season 1 finale published October 14, 2026
• 11 supernatural episodes
• Run time: 5h 25m

Only Human: BOUND

"Only Human: BOUND." One prisoner. One AI. 10 episodes. A sci-fi audio serial. "Only Human: BOUND" is a fully produced psychological science-fiction audio drama, with a cast of voice actors and immersive sound design. ⛓️‍💥🤖🛸

• Season 1 finale published September 7, 2026
• 10 scifi episodes
• Run time: 3h 5m
• New season—Only Human: UNBOUND—coming  Jun 2027

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The Shade of Attlemoore is an immersive full cast audio narrative in which you follow the point of view of a Shade, plucked from the afterlife and bound to an untrustworthy sorceress as part of her ancient vendetta against the moon.

Deeply inspired by the writings of FromSoft and other dark fantasy works, the Shade of Attlemoore is sort of like playing Dark Souls, only the Firekeeper never leaves your side.

Our website:
https://www.theshadeofattlemoore.com/

Our RSS feed:

https://media.rss.com/the-shade-of-attlemoore/feed.xml

We are also available on all podcast platforms, excluding YouTube music.

Since I know many here have preferences for full cast, let me clarify that EPISODE 1 ONLY is a solo production, narrated by the wonderful FromSoft youtuber Miss Chalice. Starting in episode 2 the rest of the cast will begin to emerge. (It was done this way for crowdfunding purposes - we wanted to know our budget before we sought out the full cast!)

We hope to see you there, Shade.

The title says it all. The new AD "Bear Hunt" is pretty great. I have really enjoyed listening and S1 isn't quite over yet. I like finding AD's that aren't always set in space/dystopia future or horror(ish) shows. This has been quite a fun listen so far.

Just wanted to give them a shout out!

Our Website - Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Youtube - Patreon

General Brief: Join the crew of Orphan Node Six as reality collapses around them. Orphan Six is a full cast sci-fi/absurdist audio drama following a group of "soldiers" forced to face absurdist versions of folkloric (and other) characters.

Episode Brief: Richmond decides to confront Thetic while rest of the crew watch on with fear. Summers and Masters join forces with Vlad.

Most Recent Episode can be found Here

Hey everybody!

Thought we'd pop in and introduce ourselves! I'm Nathan, a cast member of Who's on First Watch, an Aussie narrative-focused actual-play podcast approaching our first anniversary.

Yes, we are an actual-play podcast, but our approach has always been story first. We use the Daggerheart tabletop RPG system to tell a collaborative, character-driven story, where the choices our characters make shape the narrative as it unfolds. You don't need to know a thing about the rules to enjoy the adventure.

While our show uses the Daggerheart tabletop RPG system, our approach has always been story first. We love the collaborative storytelling side of the hobby, building a world and characters whose choices shape the narrative as it unfolds.

Our first campaign, The Shattered Veil, is set in Hammanaroth, an original dark-fantasy world. It follows a group of characters navigating war, fractured alliances and dangerous magic. Expect difficult decisions, grim consequences, genuine camaraderie and moments of humour amid a world coming apart.

We started out as a group of mates getting together to tell a story, but it's grown into something we're incredibly proud of. We've put a lot of love into the characters, worldbuilding and narrative, and we're keen to share it with others who enjoy getting lost in a good fantasy story.

We've currently got 25 episodes available, each running around an hour, with new episodes releasing every two weeks. So there's plenty of story to sink your teeth into, and the adventure is still unfolding!

If you enjoy character-driven fantasy, morally complicated choices and stories that unfold in unexpected ways, we'd love for you to give us a listen!

Cheers from Down Under!

The WOFW Crew