Shadows at the Door: The Podcast
Shadows at the Door brings to life a collection of unearthly 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 hosts Mark Nixon and 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.
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S2E08 - A Warning to the Curious
A couple's mini-break is interrupted by the arrival of a young archaeologist who may have discovered the greatest find of the century. The only thing is, she wants to put it back... Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, th...
88 min
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S2E07 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A schoolmaster's simple life is disrupted when he meets the most fearsome of creatures: a woman. Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.Free Transcripts are available: https://shadowsatthedoor.co...
91 min
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S2E06 - Loose Ground
Two men embark on an arduous hike. If only they could stop bickering, they might see what’s coming… Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.Free Transcripts are available: https://shadowsatthedoor...
67 min
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S2E05 - Tell-Tale
A woman enjoys a city mini-break, but the landlord keeps outstaying his welcome. It's okay, because he's such a nice guy...Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.Free Transcripts are available: h...
85 min
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S2E04 - Message in a Bottle
A couple find a grimy old bottle washed up by the tide. But what's inside? Why is one of them so obsessed with finding out? And what will happen when he does? Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoiler...
60 min
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S2E03 - Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook
A Cambridge man in the south of France stumbles across an incredibly rare folio and will do anything to secure it. But what horrors await inside the book? And who is laughing in the dark? Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. No...
59 min
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S2E02 - Slender Chances
Listen to the bizarre and half-finished final episode of the 8-Bit Refit podcast, in which hosts Tom and Nat discover an old game that should not exist...Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.Fr...
78 min
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S2E01 Blessed Be the Man
Professor Troughton is forced to defend his pursuit of paranormal knowledge, and his scientific thinking is put to the test, as a strange phenomenon outside a nearby churchyard invites new terror into his life. Please see the end of the show notes f...
75 min
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S1E10 - There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard
We return for a short bonus episode, producing M.R. James’ punchy ghost story ‘There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard’.Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.Free Transcripts are available: https:...
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S1E09 - Silent Warnings
Professor Troughton returns to Warwick University to settle back into ordinary life. However, a rather restless colleague is keen to invite Troughton back to his home, where he experiencing something quite insidious.Please see the end of the show no...
66 min
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S1E08 - Quicksilver Spirit
Our protagonist stands on both the threshold of a stately home and a dark secret, and we are reminded never to meet our heroes or idols.Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.Free Transcripts are...
68 min
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S1E07 - Number 13
A travelling academic checks into his hotel and is amused at the superstition of hotels not having a Room 13. Yet, despite the manager’s insistence, there is a number 13 and something is inside…Please see the end of the show notes for content warnin...
55 min
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S1E06 - Pit Village
A young social worker moves into his first home. He finds that village life is small and quiet, and the neighbours are incredibly nosey, and what are they hiding exactly?Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may cont...
60 min
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S1E05 - Winter Wings
An unscrupulous collector finds a rare and mysterious board game. Once he finally gets his hands on it, his luck turns sour, and he begins to notice the ever present caw of crows behind him…Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. ...
64 min
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S1E04 -The Signalman
A tormented signalman is visited by a passing stranger. But why does he mistrust the stranger, and why can he not take his eyes from the tunnel mouth outside his signal box?Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may c...
47 min
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S1E03 - Let Sleeping Gods Lie
An archaeologist travels to Egypt and ignores the misgivings of the locals as he proceeds with a new project. He is soon joined by a feline companion, and begins to hear something outside his tent in the dead of night...Please see the end of the sho...
55 min
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S1E02 - The Devil and Tom Walker
A suffering husband becomes lost in the New England swamps only to find an Indian site, and the literal Devil waiting for him.Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, these may contain spoilers.Free Transcripts are available...
51 min
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S1E01 - Leave a Light On For Me
A young professor ventures to a small coastal town to verify an archaeological find. However, he soon discovers that the ancient lantern should have remained hidden under the sand...Please see the end of the show notes for content warnings. Note, th...
54 min
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The Trailer
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...
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