Undertow: Familiar Haunts

"Be happy while ye live, for ye’ll be a long time dead." Something terrible is wending its way to Bessie Smith's small cottage, something that no amount of warding spells or charms may avert. As her inner circle is ripped apart from her, and terrible lies become the music of the land, she asks one question: Will she ever dance freely again? A story of witchcraft and resistance by Morgan Sylvia, read by Jessica Taige with sound design by Fred Greenhalgh, music by Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Molly Malone moved to Vinalhaven Maine to escape a dark secret from her past, but now it seems her past is catching up with her... But Molly has a gun and no wish to have her past ruin her future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Molly Malone was once known as Rita… But that was in a different life, before she moved to Vinalhaven, Maine, a remote island that doesn’t ask newcomers too many questions about the past. But as a deep fog rolls in, Molly finds out that you can’t outrun your past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Downeast Maine native son returns to the site of the family farmhouse, which has now been demolished and buried. But when the light strikes a shard of metal just right, a portal to an unnerving horror is revealed. The inaugural episode of our new season, Familiar Haunts, is an inspired by real events family ghost story written, performed, and sound designed by Fred Greenhalgh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From haunted houses to remote islands, late night radio transmissions to witchcraft, these character-forward stories reveal how the past is never truly gone, and humanity may be the most ruthless monster of them all. A new collection of horror shorts curated/commissioned by Fred Greenhalgh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 4 of Spooktacular September with a full cast production of The Toll House, by WW Jacobs. Friends hear the legend of a haunted house and decide to spend the night... to terrifying results. With a bonus poem, The Demon of the Gibbet, by Fitz James O'Brien. Adapted from the public domain short story The Toll House, by WW Jacobs, and the poem The Demon of the Gibbet, by Fitz James O'Brien, produced by Mind’s Eye Productions and podcast by arrangement with Podcast Universe Productions. Undertow is a production of Realm, hosted by Fred Greenhalgh. Find more shows like Undertow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever podcasts are served. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 3 of Spooktacular September with a full cast production of The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allen Poe. A man has committed murder, and may even get away with it, until a diabolical throbbing begins beneath his floorboards. Adapted from the public domain short story The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allen Poe, produced by Mind’s Eye Productions and podcast by arrangement with Podcast Universe Productions. Undertow is a production of Realm, hosted by Fred Greenhalgh. Find more shows like Undertow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever podcasts are served. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of Spooktacular September with a full cast production of The Derelict, by William Hope Hodgson. Beware strange derelict vessels on the high seas, for they may contain horrors beyond imagination. Adapted from the public domain short story The Derelict by William Hope Hodgson, produced by Mind’s Eye Productions and podcast by arrangement with Podcast Universe Productions. Undertow is a production of Realm, hosted by Fred Greenhalgh. Find more shows like Undertow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever podcasts are served. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fall vibes are in the air and Undertow starts our run up to original horror fiction in October with a full cast production of The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs, the classic tale of being careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... Adapted from the public domain short story The Monkey’s Paw by WW Jacobs, produced by Mind’s Eye Productions and podcast by arrangement with Podcast Universe Productions. Undertow is a production of Realm, hosted by Fred Greenhalgh. Find more shows like Undertow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever podcasts are served. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 5 of Carrion Harvest. Where do you bug out to, when … the monsters are Godzilla sized bugs? As hope starts to diminish, rapidly, Sprout reflects on the final, damning chapter of her life with her mom and Harvey. Carrion Harvest is a Dagaz Media production for Realm. Written by Morgan Sylvia. Performed by Jessica Taige. Editing and sound design by Rory O’Shea. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound. Undertow is a production of Realm, hosted by Fred Greenhalgh. Executive produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Molly Barton. Looking for more Realm shows? Check out OUTLIERS voiced by Rory Culkin, IF I GO MISSING THE WITCHES DID IT starring Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe; ORPHAN BLACK: THE NEXT CHAPTER and POWER TRIP starring Emmy-winner Tatiana Maslany; MARIGOLD BREACH starring Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto; and ECHO PARK starring Harry Shum Jr. Realm subscribers get early, ad-free access to new episodes. Subscribe at realm.fm. Follow us: Instagram: @RealmMedia_ X: @RealmMedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices