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Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

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Every day, stories unfold that have no resolution. Unresolved is an immersive look at those stories, as host Micheal Whelan tries to determine why these stories - unsolved crimes and other unexplained phenomena - have no ending. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/unresolved--3266604/support.
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Zero Hours

Long Story Short Productions

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Zero Hours is an anthology series from Long Story Short Productions, where every story is a different take on the end of the world - or at least something that feels like the end of the world. Each episode is organized around a kind of apocalypse, whether the cataclysm is planetary or personal, and each episode is also set in succeeding centuries, with 99-year intervals separating them. Zero Hours begins in the past, catches up to the present, and eventually overtakes it. Some installments a ...
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Unseen

Long Story Short Productions

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UNSEEN is the new urban fantasy audio fiction podcast by Long Story Short Productions. The premise behind it is simple: in a world where magic is real but invisible to almost everyone, for the few magical beings that exist every day is a struggle just to be seen. Season one of UNSEEN will feature ten different stories of identity, connection, and personhood (and, of course, magic) in the modern world. Some of them will be thrilling adventures. Others may be sad and melancholic. Some may be c ...
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Speculative fiction writer, long-term resident of Japan and Bram Stoker Award finalist Thersa Matsuura explores all that is weird from old Japan—strange superstitions, folktales, cultural oddities, and interesting language quirks. These are little treasures she digs up while doing research for her writing.
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The Kids Table

Fantastic Productions

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The Kids Table is a family-friendly and kid-led actual-play Dungeons & Dragons series for the whole family! Our short episodes are designed to hold kids' attention while telling a long-form story over the length of the season. Whether you're new to DnD or a veteran player, The Kids Table is a great way to share your interest with your kids, spark a love of roleplaying games, and even create great memories by telling your own stories together. Because when kids are at the table, everyone wins.
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Each week we break down the long list of ways that you can build your business by establishing your brand’s identity. Join Carla Marie as she sits down with experts in the fields of social media, visual marketing, and SEO to discuss the tips and fresh ideas they have in order to build your brand. We make the long stories of these topics short. Presented by Vistaprint.
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Time:Bombs

Long Story Short Productions

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Created, written, recorded, produced, and released in just one week, Time:Bombs is a new audio drama podcast about the hilarious world of bomb disposal. From the team behind the Webby Award nominated sci-fi audio drama Wolf 359, ride along with EOD technician Simon Teller on the busiest night of the year for him and his team - when business is, quite literally, booming. Learn more at http://timebombs.show & more about this and other creative experiments at http://fearofpublicshame.com
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Welcome to The Westside Fairytales Podcast Demons, desperate souls, and eldritch horrors… We at the Westside Fairytales have written a story for you. Not you in that broad sense where you just means anybody, but you, Dear Listener. We know all about you. What makes you nervous, what sickens you, what keeps you from leaving your house sometimes for the maddening worry of it. And we’ve put it in a story. A story we’ll read for you. These strange and varied original tales will linger long after ...
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The Carmen Online Audio Theater Network

The Carmen Online Theater Group

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The Carmen Online Theater Group provides audio theater horror programming. Created by Executive Producer and Writer, Liane Moonraven, the horror-themed network airs unique, audio short stories, mini-series, full run series and monologues of unique all original or rewritten adaptations of original radio theater horror productions. Moonraven has also produced short horror stories written by some of the industry's most prolific horror and paranormal authors and adapted them in scripts for the a ...
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In a World of...Improvised Movie Homages

Avish Parashar and Mike Worth

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The funny podcast that uses short form improv comedy games to tell long form improvised stories in the style of famous movies. Do you love movies? Are you a fan of short form improv comedy like Whose Line is it Anyway? Are you intrigued by the idea of long form improv comedy storytelling? Are you interested in storytelling and the creative process? Do you enjoy funny movie podcasts? Then this is the show for you! Join Avish Parashar (improv comedy performer and teacher and professional speak ...
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No Bad Ideas

Long Story Short Productions

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The No Bad Ideas Podcast is the creation of Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat, and Zach Valenti, three writer and artist-types who, in order to stay fresh creatively, have an excuse to hang out with each other once a week, and check in on what they're working on, take a terrible idea they found on the Internet each week and turn it into a compelling narrative. Or as close as they can get in 30 minutes. If you're someone trying to be creative yourself or even if you just appreciate a good story, ...
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Joshua Crisp is an Amazon expert & master at strategy , marketing & brand development. Joshua’s online brands are responsible for grossing over $10 Million dollars online in just 4 1/2 years. Prior to discovering Amazon Joshua a high school drop out husband & father of 2 was working a job as a team agent for a company called Finatech where he would hand sort through trash for minimum wage. Joshua always new there was a better life out there for him and his family & strived to find it doing e ...
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Blueprint

Kallaway

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For worldbuilders... A worldbuilder is a visionary, architecting an empire on their own terms through a unique mix of content, design, products & experiences. As a worldbuilder, the goal is to create total immersion for any citizen or tourist that spends time in your world. The best mainstream examples are Apple, Disney, Tesla. Other modern ones include Sunday, Poolsuite, Represent. Blueprint is a show designed to interview worldbuilders and breakdown the blueprints, playbooks, and strategie ...
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Oh no! Our Dungeons & Dragons kid heroes have fallen into some pretty hot water after defeating unknown assailants at the inn of Café Carpathia. Can they defend themselves against potential arrest and win over Father Winston of the Temple of Creativity? Only time, and some critical rolls, will tell! 0:00 Join Our Quest! www.patreon.com/TheKidsTable…
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"I believe it was a very personal, deliberate thing." On 16 November 1987, the three-member Dardeen family returned to their rural home in Ina, Illinois after a weekend away. As Thanksgiving approached, 30-year-old Elaine, 29-year-old Keith, and 3-year-old Peter spent two days visiting with Elaine's family in nearby Albion. Elaine, nearing the end …
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D&D is fun, but can it help improve player confidence? We recently shared clip on social media (on 5/2/25) showing a stark contrast between how kid player Khloe handled the pressure of mid-battle decision-making back in Season 1 compared to Season 2. On this episode, Allison, Nicole @gamemastermom, and Daniel @thedrawing bard chat about how they've…
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"There's absolutely no information in the signal." For decades now, an odd and mysterious audio signal has operated on the shortwave spectrum. Since the late 1970s, a strange pulsating sound has repeated at 4625 kilohertz. There is never a formal introduction. There are no hosts or music. Only on occasion will a voice step in, and when it does, it …
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Catch our kid Dungeons & Dragons heroes mid-battle! The younger heroes, with the help of some lucky rolls, have successfully held off their attackers until the older party members could arrive with some much-needed assistance. Reunited, will our heroes make it out unscathed? 0:00 Join Our Quest! www.patreon.com/TheKidsTableDnD 1:28 When Last We Saw…
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Two tales of travel that went awry. The first is the gruesome story of "Tōdaik" ("The Candlestick Demon") and the second a sillier legend of "Minister Kibi's Adventures in China". [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.] Uncanny Japan is …
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In a recent episode of our original kid-focused Dungeons & Dragons show (S2E06 "An Ominous Warning"), the party wakes in the night to a surprise attack! Caught at a disadvantage, our heroes are in dire straights, and the kids start to get scared. Ryan and Allison discuss when and how it's appropriate to include scary elements into your D&D game wit…
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"I have no doubt they died of an experiment with psychic forces for which they were ill-prepared and which turned out to be fatal." By the end of 1967, the official investigation into the Lead Masks Case was brought to a close. The final police report listed the cause of death for both Miguel José Viana and Manoel Pereira da Cruz as undetermined. T…
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That's right - Blackstar agent and magical detective Edmond LaValle is back! And he's here to share important news! There's a new audio fiction series called Hit Singles, made by Unseen creators and co-producers Zach Valenti, Sarah Shachat, and Gabriel Urbina! It's a romantic comedy all about friendship, love, the struggles of trying to make it in …
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That's right - bomb disarmament specialist and coffee enthusiast Radio Bob is back! And he's here to share important news! There's a new audio fiction series called Hit Singles, made by Unseen creators and co-producers Zach Valenti, Sarah Shachat, and Gabriel Urbina! It's a romantic comedy all about friendship, love, the struggles of trying to make…
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That's right - 2019's greatest doomsayer, Ian De Vries, is back! And he's here to share important news! There's a new audio fiction series called Hit Singles, made by Zero Hours creators and co-producers Zach Valenti, Sarah Shachat, and Gabriel Urbina! It's a romantic comedy all about friendship, love, the struggles of trying to make it in a big ci…
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Jump into another exciting, kid-focused Dungeons & Dragons adventure with - oops - almost all nat 20's! With our adventurers split up and half of our heroes under isolated attack, things are looking dire at the inn above Café Carpathia! Will luck be on our side as Sophia and Arugon rush to help? Who are these attackers, anyway, and why are they tar…
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Terrie reads Lafcadio Hearn's metaphysical story "Readings from a Dream-book," a collection of ethereal fragments that explore the nature of consciousness, mortality, and cosmic existence. [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.] Uncanny …
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“16:30 be at the specified location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after effect protect metals await signal mask.” On 20 August 1966, a teenager was flying a kite on Vintém Hill, a rural location outside of Niterói, Brazil. He wasn't looking for anything unusual that Saturday afternoon, but partway up the hill, he discovered what looked like two mannequin…
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In the latest episode our original kid-focused Dungeons & Dragons show (S2E06 "An Ominous Warning"), mom Raenelle steps in to negotiate between new teen player Dillon and the rest of the group, thereby both modeling and including our kid players through the art of negotiation. We call the method she employs, "Yes, or", as opposed to the popular imp…
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Here is the second episode of Post-Truth. Make sure to subscribe to Post-Truth on your podcast app of choice to stay up to date on every new episode as it comes out. And if you want to get early access to new & bonus episodes, please support Unresolved Productions at the Patreon link below. https://www.patreon.com/unresolvedpod Become a supporter o…
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Hey y'all. Unresolved will return next week, but in the meantime, here is the first episode of the newest podcast from Unresolved Productions: Post-Truth. Hope you enjoy. If you do, please go and subscribe to Post-Truth on your podcast app of choice, or become a Patreon to get early access to new & bonus episodes. Thanks! https://patreon.com/unreso…
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What surprises await our kid Dungeons & Dragons players in this episode? Serena's mom Sophia sneaks out at night on a solo mission to seek answers about the disappearance of the gods, but something seems off about the new cleric she encounters. Meanwhile, our two youngest heroes' peaceful sleep is interrupted by something or someone unexpected... W…
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Join Thersa on a journey aboard a magical sea turtle down to the underwater palace of Ryūjin, the Japanese Dragon God. Explore the the Ryūgūjō Castle, meet its mythical inhabitants, and delve into the powerful lore surrounding this deity. Discover Ryūjin's abilities to control tides, grant wishes, and ward off evil, and learn practical ways you mig…
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There has been an update in the story of Toyah Cordingley (episode #169 from 2021). In February 2025, 40-year-old Rajwinder Singh's trial for Toyah's 2018 murder began, leading to an unexpected outcome... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider heading to https://www…
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"Finding her body has burnt an indelible image in my mind. It is something a father should never have to suffer." On the morning of 22 October 2018, family and friends of missing 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley would scour the area around Wangetti Beach, a quiet and secluded stretch of sand not too far away from Toyah's hometown of Cairns. There - par…
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What surprises await our kid Dungeons & Dragons players in this episode? Serena's mom Sophia sneaks out at night on a solo mission to seek answers about the disappearance of the gods, but something seems off about the new cleric she encounters. Meanwhile, our two youngest heroes' peaceful sleep is interrupted by something or someone unexpected... W…
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Ad-free versions of episodes are available to Patrons. Thank you for your support and helping us pay the bills. We couldn't do this without you! --Rich, the sound guy. Explore the fascinating legends surrounding Japan's most iconic mountain. Discover the extraordinary myth of Konohana Sakuya Hime, the stunningly beautiful goddess of Mt. Fuji who ga…
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There has been an update in the story of Susan & Jeffrey Klungness (episode #241 from 2023). This week, authorities in Pierce County announced that they were closing the case, having discovered remains belonging to Jeffrey Klungness back in October 2017... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to support this…
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In this episode of family-friendly Dungeons & Dragons actual play, our heroes travel to Trivestia with their newest member, Arugon. When Sophia and Serena cast suspicion on Arugon's true motives, the group discusses the issue of trust within this fragile alliance. At Trivestia, tensions rise when the group disagrees on an important decision. Will A…
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Ad-free versions of episodes are available to Patrons. Thank you for your support and helping us pay for rent and recent hospital bills. We couldn't do this without you! --Rich, the sound guy. In this episode of Uncanny Japan, Thersa Matsuura explores the culinary rivalry between Kanto (Tokyo region) and Kansai (Osaka/Kyoto area). Discover the fasc…
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As our Dungeons & Dragons adventure for kids continues, the creepy crawlies just keep creeping! Will our brave heroes be able to put down this many-legged threat once and for all? How will they deal with the mysterious stranger in the woods? Find out on this episode of The Kids Table Season 2. We are SO THANKFUL for our awesome partners: *Ideas for…
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"... they don't say whether she's still alive or where she is or what her name is. They don't tell you anything but that she was a middle-aged woman who was inspired by God and God spoke to her, so she started speaking God's word." In September 2021, a mysterious Reddit account surfaced, claiming to be the long-lost leader of a controversial religi…
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* Ad-free versions of episodes are available to Patrons. Thank you for your support and helping us pay for rent and recent hospital bills. We couldn't do this without you! --Rich, the sound guy. Join Terrie on a trip to Kyoto's iconic Golden Pavilion and uncover its lesser-known stories: its real name isn't Kinkaku-ji, it survived multiple lightnin…
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Truth isn't dead - it's been rewritten. A corrupted broadcast. A signal breaking apart. An urgent message struggling to get through. Post-Truth is a new podcast that uncovers the moments in American history when facts were distorted, reality was rewritten, and the truth became negotiable. From the first great American myth to deepfakes and the AI-d…
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"OFFICER SHOT. WHITE CHEVY VAN. NO PLATE." In the early morning hours of 27 October 2006, Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office told dispatchers that he was pulling over a white Chevy van off of rural Highway 16. Seven minutes later, his radio "keyed," a common sign of distress. After failing to respond to calls on his r…
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As our Dungeons & Dragons adventure for kids continues, the creepy crawlies just keep creeping! Will our brave heroes be able to put down this many-legged threat once and for all? How will they deal with the mysterious stranger in the woods? Find out on this episode of The Kids Table Season 2. We are SO THANKFUL for our awesome partners: *Ideas for…
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"... it's baffling. I've never come across a case where someone just vanished. And we have no clue, no reports of where she might be or what might have happened to her. I've not come across a case like that." On the afternoon of Monday, 20 December 2021, three-year-old Lina Sardar Khil was playing outside of her family's apartment in San Antonio, T…
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Take a journey through the historical walking routes of old Edo Japan, focusing on the Gokaido (Five Edo Routes). Learn about the political significance of these routes and their role in maintaining peace during the Tokugawa shogunate's 250-year reign. Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Tra…
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There has been an update in the story of Estrella Carrera (episode #222 from November of 2022). On Thursday, January 30th, 2025, agents with Mexico's FGR and Interpol announced that they'd detained Arnoldo Jimenez in Monterrey, Mexico... Researched, written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan If you would like to support this podcast and others…
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"His personal details were never known to him, and he could only assume his origins based on a nameplate he had as a child." On 24 June 1955, a Czechoslovakian State Security Patrol detained an unknown man near the Slovak-Polish border. Carrying no identification, the man communicated almost entirely through hand gestures. During interrogation, aut…
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In this family & friends game of Dungeons & Dragons, our heroes are on a well-deserved & peaceful vacation when they suddenly find themselves on an urgent mission to save six unruly goats! Through havoc & hijinks, can they return these chaotic creatures to the goatherd by sundown? Find out in this family-friendly D&D one-shot. Bring the fun home to…
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