Banish, Part 1

A woman tormented by dark visions must piece together what happened to her before the shadows claim her forever.    Content warning: Implied sexual violence, self-harm imagery, death. Written by Sandra Becerril  Performed by Mellisa Medina Produced, directed, sound designed by Jeff Schmidt Episode cover design: Jeff Schmidt Assets licensed from iStockPhoto by Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two teenage friends start scaring each other on the drive to a dismal “haunted” house on the coast of Maine. But when their innocent fun starts to become all too real, they soon realize what true terror is.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second and concluding part of Arthur Machen's "The Green Book," excerpted from the longer work, "The White People." A young woman has had extraordinary experiences in the Welsh countryside, and now reflects on stories she was told by her nurse and strange rituals she was introduced to. Are these all childish musings, or do they hint at something bigger and darker? Part 2 of 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a "Summerween" treat we're visiting this old text from Welsh author Arthur Machen, whose stories Stephen King has referred to as among the scariest written in the English language. "The Green Book" is excerpted from Arthur Machen's The White People. A young woman writes down her beyond-natural experiences in remote areas of Wales and tries to make sense of them through dissecting the fairy tales told to her by her nurse. But are these experiences benign, or dangerous? Part 1 of 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After being attacked by a strange creature, Clover learns that the town of Banish has a dark history. Will she escape while there is still time, or will she find herself enchanted by its secrets? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Millennial woman, Clover, arrives in a quaint town in Maine to watch after her Aunt's antique shop while the Aunt is sick in the hospital. But after she fails to heed foreboding warnings from the residence, Clover learns the dark history beneath the veneer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A cousin tries to make sense of a tragedy, but her investigation leads to her unearthing family secrets concerning a dark room where no one ever dares enter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A man muddles through life... he wonders if there mightn't be ... a truer meaning... something grander... something red." With blood on his hands, RM Renfields seals the pact with the dark voice in his head, the voice calling from across the English channel spelling doom to so many. Is there any hope of redemption before he becomes a mad servant of this terrible being? The chilling 3rd and final installment of The Bloody Life of RM Renfield. Original radioplay by Marty Ross, produced by Wireless Theatre Limited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"From within their hollow guts, grew an echo, an echo which I now echoed too..." A terrible, powerful voice has gotten into RM Renfield's head. What does this voice want from him, and how far will he go to appease it? Part 2 of the original radioplay by Marty Ross, produced by Wireless Theatre Limited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"No cut finger or noseblood quite prepares one for the sheer volume of redness - bright bright redness - as can spill and spurt from the frame." R.M. Renfield is one of the most enigmatic characters of Bram Stoker's Dracula - second only, perhaps, to the eponymous count himself. But how did he become the henchman of the vampire? Those answers are sought after in this riveting, intimate drama. We meet him as a young man in Victorian England, with a home life not so extraordinary... But a fascination with blood starts early, followed soon by a mysterious premonition, and a dark voice promises him riches to come. Part 1 of an original radioplay by Marty Ross, produced by Wireless Theatre Limited, about Dracula's henchman, R.M. Renfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices