Undertow: Familiar Haunts – Podcastlijstje

Undertow is Realm’s showcase of original horror stories. Hosted by audio horror pioneer and creator Fred Greenhalgh, each season presents a spooky standalone series, so you can dive in anytime... if you dare!

Current Season: Familiar Haunts

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.

Craving More Frights? Explore Past Seasons:

Season 1: Simpson Falls - A reporter awakens malevolent forces in his haunted hometown.

Season 2: Blood Forest - Every 20 years, werewolves descend for a night of horror. Starring Jack Falahee.

Season 3: Dark Tome - A teen unleashes a terrifying story from a spooky bookshop.

Season 4: The Well - Family secrets resurface, setting loose horror from an old well.

Season 5: The Pulse - A meteorite awakens animalistic instincts in a group of treasure hunters.

Season 6: The Sisters - True events inspire a chilling tale of occult & possession. Starring Mae Whitman.

Season 7: Last Call - A hustler gambles for his life against the Grim Reaper.

Season 8: Narcosis - A rescue dive turns deadly beneath the waves.

Season 9: The Harrowing - A barbaric crime heralds the rise of an ancient evil.

Season 10: Hovering - A police officer is pulled into unimaginable circumstances when he starts investigating calls about an object in the sky.

Season 11: Trio of Nightmares - Three bone-chilling novellas from Maine writers Chris Bernier, Katherine Silva, and Morgan Sylvia.

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Ominous Thrill presents - The Solitude of Birds

2 oktober 2026 · 32 min
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A woman tormented by dark visions must piece together what happened to her before the shadows claim her forever. Lees meer

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

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Dark Passenger

18 september 2026 · 26 min
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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.
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The Green Book, Part 2

17 juli 2026 · 30 min
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The second and concluding part of Arthur Machen's "The Green Book," excerpted from the longer work, "The White People." Lees meer

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.
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The Green Book, Part 1

10 juli 2026 · 40 min
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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. Lees meer

"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.
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Banish, Part 2

26 december 2025 · 35 min
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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?
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Banish, Part 1

19 december 2025 · 32 min
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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.
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Gargoyles

5 december 2025 · 34 min
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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.
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The Bloody Life of RM Renfield, Part 3

28 november 2025 · 42 min
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"A man muddles through life... he wonders if there mightn't be ... a truer meaning... something grander... something red." Lees meer

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.
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The Bloody Life of RM Renfield, Part 2

20 november 2025 · 44 min
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"From within their hollow guts, grew an echo, an echo which I now echoed too..." Lees meer

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.
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The Bloody Life of RM Renfield, Part 1

14 november 2025 · 37 min
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"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." Lees meer

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.
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