Shadows at the Door

As we enter 2021, Mark brings you an update regarding the status of Season Three and long term plans for the podcast. Then, Mark is joined by David Ault, Ilana Charnelle, Jake Benson and Erika Sanderson for an Actor's Roundtable discussion. Place your bets to see how long it takes for it to become a farce...

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Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

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Content Warnings: explicit language & themes, strong sexual innuendo.

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Professor Troughton's arm is twisted into hearing about Catchlove Hall, an ancient building abandoned in the marshlands. But one name somehow echoes through those empty hallways... ‘Troughton’.

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

Ilana Charnelle

Jake Benson

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:48:00), Credits (Around 01:39:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: frank discussion of queer identities including implications of internalised homophobia. Discussion: strong sexual innuendo.

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It's no secret that the season two finale sees the return of Professor Geoffrey Troughton. In this bonus episode, enjoy all three of the good professor's stories thus far…

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

Gemma Amor

Paul Alborough (Professor Elemental)

Mark Nixon

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Leave a Light On For Me (Around 00:01:00), Silent Warnings (Around 00:32:00), Blessed Be the Man (Around 01:00:00), Final Title Reveal (01:35:00)

Content Warnings: sudden loud noises (shipwreck), mention of multiple deaths, graphic depiction of violence, strangulation, sudden loud noises (screeching tyres), brief description of dead body, suicide, mention of execution, jump scare – loud crash of glass, assault, injury.

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A woman attempts to find comfort in her grandmother's old log cabin, and though she has never connected with her slavic heritage, something ancient is about to teach her a lesson nonetheless.

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

Erika Sanderson

Jake Benson

David Ault

Ilana Charnelle

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:38:00), Credits (Around 01:17:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: intense depiction of grief/grieving, offscreen death of a partner, explicit sexual content. Discussion: sexual innuendo.

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You've arrived at the Museum of Modern Art in New York to take the Gnothi Seauton Audio Tour. Collect your headphones from the front desk and listen closely...

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Credits:

Written by M Regan

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

Ilana Charnelle

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Approximate Time Stamps:

Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:30:00), Credits (Around 01:15:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: sudden loud noises, frank discussion of mortality, disorienting static SFX. Discussion: strong sexual innuendo.

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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... 

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Credits:

Written by M.R. James and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

Ilana Charnelle

David Ault

Jake Benson

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:03:00), Discussion (Around 00:47:00), Credits (Around 01:28:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: depiction of character death. Discussion: frank discussion of historical homophobia, strong sexual innuendo.

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A schoolmaster's simple life is disrupted when he meets the most fearsome of creatures: a woman. 

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Credits:

Written by Washington Irving and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

‘Maid in the Meadow’ performed by Yvonne Casey and used here with her kind permission

Cast:

Jake Benson

Mark Nixon

Ilana Charnelle

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:51:00), Credits (Around 01:30:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: sexism, mention of hitting children, sudden loud noise/jump scare. Discussion: strong sexual innuendo. 

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Two men embark on an arduous hike. If only they could stop bickering, they might see what’s coming… 

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Credits:

Written by Hannah Rickman-Peddie

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

Jake Benson

Mark Nixon

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:29:00), Credits (Around 01:08:00)

Content Warnings: Story: graphic depiction of life-threatening injury, death. Discussion: discussion of death, strong sexual innuendo, brief discussion of transphobia.

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A woman enjoys a city mini-break, but the landlord keeps outstaying his welcome. It's okay, because he's such a nice guy...

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

Erika Sanderson

David Ault

Jake Benson

Ilana Charnelle

Mark Nixon

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Approximate Time Stamps: Disclaimer, Intro, CWs (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:03:00), Discussion (Around 00:39:00), Credits (Around 01:25:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: sexual harassment/coercion/assault, depiction of a sexual act, death (murder/suffocation), incarceration, mental illness/instability. Discussion: extended discussion of same.

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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? 

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Credits:

Written by Gemma Amor 

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

‘Out of This’ and ‘Play Nice’ kindly provided by Ilana Charnelle

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:26:00), Credits (Around 01:00:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: jumpscare/sudden loud noises, graphic description of injury, graphic description of asphyxiation, death. Discussion: none.

A reassurance for the curious:

Baxter the dog was fine.

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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? 

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Credits:

Written by M. R. James and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

Erika Sanderson

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:28:00), Credits (Around 00:59:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: extended depiction of religious themes. Discussion: sexual innuendo, brief mention of homophobia.

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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...

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

Ilana Charnelle

Jake Benson

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:49:00), Credits (Around 01:17:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: sudden loud noise (static), death. Discussion: graphic depiction of violence/gore.

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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. 

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

Gemma Amor

Paul Alborough (Professor Elemental)

Mark Nixon

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:37:00), Credits (Around 01:15:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: mention of execution, jump scare – loud crash of glass, assault, injury. Discussion: discussion of horror tropes including gore.

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We return for a short bonus episode, producing M.R. James’ punchy ghost story ‘There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard’.

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Credits:

Written by M. R. James and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:08:00), Credits (Around 00:32:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: character death, depiction of burial. Discussion: discussion of religion (general), discussion of death (general). 

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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.

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:30:00), Credits (Around 01:06:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: sudden loud noises (screeching tyres), brief description of dead body, suicide. Discussion: none.

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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.

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Credits:

Written by Pete Alex Harris 

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:33:00), Credits (Around 01:08:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: prolonged illness, terminal illness. Discussion: discussion of religion vs. science.

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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…

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Credits:

Written by M. R. James and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:27:00), Credits (Around 00:55:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: none. Discussion: sexual innuendo

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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?

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:24:00), Credits (Around 01:00:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: homophobia, cults/cultlike behaviour. Discussion: discussion of media representation including homophobia and misogyny, fridging, mention of child abuse.

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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…

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Credits:

Written by Christopher Long

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:30:00), Credits (Around 01:04:00)

Content Warnings: Story: sudden loud noises (crashing crockery), animal death, character death. Discussion: none.

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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?

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Credits:

Written by Charles Dickens and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:23:00), Credits (Around 00:46:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: character death. Discussion: brief discussion of violent death/injury.

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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...

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Credits:

Written by Gemma Amor 

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Script Editing by Mark Nixon

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:31:00), Credits (Around 00:55:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: themes of historical colonisation/cultural appropriation, sudden loud noise (rocks falling, gunfire), assault. Discussion: brief mention of enslavement, extended discussion of horror tropes & genre examples.

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A suffering husband becomes lost in the New England swamps only to find an Indian site, and the literal Devil waiting for him.

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Credits:

Written by Washington Irving and Adapted by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:27:00), Credits (Around 00:50:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: racism/slurs (indigenous, Black), mention of human sacrifice, mention of genocide, mention of religious persecution, mention of enslavement, graphic depiction of nausea, implied violent death, abduction. Discussion: extended discussion of religion/religious themes/doctrine (Christianity).

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A 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...

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Credits:

Written by Mark Nixon

Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon

Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese

Cast:

David Ault

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Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:01:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:33:00), Credits (Around 00:54:00)

Content Warnings:

Story: sudden loud noises (shipwreck), mention of multiple deaths, graphic depiction of violence, strangulation. Discussion: none.

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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 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 presenter Mark Nixon and voice actor 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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