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  • Illinois Hell Hole — Monkey’s Paw Audio Horror

    Illinois Hell Hole — Monkey’s Paw Audio Horror

    The last episode of the audio drama, “Illinois Hell Hole,” dropped its last episode on Oct. 31 — Halloween. First I want to thank the creator, Matt Brookens, for the review copy and the donation. Donations do not affect the content of any review or its final rating. It is completely optional for the creator.…

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  • John Falls into Another Dimension

  • Japanese Fairy Tales Unrated: “The Wonderful Tea Kettle.”

  • A Theater of the Blind Western: Powder Burns Five

    Blind Start: Season Premiere or Finale Once again back in the old west with the blind sheriff, played by John Wesley Shipp and created by David Gregory—this unexpected second season picks up a few weeks or months after the finale of season one. “Unexpected” meaning, in the intervening months, it’s hard to tell if they…

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  • Public Domain Avengers: Starlight Radio Dreams

    Public Domain meets the MCU Why no one has made it big with such a simple idea is beyond words. Thankfully, the folks at Starlight Radio Dreams do it rather well in their recurring segment, titled: “Public Domain Adventure Team.” As the title suggests, it stars characters in the public domain. Think the Avengers or Justice League, but with…

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  • Audio Drama Sitcom: Wooden Overcoats

    A British audio drama sitcom with American sensibilities and humor, the first season of “Wooden Overcoats” is packed with laughs and characters who run the line between well-developed characters and somewhat overused character archetypes. All while running with metaphorical scissors, cackling like a maniac. If that doesn’t scream sitcom, nothing will. The first two episodes don’t give much…

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  • Pen Pals Episode One: Romeo and Juliet

    The first episode of Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime’s new series, Pen Pals offers a twist on the classic Shakespearian tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. What happens after their dead? In addition to this being a retelling of Romeo and Juliet’s journey, the first episode also acts as an solid adaptation for the source material. The listener…

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  • Who’s Johnny Long Arms?

    An audio drama short from UK arts nonprofit “Life you Choose,” “Who’s Johnny Long Arms” is a horror story with little to no suspense or actual fear for the characters. Life you Choose does’t work with trained actors and that’s apparent in the first few minutes. Doing a bit of research after the fact, it…

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