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Barbie Rockwell has the perfect life. A loving husband, a spotless home, dinner on the table by six, and a laugh track that cheers her every move. Every day is the same, just how she likes it. But lately, something is slipping. A song she never learned. A name she almost answers to. An appointment she can’t miss. Imitation of Life is a standalone horror audio short from Realm of Obsidian, a supernatural thriller anthology series by Xperience J CASTBarbie Rockwell: Aisha CaseyJohn Rockwell: Matthew BoudreauYvonne: Faith McQuinnTV Announcer / Radio DJ: Jacob “the Bear” HaglochLaShonda’s Mother: Natasha L. MaloneKeeper of the Realm I: Xperience JKeeper of the Realm II: Lysz Flo CREWStory by: Xperience JEditing and Sound Design: Xperience J PRODUCTIONA Shhh! Jus’ Listen Media production, in collaboration with 11th Hour Audio and Observer Pics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally written as something else entirely, this short piece was scrapped… UNTIL Love and Pain found its voice. Thirst Trap now serves as a sequel to that work. Content advisory: Thirst Trap contains references to tampering with drinks and resulting assault. The Woman was performed by S.H. Cooper.Find her work at https://authorshcooper.com/The Man was performed by Owen McCuen.See and hear his work at https://owenmccuen.com/Musical score composed and performed by Chuck Hamilton and other members of Sadassa Silvia. Find them at: https://sadassasilvia.bandcamp.com/album/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This full-cast Legal Horror Audio Drama is about a protagonist that gets caught up in the U.S. legal system and each courtroom appearance results in mounting horror and a sense of unreality. The story follows a civil protection order proceeding post a bad lesbian divorce. Remember, in the legal system, say yes to the chicken! Protagonist played by Alanna KnightJudge Horace Bilgewater played by Bernie HortonEx-Wife played by Tatyana KotMediocre Attorney played by James PicardoBailiff played by LykenessJ.A. Helling was the writer, director and showrunnerSound Design by Kevin Walker Burnette and Iris WatermanOriginal Music by Julian Glover Podcast Cover Art by 04tenno This international team represents six countries and all volunteers came together to make the Legal Horror Audio Drama "May It Please the Court" in October 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every morning at 6:14, a crow arrives outside the kitchen window. Three caws. Always three. At first, it’s a nuisance. Then it starts bringing gifts. Then it starts talking. A little companionship is nice when you live alone. But this particular bird has been listening a little too closely, and the things it learns aren’t necessarily yours to keep. Take a Breath is a darkly comic horror audio drama about loneliness, imitation & the terrible consequences of having someone who listens. Content advisory: Strong language, psychological horror, disturbing vocal mimicry, physical violence and frightening sounds. Narrated by Owen McCuenThe Crow voiced by Bear Haglock Written, directed & scored by Matthew BoudreauDialogue editing & sound design by Sarah Buchynski A production of 11th Hour Audio & Polarity Audio Works Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who needs enemies when you have friends like these? Be careful who you trust in the woods… Content warnings: harsh language and swearing, deception, attempted murder, human sacrifice, and death.Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x3ZQsO-jXEWqm4MelzZu867PMo8AMB2p6aOhIGD_PKI/edit?usp=sharing Written, directed, composed, and dialogue editing by Ali Hylton, sound design by Kathryn Stanley, and script editing and transcription by Nic Fray. This episode features Lev Rodriguez Shivers as Arden, Elizabeth Plant as Eliza, Stephen Indrisano as Kade, and Lindsay Zana as Rimolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inspired by the painting by Edvard Munch, Love and Pain is about a Woman who seeks to comfort a grieving Man. The Man resists…at first. This melodrama is also partly inspired by a song by Gerard McMahon. Can you spot the lyrics? Munch created several versions of Love and Pain between 1893-1895 and the work was frequently called “Vampire” throughout the years, though that wasn’t the original title. Each version has its own charms, but I’m partial to the 1895 version which will serve as the cover art for this story. The Woman was performed by S.H. Cooper.Find her work at https://authorshcooper.com/The Man was performed by Owen McCuen.See and hear his work at https://owenmccuen.com/Musical score composed and performed by Sadassa Silvia. Find them at: https://sadassasilvia.bandcamp.com/album/Cover art by Edvard Munch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ella likes to take her and boyfriend Tom on “experience dates”, like climbing the Three Peaks. Tom would rather go to the pub and talk about trains. When Ella finds an abandoned house where terrifying events unfolded and drags the reluctant Tom inside, they both become part of the still-unfolding mystery. Cast: Fiona Thraille as Ella / Cliff Chapman as Tom.Written by Paul Spencer.Directed by Neil Jones.Produced by Paul Spencer and Neil Jones.Music composed by Paul Spencer.Sound design and cover art by Neil Jones.A Pigeon Hole audio production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eleven years of the 11th Hour. Matthew Boudreau kicks off the 2026 11th Hour Audio Challenge with a shout-out to the writers, actors, directors, composers, and sound designers who have made this community what it is, and the remarkable audio dramas they create beyond the challenge. Then it’s time for seven new productions, releasing one per hour beginning at 11 a.m. Pacific on October 30: Darkness Conceals, Love and Pain, The Price of Friendship, Take a Breath, May It Please the Court, Thirst Trap (Love and Pain Part 2), and Imitation of Life (Realm of Obsidian). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an alternative version of Iceland, Bryce, Óli and Nonni are expecting a quick getaway to the family cabin for the Icelandic Day of Independence, and instead have to flee from the Zombie Apocalypse that they did not order this morning. Cast Bryce Smith - Neil Martin (who is also our audio wizard!) Jón "Nonni" Huginsson - Dagur Jóhannesson (Volly's Icelandic helper) Ólafur Vignisson - Eyþór Viðarsson (who is also our video wizard) Keeper/Herder of Chaos - Hem "Volonda" Brewster (also our lovely producer). Subscribe to join the story when it officially starts, with DAILY episodes from October 1st until the story ends! Check out the website: https://varudrpg.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VARUDRPG https://linktr.ee/varudrpg https://open.spotify.com/show/033r0aOdweSi4YmfpNaRDE https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/var%C3%BA%C3%B0-rpg/id6784738756 This is a Blighthouse Studio production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you tired of playing nice? Summer has gone on long enough. Every polite smile costs you something. Somewhere inside, there’s an idea that’s stranger, darker, maybe a little harder to keep under control. Good. The 11th Hour Audio Challenge wants it. Write it. Build it. Unleash it. Write an original horror audio drama script of 10 pages or fewer. Then assemble a team of collaborators, or join one, and turn it into a finished audio production with: Voice acting Sound design & effects Editing Original music Whatever else your particular monster requires On October 30, World Audio Drama Day, the finished productions descend upon the 11th Hour Audio podcast feed. Life isn’t always a beach party. Let the tide come in. Learn more, find collaborators & join the challenge at 11thHourAudio.com The 11th Hour Audio Challenge is an annual community audio-drama event bringing writers, performers, directors, composers, sound designers and producers together to create original audio fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript Welcome back to the 11th Hour Audio Podcast. Today's featured production is Hearthbound from Stray Lungs, one of the first productions selected through our open submissions process. Odessa's just trying to get home to her wife, but along the Loneliest Road in America she'll encounter strange hosts, stray souls, and echoes of the past she's running from... or running towards. Hearthbound is a folk musical audio drama set across a post-apocalyptic Great Basin. It's a road trip, a queer love story, and a ballad for ecological restoration. Created by Jo Chiang Directed by Jack Towhey Calk Sound Design and Editing by Levi Sharpe Music Directed by Ginger Dolden Music Production by Pete Lanctot Occasional swearing, brief gun violence, mentions of death, grief, abandonment, violence, and brief misophonia. Please note that later episodes of the series may contain additional mature content, including graphic violence. Website: https://www.straylungs.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/straylungs/ The 11th Hour Audio Podcast is now accepting submissions from audio drama creators. If you have a completed audio drama and the rights to share it, we invite you to submit it for consideration. We're looking for creative, immersive audio storytelling and would love to hear what you've been working on. Submission Form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4jN0XD-8acHf7MKAHSyfhITUxKzN1A-Vx7D6BlxQBoFHAeg/viewform?usp=dialog Since 2008, 11th Hour Audio has been creating, supporting, and celebrating audio fiction through productions, community events, and the annual 11th Hour Audio Challenge. Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Desperate to contact his Grandmother (Jenelle Sosa), Brent (PG Lorusso) takes some extraordinary measures to stay in touch. Features Linda Mason, Jennifer Harder and Amye Lewis. Directed by Samantha Mason. Music by Lucien Desar. Sound Design by Mike de Almeida. Theme music and editing by Matthew J Boudreau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aþæanuka - 95th day of Bäkkos, 5th year of the Vær, 101st GenerationThe journey to the Skundr begins. This week on the 11th Hour Audio Podcast we’re featuring an episode of Counterbalance, an immersive high fantasy audio drama presented in a found-footage style. The story follows three unlikely companions traveling across the mountain Skundr to repair a tear in the magical Weave that holds their world together. As spirits escape and chaos spreads across the mountain, they must learn to work together to mend the damage before their own conflicts make things worse. The series follows a modern human suddenly stranded in a bronze-age-like world of magic, spirits, and non-human cultures, documenting the journey while searching for answers about what happened to the other humans who arrived in this world with her. Cast Raka – Kessir Riliniki Lyn – Carollyn Monterola Malaki – Eyþór Viðarsson (Blighthouse Studio) Auril – Travis Vengroff (The White Vault) Yosha – Hem Brewster (The Lucky Die) Akasar Eþiovar – Lani Minella (AudioGodz) Cerafaïn – Austin Beach (Broken Bard Studios) Additional Voices Whitney Johnson (Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magic Services) Tal Minear (Ungifts) Lucille Valentine (The Six Disappearances of Ella McCray) Written and dialogue edited by Kessir Riliniki Sound design by Sarah Buchynski (Polarity Audio Works) Theme music “Sál Svar” by Fuimadane from the album Vegleitir. Learn more and find where to listen at trilunis.com, or search Counterbalance wherever you listen to podcasts. This is a Blighthouse Studio production. Find the Transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Vanishment podcast A dark fairy tale, 1920s England.Two Girl Guides awake in a dark forest to discover their whole camp has disappeared.One knows the secret.Only one will escape.Cast: Tarn Arthurs, Élise Brooks, Anna Compton, Imogen Dymott, Shiraz Engineer, Francesca Louise White.Producer - Matthew BoudreauWriter - Richard H. BrooksMusic - Amy Balcombe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written, scored, and produced by Tom Parsons Robots, riddles, and ridiculous amounts of laughter—The Final Invasion reunites George and William, an alien-human couple whose home has been invaded one too many times. When their neighbour June suddenly appears out of thin air and a mysterious audience laugh-track begins haunting their every move, the trio find themselves trapped inside a bizarre sitcom-styled simulation. As alien spiders, impossible riddles, and an old enemy threaten them once again, secrets are revealed, loyalties are tested, and the galaxy's fate may depend on the most unlikely heroes. Featuring: Karim Kronfli as George Richard Ashwell as William Jo Ashe as June Matthew Boudreau as Perfectus Tuba Fiona Thraile as the Computer Voices Art by Faith McQuinn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When influencer dreams meet coastal folklore, the algorithm isn’t the only thing watching. Like and Subscribe follows Val — a van-life vlogger chasing digital stardom — and her boyfriend Kieron as they travel the Delaware coast to capture the perfect content. But as their channel, Cottagecore Van Life, grows, so does the tension between them. When a local ghost story becomes their next viral video idea, Kieron’s search for the “ghost light” turns deadly, unleashing a presence that feeds on attention itself. Produced by 6630 Productions & 11th Hour AudioWritten by Lindsay Harris-FrielDirected & Sound Designed by Matthew BoudreauMusic by Vincent FrielA 2025 11th Hour Audio Challenge Production Cast Val (Valerina) – Ashton Haugen Kieron – Christopher Keown Bluejean (BJ) – Julie Hoverson Sam – AJ DeLong Masterclass Voice – Tim Heffernan Daddy’s Voicemail – Karim Kronfli Phone Voice – Faith McQuinn The Mimic Spirit – composed from Val & Kieron’s own recordings Sound Design by Matthew Boudreau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Description/Synopsis Pigeon Hole Productions presents TWO LOCKED ROOM MISERIES: LIBERATION: Eleanor is undergoing a series of avant-garde therapies to help her with her problems. But are her husband and her doctor telling her the truth, and are they actually equipped to help her? REEMERGENCE: Caught in a liminal space, Martin Fell is told many conflicting—and shocking— ideas about his identity. What is his true purpose? Will he reemerge into his true form? Cast and Crew LIBERATION: Written by Paul Spencer. Starring Cliff Chapman (Jon and the Narrator), Karen Bartke (Doctor Drake), and Fiona Thraille (Eleanor and the Angelus Ignis). Mixing and sound design by Neil Jones. Directed by Paul Spencer. REEMERGENCE: Written by Neil Jones. Starring Darlene Jack (Helena), Cliff Chapman (Martin Fell) Peter Maxwell (Leonard Karsh), and Fiona Thraille (Bluntcut). Mixing and sound design by Neil Jones. Directed by Neil Jones. TWO LOCKED DOOR MISERIES was produced for the 2025 Eleventh Hour Audio Challenge during October, 2025 by Neil Jones and Paul Spencer. Licensing Rights & Info (if Applicable) LIBERATION: The music used was "Welcome to HorrorLand" by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license. REEMERGENCE: The music used was "Magic Escape Room" by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's go camping out in the woods, he said...I've hidden all your mobile phones so we can get closer to nature, he said...Go easy on those tasty and seemingly innocious snacks, he said...What could possibly go wrong...Cast & Crew (list roles and names):Written and Produced by Stephen NewhandRandy: Stephen NewhandJason: Joe KilcarCharles: Brandon GamblinRachel: Kat McQueenStephanie: Anna GaseckaNewscaster: Mrs Newhand! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When a mysterious entity terrorizes the city, Quinton races across town to reach his sister Phaedra and hopefully safety. Cast and Crew Quinton - Bernie Horton Phaedra - Marion Toro Jerome - John Manson Carly - Courtney Holly Store Owner - Matthew Boudreau Customer - Dani McQuinn Dave - Tchaositself Teenager - Maddie Girouard Co-Worker - Stephanie Johnson Helicopter Announcer - KW Smith Writer/Producer - Faith McQuinn Story Concept - Faith & Dani McQuinn Sound Design & Mix - Xperience J Music - Michael Parkhurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wait here. Created and performed by Owen McCuen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices