Beast Country

Ewan Cameron's Beast Country is a fiction podcast that unfolds in a village bound by a strange and persistent tradition. At its center is Phil Ainsworth, a man in his fifties carrying a profound sadness as he prepares for the annual Beast Hunt. For generations, the men of his family have led this march into the woods, pursuing a creature said to be more myth than animal. The story explores the heavy weight of legacy and the personal hauntings that surface when old rituals demand participation. Listeners will hear a drama steeped in atmosphere, where the lines between community duty and personal grief begin to blur. Each episode pulls you deeper into Phil's world as the hunt forces a confrontation with the very source of his sorrow, making the woods and the past feel unnervingly alive. This isn't a tale about finding a beast so much as it is about being found by one's own history. The production crafts a quiet, compelling tension, turning a local folklore into the backdrop for a deeply human story of regret and revelation. In Beast Country, the true hunt happens within, long before the first step is taken on the forest path.