BONUS: Nine II Midnight: Terrors of the Real World

BONUS: Nine II Midnight: Terrors of the Real World

Author: Rat Grimes October 31, 2022 Duration: 1:02:35

It seems like the terrors of the real world are most appealing to you and for good reason... 

On the Eve of Halloween, a dozen storytellers sneak inside the abandoned Darklight Carnival grounds to share a chilling batch of stories in two varieties. This year they split up to uncover the fears that lurk within and horrors that walk among us.

One group will head to the Ferris Wheel to tell tales of real-world terror. The other will venture into the Funhouse to spin yarns of the frightening spirit world. Which path will you embark on first?

Nine II Midnight is a collaborative storytelling event between 12 podcasts:

Hell Gate City

Malevolent

Nowhere, On Air

Out of the Ashes

Parkdale Haunt

The Cellar Letters

The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio

The Night Post

The Storage Papers

The Town Whispers

Wake of Corrosion

WOE.BEGONE

CREDITS & CONTENT WARNINGS

CW: General horror, swearing throughout

Produced by Harlan Guthrie

Master edit by Harlan Guthrie

'Nine II Midnight' written by Harlan Guthrie.

 

Performed by Harlan Guthrie, Dylan Griggs, Kevin Berrey, Shaun Pellington, Rae Lundberg, Vincent C. Davis, Jess Syratt, Alex Nursall, Rat Grimes, Jeremy Enfinger, Nathan Lunsford, Cole Weavers, and Jamie Petronis.

Pick a path on October 30th at midnight, and keep your wits about you.

9️⃣🔪🔪🕛

TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE

CREDITS: 

MALEVOLENT

"Scratching" was written, directed, performed, and edited by Harlan Guthrie. 

CW: insects, gore

Malevolent

Website: www.malevolent.ca

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THE CELLAR LETTERS

"Get Up" was written, edited, and performed by Jamie Petronis, and features Brandon Jones as the Newscaster

CW: general horror, mouth noises, licking sounds

Website: www.thecellarletters.com

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WAKE OF CORROSION

"The Quiet Corridor" was written, performed, edited and mixed by Shaun Pellington.

CW: sounds of bone crunching/cracking, mild terror, explicit language

Website: wakeofcorrosion.com

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THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE OF SOMEWHERE, OHIO

"Voices in the Vents" was written, performed, and scored by Rat Grimes (they/them).

CWs: fire, home invasion

Website: www.somewhereohio.com

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THE TOWN WHISPERS

"Bella" was written, Directed, Editing by Cole Weavers

CW: body horror, sleepwalking, nightmares, evil pets

Website: www.thetownwhispers.com

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PARKDALE HAUNT

"Who Goes?" was written by Alex Nursall and Emily Kellogg, with engineering and sound design by Alex Nursall.

Performed by Emily Kellogg, Alex Nursall, Ian Boddy, and Harlan Guthrie.

CW: ghosts/hauntings, home invasion

Website: www.parkdalehaunt.com


Tucked away in the heart of the midwest, the Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio is a place where the mail that never made it finds a home. This fiction podcast, crafted by creator Rat Grimes, unfolds within one of the country's last such offices, a setting that naturally blends the eerie with the everyday. You’ll follow Conway, Wren, and their colleagues as they sort through the archive’s bizarre backlog, each piece of lost correspondence a gateway to a short, unsettling tale. The tone here is a unique mix of horror and comedy, where the surreal feels as familiar as a dusty parcel. Each episode delivers two distinct stories pulled from the stacks, offering glimpses into strange realities inspired by a tapestry of influences from the atmospheric mystery of Twin Peaks to the gothic weight of Edgar Allen Poe. As a solo project from a nonbinary artist, the podcast carries a distinct, personal voice, finding its own peculiar rhythm somewhere between the weird fiction and science genres. It’s a collection of oddities and echoes, a quiet examination of the things society misplaces, all waiting to be discovered in the dead letter office.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 27

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Podcast Episodes
BONUS: Nine to Midnight [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:21
On the eve of Halloween, nine storytellers make their way to an abandoned asylum to share their terrifying truths about the darkness that exists around them. As the tales unfold, each more visceral than the last, the nin…
DLO 15: KISS ME SON OF GOD [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:30
As we've previously established, forward and backward are not necessarily stable concepts. Conway makes a choice. Wren steels their nerves. A familiar face appears. This is the end. (CWs: food, brief allusion to bullying…
DLO 14: CLUES/THE CAVE [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:47
Wren recounts their first case. Conway watches some tapes and has a decision to make. Something is coming. Are you looking carefully at the ripples? (CWs: mentions of death and sex, strong language) Transcript coming soo…
DLO 13: PROJECTION [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:50
A man finds strangely familiar movies outside his door, someone pushes a rock up a hill, a dog chases its tail, and Wren takes things into their own hands. (CWs, minor spoilers: blood, death, brief mention of sex, some l…
DLO 12: EARWORM/THE LAST VIDEO STORE [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:33
Wren reads a letter about a man tormented by a song. Conway finds some answers, but they're about as useful as you might expect. Wren goes out. (CWs, minor spoilers, seriously this one gets kind of gross: worms, snakes,…
DLO 11: TAMAGOTCHI/THE DEAD MALL [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:38
A letter writer reminisces about his strange childhood pet. Conway explores the guts of an abandoned mall and finds someone he wasn't looking for. Wren gets chewed out for something they can't control. (CWs: body horror,…
DLO 10: SONG BIRD [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:32
Previously... Receiving Clerk Conway was asked to look into an angel statue and a missing mail carrier named Kenji on behalf of the Dead Letter Office. During the investigation, Conway encountered a strange lost fisherma…
DLO 9: THREE OMENS/MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:12
A freighter on Lake Erie experiences heavy storms. A salvage goes wrong. Conway reminisces about his past, and has a revelation about his present. (CWs: death, dead animal, brief gore, blood, body horror, insects, alcoho…
DLO 8: HUNTED/HAUNTED [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:05
Conway sorts through some old--and possibly haunted--video games. The office receives a letter from someone with a peculiar ghost problem. Happy (late) April Fools! I certainly hope no major video game publishers listen…
DLO 7: DANSE MACABRE/IT'S AN ANGEL, CONWAY [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:48
The office receives a grisly letter from the early 20th century about an experimental composer. Conway muses about his past and present. (CWs: blood, body horror, knuckles cracking, death) Music: Purcell - Rondeau From A…