BONUS: Nine to Midnight

BONUS: Nine to Midnight

Author: Rat Grimes October 29, 2021 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 nine may just discover that it is not the waking world to fear, but the horrors that lay within.

 

Nine to Midnight is a collaborative storytelling event between nine podcasts:

 

Malevolent (https://www.malevolent.ca)

WOE.BEGONE (https://www.woebegonepod.com)

Wake of Corrosion (https://wakeofcorrosion.carrd.co)

The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio (https://www.somewhereohio.com)

The Cellar Letters (https://www.thecellarletters.com)

The Storage Papers (https://www.thestoragepapers.com)

The Town Whispers (https://www.thetownwhispers.com)

Nowhere, On Air (https://nowhereonairpodcast.weebly.com)

Hell Gate City Companion (https://www.hellgatecity.com)



CREDITS & CONTENT WARNINGS

 

CW: General horror, swearing throughout

 

Produced by Harlan Guthrie

Master edit by Harlan Guthrie

 

'Nine to Midnight' written by Harlan Guthrie.

Performed by Harlan Guthrie, Dylan Griggs, Shaun Pellington, Rat Grimes, Jamie Petronis, Jeremy Enfinger, Nathan Lunsford, Cole Weavers, Jess Syratt, and Kevin Berrey. 

 

8:05 | 'Rare Book' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Harlan Guthrie of Malevolent.

 

16:50 | 'The Knocking' written, performed, edited, mixed, and music composed & performed by Dylan Griggs of WOE.BEGONE. 

 

27:05 | 'The Broken Man' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Shaun Pellington of Wake of Corrosion.

CW: Violence, injury

 

35:30 | 'The Pool' written, performed, edited, mixed, and music composed & performed by Rat Grimes of The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio.

CW: Death, drowning

 

44:42 | 'The 1 to 5 Minute Man' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Jamie Petronis of The Cellar Letters.

 

52:24 | 'Ridgefield Manor' written, edited, and mixed by Nathan Lunsford.

Performed by Jeremy Enfinger and Nathan Lunsford of The Storage Papers.

Additional sounds from Zapsplat (https://www.zapsplat.com).

CW: Discussion of murder and suicide

 

1:02:45 | 'Public Access' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Cole Weavers of The Town Whispers.

 

1:12:34 | 'The Shortcut' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Jess Syratt of Nowhere, On Air. 

 

1:22:14 | 'Peepers Creepers' written, produced, performed, edited, and mixed by Kevin Berrey, Screaming Panda LLC of Hell Gate City Companion.

Music composed by Cheska Navarro (https://www.cheskanavarro.com).

Sounds from Zapsplat (https://www.zapsplat.com).

Additional sounds and effects licensed under CC BY 3.0: https://freesound.org/people/Garuda1982/sounds/570378/ by Garuda1982 https://freesound.org/people/cbakos/sounds/50646/ by cbakos https://freesound.org/people/trip_sound/sounds/190470/ by trip_sound https://freesound.org/people/Omar%20Alvarado/sounds/251538/ by Omar Alvarado

https://freesound.org/people/SLCBagpiper/sounds/337743/ by SLCBagpiper https://freesound.org/people/GM180259/sounds/491997/ by GM180259


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

the Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio
Podcast Episodes
DLO 16: METAMORPHOSIS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:14
Wren takes a road trip. A divorcee spots an odd insect. Conway tries to shake a rock out of his shoe. Featuring the voices of Nathan from Storage Papers (https://thestoragepapers.com), Jess Syratt from Nowhere, On Air (h…
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…