15 Best Gothic Audio Drama Podcasts

1. The Magnus Archives

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'Make your statement, face your fear.' The Magnus Archives is a weekly horror fiction audiodrama podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join Jonathan Sims as he explores the archive, but be warned, as he looks into its depths something starts to look back… New episodes every Thursday produced by Rusty Quill , featuring guest actors, short stories, serial plots and more. The long awaited continuation The Magnus Protocol launched in January 2024...MORE Ranking #9 in Spotify Charts (US)
Hosts Jonathan Sims, Alexander J Newall
Producer/Network Rusty Quill
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 13.7KFacebook 13.2KTwitter 49.6KInstagram 37.4K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Old Gods of Appalachia

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In the mountains of central Appalachia, blood runs as deep as these hollers and just as dark. Since before our kind knew these hills, hearts of unknowable hunger and madness have slumbered beneath them. These are the darkest mountains in the world. How dare we think we can break the skin of a god and dig out its heart without bringing forth blood and darkness? Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror-anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake...MORE Ranking #16 in Apple Charts (US)
Host Steve Shell
Producer/Network DeepNerd Media
Email ****@oldgodsofappalachia.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 5.1KFacebook 41.8KTwitter 25.4KInstagram 38.8K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Underwood and Flinch and Other Audiobooks by Mike Bennett

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Underwood and Flinch is a three-time Parsec award-winning vampire audiobook saga by Mike Bennett. 'If you think vampire tales are a worn-out genre, Underwood and Flinch will shock and delight you.' Walt Kolenda, Examiner.comFor hundreds of years, the eldest-born male of each generation of the Flinch family has been servant and guardian to the vampire, Lord Underwood.While the Flinches have changed through the generations, Underwood has remained eternal...MORE Host Mike Bennett
Producer/Network Mike Bennett
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 1.2KFacebook 2.9KTwitter 1.8KInstagram 1.4K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Since Dec 2008 Get Email Contact

4. All Vampires Are Gay: A Queer Supernatural Narrative Fiction Podcast

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Corwynn Rosewood presents:.ALL VAMPIRES ARE GAY.All Vampires Are Gay is a supernatural action/adventure story with a sassy side dish of rom-com! It's a campy, heartfelt send-up of the vampire genre through a modern lens. If you're looking for an exciting and comforting show about magical & paranormal adventures, you've found it..DESCRIPTION:Victor Nightingale is a few hundred years old and bored of everything.  When he meets a beautiful and mysterious young DJ named Robert they have an immediate connection...MORE Hosts Corwynn Rosewood, Parker Frost
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 45Instagram 2.9K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. The Gothic Podcast

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The Gothic Podcast is a horror-and-humor actual play audio drama wherein our travelers navigate gothic worlds of creeping horror using Monster of the Week, Dead of Night, and other horror-themed TTRPG rules. Join us in the dark, won't you, Sojourners?MORE Host C. Patrick Neagle
Producer/Network The Gothic Podcast
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 10Facebook 51Twitter 28 Avg Length 78 min Format Long form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

6. Cryptic Canticles presents Dracula

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Cryptic Canticles brings you Bram Stoker's Dracula presented as a Radio Play, released on the days of the journal entries in podcast format. The text is taken from Bram Stoker's classic novel, but presented in character with enhanced audio and music effects.MORE Producer/Network Cryptic Canticles
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 15Facebook 185 Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

7. The Frankenstein Files

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Trapped in an old and unfamiliar house by a snowstorm, college student Beau Walton discovers amongst the belongings of their deceased relative a collection of mysterious tape recordings, which slowly drags them deeper into a decades old web of tragedy and conspiracy, as they become embroiled in the life and unnatural deeds of the mysterious and enigmatic Victor Frankenstein... A modernised retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel, 'The Frankenstein Files' combines modern and gothic horror sensibilities, interweaving the past and present in the parallel lives of its protagonists.MORE Producer/Network The Frankenstein Files
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Not Quite Dead

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As an A&E nurse, Alfie deals with horror everyday, but almost being killed by a walking corpse and being saved by a vampire takes things a bit far, even for him. The vampire is Casper. He's hundreds of years old, and hell-bent on finding out what's causing walking corpses to wander the streets of Alfie's hometown. Now they've met, Alfie and Casper can't seem to leave each other alone, despite their best efforts. Alfie learns that the relationship between vampires and humans is more complicated than just predator and prey...MORE Producer/Network Hanging Sloth
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 41 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. The Diaries of Netovicius the Vampire

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Netovicius, or Neto for short is an artist first, a vampire second, but for now he's being kicked out of his Beacon Hill, Boston, studio apartment. This ongoing story showcases a cast of versatile actors including Hugo Pierre Martin (Westworld) Jason Marnocha (Transformers) Caroline Faber (Joan) Cherise Boothe (Overwatch) Isla Campbell (Valorant) Damien Gerard (Our Flag Means Death) David Menkin (Final Fantasy) Aaron Vodovoz (The King's Man) Alejandro Antonio Ruiz (Tokyo Revengers) Quyen Ngo (The Rehearsal) & Stephen Chang (Bosch.) Recorded & sometimes set in Providence, Rhode Island.MORE Producer/Network The Diaries
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

10. Primal

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Bruce Greenwood (The Fall Of The House of Usher) stars in this horror thriller podcast. A detective investigating a bizarre serial killer stumbles upon a conspiracy by a thousand-year-old vampire to return humanity to its 'superior' primal capabilities.MORE Host Bruce Greenwood
Producer/Network Voyage Media
Email ****@voyagemedia.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 331 Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

11. Dracula: The Danse Macabre

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Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula leaves his home of Transylvania and comes to the new world, intent on reigning death and destruction upon it. Can Mina Harker and her husband Jonathan find a way to stop him before it's too late? Bram Stoker's classic is reimagined as a four-part audio fiction podcast, its timeless story presented as a dialogue between two of the novel's iconic characters. A 4-part fiction podcasting event from the mind of Gabriel Urbina, the creator of Wolf 359.MORE Producer/Network Gabriel Urbina
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 75 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Dracula

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A New Theatrical Adaptationby Alec BarbourAll needless matters have been eliminated, so that the story may stand forth from the haze of prejudice and preconception. I have endeavored to honor Stoker's text, and to bring about something he obviously wanted: a theatrical adaptation of Dracula, faithful to his novel. I hope you enjoy it. Enter freely, go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring.#horror #vampire #radioplay #retro #theatre #drama #narrative #fullcast #spooky #literature #audiobook #adaptation #novel #classic #bloody #suspense #thriller #supernatural #folkloreMORE Producer/Network Alec Barbour
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Blood & Sun

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Blood & Sun is an immersive Vampire: The Masquerade audio drama, adapted from an actual play podcast. Set in 1985 Miami, the story follows Claire Mathers, a reclusive medical student who reluctantly embraces her spring break. What begins as a girls' night out quickly turns deadly, leaving Claire in an early grave, bound to the supernatural underworld of vampires in the Magic City.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

14. Bayou's Wrath

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In the heart of the Deep South, the past refuses to die.Bayou's Wrath is a supernatural audio drama where America's haunted history collides with its chilling present. When two fearless sistahs inherit a mysterious estate near Mississippi's infamous Devil's Punchbowl, they awaken a legacy of blood, spirits—and a cursed coin tied to the undead. With each eerie episode, secrets unravel, ancestors stir, and danger rises. Expect ghostly apparitions, ancestral reckoning, and a deep dive into Black Southern folklore, post-Civil War horror, and Southern Gothic mystery.Press play—if you dare!MORE Host Anita Williams
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact