11 Best Historical Audio Drama Podcasts

1. THE CHRIST - An Immersive Audio Drama

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From the power halls of Rome to the back roads of Galilee, THE CHRIST traces the life, death, and legacy of Jesus of Nazareth. Through betrayal, courage, suffering, and hope, the series explores how one man's story reshaped history—and redefined love, authority, and sacrifice.more Producer/Network Faith Podcast Network
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
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2. Greater Boston

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Greater Boston is a bi-monthly full-cast audio drama that blends the real and the unreal, the historical and the fantastical. It all begins with the death of Leon Stamatis, a man for whom the least hint of uncertainty makes life unbearable. But by leaving the world, he has irrevocably changed it.Greater Boston is written and produced by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason.A production of ThirdSight Media LLC.more Hosts Alexander Danner, Jeff Van Dreason
Producer/Network Fable and Folly Network
Email ****@greaterbostonshow.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Alfie, Jordan Stillman +10 more
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 435Facebook 499Twitter 3.4KInstagram 712 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2015 Get Email Contact

3. This House Will Devour You

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THIS HOUSE WILL DEVOUR YOU is a story of love, madness, murder, mysteries and dead gods set in the1920's. It is an epistolary audio drama as told by Jon and Elizabeth to each other in their letters. Season One takes place in Ireland and England, with the action in Season Two focussed on Egypt, as well as Ireland and England.​Come join us for a gothic, slow burn story of gothic horror, romance and adventure!For lovers of creepy, slow-burn, gothic 1920's historical fiction, romance and low key horror...more Producer/Network Citeog Podcasts
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 47 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Aurelion: Historical Audio Drama

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Aurelion is a historical audio drama exploring the great turning points of the classical world. Each series tells a sweeping narrative from the age of Classical history, roughly 500 BC to 500 AD, from the rise of Cyrus the Great to the age of Justinian.These stories are presented as fully casted, fictionalized dramatizations based on real historical events. Political rivalries, battlefield decisions, philosophical debates, and personal tragedies are brought to life through cinematic sound design and character-driven storytelling.more Producer/Network Aurelion
Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Beautiful Dreamer: An Audio Drama

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Beautiful Dreamer is a weekly, six-part audio drama about the life and music of America's first professional composer, Stephen Foster. It's perfect for fans of history, music, or performing arts.more Producer/Network ST
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

6. Albatros Project | Audio Drama & True Crime & Historical Mysteries

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Every great crime has a story that deserves to be heard.Albatros Project is a theatrical true crime podcast series. Each season brings a different historical mystery to life with a full cast of characters, cinematic sound design, and period atmosphere. The entire show is produced by one person.Season 1: Stolen Smile. The 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Three episodes, available now.Listen with headphones for the best experience.more Producer/Network Albatros Project
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Romeo & Her Sister

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Winner of Best Narrative Fiction Podcast at the Apulia Webfest.A historical audio drama limited series based on the life of Charlotte Cushman produced by Gather by the Ghost Light.In 1845, Charlotte Cushman is the most famous American actress in the world, well-known for playing men's roles in the plays of Shakespeare. Despite her international fame, she harbors a secret, hidden in plain sight: she loves women. Celebrated in her own country, she has brought her sister Susan to London to play Juliet to her Romeo...more Producer/Network Gather by the Ghost Light
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. 1865

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April 15, 1865. President Lincoln is dead and the country in turmoil.Secretary of War Edwin Stanton takes control, determined to bring the assassin to justice—but the hunt for John Wilkes Booth isn't all that grips Stanton.Lincoln's successor, Vice President Andrew Johnson, is likely to bend to southern interests and undo the very progress for which Lincoln died...more Host Lindsay Graham
Producer/Network Airship / Audible
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 3.1K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Prestige

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A multi-protagonist period drama set in a post-revolutionary Haiti that asks the central question: How far will people go for power?
Producer/Network Raenbo Media
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 368Twitter 30Instagram 909 Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

10. Harlem Queen

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Harlem Queen is an award-winning Black historical fiction audio drama based on the true story of Madame Stephanie St. Clair, the bold, brilliant 'Numbers Queen' who built a Harlem empire during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.Written, produced, and directed by Yhane Washington Smith, an A'Leila Bundles Scholar at Columbia University, this five-season series brings Madame St. Clair's world to vivid life through original music, meticulous sound design, and a full cast of characters. Jazzy, glamorous, and unflinching about what it meant to be a Black woman in America in the 1920s.As featured on ABC's primetime documentary The Story of Soaps...more Host Yhane Washington Smith
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Isabelle Kerby-McGowan, Gabrielle Adkins +7 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 183Facebook 165Twitter 1K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2019 Get Email Contact

11. By Way of the Sea: A Regency Era Audio Drama

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The year is 1814, and Elena's life is about to change forever.When Elena learns from her father that her past has been a lie, her entire life is uprooted all in one night. Along with a trunk of her mother's belongings, she is dropped off the next day at the pier to begin a voyage to her new home and her arranged marriage...more Producer/Network EraLore Studios
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 9 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact