20 Best Island Audio Drama Podcasts

1. The Dex Legacy

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Join Varian, Isra and Ren as they battle to maintain every ounce of their humanity against a despotic regime determined to turn them into monsters. As prototype enhanced soldiers they have been raised in the lab and on the training quad, and now it's time to unleash them on the world. Their adopted father, President of the Dex Industries weapons corporation and the newly formed Dex Island nation, uses every asset at his disposal to steer world politics… but some assets are easier to control than others...MORE Producer/Network Alternative Stories
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2. Slumberland

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This audio drama invites your ears to visit Slumberland, a small island town in the US. Come along with Thomas Edward M, the freelance soundman. He's been hired to meet the locals and record their oral histories for the town's time capsule. The unfolding history of the town mixes folklore, paranormal, mystery and humor.MORE Host Tom Mansell
Producer/Network Slumberland Productions
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

3. Cartoon Island - A Surreal Comedy of Survival

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Lost on a tiny, two-tree island, hapless castaways, Jason and Bradney, struggle to make it through each strange day in this improvised comedy of errors. Every morning, boxes mysteriously wash up on shore. The items inside are pretty useless. The island is a bit weird. They have absolutely no idea where they are and very little idea of what to do. With only the junk they unbox and a few coconuts each, simply surviving is a real surreal challenge. Welcome to Cartoon Island.New episodes transmitted every other Tuesday.MORE Producer/Network Cartoon Island
Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. The August Island Society of Young Detectives

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'Extremely fun and heartfelt... we can't stop listening!'  The Kluxen brothers (ages 9 & 13) --Asbury Park, NJ. I found the handwritten pages of this true cozy-adventure-mystery story after it washed onto the shore of August Island, NJ. There is no author listed. Written for ages 9-135, I am hoping you can help me figure out who wrote it while solving the mystery along with the Young Detectives...MORE Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. VIOLET'S SHADOW: A Murder Mystery

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A MURDER MYSTERY. Eight 25-30 somethings arrive at a luxurious Victorian manor house on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. When one of them is murdered, it looks like a bitter love triangle could be the motive. Written, directed, and produced by CANADIAN PODCAST AWARDS NOMINEE, Greta Craig ('Confessions of a New Grad').Free episodes publish on Mondays. Listen early and ad-free on Apple Podcasts or Patreon.com/gretacraig.You can follow the show on Instagram @greta_media or find out more gretacraig...MORE Host Greta Craig
Producer/Network Greta Craig
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Paranormal Investigations Hawaii

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A horror/comedy fiction audio drama podcast set in the Hawaiian Islands which reimagines some of the urban legends and ghost stories that local Hawaii residents have grown up with and asks the question, 'What if a well-intentioned but out of his element paranormal investigator tackled these cases?' Harry Wong runs Paranormal Investigations Hawaii based in Downtown Honolulu. A former police officer, Harry left the force under mysterious circumstances to devote himself full time to investigating claims of the paranormal...MORE Producer/Network Harry Wong, P.I.
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7. Metropolis

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A murder mystery in neon utopia.  An audio drama, by Lux Radium.  While ace reporter Nan Kanally and the rest of the world struggle through post-war poverty, Metropolis has assembled a neon utopia on an icy, distant island.  It's an electronic heaven made possible by a fleet of astonishing autonomous robots.  But Metropolis holds its secrets tightly. The only word that gets out is from the few reporters they invite.  One of them is Nan's best friend, the sportswriter Stanley Bronfels...MORE Producer/Network Lux Radium
Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. What Happened in Skinner

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In the fall of 2021, an obscure YouTube channel streamed what became the most talked-about mystery on the Internet. But what really happened that night? And how much deeper does the story go? Join Marlowe Verne, as she ventures out to the remote island of Skinner, Oregon in search of answers. Is 'the Livestream' just another frightening video? Or is it the gateway to something much, much bigger?MORE Host Marlowe Verne
Producer/Network Mazama Entertainment
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

9. Wasteland - A Dex Legacy Story

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In the far future, the planet SP714 is left reeling after a devastating missile wipes out the nation of Rone. While Xenos, the country that launched it fight Dex Island, the country that made it, Captain Sarra Sax and her specialist team of mech pilots venture into the new landscape in search of survivors... and answers.Wasteland is a brand new spin-off series by the team behind the BSFA award-winning audio drama, The Dex Legacy, written by Emily Inkpen and produced by Alternative Stories. Find out more at thedexlegacy.comMORE Producer/Network Alternative Stories
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Apple Rating 4.3/5 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. The Lost Archipelagos

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Drifting… reaching consciousness at an island. A young man finds himself in the middle of nowhere, and must survive. He makes journal entries so his story can be seen by… someone… or rather anyone.MORE Producer/Network Cassin Baker
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11. The Wyrd Side

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The Wyrd Side is a New Weird / Folk Horror podcast that follows the paranormal investigations of Aiden Summers and Katherine Moore as they uncover the dangerous truth lurking behind the myths and legends of the islands of Britain and Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network Alexandra M. Barrow and Finn Cresswell
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12. Halcyon: The Book Of Paimon

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New York City, 1904. What appears to be a simple carnival and sideshow on the outskirts of Coney Island turns out to be much more than it seems to its latest addition to the carnival's close-knit family. Rooted in historical events, characters, and theology, Halcyon gives a unique perspective to the fantasy and horror genre. Dive deep into the mystical, the terrifying, and the unknown as the mysterious Professor Paimon offers you a contract you can't refuse... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network Paimon Media
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13. Greenvoe

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An adaptation by Alan Plater of George Mackay Brown's novel.An audio play performed by Orkney's St Magnus Players.Directed by Penny Aberdein with music by John Gray.Four episodes. Episode 1 release: 10 January 2025, then weekly.Greenvoe centres on the fate of a traditional Orkney village on the mythical island of Hellya. The natural rhythms of Orkney life are shattered when a mysterious external company, Black Star, suddenly arrives to buy out the islanders and displace them from their homes...MORE Producer/Network St Magnus Players
Apple Rating 3/5 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Waiting in the Silence: The Audio Drama

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The audio drama adaptation of the 2012 novel 'Waiting in the Silence' by Rosalyn Berne.On the island of Nantucket a woman named Oriana disconnects herself from the ubiquitous, conscious AI known as 'VISHNEW.' To protect her unborn child from a court-mandated in utero connection of the fetus to VISHNEW, Oriana attempts to hide. But VISHNEW's gaze is everywhere so her flight to freedom is dubious. An eerily prescient, post-apocalyptic tale about AI in a world ravaged by climate change, where a woman's fertility becomes a currency.MORE Email ****@virginia.edu
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15. Cancellation Island

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Cancellation Island is a hilarious, hyperbolic journey through a rehab for the cancelled the egregious, the blameless, and those in between. Led by a wellness hack turned guru named 'Karen' (Holly Hunter) and her specially curated staff of Gen Z'ers ('What they lack in life experience, they make up for in certainty') the cancelled attendees are put through their paces so they can crawl back into society's good graces...MORE Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Silvertongues

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On the tranquil shores of the Kalalani Island Chain, two lost souls discover they have no past. But paradise turns deadly when Roscoe Talbott and Tavi Jones uncover a conspiracy that blurs the lines between truth and lies. Silvertongues is an indie science-fiction podcast produced by Acorn Arts & Entertainment.Associate producer Christopher L. Nelson.Written by Michael Alan Herman & Josie Eli HermanDirected by Josie Eli HermanCover art painted and designed by Josie Eli Herman.MORE Producer/Network Acorn Arts and Entertainment
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact