10 Best Slow Burn 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 #7 in Apple Charts (US)
Hosts Jonathan Sims, Alexander J Newall
Producer/Network Rusty Quill
Email ****@rustyquill.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 13.7KFacebook 13.1KTwitter 49.6KInstagram 37.4K Avg Length 33 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. Tower 4

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Mike Archer is a newly appointed fire watcher in the Wyoming woods. While he's never done anything like this before, he needed something new after his mom passed. Now he hopes to spend his days in a tower above the trees looking for fires and working on his new book. But things aren't as quiet and peaceful as he hoped. Strange interference blasts over his radio at night and he starts seeing and hearing creepy noises in the woods. But are these odd occurrences actually happening or is he just going stir crazy?MORE Ranking #17 in Apple Charts (US)
Hosts Jack Austin, Gina Coyle
Producer/Network Bloody FM
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 3KFacebook 7.3KTwitter 3.8KInstagram 12.9K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. We're Alive

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We're Alive is an award-winning audio drama that follows a group of Survivors in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles now ruled by the 'Infected.'It begins with 'A Story of Survival' which spans from Chapters 1-48. Our survivors band together, fortify a safe haven known as the Tower, and discover that the Infected are far from the biggest threat they will have to face.The adventure continues with:'Lockdown' - A small group of inmates and prison guards are trapped in the T-block at Twin Towers Jail...MORE Ranking #24 in Apple Charts (US)
Host Kc Wayland
Producer/Network Wayland Productions Inc
Email ****@waylandproductions.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 12.7KFacebook 40.8KTwitter 11.3KInstagram 6.2K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Wolf 359

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Life's not easy for Doug Eiffel, the communications officer for the U.S.S. Hephaestus Research Station, currently on Day 448 of its orbit around red dwarf star Wolf 359. He's stuck on a scientific survey mission of indeterminate length, 7.8 light years from Earth. His only company on board the station are stern mission chief Minkowski, insane science officer Hilbert, and Hephaestus Station's sentient, often malfunctioning operating system Hera...MORE Ranking #48 in Apple Charts (US)
Hosts Zach Valenti, Gabriel Urbina
Producer/Network Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 6.4KFacebook 3.9KTwitter 11.1KInstagram 3.1K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Aug 2014 Get Email Contact

5. 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
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 31 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. SINKHOLE

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SINKHOLE is a short-form audio fiction podcast presented as a collection of audio posts from a member of a community of data restoration hobbyists in a sometimes-unfamiliar future. Season three in production.MORE Host Kale Brown
Producer/Network Kale Brown
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 59Twitter 331 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact