Shadows at the Door

In a world of whispered indulgence and vanishing time, Dorian Gray makes a devil’s trade: his soul for eternal youth. But while his face remains untouched by sin, the same cannot be said for his portrait… This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Credits: Written by Oscar Wilde and Adapted by Mark Nixon Produced with Sound Design, Editing, and Directing by Mark Nixon Musical Score Written and Performed by Nico Vettese Cast: Jake Benson David Ault Karim Kronfli Ilana Charnelle Andy Cresswell Erika Sanderson This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you! Support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marknixon Buy us a Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/shadowsatthedoor Approximate Time Stamps: Intro (Around 00:03:00), Story (Around 00:04:00), Credits (Around 01:28:00) Content Warnings: grooming, co-dependency, break-ups, domestic violence, suicide. © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are rooms we are told not to enter. There are reasons for such warnings. Some of them scratch at the dark. CreditsWritten by M.R. JamesProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico VetteseCastRead by David AultThis is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here.Content WarningRats (surprisingly enough) © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While researching an old cathedral, an author is drawn into a local scheme to disturb the tomb of a disgraced bishop. But deep inside, a darker tale is ready to write itself. CreditsWritten by Mark NixonProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico VetteseCastRead by David AultThis is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here.Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:50:00), Credits (Around 01:40:00) Content WarningsStory: depiction of hanging, claustrophobia. Discussion: sexual innuendo © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summoned to the forgotten marshes, Professor Troughton investigates the long-abandoned Catchlove Hall -- where silence hangs heavy, and a voice not his own begins to whisper.This episode follows our former disbeliever Geoffrey Troughton and can be enjoyed alone, but it best paired with S1E01, S1E09 and S2E01 .CreditsWritten by Mark NixonProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico Vettese CastGeoffrey Troughton - David AultTasha Flanagan - Ilana CharnelleJake Benson - Owen GarretFranklin - Mark NixonPodcast Cost - Nico Vettese This is a Shadows at the Door production, made possible by listeners like you. Please support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:48:00), Credits (Around 01:39:00) Content WarningsStory: frank discussion of queer identities including implications of internalised homophobia. Discussion: strong sexual innuendo. ©Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oksana never embraced her Slavic roots. Alone in her grandmother’s cabin, she finds the old stories have not forgotten her.CreditsWritten by Mark NixonProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico Vettese CastOksana - Erika SandersonIvan - Jake BensonValya- Ilana CharnelleThe Leshy - David Ault This is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Approximate Time StampsIIntro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:38:00), Credits (Around 01:17:00) Content WarningsStory: intense depiction of grief/grieving, offscreen death of a partner, explicit sexual content. Discussion: sexual innuendo. © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've arrived at the Museum of Modern Art in New York to take the Gnothi Seauton Audio Tour. Collect your headphones from the front desk and listen closely...CreditsWritten by M Regan  Produced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico VetteseCastJoshua Benayoun/Receptionist - David AultAnisa McDaniel/Zahra Aziz-Sawyer - Ilana CharnelleThis is a Shadows at the Door production, made possible by listeners like you!Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:30:00), Credits (Around 01:15:00) Content WarningsStory: sudden loud noises, frank discussion of mortality, disorienting static SFX. Discussion: strong sexual innuendo. © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a coastal getaway, a couple’s peace is disturbed by a young archaeologist with a remarkable discovery-- one she now desperately wishes to undo.CreditsWritten by M.R. JamesAdapted by Mark NixonProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico Vettese CastJames King - David AultHenry Long - Jake BensonKarina Paxton- Ilana CharnelleThis is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Please consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:03:00), Discussion (Around 00:47:00), Credits (Around 01:28:00) Content WarningsStory: depiction of character death. Discussion: frank discussion of historical homophobia, strong sexual innuendo. ©Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sleepy Hollow is a place where stories linger like mist, and Ichabod Crane is about to learn which ones have teeth.CreditsWritten by Washington IrvingAdapted by Mark NixonProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico Vettese‘Maid in the Meadow’ - Yvonne Casey and used here with her kind permissionCastIchabod Crane - Jake BensonKatrina Van Tassell - Ilana CharnelleThe Narrator - Mark NixonThe Horseman/Brom Bones/Herman/Monty Robinson/Van Tassell Sr - David AultThis is a Shadows at the Door Production, made possible by listeners like you. Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixon Transcripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:51:00), Credits (Around 01:30:00) Content WarningsStory: sexism, mention of hitting children, sudden loud noise/jump scare. Discussion: strong sexual innuendo.  © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An old tradition leads two men along separate trails, linked only by walkie-talkies. But in the stillness between them, something stirs...CreditsWritten by Hannah ButlerProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico VetteseCastBryson - David AultFinlay - Jake BensonThe Thing from the Other Side - Mark NixonThis is a Shadows at the Door production, made possible by listeners like you, consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixonTranscripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Approximate Time StampsIntro (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:02:00), Discussion (Around 00:29:00), Credits (Around 01:08:00) Content WarningsStory: graphic depiction of life-threatening injury, death. Discussion: discussion of death, strong sexual innuendo, brief discussion of transphobia. © Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beth Neville wants to enjoy a city mini-break, but the property owner keeps outstaying his welcome. It's okay though, he's such a nice guy. Please note: For this episode in particular we strongly recommend consulting the content warnings below.CreditsWritten by Mark NixonBased on 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan PoeProduced, Edited and Directed by Mark NixonMusical Score by Nico VetteseCastBeth Neville - Erika SandersonSimon Crain - David AultOfficer Price - Jake BensonFemme Doctor - Ilana CharnelleMasc Doctor - Mark NixonThis is a Shadows at the Door production, made possible by listeners like you! Consider joining them and supporting our Patreon: https://patreon.com/marknixonTranscripts available here. Help directly fund further episodes here. Approximate Time StampsDisclaimer, Intro, CWs (Around 00:00:00), Story (Around 00:03:00), Discussion (Around 00:39:00), Credits (Around 01:25:00) Content WarningsStory: sexual harassment/coercion, depiction of a coerced sexual act including climax, death (murder/suffocation), incarceration, mental illness/instability. Discussion: extended discussion of the story's themes and actions. ©Shadows at the Door Publishing. All rights reserved. The copyright for the story is held by the respective author. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices