• Source: Horror podcast

A horror podcast is a podcast that covers fiction, non-fiction, or reviews of the horror genre generally.




History


Horror podcasts are typically created and run by volunteers in their free time. As some podcasts such as Archive 81 and The Deep Vault have grown they have been able to attract advertisers. The world's longest running, active horror podcast is WithoutYourHead.com which has been going since August 2006 as a semi-regular weekly series with celebrity interviews. Horror podcasts have featured in the Parsec Awards, and in 2013 The NoSleep Podcast won the award for "Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team" while in 2014 a story from Pseudopod won the award for "Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)" and We're Alive won "Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)".




Reception


Horror fiction is the most popular type of audio drama podcast and drives much of the growth and interest in the medium. Horror Fiction podcasting continues to grow rapidly attracting mainstream success with some shows reaching very large audiences. As of July 2020, popular podcast The Magnus Archives recently achieved 4 million monthly downloads and signed with major talent agency WME. We're Alive achieved 200 million lifetime downloads as of 10 April 2020.
Amongst responses to the 2020 Audio Verse Awards, horror was the second-favourite genre of fiction podcast. With notable podcasts The White Vault receiving 14 awards, The Magnus Archives receiving 9 awards, and Old Gods of Appalachia receiving 6.




Notable examples


Alice Isn't Dead
The Black Tapes
The Call of the Void
Lore
The Magnus Archives
The NoSleep Podcast
Pseudopod
Rabbits
Tanis
Welcome to Night Vale
We're Alive
The White Vault




See also



Horror fiction
Horror film
Psychological horror
List of horror fiction writers
List of horror podcasts




References






Further reading


Hancock, Danielle (1 October 2016). "Welcome to Welcome to Night Vale: First steps in exploring the horror podcast". Horror Studies. 7 (2): 219–234. doi:10.1386/host.7.2.219_1.
Hancock, Danielle; McMurtry, Leslie (1 August 2017). "'Cycles upon cycles, stories upon stories': contemporary audio media and podcast horror's new frights". Palgrave Communications. 3: 17075. doi:10.1057/palcomms.2017.75.




External links



Discussion panel on horror podcasting, recorded at PodUK 2020

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• MiawAug
• Rosa Salazar
• Turah Parthayana
• Nessie Judge
• Code Switch
• Anneliese Michel
• The Backrooms
• Jon Watts
• Lady Gaga
• Kuchisake-onna
• Horror podcast
• List of horror podcasts
• The Last Podcast on the Left
• Archive 81 (podcast)
• Analog horror
• Horror fiction
• Borrasca (podcast)
• The NoSleep Podcast
• The Magnus Archives
• The Left Right Game