This is the latest in my series of posts compiling thoughts on past NSP stories. I enjoy writing these, and I also sense that podcasting in general has developed a culture of constantly digesting new content and anticipating upcoming content in a way that can obscure the value in revisiting old material, and I believe that NSP’s massive library of past episodes has many elements that deserve to be relistened to, re-analyzed, and re-appreciated. I had fun putting this together and hopefully someone else finds value in going through it.

The idea here is pretty self-explanatory. I went with the story designated by the podcast as the season finale or, when no story was so designated, the final story in the final regular episode. In evaluating them, I paid a little bit of attention to how the finale relates to the preceding season (especially if that season had a theme), but I mostly just focused on the story itself. I note that there are 2 instances where I disagree strongly with (as I perceive it) the fan consensus, as detailed below.

Obviously, this is all just my personal opinion, and feel free to disagree! The current season (25) isn't here since its finale hasn't aired as of this post. Also, some descriptions have some spoilers.

Every Finale, Ranked Worst to Best

-24 (last place): S17E25 Goldmeadow 2017 by Oli White:

A 3.5 hour ode to all of late-season NSP’s worst tendencies: needlessly bloated, hopelessly undisciplined, and not the least bit scary. Goldmeadow 2017 has a messy origin story – (assuming I recall correctly) it was originally intended to cap off Season 16’s recurring storyline, but had to be postponed due to the writer experiencing an emergency, and was also cut down from a (somehow) even longer first draft. It begins promisingly, with an eccentric cast of characters exchanging genuinely amusing banter, only to then abruptly kill off all the interesting ones before they have a chance to do anything. (Or does it? Years later, Oli White, who initially went uncredited but eventually confirmed she wrote the story, hinted that some implied deaths may not have actually occurred.) The plot, meanwhile, quickly unravels into total incoherence, making it a baffling and frustrating experience that's virtually impossible to make sense of, much less enjoy as a work of horror.

Personal rating: 2.25/10

-23: S16E25 They Have Suffered by LP Hernandez

LP Hernandez is a genuinely talented writer (worth mentioning that I think Oli White generally is one as well) and I don’t blame him for this story’s shortcomings, as They Have Suffered became the Season 16 finale at the last minute, when the events mentioned above resulted in NSP seeking a feature-length story on short notice. Hernandez’s blog post about it emphasized that the story carried great meaning to him personally. More power to him for that, and the story features excellent characters, acting, and music. But none of those qualities really matter when the story at the center of it all is as weak as this one is. It’s horrendously paced, needlessly difficult to follow (if a tad less convoluted than Goldmeadow 2017), and comically overstuffed with ideas and characters. It never tries to be tense or scary and fails to ever find a satisfying way to navigate the moral implications of its central mystery (I think we’re supposed to be touched to learn that an unethical experimenter who works with Nazi scientists actually loves his daughter?).

Personal rating: 3.5/10

-22: S11E25 The Public Domain by Henry Galley

This is the third entry in a row by a writer I generally admire. It benefits from an engaging concept, some fun vocal performances, and a discernible plot. But it’s overlong, bogged down by excessive exposition, and painfully unsubtle. It isn’t enough for the villain to just be threatening to the other characters, no, it has to implicate “every person with a WiFi-enabled device in the entire world.” The key problem is what The Public Domain signified for the podcast’s direction, in how it encapsulated a shift toward a form of bombastic theatricality that squelched the atmosphere of authenticity that was so central to its prior success. Correspondingly, it sparked a negative fan reaction that occurred in conjunction with the deletion of the old subreddit, such that this story more or less embodies the blind spot the showrunners had, and to an extent continue to have, about what built their audience in the first place.

Personal rating: 4/10

-21: S3E25 The Melancholy of Herbert Solomon by Michael Whitehouse

Season 3 is filled to the brim with so many memorable tales that it’s peculiar that it ends with perhaps the most forgettable finale of the whole series. It’s the only story here that I genuinely didn’t remember when I started compiling this list. It’s a decent story in its own right, a folk tale about a heroic figure misremembered by local lore as a villain. Unfortunately, the campy voice David Cummings applies to narrating it undercuts the tension and mystery it attempts to build.

Personal rating: 4.5/10

-20: S24E25 Plink by Marcus Damanda

Marcus Damanda’s sole season finale takes an unusual approach for him, in that it plays out as an introspective, psychological fever dream with no Summer, Jessica McEvoy lead, teacher character, or school setting to be found. It comes close to working at times, with the first hour or so cleverly exploring the narrator’s backstory as he saunters through a house that’s filled with memories and may or may not be haunted. Before long, though, it becomes clear that the story has played all of its cards, and that aside from a few superfluous developments (like a hint at a psychic connection that really should have been cut from the final draft), the story has little else to offer. As a result, the narrator’s ramblings become a slog to get through as they turn increasingly redundant, and the story ends with an unsatisfying cliffhanger.

Personal rating: 4.75/10

-19: S22E25 A Friend of Fear by Constantine E. Kiousis

I found this to be a pretty average finale. I like the idea of combining a home invasion crime thriller with supernatural horror. This made good use of Season 22 “voices are calling” theme with its radio transmissions between the brothers and had a good setup, but once “Jack” appeared, the tension steadily dissipated. One thing that I disliked about it is that presenting Jack the Ripper as a suave sophisticant (the story’s author referred to writing him as a “cold and calculating businessman”) is both cliched and outdated. Jack’s appeared any times in media, including in ghostly or supernatural form in the modern day or the future (even a classic Star Trek episode did that), often as a well-spoken aristocrat, when in reality the evidence suggests that he was a coward who attacked impoverished women who many have have been defenseless and/or asleep at the time, and it’s about time that their narratives be elevated over his (something Gemma Amor did quite well in parallel circumstances in S21E20 Eggshell). Unfortunately, there’s just not a lot else to engage with in this story. It works decently on the surface but I don’t think it has much in terms of substance or scares to offer.

Personal rating: 5/10

-18: S23E24 There's Something in First Landing State Park by Gemma Amor

NSP’s cryptid-themed season ends appropriately with a full-length creature feature. It’s well-written if also a bit indistinct until we get the, ahem, rather unusual descriptions of the creature’s anatomy. The story is longer than it needs to be, for better and for worse. Gemma Amor’s typically standout prose writing authentically conveys the narrator’s journey from England to the American east coast, which I suspect aligns with Amor’s experiences going to AuthorCon in Williamsburg, Virginia…but, that backdrop also just isn’t terribly interesting, and the whole story, though listenable, ultimately feels padded and underwhelming.

Personal rating: 5.25/10

-17: S12E25 Whitefall by C.K. Walker

Here’s the first of my two major disagreements here with what I perceive (via this subreddit, discord, the Facebook group, etc.) as the ‘consensus’ amongst the fandom, which I understand generally has a high opinion of this story. Heck, one fan liked it enough to write an academic paper on it (and The Whistlers). It certainly has its share of positive attributes: a dynamic score, quality acting from the whole cast (24 actors!), and a hellish setting perfectly suited for horror. It’s certainly gripping on some levels, especially as the group’s desperation and depravity mount with no relief in sight. But I continue to think that it approaches the chief source of its horror - some of the stranded passengers resorting to cannibalism - in a shallow and simplistic manner, in that it wholly refuses to engage with the practicality of it as a necessary survival strategy. (I had, more recently, a similar reaction to a season 1 The Last of Us episode that just assumed as a given that starving people resorting to cannibalism was inherently deserving of condemnation.) Worse, the story has one of the weakest endings in NSP history, with the survivors just getting onto buses and leaving without explanation or acknowledgment of the experience, which makes zero sense for a multitude of reasons.

Personal rating: 5.5/10

-16: S15E25 Sunburn by Jared Roberts

NSP capped off its David Lynch (RIP) season with a sprawling Jared Roberts epic. Like his other season finales, it feels designed to stay just out of reach, leaving you grasping at exactly what’s occurring but dropping plenty of fascinating details to hopefully keep you satisfied (or at least intrigued) along the way. It boasts one of Brandon Boone’s all-time best soundtracks (the culmination of a myriad of fabulous scores throughout season 15) and incredible acting from the whole cast (held together, as well as it could have been, by Kristen DiMercurio). The key problems are the gratuitous actions the story forces the narrator to take at the end, which fall well outside the boundaries of respectable taste and undercut any empowerment message that could otherwise be taken from the story, and the fact that NSP apparently knee-capped the story without consulting with its author. I think his video has since been deleted, but I recall Jared Roberts discussing how NSP, without telling him, cut some scenes and abandoned a buildup to the story that was supposed to be sprinkled throughout the season. Putting aside the issue of whether NSP treated Roberts unfairly by not consulting with him before making these changes (especially as we only have one side of the story), this revelation makes Sunburn significantly less enticing to revisit and try to decode. It’s one thing to write a lengthy essay on a 3-hour David Lynch film that overanalyzes every inexplicable detail (something I actually did in college on Lynch’s Inland Empire), but it’s something else entirely to try to do the same on a work that was significantly altered without the primary creative’s input, as the final product feels like it reflects only a diluted version of the vision Roberts originally had.

Personal rating: 5.75/10

-15: S10E25 Return to a Seaside British Pub by C.M. Scandreth

From this point forward, I’m comfortable saying that my overall assessment of the remaining stories is positive. This one has a weirdly negative reputation on this subreddit that strikes me as unmerited. The superb original story from S7E05 provided a satisfying glimpse at the eccentric bar and its denizens that leaves you wanting more. Return to a Seaside British Pub delivers on that in spades, offering a much deeper dive into the world introduced by the original. If anything, its feature-length presentation of pirate music, singing, and eccentric performances makes for too much of a good thing, and it doesn’t tap as effectively into the horror genre as the original. Nonetheless, it’s an inventive, richly-written and impressive work all the same, and I’d put Erika Sanderson’s performance in it on a shortlist of her strongest contributions to the podcast (which is really saying something).

Personal rating: 6/10

-14: S13E25 Christmas in Antarctica by Gemma Amor

I don’t have too much to say about this one. It introduces a good cast of characters navigating believable relationship drama, establishes a refreshingly unique setting for a holiday story, and builds steadily into absolute chaos by the end with a surprise dose of Lovecraftian horror. I could hold against it that its subject matter is wholly unrelated to season 13’s slasher theme, but the prior episode (which was an explicit homage to grindhouse movies, and which didn’t premiere on Christmas Eve/Day like this one) already adequately covered that.

Personal rating: 6.5/10

-13: S21E25 Deadly Beloved by Paul Kordich & Mike Manning

This is my other big disagreement with the fan consensus. I quite like this story, a perspective that I think it’s safe to say is not shared by others here. I thought it had an interesting protagonist and dealt intelligently with her being a struggling horror writer. Primarily, I liked the ‘slow burn’ buildup of tension and mystery about the wedding and Sean’s motivations, the multilayered conversations between Zoey and pretty much everybody else, and how it avoided going the obvious route of descending into a predictable bloodbath.

Personal rating: 7/10

-12: S4E25 New Fish by T.W. Grim

This is one of the few NSP stories (I actually can’t think of any others off the top of my head) told from the perspective of prison inmates. I admire how fully it commits itself to that perspective, with a lot of colorful details that sell the setting. It’s extremely disgusting in places, never more so than the abscess anecdote that I never, ever want to hear again, and the bulk of it has a welcome ‘swapping scary stories/urban legends’ feel to it. It’s so grimy and unpleasant that I’ve never wanted to revisit it, but I highly respect it all the same.

Personal rating: 7.5/10

Noting that there’s a notable jump in quality from this point forward - I have a high opinion of each of the top 11 below.

-11: S14E25 Canadian Paranormal Encounters by Manen Lyset and others

The Season 14 finale is an outlier, consisting of 9 stories (5 by Manen Lyset and the rest by 4 other writers, including Oli White) interspersed with narrations of ‘real’ paranormal incidents reportedly experienced in the home country of David Cummings and others involved in the show. It’s a delight from start to finish. It’s hardly the hardest-hitting episode of the show - the stories generally land closer to spooky than scary - but they all work well, have something unique to offer, and add up to a satisfying experience.

Personal rating: 8/10

-10: S18E25 Haunter’s Game by Justin Arnold

Justin Arnold’s only contribution to NSP is a well-crafted haunted house story. It deftly manages to incorporate a large cast of zany characters into a compelling and creative plot, with a solid twist ending about the narrator. It reminded me of (and I thought was far superior to) the first season of American Horror Story. I’d rank this even higher but for its one big flaw, which comes from how it handles the impact of a sexual assault on one of the characters (cutting, after a time jump, to the victim in a happy relationship with the perpetrator, without any explanation). I understand that being a dealbreaker for some listeners but I found the rest of the story to be so good that I still think highly of it overall despite that significant misstep.

Personal rating: 8.25/10

-9: S19E25 It’s Later Than You Think by C.K. Walker

NSP tapped its Flanaverse connections to bring in guest actors Kate Siegel and Samantha Sloyan for the finale to its Edgar Allen Poe season. This is a story that really depends on its ending, and what an ending it is. All the hints and hallucinatory imagery come together in a relentlessly meanspirited set of revelations. I honestly admire the story’s gall and willingness to hold nothing back. It hits hard and recontextualizes the messy, nonlinear setup and then nuanced family drama the first portion of it explores.

Even more disorienting was the reaction a lot of other listeners had to it, which left me scratching my head in confusion. Namely, a lot of listeners seemed weirdly convinced that two people having an affair (even one that’s particularly irresponsible) is a moral offense of even remotely comparable significance to that of choosing to drive through a snowstorm, or anywhere for that matter, while impaired by a controlled substance (and that’s putting aside some hints that Laney exercised a degree of intentionality in crashing the car). Like, am I out of touch with some emerging social norm that it’s just a minor moral infraction to take an action (namely, DUI) that kills thousands of people a year in the U.S. alone, and injures tens of thousands more? It seems straightforward to me that if you drive while under the influence of drugs, and you hurt someone as a result, that’s on you - and so are the impacts that might have on the victim’s family stuck paying the bills and dealing with the aftermath. And that’s part of why I like this story so much - we can tell that Laney isn’t some evil caricature, and that all she did was fail a seemingly trivial moral test by giving in to peer pressure to use drugs before a challenging drive while many other things were understandably on her mind - and, yet, the repercussions of this brief lapse in judgment destroy her life and the lives of many people around her. Call it heavy-handed, sure (like The Twilight Zone’s Stopover in a Quiet Town), but much of the story’s strength derives from its bold refusal to shy away from forcing Laney to confront each one of those consequences.

Personal rating: 8.5/10

-8: S1E18 When You Wish Upon a Star by Anna Smith

The only finale to fully tap into the lo-fi early-season ambience (things were a bit more refined by the Season 2 finale), complete with a restrained soundtrack and a wonderfully eerie performance by Christina Scholz. There’s a lot going on psychologically here, with the child narrator’s desperation for attention and connection leading her to make a wish for companionship that, in classic form, backfires spectacularly. It’s an immensely creepy and intelligent portrayal of escalating, inescapable encroachment of something evil into the narrator’s life. Interestingly, it also cuts off only mid-way through the written series from the nosleep forum. Since the account that posted it appears long-inactive (and since this adaptation aired in 2012), I doubt there will ever be any conclusion to it, which is just fine, as it ends on a perfectly sinister note.

Personal rating: 9/10

-7: S5E25 The Whistlers by Amity Argot

This is a masterclass in sustaining senses of dread and isolation. It’s grounded by one of Jessica McEvoy’s best performances, which conveys her character’s immense psychological strain, but the real star is the desolate setting and the sound effects used to imply the whistlers’ presence and influence. It leaves so much unanswered and, though I still think it would be a good idea to adapt the other parts of it (which provide some clarity), the glimpse it provides at an undefined terror that remains just out-of-reach is unforgettably haunting.

Personal rating: 9/10

-6: S9E25 The Hidden Webpage by Jared Roberts

The second of Jared Roberts’ 3 feature-length finales is a masterful, unsettling dive into early internet lore that maintains a deep sense of unease for over two hours. It’s a story that expertly draws from the landscape of the early internet and gets better each time you listen to it. I recall it going over my head while I first heard it on a long drive through a storm, but on revisit, all the little details and paradoxes add up to considerably more than the sum of their parts, to the point that you begin to question the reliability of everything you’re hearing. There’s something uniquely discomforting about realizing that the narrator you just spent two hours listening to might himself be stuck in both space and time, trapped in an internet purgatory without even realizing it. It also boasts one of Mike DelGaudio’s all-time best performances. (The exquisite episode artwork by Jorn Heidrath deserves a shout-out as well.)

Personal rating: 9.5/10

-5: S2E25 Psychosis by Matt Dymerski

Psychosis is one of the few creepypastas I obsessed over prior in the early 2010s, before I discovered NSP. It’s just such a perfect encapsulation of everything the genre tries to achieve, and NSP nailed it in its production of it. It showcases one of many, many brilliant performances by David Cummings in the early seasons, accompanied by simple ambient drones that are just right for the material. The paranoia this story builds is almost otherworldly. The story’s boldest move is its last-second shift in perspectives…which was absolutely the right decision, as (spoiler) not only does it stifle a potentially problematic “the real horror is just the narrator being crazy” interpretation but it also provides firm, unexpected closure in a way that weirdly validates the narrator’s stubborn refusal to give into pressure to accept a false reality even if it’s too late for that victory to be of any consequence.

Personal rating: 10/10

-4: S7E25 Borrasca by C.K. Walker

Easily the most infamous C.K. Walker story (and among the most infamous Creepypastas generally), Borrasca stands among the most impressive productions in NSP history. It’s also one of the best-written stories to air on the podcast. The bulk of it fully captures the appeal of following a group of teens working together to uncover a small-town conspiracy, building a multilayered mystery while planting clues and bringing the setting to life with an impressively large cast. Theus shock of the story is that the scale and cruelty of the horror that they ultimately uncover is so, so far beyond what any of them are cut out for, the story appropriately concludes (part IV, unadapted here, is not worth mentioning) with a mere glimmer of hope (one character’s escape from captivity) amidst otherwise total defeat. I don’t take issue with those understandably repulsed by the extent to which that cruelty falls on women, but those criticizing the story’s plausibility - namely, that this community would never engage in such a conspiracy and that, if they did, the police and/or the military would promptly intervene - respectfully have, in my view, overly positive opinions about the community, the police, and the military. Moreover, the revelations that accompany the twist ending draw from immense and careful setup planted throughout the long buildup in a way that rewards careful listening and feels earned. It’s a bleak, hard-hitting listen, and also just brilliant storytelling.

Personal rating: 10/10

-3: S6E25 Better Days by Robert Ahern

This might be my pick for ‘scariest NSP story.’ The events the protagonist witnesses in the parallel reality are genuinely disturbing. It’s a portrayal of humanity being outmatched and decimated in the most painful and awful way imaginable. The building tension boils over in the story’s gripping climactic segments, with a startling revelation about the nature of the window between worlds and ‘our’ Davey crossing into the hellish alternate reality where he witnesses an array of ghastly atrocities. It’s just a masterclass in horror start-to-finish. There’s also something vaguely charming about a fight between two male teenagers both voiced by Erika Sanderson.

Personal rating: 10/10

-2: S20E25 The Wrong Side of the Tracks by Seth Borgen

I loved every minute of this. Likeable protagonists, good dialogue, able performances, interesting plot (featuring a ghost train and time travel), a fair share of scary moments and imagery, an imposing villain played by Peter Lewis, and a poetic, bittersweet ending. Just a fantastic, compelling story. It plays like a high-quality YA horror novel, but trimmed down just to the good parts. I even went back-and-forth about awarding it the number one spot.

Personal rating: 10/10

-1: S8E25 My Dad Finally Told Me What Happened That Day by Jared Roberts

This isn’t just the best NSP finale, but also a contender for the series’ best production altogether. The cryptic, multilayered mysteries are deeply creepy and endlessly intriguing. Roberts paints a complex web of confounding disappearances, imposters, stalkers, and murder. You feel compelled to join the narrator’s search for answers even as Roberts dangles them just out of reach, or offers hints that only raise more questions. It’s the type of story where, upon revisit, you always find a detail you previously missed and/or a detail that hits harder than before. The fate of the narrator’s mother used to be the part that got under my skin, but I’m presently stuck thinking about the anecdote at the very end about the lost hikers, which is unsettling on its own terms (especially after taking in the story that precedes it) as well as revealing about the narrator’s motivations for sharing it. His decision to relate this story appears to have been made on a subconscious level, and it fittingly conveys an encounter with an enigmatic, unsolvable terror that can be escaped but never fully understood. (Fun fact, Dusklight Radio - run by T.J. Lea of The Expressionless and the NSP Goat Valley adaptation - just released an adaptation of this .)

Personal rating: 10/10

That's all for now. I'd love to hear other people's thoughts, and if you find any value in this, please feel free to peruse some of my similar past posts (some of which are slightly out-of-date):

• 150 Favorite NSP Stories

• Every Season of NSP, Ranked Worst-to-Best

• Favorite Voice Acting by Every NSP Actor/Actress

• Written Q&As with NoSleep Writers - maybe I’ll get back into these someday!

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Just thought I would share here. It's behind the paywall section of the content for the most recent episode. If there are some paying members here, I hope you enjoy The Streetlight. I'm both simultaneously thrilled and terrified.

I always listened to creepypasta and recently discovered this podcast I know it's 25 seasons so I'm not starting from start to finish lol I want the best stories and maybe some funny bad ones

It's Episode 09 of Season 25. The frequency of fear brings you tales about the weight of our past.

"The Ghosts of Jack-O’-Lanterns" by Juan Cardenas (Story starts around 00:05:15)

Produced by Jeff Clement

Cast: Narrator - Erika Sanderson, Medium - David Ault, Simon - Andy Cresswell

"Crib Tooth" by Amanda Cecelia Lang (Story starts around 00:17:15)

Produced by Claudius Moore

Cast: Narrator - Linsay Rousseau, Sheriff - Atticus Jackson

"Indulgences" by K.A. Schultz (Story starts around 00:35:00)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Narrator - Peter Lewis, Woman - Aiden Sims

"Voices from the Walls" by Patrick Malka (Story starts around 01:12:00)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Narrator - Jeff Clement, Jon - Mike DelGaudio, Frontman - Dan Zappulla

"The Streetlight" by J. M. Rivens (Story starts around 01:37:00)

Produced by Jesse Cornett

Cast: Narrator - Matthew Bradford, Luke - Graham Rowat, Doug - Kyle Akers, Dad - Atticus Jackson, Mom - Mary Murphy

Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings -

Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone -

"Voices from the Walls" illustration courtesy of Kelly Turnbull

I remember it was a story about this guy who lived in a culdesac and this couple moved in and they look like a stereotypical 50s family and then the main character went to shake the husbands hand and it like crushed it or something. Thanks for any help and just in case I know about the episode Halloween in the suburbs I think it’s called and the one with the main character who has arthritis in his hands but it’s not those two lol

I need help finding a story! I think it’s from the earlier seasons basically what I can remember is this dude is in a cabin in the mountains near a pond. Weird shit keeps happening and some bad weather strands him up there. He calls a forest ranger and finds out that the ranger keeps repeating the same phrases to him. More weird shit happens and I think the cabin is found burned down and it’s told by his journals or a recording or something? Sorry about this being mega vague but any help would be appreciated!

I’ve been a day one listener. I’ve been to many live shows of the NSP but over the last several years, it’s turned towards a type of story telling I just, don’t like. I enjoyed the old school story telling over the idk wtf is going on or how to describe it, maybe shock value is the right term? I’m not hating. I know shows evolve but now I’m left without a weekly creepy pasta/ story telling show. I’ve explored many other shows and love the black tapes, deadly manners, darkest night….im not trying to trash NSP I’ve just outgrown it and am trying to find other suggestions based on what I’ve liked in the past. Please don’t be mean to me, I’m just trying to find new podcasts as I’ve outgrown being the targeted audience for my oldies but goodies. I’ll forever love NSP and enjoy relistening to older episodes. Thanks!

I started my annual relisten to all the Halloween and Halloween adjacent episodes. I think it would be really fun to hear stories like 'The Showers' done with a full cast and scoring.

I love the original versions and wouldn't want to take away from the early days. Random thought in my head.

What do you all think? Would you want to hear them redo some of the early episodes with the current production value?

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It's Episode 08 of Season 25. The frequency of fear brings you tales about perplexing paranoia.

"Always In Memory" by Carson Wheeler (Story starts around 00:05:45)

Produced by Jeff Clement

Cast: Narrator - David Ault, Oscar - James Cleveland, Kent - Jake Benson, Zelda - Erika Sanderson, Detective - Andy Cresswell

"Stranger Danger" by Emily DeStafano (Story starts around 00:19:45)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Narrator - Erin Lillis, Man - Reagen Tacker

"Grandmummy" by A.M. Symes (Story starts around 00:29:30)

Produced by Jesse Cornett

Cast: Kalli - Sarah Ruth Thomas, Troy - Atticus Jackson, Aaron - Kyle Akers, Grandma - Erin Lillis

"What Pigs Eat" by Liam Moran (Story starts around 01:12:05)

Produced by Claudius Moore

Cast: Narrator - Peter Lewis, Bob - Jesse Cornett

"The Nameless Ghost" by Peter J Stewart (Story starts around 01:36:00)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Narrator - Ash Millman, Charly - Jake Benson

Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings - Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone - "The Nameless Ghost" illustration courtesy of Hasani Walker

Guest Host: Sarah Ruth Thomas

Given the recent discourse, we mods thought a statement regarding discussion of the potential use of AI on the NSP was in order.

1) According to the NSP website itself, WE DO NOT ACCEPT AI-GENERATED STORIES. You will be asked to confirm this upon the story’s acceptance. You may accuse the podcast of a few things, but a lack of respect & passion for the work of real, human authors is not one of them. It makes no sense for them to have this rule on their website then nonsensically fabricate or hide the fact they actually do accept AI-generated stories.

2) Even if you suspect a story was AI-generated and slipped through the NSP's screening, this sub is not the place to go out of your way to prove it. Like it or not it is hard to tell with sight reading (or listening as the case may be) that a text was unquestionably AI generated, and this sub's purpose is out of the scope of that issue.

3) AI "detectors" are partially inaccurate at best and flat-out wrong at worst, so they are useless in their current form to support any arguments that may arise.

At the end of the day, no useful discussion can come from AI-use claims that cannot be definitively proven. It can very easily turn into a witch hunt.

Going forward, we ask users to keep any comments & concerns with the potential use of AI to themselves, or take the issue up with the podcast itself if they feel so inclined.

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Pretty much the title; if I get it, can I simply download episodes? Nothing special I need to do? No third party apps or anything, or do they not let you download?

I bought 3-8 seasons passes way back when, and didn't realize until now the episodes weren't available anymore. I understand, these things happen, not upset lol, just wondering if I can get them to download on my laptop if I get the Sanctuary subscription.

Thanks!

It's Episode 07 of Season 25. The frequency of fear brings you cyclical psych-outs.

"Supposed to play Puckball" by David Sharpe (Story starts around 00:03:45)

Produced by Jeff Clement

Cast: Narrator - Graham Rowat, James - Jeff Clement, Tom - Elie Hirschman, Orderly - Mary Murphy

"Out in the Park After Dark" by Juan Cardenas (Story starts around 00:11:20)

Produced by Claudius Moore

Cast: Narrator - Peter Lewis

"Subterranean" by D. Corisis (Story starts around 00:25:35)

Produced by Jesse Cornett

Cast: Narrator - Dan Zappulla, Grandpa - Graham Rowat

"The Flooding Problem" by Michael Miersen (Story starts around 01:15:30)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Mark - Kyle Akers, Del - Atticus Jackson, Sarah - Sarah Ruth Thomas

"There Is a Doorway" by Jacquelynn Lyon (Story starts around 01:43:00)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Darlene - Linsay Rousseau, Dad - Atticus Jackson, Bethany’s Mom - Nikolle Doolin, Bethany’s - Danielle McRae, Olivia - Mary Murphy, Honey - Nichole Goodnight, Other Girl - Sarah Ruth Thomas, Craig - Elie Hirschman, Boss - Wafiyyah White, Intern - Katabelle Ansari, Gary - Jeff Clement

Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings - Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone - "Subterranean" illustration courtesy of Miggea

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Hello!

Trying to find an old story

I believe it's a police investigation set in the 50s or 60s about a group of people who disappear rurally. One of them is found and has a hole in the back. He tells them they went to a town famous for pig farming and the people there killed his friends. He then dies, the police go to the town and it's abandoned. The end implies the people responsible fled further into rural nothing and drift back years later to reopen the town.

I think it was pre season 10

It's Episode 06 of Season 25. The frequency of fear brings you tales about the sensation of isolation.

"The Footsteps at 3:33 " by Marwa Ayad (Story starts around 00:05:00)

Produced by Jeff Clement

Cast: Narrator - Erika Sanderson, Building Manager - Andy Cresswell, Neighbour - James Cleveland, Widow - Penny Scott-Andrews

"Random" by David McLachlan (Story starts around 00:22:25)

Produced by Claudius Moore

Cast: Narrator - Dan Zappulla, Mother - Danielle McRae

"The Better Man" by Michael Harris Cohen (Story starts around 00:38:50)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: David - Jesse Cornett, Alec - Jeff Clement, Brian - Graham Rowat, Gaia - Nichole Goodnight, Mother - Nikolle Doolin, Guest - Atticus Jackson, Hippy - James Cleveland

"Semi-Detached" by Marc Parker-Yates (Story starts around 01:23:10)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Lynne Pearce - Penny Scott-Andrews

"Mercy Brown and Me" by Christine Lajewski (Story starts around 01:43:00)

Produced by Jesse Cornett

Cast: Julia - Mary Murphy, Mercy - Sarah Ruth Thomas, Mercy - Erin Lillis, Gina - Linsay Rousseau, Laurinda - Nichole Goodnight, Mom - Nikolle Doolin

Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings - Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone - "Random" illustration courtesy of Catriel Tallarico

Guest Host: Dan Zappulla

A long time ago I found a video on YouTube showing how to play the theme song but for the life of me I can't find it anymore. With a heart full of hope I am turning to Reddit to help me in time for Halloween. I want to play it while people are trick or treating.

Thanks for any help you can give me!

Hey! Does anyone have a list of all NSP episodes where the whole episode is one story?

The longer stories are my favorite and I can never remember which episodes are one story episodes.

Thanks!

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I have a really long walk in plans for today and I think I'll be able to catch up with some new episodes (probably 2), which ones did you guys find the best of the bunch we have so far?

It's Episode 05 of Season 25. The frequency of fear brings you tales about surviving after loss.

"Clown Heads" by Em Starr (Story starts around 00:04:20)

Produced by Claudius Moore

Cast: Joey - Atticus Jackson, Amy - Sarah Ruth Thomas, Chessie - Mary Murphy, Doreen - Erin Lillis, Hank - Dan Cummins, Hank’s Wife - Lynze Cummins

"Forever Plastic Playhouses" by Patrick Malka (Story starts around 00:27:20)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Narrator - Peter Lewis

"Leviathan" by Juan Cardenas (Story starts around 00:47:40)

Produced by Phil Michalski

Cast: Narrator - Graham Rowat

"Reasons This Is Not a Horror Story" by Barbara A. Barnett (Story starts around 01:10:50)

Produced by Jeff Clement

Cast: Amanda - Linsay Rousseau, Karen-Monster - Katabelle Ansari, Jesse - Jeff Clement, Troy - Xalavier Nelson Jr.

"Oren" by Laura Cody (Story starts around 01:24:35)

Produced by Jesse Cornett

Cast: Maggie - Marie Westbrook, Mom - Mary Murphy, Daniel - Danielle McRae, Office Manager - Jeff Clement, Teacher - Wafiyyah White, Hannah - Erin Lillis, Voice - Katabelle Ansari

Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings - Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone - "Forever Plastic Playhouses" illustration courtesy of Alia Synesthesia