Undertow: Familiar Haunts
Realm
123 episodes · in order
Undertow is Realm’s showcase of original horror stories. Hosted by audio horror pioneer and creator Fred Greenhalgh, each season presents a spooky standalone series, so you can dive in anytime... if you dare!
More about the show
Current Season: Familiar Haunts
From haunted houses to remote islands, late night radio transmissions to witchcraft, these character-forward stories reveal how the past is never truly gone, and humanity may be the most ruthless monster of them all.
Craving More Frights? Explore Past Seasons:
Season 1: Simpson Falls - A reporter awakens malevolent forces in his haunted hometown.
Season 2: Blood Forest - Every 20 years, werewolves descend for a night of horror. Starring Jack Falahee.
Season 3: Dark Tome - A teen unleashes a terrifying story from a spooky bookshop.
Season 4: The Well - Family secrets resurface, setting loose horror from an old well.
Season 5: The Pulse - A meteorite awakens animalistic instincts in a group of treasure hunters.
Season 6: The Sisters - True events inspire a chilling tale of occult & possession. Starring Mae Whitman.
Season 7: Last Call - A hustler gambles for his life against the Grim Reaper.
Season 8: Narcosis - A rescue dive turns deadly beneath the waves.
Season 9: The Harrowing - A barbaric crime heralds the rise of an ancient evil.
Season 10: Hovering - A police officer is pulled into unimaginable circumstances when he starts investigating calls about an object in the sky.
Season 11: Trio of Nightmares - Three bone-chilling novellas from Maine writers Chris Bernier, Katherine Silva, and Morgan Sylvia.
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Welcome to Undertow
If this is your first journey into the Undertow, start right here! Host Fred Greenhalgh is here to welcome you to this warped version of Maine, and let you know what to expect while you're here. Undertow: Simpson…
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Introducing Simpson Falls
Reporter Tony Baxter returns to his childhood home of Simpson Falls with an ax to grind, determined to root out corruption. But his sleuthing leads him down a dangerous path, where his own unresolved trauma lies in…
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Simpson Falls, E1
Reporter Tony Baxter is called back to his home town of Simpson Falls, Maine to investigate a new multi-million dollar boutique hospital project by the mysterious Malleus Corporation. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and…
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Simpson Falls, E2
Tony and Sonia pull together to get to their assignment - the Press Conference about the new hospital - and start to get a feel for what's really going down in Simpson Falls. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg…
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Simpson Falls, E3
Sonia joins Digby and Madge for a Dark Tome conspiracy theory tour and discovers she's getting far more than she bargained for. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris,…
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Simpson Falls, E4
Tony takes Sonia to the iconic Mona's Diner, and while grappling with the age-old question, "Whoopie pie or blueberry pie?" an unexpected visitor changes their trajectory. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen.…
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Simpson Falls, E5
With their stay in Simpson Falls unexpectedly extended, Tony and Ricky visit an old childhood haunt while Sonia unearths secrets tucked along the river. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred…
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Simpson Falls, E6
Tony and Sonia find themselves within the mirrored walls of the Malleus Corporation building, fighting to hang on to health and sanity, as memory and reality grow increasingly unreliable. Written by Fred Greenhalgh…
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Simpson Falls, E7
Sonia's nightmares may become reality as Tony makes a momentous decision to confront his past. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based…
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Simpson Falls, E8
Knocked off balance between there and now and the over there, Sonia latches on to an unreliable narrator to help her track down Tony. The crossing will be more dangerous than she could ever imagine. Written by Fred…
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Simpson Falls, E9
Tony has the opportunity to revisit the moment in his childhood when everything changed, and faces an impossible choice. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry…
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Simpson Falls, E10
A chapter ends, and a new chapter opens - insofar as there are beginnings, and ends, and middles. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen.…
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Agony Chamber
A group of buddies goes hunting in the Maine woods and find an evil beyond imagination. Based on the short story from Morgan Sylvia, THE AGONY CHAMBER. Performed by Nathan Dana Aldritch. Sound Design and Editing by…
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Janine
A haunting tale of youth gone awry thanks to devils in the Maine woods. Based on the short story JANINE, by Emma J. Gibbon. Performed by Lisa Stathoplos. Sound design and music editing by Carter Wogahn. The creatures…
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Firsts
An unwitting trip to the dark world of Fae turns a camper in the 1950s into the unwitting servant of the Seelie Queen. How will he contend with all the delectably bloody acts she wants her pawn to commit? FIRSTS was…
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Enter the Blood Forest
Are you ready to enter the Blood Forest? Just down the road from Simpson Falls is Langeley, Maine, a frontier town that sits on the edge between the known world and a great wilderness beyond... A wilderness where…
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Bonus: Meet the Wolfpack
Why werewolves? Why Maine? What’s really going on in Langeley? Meet the creative team behind Blood Forest as five Mainers and a New Yorker walk into a Zoom... Undertow: Blood Forest is a Realm production. Listen Away.…
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The Green Knight's Wife
We've heard the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - but what of his wife? How does she feel about being the prop piece in an endless trial of virtue? For this winter’s solstice, Undertow presents the Dagaz Media…
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Return to Blackout Point
Young, bored, and with a penchant for mischief, Emma and her friends made their own entertainment in a seaside town in Maine. They got up to things that any crew of teenagers would...up until the night things went too…
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Curious History of the Dark Tome
We transition from the Blood Forest to the world of the Dark Tome via an apocryphal internet essay written in 1999 by a rare book specialist in Simpson Falls, Maine. We learn all about the Dark Tome's strange origins,…
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Dark Tome, E1
We meet teenager Cassie Pinkham, who grudgingly is reading books for the cantakerous bookkeeper, Mr. Gussy, as he recovers from surgery. Gussy sends Cassie back to his bookstore, warning Cassie that there is a…
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Dark Tome, E2
Cassie knows better but can't escape the temptation to return to Mr. Gussy's bookshop. She finds the old man frustrated that he can't make the magical book work. It's take someone younger - someone for whom the walls…
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Dark Tome, E3
Being a miner is like playing Russian roulette every day of your life. Any morning you might wake up, and find the chamber with the bullet. Tommy - the youngest in a long proud line of West Virginia coal miners - finds…
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Dark Tome, E4
"Sleep is dying, and has been for a long time now, through uncounted ticks of clocks and the flickers of thousands of too-brief candles." It's the night of the Senior Prom, and rather than show up awkwardly, Cassie…
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Dark Tome, E5
Quick witted but unlucky in love, Jana is dragged by her friend Erin to attend an 'eye gazing party,' a new age phenomenon run by a couple of hucksters on the far edge of a small Texas town. Jana's skepticism turns to…
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Dark Tome, E6
Cassie returns home after the wondrous night at the prom and instead finds her dreams shattered. She splits, and seeks refuge in Mr. Gussy's bookshop... and the Dark Tome. This time, the book calls out for her. She…
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Dark Tome, E7
Cassie returns from her traumatic trip to a haunted - and haunting - family reunion. As she attempts to re-align her world, Gussy stumbles out of his and into the world of Jonathan Maberry's INK. Gerald 'Monk' Addison…
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Dark Tome, E8
Young Lettie can see things through her magic eye - things that might be better if she not see. Grownup's secrets. Grownup's true intentions. But when she learns of her brother's unjust arrest and sham trial, it's her…
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Dark Tome, E9
Gussy and Cassie learned they've "Gone sideways" - the Dark Tome has returned them to the world, but not *their* world. As Cassie struggles to understand the predicament the book has put her in, Gussy recounts the…
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The Floodgates of Willowhill
"Everybody whose grown up in Faulkesville, well, they’ve always guessed there’s something wrong with the woods on the edge of town, the ones that border Willowhill, something people don’t like to bring up in polite…
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Dark Tome, E10
"I'm not a ghost!" -- "All ghosts say that." Cassie is flung to a world where body modifications are routine and one daughter of a Chinese immigrant is prepared to make an unbelievable sacrifice to save her own skin.…
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Dark Tome, E11
Cassie's saved by a friend, but learns that her world has changed more than she could have imagined while she's been gone. Worlds gone wrong turns out to be a theme, when she goes on her next trip, to the world of THE…
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Dark Tome, E12
Kim and Cassie hide away at a rich family's home in a neighborhood on the outskirts of town. But, Kim isn't letting Cassie go without learning some of her secrets… And what Cassie reveals, may be as much as Kim can…
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Dark Tome, E13
Cassie's transported to a Caribbean island in the near-future, where a devastating 'duppy tide' caused utter devastation… And has led to a new, perverse form of tourism. But the tourists are in for more than they…
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Dark Tome, E14
Cassie returns to her high school guidance teacher's office, looking for answers. Mr. Carter tells his story, about how he first encountered the Dark Tome, and the terrible effects it had on his life. Now, Cassie faces…
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The Point Mystic Investigation, Part 1
Liber Tenebris - aka The Dark Tome - remains an object of great speculation and mystery within occult circles, until now. n a special crossover episode with the podcast Point Mystic, we take a look into the legacy of…
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The Point Mystic Investigation, Part 2
Today we follow Point Mystic's second (and final) part of their investigation into the tragic death of Dr. Joseph Ricci, the destruction of his research into doors to other worlds, and of the disappearance of one of…
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Dark Tome, E15
Cassie faces a choice, and who better to help her understand the importance - and power - of choices than Sudha, a Vishakanya, or poison maiden, a female assassin whose very touch is deadly? NYT-Bestselling Author…
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Dark Tome, E16
Mr. Gussy returns, but what he finds on the other side was not what he expected. We venture to the salt-sprayed shores of New Brunswick, where time has been hard on Sammy. But the promise of three square meals and the…
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Dark Tome, E17
Cassie finds herself trapped with several other women in a monstrous situation imagined by a twisted doctor in post-WW1 England. This is the world of "Sing Me Your Scars," by Damien Angelica Waters. In this chilling…
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Dark Tome, E18
Joanna, her brother Oliver, and her dad are all trapped in the upstairs of their house, with a bear prowling downstairs. However, as her father plows deeper into a bottle of whisky, it becomes clear that human beasts…
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Keeper of the Dead
Teenager Zelle finds herself introduced to her family’s tradition – and amazing power – to hold audiences with the dead. But when she learns the costs of this incredible power, she's forced to make a dangerous…
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The Well, E1
Lizzie returns to her family’s ancestral farmhouse in rural Maine and discovers tapes in the attic that reveal a chilling family secret. Undertow: The Well is a Realm production created by Fred Greenhalgh. Listen…
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The Well, E2
Lizzie and her new friend, Kyle the talking goat, have found a portal to the magical land of Fae. Unfortunately this has put them right in the darkest depths of the ghoul tree forest. Undertow: The Well is a Realm…
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The Well, E3
A friend helps Lizzie and Kyle fight a cockatrice, but this help comes with a high price: Lizzie must steal a wyvern’s egg. Undertow: The Well is a Realm production created by Fred Greenhalgh. Listen away. For more…
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The Well, E4
Lost in the catacombs of the Gnome Mountains, Lizzie finds a friend and discovers the power of heart stone. Undertow: The Well is a Realm production created by Fred Greenhalgh. Listen away. For more shows like this,…
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The Well, E5
Carlow uses a magic mirror to track down Lizzie and her friends. Undertow: The Well is a Realm production created by Fred Greenhalgh. Listen away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our…
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The Well, E6
Lizzie and her friends reach the magical center of the Fae universe: The World Tree itself, and the Queen of Fae, who rules over it. But not all is as it seems... Undertow: The Well is a Realm production created by…
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The Well, E7
Lizzie breaks a dark enchantment, which gives Carlow the opportunity to launch an all-out assault on the World Tree. Undertow: The Well is a Realm production created by Fred Greenhalgh. Listen away. For more shows…
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The Well, E8
Lizzie faces a gruesome fate unless her friends are able to overcome their darkest fears and rescue her. Undertow: The Well is a Realm production created by Fred Greenhalgh. Listen away. For more shows like this,…
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