Whilst cleaning the house today I was entertained by a series of podcasts entitled The Black Tapes. It takes the superb Serial as it’s template and tells the story of a number of paranormal happenings – which seem to be connected.
It’s listed as a docudrama – but is quite convincingly carried by most of the leads, Serial meets Blair Witch with a tiny amount of True Detective. The tropes are familiar – exorcism, insane asylums, mysterious ‘Sumerian’ daubings on walls but the format gives it a certain freshness.
Sadly, I have heard all the shows so far and still have work to do. Can anyone recommend any podcasts that tell fictional stories to keep me entertained?
Podcasts redux again.
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… should probably have put ATM in the title.
Supernatural rather than fictional, though it draws on lots of fictional sources, http://www.lorepodcast.com takes a theme (fear of the car, werewolves) and looks at their history and folklore.
Only half a dozen episodes so far, but it’s been keeping me company on the walk to and from work for the last couple of days. It even has incidental music by a Nine Inch Nail, if that’s your sort of thing.
ah – there’s a short interview with the presenter on a stop-gap ep of the Black Tapes – i’ll have a listen to that. – cheers.
Not fictional but I have been Informed, Educated and Entertained by The Secret History of Hollywood podcasts. There are only about six of them so far but they are very in depth and several hours long. I await the third part of the Alfred Hitchcock story. Also, they are very well recorded so none of that annoying mumble/shriek that used to drive me potty on the Ellen/Hepworth episodes.
I just finished listening to the ‘Universe Of Horrors’ podcast, all 7 (seven!!) glorious hours of it. Currently partway through the Rathbone/Bruce Holmes episode, then I’ll make a start on the Hitchcock episodes. Fantastic stuff.
Third end. Really well researched and well written podcast docs.
That’s ‘thirded’ not ‘third end’.
Yes – listened to them over the week-end when decorating – meant to thank you for your recommendation, Dave. The Sherlock one led to me watching three or four films on Youtube.
Were you as delighted as I was to discover that Rathbone and Bruce were close friends in real life?
That Black Tapes sounds just like my kind of thing. I’ll definitely give that a whirl.
I’ve just discovered a film podcast called The Projection Booth which is shaping up nicely, the kind of film commentary that takes it for granted that you know who Snake Plissken is. They’ve just done a three hour episode on Alien 3 ( which will please Bingo) that covered the troubled genesis of the movie very well. Going through their archive I saw one on Star Wars, which weighed in at six hours. That one may wait until retirement.
You think that’s exhaustive, you should try Star Wars Minute. 301 podcasts covering the original trilogy, one minute at a time. That’s one minute of each movie, not a one minute podcast…
I recently discovered and devoured a podcast entitled “The Worst Idea of All Time”.
It’s two mates who, once a week for 52 weeks, watched and then discussed the Adam Sandler classic “Grown Ups 2”.
You can literally track them as they pass through the five stages of grief. They didn’t even enjoy it on the first screening.
They’re now onto season two: Sex and the City 2. I am not making this up. And you lot dare suggest that there’s no innovation these days….
Oh blimey. This sounds right up my street.
Oooh – Big Wednesday!
I’ve just gone further back in the TPB archive and there’s one on Miracle Mile! I love that film, didn’t think anyone else had even thought about it in the last twenty years!
And Trancers!
And Tremors!
*runs out of thread whooping gleefully*
And there’s one on some flick called Sorceror. Anybody know anything about it?
This archive is basically my old VHS library. I’m lost.