Darkest Night is a binaural audio drama that places you, the listener, at the center of a recovered memory that sounds as though it's happening around you in real time. Each chapter delves into the last memories of the recently deceased, slowly revealing a horrifying master plan. Who is weaving this master conspiracy, and what is their ultimate goal? Subscribe now to find out, and wear headphones for the best, most terrifying results.
Darkest Night is narrated by Lee Pace (The Hobbit Films, Guardians of the Galaxy, Pushing Daisies. Halt & Catch Fire, etc). Darkest Night features acting performances from Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story), Maynard James Keenan, Missi Pyle (The Artist & Dodgeball), RuPaul, Michelle Visage, and Jeffery Bowyer-Chapman.
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The Oyster
Welcome to the world of The Oyster.
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp and Hellofresh.
The Oyster is created by Alex Aldea and Adrienne Schaeffler.
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Nov 13 2020 31 min
The Heads of Sierra Blanca
This is the first episode of The Heads of Sierra Blanca.
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Sep 30 2019 40 min
The First Mrs. Claus
This is the debut of The First Mrs. Claus podcast.
Under rigorous pressure from DICK (the Department of Internal Christmas Knowledge), Hot Coco reveals the truth ab
Dec 4 2018 27 min
Chapter 30: The Final Sacrifice
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to The Final Sacrifice.
Cast List:
Narrator - Keith David
Katie Reed - Brynn Langford
Agent Han Ziggler - Denis O'Hare M
Nov 28 2018 37 min
Chapter 29: Abduction
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to a therapy session with a high school student who thinks she is being abducted by aliens.
Cast List:
Narrator - Keith Da
Nov 21 2018 33 min
Chapter 28: Origin
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to the last moments of one of the founders of the Center.
Cast List:
Narrator - Keith David
Katie Reed - Brynn Langford
Nov 14 2018 27 min
Chapter 27: Dream Date
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us on a young woman's adventure with Dream Date.
Narrator - Keith David
Katie Reed - Brynn Langford
Agent Han Ziggler - Den
Nov 7 2018 34 min
Chapter 26: The Goat Trees
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us on an acid trip in the woods gone awry.
Cast List:
Narrator - Keith David
Katie Reed - Brynn Langford
Agent Han Ziggler
Oct 31 2018 25 min
Bonus: The NoSleep Podcast Halloween 2018
In this bonus episode, we are featuring the NoSleep Podcast 2018 Halloween special.
"Home"† written by Keith McDuffee and performed by Erika Sanderson & Addison Peacoc
Oct 31 2018 2 h 26 min
Chapter 25: Friar Carlisle's
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us on a journalist's experience reporting the unveiling of Friar Carlisle's new Implausible Nuggets.
Cast List:
Narrator -
Oct 24 2018 22 min
Chapter 24: If I Had to Pick a Killer...
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to a live performance of the If I Had to Pick a Killer podcast. Cast List: Narrator - Keith David Katie Reed - Brynn Langfor
Oct 17 2018 28 min
Chapter 23: Elephant Club
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to two young men's adventure into a secret underground club. Cast List: Narrator - Keith David Katie Reed - Brynn Langford A
Oct 10 2018 30 min
Chapter 22: Happy Hollow Farm
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to a couple staying at an abandoned farm.
Cast List:
Narrator - Keith David
Katie Reed - Brynn Langford
Agent Han Ziggler
Oct 3 2018 33 min
Chapter 21: Safari Valley
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to an amusement park family trip gone wrong. Cast List: Narrator - Keith David Savannah Roth - Kim DeJesus Katie Reed - Bryn
Oct 3 2018 28 min
Season 2 Recap of Darkest Night
The Season 2 of Darkest Night was written by Jonathan Mann.
Oct 3 2018 2 min
Chapter 20: One Final Gambit
In this episode, the Roth Lobdow Center faces Sigma Corp for one final showdown.
Cast List:
Narrator - Lee Pace
Dr. Lionel Rickets - Maynard James Keenan
Katie Reed
Jul 24 2017 29 min
Chapter 19: Live Free and Die
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to a fundraiser for Senator Jackson Carlisle.
Cast List:
Narrator - Lee Pace
Dr. Lionel Rickets - Maynard James Keenan
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Jul 18 2017 24 min
Chapter 18: For My Next Trick
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to an online dating encounter gone wrong.
Cast List:
Narrator - Lee Pace
Dr. Lionel Rickets - Maynard James Keenan
Katie R
Jul 10 2017 28 min
Chapter 17: Bad Blood
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to the scene of a blood transfusion gone haywire.
Cast List:
Narrator - Lee Pace
Dr. Lionel Rickets - Maynard James Keenan
Jul 3 2017 25 min
Chapter 16: Date Night
In this episode, Project Cyclops takes us to a Date Night gone awry.
Cast List:
Narrator - Lee Pace
Dr. Lionel Rickets - Maynard James Keenan
Katie Reed - Brynn Lan
Jun 26 2017 22 min
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A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.
The acting is very over the top in the few episodes I’ve listened to so far, but the stories are entertaining and really keep your attention. Lee Pace is FANTASTIC as the narrator and I’m a huge fan of Denis O’Hare, they’re both perfect. The musical bit in the second episode and the douchey guys chatting at the end are terrible, I’m hoping there is less of both going forward.
bettie415 · Apr 2021
Had an incredibly strong start and running through the 1st season, with both excellent individual episodes and overarching meta plot that tied together excellently in the season finale. Great sense of tension and dramatic execution. 2nd season was similarly well crafted, but by the 3rd and final season, the overarching story fell a bit apart. The ending seemed like a rushed culmination of events that left some critical aspects to the season’s more seemingly supernatural events entirely ignored. Especially considering how previous seasons (and the final season, to an extent) were rather pointed on contextualizing the not-supernatural (albeit potentially convoluted and terrible) aspects of events.
TLDR; excellent first two seasons, but unsatisfactory concluding season.
Cyanalkal · Jan 2021
Welp.... just shot through Darkest Night podcast. There are some good stories for sure. But they’re hit or miss, with the stories getting more and more gore heavy as it goes. It’s an anthology horror series with an overarching plot that ties all the stories together. (Minor Spoiler Alert) Basically you’ve got two people working for an evil corporation where they can look at the last moments of someone’s life by taking the eyes out of the corpses. The deaths make the horror stories, and the major plot is based around them finding out their company is evil, corporate espionage, and eventually getting the government involved.... because murders, obviously. It’s got some great voice actors, but for whatever reason all of them are doing it way too campily. The first season gave intrigue and connected the dots fairly well. I feel the second season furthered this track decently enough to keep me interested. The third season, however, was a straight descent into narcotic madness with a sloppy tie up and a ludicrous, nonsensical ending to the full story. God, it was disappointing! Lol Anywho, decent premise with some decent to downright fantastic stories peppered throughout. I really wish the execution of the major story was handled better. I’m not saying don’t check it out, it’s an easy binge, but be mindful that you won’t get full satisfaction. At least I didn’t. Dennis O’Hare’s voice acting was obviously the highlight and draw for me.
arisanthony · Dec 2020
I really like this plot device of being able to see peoples last moments alive. And I’m always up for giant scary corporation conspiracies. But what’s really selling me is the Lee Pace narration and the cameos from THE RuPaul. How you guys managed to swing that last one is beyond me.
AppleofDiscord · Dec 2020
The acting wasn’t too bad but the writing was atrocious. No one in this anthology seems to act like normal human beings aside from the two people performing the study. The sound effects are often really badly done foley — a syringe drawing blood should not sound like someone slurping on an empty McDonald’s soda, for example. Sometimes they’re okay, but not enough to feel immersive. But while plenty of disturbing violence is thrown about, nothing scary really happens, and there is very little atmosphere developed. Pass.
Harrison Given · Sep 2022
After that the quality of the writing goes downhill significantly... The first season has a compelling storyline and believable dialogue. After the first season it seems like they were just producing whatever creepy pasta they could rip off and add gimicky sound effects to. What a letdown.
futchrambler · Jan 2021
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