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Limbo Calling

by Limbo Tapes

Limbo Calling is a surreal audio drama and variety show, presented as a series of unusual radio reports. Operator 83 is a radio operator working alone in Limbo. Stationed at a remote outpost beneath a constant drizzle of radio static, he monitors the scruffy airwaves and files reports to an unanswering HQ. These reports contain weird and wonderful fragments of life in Limbo — both on the airwaves and within the outpost itself. Limbo Calling experiments with radio drama, eerie sound design, music, dark humour, and the supernatural into a calmly unsettling listening experience for curious ears.

Latest episodes

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The Bells as well

Operator 83 has become the admirer of a wonderful new voice flowing through the static. He shares a recording of a mysterious dream story (starring Close Michael), and fi

Feb 2
38 min

The choir

Operator 83 resumes his eerie reports to HQ - In this first dispatch of series 2, the bleak radio static has brought him some poetry, music, and a mysterious choir rehear

Jan 16
30 min

Troubleshooting: Slumberland

~ Limbo Calling returns with a short test transmission ahead of series 2 ~ Operator 83 is experiencing serious malfunctions at The Outpost. He expects full reports to re

Jan 8
8 min

BONUS: Radio Limbo LIVE @ XMTR Festival '25

A new series is brewing... But in the meantime here's a message from Limbo Pete, and the recording of the live show from XMTR Audio Arts Festival 2025. Become a Patron an

Nov 25 2025
49 min

BONUS: Radio Limbo LIVE in St. Leonards...

Behold the first-ever Radio Limbo live show, recorded at XMTR festival in St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Host Limbo Pete guides the audience through selected gems from the Limbo

Oct 14 2024
1 h 01 min

6. Tonight's The Night

On the anniversary of the visitation, 83 is preparing to go back to the... Thing, in the basement. But why does Leonard suddenly think it's not a good idea? Events at th

Jul 23 2024
33 min

5. What's in The Basement?

Leonard convinces the operator to look for something in the basement. He finds it, and more... Also: We hear a show about a very special call centre, meet an interplanet

May 31 2024
27 min

4. Help (Say What You See)

A sleepwalker is beckoned by a distant sound, a helpline receives a call about lost marbles, and The Operator is affected by cries for help...  Produced by Pete Hazell,

Apr 25 2024
22 min

3. Slug Rider

Slug riding expert Reuben Simoncelli sheds some light on how to gain the trust of a slug. The Operator has a flashback to some uninvited guests, and plays a song that mig

Mar 21 2024
26 min

2. New Animals

Perilous encounters with foxes, grizzly worms and a dubious animal collector... The Operator presents some unnerving wildlife discoveries from across the Limbo airwaves,

Feb 26 2024
24 min

1. Fear Swim

Controversial water-based event “Fear Swim” is something of a nightlife myth. Founder & promoter Shirley Eelsworth reveals in an interview some of the backstory to this f

Jan 25 2024
20 min

Prologue: Static Winter

Our first discovery in the archive was this introduction to The Operator, Leonard and a "visitation" to the outpost, during a particularly difficult winter.  To support

Jan 24 2024
9 min

Trailer

Monthly dispatches begin January 24th 2024. Limbo Calling is a series looking at the restored dispatches of an anonymous radio operator, found in the Radio Limbo archive.

Jan 24 2024
1 min

Chart trend

Position in the Comedy Fiction chart (US), last 90 days.

#35
all-time peak
4
days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

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