WARNING: Disturbing Content
A man walks into a therapist’s office, panicked and unable to explain what’s wrong. She asks him, as homework, to record everything calmly and from the beginning. These are the strange, intimate tapes of Patient 347.
Sparks is a psychological horror audio drama about memory, identity, and breaking free from toxic pasts.
“...one of the top 5 podcasts I’ve listened to. Ever.” — The Podcast Geek
Written, performed, and produced independently by David McCool.
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What a tangled skien, and I mean that in the best possible way! The time-jumping feels a lot like Slaughterhouse 5, but on a much more personal level. It's brilliant—from concept to execution. Put this next in your listening queue.
I’m still Evo Terra · Aug 2025
Immersive? Check. Unexpected twists and turns? Check. New original content? Check. Yes, it is a slow burn but it’s not an action thriller and doesn’t try to be. It draws you in slowly and surely into the narrator’s twisted world and dilemmas. The narrator’s delivery gives the story a sincerity and intensity lacking in my over-acted podcasts.
Thoughts99 · Aug 2025
This is hands down one of the best stories I have heard. The usual trolls came out with the repetitive one stars after the podcasts popularity showed up on reddit but whatever ~ have not heard anything this captivating in a while. Hard to describe without spoilers maybe Dark meets Flatliners with psychological terror told in an authentic first person narration style which i love. Like the first episodes of the Black Tapes when you had to double check if it was fiction or not.
Starry eyed 44 · May 2025
give this one the benefit of listening all the way through before judging the story. while it echos some of the dynamics of cults of personality and being groomed for a role you reject the author is clearly writing a work of fiction. still, the descriptions of what one might call typical real world cult behavior are disturbing and there's a few bodies piling up - so its horror, no mistake.
Not-fun · Mar 2025
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