Hooked on podcasts but not sure what to listen to next? Got into "Serial" but the real world is draining you? Fictional podcasts are coming back into style in a way reminiscent to the golden age of radio broadcasting, tailored for an on-demand, on-the-go experience. Even so, it can be dizzying trying to figure out where to begin when podcasting is becoming a bigger field than ever before. If you find yourself struggling to keep up with the millions of shows coming out every day, you aren't alone! Try checking out these five awesome serialized stories.
5. The Black Tapes
The Black Tapes podcast follows the story of investigative journalist Alex Reagan and her enigmatic compatriot Dr. Richard Strand. Alex is a woman who has left hard-hitting journalism to start an experimental study into the paranormal and occult. In her research she meets Strand, a widower who has devoted his life to disproving the existence of just that. However, in his long career Strand has collected a series of "black tapes" or cases he has been unable to disprove- yet. Together, Alex and Strand embark on a journey to further investigate the black tapes, Strand being on the side of science and logic, and Alex being the believer.
4. The Elysium Project
While The Elysium Project only consists of four episodes so far, I am already hooked. A mysterious corporation develops a drug that gives its users the ability to manipulate reality. A group of test subjects escape captivity and embark on a quest for their freedom. An isolated teen finds someone to share her secret life, and finally, vengeance is sought.
3. Welcome to Night Vale
Set in a small town where truth is stranger than fiction, Welcome to Night Vale is the show that made fandom and podcasting collide. Follow Cecil, an eccentric local news radio host, as he tells the creepy, impossible, and downright weird goings on in Night Vale. With an independent book to go along with the podcast, and live shows all over the world, you will have no shortage of content if you're still reeling from having only four episodes of The Elysium Project to cling to. Are angels real? Who is the Vague, Yet Menacing Government Agency? Where even is "King City" anyways? All that and more are found in Welcome to Night Vale.
2. Edict Zero - FIS
Are you into science fiction? Edict Zero - FIS may be the mystery for you. Millenia in the future, humans have relocated to a new world, where they have lived in relative peace ever since our Earth was destroyed. That is, until a terrorist sets off a bomb the likes of which have never been seen in a nightclub and somehow walked away alive, despite standing only feet from the blast. The Federal Investigative Services (FIS) hunt the mastermind to the deed, and unwittingly unearth ties to the very agencies meant that are pledged to serve and protect.
1. Wormwood
A strange vision leads occultist Dr. Xander Crowe to the town of Wormwood, where not all is as it seems. While the townspeople portray the perfect picture of small-town life, smiles and picket fences hide dark pasts, evil intentions, and hidden desires. Everyone has a secret, but some are more dangerous than others in Wormwood.
