Undertow: Familiar Haunts

Undertow is Realm’s showcase of original horror stories. Hosted by audio horror pioneer and creator Fred Greenhalgh, each season presents a spooky standalone series, so you can dive in anytime... if you dare! Current Season: Familiar Haunts From haunted houses to remote islands, late night radio transmissions to witchcraft, these character-forward stories reveal how the past is never truly gone, and humanity may be the most ruthless monster of them all. Craving More Frights? Explore Past Seasons: Season 1: Simpson Falls - A reporter awakens malevolent forces in his haunted hometown. Season 2: Blood Forest - Every 20 years, werewolves descend for a night of horror. Starring Jack Falahee. Season 3: Dark Tome - A teen unleashes a terrifying story from a spooky bookshop. Season 4: The Well - Family secrets resurface, setting loose horror from an old well. Season 5: The Pulse - A meteorite awakens animalistic instincts in a group of treasure hunters. Season 6: The Sisters - True events inspire a chilling tale of occult & possession. Starring Mae Whitman. Season 7: Last Call - A hustler gambles for his life against the Grim Reaper. Season 8: Narcosis - A rescue dive turns deadly beneath the waves. Season 9: The Harrowing - A barbaric crime heralds the rise of an ancient evil. Season 10: Hovering - A police officer is pulled into unimaginable circumstances when he starts investigating calls about an object in the sky. Season 11: Trio of Nightmares - Three bone-chilling novellas from Maine writers Chris Bernier, Katherine Silva, and Morgan Sylvia. Binge Ad-Free & Early! Subscribe at realm.fm.

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Welcome to Undertow

January 13, 2022 • 51 secs

If this is your first journey into the Undertow, start right here! Host Fred Greenhalgh is here to welcome you to this warped version of Maine, and let you know what to expect while you're here. Undertow: Simpson Falls is created and written by Fred Greenhalgh, produced by Dagaz Media, and presented by Realm. Listen Away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Follow us! On I...

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Introducing Simpson Falls

January 14, 2022 • 2 mins

Reporter Tony Baxter returns to his childhood home of Simpson Falls with an ax to grind, determined to root out corruption. But his sleuthing leads him down a dangerous path, where his own unresolved trauma lies in wait. Joined by friend and fellow lost soul Sonia Proud, Tony must confront the tragedy that shaped him deep in the New England woods— but if they aren’t careful, the malevolent forces in Simpson Falls won&rs...

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Simpson Falls, E1

February 2, 2022 • 38 mins

Reporter Tony Baxter is called back to his home town of Simpson Falls, Maine to investigate a new multi-million dollar boutique hospital project by the mysterious Malleus Corporation. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Marguerite C...

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Simpson Falls, E2

February 9, 2022 • 34 mins

Tony and Sonia pull together to get to their assignment - the Press Conference about the new hospital - and start to get a feel for what's really going down in Simpson Falls. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Marguerite Croft...

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Simpson Falls, E3

February 16, 2022 • 31 mins

Sonia joins Digby and Madge for a Dark Tome conspiracy theory tour and discovers she's getting far more than she bargained for. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Marguerite Croft. Sensitivity consulting by Maulian Dana. Voices by Tony A...

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Simpson Falls, E4

February 23, 2022 • 22 mins

Tony takes Sonia to the iconic Mona's Diner, and while grappling with the age-old question, "Whoopie pie or blueberry pie?" an unexpected visitor changes their trajectory. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Marguerite Croft. Sensit...

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Simpson Falls, E5

March 2, 2022 • 33 mins

With their stay in Simpson Falls unexpectedly extended, Tony and Ricky visit an old childhood haunt while Sonia unearths secrets tucked along the river. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Marguerite Croft. Sensitivity consulting by...

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Simpson Falls, E6

March 9, 2022 • 20 mins

Tony and Sonia find themselves within the mirrored walls of the Malleus Corporation building, fighting to hang on to health and sanity, as memory and reality grow increasingly unreliable. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Margueri...

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Simpson Falls, E7

March 16, 2022 • 30 mins

Sonia's nightmares may become reality as Tony makes a momentous decision to confront his past. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Marguerite Croft. Sensitivity consulting by Maulian Dana. Voices by Tony Aidan Vo, Stephanie Diaz, Ja...

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Simpson Falls, E8

March 23, 2022 • 33 mins

Knocked off balance between there and now and the over there, Sonia latches on to an unreliable narrator to help her track down Tony. The crossing will be more dangerous than she could ever imagine. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga a...

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Simpson Falls, E9

March 30, 2022 • 29 mins

Tony has the opportunity to revisit the moment in his childhood when everything changed, and faces an impossible choice. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Marguerite Croft. Sensitivity consulting by Maulian Dana. Voices by Tony Ai...

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Simpson Falls, E10

April 6, 2022 • 18 mins

A chapter ends, and a new chapter opens - insofar as there are beginnings, and ends, and middles. Written by Fred Greenhalgh and Greg Tulonen. Story by Fred Greenhalgh, William Dufris, Barry Dodd, and Greg Tulonen. Based on The Dark Tome, created by Fred Greenhalgh and William Dufris. Story consulting by Christopher Reynaga and Marguerite Croft. Sensitivity consulting by Maulian Dana. Voices by Tony Aidan Vo, Stephanie Diaz,...

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Agony Chamber

September 16, 2022 • 44 mins

A group of buddies goes hunting in the Maine woods and find an evil beyond imagination. Based on the short story from Morgan Sylvia, THE AGONY CHAMBER. Performed by Nathan Dana Aldritch. Sound Design and Editing by Fred Greenhalgh. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Additional sound and music by Mind’s Eye Productions. The Agony Chamber is produced by Dagaz Media, and presented by Realm. Listen Away. For more shows like this, vis...

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Janine

September 23, 2022 • 33 mins

A haunting tale of youth gone awry thanks to devils in the Maine woods. Based on the short story JANINE, by Emma J. Gibbon. Performed by Lisa Stathoplos. Sound design and music editing by Carter Wogahn. The creatures which appear in this story are based on an original concept by Thomas Washburn Jr. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Follow us! On Instagram @RealmMedia_ On...

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Firsts

September 30, 2022 • 47 mins

An unwitting trip to the dark world of Fae turns a camper in the 1950s into the unwitting servant of the Seelie Queen. How will he contend with all the delectably bloody acts she wants her pawn to commit? FIRSTS was written and performed by Robert J LeBlanc. Sound design and music editing, by Karlyn Daigle. Produced for Undertow by Dagaz Media, and presented by Realm. Listen Away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sig...

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Enter the Blood Forest

October 7, 2022 • 3 mins

Are you ready to enter the Blood Forest? Just down the road from Simpson Falls is Langeley, Maine, a frontier town that sits on the edge between the known world and a great wilderness beyond... A wilderness where monsters live, who come down from the deep woods to terrorize this small town every twenty years. Get a first taste of the new horror series for Undertow, which stars Jack Falahee and Bree Klauser. Learn more about your ad...

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Bonus: Meet the Wolfpack

November 25, 2022 • 38 mins

Why werewolves? Why Maine? What’s really going on in Langeley? Meet the creative team behind Blood Forest as five Mainers and a New Yorker walk into a Zoom... Undertow: Blood Forest is a Realm production. Listen Away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you're there! Follow us! On Instagram @RealmMedia_ On Twitter @RealmMedia Check out our merch at: merch.realm.fm Find and suppo...

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The Green Knight's Wife

December 30, 2022 • 20 mins

We've heard the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - but what of his wife? How does she feel about being the prop piece in an endless trial of virtue? For this winter’s solstice, Undertow presents the Dagaz Media production of Kat Howard's short story "The Green Knight's Wife". Voices by: Moira Driscoll, William Dufris, Stephen McLaughlin, and Thomas Campbell. Sound design by Rory O’Shea with music by Blue Dot Ses...

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Return to Blackout Point

January 6, 2023 • 45 mins

Young, bored, and with a penchant for mischief, Emma and her friends made their own entertainment in a seaside town in Maine. They got up to things that any crew of teenagers would...up until the night things went too far, and what started as a harmless prank had deadly consequences that would last decades. Now, fifty years later, Emma is returning to the Blackout Point lighthouse — the site of a horrific tragedy — to s...

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Curious History of the Dark Tome

January 9, 2023 • 21 mins

We transition from the Blood Forest to the world of the Dark Tome via an apocryphal internet essay written in 1999 by a rare book specialist in Simpson Falls, Maine. We learn all about the Dark Tome's strange origins, its connection with lycanthropy, and its weird journey from Mesopotamia to rural Maine. Undertow is a Realm production. Listen Away. For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm, and sign up for our newsletter while you...

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Episodes

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Simpson Falls, E10

Agony Chamber

Janine

Firsts

Enter the Blood Forest

Bonus: Meet the Wolfpack

The Green Knight's Wife

Return to Blackout Point

Curious History of the Dark Tome

Popular Podcasts

Welcome to Undertow

Introducing Simpson Falls