The Grotto

The Grotto

The Grotto is a liminal horror audio drama series presented by Rusty Quill (The Magnus Archives) about exploring the lines between grief, pain, mourning, and loss. Each episode includes an original song to match the tone as well as full audio sound scaping, and a full cast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

January 10, 2025 21 mins

CREDITS:

Derek Moreland as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

Charlie Keegan James as Rachel (@GLCharlieG, @glcharlieg.bsky.social)

charliekeeganjames.squarespace.com

Daniel Huras as Marcus (@BalefulWingsPod)

Listen to The Beat of Baleful Wings


SONG CREDITS:

10:00 | Echoes - Derek Moreland

17:39 | The Line (Twenty One Pilots) - Derek Moreland


LINKS:

WEBSITE: https://www.thegrottopod.com/

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheGrottoPod


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Silent Fright: A holiday horror anthology from various horror podcast creators.


For the first year of many, different creators have come together to make spooky holiday themed episodes to give you more to listen to during the holidays.


Visit https://shows.acast.com/silent-fright to listen and check out all the shows involved.


Here is our episode, I Can't See - you can also listen to an episode from our very own Taylor Mich...

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December 20, 2024 27 mins

CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Landon 'Lemon' Whisnant as NURSE (@AudistoriumPod)

Devin Steffens as RANDOM COOL NURSE (LISTEN TO @DEADWESTPOD)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Natalie Light as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)

Derek Moreland as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)


SONG CREDITS:

13:27 | Numbers (Daughter) - Natalie Light

22:20 | Balancing - Athan & Taylor Michaels



LINKS:

WEBSITE...

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December 6, 2024 28 mins

CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Dylan Griggs as Buck (LISTEN TO @WOEBEGONEPOD)

Devin Steffens as EMT 1 (LISTEN TO @DEADWESTPOD)

XakaCross as EMT 2 (@xakacross) - https://www.twitch.tv/xakacross

Rat Grimes from Department of Variance as The Doctor (@ratgrimes) (@somewhereohio)

https://somewhereohio.com/

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Natalie Light as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)

Derek Moreland...

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November 15, 2024 30 mins

CONTENT WARNING:

Loud noises in the music, especially around 26:15


CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Natalie Light as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)

Derek Moreland as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)


SONG CREDITS:

13:59 | Like I'm Gonna Lose You (Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend) - Athan

23:13 | Repaired - Athan & Lyssa Jay


LINKS:

WEBSITE: https://www.thegrott...

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Welcome to Inkwell Haven, presented by Purga-Tours.


This Spooky Season, ten of your favorite shows have come together to produce the first season of our Halloween special: Inkwell Haven.

Join us as a group of delectably detestable social media influencers tour the haunted town of Haven. Each historic site is filled with mystery, suspense, and horror to prepare you for the most horrorable day of the year: Halloween!


If you are ...

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October 14, 2024 15 mins

Dylan is Podcast Daddy and the reason I even made the show, so go listen to his show WOE.BEGONE.


Listen to WOE.BEGONE: https://woebegonepod.com/


In a search for an interesting ARG, Mike Walters accidentally stumbles into a brutal real life game, known online as WOE.BEGONE. What begins as an exploration of the game turns into a search for the powerful technology that makes the game possible.


WOE.BEGONE is a weekly horror/sc...

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October 11, 2024 5 mins

Chronic - The Grotto

Originally by Athan


LINKS:

WEBSITE: https://www.thegrottopod.com/

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheGrottoPod


TWITCH:

Athan: https://www.twitch.tv/athansmusic

Lyssa: https://www.twitch.tv/ripperonipupperoo

Tay: https://www.twitch.tv/taytayheyheyva



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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September 27, 2024 29 mins

CONTENT WARNING:

This episode contains a loud car crash around 21:36


CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Natalie Light as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

David Ault as Dr. Callum (@DavidAult)

Derek Moreland as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)


SONG CREDITS:

11:56 | Follow You Down (Gin Blossoms) - Athan

22:12 | Jericho - Athan

26:22 | Dr0pB0ttom - Tw1nkStar


LINKS:

WEB...

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September 13, 2024 22 mins

CONTENT WARNING:

Misophonia warning at 09:57

This episode has some minor volume jumps for some of the music, otherwise it's fine


CREDITS:

Natalie Light as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Derek Moreland as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)


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Ryan Murphy as Officer Eddie (@otheryanmurphy...

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August 30, 2024 21 mins

CONTENT WARNING:

In addition to general content warnings, this episode contains one particularly loud and violent section.

Times will vary based on ads

15:12-15:36 & 17:07-17:17


CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Derek Moreland as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

Landon "Lemon" Whisnant as Brandon (@LemjaminButton)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)

Natalie Light as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

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August 9, 2024 35 mins

CONTENT WARNING:

In addition to general content warnings, just assume episodes will have sniffling sounds, we cry a lot up in this bitch


CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)

Derek as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

Natalie as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

Jenah as Lisa (@JustJenahHere)

CodyVM as Jesse (@codyvmwastaken)


SONG CREDITS:

12:50 | Restless - Taylor Michael...

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July 12, 2024 26 mins

CONTENT WARNING:

This episode is very heavily themed around loss.

In addition to the mentioned content warnings, this episode contains a lot of sad sniffly sounds.


CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)

Derek as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

Natalie as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)


Pine Gonzalez from Tales From the Fringes of Reality as Nicole (@thefringespod)

http...

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June 28, 2024 24 mins

CONTENT WARNING:

This episode contains some brushing sounds that are a lil grody at around 15:55


CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)

Derek as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

Natalie as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

Tatiana Gefter from Soul Operator as 911 Operator (@tot_cocoa) (@souloperatorpod)

https://www.souloperatorpod.com/



SONG CREDITS:

08:42 | Ok - Athan

1...

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April 5, 2024 49 mins

I can help you


CONTENT WARNING:

This episode contains themes of violence, claustrophobia, themes of the occult, self harm both mental and physical, death and loss, blood and gore, alcohol and substance abuse, as well as shouting and loud noises, time stamps in the description.


LOUD NOISES:

(Time may change based on ads - use as a rough guide)

01:15, 05:12, 30:49, 31:01, 34:54, 36:20, 41:17


CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic...

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the minor falls, the major lifts

The official audio for “Hallelujah” off ‘Limbo’, Athan’s debut album, Feat. The Grotto

https://thegrottopod.com/


Listen to ‘Limbo’ on all streaming services now: https://www.athansmusic.com/limbo


See you in 7 days for the finale


Follow Athan

athansmusic.com

twitch.tv/athansmusic



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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March 22, 2024 26 mins

CONTENT WARNING

This episode contains loud noises


CREDITS:

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)

Derek as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Natalie as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)


MUSIC:

Empty performed by Athan

Damaged Goods performed by Athan


LINKS:

WEBSITE: https://www.thegrottopod.com/

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheGrottoPod

ATHAN: https://www.athansmusic.com/

400 WO...

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March 8, 2024 27 mins

Welcome back Emily! That’s quite a stack. Did you find everything ok?


CONTENT WARNING

This episode contains themes of drowning and a little bit of body horror.


LOUD NOISES

7:38 | 10:55 | 19:12 |


Emetophobia Warning at 11:16


CREDITS:

Lyssa Jay as Emily (@LyssaJayVA)

Natalie as Lillian (@NataliesDreaming)

CodyVM as City Worker (@codyvmwastaken)

Jenah as Librarian (@JustJenahHere)

Derek as Ambrose (@isitsleepyghost)

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February 23, 2024 32 mins

I want you to be honest with me. Did I…really screw you up?


CONTENT WARNING

This episode contains themes of death, violence, hospitals, and some loud noises.



CREDITS:

Taylor Michaels as David (@TayTayHeyHeyVA)


Pine Gonzalez from Tales From the Fringes of Reality as Nicole (@thefringespod)

https://thefringespod.carrd.co/


Dylan Griggs from WOEBEGONE as Buck (@woebegonepod)

https://woebegonepod.com/


Tatiana Gefter from ...

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January 12, 2024 24 mins


i keep having to bury you every day


CONTENT WARNING

This episode contains themes of violence, gore, and claustrophobia. In addition, this episode also contains graphic depictions of physical and mental self-harm, and descriptions of the repercussions of these actions. Listener discretion is strongly advised.


LOUD NOISES:

00:32 // 14:45 // 15:04 // 16:38 // 19:30 // 20:24


CREDITS:

Athan as Matt (@AthansMusic)

Lyssa Jay as E...

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