Historical Fiction Audio Drama Podcasts

A fictional wrestling saga inspired by the real-life stories of the 1980’s Pro-Wrestling Era, written and produced like an ensemble cast cable drama or soap opera, featuring guest Voice Actors like RJ City, Cyrus Fees and more. It‘s Game of Thrones in a wrestling ring as we follow the rise and fall of the power […]

The history of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials told through music and story-telling in a format recalling an old time radio drama with a modern experimental prog-rock twist. Witch Hunt borrows freely from original sources of information from the time of the trials such as letters, books, poems, transcriptions of the trials themselves, as well […]

Real Time 1960s tells the story of the 1960s — politics, culture, entertainment, sports — day by day.

Rosamund Pike stars as Edith Wilson in “Edith!” a scripted comedy podcast exploring the untold true-ish story of America’s secret First Female President. After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive, paralyzing stroke in the White House, Edith Wilson did the unthinkable: she told no one. And for almost a year following the end of World […]

Frontier Gentleman: Chronicles of the Wild WestEmbark on a captivating auditory journey back to the Wild West with the podcast, “Frontier Gentleman: Chronicles of the Wild West.” This show is a modern-day homage to the 1958 radio series “Frontier Gentleman,” which aired on CBS from February 2 to November 16, every Sunday afternoon at 2:30pm, […]

When Ecstasy and Acid House first swept Britain, a group of lives would be changed forever. One Story. Half real life. Half drama. Welcome to Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave.

It’s 1721, and London is abuzz with news of notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, currently languishing in Newgate Prison. It’s the perfect time for debt-ridden journalist Nathaniel Mist to exploit the public appetite and ghost-write a sensational (and hopefully best-selling) history of pirates. But as the balladeers and gossips on the streets of […]

Lou Beckett is a playwright recognised for plays that often blend historical themes with contemporary relevance. Notable plays include ‘Bletchley Girls,’ which is based on the true story of women codebreakers during World War II. The stage play was adapted into a popular three-part audio play when the touring production was cancelled due to Covid. […]

“Harlem Queen” is a Black historical fiction audio drama based on the life and times of Black, woman, “gangster” Madame Stephanie St. Clair during the Harlem Renaissance (the story takes place around 1926-28). Madame St. Clair had a powerful impact on building the Harlem community underground and aboveground and defining the Harlem Renaissance. Our goal […]

Season 1: Fall of the Shah A tale of power, betrayal and fear. Taking you back to the 1970s, when the Iranian Revolution would change the world forever. A nine-part drama. Season 2: Fukushima A tsunami hits the Japanese nuclear plant. The disaster told in a seven-part drama. As the energy company and politicians in […]

Compelling audio dramas that bring history and folklore to life. From wartime collaboration to medieval murder, from French chateaux to Scottish islands, our stories will transport you through the mists of time and place to who knows where … Ready?

In season two of THE CONTROL GROUP (Civil Defense), the airwaves are filled with announcements of a nuclear attack on the United States. As panic threatens the community of New Canaan, a housewife (Tess Malis Kincaid) tries to protect her daughter (Allie Ficken) from both the atomic and the human dangers that surround them. Woven […]

Men of Iron V II, by Howard Pyle “The year 1400 opened with more than usual peacefulness in England. Only a few months before, Richard II—weak, wicked, and treacherous—had been dethroned, and Henry IV declared King in his stead. But it was only a seeming peacefulness, lasting but for a little while; for though King […]

The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare, is the first of the history series that continues with Parts 1 and 2 of King Henry IV and with The Life of King Henry V. At the beginning of the play, Richard II banishes his cousin Henry Bolingbroke from England. Bolingbroke later returns with an […]

Sisters of the Underground is an 8-episode scripted series by Executive Producers Eva Longoria and Dania Ramirez. It follows the true story of three courageous women, known as the Mirabal sisters, who changed the world. Their lifelong activism in the Dominican Republic and state-orchestrated assassination ignited outrage that led to the downfall of one of […]

The year is 1814, and Elena’s life is about to change forever. When Elena learns from her father that her past has been a lie, her entire life is uprooted all in one night. Along with a trunk of her mother’s belongings, she is dropped off the next day at the pier to begin a […]

Step back in time and explore the dazzling world of Hollywood with Rupert Hughes’ ‘Excuse Me!’ Follow the story of Tom and Betty Bartlett, as they navigate the glamour and intrigue of the movie industry in its golden age. Experience the power of storytelling to transport us to another time and place, and to reveal […]

The story of the trial of the most notorious Nazi war criminals through dramatic reconstruction, telling it from ground-level up, through the eyes of a Russian interpreter, the American prison psychologist, a French reporter, the British Court Liaison Officer and others from the thousands of individuals tasked with fighting ‘the last battle of WWII’. Starring […]

The Resistible Rise of J. R. Brinkley is a four part audio drama podcast, set in the 1920’s and 30’s, about a the true story of a quack doctor/politician who first became famous for his cure for impotence: implanting goat testicles into human testicles. It uses comedy and country music to illustrate Brinkley’s life as […]

An original play by Phillip H. McMath. What is the collateral damage that occurs when a brother helps out his sister by agreeing to still go to a formal dinner party that she has arranged for one of her girlfriends after his date for the event develops a last-minute headache? Call Me Mara is set […]

Every story is a crossroads. A diverse company of Chicago artists produces new audio dramas—recorded live—and stages freewheeling audience conversations about them. Led by Founder and Executive Producer Jeremy McCarter, Make-Believe shares suspenseful, moving, hilarious stories, and tries to discover how they shape our world.

Imagine finding a stack of audio tapes containing the first few minutes of interviews and private conversations between personalities from History and some therapists, counsellors, officials and frankly, people just trying to do their job. Imagine eavesdropping on their discussion and getting a glimpse of who they were as human beings. You don’t need to […]

CROOKED RIVER is a fictional podcast narrative that spans the five-year period between September 1934 and August 1939 in post-Prohibition Cleveland, Ohio at the height of the Great Depression. During this politically turbulent time, an elusive killer decapitated and dismembered thirteen victims—seven men and six women—all under the watch of newly appointed Public Safety Director […]

Before he was Benjamin Franklin, inventor and statesman, he was just Ben, a boy in Colonial Boston with an adventurous spirit, a curious mind…and a penchant for getting into trouble. Meet our most endearing founding father at fourteen; a charming rebel years away from discovering the ageless sayings and brilliant inventions that made him famous. […]

Travel back in time and be enthralled by unheard, unseen voices of The Harlem Renaissance as they are brought to life in half-hour radio dramas written by playwrights of color. ICONS: Harlem Renaissance in Motion is produced by The Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) and Venus Radio Theater. This series of incredible stories is provided […]

With Love, Victoria is a musical podcast that brings to life the diaries of Queen Victoria and explores what was erased by her daughter, Princess Beatrice. Of 141 volumes the Queen wrote in her lifetime, Princess Beatrice left only 111 after she had edited her late mother’s diaries. This serialized podcast dramatizes what once was […]

These are original Plays and stories appropriate for all ages, for everyone to enjoy.

A man’s plans for a grand expedition to America are abandoned upon finding himself confined to his own quarters. Undeterred, he embarks upon a journey around his room where he makes a great many discoveries. A Journey Around My Room is a story of contemplation, friendship and survival in an age of turmoil.

Modeled after the classic adventure, war, and mystery radio serials of the early/mid 1900s, Merely Players is proud to announce “The Bloody Audio Drama of Macbeth” (or, B.A.D. Macbeth): a radio play set in the turmoil of the early 20th century. The episodic nature of this adaptation of the play creates a nostalgic ambiance that […]

Heroes aren’t born, they’re made. This is the epic tale of Jack Kirby, the most famous cartoonist you never heard of: Born in the Lower East Side slums, veteran of the battlefields of France, co-creator of CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE AVENGERS, THE X-MEN, Kirby had his biggest fight after his comic books became an international sensation: […]

After an unarmed black man is killed by a local officer, an unassuming activist, John Mark, sets out to unite his divided city together and stop both sides from descending into chaos. Will he succeed or only make things worse? Find out in this gripping audio drama created and directed by Joshua Williams. Starring Trevon […]

Starring Laurence Fishburne, Larenz Tate and Tika Sumpter, and written by Academy Award(r) and BAFTA nominee Josh Olson (“A History of Violence”), BRONZEVILLE will chronicle the lives of players in the lottery games while illuminating the self-sustainability of the community’s African American residents.

The Trials of Louisa Collins. Louisa was the first and last woman hanged in NSW Australia.This case captured the public imagination in 1888. People packed the courthouse to watch the ‘Botany Borgia’s murder trials. Not one trial but four. Louisa’s eventual death sentence sparked public satisfaction and public rage. Was she guilty or not guilty? […]

The uninquisitive Syms Covington, Darwin’s servant, recalls the HMS Beagle’s historical second voyage concentrating on all the wrong details.

In the 1870s, pioneers Mona Mae Christophe and Zekial Montgomery search the American West for Mona Mae’s mother, Clara. Mona must recall a past, long forgotten in order to survive, so that she can find her mother, love and create a way of life for herself. Mona’s journey shows how knowing our stories and histories […]

It’s the Golden Age of Piracy, but when the scourge of prohibition comes to town, two jovial bartenders must sing their hearts out to save their bacon. Season 1 premieres Monday December 7, 2020! Created, written and produced by Sander Randall & Riley Cecil Taggart Cover illustration by Sophie Birkin

The legal world comes to life in this series of audio dramas. Each episode follows one famous case from dramatic inception to the fireworks of the courtroom battle. Styled after the radio dramas of the 1940s, every case is meticulously reconstructed with sound effects, narration, music, and voice actors. At the end, you get to […]

‘We step outside and start to dance’ is a new immersive audio experience written by award-winning North East playwright Alison Carr (The Last Quiz Night on Earth, UK Tour; Iris, Live Theatre).

Shipwreck: A History Play About 2017 Audio Version and Original Stage Play by Anne Washburn Directed and Freely Adapted by Saheem Ali Produced by The Public Theater In a co-production with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Original Music Composed and Performed by The Bengsons Sound Designer Palmer Hefferan Audio Engineering by UltraViolet Audio; Matt Boynton Owner […]

Audio Drama set in Astoria, Oregon starting in 1937. Exploring time and space in the Wildest Town in the West, where places are not where they appear to be and people are not always the same person you think they are. Follow our scientists, TA DeWalt & Anderson Gustafson, as they wrestle with reality and […]

The foundation of hip hop is shattered when icon Afrika Bambaataa and his Universal Zulu Nation are accused of child sexual abuse and statutory rape by several men.

At The End of The World is a new radio play by Zoe Senese-Grossberg out for streaming soon. Spanning from 1938-1942 it asks the question: what does it mean to live at the end of the world?

A sceptic. A paranoiac. A criminal. A migrant. A hostage. Minola Theatre presents BEGOTTEN, a five-part audio drama by award-winning playwright Bianca Butler Reynolds. Join us each week as we meet five generations of women: Alice, Eileen, Clea, Hazel and Laoise. Hear a century of their stories, encompassing grief, war, sanity, loss and revenge. Listen […]

Only Heroes’ Journey is a howling-good series of adventure audios created by the LaSalle Council BSA. This action-packed audio drama chronicles heroes Bolten Granger, Ciara Callie, and Doug & Bud Langford as they search for a mystic treasure hidden in the woods surrounding the Mirror Lakes River Valley. ONLY HEROES’ JOURNEY!

James Hawkins helps his mom run a motel in modern day Montauk, Long Island. But when a mysterious man washes up on the beach with a treasure map tattooed on his chest, James discovers that Billy Bones is, in fact, a time traveling pirate from the 18th century. James and his new friends, Morgan and […]

From the ground our lands look like clouds, but theres so much more than just clouds up here. When we land at Port, there be mountains, there be valleys, there be streams and lakes. Every cloud has it’s own land and every land has it’s own people and those lands be ruled by Kings and […]

A podcast about old-time radio, fighting Nazis, and a small town in Ohio where time doesn’t quite work right.

ENGLISH VERSION: Walk through Berlin for 33 suspenseful minutes experiencing the story of the legendary resistance group. /// DEUTSCHE FASSUNG: In 33 spannungsgeladenen Minuten erfahren Sie die Geschichte der legendären Widerstandsgruppe auf einem Spaziergang durch Berlin. /// VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA: Paseando por Berlín durante 33 minutos cargados de suspense usted podrá revivir la historia del legendario […]

From the annals of history found within a recently discovered underground library outside of Boring, Oregon comes the retelling of US history unadulterated by yellow journalism. You see, gods and goddesses have lived and continue to live among us and they play a much larger role in history than we ever could have imagined. Listen […]

Cocotazo Audio Theatre presents full-cast audio drama productions. Find out more at www.CocotazoMedia.com

Omnibus editions of the epic drama series tracking the fortunes of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.

Drama serial tracking the fortunes of a group of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War.

Two estranged brothers must unravel the mystery of their grandfather’s disappearance while staying a step ahead of a vengeful FBI agent. The only answers lie in the radio tapes of an absurd Cold War-era American propaganda show. Created by Jake Robertson and Adam Mastroianni.

Award winning playwright, actor, director, and podcast Everett Robert brings you a new play in ten minutes or less every week. Get a taste of radio theater in ten minutes or less.

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This is the dramatic story of the Batavia shipwreck and massacre, the true tale of Undermerchant Jeronimus Cornelisz’s rise to power, by any means necessary. Set in 1628, through this radio drama you will encounter mutinies, murderous plots, tragic tales and the birth of a hero. Can Cornelisz be stopped? Will anyone stand in his […]

In a working class Boston neighborhood, a renowned sociologist recruits first rate doctors, social workers and lawyers to work under one roof serving this often neglected community.

It was a dark time in the darkest part of the city. No one seemed safe at the time from the con-artists, thieves, robbers, prostitutes, the civil unrest , and of course then came the murders. There were quite a few more than was accounted for and it was unfortunate that so many met their […]

Steve DeWinter’s latest thriller brings his own retelling of the ultimate American legend, that of the lone ranger. Recorded with a full cast, musical score and sound effects, this re-imagining of America’s favorite hero proves that one man can fight against insurmountable odds to keep the Wild West from falling into the hands of a […]

Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until fate brings the brother within the range of Prospero’s powers. Will he seek revenge, or reconcilement? (Summary by Karen Savage) Cast: Narrator – Great Plains Alonso, King of Naples – hefyd […]