Historical Fiction Audio Drama Podcasts

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. LAKE SONG makes its debut today on the Tribeca Audio […]

Real Time 1960s tells the story of the 1960s — politics, culture, entertainment, sports — day by day. Hundreds riot after James Meredith is admitted to Ole Miss; Robert F. Kennedy swears in a new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Martin Luther King is assaulted; the Dodgers are in trouble; Cassius Clay […]

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 […]

“Harlem Queen” an audio drama based on the life and times of “Numbers Queen” Madame Stephanie St. Clair during the Harlem Renaissance. I like to listen to Cthulu Mysteries when I am in betweewn making my shows! Check out their latest episode Night at Howling House! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lou Beckett is a playwright whose work often focuses on people who have been forgotten. Rotten Luck, Lou’s first stage play, was one of three plays chosen in a ten-minute play competition to be funded for a full production by the UK Arts Council. Based on a true story, the hangman tells the tale of […]

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? “Cousin John. Dead more than twenty years. I can’t see you, but I know you’re […]

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 […]

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 […]

“Fractured” is a set of stories about a fictional family living through the War of Independence and the beginnings of the Civil War in Maynooth, Co. Kildare. It is a Down at Heel production written by four Kildare based writers, Martina Reilly, Claire Joyce, Joe Bergin and Brendan Farrell who also acted as sound engineer. […]

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. Daisy and Violet are going on a Nature Hunt with Lavender. What will they find? Cast: Narrator: Jan Stefan Simonson. Lavender: Erica Lenadd- O’Shea Violet: Lauren Tryner

The story of the trial of Nazi war criminals following Germany’s surrender in 1945. On 30th September 1946, the Judges announce their verdicts. And the sentences to be imposed – death or imprisonment or freedom. But come the night of the executions, Hermann Goering has one last surprise. And now it’s time for the verdicts: […]

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: […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. Terrence J hosts a special Zoom Event with the Cast & Crew […]

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 […]

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. As FitzRoy sails the Beagle to Bahia, he starts to buckle under the pressure of being captain when some of his crew succumb to tropical disease and the memory of a departed colleague haunts him. Back […]

In the 1870s, pioneers Mona Mae Christophe and Zekial Montgomery search the American West for her 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. CONTENT WARNING: Gunfighting, physical fighting, reference to American slavery. Mona […]

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). We step outside and start to dance is a new immersive audio experience written by award-winning North East playwright Alison Carr (The Last […]

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 […]

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. Episode 7 The Grandmaster Former International Spokesman TC Izlam has a very public falling out with Afrika Bambaataa and other members of the Zulu Nation. It is […]

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. When Ecstasy and Acid House first swept Britain, a group of lives would be changed forever. One Story. Half real life. Half drama. Coming soon… […]

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 […]

A comedy audio-play about the American Revolution George and Martha Washington have dinner and we are reminded of a few things.

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! Bolten, Callie, Bud and […]

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. March 11, 1942 – The second installment of Roger Braddock: Space Explorer airs. CAST: Claire McNerney as Edna Beecher Finn Murton as Roger Braddock Ari Delyne as Andromeda Hathor Courtney Perdue as Ray Skarbek AJ Olsen […]

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 […]

The revolution that shook the world. A drama based on real events in Iran 40 years ago. Starring Dame Diana Rigg. Enemies are put on trial as Ayatollah Khomeini consolidates his power, in the final episode of the drama. But is this justice, or a desire for revenge? #FalloftheShah

Cocotazo Audio Theatre presents full-cast audio drama productions. Find out more at www.CocotazoMedia.com The 2018 Cocotazo Audio Theatre Holiday Show ”A Visit from St. Nicholas” written by Clement Clarke Moore ”Up on the Housetop” written by Benjamin Hanby; Engineered by Michael Aquino Closing music (”Mi Casa Tu Casa” Instrumental) written by Michael Aquino & Deivis […]

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. A special edition of Home Front, Radio 4’s epic drama series marking the centenaries of the First World War. It’s 10 November, 1919, a year and […]

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. Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.

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. Missing grandpa. Mysterious tapes. Whoopi bust. (Music by Emily Whitaker)

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. For episode 8 of the The Ten Minute Play Podcast and in Honor of the March 24 March For Our Lives marches held […]

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Be sent tumbling back in time to experience some of the most crucial, compelling and misunderstood moments in history. EPISODE 5 | JOHNNY, GET YOUR GUN On 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally […]

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. [itunes pic] In a working class Boston neighborhood, doctors, lawyers and social workers are brought together by a renowned sociologist. Here, at The Mercy Street Human Service Consortium, […]

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 […]