12 Podcasts to Listen to in the Dark
The feeling of being touched by horror can become compulsive and even addictive, and few tools make it as easy for you as podcasts. The closeness of the environment—just you, your headphones, and your cortisol response—can become a portal to the places that scare us the most, whether they’re real or completely imagined. The podcast space is, if anything, saturated with scary content (and I’m not talking about true crime); Wade through all this can be intimidating in itself. To tackle this particular monstrous challenge, I’ve put together a dozen shows that will absolutely scare you (and sometimes make you laugh). With haunting soundscapes, heartbreaking stories both real and fictional, and compelling storytelling, these shows will take you to dark places. I’ve ranked them from least to most scary, so you can increase your fear scale by moving on to the next recommendation.