Someone Dies In This Elevator

Welcome back to Mergers and Mergerers, the best Corporation Actual Play Podcast in the Nine Realms. Join your favorite DM Grumo Axebaine, and beloved players Vala Hyelle, Scrote Humdinger, and Stonebeard Orecrusher, as they rise through the ranks of Associated Corporations LLC. You're not ready for what happens in this one, folks. Mergers and Mergerers is not sponsored by Apothecary Steve’s Crispy Lizard Bites, but if you're reading this Steve, hit us up. Transcript here. Content Warnings: This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. Mergers and Merger-ers contains lewd jokes, gun violence, and death in an elevator. Credits: Mergers and Mergerers was written by Stephen Indrisano and directed by Tal Minear, featuring dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano and sound design by Tal Minear. Grumbo Axebain/Dylan/Mitch Cahsman was voiced by Josh Rubino. Scrote Humdinger/Hunk Linebacker was voiced by Zane Schacht. Vale Hyelle/Linda Brown was voiced by Sena Bryer. Stonebeard Orecrusher/John Smithsonson was voiced by Alan Burgon. This is the final episode of SDITE! It's been a joy producing this show, and I hope it was a joy to listen. Thanks for tuning in across the years, it means a lot! - Tal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Audio Fiction Convention will be a one day event bringing together creators and fans of audio fiction. We'll have a main stage for panels all about audio drama creation, as well as an Artist Alley for creators to show off their work! If funded during the Kickstarter, which is live now through October 7, the event will happen June 14, 2026, in Boulder CO. Visit AudioFictionCon.com for more info! I AM THE ELEVATOR This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated R. I Am The Elevator contains body horror, audible gore, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. I Am The Elevator was written and performed by CSW. Post Production by Brad Colbroock. Check out CSW's show HEMOPHOBIA. HEMOPHOBIA is an anthology horror podcast, telling a new multi-chapter story in each season. Stories of blood, our blood, and all the pain, truth, and horror that blood embodies. Stories that do more than chill your spine and give you a sleepless night – but that shake the very foundations of your soul with the chilling touch of the real, unmitigated, unanswerable horror that is life itself. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A hitman on a job begins to see and hear strange things in the hotel he's staying at. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated R. Ding contains gun violence, immolation, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Written and Directed by Brady Flanagan. Sound Design: Brady Flanagan. Man: Ryan Joseph Murphy. Maid: Amanda Flangan. SFX/Music: Monument Studios (Creative License) This episode has been created by the Your Horror Show team. Be sure to check out their horror anthology podcast which includes a full cast, sound and music here: linktr.ee/Yourhorrorshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny is going in to apply to be a fingernail inspector yet is totally unaware of the mystery and murder at the... Barlevator! This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG. Barlevator contains gun sounds, murder, fire, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Barlevator was Directed by Diego Herrera. Written and Audio Engineered by Aaron Camacho. With theme music by Trace Callahan and audio from Freesound. Johnny was played by Noah Bell. Lazlo by Kifinosi Orey. Chekov by Lou Sutcliffe. Bartender by Jayden Mare. Infant author by Eden Mikey Burn. Corner by Chris Lona. Hand Fan Man by Diego Herrera. And HR by Tatiana Gefter. Barlevator was a Tlacuache Theater Production. Listen to our first show The Devil's Plaything on Spotify or where ever you listen to podcasts, and find us on Bluesky at bsky.app/profile/tlacuachetheater.bsky.social. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A group of friends endeavour to capture footage of an alien, unaware of the risks their expedition presents. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated R. Paranoia contains mild gore, referenced drug use, insects, ear strain, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Voice of Kit by Maxim Ilienko-Jarvis. Sound Design and voice of Reb by Cai Gwilym Pritchard. Writing and voice of Magda by Ollie Bannerman. You can find Ollie at: @isollieonline.bsky.social and instagram.com/cweepster?igsh=NWdqaGZ4a2N1Z2Y3 You can find Cai at: @mynameisnotcai.bsky.social and www.instagram.com/dinassounds?igsh=MXI4a3Q1cTJpdXRkNw== Max does not wish to be found. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovered. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated R. The Quesnel Lake Incident contains the sounds of vomiting, depictions of confinement and distress, sudden loud noises, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Featuring Jesse Syratt as Quinn, Sam, and Voice 1, Logan Hockley as TJ, Carson Rafuse as Connor, and Taylor Michaels as Voice 2. Theme music, "Last Floor," by Trace Callahan. For more by Jesse, check out Nowhere, On Air (https://nowhereonairpodcast.weebly.com). Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Filipina immigrant "Interpreter" describes her time assisting at a hospital morgue during the violent Duterte era, and her ghostly encounters with the victims of EJK (extrajudicial killings). This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated R. Morge contains murder, corpses, child death, hospital horror, police brutality, fascism, minor alcoholism, mentions of matricide and patricide, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Someone Dies In This Elevator - Morge was written by Motzie Dapul, and features Motzie Dapul as The Interpreter, and Nathan Lunsford as Father Corrhyn. Theme music by Trace Callahan. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Raquel Fortun. Public domain background music from "A Vintage Christmas (Christmas songs from the 1890s - 1920s) (full album)" compiled by @NaTaS- on Youtube. *Morge is the Filipino word for Morgue Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Be careful what you wish for. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. Do Not Disclose contains implied unethical science, implied animal cruelty, audio distortion, immolation, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. This episode of 'Someone Dies in This Elevator' was written by Tatiana Gefter of 'Soul Operator' and produced by yours truly, Taylor Michaels of 'The Grotto'. Mia Stafford was played by Meghan Wright of 'StarCrawlRPG'. Charlie West was played by Noah Bell of 'All at Sea'. Our Automated Voice was played by by JustJenah of '400 Words of Horror'. Our Receptionist was played by Tal Minear, of 'Someone Dies in This Elevator'. Our Employees were played by Fione Clare of 'Three Fates' and, you guessed it, Taylor Michaels of 'Woe.Begone.' Our Security Guard was played by Motzie Dapul of 'Hi Nay'. The voice of the Scientist was David Ault, check out his podcast 'Shadows at the Door' or go to DavidAult.co.uk for more. Tatiana Gefter is the writer and creator of Soul Operator, which can be found at www.souloperatorpod.com. She is also an active member of the actual play and voice acting spaces, and her resume can be found at tatianagefter-va.carrd.co/. If you would like to hear the unofficial prequel to her episode, find 'Mission Log' on the Soul Operator feed anywhere you listen to podcasts. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is a hastily-scrawled last word better than none at all? This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. The In-Between contains brief descriptions of death involving guns, vehicles, illness, and fire. It also contains loud noises and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Written, narrated, and produced by Taylor Michaels. Books Falling SFX provided by theshaggyfreak; freesound.org/s/320285/; Attribution 4.0 Tay's demo reel, music, and other self-produced works can be found here: linktr.ee/taylormichaels. Check out Tay on Twitch, or follow him on Bluesky @taytayheyheyva! Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two friends break into an abandoned storage unit in the hopes of striking gold, but luck is most certainly not on their side. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. Storage Lock-In contains violence, illegal activity, suffocation, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Storage Lock-In was written and performed by Shaun Pellington & Nath Barber. Sound design by Shaun Pellington. If you'd like to hear more weird horror like this from Shaun, check out Wake Of Corrosion, an apocalyptic audio drama that follows the fateful journey of two brothers who head out on an off-grid camping trip, only to realise the world outside is not at all as they left it. You can find the show at wakeofcorrosion.com or wherever you get your podcasts! Enjoy! Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack and Charles are trapped in an elevator under threat of nuclear war while they face who they are to themselves and to each other. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated R. Those Not Lucky Enough contains suicide, brief misophonia, references to homophobia, a brief reference to domestic violence, and death in an elevator. If you need help, 988lifeline.org is available. Transcript here. Writing and sound design by Nathan Lunsford of The Storage Papers (thestoragepapers.com). The voices of Jack, Charles, and Newscaster are Nathan Lunsford (horrificnathan.com). The voice of Lorraine is Ollie Bannerman. The voice of Mary is Hannah Semmelhack (hannahsemmelhack.com). Music: The Last Floor by Trace Callahan, bastardized by Nathan Lunsford. The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. They provide information & support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round. Consider a donation today! Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which an end finally comes to the many ages of Moira and Fiona McMorran... This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. Great and Fair contains depictions of confinement, poisoning, and family trauma, and mentions of violence, war, miscarriage, misogyny, homophobia, colonialism, epidemic diseases, and religious discrimination. There is loud machinery, buzzing, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Great and Fair was written, directed, sound designed and scored by Lou Sutcliffe, with script editing by Motzie Dapul and using sound effects from freesound.org. “Fiona” was Erika Sanderson. “Moira” was Fay Roberts. And the Concierge was CL Hendry. Executive production by Tal Minear. SFX credits are found at the end of the show notes. Lou Sutcliffe is a nonbinary autistic audio sorceror from the North West of England - for more information about eir work, please go to: cytochromehear.wordpress.com Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr. Full Transcript Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nS7B77h_qhoPOKQoJrfpijouVeAIde2I00oTQlhB7qM/edit?tab=t.0 SFX Credits: Foley https://freesound.org/people/vmace/sounds/173123/ https://freesound.org/people/Sheyvan/sounds/475232/ https://freesound.org/people/ceejay/sounds/61078/ https://freesound.org/people/conath/sounds/531790/ https://freesound.org/people/Lasanga/sounds/750478/ https://freesound.org/people/Soundscape_Leuphana/sounds/210308/ https://freesound.org/people/Kyodon/sounds/153430/ https://freesound.org/people/NachtmahrTV/sounds/556698/ https://freesound.org/people/Coral_Island_Studios/sounds/277644/ https://freesound.org/people/NachtmahrTV/sounds/556715/ https://freesound.org/people/scarfield/sounds/52002/ https://freesound.org/people/scott0642/sounds/541501/ https://freesound.org/people/Moulaythami/sounds/574540/ https://freesound.org/people/maatre/sounds/735421/ https://freesound.org/people/el_boss/sounds/625655/ https://freesound.org/people/ra_gun/sounds/77470/ https://freesound.org/people/XfiXy8/sounds/467301/ VSTs Spitfire Audio Labs Cello Moods, Strings: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/ Church Organ by C. Hackl: https://plugins4free.com/plugin/622/ (https://www.facebook.com/chackl1990) DSK Overture: https://www.dskmusic.com/dsk-overture Quilcom SIM-BP Bagpipes: https://flowstoners.com/quilcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's go to Vegas, they said. It'll be fun, they said. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. The Incident in the Mall at Midnight contains gun violence, implied possession of illicit substances, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. This episode of Someone Dies in this Elevator was written by Noah Bell and sound designed by Rowan Odom of Twin Strangers Productions. Noah Bell is a writer and (sometimes) voice actor in audio drama. They are the writer and co-creator of the microfiction audio drama "All At Sea". You can find them on Bluesky @tipplersbane or their show @allatseapod -- check out their website noahbell.carrd.co for links to all their work, as well as allatsea.carrd.co for more information on their show. This episode features: Connie Chang as the voice of Victor. Connie Chang is the Game Master and Creative Director for Transplanar RPG.You can find them @byconniechang on Bluesky and TikTok, or check out transplanarrpg.com Faye Holliday as the voice of Juno. Check out her VA website fayeholliday.carrd.co. You can find her on Bluesky @holliday Taylor Michaels as the voice of Walter. You may recognize him from shows such as The Grotto and Woe.Begone. Check out his linktree at linktree/taylormichaels for links to all his work, or on Bluesky @taytayheyheyva Diego Herrera as the voice of Agent Grajales. Diego runs the Tlacuache Theatre Audio Drama production studio, and has co-created the horror-comedy audio drama The Devil's Plaything. You can find them on Bluesky @indtusk Kit Patterson as the voice of Mrs Mairi. Kit is a writer and voice actor in upcoming scifi series Minus 219. He is also the writer and director for upcoming Frankenstein audio drama retelling: Rhapsody of the Exiled. You can find him @kit-n-kboodl on Bluesky. Rahrah as the Elevator. You may know Rahrah from their award-winning TTRPG and Actual Play show — The Heart is a Dungeon, or their various appearances all over the AP space. You can find @rahrah or @theheartisadungeon on Bluesky. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A PhD candidate discovers a solution for climate change, but her advisor determines that solution may never leave the room. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. Parts Per Million contains violence, betrayal, gunshots, mentions of bacteria, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Parts Per Million was written by Fiona Clare and edited with additional materials by Jenna Rose. Produced by Fiona Clare, Hannah Semmelhack, and Paige Elizabeth Allen of Three Fates. Dialogue editing by Jenna Rose. Sound design by Taylor Tillman-Tess. This episode featured Tal Minear as Allison Stevens, Anusia Battersby as Nora Alia, Isaac Johnson as Dr Adam, Aryn Myatt as Eric Fitzgerald, Jenna Rose as Security Guard, and David Ault as Bill. Someone Dies in this Elevator is executive produced by Tal Minear. Someone Dies in this Elevator theme was composed by Trace Callahan. See the bottom of the show notes for SFX credits. For more info about Three Fates, check out You are the Ghost in This House, Points of Articulation, or our website at threefatescollective.org. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr. SFX: Nora footsteps Allison footsteps gunshot gun slide guard footsteps- https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/c016ede1-684d-4b2c-82c8-16abe78939c7/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/ca237f66-6115-49cb-87a6-1858685052cd/ running pair footsteps elevator- https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/ee8c83f3-4502-48f7-aa9c-4802e1e8aa0f/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/cd1c9489-ffbd-49f7-a0e1-7322d058f332/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/7a720329-7652-43ab-8964-d4811e58f0cc/ https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/freight-elevator-33694/ elevator button ambiance- https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/6f03a261-eb85-4cea-9562-e05b56548dc1/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/b02db458-0649-4977-a32f-aece7cce57b0/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/2548ab46-ec96-4b95-a987-c98a33677fc1/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/df171d9a-565b-43ea-b0d7-ecb8367e267d/ N/A hug Keycard swipe Keycard beep male fighting- https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/e37d49f9-7f59-4d53-ba60-9296950813fa/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/e89ca1ac-fd2d-447b-84a8-2c0aa9ad8226/ female fighting- https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/2f7f2765-6bcf-4cb1-b6b8-43283c860234/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/5b2ff0ae-eede-479b-92cb-8477eba43ae1/ gasp doors- https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/e6106c07-d7e6-4173-ad90-9898b7e281a4/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/b445734f-8516-4b1d-b386-4942d176ad4a/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/db64c238-cc91-4143-bc73-af31d031b385/ phone dial call ending chairs crashing- https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/chair-thrown-crash-bolt-fell-out-after-crash-92306/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/fa5ef45c-48f0-40fc-8a79-82a25c0da32f/ https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/single-chair-hits-floor-bounce-107814/ Additional sounds recorded with the help of Morgan Hart and Natalie Gassert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wren has a conversation... with Wren. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated G. It Is What It Is contains death in an elevator. Transcript here. This episode was written by Caroline Mincks and performed by Leslie Gideon. It was directed and produced by Tal Minear. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

El the Elevator tries her best at her new job! This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. Break a Leg! contains major injuries, loss of employment, financial insecurity, brief but intentional misgendering of a trans person, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Written & designed by Hannah Semmelhack Fiona Clare as El E. Vator Graham Cousins as Frank N. Stein Aaron Olkin as Mr. Bigwig Theme music by Trace Callahan See bottom of show notes for SFX credits. Check out Points of Articulation, You are the Ghost in This House, and Three Fates! Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr. SFX: Heavy_mechanical_impact_sounds_various_pitch_sound by Artninja -- https://freesound.org/s/728170/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Elevator Movement and Ding.wav by maxmaxmaxmaxmaxmaxmax -- https://freesound.org/s/439432/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Elevator Bell by NachtmahrTV -- https://freesound.org/s/556700/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 closing elevator doors, moving elevator by crazymonke9 -- https://freesound.org/s/423827/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Car_handbrake_06082024_different_ptiches by Artninja -- https://freesound.org/s/740559/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 periodicals_machinery.wav by argos22 -- https://freesound.org/s/153163/ -- License: Attribution 3.0 Tool-case - Big Tool-case close by ldezem -- https://freesound.org/s/386404/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 toy mechanism by baryy -- https://freesound.org/s/163409/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 elevator-button.wav by Eirikr -- https://freesound.org/s/185880/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 imppact wrench bounce.wav by andrewgnau2 -- https://freesound.org/s/71534/ -- License: Sampling+ handling_metal_wrenches_sound.wav by Artninja -- https://freesound.org/s/706329/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Clang metallic 2.wav by deleted_user_2104797 -- https://freesound.org/s/164561/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Impact Metal Texture by chevyskulls -- https://freesound.org/s/505639/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 GARTION_Alexis_2013_2014_son5.wav by univ_lyon3 -- https://freesound.org/s/201852/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When an elevator ride with a talkative lift operator goes awry, he passes the time by telling you a ghost story as long as the heat death of the universe. This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated G. Mobius Lift contains themes of claustrophobia, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. This episode was written, voiced and produced by William A. Wellman. Music and sound effects courtesy of Artlist.io. William A. Wellman is a queer horror author, and creator of the ongoing horror podcast 'Hello From The Hallowoods'. You can find it wherever you're listening to this, or at hellofromthehallowoods.com. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After getting into the elevator with two wannabe ghost hunters, Melanie finds herself on a one-way journey to the top floor of the Englewood Hotel, but once you’ve seen what lives up there, you can’t be allowed to leave… This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG-13. Out of Order contains the sound of squelching and bone breaking, petrification, children in horror situations, claustrophobia, ghosts, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. Out of Order is an episode of Someone Dies in this Elevator from the Englewood After Dark team. Starring Emily Morse-Lee as Melanie, Phi Villanueva as Andy, Maddie Girouard as Sunny, Taylor Micheals as Archer, J.R. Snyder as the Manager, Hannah Brown as the Angel of Aspen, and Leslie J. Rising as Andy’s Mom. It was written by Dennis Ortman and Hannah Brown and Sound Designed by A. Rose. SDITE music by Trace Callahan. For more from us, please visit englewoodafterdark.com. Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The true inventor of the elevator shares his invention... This episode of Someone Dies In This Elevator is rated PG. Mal-elevate-nt contains gore, blood, and death in an elevator. Transcript here. This episode was written, directed, and performed by Harlan Guthrie. It also features music by Harlan Guthrie. Harlan makes a horror audio drama called Malevolent that you should absolutely check out: Arkham Private Investigator Arthur Lester wakes up with no memory of who he is or what has happened, only a nameless, eerie voice guiding him through the darkness. Blind, terrified, and confused, his journey will lead him towards a series of mysteries in the hopes of understanding the truth of what has transpired. As cosmic horrors seep into the world around, Arthur must ask himself whether this entity truly seeks to help him, or are its intentions more… www.malevolent.ca Follow us @SDITEpod on Tumblr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices