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Wireless Theatre Horror and Thrillers

Wireless Theatre Horror and Thrillers

Audio horror and thriller plays from the award winning Wireless Theatre Ltd. Visit wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk for more award winning audio dramas, and look out for the Wireless Theatre Binaural Audio Drama podcast for truly terrifying horror.

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Show overview

Wireless Theatre Horror and Thrillers has been publishing since 2020, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 25 episodes. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 42 min and 1h — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Fiction show.

The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.2 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2020, with 19 episodes published. Published by Wireless Theatre Ltd.

Episodes
25
Running
2020–2025 · 5y
Median length
49 min
Cadence
Quarterly-ish

From the publisher

Audio horror and thriller plays from the award winning Wireless Theatre Ltd. Visit wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk for more award winning audio dramas, and look out for the Wireless Theatre Binaural Audio Drama podcast for truly terrifying horror.

Latest Episodes

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The Bloody Life of R.M.Renfield

If there's one character in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula as fascinating as the arch vampire himself, it's R.M. Renfield the zoophagous patient in Dr. Seward's mental hospital, who has fallen under the vampire's spell. But Stoker provides no explanation of how Renfield came to be imprisoned, nor of the origins of his strange relationship with his Master. Marty Ross's audio drama imagines a whole back story for the character - the story of a tragically ordinary Victorian shopkeeper, stuck looking after ageing parents and prone to a furtive fascination with blood.

Mar 15, 20251h 49m

Feedswap - Ghosted Episode One

For our first ever feedswap, we are delighted to bring you the first episode of Ghosted from the amazing Longcat Media. Perched on a rain-battered cliff edge is a former lighthouse; now a charming, boutique hotel. Owner and sole occupant Beth has spent months renovating, absorbing its essence into her bones, preparing for her first guest to arrive. But when they do, to Beth's horror, it is a figure from a past she has tried to forget. Keira. Face-to-face for the first time in years, the pair must reckon with old mistakes, old grievances. And something else. Because the lighthouse has a past too.

Jun 17, 202323 min

Skin II The Session

Skin II The Session; audio thriller starring Samantha Boffin, nominated for best actress in a Radio Drama at the 2020 One Voice Conference. It’s been four years since vegan serial killer Vivian Shorewood skinned the first of her sixteen victims in what she deemed a ‘boutique-culling’ of London’s more undesirable inhabitants. Frustrated that her five previous psychiatrists haven’t truly been able to embrace or understand, and in some cases even believe her actions, she decided to make an appointment to see Dr. Martin Boyden (Mich Howell), a respected expert in his field. ‘Skin II The Session’ is their first meeting, which happened last Thursday at 11.45 am. Samantha Boffin (Vivian) was nominated for a 2020 One Voice Award for ‘Best Actress in a Radio Drama’ for SKIN. “Samantha Boffin as Vivian Shorewood is stupendous. In non stop dialogue she offers up just the right balance of maniacal with sensible intellect. A well researched and written gory tale which holds your attention.”BroadwaytoVegas review of SKIN Skin II The Session Audio Thriller Written, Directed & Produced by Simon James Collier Music & Soundscape Design: Zachary Elliott-Hatton Co Producer: Adam Dechanel Recorded at The Umbrella Rooms Studio, London – January 2019 Engineer: Ben Robbins Samantha Boffin as Vivian ShorewoodMich Howell as Dr Martin BoydenGeorgie Montgomery as Rebecca Graphic Design: Clockwork Digital Studios More Thrillers

Dec 3, 20211h 29m

Joe Walsh and the Weight of Despair

A radio drama in which a man is being investigated in relation to the death of a woman. Using 3D Binaural audio, the listener is placed inside the mans mind, hearing what he hears and feeling what he feels as he drifts from reality, delusion, truth and lies. This drama contains disturbing themes and sound effects. Not suitable for young listeners.

Dec 2, 202131 min

Skin III The Final Incision

Skin III The Final Incision; audio thriller starring Samantha Boffin, nominated for best actress in a Radio Drama at the 2020 One Voice Conference. It’s been nine years since vegan serial killer Vivian Shorewood skinned the first of her twenty-eight victims. She receives a call from Oakleaf Nursing Home, in Wollaton, Nottingham, where her mother, 84-year-old Hilary, has taken a turn for the worse. Hilary’s Care Worker intimates to Vivian that maybe she should pay her mother a visit, sooner rather than later. What Vivian doesn’t know is that Hilary has both something to tell her daughter, something she has kept a secret her entire life, and to ask of her one last request. Samantha Boffin (Vivian) was nominated for a 2020 One Voice Award for ‘Best Actress in a Radio Drama’ for SKIN. “Samantha Boffin as Vivian Shorewood is stupendous. In non stop dialogue she offers up just the right balance of maniacal with sensible intellect. A well researched and written gory tale which holds your attention.”BroadwaytoVegas review of SKIN Skin III The Final Incision Audio Thriller Written, Directed & Produced by Simon James Collier Music & Soundscape Design: Zachary Elliott-Hatton Co Producer: Adam Dechanel Recorded at The Umbrella Rooms Studio, London – January 2019 Engineer: Ben Robbins Samantha Boffin as Vivian ShorewoodMaggie Turner as Hilary ShorewoodKimberley Ensor as Doreen Graphic Design: Clockwork Digital Studios More Thrillers

Aug 29, 20211h 25m

Skin

Skin audio thriller starring Samantha Boffin, nominated for best actress in a Radio Drama at the 2020 One Voice Conference. A few months ago, London-based Vivian Shorewood decided to take a stand, albeit a small one, against world injustice, and began her attempt to redress the balance. She selected one particularly offensive and repugnant individual, and after following a carefully executed plan she lured him into her trap, immobilised him, and brought him back to her cellar where she proceeded to… skin him.‘Skin’ follows the first night of her fight. Samantha Boffin (Vivian) was nominated for a 2020 One Voice Award for ‘Best Actress in a Radio Drama’ for this production “Samantha Boffin as Vivian Shorewood is stupendous. In non stop dialogue she offers up just the right balance of maniacal with sensible intellect. A well researched and written gory tale which holds your attention.”BroadwaytoVegas Skin Audio Thriller Written, Directed & Produced by Simon James Collier Music & Soundscape Design: Zachary Elliott-Hatton Co Producer: Adam Dechanel Recorded at The Umbrella Rooms Studio, London – January 2019 Engineer: Ben Robbins Graphic Design: Clockwork Digital Studios More Thrillers

May 19, 20211h 4m

Windover

A haunting and memorable tale set on the wild Atlantic coast of North Devon. 19 year old Jenny is pleased to inherit her grandmother's cottage, until visions of her family's past threaten her future.

May 2, 202045 min

Valentine's Day

Valentine's day. Creepy audio thriller. Married Nicola receives a mystery Valentine from a stranger with a dark obsession. 'Stuart' seem to know her well, and shows no signs of backing off.

May 2, 202042 min

The Woman on the Bridge

Chatsworth House during the Second World War. The Devonshire family make way for an evacuated girls’ school, whose pupils discover ghost stories and a secret love affair... The Woman On The Bridge is an audio drama ghost story recorded in front of a live audience of over 150 people at The Palace Hotel as part of The Buxton Festival and was nominated for a Buxton Fringe Theatre Award.

May 2, 20201h 5m

The Autopsy

A man under pressure. A heated argument. A fatal heart attack. But Jeff's death was only the beginning. A binaural audio thriller best enjoyed through headphones for full 3d effect. "Absolutely terrifying" - John Rippon

Apr 28, 202022 min

Stage Fright 2014

. For the third year running, we hosted STAGE FRIGHT to launch the fabulous London Horror Festival. Three plays short listed and performed live to special guest judge Seth Patrick. First up we had Special Delivery by Elizabeth Adlington, which focused on a couple following the delivery of a rather unusual teddy bear. Next came Tears from the Pillow by Gabrielle Wright, a touching yet spine-chilling tale about a man in a coma (we daren’t reveal any more). Finally, Pete Barrett’s Forever Amber told the story of a cantankerous lord with a passion for taxidermy. The award went to Pete Barrett’s FOREVER AMBER, but you can listen to all three productions here.

Apr 28, 202049 min

Stage Fright 2013

Stage Fright 2013. Once again Wireless Theatre were thrilled to open the London Horror Festival by recording, live at the Etcetera Theatre, three short-listed horror plays; Valley House, The Skulk and Cool Head. The plays were then judged by horror royalty Kim Newman.

Apr 28, 202046 min

Stage Fright 2012

3 short horror plays submitted as part of londonhorrorfestival.com‘s first ever STAGE FRIGHT competition, followed by a live performance from Richard O'Brien (Rocky Horror Show) including the Time Warp.

Apr 28, 20201h 2m

Sweatbox

This original drama centres on main protagonist Zoe (Fay Downie) and the disturbing Kerry (Lexy Howe). Each week Zoe treats herself to a relaxing sauna, until one fateful evening she meets Kerry, a woman more obsessed with celebrity life than her own, and that relaxation is thrown into turmoil. Kerry is harbouring a dark secret but will it force Zoe to face truths of her own? Recorded by an all female cast in honour of International Women’s Day, Sweatbox is a darkly comic look at society’s fascination with celebrity.

Apr 28, 202039 min

Phonophobia

A phonophobic history student makes a dangerous discovery in a dusty old book. Will he unleash terrible supernatural powers? How does his discovery relate to the history of the West End of London?

Apr 27, 202057 min

Medusa on the Beach

A perfectly ordinary, past-its-best English seaside town. Except why has everyone there been turned to stone? Two seriously out-of-their-depth police officers uncover the strange tale of what happened when middle-aged and romantically disappointed hairdresser Marjorie Briggs found something in a polythene bag on the beach that didn’t belong there, something ancient and terrible – something with the power to seriously muck up the lives of Marjorie and all those she loves and hates, as surreal comedy shifts towards a very strange sort of Greek tragedy…. Written by Marty Ross

Apr 26, 202055 min

Lohengrin Retold

What is Brabant’s dark secret? A man arrives in the city of Cardiff, haunted by his past – he tells the chilling story of the deeds of Count Telramund and his sorceress wife, Ortrud. Few have survived the events that have befallen the people. But has the story ended, or has it followed him here? Welsh National Opera and DJ Switch, DJ Rakabeat provide the music.

Apr 26, 202047 min

The Grimm of Stottesden Hall

Based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe and recorded in front of a terrified live audience. An original gothic horror radio play of madness, terror and gruesome murder!

Apr 25, 202059 min

Dream On

Robert is having a dream. Breakfast with his wife. His ex-wife. His dead ex-wife. The next night, there she is again, hauntingly familiar in the full personification of her monstrous personality. His current wife is unamused at his nocturnal flirtation with the dead past and as dreams and reality began to overlap, Robert begins a desperate hunt to find out why this is happening and if he is really losing his mind.

Apr 25, 202057 min

The Cask of Amontillado

3D Audio Horror. Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece, recorded on location in ancient vaults as a binaural audio drama. Montresor lures Fortunato into the family vault...

Apr 25, 202023 min
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