Soul Operator

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.19 suᴉoƆ ɟo ǝʌᴉℲ

Mon, 05 May 2025 14:04:41 GMT

" There is a TV in your house. Occasionally you try to watch it. It resembles the experience of television."

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Chaos

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

John-Michael Cassidy played by Dylan Griggs

Austin Frazier played by Dorian Scott

Creature played by Shaun Oldfield

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.18 Three of Cups

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:06:26 GMT

" A few neighbors gather round a fire pit tonight, and share a little moonshine. You are invited to join."

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Discussions of dead/gone characters

-Guilt

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Killian Walker played by Lucas Martinez

Jenny Park played by Angie Min

John-Michael Cassidy played by Dylan Griggs

Hen Connors played by Nova Limb

Fareeha Elamin played by Dalia Ramahi

Additional voices provided by:

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

"Build This Home" is the creation of J Strautman and Dylan Griggs.

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1.17 King of Wands

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT

"You encounter another mutant human-like creature. This one is small, with grotesque features. It has bulging eyes and some sort of respiratory affliction. It greets you excitedly, clearly lonely and hungry. How do you react?"

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Child in distress

-Gore in the form of transformation

-Characters not being believed

-Descriptions of violence

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Killian Walker played by Lucas Martinez

Jenny Park played by Angie Min

John-Michael Cassidy played by Dylan Griggs

Hen Connors played by Nova Limb

Fareeha Elamin played by Dalia Ramahi

Connie Laughten played by Gail Sullivan

Additional voices provided by:

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.16 Queen of Cups

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:00:00 GMT

"Your roommate disappeared for several days. You're worried. When they return, they are bloodied, dirty, and tired."

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Discussions of injury

-Suspicion

-Characters being misled

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Killian Walker played by Lucas Martinez

Jenny Park played by Angie Min

Liam Park played by Carter Mills

John-Michael Cassidy played by Dylan Griggs

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.15 Knight of Cups

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:22:18 GMT

"Your roommate and you have reached a begrudging truce. You don’t talk to them much, but you’ve silently agreed that you'd rather not waste energy fighting each other."

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Hopelessness

-Discussions of death

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Killian Walker played by Lucas Martinez

Fareeha Elamin played by Dalia Ramahi

[Redacted] played by Dan Spitaliere

Jenny Park played by Angie Min

Liam Park played by Carter Mills

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.14 Ten of Wands

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

"What toll has this new life taken on your body?"

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Hopelessness

-Discussions of death

-Discussions of disability

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Hen Connors played by Nova Limb

Connie Laughten played by Gail Sullivan

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.13 ɥʇɐǝp

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 08:33:08 GMT

"You are awakened in the night by a shrill noise, like a squeaky engine belt or a wild bird. A tall creature with glowing red eyes perches in a tree outside. What else can you see of it?"

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Discussions of the death of an elderly person

-Death

-Audible Gore

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Sandra McLain played by Crystal Storm

Killian Walker played by Lucas Martinez

Fareeha Elamin played by Dalia Ramahi

John-Michael Cassidy played by Dylan Griggs

Creature played by Shaun Oldfield

Additional voices provided by:

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.12 Knight of Wands

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:00:00 GMT

"You encounter a menacing creature that looks vaguely human, but lean, elongated, and violent. It is hunting something."

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Discussion of injury

-Homesickness and general upset

-Distress of a child

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Killian Walker played by Lucas Martinez

Hen Connors played by Nova Limb

Connie Laughten played by Gail Sullivan

Creature played by Shaun Oldfield

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.11 Eight of Cups

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 08:00:00 GMT

"The neighbors have decided to exile a criminal. Who is this criminal? What have they done to earn this fate?"

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Gore in the form of bones being broken and needing to be reset

-Hopelessness

-Home invasion

-Attempted strangulation

-Audio Distortion starting from around 14:00

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Sandra McLain played by Crystal Storm

Killian Walker played by Lucas Martinez

Fareeha Elamin played by Dalia Ramahi

John-Michael Cassidy played by Dylan Griggs

Austin Frazier played by Dorian Scott

Additional voices provided by:

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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For transcripts and Arabic Translations, check out our website.

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Season 1B Teaser Trailer

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:00:38 GMT

Soul Operator will return January 13th, 2025.

For early access to all episodes, support us on Patreon.

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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Creator Interview w/ Ayolland

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:00:47 GMT

We were lucky enough to interview the creator of 'Welcome to the Habitrails' and co-owner of the game distributor 'Knave of Cups', Ayolland!

Featuring Tatiana Gefter and Ayolland

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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Soul Operator Will Return.

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(Bonus Series) Inkwell Haven: The Mine

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 07:00:11 GMT

Content Warnings:

Death, gore noises (cracking bones/blood spurting), sounds of struggle/screaming/crying, panning/distorted audio, nyctophobia, claustrophobia, light religion mentions, sine waves, loud/sudden noises, physical violence, auditory hallucinations, droning ambiences.

On today’s episode, you’ve heard “The Mine” written by Ty Von of the Syntax Podcast

Narration provided by:

Grace Stone as Maryiln the Tour Guide

Cale was played by Rowan Odom

Michelle was played by Morgie Bee

Harlan was played by Ty Von

You can follow Syntax on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and TikTok.

Link: https://pod.link/1613894378

Theme Music provided by Joseph Rutledge

Supporting music and sound design provided by Epidemic sound & Soundsnap

Story and sound editing by Rowan Odom

Connective script written by Grace Stone and edited by Naomi Richards

Episode Art by Kaila Crockett

Map Art by Kit Paterson

Transcript can be found here.

Previous episode can be found on The Grotto's feed.

Next episode can be found on Liminal Land's feed.

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(Bonus Series) Inkwell Haven: Prologue

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:00:23 GMT

Welcome to Inkwell Haven.

Tour Guide Marilyn is Grace Stone

Missy is played by Ashley McAnelly

Mick is played by Scott Thomas

Katie is played by Naomi Richards

Hilary is played by Sage Phung

Bailey is played by Kaila Crockett

Seth is played by Joe Cliff Thompson

TJ is played by Alejandro Pedroza

Connor is played by Clay Clark

Todd is played by Landon ‘Lemon’ Whisnant

And the Bus Driver, Rufus is played by Phoenix Fire

Series intro written and produced by Naomi Richards

Transcript can be found here.

The first episode of the series can be found on Morbid Forest's feed.

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(Bonus Series) Inkwell Haven: Trailer

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:00:09 GMT

Welcome to Inkwell Haven, presented by Purga-Tours.

This Spooky Season, ten of your favorite shows have come together to produce the first season of our Halloween special: Inkwell Haven.

Each episode is written, directed, and produced by over ten shows, all collaborating to create a complete season about the haunted town of Haven. This is one special you do NOT want to miss as we offer you each of our unique flavors of horror melded together into one cohesive story.

The series launches on October 1, 2024 with an episode dropping on each show's feed, then a new feed for the complete series launching on November 1, 2024. This way, you can experience the show early and discover new shows to tickle your dark little fancy through Spooky Month!

Make sure you follow these shows wherever you get your podcasts to get notification of the drops:

It's All In The Cards

The Liminal Lands

Do You Copy?

Ethics Town

Transcript for the trailer can be found here.

Keep your eyes peeled -- unique episode artwork and an announcement will drop every day on our socials. Enjoy this scavenger-haunt across the audio drama space, discover new shows, and most importantly, be prepared for some scares. See you soon, listeners.

Invitation presented by Iriska Redding

Edited by Devin McCamey

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Republished: 'Mission Log'

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:00:00 GMT

Dr Penelope Hunte records her descent into the Mariana Trench as she investigates the disappearance of her fellow researchers.

Content Warnings:

- Thalassophobia

- Audio Distortion/Text-To-Speech Voice

- Slow Descent Into Madness

- Profanity

- Allusion To Unwanted Attraction

Credits:

Written and Performed by: Tatiana Gefter

Editing and Soundscape by: Taylor Michaels

Created for the Tiny Terrors Halloween Special, released with additional soundscaping.

Listen to the original version of the episode here.

Additional Credits:

- Text-to-Speech: https://www.tetyys.com/SAPI4/

Creative Commons 0

You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the sound, even for commercial purposes, all without the need of asking permission to the author.

- Sonar: https://freesound.org/people/Link-Boy/sounds/414831/

- Submarine Internal: https://freesound.org/people/blaukreuz/sounds/465472/

- Recording Start: https://freesound.org/people/AbdrTar/sounds/519985/

- Recording End: https://freesound.org/people/AbdrTar/sounds/519986/

- Walking: https://freesound.org/people/Mike_Leister/sounds/516173/

Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

You are free to share (to copy, distribute and transmit) and to remix (to adapt and modify) as long as you credit the author of the sound and do not use the sound for commercial purposes.

- Submarine: https://freesound.org/people/Samantha_Dolman/sounds/490733/

Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

You are free to share (to copy, distribute and transmit) and to remix (to adapt and modify) as long as you credit the author of the sound and do not use the sound for commercial purposes. (Same as above, just Cooler Daniel)

- Knocking: https://freesound.org/people/Speedenza/sounds/222581/

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Feed Drop + Small Update: Don't Look

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 18:37:38 GMT

Katie, Noah, Shelly, and Diana come together to mourn the death of one of their dearest friends. But something is stalking them, something that might have killed their friend. Now, Katie must fight to save her life and figure out how to stop a monster that will kill you if you look at it.

Written by Crystal Storm.

Find 'Don't Look' here.

For Soul Operator

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Soul Operator Will Return.

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Live Mid-Season QnA

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 01:38:38 GMT

A live, moderately edited recording of our mid-season qna!

Featuring Tatiana Gefter

Moderated by ⁠J Strautman⁠

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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Soul Operator Will Return.

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1.10 lᴉʌǝp ǝɥ┴

Mon, 13 May 2024 07:00:00 GMT

"While out scavenging, you--."

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific Warnings (MAJOR SPOILERS):

-Gore (Bone breaking, flesh tearing)

-Expressed desire to die

-Screaming

-Crying

-Derealization

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠⁠Tatiana Gefter

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Dean Sutter played by Michael Blundell

Monster played by Shaun Oldfield

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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Soul Operator Will Return.

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1.09 King of Cups

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT

"The door upstairs unlocked. You have a new roommate. You’re not sure where they came from."

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific Warnings:

-Descriptions of gore

-Using alcohol as a coping mechanism

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Killian Walker played by Lucas Martinez

[Redacted] played by Dan Spitaliere

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.08 sdnƆ ɟo ǝʌᴉℲ

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT

"You hear a wailing cry --"

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific Warnings (MAJOR SPOILERS):

-Reference to death of a minor

-Major audio distortion at 6:22 - 7:00

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Sandra McLain played by Crystal Storm

John-Michael Cassidy played by Dylan Griggs

Austin Frazier played by Dorian Scott

Connie Laughten played by Gail Sullivan

[Redacted] played by Dan Spitaliere

Additional voices provided by:

Sean Currie

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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Feed Drop: Observable Radio

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:55:50 GMT

The Observer catalogues his first signal. A mysterious curfew. An annual celebration. The pursuit of stasis.

This program is intended for mature audiences only.

Content Warnings

Mention of Suicide
Implied harm of a Child

Performed by The Ensemble

Phil van Hest
Katie Skovholt
Orion Kellogg
Jason Smith
Xalavier Nelson Jr.
Kris Straub
Purpurina

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1.07 Seven of Cups

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT

"Relationships in the neighborhood are volatile and fleeting. Your neighbors have had a very messy falling out."

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Severe audio distortion starting at 13:00.

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Jenny Park played by Angie Min

Liam Park played by Carter Mills

Dean Sutter played by Michael Blundell

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Audio editing and music by ⁠J Strautman⁠

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1.06 Nine of Cups

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT

"This neighbor is a real fucking asshole. A Grade-A Bully. What have your interactions been like so far?"

General Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

Episode Specific:

-Audio Distortion at 16:57

Tessa Whitlock played by ⁠Tatiana Gefter

Nathan Sutter played by Mike LeBeau

Dean Sutter played by Michael Blundell

Anisha Amin played by Addie Nofal

Sandra McLain played by Crystal Storm

John-Michael Cassidy played by Dylan Griggs

Austin Frazier played by Dorian Scott

Connie Laughten played by Gail Sullivan

Additional voices provided by: