Podcast
Campfire Radio Theater
A Modern Audio Drama Horror Anthology of Paranormal Tales... Hear the Fear!
- Drama chart
- #57
- Episodes
- 52
- Releases
- Every few months
- Typical length
- 35 min
- On air since
- 2011
- Latest episode
- 1 week ago
Episodes
52 episodes, newest first
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48 min
Lost Acre
Show notes
"The blue granite. It's like a prison. Traps souls, holds 'em here. Particularly troubled souls."
A young mother escapes an abusive relationship and retreats to a remote rural home with her infant son. But uncanny occurrences begin to unravel her fragile peace as she discovers the house harbors a haunting, long buried secret.
Warning: Contains explicit language, adult themes, disturbing horror content and depictions of abuse.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Penelope Cadigan
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 47:44
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41 min
Winter's Bite
Show notes
"Come on, Travis. Werewolves in suburbia?"
After a brutal, animalistic slaying shatters a snowbound Minnesota community, rising fear and suspicion push residents toward a chilling realization.
Warning: Contains explicit language, adult themes and graphic horror content.
Cast
Berkley Davidson
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 40:40
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31 min
Fallen Angel
Show notes
"Do you have any idea what you've stumbled into?"
A mysterious glowing relic, rumored to have been salvaged from a UFO crash site, suddenly surfaces - igniting a deadly three-way struggle between a viral conspiracy YouTuber, rogue defense contractor and military general, all desperate to unlock its uncanny secrets.
Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic horror content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 31:22
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33 min
Paranormal Appraisal 151
Show notes
"Felt like all the oxygen was being sucked out of my lungs... It felt like I was dying."
A routine paranormal case spirals out of control when a skeptical investigator encounters a chilling, utterly unexplainable phenomenon.
Warning: Contains disturbing horror content
Written by Soren Narnia
Adapted, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 33:09
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30 min
October Gods
Show notes
"Never take a pumpkin after dark, Lest ye wake the spirits, cold and stark."
A rebellious teen defies the rigid rules of a small town's mysterious pumpkin patch, unleashing a wrathful entity.
Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic horror content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Amelia Hicklin
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 29:44
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36 min
Hollow Born
Show notes
"It will come for her... come to collect its debt."
On the haunted moors of 19th century England, blood and legacy awaken something buried and long forgotten beneath the dreaded House of Whitmore.
Warning: Contains disturbing horror content
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 36:10
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40 min
Blood Drive
Show notes
"With a makeover, you could really knock 'em dead."
In the midst of a crime infested city, a lone uber driver's late-night fare takes a terrifying turn when her passenger leads them to a dance club pulsing with sinister secrets.
Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic horror content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Amelia Hicklin
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 39:34
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31 min
Final Resting Place
Show notes
"My God... What caused them to scream so?"
In the summer of 93, a cemetery caretaker and his grandson discover a series of ominous rumblings under the earth that may originate from something far more disturbing than seismic activity.
A 3D binaural audio experience! Headphones/Earbuds recommended!
Warning: Contains graphic horror content
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Based on a story by Brian Von Knobloch
Cast
James Hicklin
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 31:20
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42 min
The Heretic's Handbook
Show notes
"At river's edge, a group of figures waited. I can only assume now... they were waiting for me."
A romantic woodland retreat spirals into a terrifying ordeal as newlyweds Trent and Mia fall prey to a pagan religious order.
Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic horror content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 42:13
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37 min
West Palm Readers
Show notes
"It was like a thin, wispy, being... Something - something haunting - something that was pure evil."
In the bustling heart of Times Square, a street-savy couple running a tarot and palm reading storefront plot one final big score... but their scheme takes a terrifying turn when a new client steps into the shop.
Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic content.
Written by Cameron Scott
Produced and directed by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score byKevin Hartnell
Running time 36:59
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43 min
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Show notes
“What terror lies below the depths…”
Wrestling with his own inner demons, the captain of a nuclear submarine must face the haunting prospect of a world perhaps beyond the brink of annihilation as well as a ghostly spectre tracking them in the abyss.Warning: Explicit language and frightening situations
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 42:50
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40 min
Desecrate
Show notes
"Philamena was a seer, a psychic by modern vernacular. And somewhere among these stones is her gravesite... Tonight, we're going to contact her."
On All Hallows' Eve, a graveside ouija board session descends into a nightmare unveiling a web of lies and betrayal between longtime friends... and perhaps a doorway to something far more disturbing.
Warning: Explicit language, violence and graphic content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 40:20
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30 min
Ties of Blood Part Two
Show notes
"All predators aren't created equal."
Nikki's inquisitive instincts lead her into a dangerously precarious situation as the mystery of the Red Hill Abductions deepens.
Warning: Explicit language and graphic content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 29:35
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29 min
Ties of Blood Part One
Show notes
"All the freaks come out before daybreak."
A rash of abductions in the small community of Red Hill leads a young woman to suspect her mysterious nocturnal neighbor might be hiding a sinister side.
Warning: Explicit language and graphic content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 29:17
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32 min
Last Resort
Show notes
In the midst of a surreal dreamlike reality, a broken, flawed man relives the last drunken hours of his life in pursuit of an elusive perfect moment from his past as he hurtles headlong on a collision course with fate.
Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
From a story by Kevin Hartnell
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 32:12
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43 min
The Dreams of Wolves
Show notes
During the Civil War, a small band of Union soldiers seek refuge for the night within the confines of a southern plantation home inhabited by three frightened residents, unaware they are closely stalked by a predatory beast.
Warning: Contains explicit language and frightening situations.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
"All the Pretty Little Horses" and "Wayfaring Stranger" performed by Melissa Medina
Running time 42:30
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30 min
The Road Ends at the Sea
Show notes
Haunted by lost love, a successful writer revisits college friends manning a remote lighthouse on the Canadian coast, only to find a mysterious harbinger of doom waiting offshore.
Warning: Contains explicit language and frightening situations.
From the audio play written by Tim Wynne Jones
Adapted, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Rish Outfield
John Ballentine
Jack Ward
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 29:45
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1 min
Campfire Radio Theater Promo Trailer
Show notes
Hear the fear! Tune into Campfire Radio Theater, an audio drama horror experience, wherever you listen to podcasts!
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35 min
Abominations
Show notes
A small town carnie with big ambitions is spooked and intrigued by the uncanny abilities of a mysterious old man living under the carnival fairgrounds.
Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 34:35
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35 min
The Bones of Saint Nicholas
Show notes
Emotionally devastated in the wake of a bitter divorce, an exhausted single mother comes face to face with a sinister mall Santa intent on delivering a twisted Christmas miracle.
Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic content.
Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine
Cast
Amelia Hicklin
Original music score by Kevin Hartnell
Running time 34:39
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