The Cleansed – Season 1

The Cleansed Radio Drama

Fifteen years after the fallout of a massive energy crisis, steadfast homesteaders in rural Maine slog through an off-grid life. This bucolic existence is turned upside down when John Prophet, a soldier still fighting an unwinnable war, arrives with word of a powerful military force setting up in the ashes of old New York. His [...]

Rode iXY Review – High Fidelity Field Recorder in your Pocket

Rode iXY Mic Review

Several gadgets over the years have come along offering recording opportunities with the iPhone – the Blue Mikey, the Apogee iRig and even an entry from Tascam. But it wasn’t until the Rode iXY made its debut that I sincerely considered an iPhone as a serious option for a portable field recorder. A History of [...]

FinalRune Joins Other Creators for “Post Apocalyptic Fiction Free for All” Panel At PortConMaine

Fred Greenhalgh of FinalRune Productions will be joining Shawn French and Mortimer Glum (Escape from Jesus Island) and Regina and Marc Bartholomew (Happy Motoring, Parallaxis) at PortConMaine on Sunday, June 23 12pm for a session called “Post Apocalyptic Fiction Free For All” The three post-apocalyptic producers will be talking about the fiction that inspires them, [...]

Hope Springs Eternal

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Two nights this week I’ve heard the calls of barred owls.  Yesterday it was in the gloaming, with the bird so close it sent chills up my spine - kakooo kakooooooooAArooooo. We go on these long walks because Nyana demands it.  At 11 months, she won’t go to sleep save under a canopy of stars and [...]

Maine Arts Commission Awards “Good Idea” Grant to FinalRune

Maine Arts Commission

FinalRune Productions has been awarded a “Good Idea Grant” in the amount of $1,500 that will be used for our production of Season 2 of The Cleansed. The grant will allow us to make several equipment upgrades that increase the quality of our field recordings, which in Season 2 take place at Wolf Pine Farm [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 8 Part 5

The Cleansed - Post Apocalyptic Radio Drama Episode 8 Part 5

The end is here. Out of the ashes, the players left standing look towards the road ahead – and it is one fraught with challenges. Can two disparate groups band together to successfully thwart a common enemy? Or is that enemy too powerful – too ruthless – too determined – to be stopped? Part 5 [...]

This is Not About the Apocalypse

On January 1, 2007, Amy (who would ultimately become my wife) and I took the only day we had off together in the foreseeable future to check out bare land in Southern Maine. We had been on the hunt for months – looking for an affordable piece of land to put down roots, to get [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 8 Part 4

Maria makes a stand. Panic strikes the Dwellers. The boys have come down charging from the mountain – horror, horror on the horizon. Fire rains from the sky. And all that stands between the scraps of society and annihilation is one determined young girl behind the sights of an aircraft cannon. Part 4 of 5 [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 8 Part 3

The Cleansed Chapter 33 - Blood in the Streets

This is the big one. Paul and his angels spill into the streets of the Republic, bearing arms and determined to destroy the Citadel – the source of electricity for the city. Meanwhile, Saul, the master of the shadows, has his own designs. The stage is set for a mighty war, and no one will [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 8 Part 2

Victory is at hand for Richard and the New Republic. The coordinates of Prophet and the Dwellers is known. A ship is deployed, a bottle of scotch is opened, and a rare thing – music – is turned on. But a shadow lurks behind this puppetmaster, and even as Richard watches his greatest plans unfold, [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 8 Part 1

The Cleansed Episode 8 Part 1

The stage has been set for an incredible battle. John Prophet is locked up, awaiting his fate at the hands of the Dwellers’ justice. Their “BOL” in rural Maine seems far, far away from the troubles afflicting old New York, but this feeling of safety is about to be annihilated. Because in an open field, [...]

The Cleansed – Season 1 – Episode 8

The stage has been set for an incredible battle. John Prophet is locked up, awaiting his fate at the hands of the Dwellers’ justice. Their “BOL” in rural Maine seems far, far away from the troubles afflicting old New York, but this feeling of safety is about to be annihilated. Because in an open field, [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 7 Part 4 of 4

The Cleansed Episode 7 Part 4 of 4

While John is pulled off by the Dweller warriors to face his fate, in the Republic, things get interesting. One of John’s surviving Rebels comes to Saul, offering a secret. Saul, intrigued, learns a bit more… and protects what needs protecting. The stage is set for a great battle. Part 4 of 4 of Episode [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 7 Part 3 of 4

Chapter 29

Prophet tells his story. We learn of the City of Corinth – of what became of the ashes that were New York City after the Breaking and of… The people that came next. The promise of glory, the promise of a return, and the secret hand dealt by the powerful. Part 3 of 4 of [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 7 Part 2 of 4

Chapter 28 of The Cleansed

Luke and Maria follow Marc to see a little deeper under the layer of Dweller society – the mushroom logs, the buckskin, the horse sheds that make up daily life. Just as three youths are finding common ground in a strange world, Prophet is dragged out kicking and screaming before an angry mob, who puts [...]

The Cleansed: Season 2 Kicks Off

Kickstarter Thumb The Cleansed Fundraiser

Production kicked off for Season 2 of The Cleansed yesterday in a session at Wolf Pine Farm in Alfred, Maine. Wolf Pine’s property abuts the Mousam River, and we used a beautiful picnic spot on the Farm as our home base for a rigorous day of recording. Season 2 begins with our characters headed downriver [...]

The Cleansed – Season 2

Photos from field recording sessions at Wolf Pine Farm in Alfred, Maine for Season 2 of The Cleansed

The Cleansed – Season 1 – Episode 7

With horrors behind them and uncertainty ahead of them, Luke and Maria must come to terms — the road without each other is too frightening. Meanwhile, they have a new friend, one of the Dwellers who shows them beneath the surface of a world that has existed nearby to them their whole lives that they’ve [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 7 Part 1 of 4

With horrors behind them and uncertainty ahead of them, Luke and Maria must come to terms — the road without each other is too frightening. Meanwhile, they have a new friend, one of the Dwellers who shows them beneath the surface of a world that has existed nearby to them their whole lives that they’ve [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 6 Part 5 of 5

Prophet’s men have been lost without their leader. Saul appeared to have the most noble of intentions when taking them in, but unease is setting in. Saul’s men are brutish. Cruel. And Saul himself? There is a gleam in his eye. A spring in his step. And sharp, sharp teeth when he smiles. This week, [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 6 Part 4 of 5

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Caitlin, healer and matriarch for the Dwellers, has taken the case of John Prophet to heart.  The rasping, winded, infected man is at death’s door, and Maria and Sam stand outside it, listening.  As they wait, the past comes out to haunt them all in a way they never expected MAJOR SPOILER revealed in this [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 6 Part 3 of 5

Ever since the dramatic performance in the Chapel, Lucian’s world has been a little inside-out.  Amos mysteriously disappeared during the service, and now, the righteous come up to his ear whispering of dark times to come.  Will Lucian stand up to serve Jesus – and the man who claims to be his voice – or [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 6 Part 2 of 4

As quickly as the fury raged, it has passed, leaving only coal and ashes in its place.  The Dwellers and the Refuge stand at an impasse – where to go now that blood has spilled?  A courageous young girl holds the hope to a new union, as she pleads for the life of a fugitive [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 6 Part 1 of 4

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Rage burns in David’s blood, as hot and incendiary as the coals which lit the crops of The Refuge into a blaze that may leave his people hungry as the brutal winter comes on. As David and his buddy Chris careen on the biodiesel powered ATV “Moby,” Sam, John and the youths land on shore [...]

The Cleansed – Season 1 – Episode 6

Dwellers Post Apocalyptic Audio The Cleansed Ep6

Rage burns in David’s blood, as hot and incendiary as the coals which lit the crops of The Refuge into a blaze that may leave his people hungry as the brutal winter comes on. As David and his buddy Chris careen on the biodiesel powered ATV “Moby,” Sam, John and the youths land on shore [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 5 Part 4

EPISODE 5 – PART 4 of 4 Zeke wears a new uniform, which fits uncomfortably. Richard waxes on the greatness of the world that was – this is an attempt to teach the boy about “The Real Thing.” While wheels start grinding towards Saul’s next move, Lucian meets a strange group of “Angels” and our [...]

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 5 Part 3

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EPISODE 5 – PART 3 of 4 Amos and Lucian arrive at the home of the Believers  - a group of evangelical survivalists who seem just a little too friendly.  But after being fed and welcomed with open arms, they step into the Chapel.  It is there, that one is Cleansed.

The Cleansed: Season 1 – Episode 5 Part 2

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EPISODE 5 – PART 2 of 4 Amos wakes on a train after a night of grim dreams, but his nightmares aren’t over – he is far from his home, on a train headed to the home of a religious group called the Believers. Lucian is at his side for the journey, and Paul assures [...]

FinalRune and Aural Stage Studios Win Gold Ogle

Mark Time/Ogle Awards and CONvergence 2012

FinalRune producer Fred Greenhalgh is groggily returning from Minneapolis, where he’s just spent an incredible weekend at CONvergence 2012, Minnesota’s largest sci-fi/fantasy convention with over 5,000 estimated attendees. The occasion was to attend the Mark Time and Ogle awards ceremony, where FinalRune’s 2011 show, Intensive Care by James Comtois (co-produced with Aural Stage Studios) won [...]

CONvergence 2012 #CVG2012

Photos of the audio geeks rocking at #CVG2012 held July 5-8, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN.  What happens when you mix incredibly large amounts of alcohol and 24 audio geeks together for a few days surrounded by Darth Maulers, bad ass chick superheroes, 8-bit monstrosities and occasional time travelers.