Dark Passenger

Dark Passenger Audio Horror Story (Horror)
Written and Produced by Frederick Greenhalgh

FinalRune's latest tale of terror eclipses everything we've attempted so far, with a story that is chilling to the bone, the best performances to date, a stellar score and terrifying field FX recording on location on foggy and mysterious stretches of Downeast Maine.

Two teenage friends start scaring each other on the drive to a dismal "haunted" house on the coast of Maine. But when their innocent fun starts to become all too real, they soon realize what true terror is. A nod to Stephen King in a tale inspired by a true story too haunting to forget.

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Running Time: 21 minutes
Download Dark Passenger - New 2011 Mix

Cast:

Narrator: John Coons
David: Christopher Reiling
Matt: Philip Hobby
Girl: Rowan Hoyt
Father: Rob Hoyt
Boy: Gabriel Whitman
Mother: Stacy Ann Strang

Sound Effects:

Record on-location in Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Supplemental effects courtesy of Sounddogs.com

Music:

Original Music by Stu Mahan and James Munro

Special Thanks:

Peter and Marge Titcomb
WMPG
Roger Gregg, David Schinn, Richard Fish, and the whole crew of NATF

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24 Comments »

I can’t wait!!!

Comment by Michelle — October 11, 2007 @ 7:24 am
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Pingback by Audio Theater Galore This October | Radio Drama Revival! — October 17, 2007 @ 7:17 am
Michelle… Thanks so much! Very excited to present this story and hope it’ll meet everyone’s desires for spooky fiction…

Comment by Fred — October 18, 2007 @ 6:34 pm
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This is frikkin awesome! Loved all aspects – the music, the writing, the acting. Really top-notch.

Comment by Frank — July 14, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
I started listening to this one in the dark, but by the end I had the lights back on. Very scary. Excellent.

Comment by Kevin Anderson — May 12, 2009 @ 8:50 pm
This play was absolutely GREAT well acted could not be bettered by any Hollywood stars .This was my first time listening today of your plays KEEP UP THE HIGH STANDARDS YOU HAVE SET YOURSELVES

Comment by Harry Grove — January 31, 2010 @ 4:50 pm
Wow, thanks for the high praise, Harry! We’ll have to do more like these People love horror

Comment by Fred — February 1, 2010 @ 10:10 am
This Is Hilarious And Awesome!!!

Comment by Sophie && Morgan — July 26, 2010 @ 7:56 am
Well done but why does it cut off right before the end?

Comment by Steve — August 9, 2010 @ 9:20 am
This was an AWESOME story (I’m not quite sure if i get the ending tho)… plz do more horror :3

Comment by Karen — August 16, 2010 @ 12:32 am
@Karen So glad you enjoyed the story! It spooks us, too, but we’ll keep the horror going…

@Steve Hm, as far as I can tell the download is working as expected. It’s possible the flash loader is giving you trouble, you could try the mp3 download

Comment by Fred — August 20, 2010 @ 9:49 pm
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Comment by marisa — September 11, 2010 @ 9:15 pm
holycrap im freeking out that was so fregen scary ahhhh scary ive had nightmars ever sins this fuck ahhhh

Comment by hannah — October 3, 2010 @ 5:31 pm
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i am a big horror fan and this was awsom well done listened to it in my room in the dark lol my mistake very good

Comment by mary — November 15, 2010 @ 1:01 pm
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One of the modules is about narrative tenses and that is where the material on your page comes in very useful. I am writing to you to check whether it would be possible for me to use some of the material on the webpage by adapting it to my teaching purposes or having students referred to the page (mainly with the audio podcasts). I could make a selection of the works I could be interested in so you could actually talk with the authors concerned. I hope to hear from you soon. In the meantime, let me congratulate you on the idea you have had and wish you happy New Year.

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Comment by Miriam Castro — December 30, 2010 @ 11:37 am
Its ight

Comment by Caedon Jervis — March 27, 2011 @ 4:20 pm
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Stephen King
The best horror writer in the world.
I want to write his typa stuff but I’m 13 and I dont want people to think I’m disturbed.
Should I go with my dream to scare people or will people think I’m crazy/psycho/morbidly obsessed.

Comment by Thomas — October 23, 2011 @ 7:08 pm
Hi Thomas,

Well, I’ve always believed in following your dream, no matter what other people think. In the beginning, they may laugh at you, or think you’re weird. In the end, they will envy you and be mystified at how you’ve gotten as far as you have.

I started reading Stephen King too young myself – probably about your age (when I was asleep night after night reading Cujo and freaking myself out). The story Blind Man’s Confession I wrote and had published when I was 15. So, start now. You don’t want to wake up one day wondering why you never got around to following your dreams. Chase them now.

- Fred

Comment by Fred — October 23, 2011 @ 8:21 pm
so scary my ass lol ive heard scaryer shit while i was takin a shit. but it is a good story

Comment by austin — December 11, 2011 @ 8:52 pm