Welcome. Have a seat by the fire. Or in your favorite easy chair, your vehicle, your cozy bed,

or maybe you're walking the dog and listening. And well, that's cool too. I'm'm John Ballantyne, and this isn't your usual

campfire radio theater episode. Nope, this is something I'm calling Summer Campfire Screams.

I know we've been running behind schedule with producing new shows lately, although we do have two

new episodes written and in production

now that will hopefully see the light of day in a couple of months. What I thought might be fun

to do this summer without any new content of our own release is to take a listen and spotlight

some other horror audio dramas that are personal favorites of mine, and maybe don't get quite

the attention that they deserve in some cases. These are the kind of shows that are so good,

I wish I had had some involvement with them, but unfortunately that's not the case.

Thankfully, though, their producers have kindly granted permission so that I can present them to you.

So, without further ado, let's talk about tonight's show.

Intensive Care was produced by Fred Greenharsh, Matthew Boudreau, and Samantha Mason.

It was written by James Comtois.

Instead of recording in the studio, they chose to go on location, so it has a

very live feel. It's very similar to how we recorded our own hungry hollow, deep in the woods,

braving bloodthirsty mosquitoes in the dog days of a Carolina summer. Oh, how I remember it well.

And whispers from hell, which was also recorded in a location.

We recorded in what some folks believe might be an actual haunted house. I think Fred and Matthew

recorded intensive care in an old abandoned mill, so it's full of atmosphere and ambience and a genuine creepy vibe.

The show was released in October 2011, but it sounds every bit as good and chilling as if it was recorded yesterday.

If you'd like to hear more of Fred Greenhal's work, have a listen to his dark fantasy podcast, The Dark

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