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The NoSleep Podcast

S22 Ep22: NoSleep Podcast S22E22

The NoSleep Podcast

Creative Reason Media Inc.

Performing Arts, Fiction, Society & Culture, Science Fiction, Arts

4.613.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

It's Episode 22 of Season 22. The voices are calling with tales of sinister psyches.

"One in Six"
written by Ben Matthews (Story starts around 00:06:10)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Graham Rowat, Prosecutor - Peter Lewis

"Autotrophs and Others" written by Kahlo R. F. Smith (Story starts around 00:25:20)
Produced by: Phil Michalski
Cast: Magdalene - Danielle McRae, Davena - Erika Sanderson, Isaac - Kyle Akers, Butcher - Dan Zappulla

"Think Clearly"
written by Alex Nicole Taylor (Story starts around 00:59:10)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Jeff Clement
Cast: Narrator - Joel from Lets Read, Voice - David Cummings, Man - Jeff Clement, Radio - Mike DelGaudio

"Lake Lacati" written by Caroline Pear (Story starts around 01:14:35)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Claudius Moore
Cast: Narrator - Erin Lillis

"Pieces"
written by Christopher Alexander (Story starts around 01:33:50)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Jesse Cornett
Cast: Casey - Reagen Tacker, Momma - Linsay Rousseau, Beer Paunch - Atticus Jackson, Old Man - Jesse Cornett, Old Woman - Mary Murphy, Boy - Elie Hirschman, Voice - Matthew Bradford

This episode is sponsored by:
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Click here to learn more about The NoSleep Podcast team
Click here to learn more about The Let's Read Podcast
Click here to learn more about Kahlo R. F. Smith
Click here to learn more about Alex Nicole Taylor

Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings
Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone
"One in Six" illustration courtesy of Krys Hookuh

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Transcript

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0:00.0

They're calling.

0:11.6

The phone is ringing.

0:16.1

The phone is ringing.

0:20.2

A message from an unknown caller.

0:27.6

A voice unrecognizable.

0:34.6

Audio messages from the shadows.

0:41.3

But one message is clear, and it says,

0:49.3

Brace yourself for the No Sleep podcast.

0:53.3

Music for the No Sleep Podcast. But then as time went on, you saw a different type of mental disorder, and that was after the turn of the century.

1:08.0

People began to hear sounds from electrical wires in their homes.

1:13.3

Light bulbs were talking to them. The radio was sending them coded messages.

1:21.4

Thanks for joining us here at the No Sleep Podcast. I'm your host, David Cummings. If you were to

1:30.5

actually join us here in the No Sleep Dungeon, being here, body and soul, you would run the risk

1:36.9

of physical discomfort. We are a horror podcast, after all. And horror is steeped in the tradition

1:44.0

of the body being subjected to

1:46.2

many traumas. Whether it's red-hot pokers, knives, or chainsaws, we know the terror of body horror

1:53.6

in all its gory glory. But on this episode, we're not here to mess with your bodies. We're going to look at what happens when a person's mind is being subjected to nightmarish

2:06.1

things.

2:07.3

After all, isn't that where horror really exists?

2:11.1

In our minds, our psyches?

2:14.2

I'm going to guess that very few of us have had to deal with a chainsaw-wielding maniac

2:19.3

lopping off our limbs, but what about a person who messes with your head?

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