S24 Ep18: NoSleep Podcast S24E18
The NoSleep Podcast
Creative Reason Media Inc.
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
It's Episode 18 of Season 24. Enter the dark waters of the Cape Fear River as we present tales about perilous pairs.
"Worms" by Nick Porisch (Story starts around 00:07:05)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Phil Michalski
Cast: Evie - Sarah Ruth Thomas, James - Jeff Clement, Kid - Matthew Bradford, Driver - Graham Rowat
"One in a Million" by D.H.Parish (Story starts around 00:31:20)
Produced by Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Dan Zappulla, Courtney - Mary Murphy, Jeff - Atticus Jackson
"I'm a state patrol officer. I know what really happens between mile markers 189 and 206." by Jamie Frances Janazian (Story starts around 00:52:30)
Produced by Claudius Moore
Cast: Zac - Mike DelGaudio, Marta - Linsay Rousseau
"Silo" by Erin Michelitsch (Story starts around 01:12:30)
Produced by Jeff Clement
Cast: Narrator - Erin Lillis, Julie - Linsay Rousseau, David - Graham Rowat
"The Skull on the Headland" by Simon Bleaken (Story starts around 01:28:35)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Jesse Cornett
Cast: Narrator - David Ault, Carolyn - Ash Millman, Rebecca - Erika Sanderson, Stephen - Jake Benson, Lauren - Penny Scott-Andrews
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Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings
Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone
"The Skull on the Headland" illustration courtesy of Alia Synesthesia
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| 0:00.0 | Water. It gives us life. We are drawn to it. |
| 0:13.0 | Yet it holds immense power over us. It can bring unspeakable horror to the most familiar places. |
| 0:26.6 | Your morning shower, a tranquil riverbank, or the endless ocean. |
| 0:40.3 | It's time to dive deep into the abyss. From the dark waters of the Cape Fear River, immerse yourself in horror as you. |
| 0:56.3 | Brace yourself for the No Sleep Podcast. |
| 1:00.1 | The No Sleep Podcast. There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for |
| 1:36.0 | and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more |
| 1:41.9 | bizarrely inexplicable. |
| 1:44.0 | There is another theory which states |
| 1:46.5 | that this has already happened. There is yet a third theory which states that both of the first |
| 1:53.1 | two theories have been included here to welcome you, our listeners, to this episode of the No Sleep |
| 1:59.0 | podcast and provide something of an introduction for your |
| 2:02.3 | guest host. Yes, I'm tall, bald and called David, but not the one you were expecting. |
| 2:09.2 | Hello there, and thanks so much for joining us. We have five fables of fear for you this week |
| 2:15.1 | on the subject of questions and answers. But first, before all of that, |
| 2:20.1 | I shall bend to tradition and let you know something of my travels through space and time to be here |
| 2:24.8 | with you today. Back in the mists of ancient time, or the late 80s and 90s, I was introduced to |
| 2:31.9 | audio drama through the cassettes of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, |
| 2:35.7 | as quoted at the top of the episode. |
| 2:38.2 | I used to listen to them at bedtime, falling asleep to the relaxing lilt of Peter Jones |
| 2:42.4 | as the book telling me all about life, the universe and everything. |
| 2:46.3 | At the same time, I enjoyed ghost stories thanks to a cassette with Edgar Allan Poe stories on it, |
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