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Top Podcasts for Psychological Horror Thriller in 2026

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The psychological horror thriller space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 34 of the best, including The Magnus Archives, Welcome to Night Vale, and Knifepoint Horror.

  1. The Magnus Archives
    The Magnus Archives
    “Make your statement, face your fear.” The Magnus Archives is a weekly horror fiction audiodrama podcast examining what lurks in the archives of th...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FantasyDark FictionFictionGhost StoriesPsychological Horror Thriller
    +7
    Audience:
    Fantasy FansSci-Fi Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSerialized Fiction
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  2. Welcome to Night Vale
    Welcome to Night Vale
    Twice-monthly community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, where every conspiracy theory is true. Turn on your radio and hide. Never ...
    Content:
    Audio FictionBizarre HistoryClassic Pulp FictionConspiracy TheoriesDark FantasyPsychological Horror Thriller
    +10
    Audience:
    Book LoversFantasy FansGen ZSci-Fi FansWriters
    Goal:
    Following A StoryTo Fall Asleep To
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSerialized Fiction
    When:
    Background NoiseDoing ChoresLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  3. Knifepoint Horror
    Knifepoint Horror
    Tales of supernatural suspense written, produced, and narrated by Soren Narnia. The text of these stories is licensed under Creative Commons Attrib...
    Content:
    Dark FantasyDark FictionGhost StoriesParanormal InvestigationsPsychological HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    +2
    Audience:
    Horror CreatorsKnife Enthusiasts
    Goal:
    Following A Story
  4. Alice Isn't Dead
    Alice Isn't Dead
    A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she will encounter not-quite-human ...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FantasyDark FictionFamily HorrorFictionPsychological Horror Thriller
    +7
    Audience:
    Fantasy FansSci-Fi Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
    When:
    At The GymQuick Listen
  5. Archive 81
    Archive 81
    Archive 81 is a fiction podcast about horror, cities, and the subconscious. New episodes will be released every other Wednesday. Start from "01 - A...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FantasyDark FictionFictionGhost StoriesPsychological Horror Thriller
    +5
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  6. OMINOUS THRILL
    OMINOUS THRILL
    A genre-bending audio drama of character-driven adult dark fiction, thrillers, horror & suspense. Each story is fully dramatized with exce...
    Content:
    Dark FantasyDark FictionSupernatural HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
  7. Baking A Murder
    Baking A Murder
    If psychological thrillers & horror movies/books are your guilty pleasure - you're at the right place. Brought to you by Rotten Mango hosts!
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  8. Limetown
    Limetown
    Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town in Tennessee, never to be heard from again. In this podcast...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FictionFamily HorrorFictionGhost StoriesPsychological Horror Thriller
    +7
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi FansStudents
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSerialized Fiction
    When:
    At The GymLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  9. The Black Tapes
    The Black Tapes
    The Black Tapes is a weekly podcast from the creators of Pacific Northwest Stories, and is hosted by Alex Reagan. The Black Tapes Podcast is a seri...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FantasyDark FictionFamily HorrorFictionPsychological Horror Thriller
    +11
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
  10. The Left Right Game
    The Left Right Game
    Tessa Thompson stars as an idealistic young journalist trying to make a name for herself by following a group of paranormal explorers, obsessed wit...
    Content:
    Dark FictionFictionRoad Trip StoriesSmall Town HorrorSupernatural HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
  11. Borrasca
    Borrasca
    A gripping psychological thriller starring Cole Sprouse as Sam Walker. In the first season we followed Sam as he painstakingly recounts the summer ...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FictionFictionGhost StoriesSmall Town HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
  12. Scare You To Sleep
    Scare You To Sleep
    Curl up and relax as I read you a spooky bed time story! Join me in enjoying the soothing, although somewhat unnerving, sounds of all that goes bum...
    Content:
    Dark FictionPsychological HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    Goal:
    RelaxingTo Fall Asleep To
    When:
    Before BedCommuting
  13. Soft Voice
    Soft Voice
    Lydia was perfect, because Soft Voice told her exactly what to do and what to say. But one day, Soft Voice left. SOFT VOICE is an immersive audiodr...
    Content:
    Audio FictionFictionPsychological HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
  14. Cassettes
    Cassettes
    Protagonizada por Martha Higareda, y con las actuaciones de Mariano Palacios, Odiseo Bichir y Patricia Manterola. Tras la muerte de su madre, Ana s...
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  15. Video Palace
    Video Palace
    When video collector Mark Cambria watches a mysterious VHS tape, he begins talking in his sleep in a language that doesn't exist. Mark and his girl...
    Content:
    Dark FictionPsychological HorrorSmall Town HorrorSupernatural HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
  16. Campfire Radio Theater
    Campfire Radio Theater
    A Modern Audio Drama Horror Anthology... Hear the Fear!
    Content:
    Dark FictionSupernatural HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    Audience:
    Audio Content Creators
    Style:
    Narrative Storytelling
  17. SOMNARIUM.
    SOMNARIUM.
    A psychological horror audio drama from Haunted House Studios.Follow Alex as he digs through recovered case notes and recordings from Dr. Susan Ren...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FictionHaunted PlacesSupernatural HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
  18. Homecoming
    Homecoming
    Now a Prime Original TV series. From Spotify Studios, Homecoming centers on a caseworker at an experimental facility, her ambitious supervisor, and...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FictionFictionLife After GriefPolitical ThrillersPsychological Horror Thriller
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
    Goal:
    Emotional WellnessFollowing A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSerialized Fiction
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  19. The Mantawauk Caves
    The Mantawauk Caves
    Winner: Best Fiction Podcast, iHeart Podcast Awards. On the night of May 10, 2007, three boys entered a cave in Mantawauk County, Tennessee. Only o...
    Content:
    Dark FictionSupernatural HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    When:
    Long Drive
  20. Darkest Night
    Darkest Night
    Darkest Night is a binaural audio drama that places you, the listener, at the center of a recovered memory that sounds as though it's happening aro...
    Content:
    Audio FictionFictionSupernatural HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
  21. Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast
    Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast
    Ever wonder why anxious people love horror movies? Curious about how having the daylights scared out of you can help you feel better? Hosts Jenn Ad...
    Content:
    Horror CinemaPsychological HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
  22. The Mr Peekaboo Chronicles - Scary Horror Stories Podcast
    The Mr Peekaboo Chronicles - Scary Horror Stories Podcast
    Dare to listen? Prepare yourself for The Mr Peekaboo Chronicles – frequently hailed as the BEST horror stories podcast for listeners who crave deep...
    Content:
    Psychological HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
  23. Agent Stoker
    Agent Stoker
    AGENT STOKER is an immersive paranormal thriller -- part Raymond Chandler, part Philip K. Dick, and all macabre all the time. It's the love child o...
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  24. Palimpsest
    Palimpsest
    Palimpsest is a (mostly) single-voiced audio drama about memory, identity, and the things that haunt us. Each ten-episode season is a unique and se...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FantasyDark FictionGhost StoriesPsychological HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
    +2
    When:
    Long Drive
  25. SADISTIC
    SADISTIC
    New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Written and edited by Jon Saks.
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  26. America After Midnight: Audio Drama for Strange Times
    America After Midnight: Audio Drama for Strange Times
    America After Midnight is an anthology series of audio dramas that use horror, the surreal, and the uncanny to explore the darkest corners of the A...
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  27. Red in the Dark
    Red in the Dark
    Red in the Dark is a psychological horror thriller about what happens when good intentions blur into harm. The story follows intersecting lives—wor...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FictionPsychological Horror Thriller
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
  28. UNWELL
    UNWELL
    You saw it on TikTok. That weird green powder, the mouth taping thing, the "internal shower" that looks suspiciously like laxative lemonade. You’re...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FantasyDark FictionFamily HorrorFictionPsychological Horror Thriller
    +2
    Audience:
    Fantasy Fans
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
    When:
    Long Drive
  29. The Nowhere Realm
    The Nowhere Realm
    Enter The Nowhere Realm. A dark, mind bending Bi Weekly podcast where reality twists, time fractures, and every story slips into the unknown. A hau...
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  30. The Black Dirt Tapes
    The Black Dirt Tapes
    The Black Dirt Tapes is a true crime podcast uncovering the dark, forgotten stories buried beneath Iowa’s surface. Hosted, written, and produced by...
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  31. Dead Static
    Dead Static
    Something is always listening. Dead Static is a psychological horror fiction podcast delivering short, immersive stories designed to unnerve. Each ...
    Content:
    Psychological HorrorPsychological Horror Thriller
  32. Darkwood Library
    Darkwood Library
    Darkwood Library is a cozy, critical podcast for readers who love fantasy, romance, and sci-fi, and want to dig deeper. Host Sarah blends warm book...
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  33. The Spoken Reel
    The Spoken Reel
    Where imagination isn’t just heard it’s felt. The Spoken Reel is a cinematic audio fiction podcast delivering original, immersive stories in every ...
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller
  34. Ritualist Edit Podcast
    Ritualist Edit Podcast
    You do everything for everyone. These weekly audio letters are for the part of you that usually has no space to think. theritualistedit.substack.com
    Content:
    Psychological Horror Thriller