The dark fantasy space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 100 of the best, including Relatos de la Noche, The Magnus Archives, and The NoSleep Podcast.
Relatos de la Noche
En la tradición de los clásicos de la radio, aquí se cuentan las historias, relatos y leyendas que habitan las calles de México e Iberoamérica.
The Magnus Archives
“Make your statement, face your fear.” The Magnus Archives is an award winning weekly horror fiction audiodrama podcast examining what lurks in the...
The NoSleep Podcast
The NoSleep Podcast is a multi-award winning anthology series of original horror stories, with rich atmospheric music to enhance the frightening ta...
Lore
The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events...
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 ...
Old Gods of Appalachia
In the mountains of central Appalachia, blood runs as deep as these hollers and just as dark. Since before our kind knew these hills, hearts of unk...
Tales from the Stinky Dragon
Tales from the Stinky Dragon is an actual-play D&D comedy podcast that features four foolish friends and their (very patient) dungeon master. Join ...
The Adventure Zone
Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy from My Brother, My Brother and Me have recruited their dad Clint for a campaign of high adventure. Join the McE...
Timesuck with Dan Cummins
Jump down new rabbit holes with Timesuck, the weekly podcast that takes you on a fascinating and bizarre journey through history’s darkest corners,...
Knifepoint Horror
Tales of supernatural suspense written, produced, and narrated by Soren Narnia. The text of these stories is licensed under Creative Commons Attrib...
Hello From The Magic Tavern
Arnie Niekamp fell through a dimensional portal behind a Burger King into the fantastical land of Foon. He's still getting a slight wifi signal, so...
Malevolent
Do not fear the dark, fear what darkness brings... Arkham Private Investigator Arthur Lester wakes up with no memory of who he is or what has happe...
Unexplained
Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A stor...
Terrores Nocturnos
Historias de terror, misterio, casos reales, hechos inexplicables... Cada martes te traemos una nueva historia que no te dejará dormir y cada domin...
Undertow: Familiar Haunts
Undertow is Realm’s showcase of original horror stories. Hosted by audio horror pioneer and creator Fred Greenhalgh, each season presents a spooky ...
The White Vault
Explore the far reaches of the world’s horrors in the audio drama podcast The White Vault. Follow the collected records of a repair team sent to Ou...
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 ...
The Lovecraft Investigations
Julian Simpson's mystery thriller/horror fiction series, based on several works by H.P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos.
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...
OMINOUS THRILL: Her Horrorween
A genre-bending audio drama of character-driven adult dark fiction, thrillers, horror & suspense. Each story is fully dramatized with exce...
The Void
What do you know about the dark? When you look into the shadows, do you feel them watching back? In the town of Milton, the darkness isn't just in ...
Tower 4
Mike Archer is a newly appointed fire watcher in the Wyoming woods. While he's never done anything like this before, he needed something new after ...
Midst
Taking place several decades after the events of Midst and Moonward, UNEND focuses on a supernatural ship and a remarkable crew set forth on a...
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...
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...
The Penumbra Podcast
At the Penumbra, you might follow Juno Steel, a brooding, sharp-witted private eye on Mars, as he tangles with an elusive homme fatale, tracks dang...
Lorehammer - A Warhammer 40k Podcast
*Ad Free Version available on Lorehammer Pateron, link below.*Lorehammer is a dedicated Warhammer 40K podcast that brings the universe's rich and i...
TANIS
Tanis is a bi-weekly podcast from the Public Radio Alliance, and is hosted by Nic Silver. Tanis is a serialized docudrama about a fascinating and s...
The Silt Verses
In this horror/fantasy serial drama, Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black ...
Dark Dice
THE horror actual play podcast. (Dnd) Each season, travelers embark on a journey into the dark corners of a fantasy world with dragons & monsters. ...
Lorekeeper's Librarium
Lorekeeper's Librarium is a podcast dedicated to the lore of some of our most loved worlds. Including Warhammer 40k, Lord of the Rings, and man...
Petrified
Petrified - a horror audio drama anthology from a darker Ireland. Petrified tells the chilling tales of ordinary people encountering the supernatur...
Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery
Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery is a new audio drama from HartLife NFP.Lillian Harper moves to the small town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio, to care for...
The Bright Sessions
The Bright Sessions is a science fiction audio drama that follows a group of therapy patients. But these are not your typical patients - each has a...
Hero Adjacent
Hero Adjacent is an epic fantasy, genre-busting TTRPG Actual Play where four sort-of-but-not-really-heroes that the world doesn't need at all are t...
Hello From The Hallowoods
Come walk between the black pines! In this award-winning queer horror podcast, a cosmic narrator follows the increasingly connected residents of th...
Advantage Connors
Advantage Connors is an ongoing conversation between Tennis legend Jimmy Connors & Brett Connors. Follow along as they cover the worlds of tennis &...
The Gospel of Haven
The Gospel of Haven is a horror podcast exploring the intersection of faith and anatomy after the end of the world. A cult has thrived inside the l...
Death by Dying
The Obituary Writer of Crestfall, Idaho finds himself deeply in over his head as he investigates a series of strange and mysterious deaths… when he...
I Am In Eskew
Trapped in the horror-filled and impossible city of Eskew, a man makes endless recordings of his day-to-day experiences, hoping to reach the outsid...
Alba Salix, Royal Physician
The award-winning fantasy-comedy! In Alba Salix, overworked, cynical witch Alba tends to the health of the King, Queen and citizens of the kingdom ...
Red Moon Roleplaying
We are an ENnie-award winning podcast that plays roleplaying games set in dark worlds.
The Heresies Of Radulf Burntwine
A Horror Fantasy Medical Mystery. Contained herein are The Heresies of Radulf Burntwine. Follow the Titular monk-turned-medical-investigator as he ...
Tumanbay
A vast empire threatened by rebellion. A fiction podcast on an epic scale set in the most powerful city on earth... Visit www.tumanbay.com to see f...
The Grimoire Diaries
“Recent events have made me realise that perhaps my own memories are not as reliable as I once thought..."William Moore is a sceptic. He works at a...
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...
The Cleansed: A Post-Apocalyptic Saga
Equal parts "Mad Max" and "The Stand," this post apocalyptic saga is set in a world 15 years after the collapse of the world as we know it. A broth...
The Sandman Podcast
ECW legend and Hardcore Icon The Sandman provides insights on his wild professional wrestling journey. Joined each week by host Brian W. Tosh and h...
The Cradle Podcast
The Cradle Podcast features in-depth interviews, analysis, and weekly roundups on West Asia, covering geopolitics, war, and global power shifts.
Blood & Mud Rugby Podcast
Lee & Josh present your weekly pod from the other part of the rugby club. All the latest rugby news plus war animals, Player Spotted, the odd song ...
Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Saga
“If you think vampire tales are a worn-out genre, Underwood and Flinch will shock and delight you.” — Walt Kolenda. Examiner.com For hundreds of ye...
The Call of the Void
In the bustling streets of New Orleans, a tour guide and a palm-reading outcast team up to unravel the mystery behind cases of sudden insanity bese...
Uncanny County
Mystical truck drivers. Robots gone haywire. Killer clown demons. And pie. So. Much. Pie. This quirky, darkly comic, Southwestern-flavored antholog...
A Voice From Darkness
Join parapsychologist and radio broadcaster Dr. Malcolm Ryder as he helps those who suffer the supernatural on his call-in radio show.
Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast
Kingslingers is a podcast exploring and analyzing Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Each week, join Constant Reader Scott as he leads Dark Tower ne...
Calling Darkness Podcast
Six women. One book. And a demon from hell. This is Calling Darkness, an audio drama that follows the mishaps of six girls who inadvertently summon...
Remnants : An Audio Drama
A dark fantasy thriller audio drama.When we die, the remnants of us return to the First and Last Place... Remnants is a dark fantasy thriller audio...
Last Dance
The Great South was alone. A small rock formed atop the bones of dead gods and leviathans, drifting within an endless ocean. People left to their o...
Going Dark Podcast
This podcast will go over everything in the gaming scene If you love what you are hearing, consider following and leaving us a review. It helps us ...
NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast
Multi-award winning horror podcast featuring creepy stories with full audio production written by Black writers and performed by Black actors. So s...
Shadows at the Door
A one-of-a-kind anthology of full-cast supernatural audio drama, delivering rich atmosphere, original stories, and daring reimaginings of classics....
Camlann - An Audio Drama
Camlann is a post-apocalyptic fantasy by Ella Watts from Tin Can Audio. It's a serialised fiction podcast inspired by folklore and Arthurian legend...
The Hidden People
A creepy modern fantasy that begins as a murder mystery and becomes a dark fantasy adventure filled with action, Irish and Norse folklore, and fae....
Dark Tome
What if there was a book that literally opened up doorways to other worlds? Where would it lead, and could you handle what you found on the other s...
The Once And Future Nerd
When three high school students from modern-day Pennsylvania find themselves trapped in a world of wizards, elves, and feudal intrigue, they must l...
The Ordinary Epic
A comedic audio drama about found families, role-playing games, dungeons, and (occasionally) dragons. "Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama" finalist...
Deep Dream State
Deep Dream State is a full-cast monster romance and desire horror audio drama by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. As the originating work of desire...
Tirando Rol
Tirando Rol es un podcast de Actual Play Dungeons & Dragons en español, donde seis amigos, guiados por el DM Ulises Martínez, viven aventuras l...
Fronteras de Fantasia
¡Bienvenido a "Fronteras de Fantasía", un podcast fascinante que te llevará a universos llenos de aventura, misterio y magia. E...
Dark American Crime
Dark American Crime explores the darkest corners of crime in the United States—uncovering both infamous cases and hidden stories the public rarely ...
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...
The Lucky Die
An actual play D&D podcast, The Lucky Die is a character driven story, set in an apocalyptic fantasy world. In Diskora, Demons and Celestials have ...
Counterbalance
Counterbalance is a High Fantasy Audio Drama. A hole has been torn into the weave that creates magic, allowing spirits that threaten the wellbeing ...
Carcerem
In Aaru, a land torn apart by a fear of magic, and ruled by brutal mercenaries, two young friends leave the only home they’ve ever known to find th...
Doorway To Nightmare
Explore the terrifying world of your own imagination with our full cast audio productions of mystery, horror, and suspense. An homage to golden age...
Azathoth Blues
Azathoth Blues is a cosmic horror audio drama created by Jonas Kyratzes (The Talos Principle) and Chris Christodoulou (Risk of Rain), who previousl...
The Call of the Flame
An epic fantasy, in Audio Drama format. The journey of Bri, and her travels along with her Orc, Elvan, Dwarven, and Halfin companions as she seeks ...
Dark Air with Terry Carnation
Rainn Wilson stars in this fictional darkly comedic podcast that explores the on and off-air life of Terry Carnation – a late-night talk-radio show...
CARAVAN
CARAVAN is a story about getting through Hell with the people you love. When Samir and his best friend Carlyle take a camping trip to the Canyon, t...
Omen | A Fantasy Audio Drama
Can three unlikely heroes keep from arguing long enough to thwart a diabolical conspiracy? From the producers of Girl in Space comes Omen, a fantas...
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...
The Dark Pulse
The Dark Pulse is a dark fantasy/horror story about a man named Nolan who is captured --along with his family-- during an invasion by the brutal Re...
Out of the Ashes
For fans of dark fantasy and supernatural thrillers, Out of the Ashes is a modern fantasy audio drama set in a post-apocalyptic world where myths, ...
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Shows are selected from PodSEO topic associations and matched AI recommendations. They are ordered by their average PodSEO score over records dated since seven days ago, with ties ordered by show name. The score combines podcast-platform search visibility, editorial placements, and chart performance, with adjustments for Apple listing status. AI recommendations help identify candidates; their frequency does not determine the order. Each list includes up to 100 shows with an Apple Podcasts ID and updates when regenerated.
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