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Dark Passenger

Dark Passenger Audio Horror Story
(Horror)
Written and Produced by Frederick Greenhalgh

Two teenage friends start scaring each other on the drive to a dismal “haunted” house on the coast of Maine. But when their innocent fun starts to become all too real, they soon realize what true terror is. A nod to Stephen King in a tale inspired by a true story too haunting to forget.

This inaugural field recorded FinalRune production still haunts today. It was recorded in the foggy, dim stretches of rural Downeast Maine where the story is set – the birthplace of creator Fred Greenhalgh. Featuring immersive sound design, and an original score, this full cast audio horror story is sure to chill to the bone.

finalrune · Dark Passenger

Cast:

  • Narrator: John Coons
  • David: Christopher Reiling
  • Matt: Philip Hobby
  • Girl: Rowan Hoyt
  • Father: Rob Hoyt
  • Boy: Gabriel Whitman
  • Mother: Stacy Ann Strang

Sound Effects:

  • Record on-location in Old Orchard Beach, Maine
  • Supplemental effects courtesy of Sounddogs.com

Music:

  • Original Music by Stu Mahan and James Munro

Special Thanks:

  • Peter and Marge Titcomb
  • WMPG
  • Roger Gregg, David Schinn, Richard Fish, and the whole crew of NATF

Behind the Scenes of Dark Passenger

This show is part of the open-source early works!

Access this show’s script

Comments

  1. Michelle says

    October 11, 2007 at 7:24 am

    I can’t wait!!!

    Reply
  2. Fred says

    October 18, 2007 at 6:34 pm

    Michelle… Thanks so much! Very excited to present this story and hope it’ll meet everyone’s desires for spooky fiction…

    Reply
  3. Frank says

    July 14, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    This is frikkin awesome! Loved all aspects – the music, the writing, the acting. Really top-notch.

    Reply
  4. Kevin Anderson says

    May 12, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    I started listening to this one in the dark, but by the end I had the lights back on. Very scary. Excellent.

    Reply
  5. Harry Grove says

    January 31, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    This play was absolutely GREAT well acted could not be bettered by any Hollywood stars .This was my first time listening today of your plays KEEP UP THE HIGH STANDARDS YOU HAVE SET YOURSELVES

    Reply
    • Fred says

      February 1, 2010 at 10:10 am

      Wow, thanks for the high praise, Harry! We’ll have to do more like these 🙂 People love horror

      Reply
  6. Sophie && Morgan says

    July 26, 2010 at 7:56 am

    This Is Hilarious And Awesome!!!

    Reply
  7. Steve says

    August 9, 2010 at 9:20 am

    Well done but why does it cut off right before the end?

    Reply
    • Fred says

      August 20, 2010 at 9:49 pm

      @Karen So glad you enjoyed the story! It spooks us, too, but we’ll keep the horror going…

      @Steve Hm, as far as I can tell the download is working as expected. It’s possible the flash loader is giving you trouble, you could try the mp3 download

      Reply
  8. Karen says

    August 16, 2010 at 12:32 am

    This was an AWESOME story (I’m not quite sure if i get the ending tho)… plz do more horror :3

    Reply
  9. marisa says

    September 11, 2010 at 9:15 pm

    soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sssssssssssscccccccccccccccaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

    Reply
  10. hannah says

    October 3, 2010 at 5:31 pm

    holycrap im freeking out that was so fregen scary ahhhh scary ive had nightmars ever sins this fuck ahhhh

    Reply
  11. mary says

    November 15, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    i am a big horror fan and this was awsom well done listened to it in my room in the dark lol my mistake very good

    Reply
  12. Miriam Castro says

    December 30, 2010 at 11:37 am

    My name is Miriam Castro Huerga and I am a teacher of ESL at the Official School of Languages in Laguna de Duero (Valladolid, Spain). I am currently working on a mini-online project with my students, in which I want to grant them the opportunity of having a blended learning experience, that is, a combination of online and onsite teaching/learning process.
    My intention was to create two or three modules with varied material, some related to what we were working in class and some totally different.

    One of the modules is about narrative tenses and that is where the material on your page comes in very useful. I am writing to you to check whether it would be possible for me to use some of the material on the webpage by adapting it to my teaching purposes or having students referred to the page (mainly with the audio podcasts). I could make a selection of the works I could be interested in so you could actually talk with the authors concerned. I hope to hear from you soon. In the meantime, let me congratulate you on the idea you have had and wish you happy New Year.

    Best wishes,

    Miriam Castro Huerga

    Reply
  13. Caedon Jervis says

    March 27, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    Its ight

    Reply
  14. Thomas says

    October 23, 2011 at 7:08 pm

    Stephen King
    The best horror writer in the world.
    I want to write his typa stuff but I’m 13 and I dont want people to think I’m disturbed.
    Should I go with my dream to scare people or will people think I’m crazy/psycho/morbidly obsessed.

    Reply
    • Fred says

      October 23, 2011 at 8:21 pm

      Hi Thomas,

      Well, I’ve always believed in following your dream, no matter what other people think. In the beginning, they may laugh at you, or think you’re weird. In the end, they will envy you and be mystified at how you’ve gotten as far as you have.

      I started reading Stephen King too young myself – probably about your age (when I was asleep night after night reading Cujo and freaking myself out). The story Blind Man’s Confession I wrote and had published when I was 15. So, start now. You don’t want to wake up one day wondering why you never got around to following your dreams. Chase them now.

      – Fred

      Reply
  15. austin says

    December 11, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    so scary my ass lol ive heard scaryer shit while i was takin a shit. but it is a good story

    Reply
  16. David Lorell Hoskins says

    January 30, 2012 at 10:41 pm

    Sounds so real and the mix is so well done. Love this.

    Reply
  17. David Lorell Hoskins says

    January 30, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    A great story too… love the spooky audio stuff.

    Reply
  18. David Lorell Hoskins says

    January 30, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    Really getting chills at 11:45:00…

    Reply
  19. Ana Ruiz says

    February 6, 2012 at 1:12 am

    Was driving from san fransico to la with my bf at night when I suggested listeniing to a scary story to stay awak ,i stumbled upon this web site and started hearing it…..yah by the end of the story I was fully awake from fear I had to ask my bf to get off the fwy where there would be more light lol this was an amazing story and was acted out sooo good I loved it!

    Reply
    • Fred says

      February 17, 2012 at 3:50 pm

      Love this kind of comment!

      Reply
  20. Jar Jar Jam says

    June 4, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    Uh… that wasnt scary at all..

    Reply
  21. taina says

    June 13, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    This is a grate story. It makes me relate to it.

    Reply
  22. Sylvan says

    October 8, 2012 at 9:26 am

    Awesome sound effects! Great fun!

    Reply
  23. Mercedes says

    October 26, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    Love the darkness of the story

    Reply
    • finalrune says

      October 31, 2012 at 6:26 am

      Thanks!

      Reply
  24. jr says

    November 9, 2012 at 3:34 am

    I don’t get tired of listening to Day of the dead,you can really put yourself in the story

    Reply
    • finalrune says

      November 9, 2012 at 10:20 am

      Thanks so much! I appreciate your interest in our productions. It was fun and a little different to go back to “Day of the Dead” after so many years, but it felt like a homecoming and I felt like we did good by it to freshen up the 2006 production.

      – Fred

      Reply
  25. James says

    May 20, 2013 at 11:03 pm

    The music ruined it.

    Reply
    • finalrune says

      May 29, 2013 at 8:18 pm

      Sorry you didn’t care for the music, James!

      Reply
      • Lee says

        July 7, 2014 at 8:23 am

        is there any script ? can post it ?

        Reply
        • finalrune says

          July 7, 2014 at 9:44 pm

          Lee – there is a script. You can email me at fred [at] finalrune.com if you want more information. Need to know more about intended use before we share our raw materials!

          – Fred

          Reply
  26. Daniel Boivin says

    October 9, 2013 at 9:37 am

    Thats a very good one, very disturbing! Plus, knowing that it’s been recorded near of my childhood vacation place, it kind of “speaks to me”…:D

    Reply
    • finalrune says

      October 10, 2013 at 12:17 pm

      Glad you enjoyed it Daniel! Where did you travel as a kid? Downeast Maine (where the story is set), or Old Orchard Beach (where we recorded this play)?

      – Fred

      Reply
      • Daniel Boivin says

        October 10, 2013 at 1:43 pm

        Every summer we used to go on vacation to Old Orchard Beach. I always liked this part of New England. Sometimes it reminds me some of John Carpenter old movies. Now it’s been at least 7 years since I went there. I’m planning to go back there next summer to show the ocean to my kids. 🙂

        Reply
  27. tyson says

    July 1, 2014 at 3:10 am

    can i please have the whole script? need it for my school assignments!!

    Reply
  28. Lee says

    July 7, 2014 at 8:22 am

    is there any script ?

    Reply
  29. William Tatum says

    September 7, 2014 at 8:55 am

    Programs like this are really ideal for those long drives down dark, rarely-traveled country roads. The Bobby Darin tune was a nice touch and the acting was superb!

    Reply
    • finalrune says

      September 8, 2014 at 3:38 pm

      Thanks William! This one was, in fact, inspired by one such dark, rarely-traveled country road…

      Reply
  30. ivyanna says

    February 1, 2015 at 10:56 am

    just found this site and i think the music and the story line’s are perfect, very unique and scary love it, and it’s acted out very well i love it, it left me suspenseful after every scream, love it keep up the good work <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

    Reply
    • finalrune says

      February 2, 2015 at 8:49 pm

      So glad you enjoyed the show!

      Reply
  31. Zee says

    March 20, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    The too-loud music destroyed the story.

    Reply
  32. Terrie Holden says

    August 23, 2015 at 6:30 am

    i couldnt listen to it, the overpowering music distracted me and drowned out the muffled dialogue…why have music playing while theyre speaking?

    Reply
  33. Shelly Chance says

    October 20, 2015 at 11:24 pm

    I thought it was very well done ! I like the story and the music . I think the music makes it . . First time listening to audio I am hooked

    Reply
    • finalrune says

      October 21, 2015 at 9:40 am

      Thanks Shelly! If you liked this, check out the title we worked on for Audible, 13.5 hrs of dark fantasy! http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/FREE-Locke-Key-Audiobook/B00YI1CTVU?source_code=AUDORWS0618159DY3

      Reply
  34. Just Zee says

    March 17, 2016 at 8:06 am

    I am a HUGE Audio Drama fan. Thank you for creating these!!

    Reply
    • finalrune says

      March 17, 2016 at 8:37 am

      Thanks and hope you find the whole set!

      Frederick Greenhalgh
      Writer/Director/Producer
      FinalRune Productions – finalrune.com – @finalrune
      Radio Drama Revival – radiodramarevival.com – @radiodrama
      (207) 650-6198

      /The Cleansed/, a serialized apocalypti-epic audio podcast: http://thecleansed.com

      Reply
  35. Magnolia says

    June 25, 2016 at 8:07 pm

    Great story, guys. Very entertaining! Amazing what you did with sound alone. It was spooky, which was what I was looking for, and unexpectedly funny!
    You mongrels! *shakes fist dramatically*
    Make more!

    Reply
  36. TAL says

    June 22, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    Too much blaspheme ….can’t listen, sorry

    Reply
  37. rod says

    July 23, 2017 at 12:03 am

    Threw the name of our Lord Jesus Christ into the dirt twice in the first 10 minutes. Sorry, that’s enough for me. Might have been a good story for a road trip.

    Reply
    • J says

      February 5, 2018 at 11:16 am

      Your really limiting yourself if you filter out everything with objectionable language,it doesn’t mean you condone it just by listening. I’m sure Jesus isn’t that much of a sissy that he’s gonna be hurt or hold it against you. I don’t mean disrespect,just think your missing out,if there’s kids then be sure to let them know it is wrong but that it is also part of reality,people in scary situations cuss.

      Reply

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