Palimpsest

Palimpsest Palimpsest is a (mostly) single-voiced audio drama about memory, identity, & the things that haunt us
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“Palimpsest is audio fiction’s best foray into the Gothic.”
--Wil Williams, Wil Williams Reviews

“Palimpsest is perfect for those who like their horror with a little Shirley Jackson vibe.”
--Tor.com

“Palimpsest is a masterclass in atmosphere. I absolutely cried.”
--Elena Fernández-Collins, AudioDramatic

“Palimpsest [...] manages to create a slow burn of dread and sorrow over its episodes. Th

is is largely due to the tightly wrought storyline and Hayley Heninger's magnificent performance. A wonderful take on the classic ghost story genre."
--Paul Bae, The Black Tapes, The Big Loop

“A spooky and melancholic and ultimately devastating tale, beautifully written.”
--Jacquelyn Landgraf, It Makes a Sound

“The story is poetic and searching, instantly friendly, quickly creepy, and totally addictive.”
--Asheville’s Mountain Xpress

New merch drop!! All your favorite unreliable narrators on one shirt! Grab it, along with Junior Satan, Mobley Building ...
26/07/2024

New merch drop!! All your favorite unreliable narrators on one shirt! Grab it, along with Junior Satan, Mobley Building and Renovation, Cooking with Cora, and all our other shirts, mugs, stickers, etc. at the link below!

https://www.teepublic.com/stores/palimpsest

Jamie spent the weekend in London, hanging with other podcasters and wandering the wood. If you know Wooden Overcoats, C...
01/07/2024

Jamie spent the weekend in London, hanging with other podcasters and wandering the wood. If you know Wooden Overcoats, Cry Havoc, the new Missy audio series (Doctor Who) or a host of others, then you’re already in love with Beth Eyre’s voice. And Sara Lynam is one-quarter of the creepy theater/audio troupe Uncanny Collective, and among other things the voice of the Great Capybara in the Sky in Goat Simulator 3 (😱). Go forth and know them better!

We may be working on a new show, but nothing’s stopping you from binging Palimpsest from the beginning! 😂Thanks to  for ...
23/06/2024

We may be working on a new show, but nothing’s stopping you from binging Palimpsest from the beginning! 😂

Thanks to for spreading the word. And if you don’t know them, consider this a sign to check them out! 🖤

Thank you to everyone who listens to our show. We would never have believed when we started this in Jamie’s basement tha...
22/06/2024

Thank you to everyone who listens to our show. We would never have believed when we started this in Jamie’s basement that it would grow into fifty-five episodes, five complete story lines, live shows, and more to come. And one million downloads. We are so grateful.

And to express that gratitude, later today we are announcing our next project, a new show from Palimpsest Productions. Watch our feed on your favorite podcatcher and watch this space.

Thank you for embracing what haunts you. 🖤

We’ve got some announcements to make, and we’re gonna make the first one when we hit 1,000,000 downloads, likely in the ...
16/06/2024

We’ve got some announcements to make, and we’re gonna make the first one when we hit 1,000,000 downloads, likely in the next week or so.

Mabel is hanging out in the studio today, and she says you’re gonna love it. 🖤

Happy birthday to our composer, Ian Ridenhour! In addition to revamping the theme music every season, he creates all inc...
12/06/2024

Happy birthday to our composer, Ian Ridenhour! In addition to revamping the theme music every season, he creates all incidental music and some miscellaneous sound effects. (That string quartet in the Christmas episode? All Ian). He makes us sound amazing!

Happy to see Palimpsest at  #2 on the Psychological All-Time leaderboard over at Goodpods, and  #4 on the Haunting chart...
05/06/2024

Happy to see Palimpsest at #2 on the Psychological All-Time leaderboard over at Goodpods, and #4 on the Haunting chart. Goodpods oddly doesn’t separate non-fiction from fiction, so we’re beating out actual psychology podcasts? Sorry about that, trained serious psychologists. The Man in the Black Suit is not to be trifled with.

New painting in the studio: Ginny from season four, shadowed as always by the Man in the Black Suit. Art by .
30/05/2024

New painting in the studio: Ginny from season four, shadowed as always by the Man in the Black Suit. Art by .

This is us recording the last piece of season five. We had a listening party for friends, and everyone agreed that one l...
04/04/2024

This is us recording the last piece of season five. We had a listening party for friends, and everyone agreed that one line wasn’t working. So we went down to the studio right then, friends in tow, and re-recorded the line before the episode dropped.

Anybody wanna guess what two-word line from the finale was recorded with an audience two weeks after the main recording session? (No fair guessing if you were in the room with us)

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Portrait by  📷Makes me daydream of Lenore’s house parties. 🦇
21/03/2024

Portrait by 📷
Makes me daydream of Lenore’s house parties. 🦇

Ginny.Any season 4 [Ash] fans out there?
20/03/2024

Ginny.

Any season 4 [Ash] fans out there?

Season Five finale is out now. The end of Lenore's story, or the beginning?
05/03/2024

Season Five finale is out now. The end of Lenore's story, or the beginning?

Radcliffe's final full moon, and what happened after. This episode contains depictions of graphic violence, including violence against animals.

We didn’t take many pictures at yesterday’s Secret Listening Party to celebrate the end of Season Five. But the whole te...
04/03/2024

We didn’t take many pictures at yesterday’s Secret Listening Party to celebrate the end of Season Five. But the whole team was there (including our composer, who played the theme song live) and fifteen or so friends and listeners. We had an early listen to the finale, and drank absinthe and champagne. Just like Lenore would have wanted.

Tomorrow is the finale. Are you ready for the Wolf?

Studio Skelly is so excited about Tuesday’s season finale!
02/03/2024

Studio Skelly is so excited about Tuesday’s season finale!

One week. The end of Lenore’s story.
28/02/2024

One week. The end of Lenore’s story.

We are full of feelings. Tonight we recorded the final episode of season five. It’s fitting we wrapped up this special s...
25/02/2024

We are full of feelings. Tonight we recorded the final episode of season five. It’s fitting we wrapped up this special season by recording a werewolf chase scene on the full moon. The episode drops March 5th, ending Lenore’s story. Get ready.


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For episode 509, which dropped Tuesday, we wanted some depth to the voice of the Man in the Black Suit, so Jamie recorde...
22/02/2024

For episode 509, which dropped Tuesday, we wanted some depth to the voice of the Man in the Black Suit, so Jamie recorded the lines to be doubled underneath Hayley’s voice. Hayley provided helpful notes and hand-drawn emojis. 🐺🌕🏚️

Only one episode left…

Lenore makes a deal. Moonrise.
20/02/2024

Lenore makes a deal. Moonrise.

Lenore makes a deal. Moonrise.   CW: This episode of Palimpsest contains depcitions of domestic abuse, including physical violence.

Studio Skelly has seen some s**t, but he’s still working it.
13/02/2024

Studio Skelly has seen some s**t, but he’s still working it.

We have a little Hawthorne House watching over the interface in the Palimpsest Studio. Just a haunted little guy.
09/02/2024

We have a little Hawthorne House watching over the interface in the Palimpsest Studio. Just a haunted little guy.

Do we understand Tumblr? Not really. Are we on Tumblr finally? You bet your haunted ass. And we can learn…
06/02/2024

Do we understand Tumblr? Not really. Are we on Tumblr finally? You bet your haunted ass. And we can learn…

Episode 508: Party. Come dance with us?
06/02/2024

Episode 508: Party. Come dance with us?

What was in the room. This is loss. A garden party. The party music is "Skeleton Jangle" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

Episode 508: Party drops tomorrow. Are you ready?
05/02/2024

Episode 508: Party drops tomorrow. Are you ready?

We’re getting a lot of weird right-wing ads this week. Here’s a reminder that you can get all kinds of Junior Satan Club...
01/02/2024

We’re getting a lot of weird right-wing ads this week. Here’s a reminder that you can get all kinds of Junior Satan Club merch at our TeePublic store, along with Mobley Building and Renovation, DeQuincey’s Unseelie Court, and Cooking with Cora, as well as our logo, etc. 🖤

Are you caught up on season five? 🖤
31/01/2024

Are you caught up on season five? 🖤

All the selfies can’t be good. We’re trying to make a show here.
27/01/2024

All the selfies can’t be good. We’re trying to make a show here.

New episode! Home from Paris. Bella and Lenore get closer...
23/01/2024

New episode! Home from Paris. Bella and Lenore get closer...

Home from Paris. Mrs. Perrault talks of marriage. Bella and Lenore get closer.

Happy birthday to Edgar Allan Poe, from whom all things flow. You may have noticed that not only does our current season...
19/01/2024

Happy birthday to Edgar Allan Poe, from whom all things flow. You may have noticed that not only does our current season have a heroine named Lenore, but there are several ravens on the grounds of Maison d’Aubépine. Lenore first appeared in 2022 in our Visitation episode “Dancing Queen,” which was a disco retelling of “Masque of the Red Death.” We liked her so much we gave her her own season!

Thanks to  for featuring us on their list of local podcasts! And for giving us the glamour position at the top of the li...
19/01/2024

Thanks to for featuring us on their list of local podcasts! And for giving us the glamour position at the top of the list!

Happy  ! We wanted to shout out new horror anthology Hemophobia, from , currently running their first season, dropping b...
14/01/2024

Happy ! We wanted to shout out new horror anthology Hemophobia, from , currently running their first season, dropping biweekly. They’ve got a stellar cast (Including James Oliva, who you might recognize from Season Three’s finale), and a story set in a decidedly unsettling Christian youth camp. I mean, more than most. Check them out wherever you get your scary audio…

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Palimpsest is a bi-weekly audio drama about memory, identity, and the things that haunt us.

Season One tells the story of Anneliese, who is still mourning the death, years earlier, of her sister Claire. The story is presented as Anneliese’s audio notes to her former therapist, working through her feelings about her sister. The recordings also begin to document the apparent hauntings in her new apartment, and Anneliese's possibly flawed memories of Claire. You can binge Season One now on your favorite podcatcher.

Season Two tells a different story, set in another place and time. Episode One drops Tuesday, September 4th, 2018. Palimpsest is written by Jamieson Ridenhour and performed by Hayley Heninger, with original music by Ian Ridenhour. Our logo was created by Megan Lee. Our project is fueled by our friends and Patrons.