Dead Earth Podcast

10/03/2021

"Chuck Fitzgerald, nearing the end of a life of dogged restraint and grim disappointment, was run down.

Tonight, Charlie planned to change that."

Tonight's episode of Dead Earth is called Nesting.

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes/nesting

A mystical intervention transports an aggrieved family from the dinner table across time and space to a house that should no longer stand. Only there are changes in this house from last they were there. A red door to which only Chuck Fitzgerald, the father of the family, holds the key.

Nesting's artwork is by Dan Wallace.

Nesting was performed by Mike Foxtrot Johnson, Jon Reeder, Emily Liles, Dan Wallace, and Taylor Normington.

A grieving father joins with his children on a thought experiment into the unwanted, the unnatural, and the unknown.

31/12/2020

"Gabriel, Gabriel, wherefore art thou, Gabriel?"

Dead Earth Season 2 takes a sharp turn into irreverent horror with GUTTERLOVERS. A young man and a young woman fight against all odds to become one despite their families' protests. The intricate plumbing of the heart proves once again that no distance is too far, no drain is too small to be with the one you care about.

This week's artwork is as grotesque as it is beautiful, all thanks to Amy Dehaan.

Emily Liles is our narrator for today, lending her vocal talents to the cloying and extravagant Violet.

Tune in today at https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes/gutterlovers

And don't forget to check out our past episodes over at
https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes

31/10/2020

Season 2 of Dead Earth has begun!

Mother's Wen

A young man who cares for his mother confronts the nature of life, and birth, itself. As a strange bezoar emerges from mother's stomach, the young man searches for a use for this biological gift.

"Life is truly unkind."

Dead Earth is back, and we're grateful if you'd join us for another season of strange, horrific, personal stories about the people most like you and I, the people that know the truth. That the earth died long ago.

Huge thanks to Grace Scott for her serenely horrifying piece of art for today's episode. And a gracious thank you to Dan Wallace for his dire narrative, and to Michael Johnson and Jon Reeder for yet again lending their vocal talents.

Today's episode can be found on your favorite podcast app or here at our website:
https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes/mothers-wen

And for those who want to listen back on season one, you can access our back catalogue here:

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes

Happy Halloween!

30/10/2020

Coming Soon

Dead Earth Season 2

Artwork by Grace Scott

02/06/2020

Black lives matter.
Cops are an enemy of free people and a tool of the oppressors.
Rest in power George Floyd, David McAtee, Eric and Erica Garner, Sandra Bland, Botham Jean, Atatiana Jefferson, Michael Brown.
Property is not more important than a life.
The riots happen because peaceful protesters are antagonized by law enforcement and because this unending hostility has reached a boiling point.
Solidarity with the protesters.
Solidarity with our black brothers and sisters.

09/04/2020

An uplifting story disguised in tragedy, give it a listen.

Windowgazer

The man who calls himself your father breaks down his video camera with the red REC eye each night, just before you wake, eagerly hoarding this footage of your most vulnerable state. He is meticulous in his work. You can try and stop him, but what he's taken, you'll never get back.

"Better to not remember."

We here at Dead Earth hope everyone is staying safe and healthy indoors during this unfortunate time. Josh Veal is the talented voice you'll hear narrating this episode, and the photograph used for this episode, offering a rare glimpse of the Windowgazer himself, was taken by Dan Wallace.

Please give our newest episode a listen, here:

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes/windowgazer

And if you've missed any of the previous installments, you can check out our back catalog here:

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes

Stay safe. We'll see you again soon.

09/04/2020

Windowgazer

The man who calls himself your father breaks down his video camera with the red REC eye each night, just before you wake, eagerly hoarding this footage of your most vulnerable state. He is meticulous in his work. You can try and stop him, but what he's taken, you'll never get back.

"Better to not remember."

We here at Dead Earth hope everyone is staying safe and healthy indoors during this unfortunate time. Josh Veal is the talented voice you'll hear narrating this episode, and the photograph used for this episode, offering a rare glimpse of the Windowgazer himself, was taken by Dan Wallace.

Please give our newest episode a listen, here:

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes/windowgazer

And if you've missed any of the previous installments, you can check out our back catalog here:

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes

Stay safe. We'll see you again soon.

11/02/2020

Last Lash on the Left

"I've come to hate my body and all that it requires in this world."

How much control do we have over our actions? Is your body you, or are you something else entirely? A chance meeting in the alleys of Chicago leads a woman to discover who she really is, and allows her to, for the first time in her life, make a choice all her own.

As we enter the back half of Dead Earth's first season, you may start to notice subtle callbacks to earlier episodes. We are mapping out the landscape for what is to come. The earth died long ago, and only now are we realizing what that means for us, and for our future.

I'd like to again thank everyone who has given our humble little horror show a listen. And an extra special thanks to the many, many close friends whose talents have allowed us to bring this project to fruition.

Extra special thanks to Lola Gaines for lending her voice talent and bringing Last Lash to life. And a huge shout out to Chris McClurken, who created the mystical art for this week's episode.

The last lash on the left is longest, and if you give it a pull, you will see who you really are.

Want to check out the entire season? Search Dead Earth Podcast on your favorite podcast app or pay us a visit at: https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes

The quote at the top of this post was lifted from Lou Reed's Candy Says, and the lyrics of the song very directly inspired Last Lash. Give it a listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPgGjUSEWss

10/01/2020

A new episode of Dead Earth is up now!

"My closet door rattles and I know it's her."

Auntie Upstairs waits, bubbling with anticipation. She hunches within your closet, eager for you to fall asleep. You don't know why she does this. Your family seems uninterested in acknowledging her strange nocturnal habits. You begin to wonder whether this is all supposed to happen. But then she laughs, her belly and her toes jutting out behind the closet doors, and you assure yourself this isn't right. You take Auntie back downstairs and return to your room, knowing full well it's going to happen all over again tomorrow.

Search for Dead Earth Podcast on your favorite podcast app and listen to Auntie Upstairs today!

And you can listen to our full range of stories released on our website:

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes

Or at our YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtzG-J0YV2HETCci5Ld4PHQ

Huge thanks to Sarah Vanderson for her incredible artwork!

21/12/2019

Episode Five: Home.

"I saw shapes emerge from the once solid structure, and they all looked like you. Our house remembered you as well as I."

When love turns to loss, an immense, sloth-like despair can consume those left behind. One such person wanders away from home, lost in his grief, and winds up surrounded by dead houses, the likes of which can only be found while in the very depths of misery.

Give our latest episode a listen on YouTube or search for Dead Earth Podcast on your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening!

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6HG16-wpU

And check out our website to listen to more episodes here:
https://deadearthpodcast.com/

Art for this episode was created by the amazing Amy Amy!

28/11/2019

Episode Four is out! Round out your Thanksgiving by listening to Maiden Of The Manhole.

The haunting call that echoes through antiquated sanitation infrastructure causes a man to contemplate working through citizens in the most thorough way possible.

If you like what you've heard, be sure to give us a rating on iTunes, or you can subscribe on YouTube.

Artwork this episode was created by Leigha Middendorf.

15/11/2019

Episode three is out!

Mellified Manny

A sick young girl meets her new neighbor, unwittingly inspiring an unhealthy obsession.

If you like what you've heard, be sure to give us a rating on iTunes, or you can subscribe on YouTube.

The artist for this episode is, again, the amazing Chloe Burns, who also created our logo.

07/11/2019

If you haven't already, you should give episode two of The Dead Earth Podcast a listen.

The body of Thomas Lombardi is cast into Ashbury Lake just as winter sets in. For the first time it snows beneath the ice.

We're on YouTube! Listen to the new episode here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LdLWsnoTac

Or you can find us on Spotify, Google Play Music, iTunes or Stitcher! A new episode is coming next week.

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes

Episode artwork by Arie Boon

31/10/2019

The Dead Earth Podcast's inaugural episode is out now. A man's violent and mysterious death leads his son to discover a horrible truth about their family lineage and the true value of a human head.

Subscribe now on iTunes or Stitcher to keep up on the latest episodes, or visit our website for a full listing of everything released thus far.

https://deadearthpodcast.com/episodes/episode-1-trodden-head

Episode artwork by Scott Middendorf