Struggling For Sanity

Archive 81 is a fiction podcast about horror, cities, and the subconscious.

This course discusses the Anterran Civilization and the evidence regarding the recent archeological ruins uncovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The earliest human society, years older than previously known to exist, will provide opportunities for analysis of ancient writing and thought.

They call the crashed spaceship “The Ghosthouse” because it screams—the screams of thousands of extraterrestrial political prisoners trapped inside. The only way to free them is a transfer into humans willing to share their minds with a second consciousness forever. Who would volunteer for that?

A mystery drama about the limits of experimental science, confronting your own past, present and future, and; trying to remember the level select cheat from Sonic 2.

A horror fiction podcast following the work of the last “reclaimer”, investigating a series of unnatural killings by raising the dead and committing their final statements to wax cylinder.‍

An expedition is launched into a newly-discovered Antarctic trench, dubbed The Bottomless Pit. The company-backed research submarine Virgil is elegant, state-of-the-art, and capable of withstanding enormous pressures. The same cannot be said for her crew.

A sci-fi comedy podcast about Station Supervisor E.L. Hob’s first year at MarsCorp, a terraforming colony established on the red planet in 2070.

One hundred years after a cataclysmic event, three friends decide to host a radio programme from their underground bunker, complete with guests, interviews, short stories and music. And the possibility of starvation, madness, monsters – both metaphorical and literal – and, worst of all, each other.

Ivan finds himself trapped in the mysterious Ravenholm Institute. While enduring painful procedures and under heavy watch, he formulates a plan of escape. Ivan yearns to get back to his partner, but does she even exist? Is Ivan really a trained killer? What is really going on?

Wallace Conway wakes up to find he’s been implanted with an untraceable earpiece while sleeping. So long as he does everything the voice on the other end tells him, he and his family will live.

A science fiction audio drama following humanity’s first interstellar mission, already underway for 92 years. Features a full cast of ~30 actors, stereo effects, realistic physics, big ideas, ethical dilemmas, and plausible aliens.

Follow a brooding, sharp-witted private eye on Mars, as he tangles with an elusive homme fatale, tracks dangerous artifacts of an ancient alien civilization, and faces his three greatest fears: heights, blood, and relationships.

Dr. Bright provides therapy for the strange and unusual; their sessions have been recorded for research purposes.

Peri hadn’t left her lighthouse in years. Until one morning, the lighthouse was somewhere new. Set adrift to wander new and mysterious places, Peri must face her fears and her memories if she wants to use her new situation to find her missing brother.

The Unauthorized Biography of Clark Kent. In an unsure world, it takes courage to hope. One must be daring to dream. It takes strength to believe in Superman.

Rudyard Funn and his equally miserable sister Antigone run a failing funeral parlour, where they get the body in the coffin in the ground on time. But one day they find a new competitor. With their dogsbody Georgie and a mouse called Madeleine, they are taking drastic steps to stay in business...

Dr. Tucker is having a very weird life not being able to die. Lucille is the literary scene’s biggest enigma. When they end up sharing a cabin, they’re prepared for a stay from hell. Welcome to Jerusalem, OR, where what doesn’t kill you is just another mystery.

On 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 besetting the city.

Set in a futuristic United Kingdom where Dome-covered cities are governed by the Happiness Programme—a government-mandated drug eliminating negative emotions for universal bliss. Lurking beneath the Dome’s facade of utopia, a few individuals remain immune to the drug’s influence.

In 2018, famed horror writer Anna Sheridan disappeared, leaving behind only a box of mysterious cassette tapes. Detective Sam Bailey is tasked with piecing together what happened to Anna Sheridan from the seemingly impossible encounters she recorded.

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 audiodrama about imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and self-loathing.

Chartrulean was to be the messiah, but he abandoned a life of piety to become what the world needed: a shipbuilder. He helped end a war, but mysterious forces infect his ships, driving him mad. All amidst a delicate game of politics. He is torn between those he trusts and the gods he’s angered.

Hosted by our protagonist, Ruben, this fictional narrative featuring real interviews with emerging artists will bring voice to young creators who use social media platforms to amplify their own messages.

Host Blake Pfeil recreates his experiences exploring abandoned spaces across the US. Along the way, he asks critical questions while encouraging folks to activate their imaginations as a tool for healing.

Through conversations with climate researchers, parents, mental health experts and childfree families, a woman grapples with grief, hope, and the biggest decision of her life: should she bring a child into this world?

When a rash of suicides hits the city, a detective reaches out to a private suicide hotline operator with unnatural powers of persuasion for her help on the investigation, and her insight into why people kill themselves.

Hailey Markowitz has only ever wanted one thing: to be Indiana Jones. But as it turns out, dealing with her mental health is scarier than any mummies or booby-trapped temples.

I’ve been kidnapped by aliens dressed as cops. They moved me from their prison to a simulated hospital. If I use the telephone, the phone company will sell my innermost secrets to the government. If I take the medicine they give me, my brain will be replaced with cotton. So yeah. I’m crazy.

How do you learn to be human if there’s no-one around to teach you? A hopepunk podcast following the journey of a little satellite trying to understand what has happened after Earth stops returning his calls.

A Sci-Fi story about a disgruntled information seller, a mysterious space boy, and an android doing her best.

A recently recovered drug addict tries to start her new lease on life, too bad life has it out for her.‍

Thirteen years after the fall of modern civilization, five survivors live in relative harmony on an isolated farm, where they rarely discuss their lives Before. The delicate balance of this household is upturned when a sixth survivor arrives with an empty stomach and a world of possibilities.

Desperate and facing extinction, humanity’s only hope is a strange nebula that has suddenly appeared beyond the edge of the cluster. Its shifting clouds may hide a source of salvation for the people of Tantalus, but time is running out.

A dystopian future, in which the birth rate has plummeted and the United States has become a theocracy called Gilead. Women capable of childbirth are pulled out of society and trained as handmaids, then assigned to men for the sole purpose of procreation.

Follow an ongoing experiment and its largely willing participants. As they grapple with their involvement, they must piece together who they are, what they’re doing, and what the experiment truly entails: all while struggling with the mysteries of their past and the uncertainty of their present.

A wondrously surreal world of magic, music, and mystery. This immersive, cinematic audio spectacle follows the adventures of a lonely, stage-struck janitor drawn into the larger-than-life universe of the Orbiting Human Circus, a fantastical, wildly popular radio show broadcast from the Eiffel Tower.

The Roman Empire is falling apart. As the tyrannical reign of Tiberius Caesar comes to an end, his adopted nephew, Gaius, steps into the breach. Guided by his beloved sister, Drusilla, Gaius seems poised to get Rome back on track… until his mind begins to break.

A cis man obsessed with the past and a trans woman trying to find her future fall in love at the end of the world.

An atmospheric, unsettling folk horror audio drama that explores the true nature of humanity and the deep, dark secrets we all try to hide. The Woods Are Watching.

After a night of drinking, canceled comedian Dean Blackshaw is found dead in a comedy club green room. Now his friend and fellow comic, Anne-Marie, has to put together the pieces of a blacked-out night, solve the crime, and wonder if it was all her fault.

Kai Cooper has the power to teleport wherever he wants… but it comes at a cost. The villains of his past won’t let him go. Meanwhile, Kai battles the city’s most dangerous criminal all while evading a police detective hot on Kai’s trail.

McSweeney's and KCRW present this radio drama in the style of Mercury Theatre's War of the Worlds, featuring the music from the Flaming Lips, Bill Callahan, Okkervil River, Eleanor Friedberger, Nico Muhly, and Oneida.

A dark, intense superhero story where powers emerge from trauma, blurring the line between hero and villain. Focusing on Taylor Hebert, who controls insects, it explores the chaotic, morally complex world of superpowered individuals, where doing the right thing often means making difficult choices.

In the wake of increasing concern over brain trauma in professional athletes, Patrick Link has crafted a story about a retired NFL linebacker who must deal with a family tragedy and his own suffering because of the violence of his chosen sport.

When a teen finds himself drowning in anxiety and depression, he turns to prescription meds and endless urban exploration videos on YouTube to numb the pain. After suffering a devastating panic attack at school, he escapes into the sprawling subway tunnels beneath the city, desperate for solace.

Stories about people on the periphery of life, by a disabled and non-binary writer. This season features glimpses into the lives of high risk and disabled people throughout the ongoing covid-19 pandemic.

"Secure, Contain, Protect" is a horror fiction podcast about Scott Anderson, a Class C ethics officer at Site 2024. He records Incident Reports on deadly anomalies to improve containment. Though his office job seems safe, danger looms in the world of the SCP Foundation.

After being involved in a horrific car crash, Maddie a young artist suffers life changing injuries. A new experimental drug gives her hope and dreams of a new future by reconnecting her with her recently deceased fiancée in the afterlife.