“Tales from Beyond the Veil” is a podcast idea I thought of while thinking about how I could incorporate horror into my project for the future. I found quite a few horror sounds and while some might dislike the sharp sounds in the beginning, I think it conveys that abrupt horror and disdain rather nicely. The idea for the podcast would be to tell short horror stories at night, likely with a different theme each night. Since it would likely be a midnight podcast for drivers, I would try to incorporate tales on the road, which could even be its own spin-off series!
The sounds I chose were all different ambient sounds likely created with a waterphone which is the strange-looking musical instrument that many horror movies use to create all the horror sound effects. The beginning song was a radio intro that reminded me of the “Twilight Zone” and “Tales from the Crypt”. I recorded myself briefly introducing a tale and let it play out. In longer clips, the sounds would lead into a sound that would begin the story. I ended up combining 1 song, and 2 ambient sounds as well as my own voice recording. I chose a forest with fog to simulate a “veil” as terror often comes from the unknown.
Audio Credit
- “spirit radio intro.mp3” by anniefish26 is licensed under CC BY 3.0
- “POYARD_BERTRAND_2018_2019_WIND.wav” by univ_lyon3 is licensed under CC0 1.0
- “Dark_Ambient_013.mp3” by jalastram is licensed under CC BY 3.0
Image Credit
- “dark woods, blizzard 2011” by renee_mcgurk is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Software Credit
Hi Joel,
Love your podcast. I am huge horror fan too. The overall tone was so scary and suspenseful. The mood felt very eerie with the Spirit Radio Intro sound you used. Especially when the evil guy laughing audio was a nice touch.
The most compelling concept for the podcast that I found was your voice over. It felt like I was going to listen to something similar to the TV show “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” I am not too familiar with the “Twilight Zone or the “Tales from the Crypt,” but I do know Goosebumps series which also had a similar scary storytelling vibes. You were smart to speak slowly and softly to give me the feel of preparing me to listen to scary tale. The different audio elements worked well together because I can already sense and feel the direction of the podcast was going even before your voice over started. This was a neat concept idea for a podcast that I think midnight drivers would be interested in or anyone who enjoys listening to horror stories. It might also be good for people who are horror fans that enjoy being scared. An idea to have a even greater appeal is to maybe add some more sound effects that fit the theme of each of the episode. Like this one can have an owl hooting, or some leaves rustling or wind howling since the setting seems to be in the woods. So it can kind of give the listeners a small preview and feel of what the podcast is going to be about. Try to get their attention to want to keep listening.
A small suggestion for improvement is maybe shorten the intro sound a little bit. It felt like it was a bit too long. Maybe around the ten second mark or whenever the evil laughing guy is done laughing, you could start your voice over. To me, it kind of felt like a long pause that I was waiting for something to happen. Like hearing another eerie sound or waiting for the voice over to start. Also, maybe lower the background ambient just a little bit more when you did your voice over. It was sort of difficult to hear you while the sound was playing. Overall, very nice job Joel. I enjoyed it very much. If you do continue to the horror podcast in the future, I would love to give it a listen.