My Small Town Mysteries podcast is a true crime podcast where I dived into shocking but interesting crime stories from small towns throughout the United States every week. I was just talking to someone the other day about how the craziest stuff happens in small towns and its a rare chance that it hits the national news. Since these town are so small and sometimes far removed, a story has to be really shocking for it to hit the news. I am an avid listener of podcasts and I am from a small town, so it was a no brainer to create a podcast about the craziness of those small towns.
I chose to create what would be my intro episode, where I would be sharing with my new audience what my podcast is about before we dove into our case of the week. This would be before my theme music and introducing my first case. I chose mystery and haunting sounding music to go along with my true crime theme and placed a window breaking and baby crying sound effects within the audio to bring an emphasis to those areas.
I would like to hear from you about your thoughts! Share in the comments what comes to mind when listening to the audio. Does it make you want to tune in for an episode? 🙂
Voice: Latasha Harrison
Music: “Myst on the Moor” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sound Effect: Baby Crying by panikko . This work is licensed under the Noncommercial 4.0 License.
Window breaking.MP3 by m1a2t3z4 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.
Hi, Latasha! I really love your concept for the podcast. I think this would a very interesting podcast to listen to and maybe a little unsettling, too. The town I live in used to be extremely small but has grown tremendously in the past five years. The picture you chose for the podcast reflects the mysterious setting of the podcast, and I love how the words almost look like the lights from the lamp posts. The music you chose was perfectly creepy and the sound effects really add to the overall feel of the podcast. I do not have any suggestions to add to your podcast. You did a great job!
We always hear about the major mysteries that happen in a small town or nationally, but we often have to dig for the lesser known that are sometimes way more interesting and I think your podcast reflects that and it’s a great reminder that you can turn small stories into something that others would find interesting and want to listen to.