Palimpsest

This episode explores the brief but impactful rise and tragic fall of the 1970s rock band Highgate Wood, touching on their elite status, rapid success, and mysterious demise.

Ratcatcher is a standalone gothic horror narrative poem from the Palimpsest podcast, performed by Hayley Hininger and written by Jameson Ridenour.

A chilling trailer for the horror film 'Ratcatcher' coming Halloween 2025, depicting a sinister rat catcher who threatens children in dark, atmospheric settings.

A man wakes in the driver’s seat of what seems to be his car, wrecked at the bottom of a steep hill against a tree.

A narrator with fragmented memory recounts a disturbing journal entry about their husband's final full moon, hinting at supernatural horror and violence.

Palimpsest’s "Scarlet" centers on a first-person narrator who plans to expose Radcliffe Thorne by revealing a painting of his murdered ex-wife.

In this episode of Palimpsest, the narrator discovers a hidden room containing the bloody dresses and wedding photographs of Radcliffe Thorne's two previous wives, Helene Coutard and Bella.

The speaker recounts a six-day stay in Paris, including the Moulin Rouge, jazz clubs, and risqué dance halls in the Latin Quarter.

A narrator recounts a vivid dream about a woman named Bella, blending memory and haunting imagery.

A young girl ventures into the woods with her companion Bella, despite warnings about the dangers that lurk there.

A single-voiced audio drama exploring memory and identity through a poetic monologue about keys and their symbolic magic.

In Palimpsest Episode 503, Lenore investigates the layered history of Maison d'Aubupine through painted-over images, old stains, a damaged plaque, and a locked iron-bound door.

A woman paints by a pond while observing ravens, leading to a conversation about their ominous nature.

Palimpsest comes back from hiatus softly.

Palimpsest’s “Visitations: Junior Satan Club” follows Abby joining Dylan, Adam, Sandy, and Kat at the abandoned Hawthorne house on Halloween.

Cora, a meticulous home cook living alone on Cleaver Street, narrates an afternoon when a disapproving neighbor named Peggy McAllister arrives to complain about the overgrown yard.

Palimpsest’s “Visitations: Dancing Queen” follows Cindy and Marie to a masked college party at the unexplained address 1842 Dupont Avenue.

A narrator observes a mysterious man in a black suit wandering around their property, leading to an unsettling encounter.

A person recounts a vivid, unsettling dream in a late-night tape recording, setting up a psychological horror narrative.

A contractor documents the renovation of an isolated old house, setting the stage for a psychological horror story.

A single-voiced audio drama exploring memory and identity through a haunting narrative set in a quiet neighborhood.

The episode introduces a true crime podcast about cults, teasing a story of occult rituals in a London tube station during the Blitz.

A woman recounts burying a body and negotiating with a mysterious figure to participate in a summoning ritual to stop a war.

A code-breaker recounts discovering a raid on Hawthorne and the haunting aftermath.

A woman writes a letter to her child about the dangers of Nazi sympathizers in America during World War II, while enduring bombings in London.

A poetic monologue reflecting on the layered history of London as bombs erase the city's surface, revealing earlier eras.

A woman recounts her experience as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during WWII, describing the thrill of solving puzzles and decoding a critical German transmission.

A man writes letters to his estranged son while sheltering in a bomb shelter during the Blitz, reflecting on memory and identity.

A woman recounts her secret work at Bletchley Park breaking the Enigma code during WWII.

A single-voiced audio drama exploring memory and identity through a narrator's discovery of layered paint and a mysterious plaque in an old house.

A woman confronts a doctor and his henchmen in a haunted house, armed with a knife, as she tries to rescue someone.

A narrator reflects on their lack of formal education but street-learned knowledge about resurrection men and medical schools buying bodies, particularly unusual ones, recalling a childhood visit to a traveling freak show with both fake and real exhibits.

A narrator reflects on the liberating yet terrifying experience of discovering a lifelong belief is false, drawing parallels to the dark practices of body snatchers who resorted to murder.