![]() ![]() Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to start the whole series again. Each episode is long enough that you don’t feel rushed, and the fact there’s only eight means that if you’re like me you can happily binge the whole thing in a day and not burn your ears (and concentration) out. ![]() The story is very well written and perfectly paced.Įight 45 minute (or thereabouts) episodes seem to be the golden ratio for a drama podcast. There’s no dodgy sound effects or wooden acting. If you ask Ryan Boldt (lead singer and songwriter of Canadian band The Deep Dark Woods) a question about music history, theres a good chance that not only. ![]() When the body of a young volunteer is discovered in the middle of the California redwoods, two estranged ex-spouses must put their differences aside to learn the terrifying truth about what is happening in their state park. Heck, it’s quite possibly in my all time top 10. Dark Woods: With Corey Stoll, Monica Raymund, Reid Scott, Lauren Caster. This series has quickly flown into my top 10 list for the year. While the characters themselves are nothing new, there’s the good guy on the brink of a breakdown, the plucky sidekick, the sneaky businessman and the sceptical police chief, they are all expertly played and nothing feels cheesy or clichéd. There is some genuine emotion in the story that is given real gravity by the cast. There really isn’t one weak link in the cast here. Many such shows like to claim a “cinematic experience”. I listen to a lot of audio dramas, as my regular followers will know. The town councillor is reluctant to go ahead with talks, but the townspeople are tempted by the prospect of money and jobs. With all this going on, there is also the looming threat of a company wanting to buy large swathes of the park for mining. These two unlikely allies’ investigation contradicts police procedure and the two find themselves in a very serious situation indeed. Mark teams up with teacher’s assistant Miguel, a guy who has been charting the population of Fishers (a ferret-like animal) who has uncovered that these animals have also been poisoned. After the autopsy it seems that she had been poisoned before she fell to her death. Despite appearing to be an accident, and therefore an open and shut case, Mark launches an investigation. After going missing, her body is subsequently found by hikers at the bottom of a ravine. A chilling prospect indeed.įish And Game Warden Mark Ellis’ life is thrown into disarray after the disappearance and death of his young aide Chelsea Brewer. Visit megaphone. The walls begin to close in on Arthur as pressure mounts for him to convince Laura to sign the permits, with an unhinged Mark breathing down his neck. According to the intro, this is a fictionalised story based on real problems faced by the national parks in America. Disappear Episode Six Dark Woods Miguel is missing. Why not subscribe to podcasts like that too? So what’s it about?ĭark Woods is a thrilling eight part drama set in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California. I’ve bought albums like that, I’ve bought books like that. To be honest, I subscribed based on the artwork alone. This was another one of those series that cropped up thanks to the all knowing algorithms that run our lives now. ![]()
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