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The Dark Pool


27 episodes


Horror Audio Drama


Synopsis:

Four college students participate in a sound experiment designed to push their minds beyond the limits of human experience. Strange messages, inexplicable noises, and uncanny sensations begin to haunt them as the experiment threatens to take over their lives. Are they the victims of an elaborate prank, being tormented by demons, or navigating their way into a higher realm of consciousness? The truth hides somewhere beneath the surface of the dark pool. (First season is 12 episodes posting weekly on Thursdays.)


Format: Audio Drama

Genres: Horror

Completion status: Finished

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Episodes:

2.12: Ana

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:34:00 +0000

The group performs the final rite and welcomes Jon into the portal.

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2.11: Savannah

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:34:00 +0000

Rob has a theory about the interdimensional couple. Jon attempts to flee the college. Aubrey tells Jon not to panic. Savannah puts Jon in touch with Marissa Mars.

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2.10: Bri

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:34:00 +0000

Jon becomes the focus of the experiment. Savannah puts Jon in touch with Marissa Mars. Jon attempts to flee the college.

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2.9: Jacob

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:34:00 +0000

Jacob meets a lonely little girl in the second world. Bri and Dan coach him to seek the book and burn it.

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2.8: Dan

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:34:00 +0000

Dan enters the portal and becomes possessed by otherworldly beings. Marissa Mars identifies possessing entities in the second world.

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2.7: Olivia

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:34:00 +0000

Olivia returns to the cornfield to confront her double. Aubrey synchronizes the three points of her triangle. Jon arrives in Shenandoah.

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2.6: Nikki

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:34:00 +0000

Rob worries that Aubrey is pushing Nikki too hard. Nikki feels for the portal’s vibration on her skin. Jon has another strange encounter on the edge of the woods.

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2.5: Aubrey

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:34:00 +0000

Aubrey is searching for Autumn’s portal in Shenandoah. Olivia is haunted by her double. Jon sees a strange figure in the woods.

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2.4: Kara

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:05:00 +0000

Jon believes he made up Marissa Mars. Kara tries to retrieve Lucy and Shannon from the portal.

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2.3: Shannon

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:34:00 +0000

Ana wonders why Rob has hid the backstory of Autumn Tremond’s book from the actors. Shannon goes to search for Lucy. Jon gets a strange message from Marissa Mars.

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2.2: Lucy

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:34:00 +0000

Kara and Lucy debate who should go first in the portal. Lucy breaks the rules and meets a stranger who is either trapped or attempting to trap her.

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2.1: Rob

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:34:00 +0000

Rob and Ana create the portal. Jon volunteers to document the project but worries about psychic vampires. The actors complete their meditations and gather at the college.

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2.0: Jon (Preview)

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:30:50 +0000

Starting September 13th, the actors drop back into the vortex for our second chapter in the second world.

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1.13: Next

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:07:00 +0000

Rob and Olivia discuss plans for the next experiment. T. Carl Rasmusen publishes about a secret grimoire. Listeners visit our website. www.darkpoolproject.com.

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1.12: Rain

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:39:00 +0000

Bri finds a message burned into her lawn. Everyone gathers at the reservoir. Nathan brings Geneva into the rain.

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1.11: Doubles

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:36:00 +0000

Nathan shares his plan to solve the distress brought on by the project. Jon interviews the paranormal historian T. Carl Rasmusen. Dan believes he has discovered Rob’s secret.

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1.10: Conspiracy

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:32:00 +0000

Dan and Jon are starting to worry that the experiment has gone too far. Aubrey receives cryptic messages from her guide. Nathan has a premonition.

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1.9: Angel

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:30:00 +0000

Liz is leaving strange messages for Aubrey. Rob considers whether or not the actors are experiencing paranormal phenomena. Aubrey discovers an otherworldly guide.

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1.8: Demon

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 11:49:00 +0000

Kara is experimenting with automatic writing. Dan has discovered an usual online persona belonging to one of the actors. Jacob feels the need to protect Nathan from Dan.

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1.7: Actors

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:29:00 +0000

Kara wakes up naked outside in the woods after a meditation. Olivia digs into Rob's past as an experimental artist. Liz might be the one leaving rocks at Olivia's house.

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1.6: Cassette

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:22:00 +0000

Geneva disappears. Jon believes Missy MacFarland's 1985 cassette sounds like Rob's meditation tracks. Lucy hears strange sounds on one of Geneva's recordings.

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1.5: Rocks

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:12:00 +0000

The full story of the Carlysle Sound Demon is revealed. Dan is discovering rocks in unusual places. Geneva has a vision of herself glowing green.

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1.4: Echo

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:06:00 +0000

Nathan is haunted by the sound of his own voice. Rob doubts the authenticity of some historical claims about sound-based paranormal phenomena. Jon introduces the Society for Unexplained Auditory Phenomena.

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1.3: Narcissus

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:41:00 +0000

Dan edits unusual sounds into Nathan's meditation track. Jon discovers an archive of sources about a sound-based paranormal event from the 1980s. Nathan hears mysterious sounds on his meditation sound track.

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1.2: Hoax

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:55:00 +0000

Rob shares the origins of the experiment with Jon. Nathan becomes fixated on the sounds in his meditation. Olivia and Dan plan to prank Nathan.

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1.1: Experiment

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 06:34:00 +0000

Rob introduces the actors to the meditation. Some of the actors have an intense reaction. Dan wonders if Rob is giving the group the full truth about the Dark Pool Project.

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1.0: Preview

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:23:00 +0000

Four college students join a sound experiment, propelling their minds into a paranormal realm that threatens to engulf them.

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