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The Rue Papers


38 episodes

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Web <link> from RSS feed:

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Database link:

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RSS Feed:

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Creator from RSS feed: Emma Butler

Database Creators: Emma Butler


Synopsis:

Deep in the heart of Ellington library, Beatrice reads long lost stories of paranormal investigations, ghosts that linger, lost souls finding a way a home. Yet the more Beatrice reads, the wider the door back to our world opens. Soon, Beatrice might not be able to stop them coming back from the dead.


Language: English

Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Serial

Writing: Scripted

Voices: Solo

Narrator: First Person

Genres: Horror

Framing device: Journal or Log

Soundscape: Sound effects & music

Completion status: Partial

Not tagged: [Maturity] [Country of origin] [Transcript]

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Episodes:

S2 Ep14 I Know Where I’m Going

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Content warning - fire, water, murder, suicide...

It all ends tonight...

With the voice of Michael Dixon as Robin, Shyama Kasinathan as Elena and Nat Doig as Rose (please listen to Nat's wonderful, spooky, fascinating and unique podcast Weird in the Wade.)


S2 Ep13 A Safe Place

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:48:00 +0000

Everyone has a Safe Place - don't they?

Featuring the voice of Michael Dixon as Robin and Nat Doig as Rose - please do check out her wonderful podcast Weird in the Wade


S2 Ep 12 Lost Stories

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Some stories have been forgotten....

With Shyama Kasinathan as the voice of Elena, and Nat Doig as Rose. Please do check out Nat wonderful, creepy and weird podcast, Weird in the Wade.


S2 Ep11 Ghostlight

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Whatever you do, don't follow the Ghostlight

Written by Emma Butler and Owen Staton

Performed by Emma Butler, Shyama Kasinathan, Michael Dixon and Owen Staton.

Hear Owen's atmospheric and wonderfully story telling here - Time Between Times Storytelling


S2 Ep 10 Monsters in the Basement

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Content warning - suicidal ideation

Someone needs to tell Bea about what they found in the basement

With Tracey Mulford as Diana and Natalie Doig as Rose


S2 Ep9 Play Your Hand

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Content warning - war, death, gambling

Robin has something for Bea - a story of battlefields, cards, and a friend...


S2 Ep 8 John

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0100

An old story, a new friend and shadows...


S2 Ep7 That's Not My Story

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Content warnings - child death

It's time for Elena to tell her story - if she's allowed to...

Written by Shyama Kasinathan and Emma Butler

The voice of Elena is Shyama Kasinathan


S2 Ep 6 One Single Evening

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Beatrice spends a night alone in the library - or is she alone?


S2 Ep 5 The Train Home

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Content warning - harm to children

Rose Ellington has a story for Bea.

Rose is played by Nat Doig from Weird in the Wade


S2 Episode 4 The Death of Frederick Cheveley

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Content Warning - death, injury, war

Don't you wonder what happened to Frederick Cheveley, the leader of RUE?


S2 Ep 3 A Warning to the Obsessed

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Content Warnings - insects. Eyes. Injury. Death.

Perhaps being obsessed with collecting these kind of - things - is not such a good idea.


S2 Ep2 Pretty Silver Lights

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Content warning - child endangerment, child sickness, child death, suicide

Bea finds the account of a child in a tuberculosis ward, who took desperate measures to stop the pretty silver lights...


S2 Ep 1 A Voice Like Mine

Sat, 31 May 2025 09:06:31 +0100

Content Warning - loud scream at around 21 minutes

Now that it is all over - Beatrice has a story of her own to tell...


Are You Ready for Another Story?

Fri, 23 May 2025 17:20:07 +0100


You Want To Hear Another Story, Don't You?

Fri, 16 May 2025 13:19:03 +0100

Trailer 2 for The Rue Papers, S2


Season 2 Trailer - I Can't Stop. I Won't Stop

Sun, 04 May 2025 11:24:54 +0100

S2 Coming soon....


Rebecca's Story

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:07:07 +0000

Content Warnings: Loud bangs, one very loud scream

Beatrice was not the first librarian Rose sent down to the basement to read The Rue Papers. Before Beatrice there was Rebecca Stone.


London Shadows Part Five

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Content Warning - very loud scream at 14 minutes.

Fiona will do anything to help her brother - and it's about time we heard from Beatrice 


London Shadows Part Four

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:02:00 +0000

Fiona has a ghost story to tell...


London Shadows Part Three

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:10:00 +0000

Content warnings - loud noises

Fiona is not doing well - she has a choice to make

Written, created and performed by Emma Butler


London Shadows Part Two

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:10:00 +0000

Content warnings - gore and bloody horror

Fiona needs to find out where the books came from - but perhaps she is getting in too deep.

Written, created and performed by Emma Butler


London Shadows Part One

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:58:19 +0000

Content warning - discussion of missing people, screaming.

Beatrice is not the only one caught up in The Rue Papers. Fiona Riley goes to London to search for her missing brother, who has become obsessed with the paranormal. His flat is full of shadows...

Featuring a trailer for The Mystery Frequency Podcast - you can find more information on them here https://linktr.ee/mysteryfrequency


London Shadows Trailer

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:54:12 +0000

Beatrice is not the only one caught in this story...

London Shadows - A Rue Papers Interlude - a story told over five nights - coming soon


S1 Ep 10 They're Coming Through

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:39:16 +0000

Warnings for screaming, bangs, references to insanity and murder

Now Beatrice know's Rose secret - and she and Robin confront her. But it may be too late - they're already coming through...

Created, written and performed by Emma Butler

The voice of Robin is Michael Dixon

The voice of Rose is Nat Doig from her award-winning podcast Weird in the Wade


S1 Ep9 A Foolish Experiment

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:49:39 +0000

A disaster for Cheveley...

A revelation for Beatrice...

Content warnings for references to pyschiatric institutions and cruel treatment.

Created, written and performed by Emma Butler.

Michael Dixon as Robin.


S1 Ep 8 The Beginning

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:56:51 +0000

All stories begin somewhere...

Content warnings; Self harm, suicide, pyschiatric institutions


S1 Ep7 Beatrice

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:39:25 +0000

Ellington Library has been cursed since it was built - and one name echoes there...


S1 Ep 6 The Ship

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:47:43 +0100

Bea has a story from a ship in 1850 - there's no escape from a ship..

And back at the basement, receives a mysterious message.

Featuring the voice of Michael Dixon as Robin.


Edwina's Story

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:52:25 +0100

So what did happen to Edwina and the little girl from the WWII seance?


S1 Ep5 Is There Anybody There

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:00:54 +0100

Content Warning - psychiatric institutions

Cheveley tries to contact Millington using a psychic. It does not go well...

This episode includes the voice of Natalie Doig, from the award winning podcast Weird in the Wade as the voice of Rose.


S1 EP4 Dusty Places

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:24:53 +0100

Content Warning - Spiders

Bea finds a resignation from a librarian who regrets joining Rue


Bonus Episode - Mary's Story

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 15:08:18 +0100

Everyone who works for Rue has a story - here is Mary's.


S1 EP 3 The Blue Lands

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:04:40 +0100

Content Warning: Domestic Abuse.

Bea finds a case from World War II - one that has terrible implications for a family. And now she hears about The Blue Lands


S1 E2 Drawn in Darkness

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 10:42:19 +0100

The story of a bad-tempered librarian sent to record an entire basement of old papers. The RUE Papers are the archive of a forgotten paranormal society, and are full of ghost stories. It is only as Beatrice continues to read that she realises the power behind the stories – and the danger they bring.

 

The Rue Papers – Some stories should not be read.

Content Warning - drowning

Bea finds another ghost story in the archives - one that had terrible consequences for the investigators.

 

Created, written and performed by Emma Butler

 

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LET'S BEGIN

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:57:03 +0100

The RUE Papers

 

The story of a bad-tempered librarian sent to record an entire basement of old papers. The RUE Papers are the archive of a forgotten paranormal society, and are full of ghost stories. It is only as Beatrice continues to read that she realises the power behind the stories – and the danger they bring.

 

The Rue Papers – Some stories should not be read.

 

Created, written and performed by Emma Butler

 

Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/EmmaButler for early release of episodes and exclusive bonus episodes.

 

Kofi https://ko-fi.com/theruepapers

 

 


Trailer

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 14:46:45 +0100

The last trailer for The Rue Papers - coming August 10


The Rue Papers - Teaser

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:15:56 +0100

Do you dare read The Rue Papers?