Acadia After Dark
byChristian Leathers
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Welcome to Acadia After Dark, where the shadows of Maine come alive with tales of mystery, history, and the supernatural. From the fog‑soaked pines to the rocky coastline, Maine holds stories that don’t stay quiet. Acadia After Dark dives into local folklore, haunted history, and real unexplained encounters — all told by people who were raised in these woods.Join your host, Reverend Redbeard, as we explore the hidden corners of this enchanting landscape, uncovering the legends and lore that haunt its woods, coasts, and skies. From ghost stories and cryptid sightings to forgotten histories and eerie encounters, Acadia After...
Episodes(40 episodes)
The Lantern-Lit Symposium: A Gathering of Maine Horror Voices
Tonight, the lanterns burn low and the fog presses close. Across Maine's long spine of forests, rocky coastlines, and forgotten towns, eight voices have answered the call: storytellers who spend their nights walking the boundary between the real and the uncanny. In this special edition of The Fogcast, the Lantern-Lit Symposium brings together Maine horror authors Michael Lowell Wright, Nomar Slevik, Amber Hathaway, Samantha Eaton, Zak Cowell, Arwyn Sherman, Morgan Sylvia, and Fox Emm, writers who have carved their names into the darker corners of Maine's imagination. Together, we explore what draws people to horror, how...
Published: Oct 20, 2026Duration: 1h 47m 5s
Season 1 - Episode 51
The Fogcast Episode 51: Deadlands and Uncanny Coincidences w/ Katherine Silva
Tonight on the Fogcast, I’m joined by Maine horror author Katherine Silva, creator of the Deadlands series and one of the most distinctive voices in New England dark fiction. Silva’s work blends grief, uncanny wilderness, and existential dread into landscapes that feel both ruined and strangely alive — places where the world has ended, yet something still breathes beneath the quiet. We talk about her writing process, the influences that shaped her style, and the craft techniques she’s developed across novels like The Wild Dark, Where the Soul Goes, and the Deadlands trilogy. Katherine also shares a...
Published: Oct 13, 2026Duration: 1h 16m 51s
Season 1 - Episode 50
The Fogcast Episode 50: Suspense and Survival on the Golden Road w/ Michael Lowell Wright
In this episode of The Fogcast, reverend Redbeard sits down with Maine author Michael Lowell Wright to reflect on the first year of his breakout novel The Golden Road — a book that climbed to #1 on Amazon Mystery and earned repeated Best Seller placement on Audible. Michael shares how his years working in mills, logging, and public service shaped the realism and moral pressure in his writing, and how his work in the mental health field continues to influence his understanding of authority, responsibility, and resilience. Together, we explore the dark folklore of Maine, the psychological edge of...
Published: Oct 6, 2026Duration: 1h 13m 17s
Season 1 - Episode 49
The Fogcast Episode 49: Acadia After Dark Anniversary Special
In this special live anniversary episode I will be reliving my top 5 favorite stories from the last year of the Fogcast as well as laying out the plans for the next year of Acadia After Dark. The Fogcast is an Acadia After Dark production. Our title theme is written and performed by local Maine legends, Pine Tree Riot. New episodes of the Fogcast go up every Monday. If you want more, you can find us on social media or head over to acadiaafterdark.com, where you’ll find info about all of our shows, news, and other surprises.Finally, if yo...
Published: Sep 29, 2026Duration: 53m 9s
Season 1 - Episode 48
The Fogcast Episode 48: From North Carolina to Derry w/ Zak Cowell
Maine has a way of claiming people as its own. Some arrive chasing clean air and quiet trails; others come for work, for family, or for the pull of a coastline that feels older than memory. Whatever the reason, this place keeps those who wander into its pine‑shadowed forests and jagged, sea‑bitten shores — and Zak Cowell is one of them.Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Zak drifted north after graduating from Appalachian State University and found himself rooted in the shadow of Derry, Maine. His creative work spans the uncanny fiction of The Obsidian Mirror...
Published: Sep 22, 2026Duration: 1h 10m 32s
Season 1 - Episode 47
The Fogcast Episode 47: The Sounds of Horror w/ Fred Greenhalgh
In this episode of the Fogcast, we explore a realm of horror which has languished in antiquity but is finding new life in the modern era. From whispers in empty rooms to the creak of old floorboards, audio has a way of slipping past your defenses, and tonight’s guest has spent his career mastering that uncanny power.We’re joined by Fred Greenhalgh, Maine‑born audio dramatist and pioneer of on‑location recording. Growing up in East Machias, Fred’s childhood was shaped by eerie encounters and rural folklore that later fueled his approach to sound‑driv...
Published: Sep 18, 2026Duration: 1h 9m 52s
Season 1 - Episode 45
The Fogcast Episode 46: Bookstores, Romance, and Fear w/ Fox Emm
From the fog-drenched streets of Bangor to the quiet stacks of an independent bookstore where stories and stranger things tend to gather, tonight’s episode brings you a conversation steeped in creativity, hauntings, and the peculiar magic of Maine.Reverend Redbeard sits down with author and bookseller Fox Emm, co-owner of Pro Libris, whose work blends sensuality, fear, and the uncanny with a voice that feels right at home on this coast. Together they wander through Fox’s writing, the life of running a bookstore, and the odd moments that come with it, including a childhood enco...
Published: Sep 8, 2026Duration: 1h 5m 58s
Season 1 - Episode 45
The Fogcast Episode 45: The Holyburn Witches and the Witchcraft in Maine
Good evening hikers,Tune in for a special live Fogcast where I will be playing The Holyburn Witches, a horror game set right here in Maine. I will also be sharing some news about the channel, talking about the upcoming Lantern-lit Symposium, and discussing Maines ties to the Salem witch trials.Once a month we will host a special live edition of the Fogcast where listeners can chat live, ask questions, and step a little further into the woods. The Fogcast is an Acadia After Dark production. Our title theme is written and...
Published: Sep 1, 2026Duration: 1h 2m 32s
Welcome to the Family: the Maine Book of Secrets
This week, the Fogcast is taking a brief rest from its usual wanderings through the strange and storied corners of Maine. But rather than leave you without something eerie to explore, we’re using this pause to introduce a new member of the Acadia After Dark family.The Maine Book of Secrets is a podcast devoted to true accounts from the mysterious, uncanny, and unexplained edges of the Pine Tree State. Hosted by researcher and founder Chris Julian and evidential medium Autumn Tierney, and produced behind the scenes by Reverend Redbeard, the show dives into the we...
Published: Aug 18, 2026Duration: 1h 12m 10s
Season 1 - Episode 44
The Fogcast Episode 44: Celebrating Stephen King's Legacy with Nit-Noi Ricker
Bangor has always had two faces—the quiet New England city everyone knows, and the older, stranger one Stephen King carved out of its bones. In this episode, we step straight into that shadow‑twin as the town prepares for a three‑day celebration honoring the man who turned its streets into legend.Nit‑Noi Ricker joins us to reveal how a simple idea grew into a full‑blown festival: carnival games with a sinister wink, scavenger hunts through King’s real‑world haunts, a pet parade with echoes of Pet Sematary, and a Dollar Baby film showcase...
Published: Aug 15, 2026Duration: 1h 2m 53s
Coming Soon from Acadia After Dark: The Maine Book of Secrets
There are stories in Maine people don’t tell in daylight. Stories whispered on long drives home, or passed down around woodstoves in the dead of winter. Now, they finally have a home. The Maine Book of Secrets is collecting real encounters from real Mainers — unexplained lights, impossible footprints, haunted houses, creatures out of place, and moments that never left you.Send us your story.Because some secrets deserve to be heard.Visit acadiaafterdark.com/mainebookofsecrets for more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published: Aug 6, 2026Duration: 1m 40s
Season 1 - Episode 43
Acadia After Dark Fogcast Episode 43: Cryptids from the Maritimes
The North Atlantic is a restless place. Its forests brood, its coastlines whisper, and its old stories cling to the fog like something with claws. In this episode, I am joined once again by Chelsea and Evan Carr Kinnear of It Came From the Maritimes for a journey through the shared folklore of Maine and Atlantic Canada — a region where the boundary between land, sea, and legend has never been clean.Together, we wander through tales of things that move beneath the waves, watch from the treeline, and linger in the corners of old logging roads an...
Published: Aug 4, 2026Duration: 1h 19m 49s
Season 1 - Episode 42
Acadia After Dark Fogcast Episode 42: Historically Haunted with Adam the Historian Ghost Hunter
Maine is a state built on long roads, old stories, and the kind of history that never quite settles. In this episode of the Fogcast, I sit down with Adam Begin — host of Historically Haunted, tour guide, storyteller, and lifelong explorer of the darker corners of the Pine Tree State.From Lewiston’s mill blocks to the filming sites tucked around Bangor, Adam shares the ghost encounters, local legends, and personal experiences that shaped his path into podcasting. We talk about the realities of running tours across a state this massive, the frustrations of modern recording plat...
Published: Jul 28, 2026Duration: 1h 2m 3s
Season 1 - Episode 41
Acadia After Dark Fogcast Episode 41: In the Haunted Pines
In this return to the fog‑shrouded wilds of Maine, I welcome back researcher and storyteller Nomar Slevik—now a four‑time guest and an undeniable fixture in the Acadia After Dark canon. Together we wander through decades of strange history: from the Johnny Cash alien‑abduction monument in Somesville, to the haunted archives behind In the Pines, to the unsettling disappearance of Virginia Douglas in 1980—a case where the truth may still lie in Massachusetts.Nomar opens his research vault, sharing updates on UFO file releases, the bizarre 1952 Francis Swan communications, and a chilling 2009 encounter with an ei...
Published: Jul 21, 2026Duration: 1h 32m 38s
Something Pale in the Trees: True Maine Crawler Sightings
Three true Pale Crawler encounters from the deep woods of Maine — each stranger, darker, and more unsettling than the last. In this episode, we explore eyewitness accounts of tall, pale, uncanny figures stalking rural properties, cannabis grows, mountain trails, and quiet northern homesteads. These stories come straight from the people who lived them, and each one adds another piece to the puzzle of what might be hiding in the treeline.Are they an evolutionary offshoot? A mimic species? Something extraterrestrial? Or something else entirely?If you’ve ever felt watched in t...
Published: Jul 18, 2026Duration: 25m 8s
Season 1 - Episode 40
Acadia After Dark Fogcast Episode 40: Boo Fighters Paranormal Part 2 w/ John and Jess
Tonight we step deeper into the shadowed heart of Maine with two members of local Maine paranormal investigation team, the Boo Fighters you haven’t met yet: John Ramsden and Jessica Betit. Jessica—librarian, historian, and keeper of the Gardiner Public Library’s secrets—helped uncover the first signs that the stacks weren’t as quiet as they seemed. And John, a new paranormal researcher with a few too many unexplainable moments under his belt, brings a steady, analytical eye to every investigation.Together, we talk about some of the most active locations in central Maine: the 1881 G...
Published: Jul 14, 2026Duration: 1h 7m 56s
The Ghost Bride of Ledgelawn: Unraveling Bar Harbor’s Most Famous Haunting
A red‑shingled mansion rises out of the Bar Harbor fog like a relic from a forgotten age, its gilded trim catching what little light the night allows. Locals say the place changes after dusk — the air thickens, the windows watch, and the old servant halls whisper with footsteps no one can place. Those who pass beneath its eaves speak of silhouettes drifting behind lace curtains and soft lantern‑glows where no lanterns burn. Tonight, we step toward that wavering light and into the stories that cling to Ledgelawn’s walls, as we tell the tale of one of Bar Harb...
Published: Jul 12, 2026Duration: 35m 59s
Season 1 - Episode 39
Acadia After Dark Fogcast Episode 39: Boo Fighters Paranormal Part 1
This week on The Fogcast, I sat down with Boo Fighters Paranormal for a deep dive into the paranormal from their origins in Sioux Falls to investigating the shadowed corners of Maine. We explore the explosive rise of paranormal research in Maine, the Gardiner Library’s infamous light anomaly, the Vassalboro Mill’s cascading REM‑pod event, and the team’s innovative use of music and vibration theory to provoke activity. From guttural growls caught on Ring cameras — “a guttural, ‘death metal’ style growl” — to a captured apparition of a little girl glowing in the hallway, Boo Fighters recount...
Published: Jul 7, 2026Duration: 1h 22m 10s
The Bucksport 4: A Pattern of Death in a Small Maine Town
Bucksport, Maine is the kind of place where people wave in the grocery store, where the river moves slow, and where tragedy is supposed to be rare. But over four years, four people died or vanished under circumstances their families say never made sense — all connected to one man: David Appleby. Four deaths. One disappearance. One man whose name keeps resurfacing. Between 2013 and 2017, a quiet mill town on the Penobscot River became the center of a series of tragedies that still defy explanation. The families call them The Bucksport Four — and for more than a decade, they’v...
Published: Jul 5, 2026Duration: 13m 50s
Season 1 - Episode 38
Acadia After Dark Fogcast Episode 38: Where Maine Turns Dark
In this episode of the Fogcast, I sit down with Amazon‑bestselling mystery author Michael Lowell Wright, a writer shaped by the deep woods, logging roads, and folklore of inland Maine. Tonight, we explore The Golden Road, Wright’s breakout novel that blends real disappearances, Maine legend, and the eerie pull of the North Woods into a dark literary universe.Wright shares how his years as a third‑generation logger and mill worker inform the authenticity of his settings, from the moose‑haunted stretches of the Golden Road to the forgotten towns of the county. The conversa...
Published: Jun 30, 2026Duration: 53m 50s