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The NoSleep Podcast’s twenty-fifth season, eighth episode, titled "The Frequency of Fear," is built around a throughline of paranoia and the unreliability of one’s own senses. Host Sarah Ruth Thomas introduces the theme by openly confessing her own nervousness and an unexplained sound she keeps hearing, a sound no one else seems to notice. This framing primes the listener for three distinct horror stories, each of which explores a different flavor of dread: technological guilt, mundane stalking, and ancestral occult horror. The episode’s strength is in how each tale uses a different mechanism—AI, observation, and family legacy—to arrive at the same unnerving conclusion: the danger is always closer than you think, and your own mind may be the last place to find the truth.
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- 1 NoSleep Podcast S25E08 - Navigation Outline
- 2 (01:34) **Host Introduction with Sarah Ruth Thomas** - Sarah welcomes listeners and shares her history with horror and the NoSleep Podcast
- 3 (05:45) **Story 1: "Always in Memory" by Carson Wheeler** - Oscar must pitch his late business partner's AI product that lets users communicate with the dead through social media scraping
- 4 (19:40) **Sponsor Break** - Advertisements for Drip Drop hydration and Mint Mobile
- 5 (23:09) **Story 2: "Stranger Danger" by Emily De Stefano** - A woman becomes increasingly alarmed by a man who appears everywhere she goes
- 6 (32:44) **Sponsor Break** - Advertisements for Home Chef meal delivery service
- 7 (35:02) **Story 3: "Grandmummy" by A.M. Sims** - Callie inherits her grandmother's house after being released from prison, but the home holds dark family secrets
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Show Notes
It's Episode 08 of Season 25. The frequency of fear brings you tales about perplexing paranoia.
"Always In Memory" by Carson Wheeler (Story starts around 00:05:45)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Jeff Clement
Cast: Narrator - David Ault, Oscar - James Cleveland, Kent - Jake Benson, Zelda - Erika Sanderson, Detective - Andy Cresswell
"Stranger Danger" by Emily DeStafano (Story starts around 00:23:10)
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Produced by Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Erin Lillis, Man - Reagen Tacker
"Grandmummy" by A.M. Symes (Story starts around 00:35:00)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Jesse Cornett
Cast: Kalli - Sarah Ruth Thomas, Troy - Atticus Jackson, Aaron - Kyle Akers, Grandma - Erin Lillis
"What Pigs Eat" by Liam Moran (Story starts around 01:12:05)
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Produced by Claudius Moore
Cast: Narrator - Peter Lewis, Bob - Jesse Cornett
"The Nameless Ghost" by Peter J Stewart (Story starts around 01:36:00)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Ash Millman, Charly - Jake Benson
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