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Palimpsest

Episode 1Season Two TrailerAugust 15, 2018 · 3 min
Episodes
72
Format
Series – listen from the start
Latest episode
May 18, 2026
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About the podcast

Palimpsest is a (mostly) single-voiced audio drama about memory, identity, and the things that haunt us. Each ten-episode season is a unique and self-contained story, exploring the spaces between horror, fantasy, and psychological realism. #embracewhathauntsyou

Episodes 72

  1. Highgate Wood Sneak Peek

    11 minTrailer

    Here's a sneak peek at our brand new show, the rock and roll ghost story Highgate Wood. Go subscribe today--search for "Highgate Wood" on your podcatcher of choice. highgatewoodband.com Learn more about your ad …

    Show notes

    Here's a sneak peek at our brand new show, the rock and roll ghost story Highgate Wood.

    Go subscribe today--search for "Highgate Wood" on your podcatcher of choice.

    highgatewoodband.com

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  2. Highgate Wood Trailer # 2

    3 minTrailer

    Highgate Wood, coming May 18th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Highgate Wood Trailer

    1 minTrailer

    The new show from Palimpsest Productions--come and see the devil on the stage! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. RATCATCHER

    16 min

    Scream if you want. Hide if you can. No one escapes the Ratcatcher man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Ratcatcher Trailer

    1 minTrailer

    Coming Halloween 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Respite

    44 minBonus

    You need someone to take care of you. We're here for you.This episode contains images of blood, car accidents, and the inescapable consequences of your transgressions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit …

    Show notes

    You need someone to take care of you. We're here for you.


    This episode contains images of blood, car accidents, and the inescapable consequences of your transgressions.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Episode 510: Loup-Garou

    21 minSeason 5 · Episode 10

    Radcliffe's final full moon, and what happened after.This episode contains depictions of graphic violence, including violence against animals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Episode 509: Scarlet

    22 minSeason 5 · Episode 9

    Lenore makes a deal. Moonrise. CW: This episode of Palimpsest contains depcitions of domestic abuse, including physical violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  9. Episode 508: Party

    27 minSeason 5 · Episode 8

    What was in the room. This is loss. A garden party.The party music is "Skeleton Jangle" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  10. Episode 507: Openings

    24 minSeason 5 · Episode 7

    Home from Paris. Mrs. Perrault talks of marriage. Bella and Lenore get closer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  11. Episode 506: Paris

    23 minSeason 5 · Episode 6

    Lenore asks questions. News from Gévaudan. The City of Lights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  12. Episode 505: Into the Woods

    24 minSeason 5 · Episode 5

    Romantic view. Something in the woods. The loup garou will come for you. Alone in the dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  13. Episode 504: Visitors

    21 minSeason 5 · Episode 4

    Keys. The Reverend comes for tea. Bella comes for a picnic. Strangeness on the lawn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  14. Episode 503: Bella

    24 minSeason 5 · Episode 3

    A locked door. Radcliffe goes away, and Lenore makes a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  15. Episode 502: Unkindness

    24 minSeason 5 · Episode 2

    Daily routine. Ravens. Stories. Wolves. Lenore is awakened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  16. Episode 501: Lenore

    22 minSeason 5 · Episode 1

    Lenore tells of her whirlwind romance, and how she became mistress of Maison d'Aubépine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  17. Season Five Trailer #2

    1 minSeason 5Trailer

    October 31st! Let us tell you a story...#embracewhathauntsyou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  18. Season Five Trailer

    1 minSeason 5Trailer

    Meet Lenore. The luckiest girl in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  19. Binder Interview with Jamie and Hayley

    25 minBonus

    Ray MacManus from the Binder podcast talks with Jamie and Hayley from Palimpsest about horror, gothic storytelling, and growing up haunted.Binder uses art as a catalyst to talk about big ideas, bringing people …

    Show notes

    Ray MacManus from the Binder podcast talks with Jamie and Hayley from Palimpsest about horror, gothic storytelling, and growing up haunted.

    Binder uses art as a catalyst to talk about big ideas, bringing people together through complex conversations and personal stories to create the connections that lift our entire community. Hosted by CMA writer-in-residence Ray McManus and produced by the Columbia Museum of Art, Binder brings you audio storytelling with writers, artists, scholars, curators, and more. Binder is engineered and edited by Drew Baron.

    Find out more here: https://www.columbiamuseum.org/binder

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  20. Visitations: A Hawthorne House Holiday

    17 min

    'Tis the night before Solstice 1895, and there's a party at the Hawthorne House. Join us for our final Visitation: a Hawthorne House Holiday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  21. Visitations: Junior Satan Club

    35 min

    Dylan brings a date to meet his friends. Halloween party at Hawthorne House! This episode contains depictions of graphic violence, drug and alcohol use, heavy metal lyrics, and discussions of cannibalism …

    Show notes

    Dylan brings a date to meet his friends. Halloween party at Hawthorne House!

    This episode contains depictions of graphic violence, drug and alcohol use, heavy metal lyrics, and discussions of cannibalism, satanic sacrifice, and feeding children to dogs. It's awesome.

    Guest voices: Lauren Otis as Kat, Katie Jones as Sandy, Alex Villarreal as Adam, and Brooks Wallace as Dylan.

    Additional music in this episode by post-punk superstars Secret Shame. Check out their new album, Autonomy, at secretshame.bandcamp.com.

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  22. Visitations: Hide and Keep

    22 min

    We visit an old friend. Mirrors and denizens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  23. Visitations: Cooking with Cora

    26 minBonus

    It's 1956, and Cora is making a stew!This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  24. Visitations: Dancing Queen

    37 minBonus

    Cyndi and Marie get lost looking for a party. The first of five stand-alone Visitations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  25. Episode 410: Strange but Not a Stranger

    16 minSeason 4 · Episode 10

    The end of Ash's story.Guest voice: Matilyn HullThis episode contains graphic depictions of violence, gore, and suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  26. Episode 409: Daybreak

    18 minSeason 4 · Episode 9

    Things become much clearer. And much bloodier. This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  27. Episode 408: Snowblind (ii)

    23 minSeason 4 · Episode 8

    Fire and ice. Grandfathers. Clocks. A talk on the stairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  28. Episode 407: Outside

    26 minSeason 4 · Episode 7

    Ash spends time in the back yard. Things are shown. There is blood. CW: This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  29. Episode 406: Snowblind (i)

    22 minSeason 4 · Episode 6

    Trapped, but not alone. This episode contains graphic depictions of violence and gore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  30. Episode 405: Ginny

    22 minSeason 4 · Episode 5

    The storm continues. New friends? Something in the chimney, something under the stairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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