The Cellar Letters

LISTEN TO THIRST. Harley and Kevin are good people.

Can't Tear My Eyes From You, Chapter 1: Icebreaker.
Hoping to win a grand prize that promises safety and security in frightening times, a young couple prepares to join a reality TV competition.
Cast:
Marge Dunn as Raine Randolph and Claudia
Amanda Egbu as Georgia Whittaker
Eleanore Cho Fellerhoff as Holliday Murdock and Lydia
Joshua Ilon as Dennis Cruz
Quinn McKenzie as Capote Whittaker and Dave
Melody Perera as Anouk Kalhara
Stefano Perti as Dennis Lang and Bill
Marc Pierre as Sergeant Murdock and the “Confess Your Crimes” host
Alexander Stravinski as The Host and Marcus
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)
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On staff at the Penumbra:
Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach
Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team
Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist
Grahame Turner -- Script editing team
Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music
Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer
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The triggers below may be relevant to episode 1 of Thirst or to the series as a whole. It is not comprehensive, but we will include a more specific list of triggers with every episode. Please consider these as you decide whether Thirst is right for you:
- Climate disaster/climate horror
- Apocalyptic scenarios
- Sudden loud noises
- Violence and threats of violence
- Abuse of power
- Dictatorship, fascism
- Characters speaking in ways that suggest prejudice of most kinds: homophobia, sexism, transphobia, racism, ableism, etc.
- Body horror and gore
- Violence towards animals
- Illness, starvation, malnutrition, dehydration, etc.
- Public humiliation
- Depictions and descriptions of intense military violence
- Coercion and manipulation
- Sexual scenarios
- Profanity
- Unwanted sexual advances
- Exploitation of people in need
- Isolation and abandonment
- Gaslighting/propaganda/organized attempts to misrepresent reality
You can find early and ad-free episodes, production scripts, commentary tracks, blooper reels, livestreams with the creators, and much more, at The Penumbra Podcast: SPECIAL EDITION.
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[REDACTED] S1E1: False Start (Part 1)
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Introducing [REDACTED]; from Athan (The Grotto) and Jamie Petronis (The Cellar Letters)

Following the death of his twin, failing actor Jacob Kane assumes his late-brother’s life in hopes of a fresh start. Instead of finding stability, Jacob finds himself working within The [REDACTED] Unit, a covert agency tasked with containing impossible creatures and phenomena. As he becomes entangled with paranormal forces and secret agendas, Jacob begins to discover a sense of belonging in a place he never expected.

Equal parts horror and workplace satire, [REDACTED] takes inspiration from late 90s & early 2000s television like procedural monster-of-the-week shows X-files & Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the classic ensemble banter of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Psych.

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[REDACTED] S1E1: False Start (Part 1)
Jacob Kane makes a big life change

Starring:
Jamie Petronis as Jacob Kane
Athan as Eli Reyes
Dan Morris as The Strict Producer
Jeffrey Reddick as The Anxious Screenwriter
Karen Neat as Server
James Spurney as as Phil (Landlord)
Nathan Lundsford as Jordan Kane
Harlan Guthrie as ■■■
Zoe D. Lee as ■■■■■
Ben Akira Spencer as Officer
Ioana Adascalitei as Jody (Paramedic)

General Show Warnings
Recurring themes of violence and peril, horror, death and grief, sudden & unsettling audio, use of weapons, secret-police/cover-ups, strong language.

We are running a Kickstarter and 24 hour livestream for our new show procedural horror audiodrama [REDACTED] starting May 17th 2025 follow along at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theredactedunit/redacted-a-procedural-horror-audio-drama
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Frights by Fire; Pride Part 1 (With Isla Nanette / EasyAllies)

Frights by Fire is a weekly community driven horror anthology, where each week, the audience (you!) submits a story, and the [REDACTED] team reads them! With special guests and a lot of improv, you’ll definitely want to check it out!

DESCRIPTION
Part 1 of the debut episode of Frights by Fire, a weekly community driven horror anthology.
To watch live, visit twitch.tv/athansmusic
To submit a story, visit hushstudios.co/frightsbyfire

Special guest Isla Nanette from EasyAllies
https://islananette.com/
https://www.easyallies.com/
http://twitch.tv/easyallies

Trigger Warnings are at the bottom, as to avoid spoiling.

"Wedding Dove" written by Cloud (Story starts around 00:02:40)
"It Stays" written by Elizabeth (Story starts around 00:13:55)
"Shadenfreude" written by Daniel Huras (Story starts around 00:15:42)
The Beat of Baleful Wings: https://bit.ly/3WdbjaS
"Pushed Out" written by carbonated_olive_juice (Story starts around 00:21:37)
Their website: https://roses-analysis.neocities.org/
"The Summer Camp Diary" written by Werewolfwriter323 (Story starts around 00:33:49)
https://archiveofourown.org/users/Werewolfwriter323 and https://bsky.app/profile/werewolfwriter.bsky.social

TRIGGER WARNINGS
Wedding Dove: nonconsensual/forced romantic relationship; queerphobia (more specifically arophobia); fire
It Stays: N/A
Shadenfreude: N/A
Pushed Out: Light Gore
The Summer Camp Diary: Light Gore
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Our Kickstarter is going better than any of us could have imagined, and in return we've added a new stretch goal to unlock: A potential guest episode with Jonathan Sims from The Magnus Archives!

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