Investigative journalist Evie Ross arrives in Ashwood, a fading Midwestern town with a long history of disappearances, unexplained events, and stories locals still hesitate to tell.
Factories have closed. Storefronts sit empty. But beneath the quiet surface, Ashwood carries a reputation that stretches back decades, like missing children, institutions that shut down overnight, and traditions that continue long after the reasons for them have disappeared.
Most people outside the county have never heard of Ashwood.
But the deeper Evie looks into the town’s past, the clearer it becomes that something about this place has never been fully explained.
This is Absentia.
Where Silence Becomes Evidence.
From the Creator:
Echoes under Ashwood is more than a horror story...it is a deeply personal piece of autofiction. The slow-burn dread, the isolation of the rural Midwestern setting, and the unresolved history of the Gen X cast are directly informed by my own childhood trauma, processed and reframed through the lens of cosmic horror. This is an exploration of what it takes to look into the dark, face old ghosts, and survive the aftermath.
About Echoes under Ashwood: This is an audio-only cosmic horror podcast set in rural southeastern Ohio. Our story is a slow-burn analog mystery rooted in psychological dread, following a Gen X cast through an investigative narrative. While the story is completely improvised, the framework is heavily inspired by investigative tabletop RPG systems like Call of Cthulhu and Delta Green.
In This Episode:
Opening Song \"Home-grown\" written and performed by Sadie Baimel
Show is written, edited, and produced by James Altwies
Cast:
Bex Lexington / Carrie Harris
Dawn McBride / Angela Edwards
Harry Glassman / Grant Gleisner
Lance McClane / Gregg Baimel
Oz Hannigan / Art Pratt and Davis Edwards
Keeper / James Altwies
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