A live comedy show takes a turn for the worst when the jokes begin to deliver more than just laughter.

This episode is available to watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/bMsZOUesPus?si=Fna11MgAByyBnD7N

Cast

Ali Fox, Margaret McAuliffe, Anna Sheils-McNamee

Also featuring Donncha O'Dea and Liam Geraghty

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced by Liam Geraghty

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Content Warning: If you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

Recorded live at The Laughter Lounge, Dublin, Ireland on 25th Oct 2023.

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When the creators of a show fail to turn up, an innocent audience member roped into helping slowly figures out why.

This episode was recorded live in front of an audience at SCANRA - a night celebrating the Irish origins of Samhain through the voices and mediums of modern creators - in The Workman’s Cellar on November 4th 2023.

Credits

Georgina McKevitt as Georgie

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced by Liam Geraghty

Dulciana Vocal Ensemble performed "Cúnnla" composed by Michael McGlynn.

Venue sound engineer: Ste Lovett

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Scanra is on Instagram as @scanrapresents and Dulciana Vocal Ensemble are @dulcianavocalensemble

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A simple game to pass the time for a coachload of tourists brings horrifying truths to light.

Credits

Georgina McKevitt as Aubrey

Donncha O'Dea as Pascal

David Fennelly as Van

Deborah Wiseman as Forest

Written & Directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and Sound Design by Liam Geraghty

You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram.

Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee

Get in touch: liam@liamgeraghty.com

Content warning: Contains mild language, descriptions of violence, one minor description of animal cruelty. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

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Petrified returns on Jan 11th 2023 for an all new season of chills with more tales from a darker Ireland.

Actor Cecil Baldwin, best known for voicing Cecil Palmer in the cult hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale, and New York filmmaker Larry Fessenden, director of films such as Wendigo and The Last Winter and actor in Broken Flowers and Bringing Out the Dead amongst others, are the first American actors to join the cast of the award winning podcast.

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Vulnerable to covid, a woman self-isolating in a strange house discovers there’s more to fear

than what’s outside her door.

Starring Deirdre Monaghan, Margaret McAuliffe, Deborah Wiseman and Donncha O'Dea

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced & sound design by Liam Geraghty

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On the last night of manned operations before going automatic, a lighthouse keeper gets a call from a stranded boat.

Starring Amy O'Dwyer and Margaret Mc Auliffe

Written and directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty

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When an actress turns up to the wrong gig, the people in a stately home offer her a very unusual job.

Starring Margaret McAuliffe, Donncha O'Dea and Michelle McMahon.

Written & directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced & sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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Three co-workers attempting to drink their way through the 12 Pubs of Christmas discover a more terrifying tradition.

Starring David Fennelly, Ste Murray, Rowan Finken and Donncha O'Dea

Written & directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced & sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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An heiress from a notorious family answers a phone call that really wasn’t meant for her to hear.

Starring Michelle McMahon, Margaret McAuliffe Donncha O'Dea and Liam Geraghty.

Written / directed by Peter Dunne

Produced / Sound design by Liam Geraghty

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A group of nuns making a religious pilgrimage to a remote shrine begin to realise there may be something to fear in the woods.

Starring Deborah Wiseman, Deirdre Monaghan and Margaret McAuliffe.

Written / directed by Peter Dunne

Produced / Sound design by Liam Geraghty

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Dublin’s most popular Pantomime Dame spooks a chorus girl with stories of the theatre’s resident ghost.

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced by Liam Geraghty.

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Trapped by the recession in a yet-to-be completed estate, one isolated couple begin to fear they’re not alone.

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

Starring Donncha O'Dea, Ciaran O'Grady and Margaret McAuliffe.

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After the live performance of 'Melody's Story Hour' at the London Podcast Festival we had a fun Q&A with the audience about Petrified - how it came about, unusual recording methods and why, for one of us, nothing is scarier than eggs.

To mark the end of series 3 we wanted to share that Q&A with you. The discussion was moderated by Petrified producer Liam Geraghty who is joined by cast members Michelle McMahon and Margaret McAuliffe as well as writer/director Peter Dunne.

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Get in touch: liam@liamgeraghty.com

Content Warning: Even though this is a Q&A, this episode does feature descriptions that some listeners may find gross.

Recorded live at King's Place, London Sept 2022.

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When a Christmas party ends, the hosts are left with an unwelcome guest. A guest who really wants to hear a ghost story.

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

Starring Margaret McAuliffe, Amy O'Dwyer and Ciaran O'Grady.

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A call centre operator's first night on the job becomes a nightmare when one customer makes an unusual complaint.

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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A make-up saleswoman and an elderly customer having a spot of afternoon tea soon discover a dark and deadly truth.

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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A writer investigating a woman's death is given a bag of cassette tapes belonging to the deceased which contain terrifying recordings.

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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A sceptical horror novelist attends an unusual Christmas party thrown by a group who want to convince her that the afterlife exists. (Part 2)

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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A sceptical horror novelist attends an unusual Christmas party thrown by a group who want to convince her that the afterlife exists. (Part 1)

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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A late night radio show host in a remote station receives increasingly disturbing calls from his listeners out there in the dark.

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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Petrified - a horror fiction anthology podcast from a darker Ireland. Petrified tells the chilling tales of ordinary people encountering the supernatural, and their terrifying fates.

Written and directed by Peter Dunne.

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty.

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A young woman desperate for money is hired for an unusual job where urban legends are a reality.

Credits

Roseanna Purcell as Jenny

Margaret McAuliffe as Catherine / Mam

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty

You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram

Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee

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Content Warning: Contains tense scenes, one mild depiction of violence. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

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The presenters of a live podcast share a most unusual audio file with their increasingly nervous audience. This episode was recorded live at the London Podcast Festival at King's Place.

Credits

Michelle McMahon as Meg

Margaret McAuliffe as Laura

Donncha O'Dea as Daniel

Liam Geraghty as Ed

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty

Content Warning: Contains two mentions of suicide, mild language, very tense scenes. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram

Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee

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The unlucky guests at a wild Halloween party find out that some traditions really shouldn’t be updated.

Credits

Donncha O'Dea as Henry

Ali Fox as Carol

Deirdre Monaghan as Evelyn

Cecil Baldwin as Loris Delvin

Liam Geraghty & Peter Dunne as the house guests

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty

You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram

Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee

Get in touch: liam@liamgeraghty.com

Content Warning: Contains multiple scenes of comedic violence, sustained tension throughout, screaming, mild language. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

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When an evening out at a psychic reading goes terribly wrong, one woman is left to pick up the pieces.

Credits

Larry Fessenden as Shelley

Deborah Wiseman as Jean

Georgina McKevitt as Holly

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty

You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram

Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee

Get in touch: liam@liamgeraghty.com

Content warning: Contains multiple tense scenes, two depictions of violence and threat. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

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A lonely romance writer makes a date with danger when her talents attract a most unusual fan.

Credits

Anna Shiels McNamee as Diana

Ste Murray as Terry

Margaret McAuliffe as June

Donncha O'Dea as Babbage / hotel receptionist

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty

You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram

Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee

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Content warning: Contains mention of alcohol abuse, vomiting and one scene of implied threat. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

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The search for a missing girl leads a couple on a perilous journey into a horrifying new reality.

Credits

Amy O'Dwyer as Melanie

Donncha O'Dea as Boyd

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty

You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram.

Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee

Get in touch: liam@liamgeraghty.com

Content warning: Contains multiple tense scenes throughout, descriptions of violence and one scene of violence. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

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Journalists researching a news story are shocked to discover they may be witness to an actual miracle.

Credits

Margaret McAuliffe as Ashley

Donncha O'Dea as Father Finbar

Ste Murray as George

Special appearance by Anne Doyle as herself

Written & directed by Peter Dunne

Produced and sound design by Liam Geraghty

You can keep updated with all things Petrified on Twitter and Instagram.

Petrified is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television License Fee.

Get in touch: liam@liamgeraghty.com

Content warning: Contains tense scenes throughout, descriptions of violence and one scene of violence, mention of homophobia. Petrified is an immersive, sound rich horror show - if you have specific triggers in either content or sound please don't hesitate to contact / message us before listening to see if your specific trigger is in this episode.

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