The Elmwood Strain — Horror Audio Drama

About the Show

A traumatized woman reluctantly returns to her dying hometown — only to find the friends she abandoned are hooked on a strange new drug with bizarre, seemingly supernatural qualities.

Paige left Elmwood behind a decade ago after a violent tragedy tore her family apart. Now she's back, pulled by the news of a friend's mysterious death. What she finds is worse than she imagined: her hometown is rotting from the inside, its few remaining inhabitants unhinged, and the drug at the center of it all is something that shouldn't exist.

Eight episodes. One town. Something growing in the woods.

Sarah McGuire as Paige

Tim Robinson as Lucas

Alice Pollack as Crystal

Matt Rapport as Jed

Anthony Ladesich as Mr. Greer

Anthony Ladesich Directed & Produced by

Rachel Woolley Written by

C.J. Drumeller Sound Design

Chase Horseman Original Score

Episodes

The Fear Archive Presents: Black Christmas vs. Daniel LaPlante

The Fear Archive is a true crime and horror film podcast — every episode pairs a real case with the horror film it inspired.

Mighty Sabertooths — A School Shooting Survivor Returns to the Dying Hometown She Escaped

Psychedelic horror and survivor grief collide in the opening episode of The Elmwood Strain.

ElmRot — A Dying Town Being Swallowed by the Forest and the Rot Growing at Its Edge

Biological horror takes hold in the second episode of The Elmwood Strain, as Paige discovers the town she remembers no longer exists.

Dope and Drive — Her Friends Are Alive and Dealing a Drug That Came Out of the Rot

Folk horror and paranoid betrayal drive the third episode of The Elmwood Strain, as Paige discovers the truth about why she was called back.

Triple Fudge Slumber Party Style — A Reunion, a Cookie Tin, and Something She Did Not Consent To

Psychedelic horror crosses into something darker in the fourth episode of The Elmwood Strain, as a reunion among old friends becomes something Paige never agreed to.

Johnny F*cking Appleseed — The Drug Has Not Worn Off and the Abandoned School Is Waiting

Psychedelic horror returns to its source in the fifth episode of The Elmwood Strain, as Paige is taken back to the one place she has spent ten years trying to forget.

Little Shop — She Decides It Ends Tonight If She Can Survive Long Enough to End It

Survival horror accelerates in the sixth episode of The Elmwood Strain, as Paige stops running and starts fighting back.

Barf Powder — The School Is on Fire and Forty-Two Ghosts Have Been Waiting Ten Years for This

Ghost horror reaches its climax in the seventh episode of The Elmwood Strain, as the school burns and the dead of Elmwood High finally move.

Elmwood Pride — She Has Spent Ten Years Refusing to Remember Her Brother (Series Finale)

Psychedelic horror reaches its emotional center in the series finale of The Elmwood Strain, as Paige faces the truth she has spent ten years refusing to remember.

Production Credits

Written by

Rachel Woolley

Directed & Produced by

Anthony Ladesich

Executive Producer

Cassie Jozefov

Sound Design

C.J. Drumeller

Original Score

Chase Horseman

The Elmwood Strain.

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