True Crime Fiction · Supernatural · Horror · Distributed by Realm · 2021

The Gloom. starring Tobin Bell.

A Violet Hour Media Production · 8 Episodes

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The Ring meets Serial

Starring Tobin Bell (Jigsaw, Saw franchise · Saw X, 2023 · Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame) as Dr. Lasher

Casting announced exclusively by Bloody Disgusting · April 2021

Directed by Frank Merle (PGA) · Score by Talip Peshkepia · Distributed by Realm

About the Show

The Ring meets Serial. A faux true-crime fiction podcast. An investigative journalist uncovers clues surrounding a decades-old cold case — and eventually learns the horrifying truth about a systemic cover-up tied directly to her own past.

Samantha Williams has made a career out of chasing stories other journalists won't touch. The Filmore Four — four teenagers caught up in a web of murder and destruction at a Queens, New York psychiatric hospital in November 1993 — is her most dangerous case yet. Through police interrogation tapes, 911 calls, and therapy recordings, she uncovers a truth stranger and more terrifying than any official explanation.

At the center of it all: Dr. Darlene Harrington, the group's emotionally damaged therapist — and Dr. Lasher, the man who replaced her.

Lanett Tachel as Samantha Williams

Tobin Bell as Dr. Lasher (Jigsaw in the Saw franchise · Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame)

Kerry Wieder as Dr. Darlene Harrington

Frank Merle Directed & Produced by

Michael Ryan Assip & Peter Lancucki Written by

John Gzowski Sound Design

Jean-Marc Brissat Sound Mix & Master

Talip Peshkepia Original Score

Listener advisory: This program includes depictions of violence, abuse, and harm to children, as well as themes of psychological distress. Listener discretion is advised.

“Violet Hour Media captured my imagination with 3 phenomenal audio dramas: In Another Room, Between the Devil, and The Gloom.”

J.A. Sullivan · Kendall Reviews

Episodes

The Gloom begins here — starring Tobin Bell (Jigsaw, Saw franchise) as Dr. Lasher.

The Gloom surfaces its first piece of suppressed evidence — a 911 call that was never entered into the official record.

The Gloom enters the therapy room — and the recordings that Dr. Harrington kept of her sessions with Roland, one of the Filmore Four.

The Gloom obtains the autopsy recording of Kiara Walford — the one member of the Filmore Four whose body was recovered.

The Gloom reaches the courtroom — and the trial of Bruce Russo, the only adult charged in connection with the Night of the Filmore Four.

The Gloom follows Dr. Harrington into the hospital — and finds that the institutional machinery of cover-up is already moving.

The Gloom introduces its villain — Tobin Bell (Jigsaw, Saw franchise) as Dr. Lasher, the psychiatrist who replaced Dr. Harrington at Filmore after her sudden absence.

Fiction podcast The Gloom — Tobin Bell (Jigsaw, Saw franchise) as Dr. Lasher, in his final episode.