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"A 'movie for your ears,' with immersive soundscapes, music and the kind ofengaging performances that would be at home in a big-budget theatricalrelease." — Illinois TimesHORROR COMEDY | FULL-CAST AUDIO DRAMA | NEW EPISODES EVERY SATURDAY THROUGH OCTOBER 24 — START WITH EPISODE 1A snarky, entitled emo musician inherits his parents' farm and discovers abottomless pit that grants wishes — but only when suckers are chucked in. Nowhis WILDEST DREAMS are just a few "accidents" away.Today, Ned Fischer's precious little life pretty much crapped the bed: Dumped by his girl, booted from Mothers of Misery, and let go by his boss who is a "Dickless dick." "Could this day get any worse?," he moans. RING RING. – Mom and Dad's plane went down. No survivors. Everything is upside down. Back in the Midwest to settle his affairs (ugh), he finds a liminal creepy farmhouse, a cousin with golden retriever energy, oh... and a BOTTOMLESS PIT
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- 1 weeks ago26 min
You are Going to Hell... TONIGHT!
Send us Fan Mail THE EXCITING CONCLUSION! Illinois Hell HoleA Movie for Your Ears A snarky, entitled Emo musician inherits his parents' farm, discovering a bottomless pit that grants wishes… but only when people are chucked in. Now his wildest dreams are just a few dead bodies away! A feature-length horror/comedy full-cast ASMR immersive audio extravaganza by Matt Brookens — starring Daran Norris (The Fairly OddParents), Corey Burton (Star Wars, Disney) and Meghan McDonough (Dark Matter). As ...
- 2 weeks ago20 min
Springfield Is Hell-Adjacent
Send us Fan Mail Episode 8 of Illinois Hell Hole, the full-cast horror comedy audio drama, where a cursed cornfield in central Illinois collects its debts with interest. Over a pair of ten a.m. whiskeys at the Busted Bottle, a reformed Rabin Masterson sets out to save his great-great-grandson's soul. Life is precious, he swears. There is still hope. There is wifi! And so, with the best of intentions, he asks Ned the most dangerous question in the county: what do you wish for? Out in the corn...
- 3 weeks ago20 min
Hell, Michigan
Send us Fan Mail Illinois Hell Hole, Ep 7 Fall arrives, and the town psychic Moonglow shows up at the farmhouse with a dusty old tome: The Illustrated Guide to Hell Holes. Ned swears he'll "totally skim it," but its pages lay out the rules of the pit in the cornfield: who it takes, what it costs, and what it means when a stranger from another time shows up with endless money and golden bracelets. Ned confronts Rabin at the Busted Bottle and finally gets the truth about the man in the vintage...
- Oct 3, 202616 min
Whoopsie
Send us Fan Mail At dawn, Ned joins Rucker, Lenore's new "alpha male" fiancé, in the cornfield to hunt the giant Hogzilla. With the pit to hell waiting deep in the corn, nothing good is going to happen. By nightfall a storm brings a beautiful visitor to the farmhouse door, and Ned has a family question Rabin doesn't want to answer. CAST Corey Burton as the Narrator Daran Norris as Rabin Matt Brookens as Ned Reggie Guyton as Moose Meghan M. McDonough as Lenore Keith Compton as Rucker Je...
- Sep 26, 202617 min
Just a Common Mega-Hole & Dreaming of Bananas
Send us Fan Mail Ned and Moose enlist a scientist to take a look at this bottomless pit. Lot's of off-putting screaming from down there, but it's probably a wayward badger or a red tail hawk. I mean are we not men of science? Then Ned meets Lenore at the Illinois State Fair. Sparks fly as they play the hammer swing. Running into Ned coincidentally again, Rabin encourages him to do the WRONG thing... again. It's like he's intentionally trying to lead Ned down the road to hell or somethin...
- Sep 19, 202617 min
The Shadows Will Come to Collect
Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Ned takes his problems to Moonglow, a witchy psychic giving tarot readings in the woods. Hell is real, part of the collective unconscious. No more wishes, and nothing is free. That night Ned tells Moose everything and together they form an Emo band! We get a glimpse of Ned's troubled dirtbag teenage years in a flashback. And later, alone in his parents' bedroom, Ned gets a terrifying visitor who has been waiting for an introduction. In this episode: C...
- Sep 12, 202615 min
Stranger From Another Time
Send us Fan Mail IN THIS EPISODE: Ned finds his debt miraculously erased and himself cleared of any connections to Bill the Bill Collector's demise. A mysterious stranger comes out of the hole and enters town seeking news and learning about all the new technological doohickies beyond comprehension. Ned speaks to Bill's widow who doesn't buy his innocence act. Cast: Corey Burton as your Narrator. Daran Norris as Rabin. Matt Brookens as Ned. Reggie Guyton as Moose. Maria Libri as Sheryl....
- Sep 5, 202617 min
Welcome to Hell
Send us Fan Mail 1939. A blood red moon, a gusty farmhouse and a man asleep at a table covered in miracle elixir vials and cash. Someone or something is coming for him and out in the corn field, a bottomless pit has opened. Modern day, Los Angeles, Ned buys a Korg synth in hopes it'll do his playing for him and save his band. Too bad he's about to get kicked out. And his girl has left him for the lead singer AND his boss just fired him. Could things get any worse? You betcha! Now, Ned's ba...
About Illinois Hell Hole
"A 'movie for your ears,' with immersive soundscapes, music and the kind ofengaging performances that would be at home in a big-budget theatricalrelease." — Illinois TimesHORROR COMEDY | FULL-CAST AUDIO DRAMA | NEW EPISODES EVERY SATURDAY THROUGH OCTOBER 24 — START WITH EPISODE 1A snarky, entitled emo musician inherits his parents' farm and discovers abottomless pit that grants wishes — but only when suckers are chucked in. Nowhis WILDEST DREAMS are just a few "accidents" away.Today, Ned Fischer's precious little life pretty much crapped the bed: Dumped by his girl, booted from Mothers of Misery, and let go by his boss who is a "Dickless dick." "Could this day get any worse?," he moans. RING RING. – Mom and Dad's plane went down. No survivors. Everything is upside down. Back in the Midwest to settle his affairs (ugh), he finds a liminal creepy farmhouse, a cousin with golden retriever energy, oh... and a BOTTOMLESS PIT
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