Special Report "The Cook" - Casco Bay News

S1 E4 Chapter 2 - Part 2: The Day Before - Effin' Junkies

Leonard Voss cuts through Kennedy Park on an evening run and stumbles into something ugly waiting in the dark. A drug dealer.A woman barely conscious on her knees. A knife pulled too quickly by a man too stupid to understand who he was threatening. The Day Before: Fucking Junkies introduces Abigail Lakin — a woman trapped inside addiction, manipulation, fear, and the slow collapse of a life that used to belong to somebody else But not everyone broken started that way. Some people fall apart slowly. Others get pushed. As police lights flood the alley and stories begin changing before the blood has even dried, Red in the Dark continues its descent into psychological horror, trauma, violence, fractured identity, addiction, abuse, and the quiet systems people build to survive things they were never supposed to survive in the first place. Some nights change your life. Others just introduce you to the people already drowning beside you

The Lobsterman - Beyond the Dark: The Fallen (stand alone)

The sea gives things back eventually. The Lobsterman – Beyond the Dark: The Fallen follows David, a quiet Maine lobsterman living off the coast, hauling traps from cold water while carrying memories that never stayed buried. Human bones begin surfacing inside his traps. Some things don't begin with monsters. Sometimes they begin with frightened children, broken homes, addiction, violence, and people who learn too early that pain does not simply disappear when the moment ends. Oftentimes, those who have fallen were once victims themselves. The Fallen explores the thin line between trauma and transformation — the slow erosion of a person beneath abuse, isolation, grief, and the desperate need to hold onto something human after too much has already been taken away. Beyond the Dark is a standalone branch of the Red in the Dark universe — psychological horror stories, isolated incidents, recovered narratives, and fragmented descents into the people and places existing just outside the main storyline. Set along the coast of Maine, The Lobsterman blends psychological horror, crime thriller tension, trauma, violence, and emotional collapse into a story about what remains of a person after years of surviving the unbearable. Some things sink quietly. Some things wash back ashore. Written, produced, sound engineered and voice acted by Leonard Voss. Co-Written by David Gee Voice acting for The Lobsterman "David" by David Gee

S1 E3 The Day Before - SMILE! You're on Camera. (Chapter 2: Part 1)

Leonard Voss runs errands after work. Grocery store. Quick stop. A man starts losing control in front of his children. Leonard steps in. It ends quickly, but the moment follows him out of the store. At checkout, a cashier recognizes him while a news report plays quietly in the background. Another story about violence. Another face on a screen that refuses to leave his head once he gets home. So Leonard does what he always does when his thoughts start getting loud. He goes for a run. The Day Before continues Red in the Dark — a serialized psychological horror audio drama rooted in trauma, fractured memory, violence, emotional collapse, and the quiet ways people learn to live beside darkness for too long. But what happens when a face in the crowd stops looking human for just a second? What happens when your own reflection starts feeling unfamiliar? Some things are easier to ignore in daylight. Not everything waits for daylight to come back. Written, produced, sound engineered and voice acted by Leonard Voss

Breaking News - Explosion on Congress! - Casco Bay News

A Casco Bay News breaking report covering a deadly explosion on Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine. Authorities say the blast originated in the basement of a commercial apartment building near the Portland Public Library, leaving eleven people dead and dozens displaced. The report includes on-the-ground details from the downtown Portland Maine Old port/Arts District, official statements from state and local authorities, and the confirmed death of a Portland Police detective connected to the high-profile Evan Rourke case. As investigators work to determine the cause, crews remain on scene and the surrounding area stays cordoned off. This episode is part of the Red in the Dark universe

S1 E2 Bad Men Don't Hesitate Either (Chapter 1: Part 2)

A voice calls out from the wreckage. Someone survived. After pulling children from the aftermath of a devastating crash, Leonard Voss makes the decision to go back for the stranger trapped inside the ruins. It should have ended there. It didn’t. What follows is not just survival. It’s exhaustion. Shock. Adrenaline that refuses to leave the body. The quiet unraveling that begins after the danger is supposed to be over. Bad Men Don’t Hesitate Either continues the descent into Red in the Dark — a serialized psychological horror audio drama rooted in trauma, fractured memory, violence, post-traumatic stress, and the things people become when darkness starts feeling familiar. But what happens when the worst thing in the room isn’t the wreckage? What happens when the danger follows you home? Later that night, inside his own house, something begins to surface. Leonard is no longer alone with his thoughts. Red in the Dark is an interconnected horror fiction project created by Leonard Voss and told through cinematic audio drama episodes, music, recovered recordings, and standalone stories that slowly reveal a much larger world hiding underneath them. Written, produced, sound engineered and voice acted by Leonard Voss