Petrified

Such a great cast, immersive audio and sometimes pretty funny too.

A horror fiction anthology podcast from a darker Ireland.

Petrified tells the chilling tales of ordinary people encountering the supernatural, and their terrifying fates.

Petrified demonstrates the suitability of the podcast in delivering a powerful fright through audio alone. The series captures listeners' attention from the get-go, reeling them in for a deeply unsettling ride, before delivering on some serious scares.

While the series is perfect listening for horror lovers, the stories offer so much more than your average ghost tale; they also paint a thoughtful and emotive portrait of modern Ireland. There is something to be said for the stories Dunne weaves, and the world he grounds them in. In the opening episode of the second series, for instance, the listener is seamlessly transported to a lonely ghost estate in recession-times Ireland, and Dunne treats the setting with sensitivity as he recalls Ireland's nation's not too distant past.