Episode 1: New Employee Orientation. The Department of Variance, a clandestine government agency, experiences a crisis and the building goes into lockdown. Two employees–Jasmine Control and Scarlet Jaunt–are stuck on different floors as the emergency begins. The two must communicate and get to the bottom of the skyscraper however they can.  (CWs: voice modulation, implied death, strong language) Check out our website or carrd for all the links you need! Join our Patreon for early access! CREDITS: Cast, in order of appearance: Jesse Syratt, Em Carlson, Emily Kellogg, Shaun Pellington, Justin Hatch, William A. Wellman, Tatiana Gefter, Saph the Something, Taylor Michaels, and special guest Shannon Strucci. Art by NerdVolKurisu Written, scored, edited, and narrated by Rat Grimes. Transcript available on our website!

A new series. New characters. New stories. Same Ohio. The Department of Variance of Somewhere, Ohio is a new sci-fi/horror audio drama by Rat Grimes, creator of the Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio.  The Department of Variance is a full-cast serial fiction podcast about a shady governmental group that experiences a containment breach at its main office. One new hire and one mid-level employee from the Bureau of Transnatural Resources–named Jasmine Control and Scarlet Jaunt–are stuck on different floors when a lockdown begins. The two must communicate and get to the bottom of the building however they can. Not all is as it seems in the department, however Beginning December 7th and airing weekly. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or go to our website or patreon for more information.  The Department thanks you for your time.

It seems like the terrors of the real world are most appealing to you and for good reason...  On the Eve of Halloween, a dozen storytellers sneak inside the abandoned Darklight Carnival grounds to share a chilling batch of stories in two varieties. This year they split up to uncover the fears that lurk within and horrors that walk among us. One group will head to the Ferris Wheel to tell tales of real-world terror. The other will venture into the Funhouse to spin yarns of the frightening spirit world. Which path will you embark on first? Nine II Midnight is a collaborative storytelling event between 12 podcasts: Hell Gate City Malevolent Nowhere, On Air Out of the Ashes Parkdale Haunt The Cellar Letters The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio The Night Post The Storage Papers The Town Whispers Wake of Corrosion WOE.BEGONE CREDITS & CONTENT WARNINGS CW: General horror, swearing throughout Produced by Harlan Guthrie Master edit by Harlan Guthrie 'Nine II Midnight' written by Harlan Guthrie.   Performed by Harlan Guthrie, Dylan Griggs, Kevin Berrey, Shaun Pellington, Rae Lundberg, Vincent C. Davis, Jess Syratt, Alex Nursall, Rat Grimes, Jeremy Enfinger, Nathan Lunsford, Cole Weavers, and Jamie Petronis. Pick a path on October 30th at midnight, and keep your wits about you. 9️⃣🔪🔪🕛 TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE CREDITS:  MALEVOLENT “Scratching” was written, directed, performed, and edited by Harlan Guthrie.  CW: insects, gore Malevolent Website: www.malevolent.ca _________________________ THE CELLAR LETTERS “Get Up” was written, edited, and performed by Jamie Petronis, and features Brandon Jones as the Newscaster CW: general horror, mouth noises, licking sounds Website: www.thecellarletters.com _________________________ WAKE OF CORROSION “The Quiet Corridor” was written, performed, edited and mixed by Shaun Pellington. CW: sounds of bone crunching/cracking, mild terror, explicit language Website: wakeofcorrosion.com _________________________ THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE OF SOMEWHERE, OHIO “Voices in the Vents” was written, performed, and scored by Rat Grimes (they/them). CWs: fire, home invasion Website: www.somewhereohio.com _________________________ THE TOWN WHISPERS “Bella” was written, Directed, Editing by Cole Weavers CW: body horror, sleepwalking, nightmares, evil pets Website: www.thetownwhispers.com _________________________ PARKDALE HAUNT “Who Goes?” was written by Alex Nursall and Emily Kellogg, with engineering and sound design by Alex Nursall. Performed by Emily Kellogg, Alex Nursall, Ian Boddy, and Harlan Guthrie. CW: ghosts/hauntings, home invasion Website: www.parkdalehaunt.com

It seems like the horrors of our dreams are most frightening to you...  On the Eve of Halloween, a dozen storytellers sneak inside the abandoned Darklight Carnival grounds to share a chilling batch of stories in two varieties. This year they split up to uncover the fears that lurk within and horrors that walk among us. One group will head to the Ferris Wheel to tell tales of real-world terror. The other will venture into the Funhouse to spin yarns of the frightening spirit world. Which path will you embark on first? Nine II Midnight is a collaborative storytelling event between 12 podcasts: Hell Gate City Malevolent Nowhere, On Air Out of the Ashes Parkdale Haunt The Cellar Letters The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio The Night Post The Storage Papers The Town Whispers Wake of Corrosion WOE.BEGONE CREDITS & CONTENT WARNINGS CW: General horror, swearing throughout Produced by Harlan Guthrie Master edit by Harlan Guthrie 'Nine II Midnight' written by Harlan Guthrie. Performed by Harlan Guthrie, Dylan Griggs, Kevin Berrey, Shaun Pellington, Rae Lundberg, Vincent C. Davis, Jess Syratt, Alex Nursall, Rat Grimes, Jeremy Enfinger, Nathan Lunsford, Cole Weavers, and Jamie Petronis. Pick a path on October 30th at midnight, and keep your wits about you. 9️⃣🔪🔪🕛TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE CREDITS:  WOE.BEGONE "The Almanac Building" was written, directed, performed, and scored by Dylan Griggs.  CW: gore, animal death Website: www.woebegonepod.com  _________________________  OUT OF THE ASHES “Train Ride” was written, directed, and performed by Vincent Comegys-Davis. CW: hospitals/medical issues, death, blood, gore Website: www.outoftheashespodcast.com _________________________  THE NIGHT POST "Dead Space" was written, performed, and produced by Rae Lundberg CW: animal peril, drowning Website: nightpostpod.com   _________________________  NOWHERE, ON AIR “A Dream” was written, performed, and edited by Jesse Syratt (credits for SFX available in the transcript) CW: brief graphic description of body horror and sounds. Website: https://nowhereonair.carrd.co _________________________  HELL GATE CITY “Shadow of the Eliminator” was written and performed by Kevin Berrey with music by Cheska Navarro. CW: hallucinations/visions, bodily fluids Website: www.hellgatecity.com _________________________  THE STORAGE PAPERS “Silly Billy” was written, edited, and mixed by Nathan Lunsford. Performed by Jeremy Enfinger (as Jeremy) and Nathan Lunsford (as Billy). Music credits available in the transcript. CW: profanity, child injury, brief gore (SFX) Website: www.thestoragepapers.com  

On the Eve of Halloween, 14 storytellers make their way to the Darklight Carnival to share horrific tales of mystery and murder… but not all is as it seems. This October 30th, the feed you’re listening to now, along with all other participating shows, will post two episodes simultaneously for Nine II Midnight. One episode will feature tales that are based in reality with terrors that may be part of our waking life. The other episode will share the horror of the most esoteric and spiritual side of the dark and terrifying. NINE II MIDNIGHT is another collaborative storytelling event, and sequel to last year’s episode. Both episodes are comprised of stories written and produced by the Nine II Midnight participants: Hell Gate City Malevolent Nowhere, On Air Out of the Ashes Parkdale Haunt The Cellar Letters The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio The Night Post The Storage Papers The Town Whispers Wake Of Corrosion WOE.BEGONE On October 30th, you get to choose which stories you want to enjoy first, then, make sure to listen to the other for the complete tale. See you then. The Prologue was written, produced & edited by Harlan Guthrie Guest starring Alexander Newall Series Art by Nathan Lunsford --------------------------------------- Content Warnings: Descriptions of Violent Death Starring: Harlan Guthrie Rat Grimes Jeremy Enfinger Nathan Lunsford Rae Lundberg Jess Syratt Shaun Pellington Kevin Berrey Dylan Griggs Vincent C. Davis Alex Nursall Emily Kellogg Jamie Petronis Cole Weavers

Just a quick update about some merchandise available now and some coming in the near future. Check out the merch at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/SomewhereOhio/shop

The first stand-alone semi-canon bonus episode, which going forward will be exclusive to patrons of any level. A podcast host learns about a strange solution to a common problem.  Inspired by an episode of Reply All. (CWs, mild spoilers: strong language, body horror, brief gore sounds)

On the eve of Halloween, nine storytellers make their way to an abandoned asylum to share their terrifying truths about the darkness that exists around them. As the tales unfold, each more visceral than the last, the nine may just discover that it is not the waking world to fear, but the horrors that lay within.   Nine to Midnight is a collaborative storytelling event between nine podcasts:   Malevolent (https://www.malevolent.ca) WOE.BEGONE (https://www.woebegonepod.com) Wake of Corrosion (https://wakeofcorrosion.carrd.co) The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio (https://www.somewhereohio.com) The Cellar Letters (https://www.thecellarletters.com) The Storage Papers (https://www.thestoragepapers.com) The Town Whispers (https://www.thetownwhispers.com) Nowhere, On Air (https://nowhereonairpodcast.weebly.com) Hell Gate City Companion (https://www.hellgatecity.com) CREDITS & CONTENT WARNINGS   CW: General horror, swearing throughout   Produced by Harlan Guthrie Master edit by Harlan Guthrie   'Nine to Midnight' written by Harlan Guthrie. Performed by Harlan Guthrie, Dylan Griggs, Shaun Pellington, Rat Grimes, Jamie Petronis, Jeremy Enfinger, Nathan Lunsford, Cole Weavers, Jess Syratt, and Kevin Berrey.    8:05 | 'Rare Book' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Harlan Guthrie of Malevolent.   16:50 | 'The Knocking' written, performed, edited, mixed, and music composed & performed by Dylan Griggs of WOE.BEGONE.    27:05 | 'The Broken Man' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Shaun Pellington of Wake of Corrosion. CW: Violence, injury   35:30 | 'The Pool' written, performed, edited, mixed, and music composed & performed by Rat Grimes of The Dead Letter Office of Somewhere, Ohio. CW: Death, drowning   44:42 | 'The 1 to 5 Minute Man' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Jamie Petronis of The Cellar Letters.   52:24 | 'Ridgefield Manor' written, edited, and mixed by Nathan Lunsford. Performed by Jeremy Enfinger and Nathan Lunsford of The Storage Papers. Additional sounds from Zapsplat (https://www.zapsplat.com). CW: Discussion of murder and suicide   1:02:45 | 'Public Access' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Cole Weavers of The Town Whispers.   1:12:34 | 'The Shortcut' written, performed, edited, and mixed by Jess Syratt of Nowhere, On Air.    1:22:14 | 'Peepers Creepers' written, produced, performed, edited, and mixed by Kevin Berrey, Screaming Panda LLC of Hell Gate City Companion. Music composed by Cheska Navarro (https://www.cheskanavarro.com). Sounds from Zapsplat (https://www.zapsplat.com). Additional sounds and effects licensed under CC BY 3.0: https://freesound.org/people/Garuda1982/sounds/570378/ by Garuda1982 https://freesound.org/people/cbakos/sounds/50646/ by cbakos https://freesound.org/people/trip_sound/sounds/190470/ by trip_sound https://freesound.org/people/Omar%20Alvarado/sounds/251538/ by Omar Alvarado https://freesound.org/people/SLCBagpiper/sounds/337743/ by SLCBagpiper https://freesound.org/people/GM180259/sounds/491997/ by GM180259