Twilight Histories
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 527 ratingsYou have entered the Twilight Histories, an audio adventure that casts YOU as the hero.
YOU are a time traveler. Each episode, YOU will explore a new world. Some are familiar. Others are totally exotic. An Egypt ravaged by an Ice Age. A Carthaginian colony on Mars.
The Twilight Histories mixes your love of history, science fiction, fantasy and role playing into a fully soundscaped and immersive experience.
So step on the platform… if you dare!
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Episodes
Young Mithradates
March 27, 2024 20:23 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBMithradates could stand alonside Hannibal and Gaeseric as one of the great enemies of Rome. In this timeline, assassins are hunting a young Mithradates, and it is up to you to protect him. Created by Josh Hutchins #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fiction #AlternateHistory #SpeculativeFiction #multiverse #TimeTravel #horror #fantasy #FightingFantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #HistoryPodcast #TwilightZone #TwilightHistory #weirdtales #strangestories #Rome #Greece #Poison...
Oubliette
February 10, 2024 02:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBAre you curious how the other side lives? Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall in the cut-throat world of royal politics? Spend your hard earned vacation days with the Twilight Histories in the 15th century! Created by Aaron Lund #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fiction #AlternateHistory #SpeculativeFiction #multiverse #TimeTravel #horror #fantasy #FightingFantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #HistoryPodcast #TwilightZone #TwilightHistory #weirdtales #strangestori...
Ruin of King Ad
December 18, 2023 20:18 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” -H.P. Lovecraft You have requested to visit ancient Uruk. Our tourists who make such requests often with to visit the ancient Sumerians, wander the cradle of civilization and climb the great ziggerats. But you have a curiosity with the more esoteric aspects of the deep past. We have a little explored world just for you... Written and Produced by Kevin Valbonesi #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #...
Jason and the Argonauts
November 11, 2023 01:55 - 55 minutes - 51 MBJoin the crew of the Argo, and go on a road trip through the Bronze Age. Find out what Jason and his merry band of heroes really got up to on their epic quest for the Golden Fleece. Adventure, peril, buffoonery and a surprise hero to save the day. #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fiction #AlternateHistory #SpeculativeFiction #multiverse #TimeTravel #horror #fantasy #FightingFantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #HistoryPodcast #TwilightZone #TwilightHistory #bronzeage #gre...
Shakalesh
August 03, 2023 14:07 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBYou will journey to the island of Sicily at the end of the Bronze Age. In this world, it is called Shakalesh, and is home to one of the tribes collectively known as the Sea Peoples who raided Egypt before being lost to time. Written and Produced by Josh Hutchins #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fiction #AlternateHistory #SpeculativeFiction #multiverse #TimeTravel #horror #fantasy #FightingFantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #HistoryPodcast #TwilightZone #TwilightHistory...
Broham the Barbarian, Part 2
July 05, 2023 00:55 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBYOU are Broham the Barbarian. You've tamed the massive Spike bird. You've conquered an ancient city. What's next? You still need to get your gaming company content, or else what good are you? It's time for your next adventure! Written and Produced by Aaron Lund #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fiction #AlternateHistory #SpeculativeFiction #multiverse #TimeTravel #horror #fantasy #FightingFantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #HistoryPodcast #TwilightZone #TwilightHistory...
Broham the Barbarian, Part 1
June 03, 2023 00:55 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBBroham the Barbarian is entirely unique to our regular catalog of shows as it’s inspired by classic video games. It has an 8-bit feel to it, and an edgy quirkiness that’s become Aaron Lund’s signature. Aaron is a great writer who sneaks in sparks of genius seemingly out of nowhere. Please enjoy Aaron Lund’s first big show for the Twilight Histories. This is Broham the Barbarian, part 1 by Aaron Lund. Written and Produced by Aaron Lund #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fictio...
Depths of Thule
May 02, 2023 00:55 - 1 hour - 58 MBYou are about to journey to Greenland in the late 21st century. Now under the rule of a united Britain and Scandinavia, the colonists on the island are worked to death to extract resources for their imperial overlords. When a major energy project ends in catastrophe, you are sent to investigate. You discover something far worse than any natural disaster. Written and Produced by Kevin Valbonesi Listen to the bonus track on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/depths-of-thule-74083400 #Au...
The Magician
April 12, 2023 00:55 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThe greatest trick ever performed is said to be cursed. You are about to embark on a journey through time to 19th century Paris. You are a magician in search of a great master of the dark art. What you discover may cause you to question the boundary between illusion and… magic. Written and Produced by Tristan Verboven View the entire show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/magician-full-75325019 #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fiction #AlternateHistory #Speculativ...
Ojibwe Miners, Part 4
March 17, 2023 00:55 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBIn this final installment of Ojibwe Miners, you will have to fight for your life in the American tunnels. Can you destroy the partical accelerator and seal off the Ojibwe world for good? Or will you die in a hail of bullets? Written and produced by Jordan Harbour #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fiction #AlternateHistory #SpeculativeFiction #multiverse #TimeTravel #horror #fantasy #FightingFantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #HistoryPodcast #TwilightZone #TwilightHisto...
Ojibwe Miners, Part 3
January 17, 2023 01:55 - 37 minutes - 34 MBYou step into the mines under the destroyed city and into a dark world filled with violence, terror and perhaps strangely... hope. Written and produced by Jordan Harbour #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #SienceFiction #scifi #fiction #AlternateHistory #SpeculativeFiction #multiverse #TimeTravel #horror #fantasy #FightingFantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #HistoryPodcast #TwilightZone #TwilightHistory #ojibwe #FirstNations #Canada #saskatchewan #mines #underground
Ojibwe Miners, Part 2
November 02, 2022 00:55 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBYou believe you have arrived in the wrong world and things are not right. All electronics seem to be malfunctioning. Thereʻs a snow storm and a destroyed city. You must get out of the cold to survive! Written and produced by Jordan Harbour #audiodrama #audiofiction #siencefiction #scifi #fiction #alternatehistory #speculativefiction #multiverse #timetravel #horror #fantasy #fightingfantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #historypodcast #twilightzone #ojibwe #firstnations #canada #saskatch...
Ojibwe Miners, Part 1
October 18, 2022 00:59 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBYou are part of a mercenary group called Black Knight Contracting in Urumqi, China. Your team has been dispatched on a mission out into the mountains. All you know about your mission is that it's at a placed called the Twilight Histories and it should only take 24 hours. You quickly learn this is not a simple flushing mission. You're about to be sent to a different world in the multiverse, one where the only civilization that rose was the Ojibwe in Northern Canada. And the man who has hire...
Yucatan Tragedy
August 08, 2022 00:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBYou will travel through space and time to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico in its deep prehistoric past, some 12,000 years ago near the end of the Ice Age. In this universe, an ancient civilization unknown to our history has risen from the jungles. But there is no time for you to explore this curiosity. World splitters from some hostile universe have invaded this land, killing the inhabitants as they drill for oil. You have decided to assist the ancient ancestors of the Olmec, Inca and Maya...
Black Sea
July 11, 2022 01:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBYou will join the captain of a Romanian trawler as he reluctantly tries to rescue Axis troops and refugees from Crimea Ukraine during the German retreat in WWII. Story by Tristan Verboven #audiodrama #audiofiction #siencefiction #scifi #fiction #alternatehistory #speculativefiction #multiverse #timetravel #horror #fantasy #fightingfantasy #roleplaying #rpg #game #weird #historypodcast #twilightzone #cathulhu #hplovecraft #blacksea #ukraine #germans #axis #WWII #worldwar2 #easternfront #c...
Living Fossil
June 21, 2022 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBWWII has ended and the allies are moving into areas of the Pacific that had once been controlled by the Japanese. You are patrolling the Java Sea for the Dutch. You discover a Japanese warship. When you hail it, no one answers. It floats, eerily on the water. You must board this ship and find out why the crew is missing... This is a lovecraftian horror adventure that casts YOU as the hero. Will you survive? Written and Produced by Kevin Valbonesi #roleplaying #rpg #fiction #audiofiction #...
Foster the Past
June 14, 2022 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBA wealthy couple died leaving their young daughter orphaned. Lillith has no family to raise her. In their will, the couple tasked the Twilight Histories with finding her a good home in an alternate universe, one with family who can care for her. A world has been discovered where she has such a family. But it is not a gentle world. In the 21st century, a solar flare wiped out all electronics on Earth and the United States crumbled. It is currently still in the early stages of rebuilding. Yo...
And the World Stops
June 07, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBTick Tick Tick... a clock sounds omenously. You must deliver a message across a world that's like nothing you've seen before. Knights and plastic. A physics beyond comprehension. And if fyou fail your mission... Written and Produced by ItMe from the podcast InCo #roleplaying #rpg #fiction #audiofiction #siencefiction #scifi #fantasy #fightingfantasy #multiverse #alternatehistory #speculativefiction #audiodrama #timetravel #game #weird #historypodcast #twilightzone #steampunk #youth #young...
House of War
May 19, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBWritten and produced by Tristan Verboven Support the Twilight Histories through Patreon #roleplaying #rpg #fiction #audiofiction #siencefiction #scifi #fantasy #fightingfantasy #multiverse #alternatehistory #speculativefiction #audiodrama #timetravel #game #weird #historypodcast #twilightzone #hardcorehistory #france #islam #muslim #war #middleages #darkages
Time Travel is Easy, History is Hard
May 12, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBThis is a tribute to Ancient Rome Refocused and a story about how the Twilight Histories came into being. You'll hear stories from the earliest days of history podcasting (2007-2010), and you'll learn how the Twilight Histories was formed from those early works of podcasting history... Hardcore History, The History of Rome and of course... Ancient Rome Refocused. How do you create a podcast? How do you find your unique podcasting voice? How can you overcome those early failures? You'll disc...
The Trip
May 05, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBOn your application, you said you wanted a drug experience to end all drug experiences. Picture this. You're an honoured guest on a remote tropical island. A strange ritual. A mind expanding drug. Super human strength. A deep connection with the elements. You'll see the truth. Feel no more pain. And finally, you will leave your body to become a god... This is a campaign style time travel audio fiction that casts YOU as the hero. So step on the platform and let’s get you on your way… Writte...
Frozen Earth
April 28, 2022 00:27 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBThe Earth is flung into deep space. Humanity must survive on a planet that's slowly freezing. YOU are a scavenger exploring the surface for anything useful. But your batteries are empty and there is no sun for your solar panels. You are stuck, adrift on a sea of boiling oxygen on a world that's hurtling out of the solar system. This is a campaign style audio fiction that casts YOU as the hero. So step on the platform and let’s get you on your way… Frozen Earth was inspired by Chinese sci...
The Last Days of Kimmerikon
April 21, 2022 00:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBGreek soldiers lead a suicide mission to take out the barbarian chieftain who destroyed their city. This show was inspired by the events unfolding in Mariupol, and the tenacity of the Ukrainians in taking out members of the Russian senior command. This is a campaign style audio fiction that casts YOU are as the hero. So step on the platform and let's get you on your way... Written and Produced by Kevin Valbonesi #roleplaying #rpg #fiction #audiofiction #siencefiction #scifi #fantasy #fi...
Mongol America
April 14, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBConquering Japan was supposed to be easy. It was a mop-up campaign, a simple wiping away of a few rump islands on the edge of the vast Mongol empire. But a great tsunami destroyed the Mongol fleet and tens of thousands of Mongols drowned. One ship survived the tsunami. It was ejected out into the vast Pacific. With its masts and rigging destroyed, it was left to the whims of the currents and these took it straight across the open ocean. The ship was finally wrecked on some distant rainy co...
Down and Out in Ancient Rome
April 07, 2022 00:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBYou will explore the streets, markets and bath hosues of the ancient city of Rome. A slave hunter is on your trail. Can you find a rich patron to protect you in time? Or will you end up languishing in chains for the rest of your time travel adventure? The Twilight Histories is a campaign style adventure where YOU are the hero. So step on the platform and let's get you on your way... Written and Produced by Tristan Verboven #fiction #siencefiction #scifi #fantasy #multiverse #alternatehist...
Ghosts of Chernobyl
March 29, 2022 15:33 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBRussia has invaded Ukraine and Chernobyl is under attack. You appear at the front line and join a group of Ukrainian soldiers defending the reactor and its sarcophogus. Surely the Russians wouldn't attack the reactor... This is a campaign style adventure where YOU are the hero. So step on the platform and let's get you on your way... Written and produced by Jordan Harbour #roleplaying #rpg #fiction #siencefiction #scifi #fantasy #multiverse #alternatehistory #speculativefiction #audiofict...
Light of Eternity
March 16, 2022 18:29 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBToday, you’ll be visiting medieval Japan during the Kofun period in the 500s AD. You will join a priestess who is carrying a sacred relic believed to hold immense power. She believes it will bring peace to a land shattered by war, and soon her theory may be put to the test. This is a campaign style adventure where YOU are the hero. So step on the platform and let's get you on your way... Written and produced by Kevin Valbonesi #roleplaying #rpg #fiction #siencefiction #scifi #fantasy #mul...
Welcome to Fraxinetum
March 12, 2022 15:31 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBMuslim forces have seized Provence and carved out a fiefdom that is the envy of Europe’s princes. YOU will join the ranks of a mercenary force working for the Muslims and uncover a treacherous plot to destroy the realm. This is a campaign style adventure where YOU are the hero. So step on the platform and let's get you on your way... Written and produced by Kevin Valbonesi #roleplaying #rpg #fiction #siencefiction #scifi #multiverse #alternatehistory #speculativefiction #audiofiction #aud...
The Blight
March 03, 2022 01:41 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBYou awaken in the sappers' mines deep underground. It is WWI and you are a soldier sent in to clear out 'The Blight'. A horror like nothing you've experienced waits for you. Written and Produced by Tristan Verboven #WWI #GreatWar #zombie #undead #trench #horror #roleplaying #rpg #fiction #siencefiction #scifi #multiverse #alternatehistory #speculativefiction #audiofiction #audiodrama #timetravel
Rings in the Mist, Part 4
February 12, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBYou are sent to ancient Ireland to investigate an anamaly in the multiverse. The Twilight Histories has discovred evidence of a world splitting technology that could threaten their entire business and they want you to find out more. Who is responsible? And will they be a problem? #scifi #sciencefiction #ireland #neolithic #celtic #pulsegun #alternatehistory
Rings in the Mist, Part 3
January 28, 2022 01:05 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBYou are sent to ancient Ireland to investigate an anamaly in the multiverse. The Twilight Histories has discovred evidence of a world splitting technology that could threaten their entire business and they want you to find out more. Who is responsible? And will they be a problem? #scifi #sciencefiction #ireland #neolithic #celtic #pulsegun #alternatehistory
Rings in the Mist, Part 2
January 13, 2022 00:59 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBYou are sent to ancient Ireland to investigate an anamaly in the multiverse. The Twilight Histories has discovred evidence of a world splitting technology that could threaten their entire business and they want you to find out more. Who is responsible? And will they be a problem? #scifi #sciencefiction #ireland #neolithic #celtic #pulsegun #alternatehistory
Rings in the Mist, Part 1
January 06, 2022 01:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBYou are sent to ancient Ireland to investigate an anamaly in the multiverse. The Twilight Histories has discovred evidence of a world splitting technology that could threaten their entire business and they want you to find out more. Who is responsible? And will they be a problem? #scifi #sciencefiction #ireland #neolithic #celtic #pulsegun #alternatehistory
Oasis Lost
December 22, 2021 01:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBOasis Lost. What does that inspire? Our Patrons came up with ideas and our podcasters produced them into stories, a universe-bending WWII story and a steampunk Victorian dystopia. A Soldier's Death Written and Produced Tristan Verboven Idea by Steve DeFalco "A world within a world. You move through what seems to be 2 fractured worlds weaving in and out of each other. Its disorienting. Maybe a result of world splitting, maybe something else..." The Glasshouse Written and Produced by D...
Your Adventure Begins, Part 2
December 15, 2021 01:40 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBYou leave the scifi dystopian city of Urumqi with your shepherd and rise into the freezing Tien Shan mountains. Here, you discover the Twilight Histories is real. But you still aren't sure if they're going to rob you. #scifi #sciencefiction #china #chinese #wormhole #timetravel #alternatehistory #fiction #story #audiodrama #radiodrama
Your Adventure Begins, Part 1
December 08, 2021 01:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBYou are a Sky City Maintenance Worker. Your word is safe but incredibly boring. One day, you heard about the Twilight Histories. All your co-workers said it was a scam, but you wanted to risk it. You wanted adventure! You are now in the heart of Urumqi, the most dangerous city on Earth, and the launching point of the Twilight Histories. You're beginning to wonder if your co-workers weren't right. This short series is an introduction to the role playing game you can find on the website: htt...
Sacred Arrivals
December 03, 2021 01:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBYou are flung into the violence of the 13th century. But in this world, something terrifying has made the Dark Ages truly nightmarish... something not found in our universe. Can you survive? #horror #fiction #story #audiodrama #aliens #ufo #france #cathars #pope
Weird Tales of America
November 24, 2021 01:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBWhat if the US conquered Mexico? What if the Barbary Pirates kidnapped a founding father? What if Russia never sold Alaska to America? Strange things happen in the multiverse. Stories by Kevin Valbonesi, Tristan Verboven and Devon Field. #alternatehistory #america #speculativehistory #audiodrama #radiodrama #fiction #storytelling #drama
Seize the Fallen Crown
November 17, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBSet during the second siege of Paris, a band of Vikings go on what they think will be a simple looting raid, but their captors have other ideas. Story by by Kevin Valbonesi. #audiodrama #radiodrama #roleplaying #dnd #darkages #middleages #viking
Blue Dragons, Part 8
November 09, 2021 01:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBThe final ending of Blue Dragons. You explore the world of the Ancient Ones, and venture through rising dimensions where you meet old friends.
Blue Dragons, Part 7
November 02, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBYou fly the Winged Victory to Cyprus to destroy the Roman fleet. You meet an old friend.
Blue Dragons, Part 6
October 26, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBYou loose your memory and enter a familiar world, a world of ice and snow... but how did you get here?
Blue Dragons, Part 5
October 20, 2021 05:23 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBContinue your adventure with the Blue Dragons, Part 5. You meet Zambros, a Taurian. You are learn about his world, the nest and an enemy.
Blue Dragons, Part 4
October 12, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBYou explore the dead zone around the monument. You enter a Taurian ship and meet a strange being. The Twilight Histories is a sci-fi adventure story podcast casting YOU as the hero. Blue Dragons combines dinosaurs, planet terraforming, AI, interdimensional travel and alternate history on a grand scale.
Blue Dragons, Part 3
October 04, 2021 00:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBYou travel to a strange version of earth. You see stone ruins from odd mammals and huge futuristic monuments that rise above the tree line. The Twilight Histories is a sci-fi adventure story podcast casting YOU as the hero. Blue Dragons combines dinosaurs, planet terraforming, AI, interdimensional travel and alternate history on a grand scale.
Blue Dragons, Part 2
September 27, 2021 00:31 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBIn part 2 of Blue Dragons, you will explore the jungle with your client, April. There appear to be strange monkey-like creatures with a passing intelligence, enough intelligence at least to build simple stone structures. The buildings are in ruin. But are the creatures still lurking in the jungle? The Twilight Histories is a sci-fi adventure story podcast casting YOU as the hero. Blue Dragons combines dinosaurs, planet terraforming, AI, interdimensional travel and alternate history on a gr...
Blue Dragons, Part 1
September 21, 2021 04:45 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBYour mission is to travel to Venus and find out how an exotic people from a distant universe has managed to terraform the planet. But are they people? Are they even human? Blue Dragons is the finale of a ten year journey through the eyes of a young student, the same character from Ice Age Misery, the Winged Victory and many others. On this tenth anniversary of the Twilight Histories, we will end this story and make way for new characters.
Legions of Agincourt
September 07, 2021 01:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBYou will lead a small tour group that believes they are about to watch the Battle of Agincourt. In our timeline, Henry the 5th invaded France in 1415. The French King gathered together all the knights in the realm to slaughter the invader in one great charge. He failed. Will the multiverse serve up this same battle, or will something very, very different happen? Something perhaps involving Caesar and his Roman legions?
Featuring Dark Dice
September 02, 2021 18:16 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBToday, we are featuring Dark Dice, an actual play Dungeons and Dragons horror podcast. Six travellers quest to find a town's missing children. A creature infiltrates the group. It kills the heroes one by one. The remaining heroes have to figure out who the creature is before it’s too late. Listen and subscribe to Dark Dice: https://darkdice.com/
The Object
August 24, 2021 00:55 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBTime travelling archaeologist from the future explore a world that's at once strange and familiar. Story by Tristan Verboven.