10 episodes

Light a candle, lock your doors, and listen in on The Middle Kingdom's most renowned and celebrated storyteller of the supernatural. Considered by many as the originator of the horror genre in China, Dark Studio depicts classical stories that have been loosely adapted from the legendary author Pu Songling and retold with a Hollywood flair.

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    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 7 Ratings

Light a candle, lock your doors, and listen in on The Middle Kingdom's most renowned and celebrated storyteller of the supernatural. Considered by many as the originator of the horror genre in China, Dark Studio depicts classical stories that have been loosely adapted from the legendary author Pu Songling and retold with a Hollywood flair.

    10 No Vacancy

    10 No Vacancy

    Would you be able to stay in place where someone died? How important is it to have a proper burial? Let’s find out in this thriller what happens when there’s no room for the living.
    Program Director: Zhang Wan
    Program Editor : Xiaoyu Wang
    Writer & Narrator : T.J Reid
    Program Producers : Xiaoyu Wang, T.J Reid

    • 17 min
    09 The Scorpion Merchant

    09 The Scorpion Merchant

    They say a good reputation is more valuable than money, but isn’t a reputation just what others think of you? There are many paths that lead to fortune, what determines whether it is right or wrong? Brace yourself for the pendulum of wealth, misfortune, life, death, judgement, and redemption in this tale from Dark Studio.

    • 14 min
    08 The Shadow Puppeteer

    08 The Shadow Puppeteer

    Love, Hatred, Marriage, Betrayal, Retribution......can what kindles the fire within, also cause the flames of passion to wane? Why does love’s radiant light also carry a dark shadow? Find out why in this nightmarish episode of Dark Studio.

    • 22 min
    07 Another Day To Die

    07 Another Day To Die

    Some say that there is no death, but only a change of worlds. But if you could start your life over, what would you do differently in the next life? Would you be better, worse, the same? How many lives would it take to get it right? Find out on this episode of Dark Studio.

    • 17 min
    06 A Swine’s Tale

    06 A Swine’s Tale

    Does filial piety run deep in your sense of morality? To what extent would you go to uphold it? Murder, perhaps? Witness the dead speak, squirm, and squeal in this boar-ish tale from Dark Studio.

    • 15 min
    05 Losing Face

    05 Losing Face

    A little bit of sibling rivalry never hurt anyone, has it? But what if you’re swallowed by jealousy? Know any brothers or sisters green with envy and slither when they walk? Well find out what happens in this mischievous tale of Dark Studio.

    • 10 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

chetozmun ,

Not your average audiobook

This collection of short stories assembled as a podcast is unlike any other audiobook experience. As with any audiobook, the voice-over narrator anchors the story, but in addition every character's speech is spoken by a distinct voice actor, sound effects punctuate the story, and background music fills out the atmosphere. This is the audiobook equivalent of a painting: all the details, down to the most minute aspects, are vividly rendered.

Silent soldier 47 ,

Creativity ✨

I have only listen to one of the podcast but I am excited to listen to the rest of them! The sound effects and the story was encaptivating!😳

going hoing gone ,

Tales with meaning

Easy listen. Quite enjoyable. Like narrative.

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