Sparks

David McCool

WARNING: Sparks includes themes that some may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised. Sparks is a lo-fi confessional style horror; a continuing story of a man’s bizarre experiences, which he tries to make sense of as he recounts them. “These are the files sent to me by client 347. After asking him to write what triggered his desire to seek help in therapy, he emailed me these recordings…”

  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    Q&A part 1

    There are spoilers, so best don't listen if you haven't already listened to the first 13 episodes of Sparks.


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    Also, I don’t think I said thanks at the end to you for listening and recommending the show to other people. It means a lot to me.

    30 March 2025, 5:32 pm
  • 4 minutes 51 seconds
    13. The Thing I Feared the Most

    The narrator says goodbye. For now.


    The last episode of season two. It you haven’t listened to Sparks from the start, this won’t make sense.


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    23 March 2025, 7:24 pm
  • 5 minutes 34 seconds
    12. Beyond the Waterfall

    The narrator reads the letter he found.


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    23 March 2025, 7:22 pm
  • 29 minutes 18 seconds
    11. The Door is Wide Open

    The narrator returns to Tom’s farm.


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    23 March 2025, 7:03 pm
  • 26 minutes 24 seconds
    10. A Particularly Gullible Person

    The narrator, having put the pieces together, moves to escape his fate once and for all.


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    22 March 2025, 9:37 am
  • 17 minutes 29 seconds
    9. The Death Radio: A Bedtime Story

    WARNING: This episode contains themes, including suicide, that some may find distressing. Listener discretion is advised.


    A bedtime story that you probably shouldn’t tell your children.


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    19 March 2025, 3:00 am
  • 25 minutes 51 seconds
    8. It's What a Good Girl Would Do

    WARNING: This episode contains strong themes including suggested sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.


    An overview of the narrator's father and his secret life.


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    15 March 2025, 2:45 pm
  • 20 minutes 19 seconds
    7. Uncle Tom Has a Visitor

    The day of the accident, on the other side of the field, Uncle Tom is getting paranoid.


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    7 March 2025, 12:27 pm
  • 25 minutes 29 seconds
    6. Nothing but Silence

    WARNING: The following recording contains graphic scenes and images that some people may find distressing. Listener discretion is advised.


    This is the first episode of Part Two.


    "A year has passed and my client has once again commenced sending me audio files. Starting this next part of his story is something more about his mother, Jenny. "


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    3 March 2025, 8:40 am
  • 36 minutes 18 seconds
    5. The Bandaged Man

    Returning to the day of the accident in the square that the narrator described in episode one. This time from a different perspective with quite different consequences.


    This is the final episode of Part One.


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    17 February 2025, 12:34 pm
  • 48 minutes 25 seconds
    4. The Laughing Tree

    Everything seems lost for the narrator and his wife. Terrible things happen around the Laughing Tree.


    (Please excuse the sound quality. I’m working on a new version to upload)


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    31 January 2025, 9:15 am
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