A supernatural audio drama / podcast typically runs 18-35 pages per episode and is defined by audio supernatural that exploits headphone intimacy to create the most personal and invasive supernatural experience possible — ghosts that whisper in your ear and presences that feel inches away.
Audio supernatural exploits the headphone experience more than any other genre — sounds that come from behind, whispers in one ear, breathing that seems to be in the room with the listener. Binaural audio direction should be scripted for supernatural encounters. The supernatural entity's sound signature should evolve across episodes. Silence before a supernatural event is devastating. The protagonist's fear should be audible in their vocal performance — breathing, trembling voice, whispered prayers. Found-audio formats (recordings, EVPs, intercepted transmissions) create documentary-style authenticity. The investigation of supernatural phenomena should be structured like a procedural. The listener should never feel entirely safe in their own headphones.
Open with a supernatural encounter or its recording (2-4 pages). Investigate and contextualize through dialogue and research (5-10 pages). Build to the episode's central supernatural event (5-10 pages). Deal with the aftermath and deepen the mystery (3-5 pages). Total: 18-35 pages per episode.
Define the rules of the supernatural in your world — what's possible, what's forbidden, and what the cost of contact is.
Connect the supernatural element to the protagonist's emotional wound. The haunting should be literal and metaphorical.
Build from subtle wrongness to full manifestation. The audience should start uncertain and end overwhelmed.
Write one scene of absolute normalcy before the supernatural intrudes. The contrast is where the power lives.
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