Borrasca (podcast) explained

Borrasca
Starring:Cole Sprouse
Genre:Horror
Format:Audio drama
Podcast
Creator:Rebecca Klingel
Language:English
Composer:Darren Johnson
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:16
Provider:QCODE

Borrasca is a horror audio drama and podcast series written by Rebecca Klingel and based on her short stories of the same name, which she published on Reddit under the pen name C.K. Walker in 2015 and 2016. The series stars Cole Sprouse and is produced by QCODE. The first season ran from May 25 to July 14, 2020, while the second season ran from October 6 to November 10, 2022.[1] [2]

Premise

At age 12, Sam moves with his family to the former mining town of Drisking, Missouri. He befriends two local kids named Kyle and Kimber, who help him get used to bizarre things that are treated as normal by the townspeoplestrangest of all is the occasional loud grinding noise in the distance which supposedly emanates from Borrasca, described only as "a place where bad things happen". When Sam's sister Whitney disappears a few months later, five years pass without answers until more people suddenly start disappearing. Sam, Kyle, and Kimber investigate why so many residents have disappeared over the years, why the remaining townspeople seem not to care, and how the disappearances appear to be connected to the abandoned mines on a nearby mountain.[3] [4] [5]

Production

"Borrasca" was originally released as a four-part short story on the Reddit page r/nosleep in 2015, and Klingel expanded the story with a fifth part in 2016.[6] [7] [8] "Borrasca" won r/nosleep's awards for both Best Series and Scariest Story in 2015.[9] After the story went viral, filmmaker Mike Flanagan hired Klingel to join the writing team for his Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

The podcast series was originally released on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and YouTube, and was later also released on other platforms.[10] [11]

Cast and characters

Episodes

Season 2 (2022)

Reception

Awards

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2020Discover Pods AwardsAudio Drama or Fiction PodcastBorrasca[12]
2021Webby AwardPodcasts: Scripted (Fiction)Borrasca[13]
2021iHeart Podcast AwardsBest Fiction PodcastBorrasca[14]
2023The AmbiesBest Performance in Audio FictionCole Sprouse and Sarah Yarkin[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . March 31, 2022 . Season 2 announcement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220501163654/https://mobile.twitter.com/QCODEmedia/status/1509535352251424782 . May 1, 2022 . May 1, 2022 . .
  2. Web site: Borrasca . Season 2 — Coming 10/6 . October 6, 2022 . Apple Podcasts.
  3. Web site: 'Riverdale' & 'Five Feet Apart' Star Cole Sprouse To Star In & Produce Podcast Thriller 'Borrasca'. Wiseman. Andreas. January 21, 2020. Deadline Hollywood. January 22, 2020. January 21, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200121203859/https://deadline.com/2020/01/riverdale-cole-sprouse-podcast-series-borrasca-1202836622/. live.
  4. Web site: Cole Sprouse Enters the Podcasting Boom With New Fiction Podcast Borrasca. Sinha. Charu. January 22, 2020. Vulture. January 22, 2020. January 22, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200122132844/https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/cole-sprouse-to-star-in-and-produce-new-podcast-borrasca.html. live.
  5. Ehrlich . Brenna . May 18, 2020 . 'Riverdale' Actor Cole Sprouse Stars in 'Hill House' Writer's Spooky New Podcast, 'Borrasca' . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200527061621/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/cole-sprouse-rebecca-klingel-borrasca-1001097/ . May 27, 2020 . June 1, 2020.
  6. Web site: Borrasca – QCODE. QCODE Media. May 31, 2020. June 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200612100642/https://www.qcodemedia.com/borrasca. live.
  7. Web site: 'Borrasca' by C.K. Walker . 2023-11-23 . . en.
  8. Web site: u/The_Dalek_Emperor aka. Rebecca Klingel in r/NoSleepOOC . May 28, 2020 . Borrasca radio play/podcast . 2023-11-23 . Reddit.
  9. Web site: u/EtTuTortilla aka. Kristopher J. Patten on r/NoSleepOOC . January 21, 2016 . Best of 2015 and December Monthly Contest WINNERS! . 2023-11-23 . Reddit.
  10. Web site: Borrasca . 2023-11-23 . pod.link . en.
  11. Web site: June 2022. Borrasca . 2023-11-23 . . en-US.
  12. Web site: Goldberg . Kevin . 2020-11-09 . Announcing the winners of the 2020 Discover Pods Awards . 2023-04-19 . Discover Pods Awards . en-US.
  13. Web site: Borrasca The Webby Awards . . February 8, 2022 . en . February 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220208003543/https://winners.webbyawards.com/2021/podcasts/general-series/scripted-fiction/179288/borrasca . live .
  14. Web site: Borrasca (Podcast Series 2020–2023) - Awards . .
  15. Web site: 2023 Winners & Nominees . 2023-04-19 . The Ambies® — Awards for Excellence in Audio . en-US.

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