10/21/2013
Contact:
Patience Wieland or Sonia James
Sound Stages Radio
soundstagesradio@gmail.com
Frederick Greenhalgh
FinalRune Productions
fred@finalrune.com
In October 2013, for the fourth consecutive year, audio drama companies from around the world are collaborating to present Transcontinental Terror: An Express Train to Audio Horror! This year, with the 75th anniversary of  Orson Welles’ broadcast of "War of the Worlds", more groups than ever are participating in the transcontinent, marathon broadcast.
Transcontinental Terror will stream through Sound Stages Radio, North America’s only all-modern audio drama and audio book station, on Halloween, Thursday, October 31st, 2013. The broadcast will offer more than 10 hours of terrifying audio programming, beginning on Halloween at 9AM EDT (1 PM GMT) and running until 7:00 AM EDT November 1st. For the first time ever, the train will hurdle from America’s West Coast, across to Great Britain, and then repeat its broadcast, in order to best serve listeners on both sides of the Atlantic.  
Production companies whose work will be heard are: Cooperantem Audio Theatre of Oxford, England; The Wireless Theatre Company from London, England; Electric Vicuna Productions from Halifax, Nova Scotia; Waterlogg Productions from Napanoch, New York;  Chatterbox Audio Theater from Memphis, Tennessee; Icebox Radio Theater from International Falls, Minnesota; Noir Dame Productions and San Jacinto College, from Houston, Texas; the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company of Atlanta, Georgia; Willamette Radio Workshop from Portland Oregon; and 19 Nocturne Boulevard from Seattle, Washington. The numerous accolades earned by this group include Gold Ogle and Mark Time Awards, and features in numerous local and national papers including the Guardian and The Wall Street Journal.
 “Since Orson Welles’ legendary War of the Worlds broadcast, Halloween has held a special place for audio drama,” says Fred Greenhalgh, host of "Radio Drama Revival," a popular podcast. “It’s a time of year when people are open to experiencing the macabre, and no medium scares better than audio. There’s something primal about it.”
That primal quality will be exploited by these spine-tingling shows, the result of a months-long collaboration among the groups. Some of the shows will be recorded, using state-of-the-art production methods, field recording, and actors from across the globe. Others will be performed live in the studio with manual sound effects, just as in the Golden Age of Radio Drama. The evening’s content promises to be intense, so listener discretion is advised.
For more information on the show itself, each participating group, scheduling, and more, visit www.transcontinentalterror.com.