Ritualistic Podcast
Drama
Ritualistic is a biweekly horror and psychological thriller podcast following the recordings of anthropology and archaeology student Jamie Locke, who is studying rituals. Jamie is stationed on the dig site of a strange, abandoned church, and her professor is sending her even stranger files. As she uncovers more and more from the files sent by her professor, stranger and stranger things keep happening to her and her friends. Will she figure out the secrets of the town…or will the mysterious figures working in the shadows get to her first?
Location:
United States
Genres:
Drama
Description:
Ritualistic is a biweekly horror and psychological thriller podcast following the recordings of anthropology and archaeology student Jamie Locke, who is studying rituals. Jamie is stationed on the dig site of a strange, abandoned church, and her professor is sending her even stranger files. As she uncovers more and more from the files sent by her professor, stranger and stranger things keep happening to her and her friends. Will she figure out the secrets of the town…or will the mysterious figures working in the shadows get to her first?
Language:
English
Episodes
S2 E7: Immersion
12/15/2022
Leo Daisy's report on his experience in a commune.
Content warnings: Discussions of cults, murder, death, and grief. An argument.
Transcript: Ritualistic S2 E7: Immersion
Website: Ritualistic Podcast
CAST:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
&
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
CREW:
Sound Design and Writing by Morgan Champine(they/them).
"The Ritualistic Theme" was composed by Sophia Weaver(she/her).
Duration:00:06:53
S2 E6: We Hide in the Light
11/30/2022
Jamie Locke's report on the murder of Booker Chauncey.
Content warnings: Grief, mild language, knife violence. Discussions of death, murder, stabbing, blood, suffocation, and mistrials.
Transcript: S2 E6: We Hide in the Light
Website: Ritualistic Podcast
CAST:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
&
Seth Stone(he/him) as Booker Chauncey
CREW:
Writing: Morgan Champine(they/them)
Sound Design: Jonas Stone(he/him)
Production: Morgan Champine...
Duration:00:07:20
S2 E5: New Normal
9/29/2022
A makeshift funeral for a friend.
Content warnings: Grief, fire, and alcohol consumption. Discussions of character death, stabbing, and funerals.
Transcript: Ritualistic S2 E5: New Normal
Website: Ritualistic Podcast
CAST:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil Thornbrew
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
&
Sophia Weaver(she/her) as January Lauderback
CREW:
Writing: Morgan Champine(they/them)
Sound Design: Morgan Champine
Production: Morgan...
Duration:00:08:03
S2 E4: The Trial of Leo Daisy: The Defense
9/14/2022
Innocentes donec probetur nocens.
Content Warnings: Discussions of death, murder, blood, and knives. Legal corruption, threats of violence, and police.
Transcript: The Trial of Leo Daisy: The Defense
Website: Ritualistic Podcast
CAST:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil Thornbrew
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Melissa Warner(she/her) as Lena Elspeth
Abbie Ogden(she/her) as Abby Grunt
Avari Smith(she/her) as Starla White
Bonnie Calderwood...
Duration:00:05:24
S2 E3: The Trial of Leo Daisy: The Prosecution
8/31/2022
Leo Daisy's murder trial begins, and Jamie feels like she's drowning.
Content warnings: Law malpractice, dissociation from reality, interrogations, and police. Discussions of blood, murder, death, crime, and suffocation.
Transcript: Ritualistic S2 E3: The Trial of Leo Daisy: The Prosecution
Show Website: Ritualistic Podcast
Patreon: Ritualistic
CAST:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Sophia Weaver(she/her) as January Lauderback
Bonnie Calderwood Aspinwall(they/he) as Summer...
S2 E2: Scapegoat
8/18/2022
Innocent until proven guilty, right?
Right?
Content warnings:
Transcript: S2 E2: Scapegoat
CAST:
Jaye Short(they/she) - Jamie Locke
Morgan Champine(they/them) - Winter Trousdale
Bonnie Calderwood Aspinwall(they/he) - Summer Blackman
Abbie Ogden(she/her) - Abby Grunt
Olivia Shelton(she/her) - Anathema White
Oshen LeVels(he/him) - Amil Thornbrew
Avari Smith(she/her) - Starla White
Caleb Burgess(he/him) - Leo Daisy
CREW:
Writing: Morgan Champine
Sound Design: Jonas...
Duration:00:16:05
S2 E1: The Interrogations
8/4/2022
Various recordings of the interrogations on the murder of Booker Chauncey.
Content warnings: Injury, violence, police, interrogations. Discussions of murder, grief, injury, declining mental health, and some loud shouting and struggling sounds.
Transcript: S2 E1: The Interrogations
Cast:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil Thornbrew
Sophia Weaver(she/her) as January Lauderback
Abbie Ogden(she/her) as Abby...
Duration:00:17:28
Season 1 Recap
8/3/2022
In this Season 1 recap, the cast & crew make some confusing connections and even more confusing storytelling to retell you what happens in Season 2. Featuring: Morgan Champine(they/them), Jaye Short(they/she), Jonas Stone(he/him), Seth Stone(he/him), Oshen LeVels(he/him), Caleb Burgess(he/him), Abbie Ogden(she/her), & Avari Smith(she/her).
Duration:00:06:17
S1 E20: The Arsonist
3/30/2022
Some things are meant to burn. Others are meant to bleed.
Content warnings: brutal violence, murder, character death, ritual sacrifice, police, police threats, fear, threats of violence, extreme emotional distress, distortion and loud noises. Discussions of eye trauma, blood, and violence.
Transcript: Ritualistic S1 E20: The Arsonist
Starring:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil Thornbrew
Sophia Weaver(she/her) as...
Duration:00:22:45
S1 E19: The Professor
3/13/2022
A report by Mr. Henry Arthur, regarding the reports of Jamie Locke.
Content warnings: Gaslighting and manipulation, explicit language. Discussions of murder, violence, and betrayal.
Transcript: Ritualistic S1 E19: The Professor
Starring:
Teddy Starr(he/him) as Henry Arthur
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Crew:
Writing: Morgan Champine(they/them)
Sound Design: Seth Stone(he/him)
Production: Morgan Champine & Seth Stone
"The Ritualistic Theme" was composed by Sophia...
Duration:00:08:26
S1 E18: A Faint Hope
2/26/2022
Jamie comes clean. The others make a plan.
Content warnings: Discussions of murder, insomnia, injury, violence, declining mental health, body horror, cults, and gaslighting. The use of some religious jargon, not in a religious context. IE: "hellfire", "righteous".
Transcript: S1 E18: A Faint Hope
Patreon: Ritualistic Patreon
Website: Ritualistic Podcast
Starring:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Sophia Weaver(she/her) as January...
Bonus: Cupid’s Arrow
2/15/2022
In which Booker forces the crew to have a Valentine’s Day party to celebrate their first Valentine’s together. Confessions, friendship, and all sorts of different types of love.
Content warnings: brief discussions of drinking and injury.
Transcript: Cupid's Arrow
Patreon: Ritualistic Patreon
Starring:
Jaye Short(they/them) as Jamie Locke
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Sophia Weaver(she/her) as January Lauderback
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil Thornbrew
Seth Stone(he/him) as...
Duration:00:03:05
S1 E17: Kiss of Death
2/9/2022
Leo and Amil share a drink, a story, and a moment.
Content warnings: Explicit language. Drinking. Discussions of murder, injury, violence, alcohol, and being drunk.
Transcript: S1 E17: Kiss of Death
Patreon: Ritualistic Patreon
Website: Ritualistic Podcast
Starring:
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil Thornbrew
Crew:
Writing: Morgan Champine(they/them)
Sound Design: Jonas Stone(he/him)
Production: Morgan Champine & Seth Stone(he/him)
"The...
Duration:00:07:52
S1 E16: Soulful
1/27/2022
Leo tells a story to a graying friend.
Content warnings: Discussions of abuse-parental and by a partner-injury, death by gun, gun violence, old age, injury as a result of sports accidents and abuse, terminal illness, cancer, parental death, and relationship conflict. The sounds of a hospital and set in a hospital. Mild language.
Transcript: S1 E16: Soulful
Patreon: Ritualistic Patreon
Website: Ritualistic Podcast
Starring:
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Abbie Ogden(she/her)...
Duration:00:12:50
S1 E15: Lunch
1/12/2022
Various recordings of a lunch break on the Melody Method dig site.
Content warnings: relationship conflict, alcohol consumption, mild language. Discussions of alcohol, food, severe eye trauma, scars, mental health, injury, and violence.
Transcript: S1 E15: Lunch
Patreon: Ritualistic Patreon
Website: Ritualistic Podcast
Starring:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Sophia Weaver(she/her) as January Lauderback
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil...
Duration:00:09:03
S1 E14: An Unjust Council
12/30/2021
Booker delivers Lena Elspeth a taste of her own medicine. Lena receives a suspicious phone call.
Content Warnings: Relationship conflict, a threat. Discussions of police corruption, mental health, mental hospitals, and brief mentions of murder and violence.
Transcript: Ritualistic Season 1 Episode 14: An Unjust Council
Patreon: Ritualistic Podcast
Starring:
Seth Stone(he/him) as Booker Chauncey
Melissa Warner(she/her) as Lena Elspeth
CREW:
Writing: Morgan...
Duration:00:09:08
S1 E13: The Altar of Matthew duBois
12/16/2021
Jamie embarks on an adventure. Leo and Amil follow.
Content warnings: Discussions of brutal violence, murder, manipulation, injury, declining mental health, and blood. A breakdown, relationship conflict and arguments, and mild language.
Transcript: The Altar of Matthew duBois
Patreon: Ritualistic Podcast
Starring:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Caleb Burgess(he/him) as Leo Daisy
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil Thornbrew
Madison Lundquist(she/her) as The Watching...
Duration:00:09:53
S1 E12: The Voices
12/1/2021
Report of Jamie Locke concerning the…strange women, the whispers, and her visions in the pulpit circle.
Content warnings: Discussions of body horror, graphic violence, injury, body strangeness, mental health, murder, and emotional distress.
Transcript: Ritualistic Season 1 Episode 12: The Voices
Patreon: Ritualistic Podcast
Starring:
Jaye Short(they/she) as Jamie Locke
Morgan Champine(they/them) as The Voices
CREW:
Sound Design: Seth Stone(he/him)
Writing: Morgan...
S1 E11: A Story and A Truth
11/18/2021
Amil tells a story. January learns the truth.
Content warnings: Language, relationship conflict, and emotional distress. Discussions of murder, crime, brutal violence, gaslighting, and corpses.
Transcript: Ritualistic Season 1 Episode 11: A Story and A Truth
Patreon: Ritualistic Podcast
Starring:
Oshen LeVels(he/him) as Amil Thornbrew
Sophia Weaver(she/her) as January Lauderback
CREW:
Sound Design: Seth Stone(he/him)
Writing: Morgan Champine(they/them)
Producers: Seth Stone...
Midseason Q&A
11/15/2021
Seth, Morgan, Jaye, Caleb, and Avari talk about voice acting and being fighters. If you’d like to listen to the full version of this Q&A, it is available to Patrons!
Transcript: Ritualistic Midseason Q&A Patreon: Ritualistic Podcast
Featuring:
Morgan Champine(they/them)
Seth Stone(he/him)
Caleb Burgess(he/him)
Jaye Short(they/she)
Avari Smith(she/her)
CREW:
Sound Design: Seth Stone
"The Ritualistic Theme" was composed by Sophia Weaver(she/her).