The Black Tapes

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The Black Tapes is a weekly podcast from the creators of Pacific Northwest Stories, and is hosted by Alex Reagan. The Black Tapes Podcast is a serialized docudrama about one journalist's search for truth, her subject's mysterious past, and the literal and figurative ghosts that haunt them both. Do you believe?

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  • bethany169
    Excellent, wishing for more
    Really enjoyed the story, high quality production values, only flaw is that it didn’t have more episodes
  • QueerlyDear
    Where is the ending?!?
    I avidly LOVE this podcast, but where is the ending?? I can’t believe we are left hanging like that. What happens?!? Is there an apocalypse? Do they run away together? Ugh. I hate ambiguity when it comes to endings.
  • Kendon X
    Spit In The Face
    Liked the story, quickly got over the fiction portrayed as fact bit and liked it a lot. Then, two years of silence. Then season three, with a massive cliffhanger. A year later we get a crappy book plug? Left a bad taste in my mouth.
  • Jayrich44
    NEVER FINISHED!
    Yet another Pacific Northwest podcast that just ends and is never finished. So infuriating. Good show but I wish I never listened. It’s been over 4 years and they haven’t finished season 3 after the MID season finale. I dont care about covid. So many other shows figured out how to do it remote. Even at the bare minimum others continued shows years later. Like they could came out with the rest a couple years ago.
  • Jen1211
    Good start
    Easily hooked in. Great story telling and then nothing. Lazy “ending”.
  • Mahendra Prabhu
    Fantastic- confusing ending.
    This show is SO GOOD. The quality, the sounds, the plot, the characters- it's all amazing. But. The ending was super abrupt... I feel left with questions, and the way their relationship ends up, does not make sense. Regardless, it was worth it. I hope they can add to this show, or start a new season. I would certainly listen to it.
  • Okami303
    Bummer they basically gave up in this piece
    Sad Terry/Nic and the radio alliance gave up on this podcast. What happened to Alex? She gave up to? I loved this show. It was just getting good too. Strand showed Alex a closet with shelves upon shelves of black tapes. Nic bailed to make Tannis than rabbits which are great shows as is but those have also been abandoned it seems. We need more. I guess the well of creativity dried up for the radio alliance and PNWS. It’s a bummer
  • Stephanie Roberson
    Great listen but wish we could’ve had a real ending
    Such a good concept, but left hanging at the end!
  • KandisBoone
    Set the bar for me!
    This is one of the smartest, most gripping, and entertaining podcasts I’ve EVER listened to. I do agree with a lot of these reviews that I want MORE from the ending, but the ride is amazing! If the creators are reading this, PLEASE write another season to give us that closure we want, pllllllease!
  • Jaimie Butterfly
    Last Episode
    No spoilers! I know the ending gets a lot of hate but I think it’s pretty implied what happened…I loved it.
  • Ladylilliann
    WOULD be good..
    If it had a proper ending. This is a case of the journey being more exciting than the destination. The finale was a massive cop out, with more questions being asked and none answered. Lots of suspense and plot all for nothing.
  • Pete E Pablo
    Pablo
    A must listen! I’ve relistened to this twice. I need a proper ending!!!!
  • Guru of Awesomeness
    Great podcast
    This is a can't miss essential podcast that will change your life!!! Can we get one more season please!!!
  • Kvnruiz
    More
    We need a proper ending!!! I’ve listened to this over and over again. We just want to know what happens
  • AhhRealMonstr
    #1 favorite podcast
    I relisten to this one a lot. I love the format of it and the acting and writing are excellent. My only complaint is that there isn’t more! And now that streaming services are starting to adapt podcasts to shows, this one definitely needs that.
  • Austenfan
    Subpar voice acting
    I couldn’t get past the bad voice acting. And young actors with young voices and young cadences pretending to be middle aged.
  • Straight_up_trash
    No Thanks
    The host tricks you into listening to a sound that is supposedly going to invite demons into your life in the third episode. She says skip forward 10 seconds if you don’t want to listen to it. I skip forward 30 seconds and the sound is playing. Maybe that’s funny to the host and her team but it’s not funny to me. I will not be listening to another episode. Wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re into inviting demonic forces into the world. Good luck with that. No thanks
  • random38482047-0;7
    I think this scripted
    All of the people sound like they are reading from a script. They are too well spoken. I’m on 108 and I think I might be done.
  • Shannon7291
    WE NEED MORE!!!
    Absolutely incredible and genuinely scary to listen to alone. Loved it and such great pacing, never lost my interest. Sudden ending without anything being wrapped up killed me thoigh!
  • Ficpodbroad
    Audio click bait.
    This is the 3rd show I’ve seen by these people that are absolute MASTERPIECES at the start but then abruptly ends in a way that doesn’t even try to make sense. Is it that you guys can’t secure funding throughout so you’re forced into wrapping up?? That would make sense if there was some effort but it’s almost comical how bad these endings get. I honestly don’t want to watch anything else from them just bc I refuse to get wrapped up in another amazing story just to be let down this hard again
  • iokhygbjutg
    Better than all of the money in the world
    I have been listening for about 3-4 years and it is the best show in the world
  • Lil Lizifer X
    So good
    Everything this production team does is incredible I really hope they put out a new show soon
  • 🐝🐜🦂🕸🕷🦗🦟
    Ok
    Sorta good Didn’t really understand it but good try!
  • SydEsk
    Still haunts me
    I listened to this show over two years ago and sometimes when I think about it, I can’t fall asleep. Story is 🤌 and you will get chills. Often.
  • Moneybags977
    Wonderful
    A beautiful and amazing slow burn mystery. I wish I could write something as brilliant as this!
  • Infecccccccccccccccccccct
    Love it
    A great mastery
  • Buoy7
    Great stories
    The realism approach and the writing make this really fun. The acting is not bad - sounds like a radio show which is what it’s emulating, pulls off the genre well.
  • suparadkid
    Anxiously waiting…
    I came upon this podcast a week ago. One week ago. And I’ve listened to the entire thing. I am so hooked into Alex and Richard's story! I love the thrill and the mix of science and supernatural. I NEED this story to continue, and I really hope it returns sooner rather than later!
  • Kazmierski
    Fun, but…
    The poor acting detracts from the fun, interesting and decently written stories
  • Los Witcher
    Fictional Fantasmic Fun
    Great murder-mystery supernatural show and very Canadian 👌 I recommend 👊
  • ssssssssshh
    I’m lost
    At this point in the podcast, I’m pretty much lost and I’ve lost interest. I’m listening to the Worlds Collide episode and trying to make it through it until I’m interested again.
  • aimeern1980
    Just stopped??
    I started listening at the beginning and it just ended when they were going to the airport?? Is that it??
  • Blueblossom
    Favorite Podcast! Please continue!!
    By far this is my favorite podcast. The story is creepy and intriguing and binge worthy. Yet… the ending, if you can even call it an ending was lacking. Please continue with another season!
  • the_HQ
    Stay with us
    So good 😢 Please come back 🥲
  • mysticseas
    Interesting story but horrible acting
    I’m enjoying the stories but the acting can be pretty bad. Sometimes that’s tough to get past but since it’s fiction I guess it’s not always gonna be totally believable. Overall great horror podcast and very creepy
  • g00se3gg
    I need more!!
    When will we finally be getting a new season of the black tapes???
  • Bailaket
    Great story… but that ending!!!
    I really enjoyed this story and where it was heading. Great writing, super creepy, well executed, but the ending was garbage. They took us all the way there and started to tie up the loose ends and then ditched out on the ending. It wasn’t even a cliff hanger, it just ended. It was as if someone took a complete novel, tore the book in half, and threw the last half of it away. They owe it to this story to actually conclude it, not just ditch it.
  • leastwood67
    Can’t handle the bad acting
    The story is super interesting but I can’t get passed the bad acting so it reminds me over and over that it’s not actually happening. Their tone and responses aren’t what it would be in the moment if it was actually happening. Comes off very rehearsed.
  • Tyco45
    Need to know!
    I need to know what happens! Ya’ll made a teaser for a new season and I’m chomping at the bit to listen.
  • kingchloe
    Obsessed
    I’m honestly so impressed by the storytelling here. I’m glad I’m listening to it later, the cliff hangers would get me otherwise!
  • ek883
    LOVE!
    This was one of my first podcasts when I started my podcast game and I couldn’t stop listening. Every episode was so captivating and I’m really disappointed there aren’t any new seasons. I’ve re-listened the podcast because it was that good!
  • 941kingd
    Wish there were more episodes
    This show had me hooked. The story telling makes you get so immersed into what’s going on you start to forget it’s “TV for your ears”. Yes, I’m listening to Tannis now that this is finished. Great job!
  • Muse17
    5* before the last episode
    This podcast was absolutely enthralling. Instead of reading, which is my typical go-to hobby, I spent my free time listening to this, and finished it all in 3.5 days. Up until Season 3 Episode 6, this was the perfect blend of intrigue, science, math, suspense, all in a well executed podcast. And then the last episode happened, leaving a door so wide open, with so many questions unanswered, that the creators could come back literally anytime. But no, we’re left with silence, an Easter egg hyping a return, then nothing. Absolutely atrocious way to end
  • Steph♈️☮️
    Very addicting!!
    Please start to make episodes again!! This is an amazing podcast, we need more like it!!!!
  • thatguy is awesome
    Great podcast!!
    This was my first taste in podcasts that weren’t nonsensical. And I became a fan. Shout out to rabbits, and Tannis, and the last movie! All awesome! But my heart will always be with the black tapes!!!
  • VW Byrd
    Great podcast!
    Very engaging story. Sorry for when I get to the end. I am hooked and hope there is more coming soon.
  • david tiefert
    It’s really good
    So when my mom introduced me to this show I fell in love with it I really wonder how they wrote it so good but I was disappointed when they stopped making episodes so I took a star away ):
  • ooog_ash
    Black tapes
    This is my all time favorite. Fell in love with the characters and the story. I’ve listened to it over and over so many times and still can’t get enough! Please please release some new material!!!!
  • Gbhyrfc
    I am (was) addicted
    This podcast really catches you. It is creepy and scary. I discovered it well into the first season so I have listened to the episodes back to back which is a great way to go. I have been looking for something like this for a long time! Addendum: I am so disappointed with the ending to this podcast. I have been reading other reviews and I have to agree that you just get the feeling that the writers had no idea how to end the story. There were so many loose ends. The journey was creepy and spooky but I am so disappointed with the end I am changing my rating fro 5 stars to 2. I am hesitant to get involved with this company again.
  • justfan1567
    I miss this podcast.
    For years I’ve been checking for a new episode. I know it’s foolish, but I miss this podcast.
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