Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

In the dream, the waters are clear and warm and the air is sweet. The sun is shining.

But... that can't be right. That's not how this works. And in dreams, Grace and Bea must both face changes they never wanted, choices they didn't make.

Meanwhile, Hollis is facing the fallout of their choices. Options they took that made things shift and shudder in ways they didn't expect. Or did they? The waters shift and move and the tides roll around them, predictable and yet entirely destructive.

CW: violence

Power is slippery. When you have it - if you have it - it can be wonderful, dangerous, deadly, intoxicating. But without it? Powerlessness is disorienting, brutal, painful, terrifying. What power lies within it, though? Bea is carrying more than she thinks in ways she doesn't expect. If this gets her what she wants, will it all be ok again? Nothing comes without a price. Nothing comes without more questions. Nothing is as simple as it seems.

CW: violence, sex (mentioned), imprisonment

Featuring the voices of:

Emily...

Hours, days, weeks pass. The world moves on and yet you feel stuck, lost. Bea is still trying to figure out how to get to Grace. Lennox is trying to figure out what his life looks like on the outside. Hollis is trying to adapt to a world that is moving too fast. Rhys is just trying to hold things together.

And all the while, Grace exists somewhere where no one but Hollis can reach them. What did her deal with the devil get her?

CW: violence, imprisonment

Grace, if you get this, I just want you to know that I'll get you out.

I only see you in my dreams now...

Season 3: Part 1 of Woodbine arrives October 16th, 2026.

Woodbine is an original podcast 

Created, written, and produced by Alex Nursall and Emily Kellogg

Showrunning and direction by Alex Nursall 

Promotion by Emily Kellogg

Engineering and sound design by Ian Boddy

Theme by Phil Wright

Music by Phil Wright and Ian Boddy

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Hello hello.

I hope this finds you well. This is a quick update from the team at Woodbine that we'll be delivering the next season in a bit of a different way, splitting it into a fall and spring section, with some fun extras in between. Don't worry, you'll be hearing from us soon. We're looking forward to it.

Thank you for listening, and we wish you a wonderful evening.

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Hello listeners, it's Alex. If you're looking for Woodbine, don't worry, we'll be back soon with Season 3, but for now, if you're looking for something to listen to, you might want to check out Harvey In Hell, a new show from Christopher Scott McClure, creator of the award-winning fiction podcast The Milkman of St. Gaff's — a supernatural mystery show about childhood, memory, and the things we're willing to believe to survive.

 The series follows John Harvey Coots, an FBI profiler who might have chosen the wrong line of work, as he arrives in the desert town of Sun...

This goes out to all the lovers, yearners, and endlessly longing people out there, because what's more romantic than pining from afar? A lot of things, but that's cold comfort when you are trapped and unable to feel the warmth of another...

CW: drug use

Featuring the voices of:

Emily Kellogg as Grace

Alex Nursall as Bea

Ian Boddy as Rhys

Rob Deobald as Lennox

and J Strautman as Hollis

Woodbine...

Everyone is trapped by something. Maybe you're in a house you can't leave, maybe you're in a meeting that never seems to end, and maybe you're stuck in a situation where any good outcome is slipping away, every opportunity to make change is disappearing. For Bea and Grace, their chances of escape are slimming quickly. But it's not just them who are in trouble...

So maybe you are trapped in a room, or in an untenable position, or a job you can't leave, or between a ravenous crowd and a broken window. Maybe there is a way...

Things are shifting, the ground is soft underfoot. You can't trust where you're stepping, and collapse is imminent. But what does it mean to collapse? To fall, to crumple to the ground? To relax against someone, exhausted and needing that weight against you as comfort? To lose something intangible, something you didn't know was so integral to your very ability to stand on your own? To pull away the thing holding an entire place up, just to watch it crumble? Bea, Grace, Hollis, and Lennox are now faced with what it means to collapse. What waits for them on...

Grace has made a deal that she and Bea can't back out of: A return to Emiel under Lennox's endlessly watching eye. Everything is getting too close, everything is starting to strain, and Grace is now returning to the world she thought she had escaped from. Bea is experiencing some real flighty coworkers. And Rhys? Well, he's out there listening to the siren call of the night, the sound of smooth jazz leading him onward onto the rain-slick streets, and taking the chance to make his own fun while left to his own devices...

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... To die, to sleep,

To sleep, perchance to Dream; aye, there's the rub,

For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,

What dreams will come, what dreams will I be found within,

What dreams may become real, for the dreams... wait,

What dream is this? What dream do I find myself within?

To sleep, perchance to wake, perchance to dream, to dream, to dream

To dream and to dream again, only to wake,

Once more, as always, in the dark.

The only way to keep a secret is to tell no one. The second you tell another person, it's out and it has a life of its own. Grace's secret is carried in Bea, but the shadow it casts is spreading. Lennox knows this and he'll use it to his advantage, she knows that. But he's not the only one who knows, and the shadow grows longer and longer and touches more and more. Oh, and just a reminder that the AGM is coming up, so hope to see you there! You will have to be there. You wouldn't...

"Walk a mile in someone else's shoes and you'll understand them better," that's an approximation of the saying, right? Well, what about their socks? And their pants? And their shirt? And their skin? The feeling of their muscles and bones moving in concert, a feeling you understand but is still completely and utterly foreign to you, because they are not yours. What then?

Bea and Lennox experience a bit of a shift in their perceptions of the other person, but not in a way you'd expect. And now it's Grace and Rhys's problem. Or, wait, which one...

A quick shout out to The Wrong Station, who are celebrating 10 years of their show with spooky stories coming out every day this October - 31 stories for 31 days. You can check them out at www.wrongstation.com or listen anywhere you get your podcasts.

May you have a good day, and we'll see you next Wednesday.

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There's something in the distance, just out of sight. There's something whispering to you in the darkness, but you can't make the words out. There's something coming, but you can't seem to make out what it is. The storm is growing and growing and growing, thunder in the distance, a lightning flash on the edge of your vision.

You feel something stirring. What do you do next?

CONTENT WARNING: N/A

Featuring the voices of:

Emily Kellogg as Grace

Alex...

When you look in the mirror, do you like what you see? Do you know who's looking back? A client comes looking for help with a presence in their life that's causing problem after problem. Another client is looking for closure on a chapter of their life that they want to be done. But closure isn't easy, or wanted, or guaranteed. Sometimes you're left picking up the pieces of the mirror, unsure of your own reflection. Is the person that you see the person you want to be?

Featuring the voices of:

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A client shows up looking to reunite with their other half (in a more literal sense than you'd expect). Grace takes Bea out on the town (how fun!). Rhys makes a lot of puns (to be expected). Hollis... wait, what is Hollis doing? ... hmm.

CONTENT WARNING: sex (implied)

Featuring the voices of:

Emily Kellogg as Grace

Alex Nursall as Bea

Ian Boddy as Rhys

Rob Deobald as Lennox

J Strautman as Hollis

Niall Spain as Friedrich

It's a new day (night, really) and Bea, Grace, and Rhys have a whole new world to face. Bea's coming to terms with an ability she didn't expect or want. Grace has to deal with the full-throated return of the one person she's been trying to keep as far away as possible. Rhys... actually, I'm not sure what Rhys is doing. I'm sure it's fun though.

And somewhere, Lennox is waiting. He's waited for so long. What's a few days, weeks, months more when you know that you can finally, finally get what you want?

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Hello, and welcome.

Here at Emiel, we like to think of ourselves as a community. A family, even. One not tied through blood - although that is a part of it, in a sense - but through a shared commitment. You help each other. You support each other. You stand by each other. That is how things work here. At the very least, it is the environment we hope to foster. Through hard work, the tireless efforts of our board of directors, and the dedication of our staff, we have grown from a small office in what...

Hello listeners, it's Alex. I've got one more thing for you to check out before spooky season. If you're looking for Woodbine, don't worry, we'll be back soon with Season 2 in the fall, but for now, if you're looking for something to listen to, you might want to check out StanLand, a new show on the Sonar network. When cynical podcaster Melanie Hughes vanishes without a trace, the only clue is her abandoned recorder, discovered by the side of a road, containing a story that begins with a dusty IKEA wardrobe… and ends in a magical realm slowly being sw...

Hello again. We're just popping in to tell you about another podcast you might want to check out if you're a fan of Woodbine or Parkdale Haunt (and are looking for something to listen to while waiting for Season 2).

Desert Skies is a quirky and heartfelt fiction podcast about life between this world and the next, set in the afterlife. The story takes place along the road of a lonely highway at a gas station called Desert Skies Astral Plane Fuel and Service Station. The staff at the station help new arrivals to the...

What flashes before your eyes as you die? Memories, thoughts big and small that nested somewhere in your brain, echoes you ignored. But in those final flashes, the silliest things can be brought to the forefront: Unimportant conversations, odd moments, even cases you never put that much importance in. Now, that last one only really applies if you work in a detective agency, to be fair. Sometimes small things make an outsized impression. But memories are malleable, fallible, easily made and easily broken. When you're running through them, how much of them can you trust? They twist and turn...

Surprise! Here's Part 2. What, you thought we were going to wait? Hah! It's a Christmas miracle where we decided to drop both episodes within an hour of each other. Here's the rest of our discussion (featuring Emily, Alex, Ian, Rob and J) where we tried to answer as many questions as we could (we're sorry if we didn't get to yours). Thanks for listening, and we'll see you soon for our next holiday episode (and Season 2, Fall 2025) 🖤

Woodbine is an original podcast created, written, and produced by Alex Nursall and Emily Kellogg

Show...

Well hello there. Welcome to the Woodbine S1 Q&A: Part 1, where we answer about half of your questions. In this episode, you can hear thoughts on the show (and much more) from our own Alex Nursall, Emily Kellogg, and Ian Boddy, along with special guests Rob Deobald and J Strautman. Stay tuned for much more in Part 2, coming soon...

Woodbine is an original podcast created, written, and produced by Alex Nursall and Emily Kellogg

Showrunning and direction by Alex Nursall 

Production and promotion by Emily Kellogg

Engineering an...

Well hello there. We're just popping in to tell you about another podcast you might want to check out if you're a fan of Woodbine or Parkdale Haunt.

How i Died is an award winning fiction podcast that follows a coroner with a secret ability to speak to the dead. The story is set in a strange and shadowy remote town called Springfield that boasts an unusually high mortality rate. As bodies start piling up in the morgue, coroner and forensic pathologist Jon Spacer uses his ability to talk to the dead to help local police solve...

You can only run for so long. At some point, you have to face your problems head on. Usually, you'd do this in therapy, but Grace is tired of platitudes and obfuscations and questions. She wants answers and there's only one person who can give them to her. But that means no more running, no more avoiding, no more looking away. You have to face your problems head on, no matter what happens, no matter what they bring.

You have to stop running at some point. No matter what, the past will find you and it is...

Sometimes you have to turn to an old friend for some help. The life experience that comes with age can give a lot of insight into all kinds of situations. And when that person is ageless? Well, then you can expect some truly sage advice. For Grace and Bea, Lennox's shadow grows ever longer, Hollis continues to insert themselves wherever they want, and the night stretches out beyond them endlessly. Meanwhile, Rhys is somewhere nearby, looking at Hawaiian shirts on his phone.

CONTENT WARNING: alcohol, violence, death

Featuring the...

The past will always find its way back to you, whether it is the distant or the recent. It comes back with claws, ready to pull you into its embrace. You can't escape the violence that made you. It will always find a way to hook itself into your skin, burrow under, and then wait until you think you're safe.

The past Grace has been running from is catching up. The past Bea is searching for is coming for her. And Rhys continues to just have a good time, everyone else be damned.

Oh boy, it's time for a super fun bar crawl with the team! Obviously this is some sort of delightful work outing, right? In any other capacity, it probably would be. But for Grace, Bea, and Rhys, the party is overshadowed by the case at hand. Hard to get too enthused when you've got a malicious being on your tail, really puts a damper on the evening. Don't stop, don't lose your nerve, and don't ever look back...

CONTENT WARNING: alcohol, physical violence

Featuring the voices of:

Emily Kellogg as...

Something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. Something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. Wait, didn't I say that? Anyway, something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. And something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. But something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. Hang on. Ok, I'm good, I know what we're talking about...

There's getting under someone's skin and then there's taking it. Grace and Bea are tasked with finding the missing skin of a client who just wants to be whole again... in more ways than one. Turns out the issues run a lot deeper than a simple lost layer and are complicated in ways neither of them expected. Hope you came prepared to yearn, because everyone else here is. Minus Rhys, I guess. He's just vibing.

Featuring the voices of:

Alex Nursall as Bea

Emily Kellogg as Grace

Ian...

The worst kind of joke is not one where no one laughs, but one where the joke-teller takes a violent, unyielding umbrage with your lack of mirth. The joke is on Grace when a not-so-funny artefact goes missing and someone from her past makes a sudden return. It's really no laughing matter though when Lennox reappears, leaving her with more questions than answers. There's no clowning around when he's involved. Alright, I've run out of puns, I think that's enough for this episode description.

CONTENT WARNING: blood, violence, bodily harm

Featuring the...

A family torn apart by past hurts. A search for an estranged mother. A mothman standing in your office, staring at your lamp. Bea still struggles with her new diet, Rhys finds out there's more to the job than paperwork, and Grace begins to regret the gaps in the agency's onboarding procedures.

CONTENT WARNING: blood (mentioned)

Featuring the voices of:

Ian Boddy as Rhys

Alex Nursall as Bea

Emily Kellogg as Grace

Taylor Davis as Aurelius

Harlan Guthrie as Alden

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Grace takes Bea straight into the deep end with her first case: A boogeyman is missing a very key part of something important to him. It plays the music of the night, giving him a sense of peace, covering up the sounds of the world... He just wants his groove back, is all. Plus, it's time to hire a new assistant, and there's a single standout in a world of duds.

CONTENT WARNING: blood

Episode transcript available at woodbinepod.com

Featuring the voices of:

Alex Nursall as Bea<...

Beatrice Ashe is having an incredibly average day, up until the part where she is brutally stabbed to death. Well, near death. Some people have bosses who meddle in their work, some have bosses who are little too quick to act, and some have bosses who will bring you back from the precipice of annihilation by turning you into a vampire. Now, Bea has some new problems, only one of which is the mystery around who did this to her and why. 

CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, death

Featuring the voices of:

Beatrice Ashe is living a quiet life as an assistant at the Woodbine Agency, a small detective firm in the east end of Toronto. Things change for her very quickly though when she is brutally attacked and left near death. Now, her boss Grace Hawthorne has a choice to make: Let Bea die or... give her a second chance. A second chance that comes with a whole new world that has always been there, lurking in the shadows of the city...

From the creators of Parkdale Haunt comes Woodbine, a podcast about monsters, mystery, and new beginnings.<...

This Halloween, we'd like to introduce you to another show distributed by Realm.

Acephale: Horror Fiction is a collection of stories of cosmic and existential horror. Written and performed by Jeffrey Walker.

In this episode, a graphic designer seeks fulfillment in life. But his search reveals something that he never wished to find.

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The post-mortem continues! We tackle topics such as, "Did Ian actually build himself a coffin?", "What joke does Emily regret not including in the show?" and "How many tiny Alexes is too many to take on in a fight?"

Featuring the musings of: Alex Nursall, Emily Kellogg, and Ian Boddy.

CONTENT WARNINGS: alcohol

Parkdale Haunt is an original podcast

Created and written by Alex Nursall and Emily Kellogg

Engineering and sound design by Ian Boddy

Theme music by Phil Wright

Well hello again.

It's been one year since the end of the show, so Alex, Emily, and Ian decided to sit down one more time to answer some outstanding listener questions, reflect on the series, and give a little insight into what's coming next...

This is not a spoiler-free zone, so if you're new here, this might not be the best place to start. Also, we also talked for way longer than we originally expected, so this is Part 1 of 2. Surprise!

Featuring the musings of: Alex Nursall, Emily Kellogg, and Ian Boddy.

It's the holiday season, and the light of the street lamps are dim in the thick snow that blankets the city. Toronto can be cold in the winter, but sometimes you come across a case that makes your blood turn to ice. Everything changed the night she walked into my office, and there's no going back now. The nights just keep getting longer and, sometimes, it feels like they're only getting darker...

Featuring the voices of: 

Ian Boddy as Owen

Emily Kellogg as Claire

Alex Nursall as Judith

and Ta...