Tales from the Janitor: Chilling Urban Legends from Rhode Island | Horror Audio Drama

Welcome to Tales from the Janitor — your mildly irresponsible, definitely sleep-destroying walk through Rhode Island’s creepiest legends, coastal nightmares, and those moments where you swear the ocean just looked back at you. This episode? We’re heading into the Ocean State — which sounds cute until you realize how much of it is old, damp, and quietly watching you. Shadowy figures around abandoned mills. Voices echoing off empty docks. Lights moving in places lighthouses swear they don’t reach anymore. From Providence backstreets to lonely roads in South County, Rhode Island has a habit of keeping its ghosts close… and not always polite.We’re talking colonial leftovers that never learned how to rest, strange encounters near the water, and stories that start with “this sounds fake” and end with “yeah, I stopped going there after that.” Every tale comes with slow-burn dread, uneasy silence, and the kind of dry janitor humor you only earn after cleaning buildings that really shouldn’t still be occupied.If you’re into real ghost stories, New England folklore, or those “my uncle swears this happened” kind of encounters — congrats. You’re exactly where you shouldn’t be.Why listen?Chilling Rhode Island legends, hauntings, and coastal weirdness • A darkly funny, first-person ride with a janitor who knows too much • Perfect for fans of paranormal podcasts, horror stories, and Northeast folkloreThe show’s free — but keeping the lights half-working and the ghosts moderately cooperative takes effort. If you’re enjoying it, leave a review, share it with your bravest friend, or donate a Dunkin’ coffee strong enough to keep me awake through whatever knocks around after midnight (no promises).Thanks for listening… and whatever you do, don’t linger in the abandoned school off I-95.The floors remember footsteps.And they really don’t like new ones.StoriesThe Depths of WrathThe WakeningThe Curse of Dolly ColeThe Heart of MercyThe Camping NightmareCreditsDirector – Kiersten GreenfieldDeveloped & Created by – Steve LloydWriter - Steve LloydScript Writer – Jon DeBenedictScript Editor – Taylor RobinsonExecutive Producer – Steve LloydEditor - HecateSound Design - Steve LloydStarring Jeremy Tucker as The JanitorCast:Captain Stormalong - Brad LuguireFirst Mate Harlan - Manfred FishSailer Red - Jon DeBenedictCook Jasper - Joseph PanciaSailor Elijah Graves - Christian J CasasSailor Claire - Thomas RenderQuartermaster Thaddeus - J.R. SnyderSarah - Katelyn McCannChuck - Johnny PenneyMargaret - Kate WhiteClarke - Hans CummingsAbel - Allen CarterElias - Matt RukstarDolly - Reign Reeves PearsonDr. Samuel Beckitt - Alex JamesLena - Sophia CymoreEthan - Martin LastonMercy Brown - GemsThomas - Bach TranClara - Raina KaneWilliam - Scott RamageCharlotte - Amy SturrockFreddie -RamblesArtwork by Joseph E.W. © Tales from the Janitor, 2026End song - All the Streets Look the Same - Vian IzakDisclaimer: These stories are rooted in Rhode Island folklore, but please don’t cite them in your history paper, your coastal storm prep guide, or your extremely bad idea of a how-to manual for summoning ghosts in a Dunkin parking lot at 1 a.m. Any resemblance to real people, real events, or haunted mill buildings off Route 6 is purely coincidental… or the result of eating clam cakes that have been sitting under a heat lamp too long while the fog rolls in and something near the water starts whispering your name like it knows you.