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The Unremarkable
by Ben Cooper
The Unremarkable is a scripted fiction anthology podcast exploring the quiet, unsettling moments hidden inside everyday life.Each episode tells a self contained story set in familiar places and ordinary routines. A house across the street. A letter in the mailbox. A sound you almost ignore. These are stories where nothing seems wrong at first, until it slowly is.Inspired by classic anthology storytelling in the tradition of The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock, The Unremarkable blends atmospheric sound design, dark humor, and reflective narration to create slow burn psychological stories that linger long after they end.These are not stories about monsters or spectacle. They are stories about memory, habit, grief, and the thin line between comfort and discomfort.All stories are fictional. Any resemblance to real people, places, or events is purely coincidental. Probably.
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The Man At The Edge Of Every Frame
Helen Marsh was thirty-six years old when she first noticed the man across the street. Grey jacket. Completely still. Looking directly at her. She told herself it meant nothing — cities are full of strange moments, and strange moments usually pass. This one didn't. It led her back through eleven years of photographs, then fourteen, then further. And what she found in those backgrounds, at the edges of those frames, changed the way she understood every ordinary day she'd ever lived. This week on The Unremarkable... some things have been watching for a very long time. You just haven't known where to look. If you enjoy mysterious storytelling rooted in real events, you may also like my other podcast, Dead Notes, where music history and mystery collide. Listen here: Dead Notes I produce these shows independently in my spare time. If you'd like to support what I do and help keep it going, you can do that here: Buy Me a Coffee
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She Woke Up Knowing How She Dies
What if your body already knows how the worst moments of your life will happen? Clara begins experiencing brief, precise flashes; she can't explain moments where she moves before anything goes wrong. At first, it feels like instinct. But the pattern becomes harder to ignore, and what once felt like intuition begins to feel like something else entirely. Because these aren't warnings. They're memories from a version of the day that didn't go as planned. If you enjoy mysterious storytelling rooted in real events, you may also like my other podcast, Dead Notes, where music history and mystery collide. Listen here: Dead Notes I produce these shows independently in my spare time. If you'd like to support what I do and help keep it going, you can do that here: Buy Me a Coffee
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Polite Feedback
A small wooden suggestion box appears on a quiet street corner, inviting passersby to make the world a little better. The requests are polite. Reasonable. And somehow, they're granted. In this episode of The Unremarkable, a man discovers what happens when comfort and agreement are taken too far and what quietly disappears when the world stops pushing back. A story about control, memory, and the danger of a world that listens too closely. ------------------ If you enjoy mysterious storytelling rooted in real events, you may also like my other podcast, Dead Notes, where music history and mystery collide. Listen here: Dead Notes I produce these shows independently in my spare time. If you'd like to support what I do and help keep it going, you can do that here: Buy Me a Coffee Subscribe, rate, and share to help others find the show. Production by Ben Cooper. © 2025 CooperVille Studio. All rights reserved.
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Reflections
In this episode of The Unremarkable, Claire Morgan follows the same daily gym routine at the same time every day. It's her little quiet escape from work, family chaos, and the demands of everyday life. But when a man begins watching her during her workouts, what starts as an awkward encounter slowly becomes something far more unsettling. ------------------ If you enjoy mysterious storytelling rooted in real events, you may also like my other podcast, Dead Notes, where music history and mystery collide. Listen here: Dead Notes I produce these shows independently in my spare time. If you'd like to support what I do and help keep it going, you can do that here: Buy Me a Coffee Subscribe, rate, and share to help others find the show. Production by Ben Cooper. © 2025 CooperVille Studio. All rights reserved.
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Channel 13
A man checks into a quiet hotel for a one night stay and turns on the television to fill the deafening silence. Instead he discovers a channel that is not listed. One that shows his room, his movements and a version of himself he doesn't recognize. "Channel 13" is a psychological horror story about identity, surveillance, and anonymity, told in the style of classic anthology series like The Twilight Zone. The Unremarkable explores eerie, unsettling stories where ordinary places hide something quietly wrong. ------------------ If you enjoy mysterious storytelling rooted in real events, you may also like my other podcast, Dead Notes, where music history and mystery collide. Listen here: Dead Notes I produce these shows independently in my spare time. If you'd like to support what I do and help keep it going, you can do that here: Buy Me a Coffee Subscribe, rate, and share to help others find the show. Production by Ben Cooper. © 2025 CooperVille Studio. All rights reserved.
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The House Across the Street
An empty house across the street turns on its lights every night at the same time. When a widower notices a familiar silhouette in the window, he realizes the house may not be as empty as it seems. The House Across the Street is a scripted fiction story exploring grief, memory, and quiet psychological horror, where ordinary life becomes deeply unsettling. ------------------ If you enjoy mysterious storytelling rooted in real events, you may also like my other podcast, Dead Notes, where music history and mystery collide. Listen here: Dead Notes I produce these shows independently in my spare time. If you'd like to support what I do and help keep it going, you can do that here: Buy Me a Coffee Subscribe, rate, and share to help others find the show. Production by Ben Cooper. © 2025 CooperVille Studio. All rights reserved.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Unremarkable is a scripted fiction anthology podcast exploring the quiet, unsettling moments hidden inside everyday life.Each episode tells a self contained story set in familiar places and ordinary routines. A house across the street. A letter in the mailbox. A sound you almost ignore. These are stories where nothing seems wrong at first, until it slowly is.Inspired by classic anthology storytelling in the tradition of The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock, The Unremarkable blends atmospheric sound design, dark humor, and reflective narration to create slow burn psychological stories that linger long after they end.These are not stories about monsters or spectacle. They are stories about memory, habit, grief, and the thin line between comfort and discomfort.All stories are fictional. Any resemblance to real people, places, or events is purely coincidental. Probably.
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Ben Cooper
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