Dead Air
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Last published Thu, Jan 30, 2025
For fans of: 'Stranger Things' camaraderie, 'Lockwood & Co.'s wit, and 'The X-Files' eerie nostalgia.
Ghosts aren't real.
Unless you're desperate, delusional, or dumb enough to go looking for them.
Benny Hooper's podcast 'Dead Air' is flatlining. His co-host Luz thinks he's a lovable idiot. His tech guy Jasper believes pigeons are spies. And their new hire Nova might be a fugitive. But when Benny stumbles onto the 'Static Man'-a local legend about a radio host who died screaming into a live mic in 1983-they'll risk anything for one viral episode.
Even if it means breaking into an abandoned station at midnight.
Even if the vintage vinyl they play summons a figure made of TV static.
Even if the ghost starts "talking back".
Now, the crew's lives are glitching. Luz hears whispers in her soundboard. Jasper's conspiracy videos warp into horror shows. And Benny's realizing that his crush on Luz might be the least dangerous secret in the room. But as the Static Man's curse spreads, they uncover a terrifying truth: the 1983 broadcast wasn't an accident. Someone "wanted" the world to hear that scream.
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