Welcome to this episode of our horror fiction podcast, The Strange Thing About
A seemingly routine babysitting job turns into a nightmare in this chilling first episode of The Strange Thing About…, an original horror audio drama anthology from the Emmy Award-winning Bang Zoom! Studios.
Seventeen-year-old Mary agrees to look after ten-year-old Billy — an orphaned boy still traumatized by the mysterious, bloody deaths of his parents. But as the night unfolds, the video game Billy is playing begins to feel more real, and Mary discovers she’s trapped in a house with something far more sinister than her Graduate School degree in Childhood Development could ever have prepared her for.
Release date: October 1, 2025
Cast
| Mary | Erika Harlacher |
| Billy | Sebastian Jozuka |
| Uncle | Tony Oliver |
| Aunt | Philece Sampler |
| Video Game Voice | Mela Lee |
| Narrator | Michael McConnohie |
Crew
| Writer/ Director/ Producer | Eric P. Sherman |
| Co-Producers | Mio Moroe Mami Okada |
| Casting Director | Mami Okada, CSA |
| Recording Engineer | Ricardo Watson |
| Mixer | Patrick Rodman, CAS |
| Mix Assist | Chris March |
| Sound Supervisors | Eric P. Sherman Patrick Rodman |
| Sound Design | Ricardo Watson Patrick Rodman |
| Composer | Rayner Tham |
| Cover Art | Stephen Baskerville |