Episodes

  • Ep 00: Long Night in Egypt - Season 1 Trailer

    Ep 00: Long Night in Egypt - Season 1 Trailer
    Jan 5 2023
    Introducing Long Night in Egypt, a new scripted horror podcast from Violet Hour Media, distributed by Realm. During Spring Break, a group of archaeology students travel to Egypt and sneak into the Pyramid of Unas after dark. Little do they know that they are setting themselves up for a ghostly night of terror that will alter their fates forever. Episode 1 premieres on January 23rd. Subscribe for free wherever you listen to podcasts. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for listeners. Please proceed with caution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 mins
  • Ep 01: Vault of the Heavens

    Ep 01: Vault of the Heavens
    Jan 23 2023
    Long Night in Egypt is an Egyptian mythology horror audio drama — and it begins here. Four archaeology students from the University of Chicago arrive in Cairo for spring break, and before they have even landed, something is wrong. Kayla, the Egyptophile of the group, discovers that the ancient book of maps she brought along has writing inside it that glows in the dark. She does not tell anyone. Not yet. Episode 01 introduces Kayla, Mo, Jordan, and Pia as they arrive in Cairo and are met by Mo's cousins Samira and Amr, whose family holds the keys — literally — to the ancient sites. One of those cousins already has a plan. Built on real mythology from the Pyramid Texts and the Book of the Dead. Directed by Jack Bowman. Written by Sarah Pitard. Score by Talip Peshkepia. Sound design by Jan Piasecki. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners. Popular Topics Include: Egyptian mythology horror, horror audio drama, Long Night in Egypt, Pyramid Texts, Book of the Dead, Pyramid of Unas, Cairo horror story, fiction podcast, Violet Hour Media, Egyptian horror podcast, glowing book horror, archaeology horror, ancient Egypt audio drama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Ep 02: The Ennead

    Ep 02: The Ennead
    Jan 30 2023
    Egyptian mythology horror audio drama Long Night in Egypt continues. Kayla is still sitting on her secret — the book glows, and she does not know why. Meanwhile, Uncle Abasi and Aunt Rania, Cairo archaeologists with access to the great ancient sites, welcome the group with a feast and the stories of the old gods: the Ennead, the nine deities at the center of ancient Egyptian theology, and the Pyramid of Unas — a monument so old it contains the earliest religious texts ever written. Samira is paying close attention. After dinner, she takes the group out into Cairo. Tomorrow is the official pyramid tour. What happens after midnight is still being decided. Written by Sarah Pitard. Directed by Jack Bowman. Score by Talip Peshkepia. Sound design by Jan Piasecki. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners. Popular Topics Include: Egyptian mythology horror, Ennead Egyptian gods, Pyramid of Unas, horror audio drama, Long Night in Egypt, Book of the Dead, ancient Egypt podcast, fiction podcast, Violet Hour Media, Egyptian horror podcast, Cairo horror, nine gods Egypt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Ep. 03: When It Is Dark, When It Is Dark

    Ep. 03: When It Is Dark, When It Is Dark
    Feb 6 2023
    The Pyramid of Unas at Saqqara has stood since 2375 BCE — and this Egyptian mythology horror audio drama is about to go inside it. Its interior walls are covered in the Pyramid Texts, the oldest religious writings ever discovered, designed to protect Pharaoh Unas in the afterlife and to keep what is inside, inside. Samira has her father's stolen key. The plan is happening. They cross the desert to Saqqara, enter the pyramid, and descend into darkness. Behind them, the door closes — on its own, with no one near it. Episode 03 of Long Night in Egypt is the point of no return. Written by Sarah Pitard. Directed by Jack Bowman. Score by Talip Peshkepia. Sound design by Jan Piasecki. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners. Popular Topics Include: Pyramid of Unas horror, Pyramid Texts, Egyptian mythology horror, Saqqara pyramid, horror audio drama, Long Night in Egypt, ancient Egypt horror story, fiction podcast, Violet Hour Media, Egyptian horror podcast, midnight pyramid break-in, archaeological horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins
  • Ep 04: An Imperishable Spirit

    Ep 04: An Imperishable Spirit
    Feb 13 2023
    Pharaoh Unas is not a conventional ghost — and Long Night in Egypt makes that terrifyingly clear. His Pyramid Texts describe him as a hunter of gods who devours the divine to absorb their power, a being so ancient and so ravenous that the spells covering his tomb were designed to contain him as much as to protect him. Jordan has just urinated in a corner of that tomb. Episode 04 is the point of rupture. Unas appears in full. Jordan is consumed into the floor of the pyramid. Pia is devoured by the Pharaoh's rage. What remains is Kayla, Mo, Samira, a glowing book, and a maze of tunnels that should not exist. Amr is stranded alone in the ascending corridor behind three trap doors. The mythology driving this episode is drawn directly from the Pyramid Texts — the oldest religious writings ever discovered. Written by Sarah Pitard. Directed by Jack Bowman. Score by Talip Peshkepia. Sound design by Jan Piasecki. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners. Popular Topics Include: Pharaoh Unas, Pyramid Texts Egyptian mythology, Egyptian mythology horror, horror audio drama, Long Night in Egypt, god-devouring pharaoh, ancient Egypt horror story, fiction podcast, Violet Hour Media, Egyptian horror podcast, Pyramid of Unas horror, pharaoh ghost horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Ep 05: The Duat

    Ep 05: The Duat
    Feb 20 2023
    Egyptian underworld horror — this is what Long Night in Egypt was built for. The glowing eye of Horus leads Kayla, Mo, and Samira into the Duat, the ancient Egyptian underworld. Their path takes them to a cave lake deep beneath the pyramid, where a funerary boat waits to carry them across dark water. Kayla recognizes it from the Book of the Dead. She knows what lives in the water. Apophis — the great serpent god of chaos, the enemy of Ra, the force that attacks the sun every night as it passes through the underworld — rises from the lake. The battle is real. The mythology is exact. The blue hand of Hapi pulls them back from the deep. Written by Sarah Pitard. Directed by Jack Bowman. Score by Talip Peshkepia. Sound design by Jan Piasecki. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners. Popular Topics Include: Egyptian underworld horror, Duat Egyptian mythology, Apophis serpent god, Book of the Dead, horror audio drama, Long Night in Egypt, Egyptian mythology horror, funerary boat horror, fiction podcast, Violet Hour Media, Egyptian horror podcast, Hapi Egyptian god, Ra serpent battle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
  • Ep 06: In the Hall of Two Truths

    Ep 06: In the Hall of Two Truths
    Feb 27 2023
    The weighing of the heart is one of the most powerful concepts in Egyptian mythology — and Long Night in Egypt delivers it in full. In the Hall of Two Truths, Anubis places the heart of the dead on a scale against the feather of Ma'at, the feather of truth. A heart burdened by sin is heavier than the feather. It is devoured by Ammit, the hippo goddess, and the soul ceases to exist. A pure heart passes into eternity. Kayla, Mo, and Samira are brought before Anubis and Pharaoh Unas to be judged. Jordan is already there — dead, his fate sealed. Kayla's heart is weighed. She passes. Samira's is weighed. The hippo goddess devours it. Mo watches his cousin die, and then it is his turn. Written by Sarah Pitard. Directed by Jack Bowman. Score by Talip Peshkepia. Sound design by Jan Piasecki. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners. Popular Topics Include: weighing of the heart Egyptian, Hall of Two Truths, Anubis horror, Ma'at feather, Ammit hippo goddess, Egyptian mythology horror, horror audio drama, Long Night in Egypt, Book of the Dead, fiction podcast, Violet Hour Media, Egyptian horror podcast, judgment of the dead Egyptian, Egyptian afterlife horror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Ep 07: May Thy Face Look Backward

    Ep 07: May Thy Face Look Backward
    Mar 6 2023
    Eye of Horus mythology takes center stage in this episode of Long Night in Egypt. Mo's heart is on the scale — he is about to fail the judgment of Anubis. Kayla does something extraordinary: she asks Pharaoh Unas, the ancient and terrifying god-king who has been hunting them through the Egyptian underworld, for the Eye of Horus. In Egyptian mythology, the Eye of Horus is among the most powerful symbols ever conceived — a talisman of protection, a source of divine power, a vessel of healing and destruction. Unas gives it to her. She forces it into Mo. The scale tips. He passes. But gaining the powers of the gods draws the attention of the dawn — and at dawn, Unas performs his most ancient ritual: consuming all the gods to become the ruler of the sun. Kayla and Mo, transformed into birds and flying back through the pyramid, are caught in the rising power of the Pharaoh. Their fate, as the episode ends, is genuinely unclear. Written by Sarah Pitard. Directed by Jack Bowman. Score by Talip Peshkepia. Sound design by Jan Piasecki. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program includes depictions of violence and other subject matter that may be upsetting for some listeners. Popular Topics Include: Eye of Horus mythology, Eye of Horus Egyptian, Egyptian mythology horror, horror audio drama, Long Night in Egypt, Pyramid Texts, Pharaoh Unas, fiction podcast, Violet Hour Media, Egyptian horror podcast, divine power Egyptian, god-devouring ritual, Egyptian transformation myth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins