Haunted Holyoke
Role-Playing Horror Series
Haunted Holyoke is an actual play storytelling podcast created by teens from across Western Massachusetts through Valley Playwright Mentoring, an after-school program based at Holyoke Media.
Each season follows a group of young people playing Kids on Bikes, a tabletop roleplaying game about ordinary kids confronting the strange, the supernatural, and the unseen forces shaping their town. Together, they build a shared story set in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where forgotten places hold memories, the past doesn’t stay buried, and every mystery comes with a cost.
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Haunted Holyoke Episode 1 – Haunted Holyoke: VPM Project
In the first episode of Haunted Holyoke, a group of teens begins to notice that something in their city isn’t right.After a strange encounter in an alley, they come face to face with something they can’t fully explain, a presence that doesn’t just threaten them physically, but seems to interfere with memory itself. Moments slip. Details don’t stick. And the more they try to make sense of it, the less certain they become.As they regroup, they turn to a late-night ally for help and start piecing together what might be happening, including a connection to a missing person no one seems to be talking about clearly.The city feels off. Too quiet. Like something is being erased in real time.By the end of the episode, the group makes a plan to dig deeper, even if it means going somewhere they’re not sure they’ll be welcome.In Holyoke, the problem isn’t just what’s hiding in the dark.It’s what’s disappearing in plain sight.