Haunted Holyoke: VPM Project
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Podcast Overview
<p><i>Haunted Holyoke</i> 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.</p><p>Each season follows a group of young people playing <i>Kids on Bikes</i>, 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.</p><p>This project is part of Valley Playwright Mentoring, a program of Piti Theatre Company, and is made possible with support from MassHumanities, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Community Foundation of Western Mass, The Scarlet Socks Foundation, and other public and private funders.</p><p>Blending improvisation, character-driven storytelling, and collaborative worldbuilding, <i>Haunted Holyoke</i> explores themes of memory, belonging, and what it means to face the unknown together.</p>
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3/29/2026
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April 17, 2026
Haunted Holyoke Episode ?: Live at the Wisti
<p>The recording features a special episode set in the Wisteriahearst Museum, where characters encounter mannequins of themselves and navigate shifting rooms. The Dread system uses a Jenga tower for checks, adding tension to the gameplay. The recording follows a role-playing game session with various plot twists and character interactions. The fate of Davina's loft and the ever-shifting funhouse are central themes, leading to a hopeful yet mysterious ending.</p><p></p><p>Takeaways</p><ul><li>Dread system uses Jenga tower for checks</li><li>Characters encounter mannequins of themselves</li><li>Rooms in the house shift and move around Ever-shifting funhouse</li><li>The fate of Davina's loft</li></ul><p></p><p>Chapters</p><ul><li>00:00 The Dining Hall and Library Exit</li><li>26:08 The Mysterious Food</li><li>32:28 Jenga Combat and the Library</li><li>45:34 The Wisteria Hearse and Davina's Loft</li></ul>
April 11, 2026
Haunted Holyoke Episode 11
<p>And that’s the end of Season One of Haunted Holyoke.<br /><br />Before we go, we want to take a moment to thank the people who made this story possible.<br /><br />To the teens who created these characters, made these choices, and built this world together, thank you. Out of an abundance of caution, and by agreement, we’ve kept your names off the credits. But this story belongs to you. Your voices, your ideas, your risks, your humor, your honesty. We’re grateful for the care you brought to this project, and for the trust you built with each other along the way.</p><p></p><p>We also want to clear up a small mystery of our own. If you’ve been listening closely, you may have heard us reference Monster of the Week in earlier episodes. That’s because we started there. Somewhere out there, there is a lost first session where we played Monster of the Week before finding our way to Kids on Bikes. Maybe it’s gone for good. Maybe it’s just… misplaced. Either way, what you’ve heard here is the story that followed.<br /><br />Haunted Holyoke uses the Kids on Bikes roleplaying system by Hunters Entertainment. This podcast is an independent, non-commercial project. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the creators or publishers of Kids on Bikes.<br /><br />This project was created through Valley Playwright Mentors, a program of Piti Theatre Company, and produced at Holyoke Media, with support from Mass Humanities, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Scarlet Socks Foundation, and other public and private funders.<br /><br />Thank you for listening. Thank you for spending time in this version of Holyoke with us.<br /><br />We’ll see you next season.</p>
April 5, 2026
Haunted Holyoke Episode 7
<p>The Haunted Holyoke podcast project continues with the group finding themselves in the Kodak film factory surrounded by goblins. They uncover forgotten memories and make a promise to never return, as it may summon someone or something. The goblins are calmed down by Sophia's charm, and the situation begins to stabilize. A mysterious man arrives and claims the goblins, marking them with chalk and making them disappear. The group tries to stop him, and a goblin party ensues. Angelica receives a letter from her mother, raising questions about her past.</p><p></p><p>Takeaways</p><ul><li>Forgotten memories and promises can have significant consequences.</li><li>The power of charm and diplomacy in calming a tense situation. Mysterious arrival and disappearance of goblins</li><li>Angelica's mysterious letter from her mother</li></ul><p></p><p>Chapters</p><ul><li>00:00 The Promise and Calming the Goblins</li><li>28:22 The Arrival of the Mysterious Man</li><li>37:30 The Goblin Party and Revelations</li></ul>
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- What is Haunted Holyoke: VPM Project?
<p><i>Haunted Holyoke</i> 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.</p><p>Each season follows a group of young people playing <i>Kids on Bikes</i>, 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.</p><p>This project is part of Valley Playwright Mentoring, a program of Piti Theatre Company, and is made possible with support from MassHumanities, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Community Foundation of Western Mass, The Scarlet Socks Foundation, and other public and private funders.</p><p>Blending improvisation, character-driven storytelling, and collaborative worldbuilding, <i>Haunted Holyoke</i> explores themes of memory, belonging, and what it means to face the unknown together.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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