Promises and Poison is a slow-burn, first-person audio drama that follows Celia Monroe as her whirlwind engagement begins to unravel , revealing lies, obsession, and a love story that was never what it seemed.
Told in raw, intimate narration, this serialized soap opera explores the thin line between devotion and deception, and the haunting realization that sometimes, the real danger isn’t who you’re sleeping beside…
It’s who you become to stay.
Not all fairytales end in kisses.
Some end in ruin.
"The House Across the Street" A Fiction Mystery About Ordinary Mornings, Suburban Surveillance, and the Thin Line Between Safety and Secrets
In this unsettling second episode of Season 2, Celia and Daniel continue to settle into their seemingly peaceful suburban life, but behind manicured lawns and dinner party smiles, something isn’t right.
When a tense jog leads to overhearing an explosive argument between other neighbors, and a “friendly” dinner invitation turns into a cryptic warning, Celia begins to suspect that this neighborhood remembers more than it lets on.
What are Susan and Ray hiding?
And why does everyone seem to know more than they’re saying?
This episode explores trust, surveillance, and the uncomfortable truth that some communities watch… and wait.
🎧 Tune in for a slow-burn mystery full of eerie smiles, hidden tensions, and the sense that the real threat might be just across the street.
New episode every Monday!
20 Aug 2025
This Quiet Life – A Fiction Drama About Perfect Lives, Imperfect Truths, and the Cost of Starting Over
In the season 2 premiere of our gripping fiction audio drama, Celia Quinn appears to have everything: a charming husband, two beautiful daughters, and a quiet suburban life wrapped in sunlight and routine.
But behind the trimmed hedges and friendly neighbors, old secrets begin to stir again.
When a mysterious note appears in her mailbox and the seemingly “perfect” couple across the street starts acting strangely, Celia begins to question whether peace can ever be real or if her past is simply hiding in plain sight.
If you love slow-burn mystery, family drama, emotional suspense, and psychological fiction with twists, this episode sets the tone for a season where nothing stays buried.
🎧 New episodes every Monday and Wednesday.
18 Aug 2025
Ashbury Ends Here - A Fiction Mystery Soap Opera Season Finale About Family Secrets, Twisted Pasts, and Leaving It All Behind
In the emotional and suspense-filled Season 1 finale of The Ashbury Name, Celia is forced to confront the truth behind her carefully constructed life.
After a confrontation at home, a warning from a stranger on the train, and the weight of a name she was never meant to carry, she’s finally ready to ask the one question no one wants to answer.
But when a surprise visit leads to a shocking revelation, and a lost tape resurfaces from the past, everything Celia thought she knew about love, loyalty, and family is shattered.
💔 Secrets resurface.
🕯 Lies come undone.
🗝 And the woman at the center of it all might finally step into the light.
This episode brings a powerful close to a season of emotional twists, family betrayals, dark identities, and the dangerous cost of the truth.
🎧 Perfect for fans of fiction podcasts, mystery soap operas, dramatic storytelling, slow-burn suspense, and plot twists you’ll never see coming.
13 Aug 2025
The Quiet Betrayal - A Family-Drama Audio Fiction About the Things That Go Unsigned, Unsaid, and Unforgiven
Celia confronts the woman who taught her how to lie: her own mother.
But the answers she gets only unravel more questions. With the truth slipping further out of reach, Celia boards a train back to the city, only to realize… she’s not alone.
Someone is watching. And they want her to know it.
Meanwhile, a name from the past reappears and so do the buried connections between Adrienne, Ashbury, and everything Celia was never meant to remember.
In a final moment of refuge, she turns to the one person who’s always had her back: Ella.
🥀 Family secrets, silent betrayals, mysterious notes, and the feeling of being followed — this is where the past refuses to stay buried.
✨ New episodes every Monday and Wednesday
🎧 A fiction audio drama for fans of slow-burn thrillers, soap operas, mystery fiction podcasts, family drama, and twisted love stories
11 Aug 2025
Not Hers to Tell – A Fiction Drama about Secrets Shared, and Secrets Assigned
Celia's world begins to fracture as the lines between her past and present blur in the most devastating way.
After a tense encounter at the retreat, she confronts Daniel only to learn he’s been keeping even more from her than she feared. But it’s not just Daniel who’s hiding something.
A long-buried memory resurfaces.
A hallway.
A whispered conversation.
A signature that changed everything.
And suddenly, it’s not just about secrets.
It’s about betrayal.
About family.
About what her mother knew and why she never said a word.
Now, Celia’s done playing along.
Done pretending.
She needs answers… and there’s only one person left who can give them to her.
This is a slow-burn suspense fiction audio drama packed with psychological twists, character-driven mystery, and emotionally layered storytelling, perfect for fans of soap operas, female-led thrillers, secret past dramas, and fiction podcasts with a dark romantic undercurrent.
🔍 Themes: Mother-daughter secrets, betrayal, identity, emotional unraveling, toxic love, mystery, psychological fiction.
📆 New episodes every Monday and Wednesday
6 Aug 2025
The Girl with the Gold A – A Fiction Mystery of Secrets, Codes, and Cabin Lies (An audio drama podcast of betrayal, identity, and the danger of being watched.)
Celia thought she could enjoy one peaceful weekend away , but secrets don’t stay buried in Ashbury.
After following Daniel and the mysterious Nora into the woods, Celia overhears a chilling conversation about a past she was never supposed to uncover.
What happened at Ashbury?
Who is Nora really working for?
And why did she come looking for Celia Ashbury — a name Celia’s never used?
As tensions build and trust fractures, Celia finds herself in a web of lies, hidden identities, whispered codes, and dangerous truths.
This slow-burn psychological thriller turns sharper with every scene , and in this episode, the whispers turn into warnings.
🕯️ Betrayal.
👁️ Surveillance.
🔗 Secrets with consequences.
This is audio drama storytelling at its most suspenseful.
🎧 New episodes every Monday and Wednesday
4 Aug 2025
Room 203 – A Fiction Audio Drama of Secrets, Silence, and a Cabin in the Woods
Celia and Daniel leave the city for a romantic weekend getaway in the mountains… but what’s waiting for them at Ashbury Hills Retreat & Spa is anything but peaceful.
When a mysterious young woman knocks on their door asking for Celia Ashbury, a name Celia has never used , old secrets start to surface, and nothing about this trip feels accidental anymore.
As tensions rise and identities blur, Celia is forced to question the man she loves, the past she thought she buried, and the stranger who might hold the key to everything.
This episode is packed with slow-burn suspense, emotional twists, hidden agendas, and a chilling plea for help that changes everything.
🕯️ "Help me," she whispered. But from what? Or who?"
🎧 New episodes drop every Monday and Wednesday
30 Jul 2025
Someone Was Watching: A Fiction Soap Opera Podcast of Lies, Loyalty, and the Cost of Knowing
In this gripping new episode of Promises & Poison, a slow-burn psychological fiction audio drama, Celia receives a chilling warning: a mysterious note left at her door.
As she quietly confronts Daniel, her fiancé, about its meaning, a single slip of the tongue sends her deeper into the dark undercurrent of their relationship.
Meanwhile, a phone call from Ella reveals that someone may have been watching them all along.
Packed with twists, emotional suspense, and layered backstory, Episode 5 takes you one step closer to unraveling the haunting secrets buried in Celia’s past.
What is the Ashbury Mediation Center? What really happened between her mother and Adrienne? And how much does Daniel truly know?
Tune in for another cinematic, slow-burn installment of this immersive fiction podcast series, perfect for fans of dramatic soap operas, mystery thrillers, and serialized storytelling.
📅 New episodes every Monday and Wednesday
🎙️ Genre: Audio Drama, Fiction, Mystery, Soap Opera, Psychological Thriller, Suspense
28 Jul 2025
The Ashbury Name: A Fiction Audio Drama of Family Ties and Dangerous Lies
In this episode of Promises and Poison, the slow unraveling of Celia’s life takes a chilling turn.
After a strange slip from Daniel during a quiet night at home, Celia is haunted by a single word: Ashbury.
It means nothing to her, until it starts meaning everything. As she balances her job, a crumbling engagement, and the secrets pulling her backward, an unexpected phone call from Ella reveals something even more disturbing: someone may have been watching them all along.
This immersive fiction podcast weaves together elements of emotional drama, family mystery, psychological suspense, and soap opera intrigue.
If you love dramatic audio stories, serialized storytelling, or narrative mystery podcasts with a dark twist, this episode delivers.
Ideal for fans of true crime fiction, romantic thrillers, dark family secrets, female-led storytelling, and audio dramas like Homecoming, Sandra, and Edith!
25 Jul 2025
The Woman From the Past – A Fiction Audio Drama of Family Secrets, Betrayal, and a Familiar Stranger
Promises and Poison is a gripping fiction podcast and modern audio drama that blends romance, betrayal, and psychological suspense into a slow-burning, heart-wrenching mystery.
Told in intimate first-person narration by Celia Grace Monroe, a woman who thought she was finally safe, this serialized storytelling podcast unravels like a confessional diary soaked in secrets.
One night, one message, and one unfamiliar name begin to pull apart the threads of her carefully constructed life.
What starts as a perfect engagement quickly spirals into a labyrinth of lies, past traumas, and haunting family history.
As each episode unfolds, so does the truth, about love, legacy, and the poison people hide behind promises.
Perfect for fans of soapy dramas, emotional thrillers, and slow-burn mysteries like Dirty John, Homecoming, or Limetown, Promises and Poison is more than a podcast : it’s a voice inside your head you can’t stop listening to.
New episodes weekly. Best experienced in order.
21 Jul 2025
Last Thursday - A Serialized Fiction Drama of Secrets, Suspicion, and a Stranger’s Message
In this gripping second chapter of Promises and Poison, a slow-burn storytelling fiction podcast and serialized audio soap opera, Celia dives deeper into the unraveling threads of her engagement.
A cryptic message from a woman known only as “A” leads her to a bar, a blurry photo, and a gut-wrenching truth about the man she thought she was going to marry.
As memories blur and betrayal comes into focus, Celia starts to question everything, not just Daniel’s loyalty, but her own instincts. When a video appears showing Daniel somewhere he swore he wasn’t, fear turns into obsession.
And the woman behind the message? She’s not a stranger at all.
This emotionally intense, voice-driven psychological drama explores love, deception, and what happens when the past refuses to stay buried.
18 Jul 2025
The Ring Didn't Fit - A Fiction Audio Drama About Love, Lies, and the First Red Flag
In the premiere episode of Promises and Poison, Celia Monroe shares the beginning of her whirlwind romance with Daniel Hayes, a charismatic, successful man who seems almost too good to be true.
From a spilled glass of red wine to a sudden, intimate proposal, their love story moves fast… maybe too fast.
But when Celia sees a mysterious message on Daniel’s phone, from someone known only as “A”, her perfect engagement starts to crack.
As doubts grow and old instincts resurface, Celia begins questioning everything: his past, her future, and whether she’s falling in love or falling into a trap.
This slow-burn psychological drama explores trust, betrayal, romantic manipulation, emotional trauma, toxic relationships, and the dangerous stories we tell ourselves in the name of love.
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