The Mantawauk Caves

About The Mantawauk Caves

Winner: Best Fiction Podcast, iHeart Podcast Awards. On the night of May 10, 2007, three boys entered a cave in Mantawauk County, Tennessee. Only one made it out alive. The other two were found ten days later. They had been attacked by someone - or something. The investigation that followed revealed town secrets as old as the caves themselves and put a third teenage boy, James Fincher, on death row. This haunting narrative follows Julien Solas, an amateur writer and James' friend who’s been haunted by the events ever since.  Now, with Fincher's execution looming, Julien returns home to reconcile his past and uncover the truth behind the killings. Created by filmmaker Dan Bush, The Mantawauk Caves is a riveting, immersive, binaural audio experience that weaves together the narrative threads of social drama, supernatural horror, and psychological thriller. A co-production of Blumhouse Television, iHeartPodcasts, and Psychopia Pictures. Starring Jonathan Tucker (Westworld) and Edi Gathegi (The Harder They Fall). Headphones recommended.

Publisher

iHeartPodcasts

Category

fiction

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

15 Mar 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

11 of 29 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Introducing: Midnight Radio, A New Horror Fiction Podcast from Ethan Hawke

   Ethan Hawke stars as "The Radio Man" in this interview episode introducing the chilling new horror fiction podcast Midnight Radio, exploring government cover-ups and interdimensional breaches.

2. 

   29 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Introducing: The Red Weather

   Hi, The Mantawauk Caves listeners! We're excited to share with you a sneak peek at iHeartPodcasts' latest release, The Red Weather! The Red Weather: Hi, I’m Rider. The world knows me as an actor. Mostly, for the 90s sitcom BOY MEETS WORLD. More recently, I have become a filmmaker and podcaster. I wasn’t raised in a commune, but a lot of kids around me were. Some of those places were cult-ish and creepy, some not. THE RED WEATHER is a fictional true crime podcast in which I go home, interview my parents, friends, local police, and journalists in an attempt to solve the disappearance of my best friend’s sister, ANNA TRAINOR, who vanished from her commune on Halloween night, 1995. Listen to The Red Weather on the iHeartRadio App or wherever you get your podcasts! See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

3. 

   26 Aug 2025

   Havoc Town | E1 | Bury the Hatchet

   The peace is broken in sleepy Havock, New Hampshire, when a man with an ax to grind barrels into town. **Search for Havoc Town to subscribe and listen now. More episodes available, with new episodes every week. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

Who has been a guest on The Mantawauk Caves

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kathy Preston
• Annelise Cochran
• Manuel Bayo Gisbert

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

419,108,275

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

763 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

1,673 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

76

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