{"podcast":{"title":"The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories","slug":"the-other-stories-sci-fi-horror-thriller-wtf-stories-743122","podcast_index_feed_id":743122,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/d4896840-a58c-4ecb-9369-db572d2a4d4d","website_url":"https://www.theotherstories.net","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/611e8cda06c05e6884f409f0/1730731315782-e815c311-6a2b-4f3b-b5cd-5b01d3db6ce3.jpeg","author":"Luke Kondor","episode_count":669,"summary":"These aren't the stories your mother used to tell you ... no, these are The Other Stories. The Other Stories is a weekly short story podcast. A modern take on The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, or The Outer Limits. Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF stories delivered right to your podcast feed every Monday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T02:18:35.722697+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-other-stories-sci-fi-horror-thriller-wtf-stories-743122"},"episode":{"title":"S1.1 I Think My Sock Puppet Hates Me","slug":"s1-1-i-think-my-sock-puppet-hates-me","published_at":"2026-03-16T00:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-other-stories-sci-fi-horror-thriller-wtf-stories-743122/s1-1-i-think-my-sock-puppet-hates-me","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-other-stories-sci-fi-horror-thriller-wtf-stories-743122","url":"https://shows.acast.com/theotherstories/episodes/s11-i-think-my-sock-puppet-hates-me","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/theotherstories/e/69aea3aca0aa54264fb484ba/media.mp3","summary":"I Think My Sock Puppet Hates Me The bond between a man and his sock puppet is a sacred thing, but what happens when the relationship is in trouble? Written by Andy Morris ( https://blackcattales.weebly.com/ ) Narrated by Josh Curran Produced by Karl Hughes ( https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social ) With music by Dark Fantasy Studio ( http://darkfantasystudio.com/ ) And Thom Robson ( https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/ ) And sound effects provided by Freesound.org The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes ( https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/ ) Joshua Boucher is our story programmer. Jasmine Arch manages our community. Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos. And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors. For more of Andy Morris’s work, head to https://blackcattales.weebly.com/ Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation . Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attri…","meta_description":"I Think My Sock Puppet Hates Me The bond between a man and his sock puppet is a sacred thing, but what happens when the relationship is in trouble? Writte…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":819,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-other-stories-sci-fi-horror-thriller-wtf-stories-743122/episodes/s1-1-i-think-my-sock-puppet-hates-me/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-other-stories-sci-fi-horror-thriller-wtf-stories-743122/s1-1-i-think-my-sock-puppet-hates-me.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}