The Red Ribbon Files

The Red Ribbon Files

By: Threads Between

Language: en-US

Categories: Fiction, Science

A narrative audio drama centered around the exploits and explorations of a team of underpaid researchers diving into the archives of a supernatural insane asylum, as well as the incredible, strange, and downright frightening stories they uncover.

Episodes

Episode 12: Maybe She WAS Possessed [43-359]
Jan 09, 2026

The team uncovers the story of a serial killer killer. A man claims to have uncovered mysteries around an ancient cult in his hunt for revenge against someone who hurt his family. His findings are outlandish, and his purported theories even more so, but the rest his story is mostly corroborated by the other witnesses.

Is the cult that Mr. Clubber describes real? How is Mrs. Harris Connected to it all? We know the killer is dead and Jim is in the Asylum, but what happened to Fran and The Baby?

Join us, as we...

Duration: 00:35:48
Episode 11: The Carney [24-192]
Jan 02, 2026

Taking a break from running files to the main group and intermittently collecting moths, Arthur sits down in the sub-basement archive room and cracks open one of his most unnerving cases yet. Apparently, a man obsessed with fire to the point of self-immolation currently resides in the asylum and is hell-bent with rekindling the blaze that nearly killed him.

Was the tragic accident reported on in the news really an accident? What would cause a person like Jackson Carnwell to want the things he does? Are the extreme safety measures the hospital is taking really necessary?

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Duration: 00:13:29
Episode 10: The Office Holiday Party
Dec 26, 2025

After weeks spent scouring the deepest depths of odd stories and unnerving realities, the team decides to get together in their filing room and celebrate the holidays with some readings of pieces they've written inspired by their time as a team. Just as with all group projects, SOME people didn't do the assignment, while others took things way more seriously and surprised the whole group.

What strange experiences inspired Sage and Arthur's stories? Where did Eric get that ham? WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CHILIS?

Join us, as we do our best to uncover these secrets...

Duration: 00:10:49
Episode 9: I'm Watching You [04-695]
Dec 19, 2025

Concerns about the inhabitants and staff of the Asylum are mounting, and the team is set on trying to document as much as they can to figure out the mysteries they keep discovering. The one thing holding them back is locating their final companion, Sage; luckily she has already found her way to the filing room on her own, unluckily, the team finds yet another unnerving story of a terrifying patient being held in the building with them.

Did this patient really commit these terrible crimes? What happened to doctor Sylver? and most importantly: are they still...

Duration: 00:20:54
Episode 8: Can I please NOT Speak to the Manager? [23-999 . BB]
Dec 12, 2025

This week, the group has stumbled upon a story describing a terrifying encounter with a strange being mascarading as the manager of a Chilis and are left wondering what to make of it. The witness of these events is not a patient at the asylum, and the doctor's addendum at the end seems to imply the asylum acknowledges this strange entity as real.

What are our intrepid researches to make of this tale? Is "The Lingerer" real? What is the Reyes Protocol?

Join us, as we do our best to uncover these secrets and more...

Duration: 00:23:12
Episode 7: The Shriek [42-771]
Dec 05, 2025

The files continue to reveal horros beyond the team's imagination, but just how much are they willing to believe? The account of a young boy describing the monster that killed his sister shreds the fibers of reality, turning a tragic accident into a grotesque murder. But monsters like this aren't real... right?

Was Ginny's death the result of negligence, or something much more sinister? what exact did Charlie see in those woods? Or was it all in his head?

Join us, as we do our best to uncover these secrets and more buried within The...

Duration: 00:11:23
Episode 6: Mr. Wobble and Friends [40-042]
Nov 28, 2025

After Gwen's first experience with the files she is officially wary of working in the hospital, and employs her cousin's help to keep a better watch and keep themselves and the team safe. Unfortunately, more recording devices will do little to help keep them safe against videotapes at the subject of today's file.

Were the tapes actually altered? Can anyone find evidence of this show ever having existed? Are those videotapes somewhere in the building?

Join us, as we do our best to uncover these secrets and more buried within The Red Ribbon Files.

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Duration: 00:27:02
Episode 5: Flesh Prison [44-121]
Nov 21, 2025

Eric's cousin Gwen has been working with the team on employee files and other tasks around the asylum while the guys worked on the patient files. After hearing about their odd findings, she's super interested to see these mysterious and frightening tales for herself.

Is what she found what she expected? What can we trust about the asylum and what's going on here? Can we find more information about the wards and who is in them?

Join us, as we do our best to uncover these secrets and more buried within The Red Ribbon Files.<...

Duration: 00:17:04
Episode 4: Pass It On [43-631]
Nov 14, 2025

Yet another mysterious case of not knowing what to trust. A man is injected with a mysterious fluid that seems to have the strangest effect on him, if what he is saying is true...

It's verifiable that this man was attacked, but can we know for certain that the rest of this really happened to him? Maybe it's all in his head, but what if it's real?

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Duration: 00:15:59
Episode 3: The Thing In The Darkness [41-886]
Nov 07, 2025

As our team continues to delve through the unruly files, we've stumbled across one that's made sure we keep that loose bulb hanging above the table well lit. Maybe the hallway light should be kept on too, just in case.

What should we make of Bobby Dower's story? Is what he seeing real? More importantly: is he right about it being in the asylum with us?

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Duration: 00:21:53
Episode 2: The Love Cafe [41-265]
Oct 31, 2025

The Boys have learned that they have to burn the files marked with a Red Ribbon, and so have gotten a collection of CDs and are ready to get to work.

The next file they find doesn't even have a patient's name associated with it. In fact, this file only seems to be the tale of a man's decent into madness as he begins obsessing over a Cafe that has a strange hold over him.

What does it mean? And What can it tell us about why this story is marked with a red ribbon. <...

Duration: 00:24:58
Episode 1: Into the Asylum // The Dreamer [42-158]
Oct 31, 2025

When a team of intern researchers are assigned to organize the patient files of a mysterious Asylum for The Mentally Ill, they find that they are well in over their heads upon the discovery of a batch of secret files with strange and frightening stories held within.

The first three members of our team, Eric, Arthur, and Marcus, are sent into the records room in the basement of the asylum on their first day at the hospital. After a morning spent digging through standard medical records, they stumble across a story in one of the patient files...

Duration: 00:17:50